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deanfromaustralia.bsky.social
Dean from Australia
@deanfromaustralia.bsky.social
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Intensive Care Nurse & Author from Australia.
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · Nov 24
Okay...rank #selfpromotion post incoming. "The Night Fisher Elegies" a collection of short stories & essays which I like to call a primer to my back catalogue. It offers a taste of my #writing style & will hopefully invite you to check out my other works.

www.amazon.com/Night-Fisher...
The Night Fisher Elegies: Stories Verse & Reflection
Amazon.com: The Night Fisher Elegies: Stories Verse & Reflection eBook : Mayes, Dean: Kindle Store
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 1h
It's perhaps a bit brief, but it really got me pumped to track down a BD copy of the film. Surely it's still available out their somewhere
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 1h
Tear them a new one Chris.
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Michael West Media - investigative journalists - always indepen… @michaelwest.com.au.web.brid.gy · 2h
Winklevoss twins’ crypto exchange launches in Australia
Crypto exchange Gemini says it views new regulations being developed by the federal government as a positive as it launches Australian services.
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 1h
Australia should position itself as a crypto-friendly jurisdiction - and quickly. The chaotic nature of American polity right now is ripe for opportunities. Again, our future is with Asia - not with a failing United States.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 10h
Cool with me.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 4h
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Drinker's Extra Shots - The Hunt For Red October
YouTube video by Critical Drinker After Hours
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 11h
Watched a brilliant retrospective on this film earlier this week. I really want to see it again.
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 16h
a man with a beard is smiling with the word really on the bottom right
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 1d
Says the bloke representing the biggest, most egregious peddlers of misinformation on the planet. I mean...Christ on a Bike!!

#auspol

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...
News Corp Australia chair says social media platforms are ‘true monsters’ and ‘torment our children’
Michael Miller also says media must unite against second ‘big steal’ by tech companies seeking changes to copyright law to access content for free
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 1d
That's great news Mark! Good to hear!
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Quillette @quillette.bsky.social · 1d
Healthcare for menopause and perimenopause is the single most patient-betraying area of medicine—but it has plenty of company.
The Malpractice of Menopausal Medicine Reveals a Broken Medical System
Healthcare for menopause and perimenopause is the single most patient-betraying area of medicine—but it has plenty of company.
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 1d
The SA government has invested in sentinel hives and employed more biosecurity staff to check ferries arriving at Kangaroo Island in an effort to prevent the spread of varroa mite.

#saparli

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Scramble to protect island bee colony from parasitic killer
A deadly parasite that has laid waste to bee colonies throughout Australia has so far not made it to Kangaroo Island, home to the world's oldest bee sanctuary.
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 1d
Eastern Australian humpback whale numbers last year reached at least 50,000 individuals, far surpassing population numbers seen before commercial whaling, according to a new population estimate.

www.abc.net.au/news/science...
These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there's 50,000 of them
Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 1d
a man with a beard is smiling with the word really on the bottom right
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 1d
W-why...?
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 1d
The BBC are hosting some banging audio dramas on their platform. This one is really engaging.

www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
BBC Audio | Limelight | There's Something I Need to Tell You | 4. The Party
The Thai Senator, an interrogation, a private jet…
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 2d
Still my favourite game of all time. I regularly play through the story. The work they've done is amazing!
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 2d
2019.
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 2d
If these people can't govern themselves, how on earth can they be trusted to govern Australia?
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 2d
I don't want any of these Turning Point nutters anywhere near me here in South Australia...

#saparli #auspol

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 2d
If these people can't govern themselves, how on earth can anyone expect them to govern a nation?

#auspol

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
The meeting where Dutton and Hastie’s relationship fell apart
In an exclusive extract, Niki Savva reveals details of the shadow cabinet meeting that irreparably damaged Peter Dutton and Andrew Hastie’s relationship, and how Dutton panned his frontbenchers’ polic...
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 3d
It would be nice then, if the ABC & other news outlets would stop catastrophising the algal bloom as if it was the bloody end of days then...

#auspol #saparli

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
SA's algal bloom chief keen to hit the beach this summer
The face of South Australia's algal bloom response says the natural event "is not going to ruin summer" and he is looking forward to spending more time with his kids at the beach.
www.abc.net.au
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 5d
Hopefully, Andrew Hastie's dummy spit will further destabilize the LNP and reduce them to a punchline to a very unfunny joke.

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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 7d
Not an achievement worthy of celebrating I would wager...
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Dean from Australia @deanfromaustralia.bsky.social · 7d
That Pete Hegseth bloke...

He's not well, is he.