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Brian K Lynch

@bebop49.bsky.social

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Grouchy ex-Applied Linguist who would still like to help change the world (yeah, he's a commie anarchist hippie)...

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goldingcartoons.bsky.social @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 8d

“I'd like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom, not separated from it.”
Jane Goodall

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 8d

Jane Goodall
3 April 1934 - 1 October 2025
Rest in Nature

Some of the fantastic photos I’ve seen posted of her in the past few hours, put together in a small slideshow…

#EastCoastKin

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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 9d

My calls and emails to family in Afghanistan go unanswered. The Taliban’s internet shutdown has left us all helpless
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My calls and emails to family in Afghanistan go unanswered. The Taliban’s internet shutdown has left us all helpless | Shadi Khan Saif

From the safety of Australia, I watch in despair as my loved ones in Kabul navigate this digital darkness – a calculated effort to silence dissent

www.theguardian.com

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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 11d

The staggering cost of cruelty.
''At the current rate, MTC’s contract on Nauru is worth $157m a year... If the contract does not increase further in cost before its expiry, Aust taxpayers will have paid $430,512 a day to process asylum seekers offshore''.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

US private prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on Nauru in quiet expansion of contract

Exclusive: A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of ‘gross mismanagement’ and a process ‘run out of control’

www.theguardian.com

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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 16d

Donald Trump repeatedly made false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations general assembly on Tuesday.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Fact-check: Donald Trump’s false and misleading claims during his UN address

The US president made at least five spurious claims ranging from climate change and immigration to ending wars

www.theguardian.com

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mynameisdieter 🍉 @dietervallois.bsky.social · 17d

My gosh that was heartbreaking 💔

The world should hang its head in shame

That boy broke me

#Gaza

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Brian K Lynch @bebop49.bsky.social · Sep 4

You're up late! Just starting the day here. 💚

Brian K Lynch @bebop49.bsky.social · Sep 4

Great minds and all that 😉 Be well dear friend.

Brian K Lynch @bebop49.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hey Jill, yes, I read it and loved the characters and post apocalyptic setting. Enjoy!

Brian K Lynch @bebop49.bsky.social · Aug 20

You tell 'em Stella!

Brian K Lynch @bebop49.bsky.social · Aug 13

Be well. Love to you and te famiy.

Brian K Lynch @bebop49.bsky.social · Aug 12

I think there's a word limit. Here's 1000 wds:

Brian K Lynch @bebop49.bsky.social · Aug 12

There we go... All good here Jill. Sam visiting, doing on online Postgrad course. How are you?

Brian K Lynch @bebop49.bsky.social · Aug 12

Can't seem to get my reply to send...

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Jill Favero @jillfavero.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hi @moudhy.bsky.social I have a mystery object that nobody knows about. Seems to be very old. Maybe Assyrian? Can you help identify it? The statuette is about a hand high

A hand sized terracotta (?) statuette of a seated weird figure with long hair, prominent nose and beard. Looks like ritual markings around his neck like a collar.

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Jill Favero @jillfavero.bsky.social · Jul 11

How Liberty died. youtube.com/watch?v=7neO... Thanks to @adamhillscomedy.bsky.social

Last Leg American Pie Parody

YouTube video by Samuel-Wan Kenobi

youtube.com

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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · Jun 18

Today 2,000 pages of 9,000 conversations and recommendations will be delivered to the Victorian Parliament.

Exposing the harm and injustice but also paving the way for Treaty.

I walk in solidarity & call for voice, treaty and truth. And will continue to turn up.

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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · Jun 15

Great to join day 22 of the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s Walk for Truth.

A powerful way to walk alongside First Peoples and celebrate the strength and resistance of Aboriginal people 🖤💛❤️

yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/walk-for-tru...

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Brian K Lynch @bebop49.bsky.social · Jun 14

40+% turnout from our small island (Shaw Island, WA) to protest trump administration fascism. #NoKings

Brian K Lynch @bebop49.bsky.social · Jun 6

Stay warm sweet girl...

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Hel in a hand basket @helodare.bsky.social · Jun 6

Fuck you Amazon. It’s MELBOURNE YOU DRONGOS!

Description for Death In Brunswick that says it is based in Sydney. Brunswick is in Melbourne

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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · Jun 5

Urgent action is needed, we must evacuate all people left in offshore detention to Australia.

‘We just sit here’: the broken men Australia’s offshore detention regime left behind in Papua New Guinea

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘We just sit here’: the broken men Australia’s offshore detention regime left behind in Papua New Guinea

Samad Abdul is among the last of more than 2,000 people who passed through the illegal system. Prevented from leaving PNG, he says his life is wasting away

www.theguardian.com

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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · May 27

As the theme of this year’s National Reconciliation Week, Bridging Now to Next, is urging, @asrc1.bsky.social stands firm in our determination to use our knowledge of the past to create a positive change in the future.

asrc.org.au/2025/05/26/n...

National Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week 2025

Today, Australia marks the National Sorry Day to remember the Stolen Generations—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people forcibly removed from their families. It is also a time to honour survivor...

asrc.org.au

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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · May 19

Happy Volunteer Week to all the incredible volunteers out there. 🙏🏽👏🏽🎉

Special thanks to all the amazing @asrc1.bsky.social volunteers who make it possible to work with over 7,000 people seeking asylum and refugees.

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Brian K Lynch @bebop49.bsky.social · May 18

Very Regal! Good of Stella to share 😉

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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · May 14

“People seeking asylum are locked out of work, study and basic support — and Labor now has a clear mandate to fix it,” says Sobia Shah, Founder of the Professional Migrant Women’s Network.
@asrc1.bsky.social
womensagenda.com.au/politics/loc...

'The politics of fear failed': Refugee advocates call on Labor to lead next term with humanity

Advocates for refugees and asylum seekers are calling on Labor to lead with humanity and deliver refugee policy grounded in justice.

womensagenda.com.au

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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · May 4

Votets rejected the politics of fear and division.

"Voters have acted with compassion and it's time for our elected representatives and political leaders to reflect this in the incoming parliament," @asrc1.bsky.social said in a statement.

www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Did the Coalition's pledged cuts to migration backfire?

Migrant communities reacted negatively to the Coalition's plans to cut migration levels, according to a polling analyst.

www.sbs.com.au

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Jill Favero @jillfavero.bsky.social · May 4

The best read after the Australian election #AusVotes
insidestory.org.au/are-the-libe...

Are the Liberals in danger of becoming the Kodak of Australian politics? • Frank Bongiorno

The party is taking a long time to understand its plight

insidestory.org.au

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Jill Favero @jillfavero.bsky.social · May 3

Labor 1. Strange Christian sect 0. #AusVotes

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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · May 3

Disgusting to see Advance Australia leave rubbish behind at polling booths in Wills. I watched them pack up and leave all this behind.

Pretty much sums up their rubbish campaign.

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