Tom Shires
@tshirt4844.bsky.social
Children's Author. Living on Tommigenner Country. Tasmanian, Aboriginal, Retired Country Footballer.
Farmer: Shorthorn Beef Cattle, Saffron, Black Truffle and Beekeeper. https://t.co/6SgrnbGaeN
Farmer: Shorthorn Beef Cattle, Saffron, Black Truffle and Beekeeper. https://t.co/6SgrnbGaeN
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ICE is just steamrolling into people's towns, getting in mayors' faces like they have any reason or right to tell local government where they can and can't stand - on the streets they preside over & pay for with their tax dollars.
Thank you for standing up to these monsters, @danielbiss.bsky.social
Thank you for standing up to these monsters, @danielbiss.bsky.social
Currently watching CBP agents intimidate Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss in a Home Depot parking lot.
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
ICE is just steamrolling into people's towns, getting in mayors' faces like they have any reason or right to tell local government where they can and can't stand - on the streets they preside over & pay for with their tax dollars.
Thank you for standing up to these monsters, @danielbiss.bsky.social
Thank you for standing up to these monsters, @danielbiss.bsky.social
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The conservatives forces using the Bondi Massacre to instigate a crackdown of freedoms of speech and the right to assembly are completely disgusting.
Protesting genocide and the actions of the Netanyahu Israeli govt are not antisemitic.
Protesting genocide and the actions of the Netanyahu Israeli govt are not antisemitic.
December 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The conservatives forces using the Bondi Massacre to instigate a crackdown of freedoms of speech and the right to assembly are completely disgusting.
Protesting genocide and the actions of the Netanyahu Israeli govt are not antisemitic.
Protesting genocide and the actions of the Netanyahu Israeli govt are not antisemitic.
Hay on the ground and snow on the bluff. Tassie standard.
December 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Hay on the ground and snow on the bluff. Tassie standard.
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I still dream of the day our so-called "leaders" ie @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social will loudly condemn Israel's genocide of the Palestinians & rally in Cabinet to take actions against Israel as rightly & loudly & comprehensibly as Labor has responded to the mass shooting in Bondi.
December 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I still dream of the day our so-called "leaders" ie @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social will loudly condemn Israel's genocide of the Palestinians & rally in Cabinet to take actions against Israel as rightly & loudly & comprehensibly as Labor has responded to the mass shooting in Bondi.
When armed aggressors are murdering people, anywhere in the world, be an Ahmed not an Anthony. Make a stand or at least make a statement.
December 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
When armed aggressors are murdering people, anywhere in the world, be an Ahmed not an Anthony. Make a stand or at least make a statement.
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I understand why Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) exists. I was around when it first emerged.
I’ve never been a fan — and I know that’s controversial.
So let me explain how I see the relationship between SEWB and Indigenous mental health./2
I’ve never been a fan — and I know that’s controversial.
So let me explain how I see the relationship between SEWB and Indigenous mental health./2
December 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I understand why Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) exists. I was around when it first emerged.
I’ve never been a fan — and I know that’s controversial.
So let me explain how I see the relationship between SEWB and Indigenous mental health./2
I’ve never been a fan — and I know that’s controversial.
So let me explain how I see the relationship between SEWB and Indigenous mental health./2
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SAW ONE ON THE WAY HOME TOO!! maybe even the same one?? 🤔
December 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
SAW ONE ON THE WAY HOME TOO!! maybe even the same one?? 🤔
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i will never get over living in a place where i get to see this sort of thing fairly regularly!!!!!
December 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i will never get over living in a place where i get to see this sort of thing fairly regularly!!!!!
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Tonight, as the sun set in Durham, while hundreds more joined patrols in Charlotte, courageous local officials, people of faith, and community leaders gathered to say: Enough is enough.
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Tonight, as the sun set in Durham, while hundreds more joined patrols in Charlotte, courageous local officials, people of faith, and community leaders gathered to say: Enough is enough.
In remembrance of uncle Abe. 11/11/25
www.awm.gov.au/visit/exhibi...
www.awm.gov.au/visit/exhibi...
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
In remembrance of uncle Abe. 11/11/25
www.awm.gov.au/visit/exhibi...
www.awm.gov.au/visit/exhibi...
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Taurus: Make time for your family this week. You might need a kidney some day.
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Taurus: Make time for your family this week. You might need a kidney some day.
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Tassal has another fish kill on its hands - this time its barramundi from WA not Tasmanian salmon www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Tassal eyes barramundi expansion despite parasite leading to fish kill
Foreign-owned aquaculture company Tassal suffers a fish kill at its barramundi farm in WA's Cone Bay, where the company has plans to expand. It follows a mass mortality in Tasmania's salmon industry, ...
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Tassal has another fish kill on its hands - this time its barramundi from WA not Tasmanian salmon www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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If multiple countries follow Turkiye's lead - issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and others over the Gaza genocide, it'll create a web of overlapping jurisdictions, demonstrating that accountability isn't solely the realm of the ICC.
#SanctionIsrael #AusPol
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
#SanctionIsrael #AusPol
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Turkiye issues arrest warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu over Gaza ‘genocide’
Turkiye accuses Israeli officials of 'genocide and crimes against humanity' over Israel's war on Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If multiple countries follow Turkiye's lead - issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and others over the Gaza genocide, it'll create a web of overlapping jurisdictions, demonstrating that accountability isn't solely the realm of the ICC.
#SanctionIsrael #AusPol
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
#SanctionIsrael #AusPol
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
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This essay is so powerful it needs a warning label - you will cry if you have even the tiniest bit of empathy in your soul.
Australia colonialism laid bare with insufficient restitution and truthfulness in collective facing our history
Australia colonialism laid bare with insufficient restitution and truthfulness in collective facing our history
Stella Prize-shortlisted author Debra Dank reflects on how her family’s lives were scarred by stolen wages and colonial violence – and on the complexities of apologies.
Friday essay: Debra Dank’s grandmother was a ‘drover’s boy’. Her stolen wages can’t be recovered
theconversation.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This essay is so powerful it needs a warning label - you will cry if you have even the tiniest bit of empathy in your soul.
Australia colonialism laid bare with insufficient restitution and truthfulness in collective facing our history
Australia colonialism laid bare with insufficient restitution and truthfulness in collective facing our history
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Arthur Pieman Conservation Area was an orchid wonderland last weekend!
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Arthur Pieman Conservation Area was an orchid wonderland last weekend!
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the way in which saying out loud, to another, what we’ve kept or has always just stayed in our hearts
changes that thing, plus our relationship to it
sometimes making it more felt and real, sometimes diminishing its intensity
in prayer as well as in therapy
changes that thing, plus our relationship to it
sometimes making it more felt and real, sometimes diminishing its intensity
in prayer as well as in therapy
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
the way in which saying out loud, to another, what we’ve kept or has always just stayed in our hearts
changes that thing, plus our relationship to it
sometimes making it more felt and real, sometimes diminishing its intensity
in prayer as well as in therapy
changes that thing, plus our relationship to it
sometimes making it more felt and real, sometimes diminishing its intensity
in prayer as well as in therapy
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Our resident echidna has returned for spring
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Our resident echidna has returned for spring
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1st Tiger snake for the season out sunning itself this morning. Will take the phone and get a photo tomorrow maybe. Be careful weeding the garden.🌱🐍
October 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
1st Tiger snake for the season out sunning itself this morning. Will take the phone and get a photo tomorrow maybe. Be careful weeding the garden.🌱🐍
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Very excited to announce that I’ve been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2026 Australian of the Year for WA!
Winners will be announced on November 13.
The platform this gives to critical issues is why it’s such an honour. So many worthy finalists. Thrilled to be included amongst them.
Winners will be announced on November 13.
The platform this gives to critical issues is why it’s such an honour. So many worthy finalists. Thrilled to be included amongst them.
October 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Very excited to announce that I’ve been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2026 Australian of the Year for WA!
Winners will be announced on November 13.
The platform this gives to critical issues is why it’s such an honour. So many worthy finalists. Thrilled to be included amongst them.
Winners will be announced on November 13.
The platform this gives to critical issues is why it’s such an honour. So many worthy finalists. Thrilled to be included amongst them.
Just as a bit of context to this post. We planted 60 odd Oaks 15 years ago and this is our first truffle, so was pretty stoked. Will use this one to inoculate some more Hazelnut seedlings I have just sprouted. 🌱
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Just as a bit of context to this post. We planted 60 odd Oaks 15 years ago and this is our first truffle, so was pretty stoked. Will use this one to inoculate some more Hazelnut seedlings I have just sprouted. 🌱
Hawthorn just starting to bloom. NW Tasmania 🌱
October 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Hawthorn just starting to bloom. NW Tasmania 🌱