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Decisions decisions, my photo library tells me I have 1672 cat photos. I think I may be overdoing it?
It does include garden visitor cats, and a few pictures I took of old photo album pictures of my childhood cat.
A grey and white cat peering under a garden hedge
December 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
ABC news article text "South Australia has had its worst ambulance ramping on record as the government says the number of flu cases are at its peak. In July, patients have spent 5,866 hours ramped in ambulances outside public hospitals, more than the previous highest record of 5,539 hours in July last year. The ramping figures are released alongside state government data that shows there have been 18,293 flu cases so far this year compared to 12,992 last year."
August 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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When America was great . . . .

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
News article quote in reference to weather forecasting data "The US has actually been probably the global exemplar here … for handing out data freely, making it open access to everything from their satellites, from their models, their ships, from their ocean buoys," he said. "They have really set the standard here, possibly to the extent that the rest of the world becomes overly reliant upon the US."
August 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
😢
Quote from BBC news article "Concerns about the high temperatures spiralled after reports that a dormitory guard had died in his room at Qingdao University on Sunday - from what many believed to be heatstroke. His cause of death was "under investigation", said a statement released by the university on Monday. It said that he had been found in his room in an "abnormal condition" and pronounced dead when paramedics arrived at the scene. Tributes quickly poured in for the man, known endearingly among students as the dormitory "uncle" who took care of stray cats on the campus."
July 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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The headline caught my attention because my local news here in Australia reported on this issue only a few days ago, so it seemed unthinkable that such records would not be kept in Canada
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Newspaper article "Shocking rise in patients assaulting and abusing Canberra Hospital ED staff Just after midnight last Thursday, a 17-year-old boy allegedly assaulted Canberra Hospital staff while receiving treatment at the emergency department. He was restrained by security and taken to the ACT Watch House. He was charged with two counts of assault and faced Children's Court on Thursday. It was not an isolated incident. Reports of patients abusing and assaulting staff in the hospital's emergency department have skyrocketed in the past year, more than tripling in number since 2022-23. Canberra Health Services said both public hospitals have security officers during operating hours, with "additional patrols during busier periods". There are also CCTV systems and duress alarms in "key areas" of the ED. Reports of patient violence against ED staff increasing"
July 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Psychiatrist was 5th in the list of "Top 10 occupations, by average taxable income" this week

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
Table from ABC news article "Top 10 occupations, by average taxable income" 5 Occupation Psychiatrist Average taxable income $286,146 Number of individuals 3,238
June 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Another day, another disappointed wtf about how people's minds work
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/899708...
Quote in news article "When two trucks from the fire department arrived, they set to work on dousing the car. "They couldn't open the bonnet while it was on fire, so they were putting the extinguishers down in between the windscreen and the bonnet," Meg said. "They had to just make sure that the motor got cold enough that it didn't reignite." All this time, despite a visibly burning car, motorists continued to pull into the Mobil to try to refuel. "They kept coming in the driveway and I had to stop them," she said. "You know, you can't see the servo for smoke, but they still decide they'll come in and get fuel.""
June 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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To my surprise, the news article I read earlier today remembered that masks do work
and NSW Health is recommending
"Staying home if they’re sick and wearing a mask if they need to go out"
www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/2...
News article titled "NSW Health issues Covid warning as case numbers rise" with a picture of a woman wearing an N95 captioned "A woman wears an N95 mask, which protects the user from inhaling aerosol particles from viruses including Covid."
June 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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One thing I have wondered is why somebody who expresses concerns about environmental toxins is working for a government which is rolling back environmental protections in favour of more industry?
So does he care about exposures to bad things or not?
Some days I feel like nothing makes sense 😩
Quote from article "But in a book Kennedy published about four years ago, The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health, the now- health secretary harkens back to the miasma theory. "Miasma theory emphasizes preventing disease by fortifying the immune system through nutrition and reducing exposures to environmental toxins and stresses," Kennedy writes."
June 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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I read it again slowly, putting aside my usual 'wtf has he done now?'
And found another example of why can't people wrap their heads around the big picture.
Why does it have to be Team A or Team B? Healthy living, avoiding toxins & access to modern medications shouldn't have to take sides
Quote from article "The real debate here is whether we can solve public health problems by developing treatments like vaccines, antibiotics, or other drugs? Or whether we will solve these problems by strengthening people's immune systems through healthier habits?" says Gregg Girvan, a resident fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, a Washington think tank. "And my response is, 'Why can we not acknowledge that there is truth in both positions?'"
June 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Unfollow me
NOW
😡
Profile of an account like the ones on the other place I left to get away from I'm not interested
June 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
Article text "Fans of viral Labubu dolls have reacted angrily online after its maker pulled the toys from all UK stores following reports of customers fighting over them."
May 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o...
Article text "When you buy an NFT, you don’t own the picture in the sense that no one else can use it, no one else can look at it. You just have registered your ownership of this card on the blockchain. You can prove that you are the one who paid $99 to buy this image of Trump looking really jacked. And then you could go sell it to someone else, and they would then be registered as the owner on the blockchain. That’s what makes it crypto. They released about 200,000 of these cards, and Trump and his partners made an estimated $20 million."
May 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Pictures like this remind me of the time the creek through the university overflowed flooding a library
I hope they have mitigation plans
because these sorts of events are increasing 😟
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03...
A modern building under construction with building materials in the foreground and a river curving around from in front to the right with water flowing over the edge into the construction site
May 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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You look lovely in that dress
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/895548...
It's paywalled so here's a screen cap of the beginning of the article
I'm disappointed by Albo but Dutton has worked very hard to show himself to be far worse
News article text "The coalition could be on track for a historic electoral wipeout as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton denies he's resorted to sandbagging his own seat. A dire YouGov analysis released two days before Saturday's vote predicted the worst coalition result in nearly 80 years and an expanded Labor majority."
May 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/c...
Or Covid?
Or both?
It raises interesting questions about what people pay attention to and when, what doctors know to look for .....
Quote from article "She has since grown concerned about her 25-year-old son, a former high school baseball star who suffers from chronic fatigue and gastrointestinal problems. She wonders if it could be related to PFAS exposure. Doctors have been unable to find a definitive cause."
April 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
A picture of Pope Francis leading a Mass in 2020 and a quote from the article "In a speech during September in 2020, the pope said the pandemic has “in some ways, given us a chance to develop new ways of living.” Indeed, “already we can see how the Earth can recover if we allow it to rest: the air becomes cleaner, the waters clearer, and animals have returned to many places from where they had previously disappeared”."
April 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/h...
Excerpt from article "Women need “access to high-quality care from the moment of conception to a full year after birth,” she added. While there has been a growing emphasis on care in the year after childbirth, “we’re not there yet.” The study was based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s division of reproductive health, which monitors maternal mortality and identified the risk of so-called later maternal deaths — those that occur from six weeks to one year after the birth. The Trump administration shuttered the division last week amid mass layoffs and a restructuring of the agency, even though the United States has far higher maternal mortality rates than any other industrialized nation, with stark disparities among racial and ethnic groups. The division’s research aimed at understanding and narrowing those health gaps."
April 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Another weekend on the golf course?

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Screencap of Australian newspaper article with photograph of president riding in golf cart "Mr Trump headed to his nearby golf course at Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, after writing on social media that "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH". The president has often proved impervious to the kind of scandals or gaffes that would damage another politician, but his decision to spend the weekend at his gilded properties could test Americans' patience at a time when their retirement savings are evaporating along with the stock market."
April 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Picking up a hammer and working for Habitat For Humanity
or
getting a speaking gig at the Gold Coast
🤔
I know which one I'd vote for
😞
The bastards are all the same
2/2
Screencap of text from article "The former Vice President has been a trailblazer through her entire career, committed in her vision for ensuring all Americans can climb the ladder of economic opportunity, including bringing down the cost of living and making housing more affordable."
March 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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An article about that very subject in the local newspaper today
Newspaper article screencap reads "'Horrendous' tick season plagues South Coast The South Coast is experiencing a horrendous paralysis tick season with more potent parasites than previous years, according to an animal welfare group. South Coast residents say they can't walk outside without getting a tick on themselves or their pets, and are concerned about Canberrans coming for holidays without protecting their animals."
January 1, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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News article quote "How long are you infectious with COVID for? "You are generally considered infectious from 48 hours before your symptoms started or from testing positive if you have no symptoms," Health Direct says. "You may still be infectious for as long as you have symptoms, like fever, cough, shortness of breath, runny nose and sore throat. "This may last for up to 10 days.""
December 22, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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News article quote "How do you know when to stay home? "It is a hard call," Dr Raman says. "It’s actually really important we look after ourselves when we're not well. "Infectious conditions will spread if we don't take precautions." She says COVID cases should have a week of isolation. And she says that people should be particularly wary when they have fevers, runny noses, muscle pains and sore throats."
December 22, 2024 at 12:51 AM
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Becoming a respiratory virus?
It's literally SARS
but with a growing list of non-respiratory effects & long-term effects on top of that
Peaks and troughs throughout the year?
😫
Newspaper article quote "The XEC variant was also "motoring along" Professor Senanayake said. But the good news is that these two variants were not causing "big nasty outbreaks". "It is becoming a respiratory virus, like a lot of other respiratory viruses that will have its peaks and troughs throughout the year and make us sick but not put a huge strain on a healthcare system as it was doing early on," Professor Senanayake said."
December 17, 2024 at 4:18 AM
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Unfortunately the article continues with "common sense" advice from another expert
quote from newspaper article "Precautions at Christmas There are some "common sense" rules to follow to prevent an outbreak at Christmas. "If you are sick, stay at home," Professor Senanayake said. "If you have symptoms suggesting COVID-19 get yourself tested and if you have COVID-19 don't infect other people." He described it as a "personal decision" whether to wear masks in large gatherings. "People with low immune systems may be more inclined to do that," he said. "But they should make sure their vaccines are up to date.""
December 17, 2024 at 4:11 AM