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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 5h

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures

At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret

www.theguardian.com

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About the House @aboutthehouse.bsky.social · 1d

The Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water @tonyburkemp.bsky.social has introduced the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025.

ℹ️ To find out more, visit: aph.gov.au/bills.

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 2d

They’re famous in our group chat! Also WE MET THE OTHER DAY outside the car park at work and I didn’t realise

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 2d

WAIT. Chutney as in Chutney and Pickles??

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Rohan Alexander @rohanalexander.bsky.social · 3d

Number of unique speakers in the Australian parliament, by gender, 1998-2025. By Lindsay Katz and @inessadeangelis.bsky.social.

A graph from 1998 to 2025 with date on the x axis and number of unique speakers on the y axis. There are a lot of dots, but it broadly shows the number of women rising over time, to around 40 in 2025.

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 4d

A real convo in my house this morning:

2 year old holding up my phone which was streaming RN Brekky: Mum! Bluey?
Me: no sweetheart, we’re listening to Mark Butler

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 5d

Watched this last night thanks to your recommendation. ☺️🙏

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Björk 182 @sigkill.bsky.social · 6d

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Monsters, Lore & Infernal Screaming) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 7d

Why aren't childbirth contractions called push notifications?

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 7d

Just muted a political commentator who’s just perpetually bitter and grumpy and I tell you what, it feels good!!

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 8d

A wombat from our daily walk in honour of Wombat Day yesterday

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 9d

If I were a man cornered by my boss to do Movember I would simply resign

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 11d

My child, 47 minutes into bedtime, holding out the drawstrings on her pyjama shorts: pants! Pants! Pants! Mummy! Pants!

Me: we can look at our pants tomorrow, baby.

Her: ok! Pants!

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 12d

Lotte Reiniger's director cameo in CINDERELLA showcasing her meticulous cut paper silhouette animation technique.

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 13d

You can blend some with frozen berries and freeze as a sorbet

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 14d

@jcsalterego.bsky.social had dinner with a toddler named Jerry tonight and the constant ‘Jerry, no!’s and ‘yes, Jerry!’s made me feel like I was in real life Bluesky

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 14d

:(

Nick Miller @nickdmiller.bsky.social · 14d

Uh oh!

Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 14d

in very exciting APS news we can now talk on Teams between departments (especially exciting since we got rid of desk phones)

Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 14d

Omg

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CherylJean @cheryljean.bsky.social · 15d

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

Australian spy plane deployed 45 times during mission to help Ukraine

Australia's most sophisticated military surveillance plane was deployed 45 times next to Ukraine in the last three months as part of NATO efforts to monitor Russian activity.

www.abc.net.au

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 15d

This place needs to increase the ratio of shitposting to doomposting.

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 15d

Mine’s when people say ‘is it’ instead of ‘it is’ in sentences, not questions, e.g. ‘we will find out what is it’ instead of ‘we will find out what it is’

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 19d

Yeah g’day Queensland

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 19d

lol

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Marita @mareetsyo.bsky.social · 24d

Happy new chair of estimates committee day

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