Tom Shires
@tshirt4844.bsky.social
Children's Author. Living on Tommigenner Country. Tasmanian, Aboriginal, Retired Country Footballer.
Farmer: Shorthorn Beef Cattle, Saffron, Black Truffle and Beekeeper. https://t.co/6SgrnbGaeN
Farmer: Shorthorn Beef Cattle, Saffron, Black Truffle and Beekeeper. https://t.co/6SgrnbGaeN
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In remembrance of uncle Abe. 11/11/25
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November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
In remembrance of uncle Abe. 11/11/25
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Taurus: Make time for your family this week. You might need a kidney some day.
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Taurus: Make time for your family this week. You might need a kidney some day.
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Tassal has another fish kill on its hands - this time its barramundi from WA not Tasmanian salmon www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Tassal eyes barramundi expansion despite parasite leading to fish kill
Foreign-owned aquaculture company Tassal suffers a fish kill at its barramundi farm in WA's Cone Bay, where the company has plans to expand. It follows a mass mortality in Tasmania's salmon industry, ...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Tassal has another fish kill on its hands - this time its barramundi from WA not Tasmanian salmon www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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If multiple countries follow Turkiye's lead - issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and others over the Gaza genocide, it'll create a web of overlapping jurisdictions, demonstrating that accountability isn't solely the realm of the ICC.
#SanctionIsrael #AusPol
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
#SanctionIsrael #AusPol
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Turkiye issues arrest warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu over Gaza ‘genocide’
Turkiye accuses Israeli officials of 'genocide and crimes against humanity' over Israel's war on Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If multiple countries follow Turkiye's lead - issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and others over the Gaza genocide, it'll create a web of overlapping jurisdictions, demonstrating that accountability isn't solely the realm of the ICC.
#SanctionIsrael #AusPol
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
#SanctionIsrael #AusPol
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
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This essay is so powerful it needs a warning label - you will cry if you have even the tiniest bit of empathy in your soul.
Australia colonialism laid bare with insufficient restitution and truthfulness in collective facing our history
Australia colonialism laid bare with insufficient restitution and truthfulness in collective facing our history
Stella Prize-shortlisted author Debra Dank reflects on how her family’s lives were scarred by stolen wages and colonial violence – and on the complexities of apologies.
Friday essay: Debra Dank’s grandmother was a ‘drover’s boy’. Her stolen wages can’t be recovered
theconversation.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This essay is so powerful it needs a warning label - you will cry if you have even the tiniest bit of empathy in your soul.
Australia colonialism laid bare with insufficient restitution and truthfulness in collective facing our history
Australia colonialism laid bare with insufficient restitution and truthfulness in collective facing our history
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Arthur Pieman Conservation Area was an orchid wonderland last weekend!
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Arthur Pieman Conservation Area was an orchid wonderland last weekend!
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the way in which saying out loud, to another, what we’ve kept or has always just stayed in our hearts
changes that thing, plus our relationship to it
sometimes making it more felt and real, sometimes diminishing its intensity
in prayer as well as in therapy
changes that thing, plus our relationship to it
sometimes making it more felt and real, sometimes diminishing its intensity
in prayer as well as in therapy
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
the way in which saying out loud, to another, what we’ve kept or has always just stayed in our hearts
changes that thing, plus our relationship to it
sometimes making it more felt and real, sometimes diminishing its intensity
in prayer as well as in therapy
changes that thing, plus our relationship to it
sometimes making it more felt and real, sometimes diminishing its intensity
in prayer as well as in therapy
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Our resident echidna has returned for spring
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Our resident echidna has returned for spring
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1st Tiger snake for the season out sunning itself this morning. Will take the phone and get a photo tomorrow maybe. Be careful weeding the garden.🌱🐍
October 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
1st Tiger snake for the season out sunning itself this morning. Will take the phone and get a photo tomorrow maybe. Be careful weeding the garden.🌱🐍
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Very excited to announce that I’ve been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2026 Australian of the Year for WA!
Winners will be announced on November 13.
The platform this gives to critical issues is why it’s such an honour. So many worthy finalists. Thrilled to be included amongst them.
Winners will be announced on November 13.
The platform this gives to critical issues is why it’s such an honour. So many worthy finalists. Thrilled to be included amongst them.
October 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Very excited to announce that I’ve been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2026 Australian of the Year for WA!
Winners will be announced on November 13.
The platform this gives to critical issues is why it’s such an honour. So many worthy finalists. Thrilled to be included amongst them.
Winners will be announced on November 13.
The platform this gives to critical issues is why it’s such an honour. So many worthy finalists. Thrilled to be included amongst them.
Just as a bit of context to this post. We planted 60 odd Oaks 15 years ago and this is our first truffle, so was pretty stoked. Will use this one to inoculate some more Hazelnut seedlings I have just sprouted. 🌱
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Just as a bit of context to this post. We planted 60 odd Oaks 15 years ago and this is our first truffle, so was pretty stoked. Will use this one to inoculate some more Hazelnut seedlings I have just sprouted. 🌱
Hawthorn just starting to bloom. NW Tasmania 🌱
October 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Hawthorn just starting to bloom. NW Tasmania 🌱
Today's walk turned up a big W.
October 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Today's walk turned up a big W.
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Supposed to be the best view in England… A beautiful view across to the Yorkshire Dales from the Yorkshire Moors..
October 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Supposed to be the best view in England… A beautiful view across to the Yorkshire Dales from the Yorkshire Moors..
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In the same month that the UN Commission of Inquiry came out and said that there is a genocide in Gaza, the Albanese Government handed over $20 million to an Israeli arms manufacturer that tests its weapons in Gaza.
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In the same month that the UN Commission of Inquiry came out and said that there is a genocide in Gaza, the Albanese Government handed over $20 million to an Israeli arms manufacturer that tests its weapons in Gaza.
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Good news, everyone!
I found a new life coach.
I found a new life coach.
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Good news, everyone!
I found a new life coach.
I found a new life coach.
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Ever seen a 750-pound muskox face off with a 210-pound pumpkin? 💥 Hudson did, and won! 🏆 Catch more pumpkin-smashing, leaf-crunching, fall fun during #ZooBoo, October 18 & 19. 🎃🐾
October 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Ever seen a 750-pound muskox face off with a 210-pound pumpkin? 💥 Hudson did, and won! 🏆 Catch more pumpkin-smashing, leaf-crunching, fall fun during #ZooBoo, October 18 & 19. 🎃🐾
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Alright that's it for now. I got about 3 hours of work to do before 6am. Glad I took a break to touch sand!
October 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Alright that's it for now. I got about 3 hours of work to do before 6am. Glad I took a break to touch sand!
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October 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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The neo-nazi attack on Camp Sovereignty was a direct attack on First Peoples - calculated and designed to intimidate, terrorise, and spread fear among our communities.
nit.com.au/22-10-2025/2...
nit.com.au/22-10-2025/2...
Crossbench calls for Camp Sovereignty attack to be investigated as hate crime, terror offence
More than twenty members of the federal parliamentary crossbench have written to the Albanese Government urging the attack on Camp Sovereignty in August to be treated as a hate crime.The attack on the...
nit.com.au
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The neo-nazi attack on Camp Sovereignty was a direct attack on First Peoples - calculated and designed to intimidate, terrorise, and spread fear among our communities.
nit.com.au/22-10-2025/2...
nit.com.au/22-10-2025/2...
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Hold your nerve.
October 17, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Hold your nerve.