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Quicksand&Lava

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A walking disaster movie. Gen X vintage. Born poor redneck but with a Queer progressive soul. Cats, coffee, true crime, books, tv & movies were my friends growing up, and still are. Be kind, be good, be humble. πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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Amazing. A truly great breakthrough.

20.10.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With the AWS outage, nowβ€˜s as good a time as any to post this old strip.

20.10.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2330    πŸ” 945    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 27

If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.

If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.

19.10.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 25257    πŸ” 7488    πŸ’¬ 852    πŸ“Œ 269
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a cartoon pink panther is riding a motorcycle down a road ALT: a cartoon pink panther is riding a motorcycle down a road

Wanted following robbery at the Louvre. Last seen escaping on scooter. Seriously though, how did happen πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

19.10.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Print of a sitting fox facing forwards among and partly covered by a mass of orange autumn foliage

Print of a sitting fox facing forwards among and partly covered by a mass of orange autumn foliage

Julia Lucey, contemporary US printmaker who uses traditional etching and aquatint techniques to explore nature, wildness, wilderness #womensart

19.10.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1093    πŸ” 189    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 9

Who called it singing out loud in the car when seat belting was right there?

18.10.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 211    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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America! Your expats and your friends are *always* with you! Sending you love and courage and #NoKings solidarity and frog costumes from Melbourne, Australia. Make fascism history again!

18.10.2025 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 7660    πŸ” 1618    πŸ’¬ 235    πŸ“Œ 126
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I believe Barnaby Joyce is grifter with a drinking issue. He may be younger than Pauline Hanson but his liver must be twice her age. So he may not be the ideal succession plan they think. Karma suits them both. #AusPol

19.10.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Australia this is not ok, do better. This mural should NOT have been removed because an officer complained.
This mural is clearly about inclusivity and celebrating our hard fought equality. It is not even remotely offensive. Removing it is offensive and a giant leap backwards.
πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί

18.10.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I’ve just done my first block on #Bluesky. Let’s just say… you can probably guess who. Some people evolve. Others… rebrand badly. #WhiteHouse #Maga

18.10.2025 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The trump regime is setting up official agency accounts here on BlueSky, and they’re dragging their MAGA trolls with them. Block liberally.

18.10.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 8792    πŸ” 2492    πŸ’¬ 556    πŸ“Œ 147

#top100books Such a great idea. I’m loving the program so far. AND I have some titles to add to my TBR :-) Thanks everyone involved and our ABC x Good luck to all that voted. πŸ“šπŸ“–πŸ€“

18.10.2025 05:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Grifters gonna grift β€” and Trump’s one of the biggest. He’s also petty, narcissistic, and not exactly bright. If a man can bankrupt a casino, there’s always a chance he’ll cook his golden goose too.

16.10.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you haven’t voted a failure to vote notice is sent. You can provide a valid reason there or pay a small fine. If you ignore that it gets escalated and penalties increase.

15.10.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let me help you here....

15.10.2025 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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American friends take note. Australia’s avoided the far-right freefall we’re watching in the US. One quiet reason: compulsory voting. When everyone has to show up, the extremes don’t get to run the show. It’s the secret sauce in the democracy sausage.
#CompulsoryVoting #AusPol

14.10.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Humpday! Coffee tastes extra good because it’s always a good day when both Alex Jones and β€œDr.” Phil both face turbulence in the grift economy. Hope the setbacks turn into complete downfalls. #karmasuitsya

14.10.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a rare moment of quiet but it’s fragile and temporary.
β€œThis ceasefire, like those of the past, is a commercial break. A moment when the condemned man is allowed to smoke a cigarette before being gunned down in a fusillade of bullets.”

14.10.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dear America, do yourselves a favour and watch Australia’s Four Corners on Trump.

14.10.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chrissie Meets Rosie O’Donnell! - The Chrissie Swan Show Rosie O’Donnell is in Australia and took some time out of her schedule to pop into the studio, queue Chrissie Swan shrieks! They chat about her time in Australia so far, why McDonalds it the best rest...

I’ve long been a fan of Chrissie Swan and adored Rosie O’Donnell even longer. Stumbled across this pod ep . A nice feel good episode. They both make me πŸ˜‚ #podcast #Rosie

14.10.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Halestorm - Break In (feat. Amy Lee) [Official Video]
YouTube video by Halestorm Halestorm - Break In (feat. Amy Lee) [Official Video]

A song to celebrate the birthday of Lzzy Hale from Halestorm. Break in with the beautifully talented Amy Lee 🎧 #rock

12.10.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Custodianship and Country: Some Australian Aboriginal Beliefs About the Environment Recently I shared with you a β€œLove Letter to Mother Earth” from the Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. I have been thinking about spiritual matters in general recently, a…

I wrote a mini-series of posts about environmental beliefs by various cultures and religions, a few years back. I need to write a few more. Here is one which is quite popular, about the beliefs of indigenous peoples in #Australia
petchary.wordpress.com/2020/12/28/c...

12.10.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Electricity from renewables overtakes coal in Australia for the first time Power from solar, wind hydro and biomass totals 9.24 terawatt hours, compared with 8.8 terawatt hours from burning the fossil fuel

Some good news!

Electricity from renewables overtakes coal in Australia for the first time

12.10.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
a photo taken at a lake although not much of the lake is shown in it. there are grasses, bushes and trees all around small bits of water.

a photo taken at a lake although not much of the lake is shown in it. there are grasses, bushes and trees all around small bits of water.

"The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members"

-Pearl S. Buck

11.10.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 429    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

I can only hope we’re not just playing nice β€” we’re playing smart. Like a Spooks or Diplomat kind of move. Outfoxing the Trump crowd in silence. I had an ex like Trump briefly, it’s the only way to escape unscathed. Let’s gtfo aukus. #Auspol

11.10.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Rest In Peace & Power
Diane Keaton πŸ™πŸ•ŠοΈ

11.10.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am one of those people who would go see it if sex pest/pedo/cult leader Jared Leto wasn’t in it. Why cast him? He’s not even a good actor. #Tron πŸŽ₯

11.10.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyday it becomes clearer how he bankrupted four casinos. This is not a healthcare plan. It is merely bully boy boardroom tactics while in the real world US citizens suffer more each day. #USPol #healthcare

10.10.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mr. President. Stop breaking the law.Β 

The shutdown does not give you the right to fire thousands of hard working federal employees.

Instead of giving huge tax breaks to your billionaire friends, show some respect for the struggling working families of our country.

10.10.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2821    πŸ” 584    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 22
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WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

08.10.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4628    πŸ” 2591    πŸ’¬ 434    πŸ“Œ 449

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