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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 15m

Lots of people were saying this was a bad idea, and it wouldn’t work. Turns out they were wrong

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Two years after school phone bans were implemented in Australia, what has changed?

Phone bans are now well-established in many Australian primary and secondary schools. Have they made a difference?

www.theguardian.com

Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 21m

Lots of people were saying this was a bad idea, and it wouldn’t work. Turns out they were wrong

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Two years after school phone bans were implemented in Australia, what has changed?

Phone bans are now well-established in many Australian primary and secondary schools. Have they made a difference?

www.theguardian.com

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 5h

my father (a retired white engineer who has been in oklahoma for 40 years) is my weathervane for what normal people who just watch the news periodically think, and he was like “so, they want to call the guard out on a bunch of kids wearing frog suits? is that true?”, the admin is losing the PR war

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 2h

They want to create Gaza-Lago, and rake in the profits

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 3h

Insider Trading, but we know Justice doesn’t exist in America for rich white folks

Jeff Turner 🦋🌈🦋🌈@loveneverhate @loveneverhate.bsky.social · 3h

Don-The-King-Con's kid, Baby Boy Barron Trump

Aka robber baron:
Pejorative term for one of the powerful 19th-century American industrialists & financiers who made fortunes by monopolizing huge industries through the formation of trusts, engaging in unethical business practices, exploiting workers.

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 4h

We have an event called Gears and Beers, did a few weeks ago, it’s a fantastic weekend, we do the gravel ride

gearsandbeers.org.au

Gears and Beers | Cycling and craft beer festival | Wagga Wagga NSW

Craft beer and picturesque cycling routes. Festival atmosphere, outstanding locally roasted coffee, accompanied by local regional food plus first class musical entertainment. Fast becoming a must do e...

gearsandbeers.org.au

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 8h

I have seen shocking footage of thousands of people in Chicago fleeing what I assume are horrible crime-doers, or as the lib media is falsely describing it “The Chicago Marathon.” It is a war zone here, folks, and people were running so fast from the crime-people that others were cheering for them!

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 6h

The plane is capable of flying safely on one engine, and the pilots followed training and SOP

Stop trying to make it a big deal because some councillor thinks she’s important and newsworthy

au-nb.bsky.social @au-nb.bsky.social · 1d

Rex mid-air engine failure days after fire a ‘big concern’, passenger says

https://www.newsbeep.com/au/204664/

A Broken Hill councillor who was on a home-bound flight from Sydney when one of the plane’s engines…

Rex mid-air engine failure days after fire a 'big concern', passenger says - Australia News Beep

A Broken Hill councillor who was on a home-bound flight from Sydney when one of the plane's engines stopped mid-air said it was "terrifying", and a "big

www.newsbeep.com

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 7h

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 19h

This year is up there with the all time classic #Bathurst1000 races #RepcoSC

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 19h

Make sure he drinks some electrolytes, his salt levels will be down after that

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 19h

Fantastic effort, lots of hills down your way

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 20h

Shades of Wincup/Tander/McLaughlin #Bathurst1000 #RepcoSC

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 20h

#Bathurst1000 #RepcoSC

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Hello Idaho, we’re here to keep your potatoes safe from Antifa.

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 20h

Tomorrow at Cowra, they adjust the traffic lights in town,to stop them queuing back to Bathurst

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 21h

Red Bull lost a wing #RepcoSC #Bathurst1000

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 23h

1/2 way mark, and it’s anyone’s guess who’ll win
#Bathurst1000 #RepcoSC

Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 1d

How good is this racing, and still 90 laps to go #Bathurst1000 #RepcoSC

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 1d

Cosy in the recliner today 🐶🐶

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 1d

#Bathurst1000 Bingo

“Safety cars breed safety cars”

Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 1d

Are ICE still being paid?

Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 1d

Not a parity issue, but 888 are running 1st and 2nd

#Bathurst1000 #RepcoSC

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Petepeterepeat @petepeterepeat.bsky.social · 1d

Cry Ribbit and let slip the frogs of war

Silence 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @b-dogood.bsky.social · 2d

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