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Ruth Dawkins
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Freelance writer & blogger • Science, environment, travel, books, family, islands • Green, socialist, feminist • Trans rights are human rights • Free Palestine • She/her • Lutruwita/Tasmania via Scotland • #MDANT • dorkymum.com • ruthdawkins.net
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Me logging on, seeing Bill Clinton trending, and doing a quick search to find out why…
Meme is a split screen. On the top is a dog looking at a computer and the words ‘what a lovely day on the inter-‘. On the bottom, the dog looks directly at the viewer and is accompanied by the words ‘good lord’.
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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A bit of spring colour for the timeline 🩷
A close up photo of a lilac bloom, with green leaves and more out of focus blooms in the background A photo of some bright pink blossoms on a tree growing on a nature strip. The grassy strip and some pavement are visible behind. On the right is a brick wall, in the middle a pavement, and on the left a grassy nature strip and a section of road. Trees with pink blossoms arch over the pavement, and a blue sky is visible above. A photo of several trees with pink blossom, planted along the side of a road. A person in jeans is visible, seen from behind and carrying a large black umbrella.
October 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Lord. I knew exactly how bleak this was going to be and yet somehow I was still not prepared.

#booksky
Photo shows the cover of When the Wind Blows, a graphic novel by Raymond Briggs.
October 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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How it started and how it’s going…

Happy 18th Wedding Anniversary to my true love, still bringing joy and laughter to our lives every day ❤️

2007 photo: Gordon Jack
2025 photo: Karen Brown
Photo shows me and my husband - a white couple - on our wedding day. We are shown with a grey-blue sky in the background, hugging each other and laughing. Photo shows me and my husband - a white couple - looking into the camera and smiling. My husband stands behind me hugging me and I have my hand on his arm. We are both wearing green and there is a natural green background.
September 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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This poor Adélie has been swept a long way off course 😳🐧
Extract from a book that reads: 'Hello? Helloo?' Julie waved a hand in front of his face. To prove his lack of obsession with Miss Fig, he flipped forward to another beautiful girl in another beautiful dress. This one had titanium hair and a wedding gown in a gentle shade of titanium with a wide cuff of titanium metal around one arm. Miss Titanium did nothing for him. She left him as cold as an Adélie penguin eating ice cream in Alaska. He wondered what Miss Fig was doing right now in the middle of the magazine, or might do with him if they ever got a chance to run away together to some enchanted figgy land.
September 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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A screenshot from @yaseminacr_ on Instagram. There is white text on a black background that reads “we have been bombed by a drone in Tunis.”
September 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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It’s v rare to get a photo of all three of us, because either me or the kiddo are usually hiding behind the camera, so we had some family pics done last week and I feel like they definitely capture what a goofy, joyful, messy crew we are.

📸 Karen Brown Photography
Photo shows three people (my son, me, and my husband) with our arms linked, smiling and walking towards the camera. There is green parkland behind us. Photo shows three people (my son, me, and my husband) smiling and looking towards the camera. There is green parkland behind us. Photo shows two people (my son and me, smiling at the camera. There is green parkland behind us. Photo shows two people (me and my husband) standing with our arms wrapped around each other. There is green parkland and some bright flowers behind us.
September 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Surely as the owners of the festival, the city were aware of the decision to send out the code of conduct ahead of time?
Screenshot from the Bendigo Writers Festival website that reads as follows: Bendigo Writers Festival is owned by the City of Greater Bendigo and delivered by the service unit Bendigo Venues & Events. CITY OF GREATER BENDIGO The City of Greater Bendigo acknowledges that we are on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country.
August 15, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Lutruwita turning it on this morning. I think we might have some weather on the way 😳❤️🩷💜🧡
Photo shows a dramatic sunrise in very intense orange and purple, with some trees and buildings silhouetted in the foreground.
August 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Always the way with me. No blog posts for months and then two in quick succession. On finding joy, even when the world is hard

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A screenshot from my blog, DorkyMum. The post title is Winter 2025: 10 joyful things. Below that is a photograph of pink cherry blossom.
August 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Happy Birthday NJ’s mum, Luna sends her best wishes.
Photo shows a brown and white spoodle with very fluffy ginger whiskers lying on a bed.
July 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Okay everyone, the fun is officially over.
Photo shows a screenshot from the NSW Fire and Rescue Facebook page that uses the recent viral video of a cheating couple at a Coldplay concert to warn people not to overload their electric power boards.
July 18, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Dunno who was doing Tas Labor leafleting in Sandy Bay but they’d clearly had enough by the time they hit our road and just dumped this bundle on the pavement by our gate 😬 #politas
Photo shows my hand holding around 40 Tasmanian Labor election leaflets.
July 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Big pistachio is having a moment! They’ve been pushing it hard at my local grocery store and they seem to be sold out of the choc today but they’ve got these in instead 🥴
Photo shows a basket containing packets of pistachio cream covered pretzels.
July 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Done. I bloody dare you to door knock me this weekend
Photo shows an A-board from the Tasmanian Electoral Commission that reads ‘Early Voting here’
July 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Happy new week everyone. Beautiful start to it in Nipaluna/Hobart.
Photo shows a dramatic sunrise that is orange/gold at the horizon, orange/pink in the middle of the sky, and purple at the highest point. Some hedges and trees and one tall building and silhouetted in the foreground.
June 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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I have a good helper helping me change the bedsheets this afternoon…
Photo shows a brown dog lying on a bed, tucked under a grey woollen blanket.
June 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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@kevinbonham.bsky.social Edwin Johnstone has just changed the name of his FB page to indicate he’s standing for the Liberals in Clark.
Photo shows a screenshot from Facebook that reads: Edwin Johnstone - Liberal for Clark 1.2K followers • 156 following Liberal Candidate for Clark Authorised by C McQuestin, Liberal, Hobart, TAS
June 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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What’s your sign?
Photo shows a street sign in Helsinki. A yellow gold rectangle has text that reads ‘YKSISARVINEN ENHÖRNINGEN’ and in the centre is a blue oval with a white unicorn figure on it.
June 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Happy Monday. Free Palestine. Let’s hope this week is less of a shitshow on every level than last week was.
Photo shows a dramatic orange, pink, gold and purple sunrise, with some electric lines and trees silhouetted in the foreground.
June 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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The third woollen blanket is on the bed, and the hot water bottles are filled 🥶 the only compensation for the cold is days that look like this.
Photo taken at the Nipaluna/Hobart waterfront shows two tug boats to the left and a pier to the right. The water of the River Derwent is calm, sun shines on the Eastern shore, and there is a big blue sky above. Photo shows a blue sky over kunanyi/Mount Wellington with the city of Nipaluna/Hobart visible in front of it. In the very foreground, a red upside down cross is visible, as part of the Dark Mofo festival.
June 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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It’s lovely! This was the full pic and a friend asked. I need to get a copy of the Eucaflip guide which has images of the bark and leaves to help.
Image shows several trees against a blue sky, with a rough path in the foreground and sunlight highlighting the foliage.
June 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Tasmanian pals what tree is this? (I’m sorry I’m so bad at this 😭)
Photo shows what I think is a kind of eucalyptus tree with rough bark on the lower, thickest part, and smoother branches further up. Sunlight shines on the foliage. Tasmania has 29 kind of eucalypt and I am truly terrible at distinguishing between them.
June 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Kiddo had his first lesson today in three months! Wasn’t as rusty as he’d been expecting which is good. Hopefully that means there is a decent engrained level of knowledge there now.
Photo is framed by bushes to the left and bottom. A Cessna 172 with white and blue livery is parked directly ahead on the apron of an aerodrome. In the background water and hills are visible.
June 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Still going 😵‍💫 haven’t even needed to get the ladder out for the higher up ones yet.
Photo shows a large white sink full of pink lady apples, with water running from the tap to wash them off.
June 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM