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AUKUS offers diplomatic, technological and security benefits. AUKUS also offers popularity. "The 2026 Lowy Institute Poll found 68 percent support acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, despite confidence in Trump falling to 21 percent and trust in the US to 31 percent."

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Chris Adee @chrisadee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

get your vote in!

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Nich Hills @nichhills.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you're a lawmaker you should uphold the law. If you cease to be a lawmaker...

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Nich Hills @nichhills.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If the Government is paying these sort of salaries, the should be recruiting, notfrom the Public Service, but from US hedge funds. Unfortunately, hedge findd pay more. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Million-dollar public servants: 11 staff at Australia’s Future Fund paid significantly more than the PM

One executive received a $1.5m package last year, while 10 other staff received remuneration exceeding $1m each

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Any QoTN references require this banger performance to be reposted. Opera singers sometimes get dinged a bit for their acting. That is not a reasonable case here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBe... #NowPlaying

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The Magic Flute – Queen of the Night aria (Mozart; Diana Damrau, The Royal Opera)

YouTube video by Royal Ballet and Opera

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Nich Hills @nichhills.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

An indicator of an incoming government's performance is the number of former cabinet ministers it contains. The Whitlam government was destined to have issues. The government of Edmund Barton did OK due to the number of ministers from the 6 colonies. (Tosspot Toby doing good himself, not so much.)

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Personally I don’t consider gangs of uniformed thugs obstructing the work of the RNLI and threatening their staff and volunteers to be primarily a culture issue, but what do I know?

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Chris Adee @chrisadee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

did you know this is true for any bites from any creature (including humans) or scratches from any nonsterile source (which is most of them)? if it breaks the skin, bacteria can get in

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Lisa Downunder 🇦🇺🦘 @cqchiro1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Cool new friend in my kitchen.

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

and here's a version with lyrics, sung by Andy Williams... www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRnx...

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A Time For Us (Romeo & Juliet) - andy williams

YouTube video by mytokar

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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Whoa. (For non-birders: this is a duck. 😮)

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Chris Adee @chrisadee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

‘And you will be the People’s Earl’ – Charles Spencer’s Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, digested by John Crace | Diana, Princess of Wales | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

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‘And you will be the People’s Earl’ – Charles Spencer’s Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, digested by John Crace

The earl on his globally lauded eulogy for Diana, King Charles’s sausage fingers and toxic Raine, topped off with a lavish sprinkling of adverbs

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Dark Matter Zine @darkmatterzine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Coalition aka Liberal Party and National Party declare a war on renewables and to remove environmental protections; declaration made in the early weeks of a super el nino event. #auspol

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Caroline @tasdevilsrgr8.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If at first you don’t succeed with a thoroughly debunked and stupid plan, keep dragging it out to show everyone that you can create thoroughly debunked and stupid plans….10 points…

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Nich Hills @nichhills.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I wonder if these tactics for the fishing black market would work for the tobacco black market? No. The tobacco black market largely revolves around imported tobacco.

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Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Important news from Maggie, who wants us to look at her and not the news

Black cat lollling on newspaper, belly-up, staring at the camera lens with wide eyes

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Nich Hills @nichhills.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Finland is pretty good, too.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I haven’t read all of the books in @igmansfield.bsky.social’s list, but I have read enough of them to say confidently that this is a fantastic list of books to read and I am very much looking forward to completing the set:

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The 25 Science-Fiction Books You Must Read, Ranked

And six short story collections

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

making this my new email autoreply

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Had a really nice day out in Hebden Bridge, and been reminded of what a special place the Upper Valley is.

An old mill against a wooded hill and a stormy sky.

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Nich Hills @nichhills.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

'Abroad' mustn't include the Occupied Territories.

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Nich Hills @nichhills.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

'Ms Clay said the [ACT Greens] party was not considering forming government with the Liberals at this stage.'

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Politics in UK: too many gatecrashers, not enough bouncers.

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Dr Elena Lonergan @elenalonergan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Birds on a wire Leichhardt, Sunday 6am

Rosella parrots sitting on power lines against a pale blue sky.

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Nich Hills @nichhills.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

With the passing of Miko (rescue cat, aged 20) Buzz (rescue kitten, aged 11) has been promoted to senior cat. The new junior cat is Cato (rescue cat, aged 2). Cato is very kittenish, zoomies and enthusiastic play. Affectionate, too. Buzz. Cato.

Cato, a tuxedo cat, atop a cat carrier and a book.

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The mama tapir when she was visiting me a few months ago at @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica #tapiroftheday #tapirs

A tapir stands close to the camera in lush green forest, its long flexible snout filling much of the frame.

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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

let's talk about music. When I say "Eddie Rosner (1910-1976) was a musical prodigy who in the 1920s abandoned his classical music training for the jazz trumpet, eventually being called 'the White Louis Armstrong'" you probably think you have a picture of his life. but that picture is wrong!

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Bear paw tofu, hot and numbing peas, smothered chard with garlic

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thrilled to see that the Queenscliffe Writers Festival has described attending authors by genre or the prizes they've won whereas my adjective is 'enduring' as if I'm 104, an unshakable virus or buffalo grass. See you there.

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Nich Hills @nichhills.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Rarely get into Civic these days. So it was good to catch up with this old friend: a sculpture of a magpie* approaching a chip** * Australian magpie ** French fry Magpies are friendly, intelligent and musical. Downside: tuxedo seagulls.

Location: Canberra, Civic, Garema Place.

A sculpture of a black and white bird leaning down to seize a yellow chip in its beak.

A sign in front of the sculpture implores humans not to climb up.

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Nich Hills @nichhills.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

RS with your home river. Hobart lies on the Derwent River. North of Hobart, the Derwent is a broad river. South of Hobart it is an estuary. Here is the Derwent river from the southern suburb of Hobart.

The River Derwent as an estuary. Behind the river is Taroona High, a collection of school buildings mostly built in the 1960s Australian style.

Fun fact: Queen Mary of Denmark was a pupil at Taroona High, along with other, lesser, mortals.

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Satin Bowerbird at Lamington National Park #Australia I'm not sure if this is a female or juvenile male. #birds #nature

Gray-brown bird with a speckled chest and bright purple eye perched among vivid green leaves.

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Dr Nick 🦉🇦🇺 @doktrnick.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Not too sure what this Powerful Owlet was up to yesterday. But it may have been trying to cool itself down. 33C was a ridiculous temperature for the 4th day of spring in Brisbane. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

Powerful Owlet hunched over a branch with its wings partially spread

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J MacQueen @jomacmouse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s Spring. Today’s temperature is expected to be 31 degrees C. Too early, weather. And the bushfire alerts are coming in too. Tomorrow will be cooler, but I don’t think they want you lighting the barbecues down at the park, just in case, even if it ruins Fathers’ Day for you.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The reason we suffer Cavendish bananas is that they were the variety mst resistant to disease. Now that they’re not, we’d be much better off GMing a different, more flavourful variety than continuing to grow Cavendish. I remember my first experience of bananas in Samoa. Peak banana.

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Nich Hills @nichhills.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Do you want to hear Dolly Parton and Ladysmith Black Mambazo sing _Peace Train_? Of course you do! m.youtube.com/watch?v=gYq4...

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Dolly Parton - Peace Train fea. Ladysmith Black Mambazo (1996)

YouTube video by Col. Lonnie Fain

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Chris Adee @chrisadee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Apart from all the other reasons, these morons can't even pretend to do biology right. They lump all black people together as a single 'subspecies' (because 'sub' means 'lesser' to them, hah hah) but ignore (eg) all morphological differences between disparate groups which might be used to 1/?

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Chris Adee @chrisadee.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt, with humour and compassion, present the shameful history of the UK's section 28. Showing the refinement of an old playbook against a harmless minority, reused and boosted in several moral panics since (in Australia too, and of course, the USA)

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Section 28 – Anatomy of a Moral Panic

Podcast Episode · Origin Story · 26 August · 1hr 17min

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Dr Nick 🦉🇦🇺 @doktrnick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Powerful Owlet holding a piece of bark. In 5 years of monitoring Powerful Owls we've never seen one holding a non-prey item before. Weird. Sometimes in the evening you'll see the Owlets practicing attacking branches and vines, sometimes even flying with them, but not this. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

White floofy Powerful Owlet sitting on a branch clutching a chunk of bark.

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Male Painted Bunting in South Carolina for #BirdOfTheDay #ColourfulCharacters #birds #nature

A brightly colored small bird with a vivid blue head, green back, and red-orange underparts perched on a thin branch.

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Nich Hills @nichhills.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Note to unAustralian readers of this thoughtful cartoon about death: 'devils' refers to 'Tasmanian devils'.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 22/08/2026

Past wartime presidents watching him climb into a catering truck.

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