MandyPH
oxfairy.bsky.social
MandyPH
@oxfairy.bsky.social
Human

Constantly adjusting to changes as best I can while tackling worldly weariness with enjoying the endless beauty of our planet 🕊 📚

Ngarrindjeri lands and ocean 🌏💖☮️💗👣👣👣👣🦘 🌱 🐳🪸🐚 🦋
Pinned
Beginning anew
Wondering about fresh starts
Lifting my spirits towards
Lightness

I digress from what matters in front of me regardless

I continue

Relieved from oppressive taunts and bitter voices, she instead
walks freely finding ways to refresh her souls necessities
a cartoon of winnie the pooh with a butterfly on his nose
ALT: a cartoon of winnie the pooh with a butterfly on his nose
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Turret Arch framed by the North Window felt unreal this February morning. Soft pinks and blues washed over the sandstone as the first light hit the rocks. In the early calm, Turret Arch glowed quietly—proof that sunrise at Arches turns simple moments into magic

#utah #arches #landscape #photography
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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“‘Reform freedom of information laws so they can’t be flouted by government,’ Albanese said in 2019.

"But we’re told his proposed new freedom of information laws will have the opposite effect.”

O'Brien said in "thunderous" speech for 70th Walkley Awards.
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/01/k...

Age, SMH omit Gaza parts of Kerry O'Brien Walkleys speech The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age removed references to Gaza and Palestine when publishing a speech given by journalism doyen Kerry O’Brien at the Walkley Awards last week.
The Age and SMH removed Gaza references from Kerry O'Brien's Walkleys speech
The Nine newspapers edited out a tribute to Palestinian journalists from ABC legend Kerry O'Brien in their version of his speech from the 70th Walkleys.
www.crikey.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Kerry O'Brien's speech at the 70th Walkley Awards on 27 Nov 25 -"Don't kid yourself that it can't happen here" is a powerful observation&warning of erosion of press freedoms internationly & in Aust & a call to maintain integrity&challeng attempts to curb pressfreedom
www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...
“Don’t kid yourself that it can’t happen here,” warns Kerry O'Brien - The Walkley Foundation
“Don’t kid yourself that it can’t happen here,” distinguished journalist Kerry O’Brien has warned in a powerful speech on press freedom at the 70th Walkley Awards in Sydney. “The message is becoming s...
www.walkleys.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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"former ABC broadcaster Kerry O’Brien got a standing ovation at the 70th Walkley awards for a rousing speech that reminded media of the 'clear and present danger for a strong, free, effective and independent media everywhere'."

I wonder how many journos applauding have censored themselves? #auspol
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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I think award season is now over. Mean Streak just won the Walkley Book Award to cap it off and I’m so thankful. Buy or borrow, the story is more fucked up than you think.
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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“A public housing policy which saw tenants in the NT charged a flat rental rate based on the number of bedrooms in their home has been ruled unlawful by the high court, after a three-year challenge brought by residents from 2 remote Indigenous communities”

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
High court overturns NT housing policy which tripled rent in some remote Indigenous communities
Rental changes were introduced in Northern Territory without giving notice to tenants, which the court unanimously ruled was a denial of procedural fairness
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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I stop to listen,
To feel, every moment a
Quiet miracle.
#vssdaily #miracle #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
December 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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What the world needs now
is love sweet love
its the only thing
that there's just too little of ♥️
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Another fairywren for Wrensday Wednesday.
This one's a purple-backed fairywren.
#wrensday
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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yay albo!! what a legacy
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Kerry O'Brien's warning that Labor wants to make it easier for govts to flout freedom of information laws confirmed.

Fact check for @thepointau.bsky.social by @skyelark.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
Will Labor’s changes make it easier for governments to flout freedom of information laws?
The claim comes from Kerry O’Brien’s speech at the Walkleys, where he criticised the Albanese Government for not living up to the benchmarks they set while in opposition,
thepoint.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realise they were the big things.” Robert Brault

The smallest moments often mean the most.

The simple things really do matter.

🧡

#kindness #gentleness #humanness

Picture by simply anxious
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Ever wondered why Govt calls the US subs that’ll operate out of HMAS Stirling a ROTATIONAL FORCE? It’s because from 2034 they’ll likely carry nuclear cruise missiles, and if they were STATIONED here, we’d be in breach of our Treaty of Rarotonga obligations 1/2 #AUKUS #FOI #auspol
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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🗣️This year showed both the danger of nuclear weapons and the power of our movement. The global majority backed the #NuclearBan Treaty & communities honoured 80+ yrs of nuclear harm.

This #GivingTuesday, help us push for a world free of nuclear weapons: www.icanw.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Taking the little ones out for a stroll
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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You could see 150 shooting stars an hour this month! 🌠🧪

The Geminid meteor shower arrives on December 4–17, and will peak overnight December 13–14! One of the biggest celestial events of the year, the Geminids are known for producing up to 150 meteors per hour at their peak.
December 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Join us Thursday, December 4 at 6:30pm AKST for Strait Science. We will share recent observations to detect #OceanAcidification in the Bering Strait region. 🧪🌊🦑

www.uaf.edu/nwc/outreach...
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” Arthur Ashe

Some days the list feels long and things feels unclear. Some days we don’t know where to begin.

Step by step, we keep moving and things start to come together.

🧡

#kindness #belief

Pic by anxiety.positive
December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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