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Limey

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Stumbled across an AI slop post on Facebook about a girl called Josephine found abandoned on a train in Laramie WY in 1892 who grew up to be the town doctor. Some of it was plausible but when they said they kept the train car she was found in I knew it was bull! Accompanying photo is clearly AI too

November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Limey

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New growth unfurling: fern fronds going from coiled hairy monkey tails to tall lanky teens.

Tightly coiled new growth fern fronds covered in brown plant hairs giving a monkey like appearance.

Tall new growth fern fronds that are still coiled at the end but have lost most of their money down.

Close up of one new growth frond just beginning to unfurl.

October 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM

Limey

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Ever wondered what would it look like if an insect, a rhino and Squidward from SpongeBob spawned a child? I hadn't but I'm pretty sure this astonishingly ugly bug I found in my garden is the answer.

Close up photo of an insect on a dead leaf surrounded by green foliage. The insect is a light grey brown colour. It has large oblong eyes that are white around the outside and black in the middle. It has a long rounded nose with a black tip that curves downwards.

Same as the first photo but taken from a slightly different angle which shows the antennas on its nose.

October 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM

Limey

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In practice, there's nothing to stop a landlord from kicking a tenant out at any time.

Screenshot of a Reddit post:
r/shitrentals
u/BondiMorbs
Landlord said she was moving in to my flat, moved out two weeks ago and seen it been rented again for higher rent. NSW.
Just wondering if this is legal, my property manager called me in May to say that the landlord was moving in to my property when my lease ended in September.
No talks of a lease renewal and found a new place. But while I was online I saw my old property was rented 3 days ago for a higher price.
I thought they couldn't rent it out for 6 months?
They didn't even put a reason on my termination notice.

October 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM

Limey

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I've just been replaying and rewatching the final moments of this game again and again and again since it finished lol

Also, love the flying pony plait in this pic!

#Netball #SSN2025 #SWIvVIX

Kate Eddy with her long brown pony plait flying through the air. She's holding a netball and has her right thumb strapped. She's wearing her navy Melbourne Vixen's dress and a black armband. Her lips are pursed. There's also a graphic with the final score. Vixens 66. Swifts 65.

July 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM

Limey

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That time I (featherless being) stayed at an Airbnb (rotating human nest) in Warrandyte and wrote about an interaction with a Magpie from the Magpie's perspective, of course.

I don't remember why I shooed the bird away or if I just added that for dramatic effect!

Photo of a living room window. In the bottom right-hand corner is the end of a couch. Through the window is a lush green bushland of gum trees and grass. On the deck railing sits a Magpie.

Photo of a handwritten diary which reads:
"Warrandyte

A magpie.

I went to check on the rotating human nest today to see what the latest featherless being looks like. One brown headed pale adult wearing bright colours & patterns more common in the females of the species. She appeared on the couch, lying down. When she spotted me she came to the nest door and made quiet human calls at me. I tried to get closer to her to make more observations but she closed the door and went back to her position on the couch. I backed off in the hopes she would come to the door again-which she did not long later! So I took my opportunity and again landed on the polished branch outside the clear walls. This time she made boisterous"
The end of the entry is in next photo.

Photo of the end of the diary entry from the last photo. It reads: "calls and flapped her featherless wing at me so I took the warning and flew out of there."

June 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Limey

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My favourite moment 😂

"We take these balls strong like a motherfucker!"

#MAVvSWI

June 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM

Limey

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The twist I didn't see coming - this was a real thing!!!

Here's a newspaper clipping from 1952.

Newspaper clipping that reads: "Rule for This Week: Clapping or Calling for the Ball: No player may call out or clap hands to attract attention of player in possession of ball. Penalty for this is a free pass against offender. Remember basketball is a silent game. A captain is the only player privileged to speak aloud during the game. This applies only whilst coaching-speaking aloud for any other purpose is considered an infringement."

June 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM

Limey

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There's a lady on Instagram claiming that TALKING on the netball court was BANNED in the early 20th century and that players had to rely on hand signals and eye contact to communicate. I would love to know her sources for this because quite honestly it sounds like bullshit but I'm not allowed to ask

Screenshot of a comment from plumandbushbanana on Instagram says "Do you know when and where this was the case? I haven't come across this rule in my research of netball history in Australia." The reply from netballtragics says "@plumandbushbanana

When you are a public account and when your account shows any interest in netball, I'll take some interest in your comment"

June 22, 2025 at 4:36 AM

Limey

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SSN expanding to a third team in Queensland would be very interesting #netball

Screenshot from LNT on Twitter: "Sorry on another note we all know the expansion for SSN is coming. Titans most likely will get a licence so I've heard. Firebirds will have to contend with SCL and titans for talent pathways they need to reset before the expansion #netballchaos #FIRVVIX"

May 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM

Limey

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The post match Jamaican meet up was super cute!
#THUvFEV

May 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM

Limey

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Hard to get a good photo but I pressed a few plants a while back and laminated them. I was surprised by how good it looks. Pressed plants look so good it's hard to go wrong with them so your big one will look amazing!

May 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM

Limey

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Like a pig in mud or a dog with bubbles to catch.

May 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM

Limey

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Tania and Cathy went to every appointment! What a beautiful netball community they have at the Thunderbirds 🥰

Screenshot of Shamera Sterling-Humphry's Instagram answering the question "How did you feel playing while in the first trimester?": Morning sickness got me but didn't get the best of me. Had a lot a cramps and I slept a lot. I was always tired. Was eating a lot. Still eating a lot. I cried a lot. I was very emotional for no reason whatsoever. did you see how i cried for diddy in that swifts game? With my appointments, Tania and Cathy came to every appointment with me especially Tania. She was Andrew for me. I felt supported from the club. Really grateful for the support from the club.

May 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM

Limey

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#FindingYourRoots really buried the lead when they chatted to Dax Shepard about his "violent criminal" relatives, the Honchels. Dax's great uncle Oliver beat his own brother Orval to death! Their dad said "they have had a few real spats." Another brother said they fought over "nothing in particular"

Newspaper clipping reads: "Brother Sought in Slaying

An ex-convict was slain early Sunday and police launched a widespread search for his ex-convict brother.

Orval Honchel, 37, was found beaten to death in his home at 12331 Sorrento.

Homicide Detectives Charles Schlacter and Andrew Lovchuk said they learned that his 36-year-old brother, Oliver, had gone to a family friend at 3:15 a.m. and told him that he had beaten "Yogi" to death and had to leave town. "Yogi" was the dead man's nickname.

He bargained with the friend, William J. Vargo, 58, of 2800 Fourth, to trade a station wagon for a panel truck. Vargo refused to trade and when Oliver left with his common-law wife, Marian, 30, Vargo called his son, William Jr., and told him what had happened." Article continues in next photo.

Newspaper article continues: "William, in turn, notified Orval's brother-in-law, Gerald Shepard, who, with another Honchel brother, Douglas, 25, went to Orval's house.

They found him lying face down in a livingroom hallway and notified police.

The father of the Honchel brothers, Calvin, 66, of Cass City, said Orval and Oliver have been enemies for years. "They have had a few real spats," he said.

Douglas said his brothers fought over "nothing in particular and when they're drunk they fight over nothing."

A police teletype for Oliver described him as five feet 10 inches tall, weighing 155 pounds, brown hair, hazel eyes, a 3/4-inch scar on the bridge of his nose and a one-inch scar on the right side of his face. He also has a six-inch scar on his shin." End of article.

April 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM

Limey

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What an incredible story The Good Whale podcast tells! I was just a wee lassie when the movie Free Willy came out so I had no idea about Keiko and the campaign to free him. Imagine being a whale that doesn't even know how to eat live fish!!