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iamanathemadevice.bsky.social
Anathema Device (Brisbane)
@iamanathemadevice.bsky.social
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Married cat lady, extremely boring retired web developer, pro-choice ATHEIST and feminist. #Australian on unceded First Nations territory (Brisbane / Meanjin)

#ActuallyAutistic. She/her. My cats are Shula (black) and Jana (tortie)
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Anathema Device (Brisbane) @iamanathemadevice.bsky.social · Aug 4
All these are accounts I follow for wonderful photography and art of nature ❤️ 1/5‪
@jonathanfoodie.bsky.social
@jocelynanderson.bsky.social
@wa-orchids.bsky.social
@norwichbirder.bsky.social
@gnomieshobbycorner.bsky.social
@sussextangerine.bsky.social
@streetbiologist.bsky.social
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neilcam57.bsky.social
So much singing going on!
Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) male, Superb Fairwren (Malurus cyaneus) female, Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris) male, .
It was a veritable choir!
#Canberra #Australia #birds #BirdPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin
Small olive and grey bird with a white ring around its eye sings. A vibrant blue and black and grey bird sings. A small fluffy whitish and brown bird sings. A bird with a white chin and neck, red eye, black beak and face, grey head and body, and rufous chest and underparts sings.
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
The irony is that one of the reasons Harriet Harman decided not to pursue Badenoch for hacking her website was a belief that more black women in politics was a good thing. So, in a small but salient way, Badenoch owes her position to the very solidarity she now mocks.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Badenoch defends calling chancellor 'spineless' in Budget row
The Conservative Party leader says she was
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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jesszafarris.bsky.social
Please enjoy a moment of puppy bliss with Obi and Fable.
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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happyturtlewalker.bsky.social
Ink and watercolor. Not sure what to do to the rock he is on. #octopus #ink #watercolor #art
Watercolor and ink of an octopus
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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helenczerski.bsky.social
Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech.
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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dereklowe.bsky.social
Leftover basmati rice
A chunky grey squirrel eating a hunk of “tahdig”, the crust from Iranian basmati rice
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
iamanathemadevice.bsky.social
Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008 - Paul Krugman paulkrugman.substack.com/p/getting-re...
Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008
Trump’s cronies are undermining financial stability
paulkrugman.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
Monitoring #squirrelcrimes together. 🥹
Photo of my fluffy white cat Francie and black and white kitten Marcel fading oit at a wooded scene together.
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
iamanathemadevice.bsky.social
the man's a drunk idiot cheater. What did they expect?

He and Hanson are made for each other
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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aplante.com
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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neilcam57.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #MorningLight so here's a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) eating an African Tulip seedpod (nasty introduced tree that kills bees).
#Brisbane #Australia #birds #wildlife #birdpic #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin
Large white cockatoo with its sulphur-coloured crest raised eats a seedpod clasped in its left foot while holding onto the very top of a branch with its right. The branch ends with another seedpod vertically across the bird's body.
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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silverdory.bsky.social
Crested sun orchid (Thelymitra × irregularis) west of Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC. Slightly different form of this beautiful naturally occurring hybrid (thought to be a cross between T. ixioides x T. carnea) compared to plants growing further west near Genoa. Only a couple of plants out #orchids
Crested sun orchid (Thelymitra × irregularis) west of Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC.
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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janephuong.bsky.social
Kurrajong
#DailyTree
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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birmo.bsky.social
For me, Barnaby will be forever remembered as the bloke who couldn’t hold his drink, keep his pants on, or accept the science that spelled disaster for the people he swore to serve in the dust-choked margins of rural Australia.
Burqa with the works.
Not to borrow from our accursed American cousins, but I’m going to miss Barnaby Joyce when he’s gone, so I’d like to give thanks, while he’s still with us, for all the years of entertainment he’s prov...
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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gonzo.bsky.social
Behaviores Report: 90% goode 5% trespaced on tha hellocobber shelve 5% went behinde tVee , gott torkeys annyway
Orange and white cat licking a human hand. His behavior report is 90% god, 5% trespassed on the helicopter shelf, 5% went behind the TV. He got turkey anyway.
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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susanmccreery.bsky.social
~ adorning the shore ~
A tawny clump of kelp & Neptune's necklace & an ageing shell, with tiny barnacles clustering round its tip, on the wet sand.
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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wa-orchids.bsky.social
Despite living in the Perth Hills for nearly 20 yrs, I still come across native species I’ve not noticed before… like this lovely Darling Range Beaufortia (Beaufortia macrostemon) which is currently in flower
#ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist
Picture of a spiky red flower next to its purple/green foliage. The top, younger leaves are hairy and the are backlit by morning sunshine
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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itsflanoy.bsky.social
owt of towne gests haff arribed annde picking ubb an holdink haff begonne #buntsgiving
a man in black hoodie and sweatpants stands in a room with a lot of wood and a chrome 3-light standing lamp. He holds an orange and white cat upside down like a baby with one arm - the cat is looking at up at something, probably a bird flying by, out the window.
November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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australia.theguardian.com
Press freedom is being destroyed from Gaza to America. Don’t think it can’t happen here | Kerry O'Brien
Press freedom is being destroyed from Gaza to America. Don’t think it can’t happen here | Kerry O'Brien
Anthony Albanese promised to end the ‘culture of secrecy’. With freedom of speech under attack globally, it’s past time he delivered * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast First things first. It would be remiss of me not to refer specifically to the appalling and outrageous casualty list of Palestinian journalists and other media workers in Israel’s war on Gaza since the brutal attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens two years ago. Having excluded independent global media access inside Gaza, leaving us all to rely on local journalists to bear witness to the devastating effect of Israel’s bombardment on the civilian population of Gaza and the famine that has accompanied it, Israel has failed dismally to explain with any credibility why so many journalists have been killed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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merriam-webster.com
Let’s all go around the table and say one word we’re thankful for.
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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abc-news.bsky.social
Controversial 'Brumby Bill' recognising horses' heritage value dumped: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-28/nsw-upper-house-vote-scrap-brumby-bill/105916360
Controversial 'Brumby Bill' recognising horses' heritage value dumped
The bill which recognised the heritage value of wild horses in horses in Kosciuszko National Park but was widely criticised by conservation groups will be scrapped after a vote to repeal the law passed NSW parliament.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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marquelawyers.com.au
..aaand they've reestablished it, after being reminded this is the 21st century
marquelawyers.com.au marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 1d
The Australian Bar Association Council has shut down its Diversity & Inclusion Committee, presumably because the problem has been fixed. Isn't that nice.
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
iamanathemadevice.bsky.social
well done!
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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ianbetteridge.com
Granpa Elon is off his meds again.
Tweet from Elon “Nazi salute” Musk saying “Falsely labeling non-violent people as "fascist" or "Nazi" should be treated as incitement to murder”
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
iamanathemadevice.bsky.social
so @quietriotpod.bsky.social, have you guys seen this?
barristersecret.bsky.social The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM