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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · Sep 8

The lunar eclipse from NSW Australia at about 3:30 am #astronomy #eclipse #moon

The full moon looking 3D and orange because of the eclipse

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · Aug 20

Forgot the alt text. Orange or rusty colour centipede with about 21 legs and long pincer type things, on grass.

emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · Aug 20

Scary looking orange-footed centipede found under a rotting log. Apparently a voracious predator but mildly toxic to humans. #auswildlife #ausinverts

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · Aug 12

Sunrise

Orange light coming up behind hills under a cloudy sky

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Disaster Geek @monicalea.bsky.social · Aug 12

Halle-fucking-lujah!

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Engineers Redesign the 180 Year Old Speculum

YouTube video by Today I Learned Science

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · Aug 12

Yes we have grey shrikethrushes, they have a lovely song, and they return to the same nest every spring. Though I can't tell if it's the same pair. You can hear them on the Merlin app, but you have to search for gray, not grey.

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · Aug 12

Lovely to see them in their natural habitat

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TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · Aug 12

Dinner time here in Australia. 🍽️😋🇦🇺

Ibis in a low tide lagoon. Seafood is on the menu.
🐦🌊🏖️ 🦞🐚

Sweet dreams, world. 😴✨🌍

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

The photograph, taken from a low angle at eye level, presents a flock of Australian white ibis birds wading in the shallow, sandy waters of a light blue lagoon. The blurry background features a light-brown, sandy bank and additional ibis birds in the distance. In the foreground, four birds take centre stage. On the left, two birds are intently searching for sustenance, their long, downward-curving beaks either submerged or close to the water's surface. To the right, two more ibis birds have their beaks open, seemingly in search of food. The birds' bodies are predominantly white, contrasted by black feathers on their backs and black, featherless heads and necks. Their legs and beaks are also black. The scene is bathed in the warm light of sunset.

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Keith Horton @keithhortonphotos.bsky.social · Aug 2

A Rainbow Lorikeet taking off from a Swamp Banksia flower spike

Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

#Australianphotography #birds #australianbirds #WildOz #nature #flight #birdsinflight #banksias

The head of the rainbow lorikeet is deep blue with a greenish-yellow nuchal collar, and the rest of the upper parts (wings, back and tail) are green. The chest is orange/yellow. The belly is deep blue, and the thighs and rump are green. The flower spike is a lime green colour. In the distance the sea can be just made out.

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · Aug 1

See reply to post below, I forgot about the character limit.

emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · Aug 1

Copied my files to Documents and Pictures. Then found that Windows had dragged them onto the OneNote that I have never used or wanted to use. Spent the next 3 hours figuring out what happened and undoing it so hopefully it will not happen again.

emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · Aug 1

I just got a new laptop with Windows 11. During setup there is a screen to log into your Microsoft account. No way to bypass it or opt out. So I logged into my account (which I have from registering MS Office 2019).

Office Watch @officewatch.bsky.social · Jul 30

Microsoft saves a lot of related files in secret, hidden #OneDrive folders taking up the space customers pay for and preventing proper backup. Let’s look at the messy mix of things hidden in OneDrive and other #Microsoft online locations. #microsoft365
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · Aug 1

On #YorkshireDay, enjoy this lovely railway poster of the Yorkshire Dales by Ladybird artist Ronald Lampitt

A lovely vintage railway poster, in a limited palette range based on green, looking down into a village in a dale

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · Jul 15

Must be a successful stategy, we have plenty of fantails as well as crows and currawongs. I'm planting prickly bushes for them to hide in.

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · Jul 15

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · Jul 13

Also - tired of paying for books that could be deleted from my account at the whim of a billionaire.

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · Jul 13

Free book at Project Gutenberg: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/236
Tired of paying for books to read on Kindle? Download free books at Project Gutenberg and send to your Kindle.
#kindle #reading #ebooks #Gutenberg