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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 18h

I’m all set at City of PAE Libraries Parks Library for the Twilight Market 5pm - 8pm tonight!

Rob with his wayfarer books behind his table with his books.

Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 23h

I find this kind of error interesting. There are plenty of punctuation edge cases, but this stuff should be straightforward for an automated checker, surely?

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Alt: TARDIS and a kettle. Woman with a gramophone on her head. All silhouettes on DVDs

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

@mikehall314.bsky.social may I use your Doctor Who brain? Do you know what these disks would have on them?

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I do like that the article raises the consultant plague that is feeding on most of Australia’s public institutions. No one seems brave enough to make their own decisions.

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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The NSW Legislative Council’s final report into university governance, released last month, has delivered a number of damning verdicts on the sector. michaelwest.com.au/university-wage-…

University wage theft. Australian academics owed hundreds of millions

The National Tertiary Education Union, which conducted the research, found that over 130,000 staff had not been receiving their full wage entitlements.

NSW Universities reported staff underpayments

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Does it go into the massive admin bloat, huge executive wages, and ever increasing fees despite cost efficiencies from digital delivery?

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

As if that wouldn’t just lead to more demands.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Being passive will only encourage escalation

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Shoebridge’s Ukrainian stance is nonsensical and awful. I struggled to see why you described it as grievance politics in the article, beyond a desire to connect it to other criticism. Is that you are saying grievance politics is synonymous with simplistic politics?

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Is the opposite of insight outsight? Because this cartoon shows it.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Meanwhile most of these newspaper support the wealthy avoiding paying the taxes needed for a functional health system.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Believe that, and I have a bridge to sell you.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This Friday (16th of October) Parks Library are putting on an author and craft market. I'll be there along with many other Adelaide creatives. I'd love to see you there, too! #markets #adelaide #indieauthor #books #libraries #parkslibrary

A map showing the parks library and Robert's position near the trees.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Okay, so it’s not my best story, but I needed to come up with it in one minute as the school readers hadn’t been changed. #parenting #instantstory #amwriting

The Giant Carrot
One day, a child at school left her lunch in a locker.
Everyone forgot about it. The sandwich grew mould. The sultanas went hard.
But the carrot was different. It grew larger and larger during the school holidays. When the children returned to school, the Carrot had grown arms, legs, and a face with a mouth full of sharp teeth.
It roared and chased the children around the classroom. Was it going to eat them all? The class pet, a rabbit, leapt to the rescue! The bunny chomped on the carrot until it was no more.
The children cheered. The end.

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Mouse // Fiestyguava @fiestyguava.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It's my birthday!!! If you would be willing to share my art to help me celebrate another year of being on the Earth, I'd appreciate it greatly!

Fullbody art of Samira, one of my dnd ocs. She is standing, looking at the viewer with her head tilted up. On her face, chest, arms, and exposed right hip she has red tattoos. She is wearing an outfit of mostly red, orange, and purplish tones. Her red pants are loose and draped in the style of dhoti trousers, and the maroon armor she's wearing is reminiscent of a coat of a thousand nails (Chilta hazar masha). Her reddish orange dupatta has patterns of waves and fire. She wears a corset-style belt and a more traditional belt over top, with a loop that connects her compass. In her right hand is a talwar with a gold hilt, in her left hand is a trident dagger. She also has several earrings on her exposed left ear. Her white hair is shorn short on the left side.

A close-up of recent art of Favor. She has light aqua skin and teal hair and clothing. Her expression and posture are wary, and she wears a sword and shield on her back.

Lena, an aasimar woman with tan skin wearing a red tabard with a red heart and steel armor with red roses

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If Ukraine can act fast, there won’t be time to put any protection on the remaining data centres.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Good to know, thanks. I’m so used to governments giving private schools handouts.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Is Sunbury college a public or private school?

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

We have only ever charged our EV using a standard plug at home. So anything else would seem lightning fast.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Chilling at the City of Tea Tree Gully Spring Gift Market at the Golden Grove Recreation Centre.

Robert standing in front of his table with his books and banners.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

When no one wants the digital tulips at the price they actually cost, what will happen to all of the bankrupt data centres and the servers within?

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I fear what the tulip crash will do for superannuation accounts.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

They could have had a major relationship with Ukraine if they’d wanted. They’ve fumbled it from the start.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Workshop went well. Now sitting with my books in case anyone wants one. Things the first outing of Wayfarer’s Blade. #portalfantasy #fantasy #indieauthor

Rob’s books on a circular table with a red tablecloth. Banners for Susie Steele and Wayfarer’s Rift

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ready to teach the interactive fiction writing workshop at Aldinga Library. See you at 11 am! #gamebooks #pickapath #cyoa #ff #fightingfantasy #indieauthor #books #fantasy #scifi

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Maybe people are using too broad a brush, but I don’t think it’s wrong for people to have a serious concern with the overall tax avoidance of big companies/multinationals.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Companies need a social license to operate. They have access to lawyers, tax specialists, and offshore arrangements like transfer pricing to minimise or avoid tax. I think ‘It’s complicated’ is showing that they are failing to maintain that license. The status quo isn’t working.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Surely, the opaqueness of how companies can be a decade into paying no tax creates a reasonable distrust, even knowing the basics?

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mining companies often have big capital outlays upfront, so no tax to pay for a while. But i think people reasonably wonder whether they ever pay much. Elsewhere, the Australian newspaper seem to endlessly have no tax to pay. The article doesn’t help, but distrust is reasonable.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I went to an economics conference when studying, and, to me, her views seemed so out of touch and just awful. Given how much the other economists were focused on making things better, the contrast was clear.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And yet they like having protection from a dangerous neighbour. You’d think they’d be on Ukraine’s side.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That or the Animal Farm cartoon for me.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

For sure. At the last federal election I helped a community independent candidate.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It wouldn’t be the top of my list of concerns given it’s been the standard tactic for years right around the country, and I suspect most people know it for what it is. But I do agree that the endless posturing is frustrating. Our political-journalism ecosystem results in silly games.

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Robert Tillsley (Author) @tillsley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s posturing designed to maximise first preferences.

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