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Marcus Mantscheff

@mmantscheffau.bsky.social
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Local & Remote Area firey, father/ grandpa, omnivorous reader, latent gardener. Not good with short-cuts or sugar-coating. Living on Whiyabul land at Nimbin, NSW.

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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Needed more than submarines we will never see
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Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Albo will 100% see this as a feature not a bug
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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Over at @getup.org.au ‘s Instagram to see the full AI Deep Fake — here’s the side by side:
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Reflecting on a comment from a colleague some years back… We were training new fire mitigation personnel & there was smoke from local fires in the wind: “That’s the smell of job security” said with a grin. Sad those words now underscore all efforts in this losing fight a/g rising temperatures.
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Thanks for sharing this Cam. Completed & shared with brigade colleagues. 💪
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DJ @darnich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Cartoon of the week
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 09/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
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Angela Collier @acollierastro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
> Ten years after MeToo, women are still explaining the danger while grown men demand emotional accommodations for having to hear about it. Imagine calling yourself a protector and needing to be protected from the conversation.
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The Rise of Temu Masculinity
the male protector recession.
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Tech companies comprise the safety of women and girls for profit & should be held accountable.” 🔥 Anna Strolenberg, MEP - Netherlands
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Jack Churchill's Arrow @churchillsarrow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
They whine about the essence of the country being altered by immigration while cheering on its destruction by monied interests. Set of lying bastards who should be ashamed to be seen in public.
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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Truth is a bitch… www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Australia and Turkey criticised for hosting UN climate conference while embracing coal
Global campaign group 350.org urges Cop31 hosts to announce a coal phase-out date and national roadmaps to get off fossil fuels
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
GOP population control. Who will be the ‘New American Poor’ once the most marginalised & impoverished are either deported or dead in the streets from homelessness & hunger?
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The Smartest Money on Earth Just Quit Trump’s America. Here's What Happens to Everyone Who Can't And The Economic Collapse That’s Coming.
Trump destroyed the US economy, fired the people who'd fix it, and built the whole thing so it survives your ballot. The projection, the human cost, and why the US economy WILL collapse.
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And Albanese's censorship, free speech ban & embrace of everything ultra right rolls on.
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“… despite Albanese’s blandishments on the environment, will his promise of renewables to power data centres prove any more a durable guard rail than the protection he offered artists? If you think those promises won’t be broken also, ask Toto not to wag his tail and see what happens.” Flanagan on 🔥
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why does her husband look like somebody on a "Reasons For Vaginal Dryness" poster? .
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Some Thai green curry at the beach camp for a change. Partner’s 15yo noting “I’d eat this again” being the peak of his compliment vocabulary.
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics, @amyremeikis.bsky.social writes. "On every issue, Labor has done the least it can do." www.deepcutnews.com/p/this-labor...
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This Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics – Amy Remeikis
There is more opportunity to push back against toxic centrism
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I absolutely refuse to get caught up in hype about a “hack” of a public service that simultaneously tries to block public access to data and also doesn’t know how to set permissions in their own data management www.croakey.org/on-secrets-s...
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On secrets, Services Australia and a call for more transparent public governance
Introduction by Charles Maskell-Knight: One of the problems in delivering government entitlement programs fairly and legally is ensuring that the
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“For real”
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🍉paraver🟩🟡🟥 @paraver.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Lá, como cá.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Israel lobby has dropped its vexatious lawsuit against @marykostakidis.bsky.social whose bravery and integrity is a light for us all Andrew Brown #auspol michaelwest.com.au/mary-kostaki...
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Mary Kostakidis stared down the Zionist lobby, and courage won - Michael West
The Zionist Federation of Australia expected fear, expense and exhaustion to silence Mary Kostakidis. She stood her ground
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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 08/09/2026
Keegan Tatum: Why do people keep voting for conservative governments when metrics all over the world show that quality of life is better under progressive governments? Answer: stupidity."
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Will Americans prove how unforgivingly stupid they can be, by returning a GOP majority in November?
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mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This cartoon was created by Pulitzer Prize winning artist Adam Zyglis for The Buffalo News in November, 2024. It hits even harder now.
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Booker-prize winning author Richard Flanagan hit the nail on the head during his powerful speech at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. If you agree, sign our petition urging governments and institutions to reject the IHRA definition of antisemitism: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/08/dont...
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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 04/09/2026
This is gross, violating, and terrifying. Meta AI gives open access for anybody to profile, stalk, and track the children of its users. This post-privacy age would have been Epstein's wet dream. How did we let it get this far?
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Absolute perfection from @cathywilcox.bsky.social #Auspol
Baffled at how a racist grifter who's been flogging her schtick for 3o years with minimal success has suddenly Shot to prominence?
I present: A PLEASE EXPLAINER
THE STRATEGIST
THE MODEL
THE BILLION/TRILLIONAIRE
Fake news
PLATFORM-OWNING
Flood
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murderers
HATE SPEECH -
and rapists
LOVING
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THE VESTED INVESTOR
BRRRRR
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THE PRODUCT
Wathy
journalist no good
Muslims trans insurgency climate hoax
THE INDONESIAN BOT FARM
Pumping out Al content and disinformation to boost Hanson and atfack ner political enemies kand Vietnamese and ludian
THE AVERAGE PUNTER
She seems authentic
Wilcox
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Dr Stefanie Hammond - Rural Generalist (FACRRM) based in southwest Victoria - talks about the impact of the NDIS cuts on patients she’s now seeing in her clinic
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
And his Pentagon ‘remarks’ will be broadcast by a widely complicit media, irrespective of that day’s gravitas.
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Youse betta cotton on to the lingo or you’ll have Buckley’s of gettin’ a grouse job”
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The natural career step-up would be to coach. Pendlebury’s credentials are a given but he must show the skill set - the leadership, not just the mechanics - is repeatable elsewhere. Suns had an ok start to 2026, Dimma is building strength & King is out. Also frees 🤑 for the Pies bid on Butters.
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Umm… so that reads like no foreign investment royalties paid into govt coffers to help cover shortfalls in Aussie taxpayer infrastructure & services under a One Nation government. Right? PHON really setting themselves apart from the majors here… not. SMH
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Lwaxana’s Earring @sacredrixx.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is a good doodad though.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Captured through the refined visual lens of photographer Dirk Ercken, this pristine study of a karesansui (dry landscape garden) isolates the essential elements of Japanese Zen spatial design into a fluid, abstract composition.
Sweeping ridges of fine, pale gravel are combed into gentle, sinuous samon (sand ripples), mimicking the rhythmic movement of water around three dark, smoothly weathered river stones. The low-angled side lighting grazes the raised contours of the raked furrows, casting soft, elongated shadows that accentuate the tactile grain of the granules against the dense, matte surfaces of the embedded stones. By paring away extraneous greenery and external architecture, Ercken’s macro-perspective focuses entirely on the quiet dialogue between solid mass and dynamic negative space (yohaku).

Rooted in the Zen Buddhist monastic traditions that flourished during the Muromachi period (1336–1573), karesansui gardens utilize stone and gravel to construct expansive visual cosmoses within compact quarters. In this visual theology, the raked sand represents the vastness of the ocean, rivers, or the primordial void, while the unmoving stones evoke eternal mountain peaks, sacred islands, or the grounded mind amidst the shifting currents of life. The daily ritual of combing these linear grooves with a wooden rake is far more than routine maintenance; it is an act of moving meditation, requiring steady physical focus and breath control to execute uninterrupted, flowing curves that mirror the gardener’s internal state of harmony.

The compositional arrangement of the three stones exemplifies the fundamental spatial principle of ma—the sacred, meaningful intervals between forms that allow each object to exist in balanced tension. Positioned in an asymmetrical, gentle diagonal across the frame, the stones act as visual anchors within the undulating tide of sand, inviting the eye to follow the rhythmic crests before settling into quiet reflection.
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Pat Hudson Cartoons @hudsoncartoons.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Standing by #auspol #climatecrisis
Editorial cartoon. FM Wong and PM Albanese making simultaneous announcements, Wong - “We are standing by to provide any assistance to this climate disaster”, Albanese - “We are standing by unprepared to do anything to mitigate these climate disasters”
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🖕💯👊 Netanyahu appeared shaken as most UN delegates walked out of the General Assembly hall, while he was booed. #cdnpoli
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We are loooooong way from Whitlam, and Hawke/Keating
Chart showing unemployment benefits relative to the poverty line

IN 1996 they were around 25% below poverty, in 2007 they were 42% below, and that's where they are now
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Finger on the pulse, our Albo… +15months after the fact.
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If this is true, it’s a game changer. (And for once commonsense prevailed.)
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Rosie de Difficult Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Canada 🇨🇦 shows Trump 🖕🥾🇺🇸 to the kerb. Well done 👏👏👏👏
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Just an FYI… cinnamon will also inhibit fungal (mould) mycelium development & clove will interrupt fungal sporulation. Plenty of trad/ home recipes out there that apply the science.
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Albo is a career politician. Popularity outside his workplace & role seems to elude him. Try as he might, he simply does not connect at a humanist level. Scripted words: “fair go”, or “my single-mum” have become wooden. Real connection cannot be curated & vainglorious podcasts are a baited trap.
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Having been responded to both “MVA & Car Fire - persons trapped” over the last 18yrs; it’s never been the seatbelt restraint that kept people stuck in vehicles. Likelihood of surviving a rollover - at speed & unrestrained - would be slim. It’s never a given the car wreck will catch alight either.
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Marcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
1970… the year seatbelts in the front seats of Aussie autos became compulsory. I imagine there was backlash re: protecting those in the back.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
And you definitely don't want to use a high-powered 532nm green laser, because it can permanently burn and disable digital camera CMOS or CCD sensors. Green light is absorbed at a very high efficiency by these electronic sensors, meaning concentrated beams easily melt or overload the pixel array.
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