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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 5h

Wow! #Bathurst1000

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 6h

Indeed. A wet track makes for intrigue but…. Sheesh.

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Jeannine Baker @nenieb.bsky.social · 1d

Terrific story - 17,000 photographs taken by tailor & amateur photographer Allan Doney have been returned to Bendigo.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Trove of historical photos taken by a tailor a 'brilliant time capsule'

A collection of photographs taken by an amateur photographer in a regional Victorian city in the 1950s, 60s and 70s has been returned.

www.abc.net.au

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Jeff Boone @jeffreyboone.bsky.social · 1d

Straight title doesn’t indicate the wicked comedy in this piece (Stewart Lee among the righteous!) www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chappelle and Jimmy ...

www.theguardian.com

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Arif "Felonious Munk" Shahid @feloniousmunk.blacksky.app · 1d

Hot take: we don't need a take on everything. Sit some shit out.

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 1d

Neither

Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 1d

So good. A long read FYI.

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 1d

I’m the girlfriend of Habeas Corpus!

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 1d

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.

What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.

www.motherjones.com

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 1d

Reminds me of this choice paragraph from that excellent article from Mother Jones where the journo called every single person in Jeffrey Epstein’s little black book:

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 1d

Justin Townes Earle authorized biography: “A superb biography of a singular life.” Yes please!

JTE. Gone too soon, his father’s son, with his mama’s eyes. It still makes me sad.

Jonathan Bernstein @jonbern.bsky.social · 2d

The first review for my book includes some beautiful writing about Justin:

"Few needed a support system more than Earle, and few were quicker to burn bridges."
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE LONESOME | Kirkus Reviews

A biography of a troubadour’s triumph over major challenges and against considerable odds before succumbing to the time bomb within.

www.kirkusreviews.com

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent project.
Keeping local assets in local hands, for locals.
👏👏
Take a bow #Castlemaine!

Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 2d

We did it. The Castlemaine Community Investment Co-operative borrowed $2m in small loans from 330 community members and bought our first building. We will permanently remove the building from the market to be managed by the community for the community #CommunityWealthBuilding
www.castlemaine.coop

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 2d

Well there’s always a “back in my day”(!)

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 2d

😂

Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 3d

😂

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 3d

Is there a good kind?

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing!! Love it.

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 3d

Not a nip of brandy every night? (I always find those who’ve reached a century, when they’re asked the secret to a long life, it’s always a nip of brandy (or similar) each night.)
Kudos to him though! What an innings!!

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 3d

Now we’re talking canned meats(!!)

weatherboard.bsky.social @weatherboard.bsky.social · 3d

This is the one.

Ad for Tom Piper Camp Pie with a pixie or something holding a can of tinned meat (the “camp pie”)

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 3d

Oh wow!!

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 3d

Me: Canned meats you say?

Women’s Weekly circa 1966: Yes! Worthy of a Paris chef! That’s the beauty of cooking from cans.

Me: Cooking from cans you say?

Women’s Weekly circa 1966: Indeed! Nothing seals like steel! Nothing can tamper with the delicious taste of canned foods.

Lauren Rosewarne @laurenrosewarne.bsky.social · 3d

"Cook carefree curries and casseroles from CANNED MEATS..."

(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)

B.H.P. Tinplate. Australian Women's Weekly, 1966.

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 4d

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Fears hundreds of Victoria Police cases have been compromised.

Police have arrested a digital forensics officer based in #Bendigo. The ABC understands that police are now auditing the officer's work dating from June 2016 until August 2025.

#VicPol

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Police alerting accused offenders and lawyers as hundreds of cases re-examined

Police have arrested a digital forensics officer and are investigating whether his work compromised hundreds of cases over nearly a decade including sexual offence and child abuse cases.

www.abc.net.au

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 4d

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Fears hundreds of Victoria Police cases have been compromised.

Police have arrested a digital forensics officer based in #Bendigo. The ABC understands that police are now auditing the officer's work dating from June 2016 until August 2025.

#VicPol

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Police alerting accused offenders and lawyers as hundreds of cases re-examined

Police have arrested a digital forensics officer and are investigating whether his work compromised hundreds of cases over nearly a decade including sexual offence and child abuse cases.

www.abc.net.au

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tandigi @tandigi.bsky.social · 4d

Brilliant speech. 👏👏👏

Aieee-Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 5d

Part of Russell T Davies' speech on being awarded Outstanding Contribution to Television at the Bafta Cymru awards. (via www.instagram.com/baftacymru)

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