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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 1h

"Miss 1942."
New Zealand Free Lance, 23 September 1942.
Ref Eph-D-WOMEN-1982-01, National Library of New Zealand.

Shows a central poem written in 1942 by "Grandpa", and published in the New Zealand Free Lance. Around the border are black and white photographs of women in uniform involved in war work: fire wardens, truck drivers, factory workers, motor mechanics, bus conductors, chauffeurs, agricultural workers, and machine shop workers.

Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 50m

My trivial pursuit for the day: Who designed the modern ring pull can (not beer, but fish today) that allows the ring to detach itself without opening the can, then will not accept either of my expensive and top brand manual can openers. I suspect that it was the same person who invented bandaids.

Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 2h

'Parents can get their kids a “dumbphone” — a flip phone that can be used for talking and texting but not social media use'

But apparently not in Australia, where everyone of any age will need to provide personal information and put themselves at risk of scams to use social media.
Thanks parents.

CNN @cnn.com · 2h

"Most kids are getting smartphones at much younger ages than many experts recommend, according to new research," writes Kara Alaimo | Analysis

Kids are getting smartphones at much younger ages than many experts recommend. How to handle it | CNN

Technology use is prevalent for most kids, including younger ones. Here’s how parents can limit use of smartphones and social media before children are old enough.

cnn.it

Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 2h

I thought surf board carrier bags were the style in Australia?

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Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 2h

I remember the City of Sydney Library being located in the QVB. The building was falling into disrepair at that time, almost a tactic of allowing that as a reason to demolish it

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 5h

The "green bans" in the 1970s saved many of Australia's historic buildings and our cities are richer for them. But a famous economist didn't like them.

'Green bans' saved Sydney's historic buildings and taught economists a lesson

The "green bans" in the 1970s saved many of Australia's historic buildings and our cities are richer for them. But a famous economist didn't like them.

www.abc.net.au

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 18h

fish and chips, the native British dish invented by sephardic Jewish migrants in the 18th century using a vegetable no one on this island had encountered before the 16th

Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 21h

The British Right are just in total freefall into savagery at this point

Jess Gill
@jessgillO3

I've never had curry or a kabab and don't intend to.
British food is the best. English breakfasts, Sunday roasts, fish and chips, pies, pasties, scones.
Also, our national dish isn't a chicken tikka masala we only think that because a Labour MP said it decades ago to push multiculturalism.
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Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 2h

That's an original Bessa, not the more modern Japanese one? The device attached is a multi focal length viewfinder that was replaced by frame lines in the modern version?

Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 2h

I'm very uncomfortable in crowds, and even more so when there is a possibility of conflict. It's more than a social risk. I will continue to Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Israel's economy though; which may be as effective as spending a few hours in a protest crowd?

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Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 2h

These anti immigration flag wavers should spend time near any Australian hospital or home for the aged at shift change times and check out the cross section of staff of all levels and national origins who care for their near and dear. Most are of recent Asian descent.

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 4h

Demonstrators are gathering in cities across the country today, with March for Australia rallies sparking counter protests. Follow live.

LIVE: Anti-immigration rallies and counter protests held across the country with lower numbers

Demonstrators are gathering in cities across the country today, with March for Australia rallies sparking counter protests. Follow live.

www.abc.net.au

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Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 2h

Bloody hell our Australian PM, when he visits Washington next week, has to be civil and polite to that puerile loon who makes potty insults to the citizens of his own country.

molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 4h

and another thing: he’s not mad. please don’t put it in the newspaper that he got mad.

Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 3h

Not caturday at all
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Terrassa: Catalonian town bans black cat adoptions during Halloween

In an effort to ward off potentially sinister rituals, the Catalonian town of Terrassa hopes to keep its black cats safe during the occult-themed holiday.

www.bbc.com

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Dr Corrina Readioff @fierengraw.bsky.social · 18h

Potatoes (a main ingredient in both the “traditional” Sunday roast and fish & chips) only arrived in the British Isles from South America around the 1580s, & didn’t catch on as a popular food until the late 18th century; which is also about the same time curry arrived in the UK

Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 21h

The British Right are just in total freefall into savagery at this point

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 7h

This is really well done:
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...

Australia is seen as a young country — but do you really know its ancient story?

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' story goes way, way back… take an awe-inspiring journey into Deep Time.

www.abc.net.au

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Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 7h

He shone briefly (in my eyes) in the 60s,for the youthful tranche that was critical of suburban Australia (Mooney Ponds etc) The Dame Edna character may have been the seed for the unfunny spiteful nastiness that followed. His Sandy Stone persona had some compassion
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qkb...

Barry Humphries as Sandy Stone

YouTube video by BuyKurious

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Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 7h

'Albanese can also impress Trump with the lure of billions of dollars in investment from Australia’s superannuation funds'
Do the members of those funds get a say in that?
I really feel anxious about this growing anti China rhetoric.

Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 7h

I need to stay out of that chamber of horrors even if it's inescapable sometimes; the Brita filters are cheaper and the battery drop off is good (if I remember to take them) My chippy father would have enjoyed the place though, but it's bookshops for me.

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Skot Armstrong @skot.bsky.social · 14h

Weaponized house slippers worn by Lotte Lenya #BOTD playing Rosa Klebb in From Russia With Love (1963)

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Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 7h

My 2 suggestions:
A foreign text with parallel translation on the opposite page.
Or: A heavily annotated scholarly work, perhaps on the silent film industry in early 20C Kazakhstan.

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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 12h

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Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 8h

"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown"

Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 8h

Who wore Toto better? Shirley Temple or Australian PM Albanese?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 16h

Remembering Lotte Lenya on her birthday 🎂
📷 Lotte Jacobi, 1930

"Through her shaky failings, or perhaps even because of them, she projected an individuality, a vulnerability and a defiance that her more technically adroit successors were hard put to match."
- John Rockwell

Black & white closeup of Lenya with a cigarette

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Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · 8h

I may have seen every iconic landscape feature of Aotearoa on the (guessing at dimensions) approx 15x12 cm screen of Moviolas when I was editing the obligatory (everyone wanted to make features) tourist films at the National Film Unit; home to Brian Brake too before my time.

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 10h

Mōrena e te whānau. More Rahotu Mitre Peak in Poipoitahi Milford Sound, Te Rua-o-te-Moko Fiordland National Park, NZ.

NZ tourism's iconic image in a matt B&W preset I sylted on 20th C legendary NZ photographers Brian Brake & Marti Friedlander

I developed this matt black Lightroom preset after pilling through page after page of wonderful images by the 20th century NZ photographers, in particular Brian Brake & Marti Friedlander. It's more a result of the printing process than their images - in real life their blacks are deep & contrasty. But 99% of us only get to see their images in books & they are lush & soft muted / matt blacks from the printing process.

This image of the mountain towering over the flat calm waters of the Fiord are perfect for this.

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