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Andrew
@novisiblemeans.bsky.social
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Life and light and occasional art and cultural thoughts from Hobart, #Tasmania and from my travels. Join me?

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Dumb date clash delivers a blow to #tourism businesses in #Tasmania #travel #AFL #DarkMofo #hobart www.gourmetontheroad.com/2025/11/date...
Date clash a serious stuff up for Hobart's tourism industry
A blog about gourmet travel of interest to those who love wine and food.
www.gourmetontheroad.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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lisatellstruth.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
That money can’t buy happiness is a myth.

“Every dollar shaved off rent or power costs has the same effect as raising incomes for those who need it most. When essentials are affordable, stress declines, resilience rises…”

#wellbeing #happiness #thestatsguy

www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2025...
Turns out money really can buy you happiness, or does it?
Despite the prevailing US$75,000 happiness myth, higher incomes make us more likely to say we live a good life.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
October 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
How many “greats” is too many?

#greatwalks #hiking #australia #tasmania

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
‘It’s become a bit meaningless’: why does Australia have so many new Great Walks?
Whether a clever marketing ploy or truly great by nature, these walks are attracting hikers in increasing numbers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
If you can’t say something nice, then don’t say anything at all.

#australia #statsguy

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Something nice about each state and territory
Welcome to the demographic equivalent of rival compliments with something nice about every Australian state and territory.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
October 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
One of the odder stories of the week.

#paddingtonbear #ukpolitics #satireontrial #spittingimage

independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...
Britain’s appetite for humiliation is insatiable
The boundaries between character rights, intellectual property and the increasingly vicious tone of comedy have rarely looked so blurry.
independentaustralia.net
October 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
Likely #stadium timeline. Satire or Nostradamus-like foresight? You decide.

#tasmania #taspol #tasmaniantimes #nonewstadium

tasmaniantimes.com/2025/10/igno...
Ignoring Experts - Stadium Ignorance, A Trump-esque Folly - Tasmanian Times
Ignorance is Bliss The macro and the micro. Watching Trump addressing world leaders last week at the United Nations, attacking and dismissing climate science as coming from ‘stupid people’ and decryin...
tasmaniantimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
An interesting read for Father’s Day.

theconversation.com/we-studied-1...
We studied 100 years of Australian fatherhood. Here’s how today’s dads differ from their grandfathers
Australian fatherhood remains closely tied to ‘breadwinning’. History helps us to understand why.
theconversation.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
Sore point.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Two frames. Top: March of black-clad ultra nationalists with Aussie flags, placards saying “IMMIGRANTS GO HOME” “AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE” “TOO MANY INDIANS”, facing lone reporter who says, “But aren’t you all descendants of migrants?” Lower frame, same scene with marchers with fists raised replying,”DON’T SAY THAT, BECAUSE IT IRRITATES ME…”
September 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
Does the AFL need to be more open when it comes to sport and sexuality? Can any major social enterprise ignore and disrespect the reality of the society in which it seeks to flourish?

Fiona Katsukas’ cartoon from #theguardianaustralia #afl #lgbtqi #loveislove
August 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
Seems to be a lot of bots discovering #bluesky lately. Anyone else suddenly being followed by weird junk accounts? It’s what I came here to get away from. (Sighs).
August 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
Vale David Stratton.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Legendary film critic David Stratton dies aged 85
His family announced his death on Thursday afternoon, saying he died peacefully in hospital near his home in the Blue Mountains.
www.abc.net.au
August 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
Time for a positive change in #Tasmania.

tasmaniantimes.com/2025/08/the-...

#auspol #taspol #australia
The Article Richard Flanagan Wrote And The Mercury Refused To Run - Tasmanian Times
WHICH GOVERNMENT – OUR WORST OR OUR BEST? Richard Flanagan, 5 August 2025 Tasmania is faced with the strangest of choices: a government of our worst —or a government of our best. Our worst? The Libera...
tasmaniantimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
“The retention of minority government in Tasmania enables this fraud — for that is what this process of fake deliberation is — to be short-circuited, if crossbenchers are willing to force the big parties to think outside the majority mindset.”

www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/21/t...
Liberals and Labor, rejected by Tasmanians, must rethink their majority mindset (and it's the only way to ditch the stadium)
No matter who governs Tasmania, they still have to deal with the problem of the Hobart stadium. But there is a way forward...
www.crikey.com.au
July 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
“We urgently need budget repair, alongside ambitious reforms in health, housing, education, sustainability and productivity.”

But is Tasmania going to get what it needs?

#tasmania
#taspol

theconversation.com/tasmania-is-...
Tasmania is limping towards an election nobody wants. Here’s the state of play
There’s a lot at stake for the island state, which desperately needs budget repair and improved services - but you wouldn’t know it from the lacklustre campaign.
theconversation.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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convictchick.bsky.social
#VoteIndependent
#Tasmania
#politas
#NoStadium
July 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
Succinct summary of the structural disadvantages that our younger generations are facing. Do we have the balls to do something meaningful to fix it?

#statsguy #taxreform #auspol #generations

www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2025...
Are young Australians falling behind or just running a different race?
Young Australians are are more educated, more indebted and more anxious than their parents were at the same age.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
July 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
A list of factors demonstrating how corrupted the argument for a stadium in Hobart has become.

tasmaniantimes.com/2025/07/why-...

#nonewstadium #taspol #auspol #tasmania
Why Do They Hate Tasmania? - Tasmanian Times
Why is the pro-stadium lobby so happy to burn Tasmania to the ground for their pet project? Alan Whykes challenges their foundational myths.
tasmaniantimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
Underneath Brisbane’s Captain Cook Bridge at the Kangaroo Point Cliffs for a bit of mid century modernism.

#bridge #mcm #midcenturymodernism #brisbane #queensland #landscape #river
A modern bridge stretches away overhead as it crosses a river towards a city.
June 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
Useful information in the likely event that Tasmania’s upcoming election returns another hung parliament, via Professor Anne Twomey.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=WgfF...
What if Tasmania has another hung Parliament?
YouTube video by Constitutional Clarion
m.youtube.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
A succinct summary of the political situation in Tasmania and of the many issues the state faces which must be tackled before building a billion dollar white elephant for the AFL.

#tasmania #nonewstadium #taspol #auspol

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06...
Tasmania in the news for all the wrong reasons
It’s rare that the biggest news in Australian politics emanates from Tasmania.
johnmenadue.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
A good précis of the Tasmanian people versus the Tasmanian Government and the AFL grudge match.

www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/11/a...

#nonewstadium #tasmania #taspol
Rapacious sport scumbags like the AFL make a mockery of taxpayers — just look at the Tassie stadium chaos
For decades, Big Sport has teamed up with the major political parties to gouge taxpayers. But for once, the rort has blown up in the face of the Tasmanian government.
www.crikey.com.au
June 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
Sunny afternoon on the New Farm Riverwalk.

#brisbane #riverwalk #queensland #walking #urbanexploration
June 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
Interesting perspective on the proposed Tasmanian pyramid/ mausoleum/ stadium, from someone I usually would not give any attention.

We definitely don’t need it.

#tasmania #stadium #taspol #auspol

tasmaniantimes.com/2025/05/the-...
The Stadium Delusion - What’s Really Driving Tasmania’s Costly Obsession? - Tasmanian Times
When both the Tasmanian Government and so-called Opposition unite behind a project — declaring it essential at any cost – despite three independent reports exposing its flimsy, data-free business case...
tasmaniantimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
novisiblemeans.bsky.social
Newsagent in Australia trying to stay afloat by selling anything other than newspapers.

#news #nonewstoday #media #shopping #retail #australia
Newsagent in Sunnybank, Queensland Australia displays its myriad wares, including cooking utensils and footwear.
June 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM