Early morning walk past this giant in someone's front yard.
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time.
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rusty
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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Feb 28, 2026
Jfc, Penny Wong!
Regimes that murder their own people, she says, can never be seen as legitimate.
So murdering other regimes' people is just fine, is it Penny?
And murdering your own people if you are a white western nation, is also fine?
It's just when those brown people do it, its heinous. #DoubleStandards
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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Feb 28, 2026
‘Khamenei is dead’: Trump
'Trump is dead': Khamenei
Who knows which is which and who is true?
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@mativity@aus.social
PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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Feb 27, 2026
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 589
I got 7/10!
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/quiz/2026/02/28?rival=0011111101
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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Feb 25, 2026
This Bird is a Water Ninja https://youtube.com/watch?v=73IOqc4IXyg&si=cYQ8Nf8hGS1Zyijz
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The second quiz in the "Common Birds of Australia" series has landed: https://birdbrainer.app ! Some lovely photos here, we think! 😍 Learn birds. Love nature #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | #birdsofthe
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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Feb 24, 2026
@mybirdpins@mstdn.business probably not fair I did this one ☺️
I scored 12/12 (100%) on the Common Birds of Australia (12) quiz at Bird Brainer! https://birdbrainer.app/
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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Feb 24, 2026
What is it with #Millennials and having loud conversations on their mobiles outside so the whole neighbourhood can hear?
Last week it was the dad holding a business meeting on his phone outside my window while waiting for his kid to have her cello lesson, literally leaning against my bedroom wall.
Today its the dad with 4 home-schooled kids up the back, talking loudly about the Frenchies on his building site today and how they were (missed the next bit) with dirt everywhere.
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Visiting Spain this summer? Why not brush up on the bird species you might encounter? "Common Birds of Spain (6)" has landed: https://birdbrainer.app ! Learn birds. Love nature #birdbrainerapp #birdbr
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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Feb 23, 2026
I am listening to the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ theme being played endlessly over and over again by cello and violin at double slow time by the cello teacher and pupils next door. 😖
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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Feb 23, 2026
Also, I am the only one drinking the complimentary sparkling water. Don’t the need to rehydrate why endlessly scrolling the smartphones?
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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Feb 23, 2026
At the dermatologist for my 6 monthly check. Why does no one else in the waiting room ever look like they have skin problems? Just me?
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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Feb 22, 2026
@mybirdpins@mstdn.business I scored 11/12 (92%) on the Common Birds of Wales (12) quiz at Bird Brainer! https://birdbrainer.app/
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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Feb 20, 2026
My usual.
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 588
I got 6/10!
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/quiz/2026/02/21?rival=0110110101
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"Do you come from a land down under.. ?" 👷♂️🚧🙂 The first Australian quiz has landed https://birdbrainer.app ! Find it under its flag, or in the "Australasian Realm" collection. The Rainbow Lorikeet wins
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@mativity@aus.social
PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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Feb 12, 2026
@mybirdpins@mstdn.business but where’s Australia’s favourite, the Tawny Frogmouth, as voted in last year’s #Birdlife and Guardian #BirdOfTheYear poll? 🤷🏻♀️
I scored 6/6 (100%) on the Common Birds of Australia (6) quiz at Bird Brainer! https://birdbrainer.app/
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PhD in thinking (yes), researcher, artist, hooked on nature, cycling, bread-baking, Richter and Pärt, ancient artifacts, Celtic culture & other such things lost in the mists of time. Header: Sunset, Shoal Bay, NSW. Avatar: a Galway hooker
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Feb 10, 2026
I just spent about 40 minutes taking a Creative Australia/Creative Workplaces survey on pay and working conditions, workplace safety, bullying etc.
Noticeably lacking from the survey was any substantial section on mental or physical health problems resulting from the economic/political sphere of the creative industries.
Or on the implications and effects of AI on the workplace and work conditions.
We in the creative industries are increasingly outliers in the economic and political landscape here in Australia, which has serious consequences for our cultural and community development into the future.
The malady of political correctness in arts and culture is only going to get worse, too.
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