Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 18/06/2026There is a lot in this article. The fact that she considers an island with no people or no 'high-end' tourist facilities as worthless. Wanting to roll out a welcome mat to war criminals. But, seriously, why the hell would you consider 'giving' a trillionaire anything for free? #auspol 1101
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 06/06/2026This afternoon on the way home from work I dropped into the petrol station to fill my car up. Just an incredibly boring little task that I have repeated hundreds and hundreds of times over the last 30 or so years. Surreal experience to stand at the bowser and think it might be the very last time. 060
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Apparently I am classed as a 'winner' in this year's budget because I will get a $250 tax break in 2 years time... Given all the fossil fuel industry support and defence spending, how much higher do you think my insurance premiums will be in 2 years time??? So much 'winning' #auspol #budget 0132
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The blue button/red button discussion is so depressing. People totally out of touch with the importance of community and what being human means. Is it really a hypothetical situation? Think lots of smaller buttons with incremental results. Capitalism whispers in your ear to keep pressing red. 1/2 110
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Has anyone else had their Instagram password appear on the dark web? It's the only place I used that particular password. 010
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Tailgating is never a smart thing to do. Tailgating in roo country after dusk during a cost of living crisis seems a particularly moronic move. #rantover 010
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 29/04/2026To let any foreign government be successful in restricting the democratic freedoms of Australians is shocking. To let a foreign power that is currently committing horrendous crimes against humanity do so is disgraceful. We need to push back and call it out. Great article. #auspol 051
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Wordle 1,774 1/6* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Finally! And yes, that has been my starting word for years. I figured it would come up eventually and today I celebrate 🍾 150
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Happy Easter everyone! Its perfect weather here for the Day of Chocolate. 010
Reposted by Kathy MacRM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children." 266176876055
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Do you think we would be in this current mess if @albomp.bsky.social and his mates around the world had reined in Israel early in the genocide? If there had been sanctions placed and ambassadors recalled with the first journalist killed or with the first hospital destroyed? #auspol 484
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This had better be about the end of AUKUS.... Hmmm #auspol 240
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Interesting post from someone who has just decided they should be able to cancel already issued visas from people from predominantly Muslim countries. Tony, mate... #auspol 0146
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 07/03/2026When they aren't randomly leaping in front of your car in the dark and the fog, kangaroos are kinda cute 🦘 #wildoz #wildlife 2263
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I watched Memoirs of a Geisha on SBS the other night because I remember I enjoyed the novel when I read it last century. What a difference a few decades make. Hints of paedophilia and totally obvious that it was a female perspective written by a man. Eeek. Can't believe I was once that clueless. 020
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 01/03/2026My Bluesky feed is full of horrors so it is time for a bird photo. A regular visitor to my garden that kindly lends a hand with pruning. #wildoz #birdsofoz #backyardbirds 2333
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 28/02/2026@albomp.bsky.social if you wish to support an illegal and unjustified war then feel free to quit parliament and head off to the Middle East. No one is going to miss you. But how dare you say that Australia supports it. This country is full of good people. You, however, are not one of them. #auspol 074
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Book #2 for 2026. Booker Prize winner 'Flesh' by David Szalay. Didn't like this one. The characters were too shallow to be interesting. I figure that was the whole point of the novel but...yawn Too many cliches. Too much male sexual fantasy. Not enough depth. #booksky 030
Reposted by Kathy MacSean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 25/02/2026We need more “difficult” women like Grace Tame. #Auspol 1486
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Book #1 for 2026 Land by Simon Winchester After failing dismally in an effort to read a decent number of books in 2025 my goals are low for this year but I'm off the blocks. A very good read that makes you realise that land ownership is a bit crazy and the root of a lot of today's big problems. 010
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 05/02/2026So is it more 'distressing' for graves to be damaged than have little children sleeping in tents blown to pieces during a 'ceasefire'? If you listen to our media you would think so. What is wrong with journalism in this country? #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAustralia vows to repair ‘distressing’ damage to war graves in Gaza bulldozed by Israeli armySatellite photographs show rows of gravestones removed and soil disturbed at the Gaza War Cemetery where more than 250 Australians are buried 1135
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Ambush Hunter A Brown Goshawk ready to pounce. I was once swooped by one of these guys. No idea why. I guess I was unwittingly near a nest. Or it took offence to my photography skills. I promise you if you think being swooped by a Magpie is bad, these are a hell of a lot scarier. #birdsofoz 030
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 26/01/2026The last few weeks have been incredibly troubling. We need some more sane analysis out there as the msm narrative is ludicrous verging on insulting. As much as everyone deserves a holiday we really need #thesundayshot back. Looking forward to their thoughts on the hate speech laws in particular. 031
Reposted by Kathy MacThe DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 26/01/2026If like me, you are afraid, anxious, and concerned about the incredible and almost unbelievable heat across Australia, be sure to remember that this is brought to you by endless government ineptitude, fossil fuel company greed and media complicity. I’m so fucking furious. 39341
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Today I heard a loud bird call I couldn't place. I tracked it down to find this. Don't think I have ever heard a wedgie talk before! #birdsofoz 060
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Shit Life lost in the Longwood fire I was thinking we had got lucky when the missing 3 were found safe and well. Thoughts are with the community and family affected. Photo is a Gang Gang taken in Gobur from 2023. Its a lovely part of the world. #vicfires 071
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 08/01/2026La Niña is not what it used to be 😭 Homes will be lost today. I'm just hoping no lives will be. Please stay safe everyone. And once we get through today we really need to remove fossil fuel company influence from politics. Their time is over. #vicfires #auspol 0164
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 04/01/2026I'm feeling sad at the state of the world today. Given my Bluesky feed I gather I am not alone. To brighten things up here is a random photo of a stunning goanna I crossed paths with on the first day of 2026 #reptilesofoz #nature #terrickterrick 140
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Merry Xmas Bluesky I hope you are enjoying the day with the people you care about. Or at least earning very decent penalty rates if you are one of the legends that are out there working today. #merryxmas #aussiexmas 131
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Is private health insurance another case of generational theft? I would like to see what the distribution of the 85% return to policy holders is, in terms of age and income/wealth. My gut feel it is wealthy boomers that are sucking the life out of it. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...abc.net.auValue of private health insurance 'eroding' as doctors urge reformA new report from Australia's peak doctors' body says private health insurance is increasingly failing to deliver value to the roughly 15 million Australians who hold a policy. 040
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Went exploring today. I think I found the best-looking Primary School in Victoria. What a gem! 040
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 18/11/2025This female Mulga Parrot looks like it rolled on an artist's palette! 🎨 Photo take at Ouyen Lake. #wildoz #birdsofoz #malleebirds 092
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 08/10/2025The Victorian state liberal party just congratulated me on recently becoming an Australian citizen. I was born here nearly 50 years ago... Lol #auspol 10348
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Hey, heads up ABC. If you think that the Black Saturday bushfires happened on the 28th Feb 2009, as you stated in #IWasActuallyThere, I can tell you weren't actually there. Bit of a shame that you cannot check even the most basic of facts any more. It was a big day for many of us. Truth matters. 010
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Who is joining me on #teamlyrebird? Just check out those tail feathers! Vote 1 the bush chook! #birdoftheyear2025 030
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Book #8 for 2025 A very important topic and a few connect-the-dots moments for me but I must admit I got bogged down in the long list of names. Bit of a slog at times. #booksky 140
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Geez, imagine if the government dedicated this much money to help prevent a real threat to our future...ecological collapse. #auspol #climatecrisis 183
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Total lunar eclipse. Weather was kind given there was a thunderstorm early in the night. 080
Reposted by Kathy MacComrade Dogboy KC AO @comradedogboy.bsky.social · 07/09/2025The amount of people who are blaming immigration for all ills are either actually racist or wilfully ignorant of facts. Those who own the mass media, & the means of production are stealing from you & telling you it’s immigration. WAKE THE FUCK UP AUSTRALIA. Jesus H Christ, it’s OBVIOUS! #auspol 0136
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Always exciting to see a new species in the garden. Crescent Honeyeater! Not a very common bird around here. It joins the New Holland Honeyeaters, Crimson Rosellas, King Parrots and Eastern Spinebills feasting on the almond blossoms that somehow have survived the crazy weather. 080
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 24/08/2025How awesome is the wattle at the moment? So nice to have all this colour herald the end of winter #wattle #birdsofoz #cockatoo 2182
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 19/08/2025I don't like Albanese as PM but it reflects well on him if he gets criticism rather than praise from war criminals. It's hard to see a path forward for Israel. They will never be forgiven and this is Netanyahu's fault. He is the one who has betrayed his country. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comNetanyahu lashes out at Albanese as ‘weak politician who betrayed Israel’ as diplomatic row escalatesIsrael’s prime minister accuses Australian leader of ‘abandoning’ Jews as tension escalates over visa cancellation and Palestinian recognition 010
Reposted by Kathy MacNick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 17/08/2025The truth emerges. The campaign to silence writers - which imploded the Bendigo Writers Fest - was waged by an anonymous group of pro-Israel academics, 5A. (A group that has no compunction naming and defaming individual writers, btw). Important scoop:deepcutnews.comPro-Israel group lobbied La Trobe and Bendigo Writers Festival over Palestinian academic's institutionA leaked letter reveals pressure from a pro-Israel group in the lead up to the Festival 9222128
Reposted by Kathy MacBlakandblack @blakandblack.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Jillian Shirley Segal AO is a human tornado 🌪️ ripping the Australian arts scene to shreds… blakandblack.com/2025/08/16/u...blakandblack.comUnited we Stand: When the Code of Conduct Fails to Protect AllA Lion used to prowl about a field in which Four Oxen used to dwell. Many a time he tried to attack them; but whenever he came near they turned their tails to one another, so that whichever way he app... 24522
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 09/08/2025This Golden-headed Cisticola sat outside the car window and demanded to have its photo taken. Okay little bird. Fair enough. You win. #wildoz #birdsofoz 1243
Kathy Mac @kmac-79.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Sunset was next level tonight. Canola is out. Feels like spring. 040
