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James R. Byrne 📚🇦🇺🌻
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Traveller | Author | Neurodivergent
A Townsville aviation student who writes. Also kinda revolutionary when drinking 🍸
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My memoir of my volunteering days from the YWAM ship to the 2019 floods. It's a story about resilience, community, and the people who rise to help after life's storms

#author #newbook #preorder #Townsville #volunteering #queensland #ywam #memoir #authorlife #indieauthor
A Time For Volunteers: From Papua New Guinea to the Townsville Floods
A Time For Volunteers: From Papua New Guinea to the Townsville Floods eBook : Byrne, James R.: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store
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I dunno, I’m thinking the bigger issue is not having an insane sick fuck POTUS with insane sick fuck thoughts.

Not that the insane sick fuck POTUS needs to kept his insane sick fuck-ness to himself.
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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December 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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This guy disarming the terrorist at Bondi Beach, Australia, can only be described as hero.
December 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#doctorwho fans, I found a hidden #fanmade gem of #lego. Oh, yes! Lego Doctor Who, and surprisingly lore accurate too!

#newvideo #react #doctorwhofan #oldschool

youtu.be/hWspphpWAIY?...
Reacting to Lego Doctor Who - Episode 6: The Zygma Experiment (by thegreattotemaster)
YouTube video by James R. Byrne
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December 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Sold copies of my book at a market here in Townsville for the first time! A great achievement, personally. My book is for all in the #qld community looking for #localhistory

#author #authorlife #booksky #indieauthor #atimeforvolunteers #Townsville #Australia #market
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
NEW YT VIDEO about my latest, and first, book now available - "A Time For Volunteers: From Papua New Guinea to the Townsville Floods"

#newvideo #authorlife #booksky #Townsville #qld #papuanewguinea #selfpublished #memoir #book #newrelease #indieauthor
I'm Published! (A Time For Volunteers)
YouTube video by James R. Byrne
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November 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
New helicopter sighted here in #Townsville. The #Aussiearmy AH-64E Apache Guardian of the 1st Aviation Regiment. Awesome!

#army #planespotting #ah64 #australianarmy #qld
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”

Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Trump seems more unstable today than ever. If that’s even possible.
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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As an author, I don't make a whole lot of money, but at the same time I need to read a lot of books to stay aware of trends and support my fellow authors. Obviously if I spend all my profits on other people's books, I'm not coming out ahead!

So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Putin emboldened and, it seems, soon to be rewarded for his aggression against Ukraine thanks to Trump. Still not yet a year in office, so there’s plenty more global damage he could do. 🤬
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Self-defence!? China is the one threatening Taiwan with military intervention. That is not self defence! Taiwan has the right to its own self defence.
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Going to bed. Please nobody end the world as we know it while I'm gone!
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I like this one. 👌
I want AI to do the laundry and my admin while I write and illustrate books.

I don't want AI to write and illustrate books while I do the laundry and admin.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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When Trump was asked about the release of the Epstein files, he called one reporter "piggy" and said another was "being insubordinate."

When Trump saw a video calling on the military to follow the constitution, he called for the death of the Democrats who made the video.

He's a tyrant.
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is actually frickin' insane, even by Trump's standards!
The President of the United States just called for Democratic lawmakers to be killed. Trump is putting my colleagues’ lives at risk because they have exercised their free speech rights under the First Amendment and Speech and Debate Clause.
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Puck Futin! Australia stands against this aggression!

#standwithukraine #puckfutin
Stop paying Putin
www.smh.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 AM
From Jen Stout's A Night Train To Odesa: Covering the Cost of Russia's War.

My thoughts exactly. I have been warning of this myself however possible.

#ukraine #standwithukraine #slavaukraine #journalism #booksky #reading #book
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Absolutely! There are also many authors (like moi) that write books about current new and world events - Messages of "war is hell," "freedom isn't free," "evil should not prevail."
Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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On this and every Veterans Day, we honor those who served and the sacrifices they made to defend our country.

We can never fully repay our veterans, but we can honor their service by ensuring they have access to the care and services they deserve. 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Ukrainian artist: Mykola Burachek
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ebook available!

My memoir of my volunteering days from the YWAM ship to the 2019 floods. It's a story about resilience, community, and the people who rise to help after life's storms!

#author #newbook #preorder #Townsville #volunteering #queensland #ywam #memoir #authorlife #indieauthor
A Time For Volunteers: From Papua New Guinea to the Townsville Floods eBook : Byrne, James R.: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store
A Time For Volunteers: From Papua New Guinea to the Townsville Floods eBook : Byrne, James R.: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM