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Curious reader, flâneur, humanist, and gentleman amateur We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars: Wilde Meanjin, Brisbane Australia (formerly of Omelas) festina lente insufficient data... #storyofmylife

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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 2h
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 19h
@bookamatic.bsky.social here's a find for you (apols if you are already acquainted) >> @gladlib.bsky.social
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I taught Long Distance, Tony Harrison’s beautiful & honest poem about bereavement to my students for decades. Eventually, it provided consolation to me as well. #NationalPoetryDay
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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A few years ago, this post of mine went viral (millions and millions of views) and it continues to circulate every few months. It seems to be making the rounds again. Posting it again here in case anyone needs this today. - Doug Murano, Founder & CEO, Bad Hand Books
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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DSCOVR:EPIC @dscovr-epic.bot.country · 01/10/2026
18:50 on Monday September 28th, over the North Pacific Ocean
An image of the Earth from space.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Measuringe the value of educacioun by returne on ynvestment onlye ys lyke measuringe the value of a garden by the weight of the floweres
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
A figure stands in a barren landscape; reaches for the lever on a large, eccentric contraption covered in wires, pipes, dials and buttons; looks over towards two figures inside a bunker and says:

"'Trust me, it's safe' would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't saying it from inside a concrete bunker."
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller Marked As: Read ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (66/52)
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The Land in Winter
DECEMBER 1962, THE WEST COUNTRY. Local doctor Eric Par…
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/62... Light Rains Sometimes Fall: a British Year Through Japan's 72 Seasons by Lev Parikian reading progress: 18%
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Light Rains Sometimes Fall: A British Year Through Japa…
See the British year afresh as we follow twelve months …
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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DSCOVR:EPIC @dscovr-epic.bot.country · 25/09/2026
16:25 on Wednesday September 23rd, over Colombia
An image of the Earth from space.
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Time was, when you got a software or system update notification for your gadgets, you'd think "Ooh, what cool new functionality will this be?" Now, though, it's "What hideous and unwanted AI feature are they foisting on me, and will I be able to work around it?"
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller reading progress: p. 153 (39%)
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The Land in Winter
DECEMBER 1962, THE WEST COUNTRY. Local doctor Eric Par…
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘Negligent’ to talk about long term risks to Australia without examining cost of climate crisis, experts say www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘Negligent’ to talk about long term risks to Australia without examining cost of climate crisis, experts say
One academic says federal government’s intergenerational report, a snapshot of life in 2066, ignores the economic damage on the horizon
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Maybe the RBA and the government should be focusing on the ‘company profit-price spiral’ 🤷
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Andrew Thatcher @andythatcher1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good work Battersea!
Battersea Dog and Cat billboard titled with The only borders we care about. And three images of a border collie
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller Reading progress: p. 112 (29%)
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The Land in Winter
DECEMBER 1962, THE WEST COUNTRY. Local doctor Eric Par…
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... Getting Murdoched: How Murdoch's Media Wields Power and Punishment by Andrew Dodd & Matthew Ricketson Marked As: Read ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (65/52)
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MicheleMuse 💙🌈🦋🇺🇦 @michelemuse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/62... Light Rains Sometimes Fall: A British Year Through Japan's 72 Seasons by Lev Parikian Reading progress: 12%
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Light Rains Sometimes Fall: A British Year Through Japa…
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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CEEFAUX @ceefaux.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We never made it past the audition stage (twice) for #onlyconnect sadly :( @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social
20.00 FILM: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY CONNECT
James Bond must discover the link between a French Public Holiday, 
a Disney fawn and rabbit friend, a small occasional task, and a 1975 shark film. With Victoria Coren-Mitchell as Plenty O'Gin.
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DSCOVR:EPIC @dscovr-epic.bot.country · 21/09/2026
11:29 on Saturday September 19th, over Africa
An image of the Earth from space.
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Very good article by knowledgeable person This Is Really Bad www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...
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Opinion | This Is Really Bad (Gift Article)
We can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe.
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Alan Austin @alanaustin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Only once has Australia achieved these four outcomes: inflation, the jobless and interest rates below 4.6%, and GDP growth above 2.0%. That was in the fiscal year ended in June 2026. By falsifying their reports on the economy Australia’s newsrooms are the main cause of collapsing social cohesion.
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Australia’s incompetent newsrooms fail to report best financial year ever
Last week’s gross domestic product (GDP) numbers confirm Australia’s economy is a world leader again.
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... Getting Murdoched: How Murdoch's Media Wields Power and Punishment by Andrew Dodd & Matthew Ricketson reading progress: p.294 (68%)
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Getting Murdoched: How Murdoch’s Media Wields Power and…
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/14... Moth (Lew Griffin # 2) by James Sallis Marked As: Read ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (64/52)
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Moth (Lew Griffin Mysteries (Paperback))
Lew Griffin has quit the detective business and withdra…
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Ross Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The scale by which we measure the darkness of the night sky is called the Bortle Scale. It is very enjoyable to say “Bortle”. The word has great mouth-feel. Our little donga in the Mallee? Bortle 3.
This image illustrates the Bortle scale, which measures the impact of light pollution on the dark skies at a given location. It shows, from left to right, the decrease in the number of stars and night-sky objects visible in excellent dark sky conditions compared with cities. The illustration is a modification of an original photograph taken at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile, a place with excellent dark-sky conditions, perfect for astronomy. The image has been flipped left to right.
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Ian Collings @bookamatic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it?
The penultimate scene from Blackadder Goes Forth, when the troops are just about to go over the top from the trenches.
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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I love PG Wodehouse so much
A joke from PG Wodehouse
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
Course: Introduction to Basic Philosophical Astronomy 
Type: Six-week evening class 
Location: Physics Building Roof 

Modules: 
Week One - Whoa, look at all those stars 
Week Two - Dude, there are, like, bajillions 
Week Three - let me blow your mind with some big bang facts 
week Four - d'you think aliens are doing this on their planet?
Week Five - Let's just chill out and take it all in for a while 
Week Six - Seriously, it's crazy how many stars are up there 

Image: figures sprawl on the roof of a building, gazing at a sky filled with stars.
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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