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Mike Funnell

@mikefunnell.bsky.social
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Former SysProg moved on to being a payments specialist - and now trying to fully retire. — @FunnellMike over with the pachyderms & on what might still be Twitter (sort of). Sydney, Australia.

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Floofy with a Chance of Spanakopita @floofytyrant.bsky.social · 16m
Alan has a way of explaining finance and economics in a way that make sense to the everyday person. It doesn’t matter how complex a concept, he really gets down to the basics and makes sure his audience gets it. He will be missed. Love his work.
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 28/09/2026
Have just had one of my staff messaging on the staff chat. Two young fellas came in, got knocked back because their ID was bogus, so they decided to steal the stuff! In their haste, they dropped their mobile phone, so a manager is now calling their parents 🤣
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Australia lurching further along the moronic MAGA/MAHA path
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Kristin Carao @mikaelakristin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Such a nice day out today! Went for a small walk, sent some job applications. Feeling a bit broken though cause I still haven't got anywhere with my job applications. 😭 Someone please hire me, I swear I'm good at what I do.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Raw milk strikes again. Thirteen people across nine states have become sick with E. coli after consuming Sierra Nevada Graziers’ product, with 8 of them having been hospitalized.
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E. coli outbreak linked to raw milk cheese brand: CDC, FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli infections.
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ready to go. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a suburban living room on Grand Final Day (AFL or the code of your choice). The title: All Ready For Game Day. Left to right, items are shown and labelled: a television (TV), a couch (Comfy Seats), meats pies with sauce and a bowl of chips (Snacks), an ice bucket full of alcoholic drinks (Drinks), a phone (Betting Apps), an overnight bag, partially concealed under the table with a teddy bear next to it (Emergency Go Bag). Standing in the doorway, eyes on the go bag, is an anxious young mother with a baby girl on her hip and a boy holding her hand, as they wait for things to kick off.
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Imogen @imogenib.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Horrified to learn of 3k homeless deaths per year in this intergenerational report. The increase in homelessness and the increasing trend of many Councils across the country to “move them away on” trashing their things and sending them to anywhere but here. 3k dying. #PovertyKills #RaiseTheRate ✊
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I didn’t get out to 🚴 or take bird bird photos yesterday (socialising) and won’t get to walk my camera this afternoon (more socialising 😃) but here’s a cheeky cocky I saw in the park by our local library when riding my 🚲 today:
A Sulphur Crested Cockatoo on the ground with an out of focus pigeon behind.
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Jenny Schwartz @jennyschwartz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The deluge of AI generated books has significantly impacted my income. Not having a recent new release is a problem. But the drop in my books' discoverability is due to smart/overwhelming marketing by the AI books' producers. ::huge frustrated sigh::
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Augh Frustration: Cartoon Girl Screaming
Alt: Augh Frustration: Cartoon Girl Screaming
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For the record, Jenny isn’t really exaggerating much — if you read “Stars Die” you will probably like it 🤞 (In ways which might surprise you, too 🤔) I can assure you that I enjoyed it. (But, because I’ve read some of Jenny’s other books, I wasn’t as surprised as you might be 🤷‍♂️)
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trims. My cartoon in Tuesday's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a suburban house. The homeowners relax in garden chairs and watch on approvingly as treasurer Jim Chalmers (from Jim's Tax Trims) neatens up with handheld sheers the foliage of a large tree overhanging their house. Meanwhile, semi-concealed and kneeling at the base of the tree are two workers whose shirts read "Interest rate rises" and "real wage decline" cutting into the base of the tree with chainsaws.
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SallyRCbra @srpassesiton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From Kon K. The AFL Grand Final is the 2nd most dangerous day of the year for women in Australia. That’s a fact. Victoria Police & police everywhere preparing for up to a 20% rise in male violence against women on Saturday
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It was rather late when I walked my camera today — and while I did spot other birds, well, the light wasn’t great 😬 As has been their wont of late, this little spinebill helped me by singing in a little ray of sunshine 😍
An Eastern Spinebill, mid-song, perched in a Grevillea bush in the late afternoon light.
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SallyRCbra @srpassesiton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The NSW government is moving to curb #rapemmyths in trials to reduce the impact on victim-survivors and increase the likelihood of justice being done. THANK GOODNESS. Now other states should do same. #MVAWG #JusticeSystem theconversation.com/rape-myths-s...
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Rape myths shape how we respond to sexual violence. What are they and what impact do they have?
The NSW government is moving to curb rape myths in trials to reduce the impact on victim-survivors and increase the likelihood of justice being done.
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Too wet to 🚴 today but I did get out for a walk when the rain stopped later. I saw some birds and things. It’s nice that the Brown Cuckoo-Doves are hanging around for a while 😃
A Brown Cuckoo-Dove perched in a tree.
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
excuse me..
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Forget turtles — it is sticks (stick insects) all the way down:
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Get Stick Bugged, Get Rick Rolled LOL
Alt: Getting Stick-Rolled 🙄
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Gerard Gill @gerardagill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Eventually we find out there are basically no actual sticks in Queensland. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Two new stick insect species emerge from Queensland forests
The two new species are in the same genus and are both winged and more than 10cm long.
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Andrew Bragg uses the phrase “supply-side economics” without (seemingly) understanding what that term of art means .. (Milton’s grave might be .. disturbed 🤭) He then goes on to completely confuse supply and demand as more general terms. 🤷‍♂️🤯 *This* is a shadow-minister 😱 #abc730 #auspol #abcnews
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
press pool
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Between work (☹️) and weather I probably won't be able to 🚴‍♂️ or perhaps even go for a proper walk with my camera. I did go outside earlier, though, just in the front garden. I've been having luck with the Eastern Spinebills lately (I do 😍 'em).
An Eastern Spinebill perched on a Grevillea bush.
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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
in case you missed it!! new release of @kudelka.bsky.social’s rusted-on bingo tea towels, with $5 from every tea towel sold going to the Jon Kudelka Fund for Glioblastoma Research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research get yours now!! www.kudelkashop.com/product/rust...
Screenshot of a post from facebook:

The Kudelka Shop is at The Kudelka Shop.
RUSTED ON BINGO IS BACK.
Jon Kudelka's classic tea towel is getting a special re-release.
This time, $5 from every tea towel sold goes to the Jon Kudelka Fund for Glioblastoma Research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research.
#JonKudelka #RustedOnBingo
#glioblastomaresearch #menziesinstituteformedicalresearch
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
wait a minute..
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I thought my camera walk this afternoon would be a bust — overcast, stiff breeze 💨 .. and then it started to sprinkle 🌧️ The birds were staying away (showing more sense than I had). Before packing it in, though, I thought to check just a couple of spots I've had luck with. Persistence pays off 😃
An Eastern Spinebill feeding below an orange Grevillea blossom.
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Saying something by saying nothing. My cartoon in the Saturday @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing an art gallery opening event. The artist is Ed Sheeran, who is explaining his work to an attendee: "I choose to make art about things that aren't political." Every canvas on the walls of the gallery is blank. The explanatory plaque of the one in the foreground is visible and reads: "Ed Sheeran, 'Think of the children.' Blank canvas."
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SallyRCbra @srpassesiton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Everyone please save this page and repost as relevant when media do a sht job of reporting #MVAWC ( far too often!) www.ourwatch.org.au/media-report...
ourwatch.org.au
Guidelines for reporting on violence against women
Tips and information the media can use to ensure reporting does not further harm victim-survivors and is part of the solution to violence against women.
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SallyRCbra @srpassesiton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#Feminism has for many decades been pointing out the unfairness/ untruth of calling women ‘single mothers’ once a man leaves the family, yet just calling the man ‘father’.
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SallyRCbra @srpassesiton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Omg NSW #familyviolence #Domestichomicide 3 women killed by men in their family and this child by its mother in last two days. Horrific
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SallyRCbra @srpassesiton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
💔😡 #femicide
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It is now 18 days until I head off for 18 days on Lord Howe Island (flights permitting 🤞) That wasn’t the original plan (boring story) but it’s how it ended up (Dad will be there for fewer days; I took over the days he had to give up for “other reasons” within our booking). Looking forward to it 😃
Mt Lidgbird, Mt Gower, “rabbit island” seen across the lagoon at Lord Howe Island.
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Donald is all-in with Skynet 😬🤔🤷‍♂️🙄
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Terminator Robot with Glowing Red Eyes
Alt: Terminator Robot with Glowing Red Eyes
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
One 🚴, one walk 👟 (with camera), each day this week (same as last week, because the weather permitted). They’re not long rides or walks — but they do add up if you keep doing ‘em..
Strava screenshot showing roughly five and a half hours exercise and 44km distance through consistent light activity.
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
royal flush
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The “library bird” was there again today on my “off to lunch” 🚴
A Sulphur Crested Cockatoo coming to a perch on a branch.
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Good morning from sunny Sydney...
A Rainbow Lorikeet feeding from yellow Grevillea.
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yet another spinebill: I saw this poor little-one lurking in the shrubbery trying to cadge a feed without attracting the ire of the Little Wattlebirds (which police 'their' territory with phenomenal ferocity):
An Eastern Spinebill deep inside some Grevillea bushes.
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Cartoon by Nick Anderson
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Jenny Schwartz @jennyschwartz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A reminder for the weekend 🏖📚 #booksky
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I went for a walk with my new lens — and saw another spinebill (I like Eastern Spinebills 🥰) (I saw lots of spinebills — but this one was the most cooperative ✔️)
An Eastern Spinebill perched in a Grevillea bush.
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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
THREAD: 4 months before Jillian Segal released her antisemitism report, she (+ adviser) took a secret trip to the US. The infamous 70 page totally redacted FOI comes to mind, as does Minister Tony Burke's claim for public interest immunity stopping the tabling of docs at Senate estimates.
67 pages of silence regarding the extra Special Envoy's trip to the US in March 2025. Sssssh.  Additional sketchy details about the trip were provided by Jillian Segal to the Royal Commission in April 2026, one month before Minister Tony Burke claimed public interest immunity preventing material being tabled at Senate Estimates.
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 19/09/2026
Read more: trib.al/6RZhsnR
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You’d never know this was taken in a small council park, just outside my local library, in a very urban setting — unless I told you 🤭 Birds are everywhere 🥰 (With bird flu — let’s 🙏🙏🙏 it stays that way🤞)
A Sulphur Crested Cockatoo perched in a tree.
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Imogen @imogenib.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Homeless people at camp in Rockingham given less than a week to move - ABC News Homeless in Australia? The State decides you can just “move on”. Where are you supposed to go? Less than a week and then they’ll throw your belongings in the bin. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... #HousingCrisis
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Dozens of homeless people at Perth camp given less than a week to move
Roughly 50 people staying in tents and cars at a makeshift camp in the City of Rockingham have been ordered by the state government to clear the area, leaving many scared and with nowhere else to go.
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I took my new toy on my camera walk this afternoon. It’s a new toy, right? 🤷‍♂️ Plus I need to learn its good points, it’s limitations — and just plain get familiar with it. This lovely little Lewin’s Honeyeater helped me with all that 🥰
A Lewin’s Honeyeater perched above a red Grevillea flower.
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
excuse us
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
jAIsus
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I received a new (to me; it's 2nd hand) lens yesterday after the light was done. So like a big kid with a new toy, I had to try it out this morning. I think it will do 😃 Now I have to figure out if I'll take it with me on an upcoming trip (and how to fit it in a restricted baggage allowance).
An Eastern Spinebill perched by a red Grevillea flower.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My column on how the level of Jobseeker kills people. And those running the economy for over 30 years have decided that is how it should be. www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg Jericho
Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Something else I have to add to my pile of 💩 — I have to find somebody who will issue me a credit card 🤔 I know I'm late to the party but HSBC is shutting down it's Australian retail bank and my card is going with it ☹️ While this is an annoyance, it's not a big thing (I have other credit cards)..
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