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Old Aussie codger. Pro social justice, equity, refugees and asylum seekers. Anti genocide, economic inequality and oppression of any kind. Occasionally prickly, like an echidna. The Great Emu war of 1932 was won by the Emus!

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A war zone of inflatable animals dancing!

12.10.2025 04:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

wouldn't want that to change, so, here ya go

12.10.2025 02:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Being neurodivergent means you over-explain EVERYTHING in hopes of clear communication, then get anxious that your over-explanation was irritating and actually made things more confusing ๐Ÿซค

10.10.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1592    ๐Ÿ” 279    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You be the judge: should my boyfriend get rid of his laundry basket? Anita thinks dirty clothes can go straight in the machine. Jayden believes the laundry hamper serves a purpose. Whoโ€™s the basket case? You decide

The Guardian wrestling with the big issues today:
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

11.10.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The collective noun you are looking for is 'a war zone' of frogs,unicorns,raccoon, peacock and sharks ๐Ÿฆ„๐Ÿฆ„๐Ÿฆ„

11.10.2025 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Two words.
Dancing frogs.

11.10.2025 07:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sign up, Scott. We'll happily post you to Taiwan!

11.10.2025 07:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well,Steve Price sabotaging the Libs.

Go team! ๐Ÿง…๐Ÿง…๐Ÿง…

11.10.2025 07:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Two words:
Dancing frogs

10.10.2025 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That sentence could finish at 'doing'.

10.10.2025 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So Oz:
โ€œThere are upsides and downsides. Iโ€™m quite old now. Handling all the nonsense thatโ€™s going to happen is going to be hard work.โ€

Richard Robson, The 88-year-old chemistry professor, , reflects on winning a Nobel Prize. The problem with excellence is all the paperwork.

- The Saturday Paper

10.10.2025 20:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โœ…Declared conflict and still interfered
โœ…Studiously avoided taking any meaningful action against the Robodebt 6
โœ…Enquiry, further enquiry and I think I'm spiraling into a black hole
โœ…No real action re pollies and public servants
โœ…Got a couple of baggage handlers
โœ…Yeah, I'm fucking ticked off

10.10.2025 06:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

White House running deranged Sycophant of the Week contest.

Patel opens with a strong first attempt.

08.10.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do they have to carry their pillows under their shirts?

08.10.2025 02:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They're eating the roads!!

05.10.2025 06:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No. Just this match, or maybe that quarter.

Inside mids must all be gamblers. Do I pick it up?????

05.10.2025 05:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Stanford has the "I didn't do it" look.

Clearly innocent.

05.10.2025 01:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

LOL quote from the article:
Mihocek departs the Magpies as an unrestricted free agent, taking part in 159 video games .

League of Legends????

04.10.2025 05:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And that's why I decided never to become a dentist.

03.10.2025 06:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Spartans proudly wore their hair long and were mostly bearded.

They went OK on a good day.

02.10.2025 22:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Spartans proudly wore their hair long and were mostly bearded.

They went OK on a good day.

02.10.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

5,697th on my list of why women should rule the world.

02.10.2025 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't think it does actually make sense to him, DrJulie.
Hence the lack of consistency.

what makes sense to him is the big money backers. (Hi Gina).

Which just makes him a political prostitute really.

02.10.2025 07:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh shit. We've dialed up the concern-a-meter to "very" again.

Almost up to "extremely".

I guess it saves actually doing any thing.

02.10.2025 05:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Scaramuccis and lettuces don't cut it anymore. We need a new measurement system.

01.10.2025 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Brollie | Home

If you're into quirky, Brollie is free and has lots of Aussie content.
watch.brollie.com.au

30.09.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone misread the memo.
We want a corrupt Commisioner.
I know a guy.

29.09.2025 10:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great idea. If only Albo were Doc Evatt.

29.09.2025 07:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Branded 'Fucking Christmas Things', in 6 languages, including faltering, plagiarised, English.

26.09.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿ’Š These are medications.

If you put 100% tariff on them, prices will ๐Ÿ“ˆ.

Definitely not the way to get near a 1,500% discount.

TYFYATTM

26.09.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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