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embilbie
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embilbie.bsky.social
At some point in the past 12 months at my work, everyone in a key executive reporting role that speaks to their portfolios in an all-staff meeting has started to sound like they're approximately 12 years old
February 17, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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I say this from bitter experience—never, never, ever try to outdrink a librarian.
emexastris.bsky.social Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · May 24
A librarian friend of mine likes to tell the story of how the library conference drank all the tequila in (iirc) San Antonio’s conference center, so that’s the one to beat.
May 24, 2024 at 6:12 AM
embilbie.bsky.social
Oh dear www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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assignedmale.bsky.social
I'm not saying that Canada is perfect, I'm saying that the bar is pretty low right now.
Four frame comic. First frame shows a Canadian flag. Text reads : the new canadian citizenship policy, which was enacted in December 2025, restores citizenship by descent, for ancestors as far as you can prove. 2nd frame shows a locomotive. Text reads : that means that if one of your grandparents, great-grand- parents or even farther was demonstrably born in Canada, you don't even need to apply for citizenship - you are retro- actively granted it. Third frame shows an old dusty register book. Text reads : the process involves linking your CanadA-born ancestor to yourself by digging up a paper trail of birth or wedding certificates, proof of immigration or adoption, etc. thanks to Canadian archive- keeping traditions, this is possible by reaching out to towns, parishes, national archives*... Fourth frame shows old factory chimneys. Text reads : between 1840 and 1930, 925 000 French-Canadians fled persecution and economic oppression by moving to the usa. today, their descendants represent around ten million people, or 3% of the U.s. population. if it's time for you to come back, we haven't forgotten about you.
February 10, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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bonitoclub.bsky.social
"How is it that people engaged in peaceful prayer can be moved on faster, more forcibly, than black-shirted Neo-Nazis standing outside NSW Parliament?" - Ed Husic
"How is it that people engaged in peaceful prayer can be moved on faster, more forcibly, than black-shirted Neo-Nazis standing outside NSW Parliament?" Ed Husic
February 10, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

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Draw a horse, watch it run!
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February 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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fionakatauskas.bsky.social
I have many, many favourite Kudelka cartoons but this, from 2011, is possibly one of the best Aus pol cartoons ever drawn.
Scene is Julia Gillard and Chris Bowen (then Min for Immigration) in a lighthouse with "Light on the Hill: written under the bulb. Gillard is turning the light off, saying 'It was attracting the boats"
February 9, 2026 at 1:49 AM
embilbie.bsky.social
Natasha Lyonne
ceilidhann.bsky.social Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 10d
Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
pajiba.com Pajiba @pajiba.com · 10d
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
February 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
embilbie.bsky.social
My sister is selling her house in Noojee, please consider: www.realestate.com.au/property-hou... #nature #birds #vegetablegarden #bush #fruittrees #forest #greatlocalpub
www.realestate.com.au
February 6, 2026 at 11:18 PM
embilbie.bsky.social
Indescribably happy to have found a cozy fantasy series I haven't read yet. There are quite a lot of volumes too. Hooray! That will keep me going for a few days
February 4, 2026 at 9:09 AM
embilbie.bsky.social
Thanking all the gods for a SE wind. I slept with a doona on last night 💤
February 1, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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Early Arthropods

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3-panel comic. (1) [Three small arthropods on ocean floor.] ARTHROPOD 1: Now that we’re multicellular, what are your plans? I’m gonna evolve little legs and swim around with them! ARTHROPOD 2: I’m gonna evolve sharp pincers and use them to crunch stuff! ARTHROPOD 3: I’m gonna evolve glands to make string from my butt and use it to construct elaborate geometric nets hundreds of times my size to catch other animals. (2) [Silence] (3) ARTHROPOD 1: *Dude.* ARTHROPOD 2: Can you *please* just be normal about this? ARTHROPOD 3: *What??!*
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
embilbie.bsky.social
for those of us experiencing extreme heat in the southern hemisphere today, this is a nice distraction. Sound off
January 26, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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kcar.me
How the right wing Atlas Network is shaping your life in Australia, even if you've never heard of it
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-2…
January 25, 2026 at 10:43 PM
embilbie.bsky.social
Always was, always will be #AboriginalLand #NoPrideInGenocide #ChangeTheDate
January 25, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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wikimediafoundation.org
Wikipedia documents the world as it is, through contributions large and small. Articles range from urgent and consequential to obscure, niche, and unexpected, and the images are just as diverse.

Explore the weird and wonderful ➡️ wikipedia25.org/en/weird-and...

#Wikipedia25
A cat covered in packing foam. Text reads: Explore weird & wonderful Wikipedia. Wikipedia spans the serious, the obscure, and the unexpected. Find more Wikipedia oddities on the "25 years of Wikipedia" celebration page.
January 23, 2026 at 8:09 PM
embilbie.bsky.social
44 degrees Tuesday fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
January 23, 2026 at 3:27 AM
embilbie.bsky.social
So I am now 56 years old, which is just surreal.
2 g&ts just absolutely put me on my ear these days so I'm having a nap while listening to one of Pratchett's witch books as read by Indra Varma (Penguin/Audible). I'm fine with this
January 17, 2026 at 8:54 AM
embilbie.bsky.social
I've been holding off reading through this for a bit - couldn't get into it, it's slow to take off and I've been spoilt by fast-paced stuff for so long - but I'm so glad I've tried again and persevered.
Read it if you like dark scholarly gothic travelogue/delayed satisfaction vampire literature
January 17, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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rodneycroome.bsky.social
“It makes no sense to us that half our identity is protected from hate and the other half isn’t. We call on the government to treat anti-LGBTIQA+ hate as seriously as anti-Semitic hate.” - Michael Barnett, Aleph Melbourne

More here: ymlp.com/z2Xfiu
January 13, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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jennaprice.bsky.social
Louise Adler resigns
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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matociquala.bsky.social
Murderbot says, "Become Ungovernable"
January 12, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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matociquala.bsky.social
A frankly astounding Humble Bundle of about 70 books by women SFF writers, including the Iskryne series by @pennyvixen.bsky.social and me and my first two Karen Memory novels, for $25 for the whole bundle, benefitting youth mental health.

www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
Humble Book Bundle: Fierce Women of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror by Open Road Media
Our latest ebook bundle has over 60 of the best sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books written by women! Every purchase supports Active Minds charity!
www.humblebundle.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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mmbb.bsky.social
delighted to report the Canadian Rockies are still one of the most beautiful places on earth. the perfect scenery for my final full day of my transcontinental rail journey
one of the dome cars on the train at Jasper station under very, very early morning pre-dawn light. everything is very blue (and was IRL) a partially frozen lake reflecting the soft, full orange morning sky with mountains towering to one side mount Robson, the tallest mountain in the Canadian Rockies, looming over the rear of the train, the summit is nearly 4km high and is not visible due to clouds a CN freight train rolling towards our train under a very dark sky, while some mountains off in the distance are still illuminated by the sun
January 11, 2026 at 4:36 AM
embilbie.bsky.social
Always fun to be woken up from a Diazepam deep sleep by a lightning strike in the nearby neighborhood
January 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM