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tinywires

@tinywires.bsky.social

tinywires - a lass from melbourne, australia

photography || music banter || sports banter || self raising flour👀

won't follow you back if your account is overly political ✂️

happily attached to a 🥝

#RushFamily #EastCoastKin

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tinywires @tinywires.bsky.social · Sep 12

hi! i'm tinywires from melbourne, australia 🇦🇺.

I quietly hang out here and post some of my photography, babble about baked goods, books, birdlife and music (namely Rush - #RushFamily)

thanks for following, liking and reposting 💙

Black and white photo of power lines and railway tracks with industrial structures in the background, taken from inside a moving train. Photo taken between North Melbourne and Macaulay train stations, Melbourne, Victoria

A giraffe eats leaves in his zoo enclosure. The Sydney Harbour Bridge can be seen in the distance. Photo taken at Taronga Zoo, New South Wales

A woman wearing a coat walks on a footpath in an urban area, with a red Sydney tram and skyscrapers in the background. Autumn trees line the street, and other pedestrians are present. Photo taken in Sydney Central Business District, Australia

Black and white photo of four stacked industrial dryers in a laundromat, with tiled floor and visible reflections on the machine doors. Photo taken at Essendon Laundromat, Essendon, Victoria, Australia as a quiet nod to the driers used as props during Rush's concerts

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Asher Wolf

@asherwolf.bsky.social

Mallacoota? Courtesy of @will.cowie on TikTok.

#VicFires

January 9, 2026 at 5:43 AM

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Wolfcat 🥄

@wolfcat.bsky.social

Morning sit rep time.

Shit is bad, it is going to get worse.

The primary Official Source of info is www.emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/

Traffic info
traffic.vicroads.vic.gov.au

RedCross
register.redcross.org.au

BoM
reg.bom.gov.au/vic/warnings/

ABC
www.abc.net.au/emergency/in...

#VicFires

Fire Danger Ratings for Victoria showing Wimmera, Northern Country, North Central and South West in red, everywhere else in orange. Every District has a Total Fire Ban

January 8, 2026 at 7:48 PM

tinywires

@tinywires.bsky.social

Re: my previous post. Those delightful folks at the Bureau of Meteorology just amended the top temp. It's gonna be a dry and windy 45⁰c tomorrow in my corner of the universe 🥵

January 8, 2026 at 12:49 PM

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photoblair.bsky.social

@photoblair.bsky.social

Afternoon Crush.

#Toronto #Streetcar #Photography

Streetcars stuck in traffic near Dundas West subway station in Toronto during an afternoon rush hour in January 2026.

January 8, 2026 at 10:58 AM

tinywires

@tinywires.bsky.social

It's set to reach 44⁰C (111⁰F) where I'm situated in Melbourne tomorrow. Add to that, 45-55km winds. Hot dry winds. Not fun.

Hoping for an effin' huge rain event to put out the numerous bushfires (wildfires) that are burning out of control in my home state of Victoria.

January 8, 2026 at 11:28 AM

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🍎 Lisa Brassington

@agperiurban.bsky.social

#HumeFreeway is currently closed between Violet Town & Avenel, Victoria.

#CFA #EMV EMERGENCY WARNING - #BUSHFIRE - Leave Immediately
Incident Location: #Longwood
Issued: Thur 08 Jan 2026, 06:11am
📽 Videos via Little Yarra CFA brigade 00:30 08/01/26 via www.facebook.com/share/v/1BzB...
📸 Wandong CFA

January 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM

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Will W 🐝🐺🇪🇺

@palantir135.bsky.social

#vlindermaand #elkedageeninsect #natuur #nature #macro #photography

Groentje (Callophrys rubi)

January 8, 2026 at 8:32 AM

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Guarin 🇯🇪

@guarin-jsy.bsky.social

Setting sail for a morning race from Gunsite beach in St Aubins Bay, Jersey. Always strikes me as a bit chaotic as the crew scramble to get away… ropes, tiller, rudders, trapeze wires everywhere.

#humansofbluesky #photography #hobiecat #jersey #sailing #eastcoastkin

A Hobie cat catamaran sets sail from the beach . Silhouette image of crew scrambling to put things in order. Bright red sails with the sun enhancing their colour. The sea similarly reflects the sun and in the distance Elizabeth Castle sits out in the bay.

January 8, 2026 at 8:37 AM

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It'sFromJenni

@nurjenniii.bsky.social

A blossom a day
Keeps the darkness away
#MacroMonday #Flowers #ColoraDay #Bloomscrolling #Natur #Macro #CloseUp #Wildlife #TTArtisan #Canon #Bluesky #Photography #SchoenesGegenDoofes #ThroughTheWinterWithTheArchive #EastCoastKin

January 8, 2026 at 8:41 AM

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Pete Calandra

@petecalandra.bsky.social

Looking past the Gowanus Canal towards the new downtown Brooklyn skyline yesterday. #urbangaze #skyline #brooklyn #photography #eastcoastkin

View from Union Street north. The Gowanus Canal extends from the bottom to the back of the photo where the canal ends. On the left, you can see preparations for construction of very expensive rental units that are going into this area. At the back of the photo, you can see the skyline of downtown Brooklyn with many newish buildings that have gone up over the past 15 years. The Gowanus Canal is one of the most polluted waterways in the United States and all along. they are building extremely rental units. In the 80s I used to ride my bike through here all the time to get to the Brooklyn Bridge where I would ride to my job in Manhattan and it was deserted filled with chop shops and other businesses.

January 8, 2026 at 9:52 AM

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insidious-insights.bsky.social

@insidious-insights.bsky.social

Back in the 'hood, a winter impression. #Photography #California #EastCoastKin

January 8, 2026 at 9:50 AM

tinywires

@tinywires.bsky.social

The current bushfire situation in Victoria, Australia has taken a frightening turn in the form of pyrocumulonimbus clouds or firestorm clouds.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

What is a pyroCB, a fire-generated thunderstorm?

The fire burning in north-east Victoria near Walwa was so fierce it generated its own weather this afternoon, including a substantial pyrocumulonimbus cloud with lightning and thunder.

www.abc.net.au

January 8, 2026 at 10:57 AM

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Newsroom NZ

@newsroom.co.nz

Sir Tim Shadbolt – one of New Zealand's longest-serving mayors and best-known personalities – died early Thursday morning.

Sir Tim Shadbolt has died aged 78

newsroom.co.nz

January 8, 2026 at 4:24 AM

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Wolfcat 🥄

@wolfcat.bsky.social

State Wide Fire Ban tomorrow.

For your survival, leave bushfire risk areas.

Your life may depend on the decisions you make, even before there is a fire.

Stay safe by going to a safer location early in the morning or the night before.

#Bushfires #Victoria

A map of Weather Districts in Victoria, showing which are in CATASTROPHIC Rating ( Wimmera, North Central and Northern Count ) The rest of the State is in Extreme and the whole State is under a Total Fire Ban.

January 8, 2026 at 1:46 AM

tinywires

@tinywires.bsky.social

Friends moaning to me on socials about how hot it currently is in Melbourne...

Marble Bar enters the group chat with 47⁰c/117⁰F temps on Wednesday...🥵

A screenshot of temperatures in Marble Bar, Western Australia.

January 8, 2026 at 3:36 AM

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Alexandros 🇨🇦

@alexandros2112.bsky.social

In honour of the 6 year anniversary of Neil’s passing, let’s enjoy The Garden. It’s the most beautiful song #Rush had ever done, and it’s the best lyrics Neil has ever written. My favourite song of all time ❤️ #NeilPeart #RushFamily #Canada 🇨🇦

Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour - The Garden

YouTube video by Rush

youtube.com

January 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM

tinywires

@tinywires.bsky.social

One for #RushFamily and anyone else who appreciates Canadian music!
youtu.be/lmm50PHkU8c?...

CFNY: The Spirit of Radio | TVO Docs

YouTube video by TVO Docs

youtu.be

January 7, 2026 at 12:47 PM

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Donna Halper

@devorahleah.bsky.social

Hard to believe that on this day, Jan. 7, 2020, we lost Neil Peart. Not a day goes by when I don't miss him. It was a privilege to know him, and I pray that the cancer that took him (and his brother Danny) will one day soon be cured. May his memory, and his music, live on.