Richard E (The Bean Barn)
@thebeanbarn.bsky.social
🇦🇺Coffee roaster (retired), CFA, grandad to 8. Interests: coffee (of course), history/archeology 🇦🇺Trust for Nature conservancy. Wadawurrung/Dja Dja Wurrung country. There is no planet B.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔
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Just clicked over to 40° lots of hot.
🙏🙏❤️💙🥵🥵
🙏🙏❤️💙🥵🥵
January 27, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Just clicked over to 40° lots of hot.
🙏🙏❤️💙🥵🥵
🙏🙏❤️💙🥵🥵
You know how blokes are universally supposed to forget their anniversary? Well I remembered, she forgot! 36yrs happy. 🙏🙏❤️💙😍😍😍
January 26, 2026 at 8:41 PM
You know how blokes are universally supposed to forget their anniversary? Well I remembered, she forgot! 36yrs happy. 🙏🙏❤️💙😍😍😍
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In a world heavy with sorrow, we hunger for what sustains us: joy like bread, hope like water, kindness like shelter. Each act of compassion becomes a small rebellion against despair—a deliberate choice to build bridges where others erect walls.
January 26, 2026 at 1:58 PM
In a world heavy with sorrow, we hunger for what sustains us: joy like bread, hope like water, kindness like shelter. Each act of compassion becomes a small rebellion against despair—a deliberate choice to build bridges where others erect walls.
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#electionsmatter
If Kamala Harris were president, Renee Good and Alex Pretti would still be alive today.
If Kamala Harris were president, Renee Good and Alex Pretti would still be alive today.
January 25, 2026 at 8:53 PM
#electionsmatter
If Kamala Harris were president, Renee Good and Alex Pretti would still be alive today.
If Kamala Harris were president, Renee Good and Alex Pretti would still be alive today.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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We do not accept Merican govt’s behaviour. Not one bit. But we do want our govt to condemn it unequivocally. 🙏🙏❤️💙
Like anyone else of conscience I’m watching in horror as government street gangs in the US murder, kidnap & terrorise civilians with not just impunity but full federal backing & as an Australian I’d like to ask my government: is this our ally? Is this our good friend? Is this the standard we accept?
January 25, 2026 at 6:20 AM
We do not accept Merican govt’s behaviour. Not one bit. But we do want our govt to condemn it unequivocally. 🙏🙏❤️💙
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Just remember that right now the Albanese Govt is spending billions to the fund the USA military.
January 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Just remember that right now the Albanese Govt is spending billions to the fund the USA military.
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Boycott the World Cup.
Boycott the Olympics.
Boycott the Olympics.
January 24, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Boycott the World Cup.
Boycott the Olympics.
Boycott the Olympics.
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24th Jan is the birthday of both @adrianedmondson.bsky.social and the Emperor Hadrian.
Ladies and Gentlemen we give you.....
...Hadrian Edmondson. 😳😐
Ladies and Gentlemen we give you.....
...Hadrian Edmondson. 😳😐
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 AM
24th Jan is the birthday of both @adrianedmondson.bsky.social and the Emperor Hadrian.
Ladies and Gentlemen we give you.....
...Hadrian Edmondson. 😳😐
Ladies and Gentlemen we give you.....
...Hadrian Edmondson. 😳😐
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You misspelled "BORED".
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 AM
You misspelled "BORED".
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They wheeled this Nazi asshole into court in a wheelchair and he was still trying to hide his face in shame 76 years after World War II ended. That's the kind of commitment I'm looking for.
Ex-Nazi guard, 101, sentenced for role in 3,500 murders
He was sentenced to five years in prison for serving at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
www.nbcnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 AM
They wheeled this Nazi asshole into court in a wheelchair and he was still trying to hide his face in shame 76 years after World War II ended. That's the kind of commitment I'm looking for.
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Trump's comments that NATO troops "stayed a little back, little off the front lines.” are utterly shameful - 40,000 Aussies served in Afghanistan, 41 were killed & 100's were injured - & they didn't get 'daddy' to get a doctor's certificate! #aussieveterans #nato Picture :Australian WarMemorial
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Trump's comments that NATO troops "stayed a little back, little off the front lines.” are utterly shameful - 40,000 Aussies served in Afghanistan, 41 were killed & 100's were injured - & they didn't get 'daddy' to get a doctor's certificate! #aussieveterans #nato Picture :Australian WarMemorial
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Usual ignorant lies from Trump
As Earth and ocean warms this means there is more moisture in the atmosphere
Which in turns not only creates more rain but more snow too
That is why you have never seen anything like it before you plonker
As Earth and ocean warms this means there is more moisture in the atmosphere
Which in turns not only creates more rain but more snow too
That is why you have never seen anything like it before you plonker
January 24, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Usual ignorant lies from Trump
As Earth and ocean warms this means there is more moisture in the atmosphere
Which in turns not only creates more rain but more snow too
That is why you have never seen anything like it before you plonker
As Earth and ocean warms this means there is more moisture in the atmosphere
Which in turns not only creates more rain but more snow too
That is why you have never seen anything like it before you plonker
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Isreal has, is and continues to commit genocide on the Palestinian people.
If the new laws in Australia make speaking truth a crime.
Arrest me🖕
#Auspol
If the new laws in Australia make speaking truth a crime.
Arrest me🖕
#Auspol
January 22, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Isreal has, is and continues to commit genocide on the Palestinian people.
If the new laws in Australia make speaking truth a crime.
Arrest me🖕
#Auspol
If the new laws in Australia make speaking truth a crime.
Arrest me🖕
#Auspol
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why havnt we kicked the americans out ?
January 23, 2026 at 8:27 AM
why havnt we kicked the americans out ?
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David Pope in Canberra Times
January 23, 2026 at 4:56 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
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"Some have argued the impact of introduced species has been overstated, and that introduced species should be seen as a legitimate part of Australia’s ecosystems. Scientific evidence and conservation outcomes do not support this." theconversation.com/yes-feral-ca... - @aunz.theconversation.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:44 AM
"Some have argued the impact of introduced species has been overstated, and that introduced species should be seen as a legitimate part of Australia’s ecosystems. Scientific evidence and conservation outcomes do not support this." theconversation.com/yes-feral-ca... - @aunz.theconversation.com
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Forget the Bored of Peace. This is the alliance that I want to see:
January 22, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Forget the Bored of Peace. This is the alliance that I want to see:
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Distracted ex-boyfriend.
January 22, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Distracted ex-boyfriend.
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I hope Australia and @albomp.bsky.social will have the guts to not sign us up to the ridiculous Board of Peace. Jeez ffs. What have we come to?
January 22, 2026 at 9:09 AM
I hope Australia and @albomp.bsky.social will have the guts to not sign us up to the ridiculous Board of Peace. Jeez ffs. What have we come to?
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#BREAKING 🚨 Three people – two women and a man – are dead after a shooting at Lake Cargelligo in the NSW Central West
Police say local residents should stay inside and the public are urged to avoid the area
Police say local residents should stay inside and the public are urged to avoid the area
January 22, 2026 at 7:42 AM
#BREAKING 🚨 Three people – two women and a man – are dead after a shooting at Lake Cargelligo in the NSW Central West
Police say local residents should stay inside and the public are urged to avoid the area
Police say local residents should stay inside and the public are urged to avoid the area