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Humanist • Words • Science & Nature • Art • City : Country • Education • Advocacy • Living on Gadigal Land • “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them" ~ Maya Angelou

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We grant access to the office network. We added a fictitious lady called Morag McTuckus to the directory who we can have 'meetings' with off-site. We also reply to email for her. It's gone undetected for so long we're now considering hiring an actor to play her at the xmas party

22.11.2025 15:20 — 👍 236    🔁 13    💬 8    📌 1
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.

Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

21.11.2025 18:36 — 👍 29332    🔁 8447    💬 1203    📌 869

I would simply not swing at a ball bowled at *does math* eighth stump. #Ashes #ArmchairAshes

22.11.2025 17:44 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

😂Excellent solution!!

22.11.2025 07:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#TheAshes #Ashes #Snicko I think this image of the Weatherald DRS does a good job of demonstrating the difference between Snicko and Ultra-Edge. Ball clearly hit the thigh pad. Ball has gone quite some distance past the batter on the frame with the "spike".

22.11.2025 07:42 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

IKR!! But if I leave the couch ... all the wickets have fallen today when I have left the couch 😱

22.11.2025 07:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I have tickets for The Church ~ there's a debate happening in my head. Not sure which way it's going to go yet 🧐

22.11.2025 07:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Praying to all the gods that our batting backs up Starc in our second innings.
#Ashes

22.11.2025 05:53 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

STARC THE MAGNIFICENT 🏏

#AUSVENG #ASHES #THEASHES

22.11.2025 05:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I reckon on this form Mitchell Starc should open the batting when the Aussie’s get in again #ashes

22.11.2025 05:30 — 👍 24    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Well, even if I do say so myself, I think we answered the question as to whether there is cricket chat on Bluesky. Thank you everyone for keeping me entertained, old friends and new.
I've been adding to these, so if you've not looked in a while, you may want to refresh.

#TheAshes #Cricket 🏏

21.11.2025 09:53 — 👍 26    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

Stuey Broad doing his best to hold back all the bad words with a massive sigh in the commentary box.

#Ashes #AUSVENG #TheAshes

22.11.2025 05:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Day 3 is not a certainty. Lulz #Ashes

22.11.2025 05:23 — 👍 16    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

STAAAAARC.

YASSSSSS

#TheAshes #AUSVENG
#ASHES

22.11.2025 05:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bazball primed for its Aussie introduction: Stokes | cricket.com.au England's likely XI for the Ashes opener will only feature up to five players with Test experience...

Going well then 🤨 #TheAshes #AUSvENG 🏏

21.11.2025 06:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Joe Root batting average in his 1st knock of an Ashes series
84.75 - series played in England
4.25 - series played in Australia

#AUSvENG

21.11.2025 04:33 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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David Pocock - Independent Senator for the ACT TRUST. INTEGRITY. LEADERSHIP.

SAVE THE CSIRO ✊️

Sign David Pocock's petition to stop the job cuts #auspol
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csi...

20.11.2025 22:57 — 👍 25    🔁 14    💬 2    📌 1
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The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.

20.11.2025 22:01 — 👍 446    🔁 172    💬 32    📌 11

I’m sorry. My two have recently completed their ‘Morrison-doubled-the-cost’ degrees that Albanese failed to act upon. The “20% off” is a furphy for so many.

And #Raisetherate for everyone’s sake - or are we just fine with leaving the most vulnerable behind?

20.11.2025 21:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It is now clear when Albo said "no-one left behind", he really meant:
- the gambling industry
- big media
- fossil fuel lobby
- for-profit childcare corporations
- aged care companies
- employment service providers
- property developers...

But Australians with the greatest needs? Yeah nah. #auspol

20.11.2025 02:42 — 👍 130    🔁 66    💬 8    📌 5
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This from Sen. David Shoebridge:

'AUKUS submarines create nuclear waste-and they want to dump it on this Arrente land near - Alice Springs. The same US companies running Pine Gap want to turn this ancient salt lake into a global nuclear dump.'

@davidshoebridge.bsky.social
#AUKUS #nuclearwaste

20.11.2025 05:58 — 👍 58    🔁 42    💬 9    📌 6
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Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

20.11.2025 06:21 — 👍 2123    🔁 758    💬 20    📌 67

Australia would do well to also choose wisely ~ rather than continue send ridiculous billions of $$$ to the US for subs we may never receive 😏 #auspol

19.11.2025 22:56 — 👍 15    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Probably won’t have to work at IGA ever again’: Amyl and the Sniffers dominate 2025 Arias with four wins The rock band took home album of the year while electronic breakthrough Ninajirachi won best solo artist from a leading eight nominations

LOVE AMY!
“As the new prime minister of Australia, I’d like to say: all immigrants welcome,” quipped frontwoman Amy Taylor, accepting album of the year. “I’d like to say: land back, the dole’s going up, and every pub gets a million dollars.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

19.11.2025 10:08 — 👍 332    🔁 61    💬 19    📌 6
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Botham: England's Ashes prep 'borders on arrogance' | cricket.com.au Fabled England allrounder Ian Botham says current England squad's Ashes warm-up schedule will leave...

"The conditions are different when you play cricket in Australia: the sun, the heat, the bounce, the crowd, the Aussie players; you've got to get used to all that. You're not playing against the Australian cricket team, you're playing against Australia - 24.5 million people." #ASHES 🏏

19.11.2025 10:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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CBA boss says repaying ‘excessive fees’ to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder money Commonwealth Bank Australia– which reported a record cash profit of $10.3bn in most recent financial year – charged $270m in ‘excessive fees’ over five years

He said the quiet part out loud. A "Let them eat cake moment". "Why won't those poors just starve for the shareholders........"

#auspol #cba #commonwealthbank

18.11.2025 08:02 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 1
Picture of lower tree trunk - covered in moss - with cavities that make the tree trunk appear to have a face that is gasping.

Picture of lower tree trunk - covered in moss - with cavities that make the tree trunk appear to have a face that is gasping.

18.11.2025 11:07 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!

18.11.2025 06:32 — 👍 886    🔁 532    💬 11    📌 11

There is no downside

18.11.2025 06:45 — 👍 179    🔁 47    💬 1    📌 0

every time a prominent man is revealed to be a horrible abusive freak they put out a statement being like "I hope, over time, I may rebuild the trust I have lost" and just once I would love for them to say "I'm sixty years old and a multimillionaire, you never have to hear about me again."

18.11.2025 03:15 — 👍 1106    🔁 125    💬 9    📌 3

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