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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On Dolly Parton Day, I'm remember how she... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research and the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Funded high school band programs She is missed!
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Knowing that the plastic dinosaurs we played with as kids consisted, to whatever actual extent, of real dinosaurs.
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Kaz @kazlefay.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
You know how everything bad gets blamed on video games & the internet? I have a theory that it’s golf destroying our society. Few activities have such an outsized effect on the environment, public health and epitomizing the corruption of wealth & privilege. Limit and restrict access to golf.
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pammmmmmm.bsky.social @pammmmmmm.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Guardian is the Sun with a nice polite smile and a collection of Morrissey records.
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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Text: Treat your body like a data centre. Consume as much water and literature as possible. Upset local city councils with your existence. 
Background image: a bearded man putting up the frame of aparge tent in a muddy field with trees in the background.
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Antifa Snack Coordinator 💯% safe 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐈🐕 @waffa.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Old School Punk Librarian @kennethf62.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Just a reminder. I'm always surprised how many people aren't aware of this. #Libraries
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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 07/05/2026
"I wanna rock."
Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech but Abe's head is replaced by '80s era Dee Snider from Twisted Sister
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
There have to be easier ways to get out of making a speech
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
You mean the superannuation tax breaks? No? You mean the CGT discount? No? You mean the fossil fuel subsidies? No? You mean the free gas for multinationals? No? You mean the failure of the PRRT? No? You mean the tax dodging trusts? No? You mean the lack of a wealth tax? No? No you mean the NDIS FFS
Headline from the AFR
"Time to end welfare for the wealthy, says big business"
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Yeah I'm afraid of Americans I'm afraid of the world I'm afraid I can't help it I'm afraid I can't I'm afraid of Americans
 "Freedom of Speech" by Norman Rockwell 
This image is a reproduction of "Freedom of Speech," one of the most iconic paintings by American illustrator Norman Rockwell. It was created in 1943 as part of a four-part series called The Four Freedoms .
Here is a breakdown of the painting's context and significance:
 Historical Context: The painting was inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address, in which he outlined four fundamental human rights that ought to be protected universally: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear.
 The Scene: The artwork depicts a working-class man standing up to speak at what appears to be a local New England town hall meeting. He is dressed in a blue plaid flannel shirt and a worn suede or canvas jacket, contrasting sharply with the older, formally dressed men in suits and ties seated around him.
 Symbolism: The central figure's rough, calloused hands and casual attire mark him as a blue-collar worker. However, the wealthier or more formally dressed attendees are looking up at him with respect and giving him their full attention. Rockwell used this to perfectly capture the democratic ideal: that in a free society, every citizen's voice has value and deserves to be heard, regardless of their social standing.
 Publication: The painting was first published in The Saturday Evening Post on February 20, 1943, alongside an essay by Booth Tarkington. The Four Freedoms series became massively popular and was subsequently used by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to tour the country and successfully raise millions of dollars in war bonds during World War II.
If you look closely at the hands of the people in the crowd and the pocket of the speaker, you can see a blue pamphlet. These are often interpreted as the town's annual report, grounding this grand democratic ideal in the everyday reality of local civic duty.
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Dammit! Jessie Buckley being cast as James Bond was an April Fools. Missed opportunity but it got me thinking that she would fantastic starrring as Tara Chace in the movie version of Greg Rucka's Queen & Country.
Cover art for issue 2 of Queen and Country. It show Tara Chace sitting at her messy desk, stabbing a knife into it. 
Cover art by Tim Sale
Story by Greg Rucka
Issue art by Steve Rolston
Published by Oni Press
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Phil @heardyoulooking.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Space Ghost: Nobody cares Moby. Nobody cares.
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I am so stressed and unfocused that I have reached the point where I need music that will hard reset my brain. Only Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music is up to the task youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Metal Machine Music - YouTube
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Mythic 🦊 @mythicalredfox.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Just witnessed a form of hell. Some champion on my train is watching their phone and tablet at the same time. Without headphones!
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Spider-Cat!
Grey Australian Domestic Short-Hair cat wrapped up in a Spider-Man T-shirt. She only looks unimpressed because I just disturbed her nap to take the photo
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Time for the Ravens to leave the Tower
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Rest in Power, Jesse Jackson youtu.be/NTVwT3j_zqY?...
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Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972)
YouTube video by Nightloop
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I have been a fan of the Lemonheads since about 1990, and I feel betrayed and disgusted. I've railed on other creeps who's work I used to love so need to say what Evan did was egregious. I am glad he's getting help but hope that when he gets better he takes full responsibility for this shit
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
James Murphy has completely lost his edge
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Unfinished Sympathy or Bitter Sweet Symphony?
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Gorecki by Lamb just came on random. First time I've heard it for a while and I'd forgotten what a beautiful song it is
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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Sal Buscema, beloved comics artist, passes away Sal Buscema, a veteran comics artist and part of the famed Buscema family of Marvel artists, has passed away. He was 89 years old when he died on Friday, and the news broke today, on what would have been his 90th birthday.
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Sal Buscema, beloved comics artist, passes away
Sal Buscema, a veteran comics artist and part of the famed Buscema family of Marvel artists, has passed away. He was 89 years old when he died on Friday, and the news broke today, on what would have been his 90th birthday.
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🍦Sweet Lo’s Ice Cream🍦 @sweetlosicecream.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Art is resistance. Keep making it! ✨
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
So for Christmas my wife gave me an ancestry.com.au subscription to keep my noisy brain occupied. Loving it so far. I had no idea how Welsh I am, which I never realised. Anyway, it is a strange sensation getting snapshots of long dead relatives lives through census data and baptism records
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Ancestry | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records
Discover your family history and start your family tree. Try free and access billions of genealogy records including Census, BDM & Military records
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EDC🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇰🇨🇦🇦🇺🇵🇹🇩🇪🇮🇹🇫🇮🇸🇪 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don't have any surface noise. I said, "listen mate, life has surface noise."
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The Joe Gross @joegross.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Does anyone else with ADHD constantly forget to put laundry liquid in when they put a load of washing on? Or is that just me?
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Rian Johnson @rianjohnson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
P̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶e̶r̶f̶e̶c̶t̶ ̶a̶l̶b̶u̶m̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶9̶0̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶i̶s̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶N̶i̶r̶v̶a̶n̶a̶,̶ ̶S̶o̶u̶n̶d̶g̶a̶r̶d̶e̶n̶,̶ ̶P̶e̶a̶r̶l̶ ̶J̶a̶m̶,̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶A̶l̶i̶c̶e̶ ̶I̶n̶ ̶C̶h̶a̶i̶n̶s̶ Post the perfect album from the '90s
Front cover of "It's A Shame About Ray" by The Lemonheads released in 1992
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
This basically sums up 2025.
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Make a Bond movie casual dr. OK
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Right batteries? Check Enough of those batteries? Fail
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Ori-Warui -KNUCKLE JET out now on Steam! @oleivarrudi.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Fun fact: the voice of Barbie in the Norwegian dub of Toy Story 3 was Lene Nystrøm, who was the vocalist on 1990s bubblegum pop song 'Barbie Girl'
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I just bought a fantastic Christmas present for myself. The Marvel Comics Try-Out Book, which I have wanted since I was 12. Found it at Blue Mountains Books in Glenbrook and in my wife's words, walked out of the store beaming like a little kid.
Copy of the Official Marvel Comics Try-Out Book with Spider-Man and Dr Octopus on the cover
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
"This is not a time to be dismayed. This is punk rock time, this is what Joe Strummer trained you for. It is now time to go. You’re a good person. That means more now than ever." Henry Rollins 23 years gone, I can't word a better tribute to Strummer than Rollins has.
Photo of a mohawked Joe Strummer 21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002
"The future is unwritten!"
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
So the ridiculous storyline in the show Animal Kingdom where they pull a heist on a mega-church was actually plausible?!
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
This painting is a masterwork, along side the rest of Rockwell's "Four Freedoms" series and "The Problem We All Live With". youtube.com/shorts/EfLTR...
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Controversial opinion: Norman Rockwell's art was more than kitsch. Your thoughts?⁠⁠ #arthistory
YouTube video by Josie Lewis
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Here's @ronnisalt. "Don't look back in anger" theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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Don’t look back in anger - The Shot
I’m angry. We’re all angry. Perhaps that’s part of the problem. At the moment, we’re angry at two twisted individuals...
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Jemaine Clement @jemaineclement.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Imagine how good a film list has to be for When Harry Met Sally to be number 6. #RIP editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/rob-re...
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Rob Reiner Movies Ranked by Tomatometer
We rank all movies directed by Rob Reiner, including 'This Is Spinal Tap', 'The Princess Bride', 'When Harry Met Sally...', and more.
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Paul Ross @paulross.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Safe travels buck. 😢 metro.co.uk/2025/12/17/g...
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Gil Gerard, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century star, dies aged 82
The star had a 'rare and viciously aggressive form of cancer'.
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Out Christmas shopping and overhead a mother point at a Rainbow Batman figure, making a homophobic comment to her sons about woke culture taking over, saying it is why no one will watch the films. I wanted to tell the ignorant hag that it is based on a comic from the 50s! I regret not doing so now
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 15/12/2025
How parents should talk to their children about the horror of the Bondi shootings | Vanessa Cobham for The Conversation
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How parents should talk to their children about the horror of the Bondi shootings | Vanessa Cobham for The Conversation
I am a clinical psychologist and researcher with a focus on children, anxiety and post-traumatic stress. Here are some things to keep in mind As the community begins to grapple with the horror and tragedy of the Bondi shootings on Sunday, children will probably have questions. Parents may also be wondering how to talk to their young kids and teenagers about what happened. I am a clinical psychologist and researcher with a focus on children, anxiety and post-traumatic stress. Here are some things to keep in mind when talking to children about the tragedy in Bondi (though many of these apply to any bad thing happening in the world). Some bad men used guns to shoot some people near the beach in Sydney. The police and doctors are helping the people who were hurt and the men who did the shooting have been taken away so they can’t hurt anyone else. Two men went to Bondi beach in Sydney and shot at people who were celebrating a religious festival. One of the shooters was killed and the other is under police guard. Some people were killed and some more were badly hurt. They are in hospital where medical staff are working as hard as they can to make sure they are OK. The police are also working really hard to understand why and how this happened and to try to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Two men went to a Jewish religious celebration at Bondi beach in Sydney and shot guns at the crowds of people there. Sixteen people have been killed and more people have been injured and are in hospital. One of the shooters has been killed and the other one is under police guard. The police and security agencies are investigating why and how this happened. There’s also a political debate now about gun control in Australia. Continue reading...
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Heartbroken
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a close up of a man 's face with the words inconceivable written on it .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words inconceivable written on it .
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Tough moment this morning explaining the Bondi terrorist attack to my 8 year old. I had to let her know about it before she heard it elsewhere. She has friends from cultures all over the world and embracing them is the norm. Such an impossible concept to explain to her the hate behind this attack.
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Paul @numberofnone.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
If you are in Sydney and feeling helpless in the wake of yesterday's terror attack, please consider donating blood. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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How you can help in the wake of the Bondi terror attack
Lifeblood said the need for more blood donors was ongoing, particularly for O negative donors
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
A horror night for Australia. But the acts of Australians from all walks of life to protect and help shows this nation is much stronger than those who seek to divide us. All love to those and their friends and family in shock and mourning today.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Respect for Ahmed al Ahmed. #hero
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