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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · 1d

This was incorrect, apologies to all water birds who often get dismissed mentally by my new birding brain as “probably a duck” cos upon going over yesterdays footage (videoing is a big part of how I’m learning!) I now realise I can also add

- Eurasian coot
- Australasian grebe

… to my life list 🥰

Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · 2d

Holiday update: in the last 24 hours I’ve added FIVE BIRDS to my life list, what a bad bitch

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · 1d

Only realised it later and was like, wait what the HELL???

I’m so out of whack due to living in the regions and never getting cabs anymore, and when I’m visiting big cities I’m usually getting Ubers but I needed to leap into the nearest vehicle after ducking out of arrivals.

Never again, cabs!

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · 1d

A really nice cab driver picked me up from the airport for a relatively short drive to Pitt St. I was late to an appointment, so he hurried me out the cab and grabbed my bags for me and offered the EFTPOS machine to tap and go… and I stupidly didn’t check.

$117.

www.smh.com.au/traveller/tr...

Airport taxis are so bad I now have a pathological fear of getting one

On one occasion, I felt so intimidated by a driver I was fearful the whole way home. What had I done? I’d questioned the route he was taking.

www.smh.com.au

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · 2d

They ain’t glamorous BUT THEY’RE MINE NOW

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · 2d

Holiday update: in the last 24 hours I’ve added FIVE BIRDS to my life list, what a bad bitch

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · 8d

🧐

www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/li...

Apart from a half-joking, futile yearning for her husband, I felt a kinship with Nicole. I reported on her wedding to Keith, blagging my way into his bucks' night and having a dumb fight with one of his pals over his bad jewellery.
Nic and I even had a private moment on the day. When her bridal car stopped at lights en route to the church, I was on the corner eating a Chinese takeaway, waiting for my own ride to the service.

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · 9d

Great to see teenagers engaged and passionate about politics!!!!! 🤪

www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

Liberal deputy mayor’s children among party’s biggest donors

The children of Liverpool Council’s Liberal deputy mayor graduated from high school only recently. In March, they each donated $7500.

www.smh.com.au

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · 13d

These are definitely the files everybody wanted to see released

Neil Vigdor @gettingviggy.bsky.social · 13d

President Trump called on the federal government on Friday to unseal all remaining classified files on the aviator Amelia Earhart and her disappearance nearly 90 years ago, which is still shrouded in mystery and wild conjecture. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Trump Orders Unsealing of All Files on Amelia Earhart and Her Disappearance

www.nytimes.com

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · 13d

What’s a reasonable taxi fee from Sydney Airport to approx Town Hall d’ya reckon?

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · 25d

Real proud to have collaborated with my ol’ ABC Western Plains colleague Zack Marlan on this. These kinds of stories are so important to tell!

And a massive shout out to all my regional ABC colleagues who work SO HARD on the ground every single day keeping their local communities informed.

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · 25d

It wasn’t long into my conversation with this outback nurse for me to realise - there’s something really special happening here.

A First Nations-led program achieving real results for communities dealing with a diabetes problem in a town with limited resources? Yes!

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Outback nurse tackles diabetes with cans, rocks, bush tucker and chat

When Rishoniy Caine arrived in a remote NSW community with one general store and no gym, she knew fixing its diabetes problem would need a different approach to what had already failed the locals.

www.abc.net.au

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · 25d

Day for it, mate! 🤙🏼

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 28d

NEW: No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way. That's what Ezra Klein said. We can condemn this heinous assassination but also recognize that with his 2020 election denialism and extremist rhetoric, Kirk built his movement with falsehoods and in a wrong and divisive manner.

No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way

His assassination deserves full condemnation; his full impact should not be sidestepped.

www.motherjones.com

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Laura Tingle @latingle.bsky.social · Aug 9

This week’s column www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Israel's plan is unfolding at a time leaders don't care about global criticism

The debate in the Israeli media over Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to occupy Gaza have barely mentioned the fate of the two million people who live there.

www.abc.net.au

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · Aug 9

I had no idea we’d had such a history of trouble with the leading scientific researchers from those countries.

Also, frankly, you’d think in 2025 we’d be pretty keen for the best minds in the world when it comes to zoonotic diseases to have opportunities to exchange information and knowledge.

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · Aug 9

I can’t believe I’m reading this right. Our immigration minister refused visas to international researchers coming to attend a conference on the basis of “social cohesion” and they happen to hail from “Kenya, Uganda, India, Pakistan and Georgia”?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event

Organisers say move will damage nation’s scientific standing as government refuses to comment on why group of scientists were refused entry

www.theguardian.com

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · Aug 8

Was glad to be able to discuss this with Senator Pocock on Wednesday afternoon on ABC NSW - and the feedback from listeners seemed to indicate there are a lot of people who’d like to see this reform too.

on.soundcloud.com/GLlhlklRLG5P...

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · Aug 7

Living by a popular fishing spot, I cannot tell you how often I am cleaning up fishing line, hooks, lures, AND cigarette butts all discarded carelessly by anglers. It makes me SO MAD!

Genuinely do not understand how so called outdoorsy people can give so little care to the environment they’re in.

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · Aug 7

The juvenile cassowary was spotted with a fishing line hanging from its mouth in Far North Queensland and later died.

Death of young cassowary that ingested fish hook prompts fresh warnings

The juvenile cassowary was spotted with a fishing line hanging from its mouth in Far North Queensland and later died.

www.abc.net.au

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 6

imagine fleeing the Vietnam War and in your arms you're carrying a baby who will one day grow up to correct the US Secretary of Defense on his jeans. like bringing a football into the end zone

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 6

it's crazy that i wake up every day and think "i can't possibly have anything else to say on twitter" and then the US Department of Defense will be like "Our Secretary of Defense has great jeans ☺️"

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 5

I disagree. I will tell you what's wrong with his jeans. 🧵

The DoD Rapid Response team on Twitter writes: "The Secretary of Defense has great jeans." The attached photo shows Sec. Pete Hegseth wearing a blue sport coat, white button-up shirt, blue jeans, and a big buckle Western belt.

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · Aug 5

The year is 2066. I am 85 years old. I wake up, and gingerly reach for my iPhone 58, the font on my waiting notifications large enough for my ailing eyes to make out the text…

“New episode of Mushroom Case Daily just dropped”

I gasp, splutter, then die. The podcast has outlived me.

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MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · Aug 4

MEAA supports the right to protest and freedom of expression. We stand up for press freedom across the world, including the almost 200 journalists that have been killed in Gaza since October 2023 — the fact that international media has been blockaded from entering Gaza is a press freedom crisis.

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · Aug 4

I look forward to the next strongly worded statement issued by world leaders, they seem to be working well.

Crikey @crikey.com.au · Aug 4

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached a decision on the 'full occupation of the Gaza Strip', and experts are warning of the potential privacy issues of telling all to AI chatbots.

Netanyahu seeks war expansion as Australia's rhetoric hardens (slowly)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached a decision on the 'full occupation of the Gaza Strip', and experts are warning of the potential privacy issues of telling all to AI chatbots.

www.crikey.com.au

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Michelle Fahy @michellefahy.bsky.social · Aug 4

“Israel has built the most efficient starvation machine you can imagine...

“Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide. It’s a crime against humanity. It’s a war crime.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

‘No one should act surprised,’ says UN expert who warned of starvation in Gaza last year

Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, who sounded the alarm in early 2024, says: ‘Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide’

www.theguardian.com

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