Paul M
@quolltracks.bsky.social
Professional plant nerd, volunteer firefighter, amateur blacksmith, irregular motorcyclist, general wreck on tour.
(and yes that is me but with a little photoshopping)
(and yes that is me but with a little photoshopping)
This.
People throw this cultural safety word around a lot.
So let’s make this really simple for the kids in the back stalls.
You need to listen more and talk less when you’re around Indigenous voices and cultural knowledge holders.
Not hard.
So let’s make this really simple for the kids in the back stalls.
You need to listen more and talk less when you’re around Indigenous voices and cultural knowledge holders.
Not hard.
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This.
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I do wish Australian businesses would stop using the American “Black Friday Sale” Black Friday has a whole other meaning in Australia it’s an insult to the dead
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_F...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_F...
Black Friday bushfires - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I do wish Australian businesses would stop using the American “Black Friday Sale” Black Friday has a whole other meaning in Australia it’s an insult to the dead
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_F...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_F...
The algorithm has kicked up some Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Real rhythm, not algorithm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKkZ...
Real rhythm, not algorithm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKkZ...
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Up Above My Head live [Colourised] 1964
YouTube video by blues.in.colour
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The algorithm has kicked up some Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Real rhythm, not algorithm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKkZ...
Real rhythm, not algorithm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKkZ...
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Sandwich guy..Not guilty
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Sandwich guy..Not guilty
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Claiming “strong environmental laws hurt business is like claiming it’s bad for restaurants to have food safety standards. It might be easier in the short term to let your prawns bake in the sun all day, but poisoning your customers isn’t a sustainable business model.”
www.smh.com.au/national/our...
www.smh.com.au/national/our...
Our law to ‘save’ nature is a rubber stamp for species extinction
After decades of Australian governments standing by while native species perish, Labor’s new environment bill offers little hope.
www.smh.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Claiming “strong environmental laws hurt business is like claiming it’s bad for restaurants to have food safety standards. It might be easier in the short term to let your prawns bake in the sun all day, but poisoning your customers isn’t a sustainable business model.”
www.smh.com.au/national/our...
www.smh.com.au/national/our...
Confession time, percentage wise I've probably done better out of horse racing than probably anyone else on the planet.
I think the only time I've ever bet on a horse race was about 10c on a Melbourne Cup sweeps in primary school, a few yrs ago I worked casually for a local horse stud for 3 yrs.
I think the only time I've ever bet on a horse race was about 10c on a Melbourne Cup sweeps in primary school, a few yrs ago I worked casually for a local horse stud for 3 yrs.
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Confession time, percentage wise I've probably done better out of horse racing than probably anyone else on the planet.
I think the only time I've ever bet on a horse race was about 10c on a Melbourne Cup sweeps in primary school, a few yrs ago I worked casually for a local horse stud for 3 yrs.
I think the only time I've ever bet on a horse race was about 10c on a Melbourne Cup sweeps in primary school, a few yrs ago I worked casually for a local horse stud for 3 yrs.
Murray Watt squats beside dead fish, rather symbolic of the whole thing really.
Australia's nature laws are the most powerful protection we have against environmental destruction and species extinction.
Our new environmental laws are 5 years in the making, and 1,500 pages long.
Our new environmental laws are 5 years in the making, and 1,500 pages long.
Do new environment laws actually help the environment?
Ambiguous language in draft national environment laws means acting on scientific facts or not will come down to ministerial discretion.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Murray Watt squats beside dead fish, rather symbolic of the whole thing really.
Murray Watt looks upon the hopes and dreams of millions of Australians who wanted a better environment.
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Murray Watt looks upon the hopes and dreams of millions of Australians who wanted a better environment.
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Save the Melbourne Heritage Fleet.
👇
Please write a letter to Premier Jacinta Allen, Minister Harriet Shing and your local State and Federal MP (send one to anyone you feel should be listening.
Save the Melbourne Heritage Fleet.
www.savetheheritagefleet.com
#auspol #SpringSt
👇
Please write a letter to Premier Jacinta Allen, Minister Harriet Shing and your local State and Federal MP (send one to anyone you feel should be listening.
Save the Melbourne Heritage Fleet.
www.savetheheritagefleet.com
#auspol #SpringSt
Home | Save The Heritage Fl
www.savetheheritagefleet.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Save the Melbourne Heritage Fleet.
👇
Please write a letter to Premier Jacinta Allen, Minister Harriet Shing and your local State and Federal MP (send one to anyone you feel should be listening.
Save the Melbourne Heritage Fleet.
www.savetheheritagefleet.com
#auspol #SpringSt
👇
Please write a letter to Premier Jacinta Allen, Minister Harriet Shing and your local State and Federal MP (send one to anyone you feel should be listening.
Save the Melbourne Heritage Fleet.
www.savetheheritagefleet.com
#auspol #SpringSt
So, why did that Werewolf have a Chinese menu in his hand?
So many questions.
So many questions.
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
So, why did that Werewolf have a Chinese menu in his hand?
So many questions.
So many questions.
Ok, so Halloween is coming, if you're into that kind of thing do the right thing for the environment, plastic, non biodegradable skeletons end up in landfill or get blown away and are just a disaster.
If you're gunna hang up skeletons, use the original organic biodegradable ones.
If you're gunna hang up skeletons, use the original organic biodegradable ones.
October 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Ok, so Halloween is coming, if you're into that kind of thing do the right thing for the environment, plastic, non biodegradable skeletons end up in landfill or get blown away and are just a disaster.
If you're gunna hang up skeletons, use the original organic biodegradable ones.
If you're gunna hang up skeletons, use the original organic biodegradable ones.
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I've been in the RFS for around 36 years & Landcare around 30, I love the anarchistic nature of both, the ability to say "no", alternately to say "get f&cked" to senior management, it can be true grassroots democracy, determining what your area needs & getting it done.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I've been in the RFS for around 36 years & Landcare around 30, I love the anarchistic nature of both, the ability to say "no", alternately to say "get f&cked" to senior management, it can be true grassroots democracy, determining what your area needs & getting it done.
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Using ChatGPT
What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?
August 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Using ChatGPT
My favourite part of emails is the "reply all" button.
October 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
My favourite part of emails is the "reply all" button.
Borderforce here would do exactly the same.
America has lost all moral authority...lost its soul. Lost its humanity.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Borderforce here would do exactly the same.
Going anywhere else I'd think this was a joke, but I was on my way to Merriwa....
(I do like the town, including it's various oddities
(I do like the town, including it's various oddities
October 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Going anywhere else I'd think this was a joke, but I was on my way to Merriwa....
(I do like the town, including it's various oddities
(I do like the town, including it's various oddities
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The gambling industry is predatory and insidious.
I quit the Parliamentary Sports Club a few weeks ago, when I discovered it had registered as a lobbyist group and was sponsored by the gambling peak body.
The industry will do anything to wield influence on pollies, and hates being called out.
I quit the Parliamentary Sports Club a few weeks ago, when I discovered it had registered as a lobbyist group and was sponsored by the gambling peak body.
The industry will do anything to wield influence on pollies, and hates being called out.
October 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The gambling industry is predatory and insidious.
I quit the Parliamentary Sports Club a few weeks ago, when I discovered it had registered as a lobbyist group and was sponsored by the gambling peak body.
The industry will do anything to wield influence on pollies, and hates being called out.
I quit the Parliamentary Sports Club a few weeks ago, when I discovered it had registered as a lobbyist group and was sponsored by the gambling peak body.
The industry will do anything to wield influence on pollies, and hates being called out.
Visited NZ 12 years ago, noted the countryside grazed to the ground, very green due to regular rain but very hard grazing, realised the "clean green" image was aspirational. Surprised to see how bad it is re rivers and lakes.
The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Visited NZ 12 years ago, noted the countryside grazed to the ground, very green due to regular rain but very hard grazing, realised the "clean green" image was aspirational. Surprised to see how bad it is re rivers and lakes.
30 seconds of chickens. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcXy...
30 seconds of chickens
YouTube video by Old Fat Firefighter
www.youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
30 seconds of chickens. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcXy...
When television was good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rca_...
Alcoholic Milf Sandra Lee.
YouTube video by Kod3Gr33n
www.youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
When television was good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rca_...