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Chris
@leftychris.bsky.social
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Nature and politics fan-girl. 🦘 Pretty-much obsessed with the tawny frogmouths I share my backyard with. Voting yes was the least we could do, given everything, yet we couldn’t even fricken manage to do that. Privileged to be living in Meanjin, Australia.
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Chris @leftychris.bsky.social · Nov 10
Honest to god, they’re the bloody best! Mr Tawny and the kids were the ones enjoying a bike ride today.😀
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Kinda surprising and pretty bloody great to be down at my local Bunnings this morning and hearing ‘We Have Survived’ by No Fixed Address playing as their muzak while I was selecting a bucket in Aisle 51. Such a gutsy, catchy song which I’d semi forgotten about.
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No Fixed Address ~ We Have Survived (Official Video) ~ Australian Reggae - 1982
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February 1, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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Ms Tawny seems to be in good form this morning!
January 31, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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Gee that AO women’s final was great! So pleased that Rybakina won.
January 31, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Just walked past a bloke sitting outside a pub who was wearing a One Nation MAGA cap. As I walked past him, I said, ‘That’s the dumbest fucken cap I’ve ever seen.’
January 31, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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Just watched a screening of all four episodes of Bush Mechanics at the State Library of Qld this arvo. Haven’t seen it since it was on the ABC 25 years ago. So good!
January 31, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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Ms Tawny looking comically judgy.
January 31, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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Just so lovely to watch.
Vale, Catherine.❤️
nicolaspurr.bsky.social Nicola Spurr @nicolaspurr.bsky.social · 2d
When Canada gave Catherine O’Hara a big award, her Schitts Creek co-star Noah Reid serenaded her with this. 👇

Sad there’ll be no more unforgettable comedic characters from this majestic actor but very glad to have her wonderful catalogue to dip into.

#CatherineOHara

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Noah Reid performs A Case of You | Noah Reid interprète A Case of You
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January 30, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Picked up an old manuscript in an op shop of what is bloody great feminist anthem (though interestingly, written by two blokes). Inside was a page of sketches offering a window into the world of, I’m guessing, a teenage girl circa 1964. ♥️
YOU DON'T OWN ME Words and Music by J. MADARA & D. WHITE 12/25 Recorded by ORMSBY BROS. on E.M.I. INTERSONG PTY. LTD. Sole Distributors for Australia & New Zealand CHAPPELL & CO. LTD. 49-70 Clarence Street, Sydney. Melbourse — Brisbane — Wellington, N.Z. AUTHORISED FOR SALE ONLY IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 45c A page of beehive hairdo sketches.
January 30, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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Straight up excellent reporting from Betoota here.
#auspol
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Report: Feels Like We Should Be Making A Bigger Deal About Someone Throwing A Homemade Explosive Device Full Of Ball Bearings At Aboriginal People On January 26th
WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT As the nation greets 2026 head on, many have confirmed they are still trying to wrap their heads around the media landscape for this year. This comes after a couple ...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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Well put. #auspol
AOU RADIO® NATIONAL "One Nation's offering this solution that it's the fault of immigration: that's why house prices are so high, that's why real wages are falling. Now, of course, any economist can tell you that that's not actually the problem — but in a desert, any glass of water will do." Jason Falinski Former Liberal MP Image: ABC News / Four Corners
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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Good on ya, Hoodoos.
» 4h • We were disgusted to hear that one of our songs was played by a bunch of wannabe fascists yesterday (One Nation). Like most Australians, we have always been appalled by Pauline Hanson and the toxic nonsense she spouts. This is our message to her and her followers: don't play our music, don't listen to our band, do not pass go! We want nothing to do with you. In fact, we wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire.
January 27, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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“They fought in WW2 specifically so that I could spend January 26th not at work and instead at a rally neo-nazis helped organise.” chaser.com.au/general-news...
“This is what the ANZACs fought for” says guy standing shoulder to shoulder with nazis
January 26, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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What a stunner she is.
January 26, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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Hope Kos’s last sentence comes to fruition. #auspol
Kos Samaras • •.. X 1d • We're living through the biggest crisis in conservative politics since Federation, not because one leader had a bad week, but because the entire coalition of interests that was "the Right" is now three different movements, pulling in three different directions. Conservative politics right now looks like a glass that's hit the tiles. One shard is the Nationals, openly walking out of the Coalition shadow ministry after the latest blow-up, on top of the longer, unresolved rupture in the Coalition relationship itself. Another shard is the populist Right: One Nation surging as the Coalition's primary vote bleeds. And then there's the moderate, professional conservative vote, the part of the Liberal brand that used to hold the centre-right together, increasingly parking itself with teals and independents. I would not rule out this last group actually tactically voting to elect Labor candidates to stop the rise of PHON in non teal electorates.
January 22, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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In an ugly, chaotic world, thank god Arnotts still produces a Qld-specific ginger nut that’s markedly different from and indisputably superior to the ginger nuts they sell in other states. Feel truly sorry for those who are forced to endure poor cousin, interstate ginger nuts. 😀
Ginger nut state of origin: Whose side are you on?
From colour, texture and taste to packet size and labelling, ginger nut biscuits differ across the country.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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I just couldn’t get enough of this swirly, contour-liney, pattern-rich sand art near the mouth of Maroochy River at low tide late yesterday arvo. Thanks, natural world, for this exquisite surprise.
January 19, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Yep! 😂
markhumphries.bsky.social Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · 14d
We couldn’t possibly change the date. It’s just not something we do.
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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Solid observation.
#auspol
Kon Karapanagiotidis • • •• Following 3h • I'm not a religious person to be honest. But I will not tolerate bigotry & sit by & watch the entire Muslim Australian community relentlessly be scapegoated & dehumanised. The great irony is there are only 3 major common denominators in mass killings in Australia. 1. Approximately 90% are men. 2. Approximately 90% were not committed by Muslims (almost all Anglo or European). З The majority had a history of violence against women. How would Anglo & European men like it if I start saying the data shows you're the issue & problem here & start saying you're all like this until you prove otherwise and show you have true Australian values?
January 18, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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Well put, Ronni.
Ronni i Salt NowOnBlueSkySo... &•20h If any other foreign nation sought to dominate Australian life the way the pro-Israelis are doing now, we would be at war with them. ASIO's MikeHeadlineBurgess would have done 200 frothy speeches about it and the SMH's war fornicators would be in meltdown. We are being engineered by a long term campaign of manipulating thought and language - and being told that it is somehow 'racist' to point out that operatives for a foreign nation are attempting to control Australians and almost every aspect of Australian life. It is a very obvious fact by now that the pro-Israel lobby are attempting to manipulate Australian life. This is not connected to race. Michael McCormack is a pro-Israeli and he's a white Catholic from the Riverina. Louise Adler is not part of the pro-Israeli lobby and she's a Jewish daughter of Holocaust survivors. None of this is about race. It's about a foreign nation and its blinkered supporters attempting to dominate our lives. Their very actions proving this are right in front of our eyes, every day, every week we are assaulted by it. You don't want Israel and its supporters labelled as manipulators and controllers? Then do not try to manipulate and control us. Robin Prior @prior robin • 19h Careful - you are skating close to the giant Jewish X conspiracy position 9 15 1 28K只企 Ronni Salt NowOnBlueSkySocial @ 19h ... Did you read my post in its entirety or did you come here to point something else out? 2 179 3199 ill 5.5K只企 Ronni Salt NowOnBlueSkySocial @•19h ... And for the record, I have no time for "GiAnTJeWiShConSpiRaCiEs" The clear facts at hand - at this very moment - is that there is a concerted effort by people who support Israel to dominate Australian life in ways that we have never seen before @ 141 Robin Prior @prior_ robin • 19h g ... Yes I know that this is what you think. History is not replete wth the kind of thing you propose. I am a well wisher not wishing you to be accused of being a conspiracy theorist. That's why I said and say again 'take care'. 171 0 13 Ronni Salt NowOnBlueSkySocial @•18h... I appreciate your support and nuance. I did run this past several Jewish friends on here who provided me with input. I follow and communicate with quite a few Jewish people, and if they thought I was racist, they wouldn't be communicating with me or following me
January 9, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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January 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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Astroturfing primer. #auspol
Michael West Journo 7h • • . . In the days following the Bondi attack, a striking pattern emerged across Australian media and political commentary. Calls for a Royal Commission did not build gradually through public debate or evidence. They appeared almost overnight, amplified by a coordinated series of opinion pieces, open letters, and media appearances presenting themselves as spontaneous grassroots concern. Different groups were rolled out day by day. Sports figures. Business leaders. Lawyers. Doctors. Faith leaders. Former politicians. Each framed as independent voices, each delivering the same message, using the same language, calling for the same outcome. This is known as astroturfing, a public relations strategy designed to manufacture the appearance of broad public demand while being driven by organised interests with funding, access, and media reach. The campaign coincided with sustained media pressure on the federal government, portraying hesitation as weakness and dissent as moral failure. Critics were rapidly labelled or sidelined, while alternative explanations for the attack received little attention. Astroturfing works by compressing time. It creates urgency, crowds out scrutiny, and narrows the range of acceptable questions before facts are established. and now, Albo has mostly caved to the Zionist lobby which will do little to nothing to quell antisemitism in Australia unless it looks at the actions of Israel abroad
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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lt’s that time of year again…lol
The Australian Lamb ad is back for 2026!
YouTube video by delicious. Australia
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January 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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Part 2 of ‘Staring - the Series’ 😄
January 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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Some measured commentary on the Royal Commission issue.
Prof Kathy Eagar AM @keagar.bsky.so... X.com @K_eagar I've been following the debates about the pros and cons of a Royal Commission into the Bondi massacre. The victims of Bondi deserve justice & we need a calm & measured response not media hysteria. On balance, l don't support a Royal Commission. This is why 6:55 pm • 4/1/2026 • 38K Views @ 79 17 325 O 1.1K 贝 135企 Relevant v View quotes › Prof Kathy Eagar AM @keagar.bsky.so... •19h 1. One of the two murderers is dead & the other in jail. The police & the legal system will deal with him. A RC cannot preempt the criminal court & that process could take years. 1759 0368 11 5.2K WI Prof Kathy Eagar AM @keagar.bsky.so...19h g... 2. ASIO, ASIS, ASD and other law enforcement agencies cannot be compelled to give public evidence at a RC. Their material will be classified as top secret. So a RC will not be able to identify the security stuff ups which is what we need to know. Hopefully Richardson will 149305 ill 5K企 Prof Kathy Eagar AM @keagar.bsky.so..•19h g ... 3. We don't need a RC into the rise of antisemitism in Australia. We already know it's because of deliberate conflating of Israel & Judaism. Australian Jews are not responsible for the genocide being committed by Israel but many people seem unable to distinguish between the two @12. 29296 ||1 4.4K只企 Prof Kathy Eagar AM @keagar.bsky.so...19h g... 4. We don't need a RC into what to do about the rise of antisemitism in Australia. The government has already adopted the Segal report to deal with that. While I & many others regard that report as deeply flawed, it makes a RC redundant @ 5 1732 0 264 Il1 4.6K W I, Prof Kathy Eagar AM @keagar.bsky.so...19h S... 5. The missing element is how & why an Australian citizen comes to believe that foreign & ideological wars should be waged in a nation of peace & tolerance & what can be done to stop it. We really need to understand this. But a RC is not the way IMO. 26238 |ll 4.2k只企 Prof Kathy Eagar AM @keagar.bsky.so...19h S... The best way to address this is a Commission of Inquiry by experts who can review the international evidence, commission research to fill the gaps. The Commissioners would be primarily anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists & criminologists with input from legal experts. 2732 0 243 | 4.40 W1 Prof Kathy Eagar AM @keagar.bsky.so...19h O The families of the Bondi massacre victims deserve answers as does the community. The politicisation of their deaths is disgraceful. Current lobbying for a national RC is not random. It is an organised political campaign. IMO it is disrespectful of the Bondi victims & should stop @ 29 L. 195 • 789 I ill 6.9K只企
January 5, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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Are you available today?
January 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM