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Cultural Champ @culturalchamp.bsky.social · 2h

Well done anyway 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Cultural Champ @culturalchamp.bsky.social · 2h

‘Tangerine Palpatine’ 🎯

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

This week’s movie for the kids was a huge hit

a woman in a police uniform is adjusting a ring on her finger in front of a camera .

ALT: a woman in a police uniform is adjusting a ring on her finger in front of a camera .

media.tenor.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 12h

I miss when we could just post the silly jokey jokes and it didn’t feel like we were doing load-bearing democracy.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17h

We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway

We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

theconversation.com

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Cultural Champ @culturalchamp.bsky.social · 13h

Bananas the Tapir 🤩

Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 16h

Bananas came to visit this afternoon!

I haven't seen him for a while, but he wandered through the garden today and came to say, "Hi" to me.

I love Bananas! Mi amigo.

At @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica

#tapirs #mammals #wildlife #bairdstapir

A close-up photo of a Baird’s tapir standing on a wet, leafy path in a lush green forest, looking directly at the camera with its long snout and large rounded ears visible.

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Cultural Champ @culturalchamp.bsky.social · 13h

Someone make Tony’s day please 🙏🏾🎁🙏🏾

#auspol

Tony Cartledge @decentral21.bsky.social · 16h

It's my birthday in a few weeks and what I really want is journos like Amy Remeikis, Dave Milner, Michael West, the Crikey team, and other Independent media allowed into #auspol pressers to ask the questions I want answered. Could someone organise that for me? Yeah, that'd be great, thanks.

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Alex Sauerbrunn @birdsbyalex.bsky.social · 22h

A Varied Thrush stands stoically amid the mossy forests of the Pacific Northwest.

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography

A bird with blue-gray, orange and black plumage perched on a mossy branch against a soft green background. Photographed in Seattle, Washington.

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Ian Graves @xskinn.bsky.social · 1d

Alright,that’s it I’m calling it. Time to grab a beverage or roll a joint or two. It’s been a great week and only getting better and I’m really looking forward to tonight,so let’s do this🥂🥂🍻🍻🍷🍷🥃🥃🍾🍾🍹🍹🍸🍸💨💨Ian

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Cultural Champ @culturalchamp.bsky.social · 1d

Yaaay, you’re back. Bet the dogs are stuck to you like glue! Hope you’re taking it easy 🌺

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT."

-Faith Ringgold (1930-2024)

#WomensArt #FridayFeeling

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 1d

“The committee reported back on Friday, recommending “by majority” that it be passed.”

As Emeritus professor Jane Kelsey says, “this has the potential to be our ideologically driven version of the Trump administration.”

The progression of the RSB needs more scrutiny than a Friday night news dump.

The Act leader's proposed legislation has been contentious for a list of reasons.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Cultural Champ @culturalchamp.bsky.social · 1d

#flyingArt

TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 1d

Australian Pelican was just flinging by ready for me to take it's photo. 📸🐦😊

#birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5 #Australia #birdwatching #birdwatchers #birding

A large Australian pelican with a long, pale blue bill and a white body is captured mid-flight, wings fully extended against a vibrant backdrop. The background is a layer of ocean waves crashing against an orange sandy reef with more ocean below that is blue. The pelican's dark flight feathers contrast with its white underparts, and its wings show a clear span, indicating a powerful glide. The overall impression is one of serene flight over a colourful, tranquil seascape

Cultural Champ @culturalchamp.bsky.social · 1d

On Fiji Day, it makes me happy that a cheeky reply of mine is proving to be popular 🇫🇯🤎🇫🇯

(48 🩶 is big for me)

Screenshot of an original post with two linked replies.

The original post by Lindsey Beyerstein reads: Of all the clerics they could’ve popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

The accompanying image shows a female presenter in a red shirt on the left side of the screen and a young, bearded priest on the right. He is not unattractive.

First reply, from Siegfried Skaldrup reads: Bless me Daddy… I mean, Father.

My reply then reads: The way I shouldn’t have guffawed

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Touristly @touristly.bsky.social · 1d

🇫🇯 Fiji Day Trivia!

Which coral island archipelago in Fiji is famed for its iconic rock‑island silhouettes & protected lagoon?

Hint: Archipelago of about 20 volcanic islands.

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Cultural Champ @culturalchamp.bsky.social · 1d

“this bunch of shitlords & nazguls”

🎯 🤣 🎯 😭 🎯

#NZpol

the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 1d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 1d

The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽

Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.

That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.

Just utterly unbelievable.

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 1d

How very Pocockian. The only parliamentarian to have captained an elite national sports team got expelled from the parliamentary sports club for expressing principles about the sinister cavortings of the gambling industry.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby Independent ACT senator David Pocock – a former Wallabies captain – been banned from attending parliament house’s social sports club after raising concern about its sponsorship by the gambling industry. The former rugby star was on Thursday night told he was no longer welcome at Australian Parliament Sports Club events, and accused of politicising the organisation. He has been removed from group chats discussing its events. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Cultural Champ @culturalchamp.bsky.social · 1d

Former Wallaby & like the nicest guy in Parliament. WTAF?

“Being kicked out of the club for raising concerns around gambling lobbyists buying access to the club shows the influence vested interests have here in parliament & just how normalised this has become”

#auspol

Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 1d

This is utterly … what’s the word? Oh yes … fucked.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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Cultural Champ @culturalchamp.bsky.social · 1d

I’m the opposite of a cat person but I gasped in shock reading this because I have some idea, from your fascinating posts, how much you love cats >generally< so the loss of your beloved Fergus must be heartbreaking.

May memories of Fergus always bring you a smile.

Cultural Champ @culturalchamp.bsky.social · 1d

The way I shouldn’t have guffawed

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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 1d

Iridescent California Pipevine Swallowtail resting in a sunny spot in the woods this week. Their only host plant is California Pipevine (Aristolochia californica).💚

Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Aristolochia...

#InsectThursday #Butterflies #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

Close-up of large black butterfly with blue iridescence is perched on dry leaf.

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 1d

Bonsai Forest Friday.
Tōtara dominant mixed forest with kānuka and mānuka remnant understorey and fern like ground cover leptinella.
#Bonsai
🌱🇳🇿

Tōtara dominant mixed forest with kānuka and mānuka understorey and fern like ground cover leptinella. Planted in a black oval bonsai pot.

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Cultural Champ @culturalchamp.bsky.social · 1d

Ho my yes, how good does this chopped chilli mix look?

Chilli Chirps @chillichirps.bsky.social · 1d

A mixed bunch of Buena Mulata, prepped to make a pretty spicy chilli achar. Not sure how it's going to work out, but my usual green chilli stock hasn't done well enough to make a jar's worth.🌶️🌱

Purple, orange and red slices of Buena Mulata chilli pepper, looking radiant on a drab day on an outdoor table beneath an overhung sky.

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Ilis Trudie 🏝 @ilistrudiepalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Present

#The_Eco_Spiritual_Experience 🌱
#ExploreMore

A peaceful green path lined with tall palms and tropical brush, leading toward distant hills under a soft blue sky. A lone brown goat grazes quietly in the center of the path.

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