Maddy
@maddyoby.bsky.social
Disability. M.E. Netball. Women’s cricket. Clean Air. Art.
Curator of netball and women’s cricket lists and starter packs. ↘️
Curator of netball and women’s cricket lists and starter packs. ↘️
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Maddy
@maddyoby.bsky.social
· Mar 24
Obligatory intro post!
I’ve decided it was time to have an account just for my #art.
You’ll find an eclectic mix of nature, cricket, netball, portraiture, chronic illness & disability… & whatever else takes my fancy that day!
My main medium is digital art, plus some photography & watercolour.
I’ve decided it was time to have an account just for my #art.
You’ll find an eclectic mix of nature, cricket, netball, portraiture, chronic illness & disability… & whatever else takes my fancy that day!
My main medium is digital art, plus some photography & watercolour.
So I did a thing!
If you’d like to have my art pop up in your feed sporadically, follow my new art account 🎨
It’ll be a seemingly random collection of art covering #Netball #Cricket #ChronicIllness #Disability #pwME #MECFS #BloomScrolling #Nature #SciArt #Illustration #KidLitArt and more 😅
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If you’d like to have my art pop up in your feed sporadically, follow my new art account 🎨
It’ll be a seemingly random collection of art covering #Netball #Cricket #ChronicIllness #Disability #pwME #MECFS #BloomScrolling #Nature #SciArt #Illustration #KidLitArt and more 😅
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Australia’s National AI Plan shifts away from the government’s previously promised mandatory AI safeguards. Instead, it’s positioned as a whole-of-government roadmap for building an “AI-enabled economy” theconversation.com/australias-n...
Australia’s national plan says existing laws are enough to regulate AI. This is false hope
Without dedicated AI regulation, Australia will leave the most vulnerable at risk of harm.
theconversation.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Australia’s National AI Plan shifts away from the government’s previously promised mandatory AI safeguards. Instead, it’s positioned as a whole-of-government roadmap for building an “AI-enabled economy” theconversation.com/australias-n...
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Here’s an article from this year with the Australian gun lobby boasting that, with surging gun numbers, it was winning the fight against firearms control advocates. Blame guns. Blame anti-Semitism. Blame terrorists. Do not blame everyday Australians who marched for peace.
Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge
There are now more than 4m guns in the community – almost double the number recorded in the years after the Port Arthur massacre that prompted a national crackdown
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Here’s an article from this year with the Australian gun lobby boasting that, with surging gun numbers, it was winning the fight against firearms control advocates. Blame guns. Blame anti-Semitism. Blame terrorists. Do not blame everyday Australians who marched for peace.
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Good thread for how to do alt text. Bsky makes it easier than many sites and there’s also a tag in this thread to use if you need a volunteer to do it for you.
Please read. So many great pictures (and important news) with no alt text. Many like me won’t repost without it.
Please read. So many great pictures (and important news) with no alt text. Many like me won’t repost without it.
So. We’re doing alt text discourse again. COOL. Welcome to a primer.🧵
If you're unfamiliar with what alt text is, what it means, and how it's used around here, the following may be helpful.
Although it's still a very underused feature, users can add "alt text" to any image
🧵 [1 of 9]
If you're unfamiliar with what alt text is, what it means, and how it's used around here, the following may be helpful.
Although it's still a very underused feature, users can add "alt text" to any image
🧵 [1 of 9]
December 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Good thread for how to do alt text. Bsky makes it easier than many sites and there’s also a tag in this thread to use if you need a volunteer to do it for you.
Please read. So many great pictures (and important news) with no alt text. Many like me won’t repost without it.
Please read. So many great pictures (and important news) with no alt text. Many like me won’t repost without it.
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So. We’re doing alt text discourse again. COOL. Welcome to a primer.🧵
If you're unfamiliar with what alt text is, what it means, and how it's used around here, the following may be helpful.
Although it's still a very underused feature, users can add "alt text" to any image
🧵 [1 of 9]
If you're unfamiliar with what alt text is, what it means, and how it's used around here, the following may be helpful.
Although it's still a very underused feature, users can add "alt text" to any image
🧵 [1 of 9]
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
So. We’re doing alt text discourse again. COOL. Welcome to a primer.🧵
If you're unfamiliar with what alt text is, what it means, and how it's used around here, the following may be helpful.
Although it's still a very underused feature, users can add "alt text" to any image
🧵 [1 of 9]
If you're unfamiliar with what alt text is, what it means, and how it's used around here, the following may be helpful.
Although it's still a very underused feature, users can add "alt text" to any image
🧵 [1 of 9]
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Seven of the eight teams have now claimed at least one WBBL title across the eleven seasons of the competition.
Melbourne Stars are now the only side not to lift the trophy.
#WBBL11
Melbourne Stars are now the only side not to lift the trophy.
#WBBL11
December 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Seven of the eight teams have now claimed at least one WBBL title across the eleven seasons of the competition.
Melbourne Stars are now the only side not to lift the trophy.
#WBBL11
Melbourne Stars are now the only side not to lift the trophy.
#WBBL11
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Champions Hobart Hurricanes finished WBBL11 with an average run-rate of 8.71 rpo, the highest by any team in a WBBL season.
Hurricanes hit a boundary off 1 in 5 balls they faced across the season.
#WBBL11
Hurricanes hit a boundary off 1 in 5 balls they faced across the season.
#WBBL11
December 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Champions Hobart Hurricanes finished WBBL11 with an average run-rate of 8.71 rpo, the highest by any team in a WBBL season.
Hurricanes hit a boundary off 1 in 5 balls they faced across the season.
#WBBL11
Hurricanes hit a boundary off 1 in 5 balls they faced across the season.
#WBBL11
Elyse Villani announced to channel 7 comms that she’s retiring from WBBL 🥺
She’ll be telling the team after the team song.
Feeling a bit emosh. Junior has been such a character of the game the whole time I’ve been able to watch women’s cricket.
End of an era.
#WBBL11 #Cricket 🏏
She’ll be telling the team after the team song.
Feeling a bit emosh. Junior has been such a character of the game the whole time I’ve been able to watch women’s cricket.
End of an era.
#WBBL11 #Cricket 🏏
December 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Sadly, ME and Long Covid have taken another bright light.
Megan was creative, spunky, intelligent, kind, and beautiful. In the end, she was barely able to exist because of severe ME and Long Covid.
Please don’t let anyone convince you that viruses are harmless
#RIPMegan🕊️
Megan was creative, spunky, intelligent, kind, and beautiful. In the end, she was barely able to exist because of severe ME and Long Covid.
Please don’t let anyone convince you that viruses are harmless
#RIPMegan🕊️
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sadly, ME and Long Covid have taken another bright light.
Megan was creative, spunky, intelligent, kind, and beautiful. In the end, she was barely able to exist because of severe ME and Long Covid.
Please don’t let anyone convince you that viruses are harmless
#RIPMegan🕊️
Megan was creative, spunky, intelligent, kind, and beautiful. In the end, she was barely able to exist because of severe ME and Long Covid.
Please don’t let anyone convince you that viruses are harmless
#RIPMegan🕊️
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Gov said social media ban would only affect 16 yr olds. But most Aussies are being asked to perform age verification and some platforms have also restricted the comms of 16-18 year olds. The social media ban has a chilling censorious affect beyond the ban and imposes a blanket of mass surveillance
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Gov said social media ban would only affect 16 yr olds. But most Aussies are being asked to perform age verification and some platforms have also restricted the comms of 16-18 year olds. The social media ban has a chilling censorious affect beyond the ban and imposes a blanket of mass surveillance
Listening to TMS recap podcast, and the phrase that comes to mind is “toxic positivity” regarding England’s philosophy & attitudes.
And their public positivity despite their current situation reminds me of issues the women’s coaches & leadership had over the last couple of years.
🏏 #Ashes
And their public positivity despite their current situation reminds me of issues the women’s coaches & leadership had over the last couple of years.
🏏 #Ashes
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Listening to TMS recap podcast, and the phrase that comes to mind is “toxic positivity” regarding England’s philosophy & attitudes.
And their public positivity despite their current situation reminds me of issues the women’s coaches & leadership had over the last couple of years.
🏏 #Ashes
And their public positivity despite their current situation reminds me of issues the women’s coaches & leadership had over the last couple of years.
🏏 #Ashes
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Sharelle McMahon was captain the last time AUS hosted JAM! The last test was on the Gold Coast on Aug 15 2010.
The entire 15 year, 60 match history of the Constellation Cup has occurred since then!
AUS toured JAM in 2011 and since then, the teams have only ever met at WC & CG.
The entire 15 year, 60 match history of the Constellation Cup has occurred since then!
AUS toured JAM in 2011 and since then, the teams have only ever met at WC & CG.
A series worth waiting for.
The Australia Diamonds will host a test series against Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls for the first time in 16 years early next year.
Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne will play host in February.
📸 Danny Dalton
The Australia Diamonds will host a test series against Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls for the first time in 16 years early next year.
Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne will play host in February.
📸 Danny Dalton
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Sharelle McMahon was captain the last time AUS hosted JAM! The last test was on the Gold Coast on Aug 15 2010.
The entire 15 year, 60 match history of the Constellation Cup has occurred since then!
AUS toured JAM in 2011 and since then, the teams have only ever met at WC & CG.
The entire 15 year, 60 match history of the Constellation Cup has occurred since then!
AUS toured JAM in 2011 and since then, the teams have only ever met at WC & CG.
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If you are local, you can head down to:
- See the Live CO2 Reading
- Interact with the device
- Scan the QR code to learn more about CO2 Monitors, CO2 and what you can do improve the quality of the air you breathe
- Borrow an AirSpot CO2 Monitor
2/2
- See the Live CO2 Reading
- Interact with the device
- Scan the QR code to learn more about CO2 Monitors, CO2 and what you can do improve the quality of the air you breathe
- Borrow an AirSpot CO2 Monitor
2/2
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
If you are local, you can head down to:
- See the Live CO2 Reading
- Interact with the device
- Scan the QR code to learn more about CO2 Monitors, CO2 and what you can do improve the quality of the air you breathe
- Borrow an AirSpot CO2 Monitor
2/2
- See the Live CO2 Reading
- Interact with the device
- Scan the QR code to learn more about CO2 Monitors, CO2 and what you can do improve the quality of the air you breathe
- Borrow an AirSpot CO2 Monitor
2/2
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Our first Library AirSpot Display CO2 Unit has been launched at:
- Mildura Library, 180-190 Deakin Avenue, Mildura
1/2
- Mildura Library, 180-190 Deakin Avenue, Mildura
1/2
December 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Our first Library AirSpot Display CO2 Unit has been launched at:
- Mildura Library, 180-190 Deakin Avenue, Mildura
1/2
- Mildura Library, 180-190 Deakin Avenue, Mildura
1/2
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Oh FFS, this is a bullshit approach. One of the biggest weakness with the system has been that it has been too prescriptive for planners in writing plans with little room to account for individual circumstances. Computerising will make this worse. We're dealing with people's lives here.
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Oh FFS, this is a bullshit approach. One of the biggest weakness with the system has been that it has been too prescriptive for planners in writing plans with little room to account for individual circumstances. Computerising will make this worse. We're dealing with people's lives here.
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What could possibly go wrong
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What could possibly go wrong
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EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Sharing TMI about your kids with randos on the internet <<<<<
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Sharing TMI about your kids with randos on the internet <<<<<
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The OP had a follow-up post with another AI rendering that is also bad
December 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The OP had a follow-up post with another AI rendering that is also bad
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Tag yourself, I’m the two bathtubs in the laundry room
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Tag yourself, I’m the two bathtubs in the laundry room
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I’m a Guardian journalist who has covered Victoria police’s new search powers. On Sunday, police searched me | Lisa Favazzo
I’m a Guardian journalist who has covered Victoria police’s new search powers. On Sunday, police searched me | Lisa Favazzo
I was covering Sunday’s Put Australia First Rally in Melbourne’s CBD when two officers approached, explaining the process as though reciting a script
Last week I produced a video for Guardian Australia on expanded Victoria police search powers in the Melbourne CBD. Days later, I experienced that power first-hand.
I was covering Sunday’s Put Australia First Rally in Melbourne. The area had just become a ‘designated area’ for six months mere hours earlier. The protest had just begun. Stephanie Convery, my colleague, was using the bathroom, and so I was alone and away from protesters, standing just inside Flinders Street station with my video gear. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I’m a Guardian journalist who has covered Victoria police’s new search powers. On Sunday, police searched me | Lisa Favazzo
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This was a great series, catch up on the podcast of you missed it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This was a great series, catch up on the podcast of you missed it.
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Paying Nauru billions to break international law for us
Last night @davidpocock.bsky.social and I read onto the Hansard an interview by the President of Nauru that the Albanese Government has been desperately trying to keep secret.
It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.
It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Paying Nauru billions to break international law for us
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Competition closes tomorrow!
Ethan at Breathe Safe Air is giving away an AirSpot!
All you need to do is head across to the Breathe Safe Air Forum:
forum.breathesafeair.com/t/win-an-air...
And answer the below question before midnight November 23rd (GMT +5)
When did you first realize how important indoor air quality is?
All you need to do is head across to the Breathe Safe Air Forum:
forum.breathesafeair.com/t/win-an-air...
And answer the below question before midnight November 23rd (GMT +5)
When did you first realize how important indoor air quality is?
Win an AirSpot CO2 Monitor! (Week 3)
In collaboration with AirSpotHealth, we have already given away four monitors over the past couple of weeks. Now we are giving away two more! You can find the thread to the previous giveaways here: W...
forum.breathesafeair.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Competition closes tomorrow!