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@useyourbrain.bsky.social
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humanism, secularism, realism, anti-theism, anti-superstition, anti-irrationalism, anti-supernaturalism, anti-fucking-stupidism.

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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Bridget Archer debunked the claim she was being bullied in that shot.
Tweet from Bridget Archer debunking claim Frydenberg was bullying her

Thank you to my very good friend Josh Frydenburg who was checking on my welfare here. Reports that he was lecturing me are in no way true. He is a good person and was being very kind to me #auspol #FactsMatter
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's who he is
Albanese looking nasty as hell at the pre-COP photo op.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sorry. I was just being silly.
Mick Taylor from the Wolf Creek movies.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
077 – #SmallJoys Haven't seen this gorgeous fella for ages. Every couple of months he pops by for a snack. #KingParrot #AusWildlife
Adult male King Parrot on a shiny metal table snacking on seed in a shiny metal bowl.

Males have a vibrant red head, belly and legs, with dark green wings and tail. There's also a distinctive pale green stripe running down each wing.

These parrots are very polite. Not raucous and destructive like the cockatoos.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
076 – #SmallJoys First new (second hand) car in 18 years. Not the Honda or Mazda we were planning on, but the considerably cheaper Hyundai should do the job. 👍 #NewCar
Dark blue Hyunday Venue Active with a big red bow on the bonnet, just prior to pickup from dealership.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
2026: the year I first started being trolled by cunting AI. Off you fuck #FuckAI
Screengrab showing fully AI generated disputation of a known fact.


AI BOT: Claims that Zionists control Australian media, business, and politics are factually false. Australian media is heavily concentrated in corporations like News Corp and Nine Entertainment, driven by shareholders, not a Zionist agenda. National institutions operate on democratic and market forces.

plsUYB: Take your AI bullshit elsewhere. Zionist influence on Australian politics is demonstrably true.

AI BOT: Thank you for the conversation. While pro-Israel groups like AIJAC do engage in standard political lobbying, claiming they exert overarching control over Australia's political, media, and business classes is factually unsupported by the evidence. I will leave the discussion here.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
075 – #SmallJoys This one has me conflicted. A lot of time and effort went into making the perfect baked lemon tart for my wife's birthday, only for me to clumsily upend it as I was taking it out of the oven 😭 But my wife's hysterical laughter is the most joyous sound in the world, so ...
Photo of an open oven with the internal light on. The remnants of a large lemon tart are splattered EVERYWHERE. 

It took me almost as long to clean the oven as it did to make the tart.

But my wife's hysterical laughter was worth the frustration and embarrassment.
🙂
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Google Maps logo reworked to read "Gutless Maps"
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Bit you gotta admit ...
Classic frowning baby meme which sorta kinda resembles her image of a stern tawny frogmouth.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The Drought Envoy report was finally released under FOI:
The Drought Envoy Report consisting of a text message conversation between Barnaby Joyce (B) and ScoMo (S). Complete with drunken typos.

{begin transcript}

B: G'day ScoMo. Jst reporting in from longreach. It's bloody dry out here.

S: Righto

B: Me again. Just been to Bedourie. That was dry too. Now I'm here in St George and bugger me if it's not dry.

S: [sad face emoji]

B: Dry as a dead dingos donga out here in Charleville Scomo. Just really dry.

S: Thanks mate

B: He is a hypocrite and a liar from my observations. Never trusted him.

S: wot??

B: Ah Nah. Ignore that. Meant for someone else LOL. You wouln't belive how dry it is here in gumpie. I'm parched.

S: Bummer

B: I tell ya wot. were racking up the expences ha ha whaddya reckn?

S: No worries. She'll be right

B: Righto well I teel you wat its bludy dry here in tasssie. but not were i am haha

{end transcript}
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
OK PEOPLE Please think about adopting a greyhound. You won't regret it. Our ex-racer : - Low maintenance - Doesn't bark - Chill as fuck - But also a goof #GreyhoundsAreTheBestDogs
Dark brindle greyhound laying mostly on a raised dog bed but with his head draped down on the floor. 

Idiot.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Thankfully there are still dogs.
Dark brindle greyhound, reclining on a blanket covered in penguins, looking happy about something. It might be the toys he got for his birthday, or perhaps it's the compliments he's getting for the snazzy tie he's wearing.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Oh wow. The LNP government lied?? Shocked.
Doctored version of the LNP logo, where 'LNP' has been replaced with 'LIES'.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I expect poor old Barny isn't even top ten.
Image of Linda Reynolds
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Image of Pauline Hanson and Gina Rinehart
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
That Drought Envoy report was finally released under FOI.
The Drought Envoy Report consisting of a text message conversation between Barnaby Joyce (B) and ScoMo (S). Complete with drunken typos.

{begin transcript}

B: G'day ScoMo. Jst reporting in from longreach. It's bloody dry out here.

S: Righto

B: Me again. Just been to Bedourie. That was dry too. Now I'm here in St George and bugger me if it's not dry.

S: [sad face emoji]

B: Dry as a dead dingos donga out here in Charleville Scomo. Just really dry.

S: Thanks mate

B: He is a hypocrite and a liar from my observations. Never trusted him.

S: wot??

B: Ah Nah. Ignore that. Meant for someone else LOL. You wouln't belive how dry it is here in gumpie. I'm parched.

S: Bummer

B: I tell ya wot. were racking up the expences ha ha whaddya reckn?

S: No worries. She'll be right

B: Righto well I teel you wat its bludy dry here in tasssie. but not were i am haha

{end transcript}
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The Drought Envoy Report was released under FOI:
The Drought Envoy Report consisting of a text message conversation between Barnaby Joyce (B) and ScoMo (S). Complete with drunken typos.

{begin transcript}

B: G'day ScoMo. Jst reporting in from longreach. It's bloody dry out here.

S: Righto

B: Me again. Just been to Bedourie. That was dry too. Now I'm here in St George and bugger me if it's not dry.

S: [sad face emoji]

B: Dry as a dead dingos donga out here in Charleville Scomo. Just really dry.

S: Thanks mate

B: He is a hypocrite and a liar from my observations. Never trusted him.

S: wot??

B: Ah Nah. Ignore that. Meant for someone else LOL. You wouln't belive how dry it is here in gumpie. I'm parched.

S: Bummer

B: I tell ya wot. were racking up the expences ha ha whaddya reckn?

S: No worries. She'll be right

B: Righto well I teel you wat its bludy dry here in tasssie. but not were i am haha

{end transcript}
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
074 – #SmallJoys Happiness is even more toys. Best birthday ever! #greyhound #birthday
Dark brindle greyhound on his bed, wearing a tie, and looking very happy about his new weird skeleton spider fluffy toy.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
073 – #SmallJoys Happiness is a new toy. Happy 7th birthday Boofa. #greyhound #birthday
Dark brindle greyhound with his head resting on two new fluffy toys - a banana and a caterpillar.

He will be super-protective of these new toys for the next 24 hours 🙂
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
071 – #SmallJoys #BigJoys The Socceroos smashed their opening game for #WorldCup2026 Big Ups to new keeper – Pat Beach What a great start. GO.
Screegrab showing full time score of Australia 2 – Türkiye 0.

Goals scored by Irankunda and Metcalfe
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
As well as basing their entire existence on theft, Anthropic ALSO stole Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an asshole. #ironic
Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an asshole. From his novel Breakfast of Champions.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Steal Vonnegut's
Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an asshole from his novel Breakfast of Champions.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
#FuckAI
Text portion of cartoon by First Dog on the Moon.

Reads:
Contemptuous anti-nature billions spent to run a vast network of sociopathic algorithms to melt people's brains and take their jobs (until they are rehired to clean up the mess AI has made)
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
He played along with the narrative and milked it as much as he could.
David McBride cosplaying as a boxer for a magazine photo shoot ahead of his sentencing. (Credit: Four Corners: Nick Wiggins)
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"We have built a system that amplifies the voices of the selfish and undermines the voices of the brave. Our national debate reflects the fears of the powerful, not the hopes of the courageous." @richarddenniss.bsky.social #bravery @australiainstitute.org.au
Cropped front cover of the book "A time for BRAVERY : What happens when Australians choose courage?" from The Australia Institute.

https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time-for-bravery

Contributors: Yanis Varoufakis, Hon Ralph Regenvanu, Mike Rann AC, Senator Fatima Payman, Dr Sophie Scamps MP, John Hewson AM, Michele O’Neil, Sisonke Msimang, Professor Georgina Long AO, Ben Quilty, Rodney Croome AM, Tim Costello AO, Dr Amy Coopes, Professor Frank Bongiorno AM, Josh Bornstein, Fr Frank Brennan AO, Leanne Minshull, Polly Hemming, Bill Browne, Stephen Long, Greg Jericho, Eloise Carr Amy Remeikis, Richard Denniss, Naomi Hodgson, Jim Casey, Barrie Cassidy, Dr Amy Thunig-McGregor, Craig Foster AM

Edited by Anna Chang and Alice Grundy.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Australia's alleged allies doing their very best impressions of people not laughing their tits off. #AUKUS #AusPol
Photo from Guardian news with the caption:
Richard Marles speaks in Singapore as British defence secretary John Healey (left) and US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth look on.
Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Sorry. The numbering in my PDF viewer told me 30. It's numbered 22 in the doc itself.
Screen grab of data from https://www.aic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-02/sr58_homicide_in_australia_2024-25.pdf

Showing, among other stats, that in 2024-2025 there were 14 male victims of intimate partner homicide. In all cases the perpetrator was female.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
069 – #SmallJoys Our anniversary gift to ourselves ... The Waterboys
The Waterboys @ The Tivoli, Brisbane.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
068 – #SmallJoys Out for pre-concert dinner with my beautiful lady - 21 years. Xin Chào for the win. maps.app.goo.gl/KUgPNqBQs9JN...
Chef's Special : Saigon Steamed Rice Rolls
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
"Objectivity is a shield some [journalists] hide behind, avoiding taking a stand. ... This means defending the practice of interviewing racists and fascists and elevating the views of the lunatic fringe that has taken us backwards..." @amyremeikis.bsky.social #bravery @australiainstitute.org.au
Cropped front cover of the book "A time for BRAVERY : What happens when Australians choose courage?" from The Australia Institute.

https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time-for-bravery

Contributors: Yanis Varoufakis, Hon Ralph Regenvanu, Mike Rann AC, Senator Fatima Payman, Dr Sophie Scamps MP, John Hewson AM, Michele O’Neil, Sisonke Msimang, Professor Georgina Long AO, Ben Quilty, Rodney Croome AM, Tim Costello AO, Dr Amy Coopes, Professor Frank Bongiorno AM, Josh Bornstein, Fr Frank Brennan AO, Leanne Minshull, Polly Hemming, Bill Browne, Stephen Long, Greg Jericho, Eloise Carr Amy Remeikis, Richard Denniss, Naomi Hodgson, Jim Casey, Barrie Cassidy, Dr Amy Thunig-McGregor, Craig Foster AM

Edited by Anna Chang and Alice Grundy.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"Public housing must play a greater role in helping to anchor housing supply more generally. It should not simply be for the most vulnerable. The housing crisis will not be solved simply by tinkering with zoning or cutting supposed red tape." – Frank Bongiorno AM #bravery #HousingCrisis #AusPol

Cropped front cover of the book "A time for BRAVERY : What happens when Australians choose courage?" from The Australia Institute.

https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time-for-bravery

Contributors: Yanis Varoufakis, Hon Ralph Regenvanu, Mike Rann AC, Senator Fatima Payman, Dr Sophie Scamps MP, John Hewson AM, Michele O’Neil, Sisonke Msimang, Professor Georgina Long AO, Ben Quilty, Rodney Croome AM, Tim Costello AO, Dr Amy Coopes, Professor Frank Bongiorno AM, Josh Bornstein, Fr Frank Brennan AO, Leanne Minshull, Polly Hemming, Bill Browne, Stephen Long, Greg Jericho, Eloise Carr Amy Remeikis, Richard Denniss, Naomi Hodgson, Jim Casey, Barrie Cassidy, Dr Amy Thunig-McGregor, Craig Foster AM

Edited by Anna Chang and Alice Grundy.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Hey Nice & Natural Go fuck yourself #Enshittification
Image showing a tiny chocolate nut bar next to its deceptively oversized packaging.

The actual bar is barely longer than my index finger.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
But Rob is definitely a Dentist, right?
Rob the alleged Dentist from the Oral B ads.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Re: Parliamentarians... "The daily papers are filled with the speculation of gutless wonders who will say anything provided their name is not attached to it." @browne90.bsky.social #bravery #AusPol

Cropped front cover of the book "A time for BRAVERY : What happens when Australians choose courage?" from The Australia Institute.

https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time-for-bravery

Contributors: Yanis Varoufakis, Hon Ralph Regenvanu, Mike Rann AC, Senator Fatima Payman, Dr Sophie Scamps MP, John Hewson AM, Michele O’Neil, Sisonke Msimang, Professor Georgina Long AO, Ben Quilty, Rodney Croome AM, Tim Costello AO, Dr Amy Coopes, Professor Frank Bongiorno AM, Josh Bornstein, Fr Frank Brennan AO, Leanne Minshull, Polly Hemming, Bill Browne, Stephen Long, Greg Jericho, Eloise Carr Amy Remeikis, Richard Denniss, Naomi Hodgson, Jim Casey, Barrie Cassidy, Dr Amy Thunig-McGregor, Craig Foster AM

Edited by Anna Chang and Alice Grundy.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
SNAP! I'm about halfway through. Going to have another Pratchett binge this year – for sanity's sake. #TerryPratchett
Cover of the 1993 Corgi Books printing of Terry Pratchett's book, Equal Rites.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
064 – #SmallJoys Well, bugger me. I made the ‘honourable mentions’ list on my second crack at #FuriousFiction www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/furious...
My short story – After The Cataclysm – made the longlist for the April round of Furious Fiction.

This, and its prequel in March, make up the entirety of my writing over the past 30 years.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
061 – #SmallJoys It's been 3 months since this shy fella visited. We had proper seed this time, so he stayed a little longer. #KingParrot #AusWildlife
Adult male Australian King Parrot sitting on deck railing and having a snack from a metal bowl.

Males have a vibrant red head, chest and belly, with green wings, back and tail. The wings have a raggedy strip in a lighter green.

Not as large as a cockatoo, but bugger than the rosellas and lorikeets.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Cop a gander at how compromised your online activity could be if you use something as dodgy as Google Chrome. This excludes all the ads and popups and other shitfuckery that DuckDuckGo deals with for me. #FuckGoogle
Screengrab from DuckDuckGo stating that the browser has blocked 2,418 trackers in the past 7 days.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Promotional image for the horror movie : The Nun ll.

Frontal portrait of an evil looking nun with glowing yellow eyes.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Absolutely not. The narrative that McBride is a war crimes whistleblower is incorrect. The exposure of war crimes was inadvertent on his part. McBride is no hero. www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
Portion of report from BBC news website.

Text reads:
"McBride, 60, admits he gave troves of document to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), saying he was concerned about the attitudes of commanders and what he then thought was the "over-investigation" of troops, the court heard.

But instead the information he provided underpinned a series of reports in 2017 called The Afghan Files, which gave unprecedented insight into the operations of Australia's elite special forces in Afghanistan, and contained allegations of war crimes."
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The narrative that McBride is a war crimes whistleblower is incorrect. The exposure of war crimes was inadvertent on his part. McBride is no hero. www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
Portion of report from BBC news website.

Text reads:
"McBride, 60, admits he gave troves of document to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), saying he was concerned about the attitudes of commanders and what he then thought was the "over-investigation" of troops, the court heard.

But instead the information he provided underpinned a series of reports in 2017 called The Afghan Files, which gave unprecedented insight into the operations of Australia's elite special forces in Afghanistan, and contained allegations of war crimes."
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The narrative that McBride is a war crimes whistleblower is incorrect. The exposure of war crimes was inadvertent on his part. McBride is no hero. www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
Portion of report from BBC news website.

Text reads:
"McBride, 60, admits he gave troves of document to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), saying he was concerned about the attitudes of commanders and what he then thought was the "over-investigation" of troops, the court heard.

But instead the information he provided underpinned a series of reports in 2017 called The Afghan Files, which gave unprecedented insight into the operations of Australia's elite special forces in Afghanistan, and contained allegations of war crimes."
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This shit-for-brains reckons there's no real evidence the holocaust occurred. Thinks that holocaust denial is just a different point of view, and that rejecting holocaust denial is 'intolerant'. Off you fuck dickhead.
Just a screengrab of a dickhead response.

Believes that being factually incorrect is actually just a different point of view.

No dickhead, you don't get to have a "point of view" about demonstrable facts.

Off to the shit-for-brains list with you.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The crows are going to LOVE this. #HumansAreStupid
An overfull kerbside bin. 
The lid is ajar.
The crows will have a field day.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
060 – #SmallJoys Bugger the bleugh #EasterEggs The second-best chocolate in Australia is far more preferable to that crap.
Two blocks of Lindt Excellence 70% cocoa dark chocolate.

Second only to Aldi's Moser Roth.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Image of psycho Musk's stupid space Tesla with our precious planet in the background.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
059 – #SmallJoys I'm in charge of #AppleCrumble Nailed it tonight. 👍
Perfect apple crumble in a rectangular glass baking dish.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Image of a Sesame Street vinyl album with illustrated cover of children from different cultures holding balloons with song names on them (eg. Rubber Duckie). 

Released under Disneyland brand.
Circa 1970.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
056 – #SmallJoys At over 1350m elevation, #MtBarney is a formidable edifice. On the weekend we were camping nearby, half a dozen teenagers were stuck on the mountain overnight. Thankfully, they were safely airlifted out the next morning. Don't underestimate the #AustralianLandscape
View of Mt Barney from the Yellow Pinch summit lookout, under a brooding overcast sky.

The first 15mins of the walk to the lookout is all uphill, the second 15mins is even more so. 

But it's a pretty cool view of the lush valley and impressive mountain.
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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
055 – #SmallJoys The stretch of Logan River at the base of #MtBarney is impossibly gorgeous. #AustralianLandscape
The section of Logan River right at the end of Upper Logan Rd is stunning. Large rocks strewn throughout create fabulous cascades and spaces for plants to grow midstream.Looking upstream with a particularly vigorous cascade in the foreground. The trees and vegetation crowd in right to the water's edge.Looking downstream from the same position, with the cascades calming down towards a deeper waterhole in the distance.
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