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Ruth and Tilly

@ruthparslow.bsky.social
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Retired health researcher, devoted owner of Tilly, play sax and shakuhachi, in NE Melbourne 8 x 💉

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 11h
BREAKING Dave Hughes says that because of the cost of living crisis caused by Anthony Albanese he can now only afford 48 minutes of daylight saving
A Whinger
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Ruth and Tilly @ruthparslow.bsky.social · 14h
Hmmm what’s going on down there?
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 21h
Love this
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
"I can go ramp, I can go stairs" -- Trump's audience in Texas gives him an extremely tepid round of applause as he brags about being able to go up stairs without falling
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Ruth and Tilly @ruthparslow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
With all this heavy rain in #Melbourne I’m glad it’s not very windy. Less rain sneaks in thru cracks above the doors and I don’t need to mop up the kitchen floor (yet). #MelWeather #AusNews 🌨️🌨️🌨️🌨️🌨️
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Ruth and Tilly @ruthparslow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So true! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 👏🏻👏🏻
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hearing talk of a 15% fall in house prices. Yep. Will take us all the way back to Dec 2023 levels. You know, back when housing was so cheap.
Chart showing the index of dwelling prices and avge disposable income since 1970 (1970=100)

They moved together until 2000 (CGT discount introduced) 

Nowe incoem is at around 3,000 while dwelling prices are at 6,700
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kogan CEO in June: Ruslan Kogan says changes to Capital Gains Tax will attract migrants motivated by “sick NDIS scams” and the welfare system." Today ATO Tax data for Kogan Pty Ltd: Income: $642.3m Taxable income: $0 Tax paid $0
Screenshot: "Sick scame": Kogan boss unleashes on Albanese government's capital gains tax changes"

rich lister Ruslan Kogan has issued an epic rant about Anthony Albanese's tax changes, warning they risk attracting a specific type of migrant to Australia'sSpreadsheet screenshot of ATO corporate tax transparency data

KOGAN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD: Total income $642,335,009; Taxable Income $0; Tax payable $0
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Clara the golden retriever gets acquainted with the kittens who are being bottle fed as mama recuperates from illness. IG: @goldensdigger www.instagram.com/goldensdigge...
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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Please share! Participants wanted for an online survey investigating player attitudes towards hybrid boardgames. Scan the QR code/go to go.unimelb.edu.au/t44h to complete the survey & enter the prize draw. Questions? Email hybrid-games@unimelb.edu.au University of Melbourne Ethics ID No.: 35781
The stylised image looks like a snakes and ladders board, with the logo of The University of Melbourne at the top left.  The text reads:

Call For Participants
Board Game Research Study
The University of Melbourne Ethics ID Number: 35781

We are conducting a research study that investigates player attitudes towards hybrid board games. We are inviting people who are interested in board games to participate in an online survey.

Who Can Take Part?
·        Board game players comfortable participating in an online survey
·        Be at least 18 years of age

What Will You Do?
·        Take part in an online survey which takes about 20 minutes to complete
·        Optionally, enter a draw to win a digital gift card equivalent to AUD$200.

What’s In It For You?
·        A chance to contribute to research shaping the future of board games
·        A chance to win a digital gift card equivalent to AUD$200.

Where/When?
·        Online, at a time that suits you!

How Do You Sign Up?
·        Scan the QR code or go to https://go.unimelb.edu.au/t44h to complete the survey and enter the prize draw!
·        Any questions? Email us: hybrid-games@unimelb.edu.au
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Auspol @laboraus.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social Let's discuss what causes hate towards Australia's many great Jews
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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 28/09/2026
More important bogong moth reminders.
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Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Musk lorikeet Trichoglossus concinnus in a grass tree Xanthorrhoea australis, Inverell, NSW photo by Ash Falconer
Musk lorikeet Trichoglossus concinnus in a grass tree Xanthorrhoea australis, Inverell, NSW photo by Ash Falconer
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nevyn @nevyn8.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#australia #melbourne
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Google has started updating satellite images of Gaza. Holocaust. (📸 Barry Andrews MEP, European Parliament)
A single building is left standing amidst utter carnage. Every single building has been levelled across a few square miles pictures. Google maps identified one pile of rubble as a school.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dear World Media, Stop calling them "settlers". They are colonising, violent invaders. apnews.com/article/isra...
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Far-right settlers divert West Bank spring water as Israel backs heritage site takeovers
Israeli settlers have intensified efforts to seize natural springs and heritage sites in the occupied West Bank.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
SIMON PEGG impersonating all four Beatles in 10 seconds. Seriously impressive.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dogs and their skill of befriending literally everything. Original post
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🖥 Gamer Xyz #TheResistance @thedarkgrid.xyz · 20/09/2026
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Ruth and Tilly @ruthparslow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’ve read this before but went thru it again just for another snigger.
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
we need more bats on here
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
2,977 illuminated drones formed a full-scale outline of the Twin Towers. A temporary public art installation created with 9/11 families, survivors, and first responders, produced with Sky Elements Drone Shows and the New York Foundation for the Arts. gulfnews.com/world/americ...
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Eileen Oz @eileenoz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
good morning
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The Golden Ratio @thegoldenratio4.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is what it looked like when I tried to go to sleep last night. This isn't even all of our dogs!
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
BREAKING Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says that he's 'immensely relieved' that Barnaby Joyce isn't Jesus "Implementing the Parliamentary bonking ban was difficult enough. A ban on turning water into wine would have been impossible to get through the House, let alone the Senate"
Malcolm Turnbull
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Dr. Liz: Life in the Aftertimes @lgkatzphd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If Hitchcock made films today.
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bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
well done to the soulless ghoul in the alp who came up w making GKNP contingent on carbon credits tho. the only thing the alp loves more than fucking with progressives is swallowing corporate boots and look here they get to do both
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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In this week’s food recall: Over 54,000 lb of white jasmine rice from Lundberg Family Farms have been recalled due to the potential contamination of foreign materials.
RFK Jr. eating something.
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
😂
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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Breaking: IDF soldiers have shot the official who fired the starting gun at the Sydney marathon, claiming self defence.
Man firing starting gun to kick off Sydney marathon
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
100% fictional. This man is a pathological liar.
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Ruth and Tilly @ruthparslow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
i Haven’t played this for months. Has my brain improved or was this Very easy? Probably the latter. Connections Puzzle #1176 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Ruth and Tilly @ruthparslow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
aliensideboob.substack.com/p/the-reckon...
aliensideboob.substack.com
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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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Keep yourselves safe from the 40 visiting IDF soldiers running in the marathon, Sydney. I'd avoid visiting hospitals if you can, they like to blow those up. Ditto for mosques. Same for Australian war cemeteries. And it probably goes without saying, but keep your kids well away.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Yusuf / Cat Stevens
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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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James Purser @angrybeanie.com · 23/08/2026
Huh, just realised that I'm pretty much the only one posting to #WheelchairPhotography. Are you a photographer who uses a wheelchair? I'd love to see what you shoot #Photography #Disability #Accessibility
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/08/2026
Trump notes that Karoline Leavitt just had a baby and says, "I just learned she loves the baby more than she loves Donald Trump, and I'm very angry with her:"
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Very happy to have a new fortnightly gig with @crikey.com.au ! Subscribe to support independent media
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Jon Ossoff: “Donald Trump would rather fly around in a gilded plane than do his job.” Republicans: “DONALD TRUMP IS NOT A PEDOPHILE WHO SHITS HIMSELF AND CHEATS ON HIS WIFE AND HIS TAXES!!!!!!!”
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just finished 13 meetings with Federal Senators, MPs & advisers in a day in Canberra for the ASRC calling on Albanese Gov to not pander to the divisive and hateful politics of One Nation by taking away the right to work for people seeking asylum and tearing refugee families apart.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
No jumping to the head of the line, Iran!
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Rob Duncan @robduncan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
British philosopher Bertrand Russell on the "spectacle of wanton cruelty" that is Israel. #USPOL #USA #us #uspoli #poli #politics #MidasMighty #SocialJustice #GazaGenocide #StopGenocide #SolidarityWithPalestine #STOPISRAELIWARCRIMES #IsraeliTerrorism #Palestine #Gaza #GazaWar #FreePalestine
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Dave S - Visible Federal ICAC Now! @davess.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Managed to capture this....
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
NDIS next. But you can't review that budget outcome, only get another assessment using the same secret formula. Rinse, lather and repeat.
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Dave Lennon @davelennon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
That is Sean Dorney AO OBE Companion of the Melanesian Star FAIIA you'd think someone with those honours might deserve some honour in later life. it would seem those awards are useless unless you are of the right "class" to enjoy the benefits. Once again Australia dishonours its heroes.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 16/08/2026
Canada has officially started building the wall at the U.S. border🇨🇦😂 Budget: a few trees Construction crew: 1 beaver 🦫 Payment: maple syrup 🍁 Sorry for the inconvenience, eh? 😂 #Canada #CanadianHumour #SheShed
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