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Richard Laidlaw
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Australian. Former journalist and political adviser.
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nikitagill.bsky.social Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · Jan 26
This poem made me stop in my tracks.
The Day of Our Divorce Hearing you treated me to lunch, a spaghetti place. We had never been so kind to each other. When you said I'm still a slob we laughed. After lunch we stood in the parking lot. You said, You have the last word but I said, No, I'm tired of being the one who sums things up. You get the last word. But you couldn't think of one. So off you went to our silver car, I to our red one. It's three years later. And even that's just a story now. Lately I don't feel as if I lived with you. But I remember our kindness that day, when it no longer mattered.
January 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Jazz is my go-to.
jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · Jan 19
i just think we're all anxious and uncertain, so almost anything, even innocuous, can make us irritable. *soothe* *gentle music*
January 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Who is Kid Rock, and why does anyone care?
georgetakei.bsky.social George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jan 18
Kid Rock is dumb as one.
January 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jan 18
I see the Democratic weather machine is doing great work again, forcing that inauguration inside. Well done, climate controllers.
January 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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jcsalterego.bsky.social Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · Jan 18
no, there is no Algorithm. it's 34,612 gerbils tap-dancing on a google sheet
January 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Hello new followers! Here's one of my favorite older comics.
A four-panel comic called Instinct is Weird. In panel 1, a yellow warbler looks at a beautiful nest in a shrub and says "I made this for some reason". In panel 2, there are five eggs in the nest and she says "these are my smooth round children". In panel 3 an egg has hatched into a yelling hatchling, and she says "Oh no now it's loud". In panel 4 she looks distressed as five hatchlings now fill the nest, begging for food, and she says "help".
January 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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When You Can't Say "Merry Christmas"! theaimn.net/when-you-can...
When You Can't Say "Merry Christmas"! - The Australian Independent Media Network
Someone just told me that it was inappropriate to say, “Merry Christmas.” I told them that it’s a free country and that I can say what I like and I won’t be dictated to by [...]
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January 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Another little clue
November 24, 2024 at 10:48 AM
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Weird is right
November 24, 2024 at 6:04 AM
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So true
pauleric70.bsky.social Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · Nov 21
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
-Plato
November 22, 2024 at 1:52 AM