Marilyn C
@lyrebird1.bsky.social
Journo, writer, publicist for music festival. Formerly Mme Macaron at Dream Cuisine. Award winning writer of short stories, crime fiction and historical novel. Dog lover: kelpies & greyhounds. Pub of Swifty the Greyhound where is my Pie?All opinions my own
Great idea!
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Great idea!
Melbourne apparently has the biggest tram network in the world! I love trams…
Melbourne's history with trams goes back 140 years. The city got its first tram in 1885 and the fleet has grown to become the world's largest tram network.
The public transport punt that changed Melbourne
Melbourne's history with trams goes back 140 years. The city got its first tram in 1885 and the fleet has grown to become the world's largest tram network.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Melbourne apparently has the biggest tram network in the world! I love trams…
This kid has style!
A 15-year-old is unmasked as the "Fedora man" in a viral image taken outside the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist.
French 'Fedora man' pictured at Louvre heist scene unmasked
A 15-year-old is unmasked as the "Fedora man" in a viral image taken outside the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This kid has style!
Every writer should read this-
'copyright law, and its brutally simple conceptualisation that the essence of infringement is the making of a physical copy, is completely and utterly obsolete... it is seeking to answer the wrong questions.'
'copyright law, and its brutally simple conceptualisation that the essence of infringement is the making of a physical copy, is completely and utterly obsolete... it is seeking to answer the wrong questions.'
Copyright is dead. When it comes to AI my property has been stolen all the same
The point.com.au
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November 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Every writer should read this-
'copyright law, and its brutally simple conceptualisation that the essence of infringement is the making of a physical copy, is completely and utterly obsolete... it is seeking to answer the wrong questions.'
'copyright law, and its brutally simple conceptualisation that the essence of infringement is the making of a physical copy, is completely and utterly obsolete... it is seeking to answer the wrong questions.'
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It’s come to this. So sad for my once amazing organisation.
That said, I still say 99% of people at the operational coalface put 110% every day into making Australia safer and more prosperous. I’ve never experienced more passion in a public service. Anywhere.
New CEO literally starts tomorrow.
That said, I still say 99% of people at the operational coalface put 110% every day into making Australia safer and more prosperous. I’ve never experienced more passion in a public service. Anywhere.
New CEO literally starts tomorrow.
BoM move to axe free flood warning tool has ‘potentially deadly consequences’, Queensland councils say
BoM move to axe free flood warning tool has ‘potentially deadly consequences’, Queensland councils say
Bureau of Meteorology says current system will be phased out as it no longer meets ‘cybersecurity, stability and resilience’ standards
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Natural disaster-prone councils in south-east Queensland say the Bureau of Meteorology’s decision to axe its free real-time flood forecasting tool is a “cost shifting” exercise with “potentially deadly consequences”, with New South Wales emergency services also affected.
For nearly 30 years, the BoM has provided local governments, emergency services and water managers around the country with free access to Enviromon – a tool used to inform emergency alert systems which collects, displays and analyses data from rainfall and river level gauges for flood forecasting. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It’s come to this. So sad for my once amazing organisation.
That said, I still say 99% of people at the operational coalface put 110% every day into making Australia safer and more prosperous. I’ve never experienced more passion in a public service. Anywhere.
New CEO literally starts tomorrow.
That said, I still say 99% of people at the operational coalface put 110% every day into making Australia safer and more prosperous. I’ve never experienced more passion in a public service. Anywhere.
New CEO literally starts tomorrow.
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This is so depressing- like the ANU in Canberra
What’s happening to British universities right now is a tragedy www.bbc.com/news/article...
University of Nottingham students fight 'insane' cull of courses
Traitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses.
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is so depressing- like the ANU in Canberra
Isn’t it great when people get together to restore an old building rather than knocking it down?
More than five decades since its heritage cinema closed, movies have returned to the big screen in the NSW town of Yass as part of an ambitious volunteer-led project to revive the town's historic art deco theatre.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Isn’t it great when people get together to restore an old building rather than knocking it down?
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Three hours of complimentary artisanal electricity? What will you do with yours? | First Dog on the Moon
Three hours of complimentary artisanal electricity? What will you do with yours? | First Dog on the Moon
Mine bitcoin (do not do this)
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November 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Three hours of complimentary artisanal electricity? What will you do with yours? | First Dog on the Moon
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Hey can you do something about climate change? No but here's some free electricity! Cool no worries tku. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Three hours of complimentary artisanal electricity? What will you do with yours? | First Dog on the Moon
Mine bitcoin (do not do this)
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Hey can you do something about climate change? No but here's some free electricity! Cool no worries tku. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s hard to imagine how a website could cost so much!
Tender documents show the true cost of the Bureau of Meteorology's new website might be much higher than initially reported.
Sky is the limit for BOM overhaul with cost ranging from $78m to $150m
Tender documents show the true cost of the Bureau of Meteorology's new website might be much higher than initially reported.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It’s hard to imagine how a website could cost so much!
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Scientists believe they have identified the species responsible for the toxins in South Australia's marine algal bloom that have killed millions of aquatic animals.
Scientists hopeful they have found source of South Australian algal bloom
Scientists believe they have identified the species responsible for the toxins in South Australia's marine algal bloom that have killed millions of aquatic animals.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Scientists believe they have identified the species responsible for the toxins in South Australia's marine algal bloom that have killed millions of aquatic animals.
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A founding director of the widely boycotted Bendigo Writers Festival says major sponsor La Trobe University pressured organisers into sending a controversial code of conduct.
Documents reveal lead up to failed writers festival boycott
A founding director of the widely boycotted Bendigo Writers Festival says major sponsor La Trobe University pressured organisers into sending a controversial code of conduct.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A founding director of the widely boycotted Bendigo Writers Festival says major sponsor La Trobe University pressured organisers into sending a controversial code of conduct.
Who doesn’t love penguins ?
A re-establishing little penguin colony, once locally extinct, is finding its feet on the NSW far south coast.
World's smallest penguins return to coastal hamlet after 30-year disappearance
A re-establishing little penguin colony, once locally extinct, is finding its feet on the NSW far south coast.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Who doesn’t love penguins ?
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A hidden group of koalas is found for the first time in a remote area of the New South Wales Snowy Mountains.
Thermal drones key to 'incredibly exciting' koala cluster discovery
A hidden group of koalas is found for the first time in a remote area of the New South Wales Snowy Mountains.
www.abc.net.au
November 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
A hidden group of koalas is found for the first time in a remote area of the New South Wales Snowy Mountains.
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Now this is interesting…
November 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Now this is interesting…
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ICYMI- yesterday’s cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
ICYMI- yesterday’s cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com
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Respect 🫡
Joan Baez has now pulled her music from Amazon.
Joan Baez has now pulled her music from Amazon.
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Respect 🫡
Joan Baez has now pulled her music from Amazon.
Joan Baez has now pulled her music from Amazon.
Such a brilliant cartoonist!
October 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Such a brilliant cartoonist!
And there's nowhere to hide....
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
And there's nowhere to hide....
Amy is so worth reading! Hope she doesn’t get ulcers…
Haha! Coffee number three is about to hit my poor abused stomach as my poor abused brain takes in parliament. Come join my descent into ulcers and the abyss at The Point Live
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October 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Amy is so worth reading! Hope she doesn’t get ulcers…
The Australia Institute has a new newsy webpage: it will keep you up to date with a wide range of important issues
@thepointau.bsky.social
@thepointau.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The Australia Institute has a new newsy webpage: it will keep you up to date with a wide range of important issues
@thepointau.bsky.social
@thepointau.bsky.social
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I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
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Our healthcare system is strained with packed waiting rooms, patients waiting in pain for years, and delayed appointments due to cost. But a solution exists.
A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion a year, funding that could help our healthcare system.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion a year, funding that could help our healthcare system.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Our healthcare system is strained with packed waiting rooms, patients waiting in pain for years, and delayed appointments due to cost. But a solution exists.
A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion a year, funding that could help our healthcare system.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion a year, funding that could help our healthcare system.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol