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@hookturn.bsky.social
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Writer and former oncology nurse living in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). Interests include: • Australian folklore, poetry and film • English language haiku • Gothic novels • Psychedelic music Formally “WeirdMelbs” clembyard.com

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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Every year Rob Scott (HaikuBob) and the Australian Haiku Society (HaikuOZ) hosts an AFL Grand Finial Day Kukai. It is string of AFL Grand Final related haiku which anyone is welcome to join. raw meat puff pastry the morning of the game australianhaikusociety.org/2026/09/23/t...
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The 2026 AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai
Welcome to the annual celebration of Australian footy and haiku! Calling haiku poets from all over the planet to participate in the Annual AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai for 2026. Over the past decade…
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sculpture of a Seychelles Blenny located near the Maribynong River in Avondale Heights. #Melbourne #Naarm @mholsworth.bsky.social clembyard.com/2026/09/25/t...
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The Maribynong Blenny
Sculpture of a Seychelles Blenny located at the entrance to the Canning Reserve in Avondale Heights. When the 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne a series of sculptures of fish and other…
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Now you’re just some creature that I used to know . . .” This weekend I watched #Frankenstein (2025) dir. #GuillermoDelToro #CharlesDance & #ChristophWaltz . . .! #GothicNovel #HorrorMovie #Gotye #Elordi There’s a #TinyReview on my website, a #OneMinuteRead clembyard.com/2026/09/20/n...
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Now You’re Just Some Creature That I Used to Know
Jacob Elordi from the 2025 film version of “Frankenstein”, Gotye from the 2011 film clip for the song “Somebody That I Used to Know” (images from YouTube, collages by the author) This weekend I wat…
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Moonlight Grevillea follow the path to the supermarket carpark moonlight grevillea #haiku #OzHaiku #Melbourne #Naarm
A pale yellow grevillea flower on a background of green leaves
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
539209-sweet-summer-dreams
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Does anybody remember a time when shandies were a regular order in Australian pubs? #Melbourne #Naarm #MixedDrinks #TheLadiesBar
A can of shandy (a mix of beer and lemonade but in this instance less than 1% alcohol)
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Watched #AllThePresidentsMen on #SBS tonight I find it really hard to get my head around the difference in how this movie would have landed to someone watching it 20 years ago, to how it seems to someone watching it today www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...
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Watch All the President's Men
Watch All the President's Men for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!
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Mr Jim Moon @hypnogoria.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
One from the vaults! Fabulous Animals by Sir David Attenborough and Molly Cox (BBC 1976), based on the TV series of the name in which Sir David investigated all manner of mythical beasts!
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I’m an associate producer for a hot new act called Velvet Vanilli Please give us 1,000,000 streams on Spotify OK Thx
Two dudes who look a bit like Milli Vanilli standing on a beach at sunset
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Urgh These days Bluesky weighs 1000 tons ~
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
New dating profile pic Hit me up if you’re (very hard) up for a date* My DMs are open * Disclaimer, photo is not actually of me, it is of some weird-arse dude who was selling a top hate on Facebook Marketplace
Dude with a top hat and a ridiculous moustache
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
#Newsom #Trump #USA #Democracy ✊🏼🌹 m.youtube.com/watch?v=pXQQ...
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Governor Newsom Delivers Major Address to Californians
YouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Chrissy Amphlett
Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
How about “The Probable Cause” #BandNames
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Friends A little call to action here The wonderful Mr Jim Moon reads ghost stories, horror stories and other related material on The Great Library of Dreams podcast (Read on ⬇️) podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/f...
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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS PODCAST
Fiction Podcast · Updated Fortnightly · Welcome to the the Great Library of Dreams Podcast, where we present readings of classic tales of the weird and the wonderful! Here you will find stories of the...
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Intriguing photo It almost looks like a man trying to put out a burning vehicle with a tiny hose
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Thanks @realphilgold.bsky.social I’d completely forgotten Dr Sydney Watson existed Also, me, and my brothers bashed ourselves
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
On hiatus ~
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
It will be completely, and utterly, and relentlessly the same And, yeah It isn’t going to be in any way “OK”
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Lyf It ain’t all it’s cracked up to be 🫤
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I’m alway on a foothill when I fall ~
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Love this little gender inversion by Hutch Leslie Hutchinson singing Ten Cents a Dance m.youtube.com/watch?v=gGm_...
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Ten Cents A Dance
YouTube video by Hutch - Topic
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Rinehart say condemning the actions of Ben Roberts-Smith is somehow the same as attacking the Australian Defence Forces . . . . . . when in fact no one has done more damage to the reputation of the ADF than Robert-Smith himself. Ever. #BRS #ADF #AusPol www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Gina Rinehart criticises ‘relentless attack’ on Ben Roberts-Smith and media ‘gloating’
Billionaire’s comments come in wake of former SAS soldier losing his appeal against defamation case ruling
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Grammar Nazis? I love them (when compared to the other kind) i¡!
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Lobsters Ate My Face 🦞 Just like @leopardsatemyface.bsky.social but with tasty seafood ~ #LobstersVsLeopards #LeopardsAteMyFace #LobstersAteMyFace
A lobster suit for a dogA leopard statue with a broken tooth
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
The natural world is really freakin’ scary . . .
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Quiz question from today’s paper: “What Lawrence Oates last words before he died in the Antarctic in 1912 . . .? My daughter’s answer: “Check out the penguins . . .!”
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
What are you really gambling with? . . . all the money I’ve embezzled from my clients, obviously . . . . . . the life savings of the retirees who trusted me . . . #ScumbagAds #GamblingAds #AFL #AusPol www.gambleaware.com.au
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
OK If you are the dude conducting a business meeting, loudly, on your laptop, in the front bar of the pub That is the single least cool thing ever in the whole history of the world There are dead vibes splattered all over the floor and walls And I might not despise you just a little bit ~
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Folks, you know I love a shop mannequin This one was made in Japan $400 pick up from #Brighton #Darling No, I don’t live in #Gardenvale I mean the map says I do, but the map is actually wrong I live in #EastBrighton I mean I don’t really care which suburb you live in But I live in Brighton
A purple shop mannequin of a teenage boy
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This is awesome Someone, please lift me And hold me down ASAP
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
There’s a subeditor somewhere who is feeling pleased with themselves for thinking up this headline ~ www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
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Greens leave: After 15 years, how Bandt and his party won, and lost, in Melbourne
So confident were the Greens of retaining Melbourne that they barely door-knocked in the seat, as they had their focus elsewhere. Instead, a “perfect storm” has cost the Greens their party leader.
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
#MasterChefAU You need to recruit @crowbar.wtf for your next series By popular demand Spare no expense
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I agree with Peter Dutton on . . . almost nothing But that was an incredibly gracious concession speech Saved his best moment for his last moment #AusPol
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Rule 1 Never ever stand behind one of these things Pick up #Richmond
A shooting target poster – a life-sized baddie pointing a pistol printed on cardboard
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Marilyn via The Fall via Tom Petty Excellent
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Goood version . . .! Well on our way to a playlist of alternative versions of show tunes here . . .! (Further submissions welcome)
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
OMG Totally I’d never heard this before either!
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Continuing the run of show tunes Somewhere West Side Story Tom Waits
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Incredible – this Ethel Merman version of There’s No Business Like Show Business sounds like she’s backed by Sly and the Family❗️ (My daughter and I used to sing Anything You Can Do . . . this isn’t the Ethel version) m.youtube.com/watch?v=WO23...
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Annie Get Your Gun- Anything you can do I can do better
YouTube video by Lilithip
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I’m a fan of show tunes and Bjork . . . How had I never heard this before?
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Show Tunes On a Wednesday Have you got a #ShowTune that you rather like? I’m quite partial to Summertime from Porgy & Bess as performed by The Zombies m.youtube.com/watch?v=0f12...
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The Zombies - Summertime
YouTube video by Mari N.F
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I’m going to require cause of death before I go buying any deceased estate ultralight aircraft ~ #UltraDeath #LightTrap
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I miss the old Bluesky 🫤
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Colossal squid filmed for the very first time . . .! Spoiler – it’s only 30cm long www.theage.com.au/environment/...
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‘Unforgettable’: Colossal squid filmed alive for the first time ever
The deep sea creature is so mysterious that scientists had no clue the significance of their footage until days later.
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Very normal day of Facebook Marketplace Thx for the tip @eriksdotter.bsky.social 💚
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
You know I can’t resist stuff that is sold as being “perfect for the man cave” . . . . . . It’s always completely and utterly hideous Take this six foot tall inflatable Jim Beam bottle for instance . . . Stay classy #Essendon, stay classy #ManCave #SkipAmericanDrinks
Six foot tall inflatable Jim Beam bottle
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
This is sombre and beautiful ~
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
OK, synchronise watches Your mission – go see Michele do comedy tomorrow night (or tonight, if you’re reading this on Friday)
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I’ll just leave this here . . . #WombatPoop
A commode painted bright greenA commode painted bright green with a minecraft logo on itA commode painted bright green with a minecraft logo on it
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