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We are not all in the same bloat, but we are all in the same ocean, some in ocean liners, some in canoes, some on rafts. I'm on a pirate ship with plenty of room for more.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I am a fan of motorcycle racing, but this is bloody stupid for many reasons. I can't see the event lasting in Adelaide any more than a couple of years.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Much of the world's problems comes down to politicians listening to economists rather than scientists.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hot tip, Dave Gleeson from Screaming Jets and Chris and Ben from Silverchair headlining the NRL grand final. You read it here first.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yeah, that's gotta be it. Numpty.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So, around lunchtime today a bunch of teenagers go walking past, loiter around my recycling bin for a while, I go out a little while ago to chuck some recycling in and check the bin. 3 aluminium drinks cans. 30 cents for me! Woohoo. Faith in young restored.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Dutiful son duties done before the day warms up, now to let it burn down for the next 4 hours and drown what's left.

Smouldering pile of ash about 1.5 metres by 1.5 meters by half metre high

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Obviously our political leaders are on the wrong drugs.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I don't know why I have Baby Elephant Walk on repeat in my head but I know why you do.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today I went looking for 4 species of plant, 3 sundews (Drosera) & a clubmoss (Lycopodium sp) & failed. Did get some planty photos for my collection...

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Dr Dave @ecosystemunraveller.com · 10/09/2026

My latest piece in The Conversation with Patt Finnerty. Yuraygir is a such a special corner of Country, home to coastal heath supporting frogs found nowhere else and the largest population of coastal emus. This is no place for horses…

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Iceland Cricket @icelandcricket.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today we give you our least successful Test captains XI of all-time: Shan Masood (PK) Kim Hughes (Australia) Brian Lara (WI) Sachin Tendulkar (India) John Reid (New Zealand) Ian Botham (England) (c) Kapil Dev (India) Sarfaraz Ahmed (PK) (wk) Danel Vettori (NZ) Bishan Bedi (India) Intikhab Alam (PK)

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Working through the conversions diesel is cheaper in Australia at the moment ($2.50Au/L = $1.8usd/L = $6.84US/G - if my maths is right)

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A few years ago I gave my local council a hand developing their Tree Management Policy (it's bloody good, just ask me). Today I got a query from a local resident who had a tree come down nearby & was worried Council would start chopping every tree. I sent him the link. 1/2

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's fun being at that stage of your career where you're offered $150/hr to walk around a paddock and you go, "well, maybe, here's my conditions".

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Certainly not a new procedure, I know a couple of people who've had the procedure well over a decade ago.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Antique clockwork drinking bear automaton made in Paris around 1910 by Roullet & Decamps, stripped of its fur due to a severe moth larvae infestation. IG: @thehouseofautomata

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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

John Birmingham on Nepal: The perpetrators were the boards and CEOs of fossil fuel companies who have known for decades what they were doing, have known the consequences of it, and carried on with reckless indifference to those consequences. #auspol > aliensideboob.substack.com/p/the-reckon...

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The Reckoning

That imagery of the Himalayan tsunami smashing into the multi-story building in Nepal was horrifying, but then murder always is, isn’t it?

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Today's mission: Gatecrash a river forum that I haven't registered for, but, as was pointed out to me last week I could probably gatecrash any enviro forum/workshop/symposium in this region and get away with it.

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Energy security isn't just about what we build. It's also about what we protect. 🌍🌱🧪 Peatlands cover just 3% of Earth's land but store double the carbon of all global forests. Yet, critical mineral extraction and energy infrastructure are putting them at risk. 1/

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

IIRC New England electorate voted 52% in favour of Same Sex Marriage, Barnacle voted against it.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Pretty sure the phrase "they can stick that up their jacksie" has not been previously used in one of my management committee meetings, it has been now and there was general agreement (from staff and committee). I am "that" staff member, fairly sure my colleagues are happy I've taken on that role.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Here's some randomness, took these pics years ago at Denman (NSW) RSL and just recovered from an old hard drive. The shrubs are a mix of Callistemons and Conifers, unfortunately the trees are no longer there (some are but they're not topiarised). Some serious Truffula Trees vibes going on.

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

⚠️BREAKING NEWS IN AUSTRALIA - BOLLARDS FLIP A TESLA⚠️ #WorldBollardAssociation

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Just once I'd like to see a disgruntled older botanist as the hero of an action movie.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If all these vaccinated birds flying around improves my phone reception then I'm all for it.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Been a bit quiet today (just over the hill from me)

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This is not a surprise to anyone who has worked anywhere.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

And putting your and your baby's life in the hands of the US medical system?

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Temporary Bat @saredra.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

9/11 as demonstrated by interpretative dance.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I think dates would sell better if they didn't look like squashed cockroaches.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Y'know, I find the people who complain the most about the 14-17 age bracket are generally in their 20's to early 30's. "We were never like that!" "Yes, you were, and your parents were like that too"

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

**sigh** there are other places in NSW besides Sydney.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Dunno who needs to know this but fire smoke is carcinogenic, full of benzenes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and all that, increasing exposure from increasing fires will likely lead to an increase in various cancers.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Apparently Queenslanders can't read calendars.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Back soon, off to the library.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Me, third from the right, Sam Neill with his back to the camera. From my very short interaction he was a good bloke (and didn't get me fired when I backed into him getting up from dinner). Rest in peace Sam.

From the 1994 Australian movie "A Country Life" Sam Neill with back to the camera, me third from the right.

I don't know the horses name.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Not exactly a great business move, though the comments seem split, some thought the urinal was a much better place for it.

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

FIFA. Fix It For America.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Sigh, so much to say, so little space but whitefella to whitefella, learn to STFU & listen. No patronising B/S, no empty promises.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Sorry, but the article says nothing about nuclear (unless I've missed it) & if it were it would be "nuclear capable". Countries were notified beforehand, Aus and NZ are playing it up for domestic audiences, China knows that. I'm no fan of the CCP but storm in a teacup.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Y'know, I do ponder those psychics conferences that were cancelled due to unforseen circumstances.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The year is 2030, PM Evil Ranga is coming to the end of her first term as PM. * Abortion has been banned * Immigration from non European majority countries has been banned (with the exception of temporary workers willing to take well below what was minimum wage to work in the mines of WA) 1/5

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