If I could be confident on NOT texting someone like my mother who is old and has dementia etc I would def do this!
17.02.2026 21:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@bantem.bsky.social
Australian (not the paid actor type!) Silversmith, Community Development worker. Really I just love being part of process where things are fixed! Maker not a consumer. Oh and the Dog? Jezabel - The origional and the best!
If I could be confident on NOT texting someone like my mother who is old and has dementia etc I would def do this!
17.02.2026 21:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.
14.02.2026 04:44 β π 5493 π 1163 π¬ 92 π 78It just maybe true
12.02.2026 09:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Happy #LibSpill Day for those who celebrate.
11.02.2026 23:05 β π 590 π 189 π¬ 37 π 17Looks like the public are as decided as the party!
10.02.2026 10:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I've been playing with this spiral design in my head for a while and got to bash some out today. Probably should not put draft ideas out in public but hey what the heck. I am not sure which form of the pattern to persue though! It is about 50mm x50mm so a "Solid" pendent looming but what form!
07.02.2026 07:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0How many labradors long is that?
07.02.2026 01:11 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0The one and only Jezebel discovering molecular theory where each part of her ball destroyed by Winston can still be played with.
03.02.2026 08:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I saw this fascinating YouTube on Mr Whitworth. He did a solid number getting standardisation into the UK manufacturing system. It was really interesting but yeah. Move on from imperial!
01.02.2026 05:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0People do that with Jesus too!
28.01.2026 18:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think that the only way people see this as not politically motivated are those that write First Nations people of from even having a voice in the political sphere. Oh wait....
28.01.2026 05:56 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0came her to ask this too! π
27.01.2026 00:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And yet the dog simply MUST have her morning constitutionals :)
26.01.2026 20:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0While it is still relatively cool the lack of ANY breeze means that it is now officially too hot to work in my shed.
26.01.2026 01:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Invasion Day marks what my ancestors did badly and wrongly etc. You cannot wipe that away because you heard about an Aboriginal man who was claiming two pay checks etc!
#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe
#InvasionDay
#SurvivalDay
#DayOfMourning
#NotADateToCelebrate
#January26 #Jan26
Park interaction this AM
Them: Happy Australia Day
Me: I mark invasion day
Them: proceeds to tell me every story of a "bad" Aboriginal they know.
Me: $-#+$-#ing moron!
#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe
#InvasionDay
#SurvivalDay
#DayOfMourning
#NotADateToCelebrate
#January26 #Jan26
Australian flags on fences/cars are the rights patriot version of John 3:16 placards at sporting events. #January26
25.01.2026 06:25 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I hear people asking if they will ever not be angry or distressed or some form or revulsion at the things happening in the world and this rings so true with what First nations leaders have taught me. They have been in this state since colonisation and cannot (will not) "Get over it". #January26
24.01.2026 23:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Once you see this you cannot unsee it!
24.01.2026 23:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I feel like Keith might be a chance with getting new voters in. Funny song. Made me smile but a bit of a boaty mc boat face vibe if it wins imho
24.01.2026 00:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Forgotten years by the Oils hits hard today!
"Our sons will never be soldiers, our daughters will never need guns
These are the yrs between
These are the yrs that were hard fought and won".
Rip Rob Hirst and the "In between years."
People who commit crimes at sea are called water felons.
22.01.2026 06:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My take is that David Littleproud (backed and pushed by others) wants a different Liberal leader and is using this to force a spill. This is not about breaking the coalition but about making it [even!] more right wing #auspol
21.01.2026 22:57 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I think I would be a sucker for another run at the enlightenment.
I mean I still can't help but think that if we all knew more we would make wiser and better decisions.
Yet I know I am wrong!
βοΈKyiv is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe: there is a risk of complete collapse. In January alone, 600,000 people left the city, β The Times quotes the mayor Klitschko.
In some houses it is so cold that residents cannot use the toilet because the water has frozen.
The capacity for self reflection is a higher order capacity. I'd venture that they do not know that they are the same people
17.01.2026 08:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Todayβs sunset in Kharkiv, with people skating on the frozen river.
16.01.2026 14:29 β π 316 π 42 π¬ 10 π 2I almost cannot breathe thinking about what might be happening in Iran
16.01.2026 11:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hey American watchers. What do you think will happen at the mid terms? Will there be ICE at polling booths. Will the result be accepted? What are your hunches?
16.01.2026 01:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Still occurs in many countries. I remember students in Ukraine doing it in the early 2000s
- and yes TB was very prevalent