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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

If you’re still using Meta’s social platforms ask yourself why. Zuckerberg has been poisoning society for too long.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 16/07/2026

Wild. That’s what Alberta has felt for several summers. But yeah, let’s keep voting conservative.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 16/07/2026

Andrea Lam playing Tchaikovsky’s piano concerto no. 1 with the MSO was transcendent.

Concert hall stage. Hamer hall. Andrea is motioning to the rest of the orchestra to stand up and take their bow.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 09/07/2026

Ah. Fair call then. But still, treat yo self.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 09/07/2026

I hope that’s a massive mug and a normal size chocolate bar. For a birthday, fun size is too small.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 03/07/2026

The Labor government in Australia is hostile to internationals. The graduate visa was $1500 when I got it in 2019 and a student visa was $500. Rather than getting the best applicants, Australia is hell bent on getting the richest ones. It’s disgraceful. From Future Campus:

The Government has jacked up student visa fees, again. The standard one cost $1,600 on June 30 ’25, $2,000 on Tuesday and now $2,500. The Temporary Graduate visa application fee incre ased from $2,300 until 1 March this year and now has been hiked to $5,750. Universities Australia summed up the sector’s response. “Today’s fee hike doesn’t stand alone. It comes on top of higher visa refusal rates, policy uncertainty and a series of decisions that have made Australia a less attractive destination.” Which might be what the Feds want to demonstrate to One Nation inclined electors.”

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 01/07/2026

My brother chartered a boat for the day and it was extra extraordinary

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 01/07/2026

Have a coffee crisp for me. Or cheezies. Or dill pickle chips. Dealers choice.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 01/07/2026

Happy Canada Day. Here's a photo I took in Canada in May. Williston Reservoir in Northern BC.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 13/06/2026

It’s not okay that Tom Hanks and Steve Martin haven’t been in a movie together.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 22/05/2026

This is the view from my house. Every morning the line up starts around 9:45. Every. Morning. For the Lululemon outlet. Do what you wanna do but I can still find it utterly bizarre.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 19/05/2026

Proactive block for the win!

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 19/05/2026

followed. Can't believe I hadn't before! Thanks for the heads up.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 11/05/2026

Not to brag, but I got 100% on the Australian Citizenship exam. I was delighted to see a question about gay marriage on it too. Here’s a picture of the state library just for fun.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 10/05/2026

Really happy with this shot of the General Post Office (GPO), which is now an H&M. The sun hitting just the tower while leaving the rest of this hulking #Melbourne landmark in shadow.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/05/2026

JK Rowling is now represented by a trans person in the Scottish parliament. Absolutely incredible.

Two transgender MSPs elected to Holyrood in first for Scottish parliament
Dr Q Manivannan and Iris Duane secured regional list seats for the Scottish Green Party.
David Young
Friday 08 May 2026 17:52 EDT

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 09/05/2026

I got an early release of Cara Luft’s new one, My Heart Will Always Be. It’s breathtaking.

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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

#MothersDay message from harried working mother multitasking in her car to other mothers. 📚❤️

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 08/05/2026

Oh Oli. You’re the best.

Tri-colour Beaglier sitting and looking at the camera through a bike rack consisting of twisted metal tubing.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 07/05/2026

Ormond Hall. Incredible venue.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 07/05/2026

Rarely has bathroom art made me think so much about some of the people I’ve worked with.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 30/04/2026

I haven’t watched the Star Wars prequels since they came out; I was bad, II was worse, III was great! Revenge of the Sith is the only one I’d watch again. Ewan. So good.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 24/04/2026

The MSO only deepened my love for this score. Jurassic Park in Concert was spectacular. Bum bum, bum bum.

Melbourne symphony orchestra on stage with a dark auditorium, massive screen upstage that reads Jurassic park in concert.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 24/04/2026

Hot honey is everywhere right now. From fancy restaurants to Subway. Stop it.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 24/04/2026

My pleasure. Thanks for a wonderful night.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 23/04/2026

It was covered by drapes, but the wood carving on the wall up stage behind you is an ode to Jabba the Hutt. Apparently the architect was a fan. Also, thanks for asking about the mix tonight. Criminal to have poor mix in that space (and it was 🧑‍🍳😘 after that).

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 23/04/2026

@ronsexsmith.bsky.social didn’t play 90% of the songs I wanted to hear and 100% of the ones I did. Sadly, he didn’t have the stage for a week to get to Judee Sill covers. After all these years it was unexpectedly emotional to hear him here once again, in Australia.

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

In Turkey, an elderly man who earns his living by shining shoes is visited every morning at the same time by a cat that asks to have its fur brushed. The man never turns down this little friend.😍👍💙

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 07/04/2026

Can we just stay on daylight saving time in Australian (or at least the parts that still have to change). It’s so dark in Melbourne too early!

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 02/04/2026

You don’t need an out of office for Easter weekend.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The scale of Australian universities managerial & governance surrender/capture is ASTOUNDING "Twelve of the 14 universities had council members, who had substantive roles as consultants from firms such as Ernst & Young, PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, McKinsey, and Boston Consulting Group"

abc.net.au

As universities cut courses, spending on consultants and contractors nears $2b

Consultancies have been accused of infiltrating universities and wasting scarce public funds on questionable advice about cutting courses and jobs.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Part 2 in "Just how big is the oil and gas industry". The private adult education sector pays almost as much in wages as does the gas industry. Profits are a tad different. live.thepoint.com.au/2026/03/the-...

Charts showing two columns

Adult community & other education industry: wages $3.9bn; profits, $1.7bn

Oil and gas industry: wages $4bn, profits $71.6bn

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

‘The internet was once simply a place you visited to learn things. Now it learns you. …the algorithms study what you linger on and serve you more content like it.’ We Study Mass Shooters. Something Terrifying Is Happening Online. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/o...

nytimes.com

Opinion | We Study Mass Shooters. Something Terrifying Is Happening Online.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

From 1941 to 1952 in the UK, the top rate of income tax was 98%. A luxury goods purchase tax introduced in 1940 later rose to 100%. Result? The share of incomes captured by the richest 0.1% fell from 7% in 1937 to just over 1% in 1975. That's what we need today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.com

Things are not going to get better as long as oligarchs rule the roost in our democracies | George Monbiot

If we want the kind of fair, functioning state Britain saw post-1945, we need to take on the economic powers that wrecked it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 11/03/2026

More shameful nonsense from the people in charge of the province I lived in for 14 years. If you’re banning books, you’re one of the bad ones.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 11/03/2026

Two Gen Z’s in the last day have mentioned watching old Letterman clips. The kids are alright.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 10/03/2026

Wild that the released data is so uneven.

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A Horse of Course @charliehorsephotos.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I saw a group post this and have to say that it is amazing.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 10/03/2026

Fantastic work. Thanks for sharing. Any chance you’ll onboard other provinces?

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 09/03/2026

Hello I would like to share with you my new-and-improved website that compiles 46 years' worth of baby-names data in Alberta: albertababynames.com It now includes the latest data (for 2025) and a similar-names function to easily browse through various spellings in naming trends.

albertababynames.com

Alberta Baby Names Explorer

Explore 46 years of Alberta baby name data (1980–2025). Search any name, browse trends, and see what was popular each year.

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 10/03/2026

We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record." Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...

nature.com

Keep calm and be transparent: advice from scientists who retracted their papers

Retractions correct the scientific record, but they have stigma attached to them. Some in the research community want that to change.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 28/02/2026

Rewatch Schitts Creek. You’ll thank me.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 14/02/2026

I’m Canadian. Live in Australia. The number of people who have said to me some version of, “there’s an Olympics on?” … “oh, you mean the Winter Olympics.” Canada’s best start bringing it!

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