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🤍🖤❤️ Shop Sale 🤍🖤❤️

This is the first piece in what will be a series of 4, and it is now available in my shop. Winter, or "fuyu" in Japanese, has its own unique beauty, and I love the quietness that a fresh snowfall brings. 🤍

www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1780...
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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‘The People vs Robodebt’ won Best Documentary at the AACTA Awards
February 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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If Albanese does agree, hasn't at this stage. We need to make sure MPs get the message that this is NOT supported by most of we voters.
February 3, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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Outrageous
Exclusive | The Albanese government is handing access to Australians’ biometric data and ID documents to US agencies like ICE, and not telling anyone. @keanebernard.bsky.social reports.
Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians' biometric data, ID documents
www.crikey.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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Snowdrops are native to Eastern Europe and had been associated with Candlemas (2nd February) as their flowering period coincides with the feast of the purification of the Virgin after childbirth.

In 1596, London based botanist Gerard is the first one to mention them growing on English soil.
February 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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February 1, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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“I will tell you a story while we are waiting,” said Frog.

“Oh good,” said Toad.
February 1, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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January 30, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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A simple snowscape I painted a little while back. I hope it brings a moment of calm and quiet to your day. 🤍
January 30, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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We hope the good people of #SanFrancisco will forgive us for adapting a song about their city in 1967 to address the shocking and tragic events in #Minnesota in recent weeks. This is dedicated to Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and in solidarity. Our version is called "Minnesota" ❤️

youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM
"Minnesota" - Marsh Family adaptation of "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)"
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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Calls have grown for an alleged homemade bomb – which was was thrown into the crowd at Perth’s Invasion Day rally – to be investigated as an act of terrorism

Greens MP Sophie McNeill says authorities must “prioritise the very real and violent threat posed by the far-right” in WA
January 28, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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If you disagree with having as a public holiday the day on which a British penal colony was founded, and white supremacy, racism, colonialism, land theft, etc against Aboriginal people began; here's an Australian petition for you.
Sign the Petition
Australia Day - Jan 26 - Not A Date To Celebrate
www.change.org
January 26, 2026 at 6:10 AM
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Loving Australia does not mean denying its history. You don’t get to cherry-pick only the comfortable parts and call it progress.

Loving Australia means wanting a national day that includes everyone, not demanding silence from those it excludes.
#ChangeTheBloodyDateAlready
January 26, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Went to see ‘My Brother’s Band’ at Palace Cinema today. Clean air (but of course I still masked) and enjoyed the movie. Would recommend if you’re in the mood for ‘a good cry’ (as compared to a bad one)🥲
January 24, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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January 22, 2026 at 3:29 AM
I mean it’s about Greenland and colonialism. I feel like I’m in a story and the slightly heavy handed subtext is I’m watching this show❄️
Watching Smilla’s Sense of Snow on SBS streaming. Weirdly relevant to current geopolitics for something based on a book written in 1992. (Author Peter Hoeg). I read the book in the 1990s and can remember enjoying it but (luckily) not most of the plot. Yay for SBS!
January 12, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Watching Smilla’s Sense of Snow on SBS streaming. Weirdly relevant to current geopolitics for something based on a book written in 1992. (Author Peter Hoeg). I read the book in the 1990s and can remember enjoying it but (luckily) not most of the plot. Yay for SBS!
January 12, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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Sickness, Disability, and Death in NHS England Staff

The three graphs that *every person* needs to see.

The question that every single person needs to ask their government:
What are you doing to protect me from Covid infection?
January 10, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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Good news for us all—but particularly for COVID safe & airborne-aware advocates.
“Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient…”
Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised
Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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January 8, 2026 at 7:21 AM
January 8, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Feeling really disappointed about the Adelaide Writer’s debacle. It’s tricky as a Covid aware person to travel etc so I have to choose and plan carefully and now it’s for naught. It’s nothing compared to the sacrifices the authors/panel members are making but damn why can’t we have good things
January 8, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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If you're wondering what the book selection on Kobo/ Kobo Plus is like, there's A LOT of books from over 50 authors on the below thread.

If you've got Kobo book recs, feel free to add them to the thread!

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To give us an idea of books available on Kobo & Kobo Plus, I'd like to do a Kobo Books Thread🧵

So authors drop your;
Genre & book or series description
Kobo link & graphic
Let us know if your book's also in Kobo Plus!

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January 5, 2026 at 5:49 AM