Fran Yule
fjyule.bsky.social
Fran Yule
@fjyule.bsky.social
Kind of surprised I'm 80 and still standing - born a natural socialist/humanitarian despite being surrounded by racists, zenophobes, misogynists, patriarchal laws and social norms.
Never excelled or even conquered anything in particular but I've explored
Legendary guitarist for Booker T and the MG’s Steve Cropper, who also played with the Blues Brothers, has died aged 84.

The Grammy Award winner also co-wrote and played on Otis Redding’s defining song Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay and Wilson Pickett’s In the Midnight Hour.
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A newly discovered and extremely rare plant species in Malaysia has been found in a forest park and picnic spot with less than 20 known species and critically endangered.

Thismia selangorensis, ‘fairy lantern’ plant species was found in Taman Eko Rimba Sungai Chongkak, Selangor, Malaysia.
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Ted Egan, a folk musician who both served as the Crown's representative in the Northern Territory and reinvented the beer box as a musical instrument, has died aged 93.

VALE WARRIOR
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Fouad Masri, 50, pleaded not guilty after projecting a number of pro-Palestinian messages onto the Sydney Opera House stairs. His lawyers said the case had significant ramifications for freedom of speech.
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The co-founder of major modelling agency Next Models, Faith Kates, has quietly exited the company after her friendly emails with Jeffrey Epstein resurfaced.
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
AI generated pic on TikTok as part of the Australian anti-immigrant movement.
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Any Comments????
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What Putin wants are the pink areas -cede them and the war stops
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
www.msn.com/en-au/news/a... Urgent search for missing baby boy in Queensland
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
November 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
African lovegrass is an Australian environmental catastrophe - if y'have it on your property - kill it/dig it out
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Georgia Guidestones
bombed but history prevails
There's a couple of doozies in this guide
The last one, however...........
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
November 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
15-yr-old Noah Jones is fighting the social media ban legislation in the High Court.

"I find it hard to believe that the Australian government is keeping the children out of the platforms, but not trying to get rid of the predators that are actually doing the harm on these platforms," he said.
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Aussies - remember Abbott being anti-same sex marriage?

Mural artist Scott Marsh, who painted the striking mural at Redfern in Sydney's inner south during 2017, said he was disappointed his art had disappeared after 8 years.

It's so perfect, what a pity.
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
In my 81 yrs I have never had to rescue a lizard (King Skink) out of a toilet bowl. Always a first.
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A politician named after Adolf Hitler Uunona is set to win reelection in Namibia this week.

He has no interest in world domination or genocide and his father was unaware of the German dictator’s actions when he named him.
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Hard to believe it's related to the Kookaburra.
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Researchers have spotted an “exceptionally rare” pink grasshopper near a lake in New Zealand, a discovery that sheds more light on colour-related mutations in insects.

The Sigaus robustus is one of New Zealand’s largest grasshoppers, found in shades of grey or brown.
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Haaretz
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM