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Tina Dubinsky
@tinadubinsky.com
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Multi-genre writer, stargazer and creator of worlds. Proud mum. Trans ally. She/her. Aussie. Brizvegas.
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Two days ago, I removed the broken power supply from my computer and replaced it with a new one purchased on eBay. I did this all by myself in a heat wave and without aircon. Watcing a couple of YouTube vides helped. No more borrowing the husband's computer. #olddognewtrick
A broken desktop PC power supply next to the new one ready to be installed.
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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My grandson (kid's cat) is using my keyboard for his pillow. I have to carefully type around his whiskers.

My latest Wordle results:

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Flame ragdoll sleeps and uses my keyboard for his pillow. Above him my comptuer screen is partially visible.
September 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Quote post from another era.
Me sitting on my dad's shoulders in our kitchen.
August 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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My first born died at 2.30pm this morning. She was so beautiful.
An elderly tortiseshell cat with patches of white and green eyes relaxes in a garden among vines and ground cover with red and purple flowers.
July 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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My old cat is dying. Tabitha Joy Dubinsky is 20 and my firstborn child. I helped her mum (who was visiting) give birth to her in our walk-through closet. The name Tabitha derives from a character of mine, and her middle name, Joy, was my mum's. And joy, she has brought us. #catsofbluesky #cat
Healthy tortiseshell cat sitting up high in a room looking down on everyone. Behind her are a couple of photos on the wall.
July 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Part one of a short creative non-fiction story coming soon to my Substack newsletter. I know, The Day the Desktop Died sounds illuminating. It will be free to read and comment. No subscription necessary.
Black text on a white background. A heading reads: The Day the Desktop Died (Part One). Beneath the heading is a brief introduction: What I did with nearly 40 hours of my life last weekend when my desktop died including talking to myself and pretending there's a live audience. I'm not mad, just self-entertaining. Available April 22nd, 2025 TinaDubinsky.substack.com
April 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Anubis is dreaming of a belly rub. #catterday
Flame ragdoll, male, 2 years, lying on his back on a messy bed with black sheets. His legs and arms are in the air, his front paws are limp. Sunlight streams through onto the bed.
April 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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"Who has the controller?" Anubis, 2-year-old, flame ragdoll waiting on the family to settle in for TV night. #caturday #catsofbluesky @catsofbluesky.bsky.social
A young flame ragdoll cat, Anubis (2 years), sits up on a recliner chair facing the camera.
March 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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You know it's going to rain when your moonlight cactus has 28 flowers (first one blooming tonight) and there's a low sitting along the coast. #queensland #brisbane #weather #bom
A fully opened moonlight cactus with white petals opened over light green and light red-pinkish sepal. There are many green and light pink-redish anther crowding and circling the long delicate green stigma that rises up from the middle.
December 16, 2024 at 8:44 AM
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It is Trans Awareness Week (13 to 19 November). My son received a new birth certificate yesterday with his name and gender changed. Thank you, Queemsland, for making my teen's gender affirming journey a positive one.

#transawarenessweek2024
Trans flag pink, blue and white colours turned into a graphic with writing that says, Trans, Awareness Week Nov 13-19.
November 13, 2024 at 7:29 AM
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I went to see Deadpool and Wolverine this afternoon with the family. Mr. D had taken our son to see it a couple of weeks ago. Since then, we have binged all the Deadpool, Wolverine and X-Men movies and as they wanted to watch it again at the cinema, I decided to go with them this time. (c)
Large cinema drink container on a dining table next to a half-empty cup of gummy bears. In the background, the entrance to a V-Max cinema.
September 21, 2024 at 10:02 AM
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So glad to be part of Bluesky! Now with over 10 million users, and I was #4,159,488! For a while there, I was a little lost. 😌
Brown banner with Bluesky butterfly which says, "Celebrating 10M users." Shares which user number I am: "4,159,488". And then includes my name and username @tinadubinsky.com and the date I joined, "Joined Feb 8, 2024".
September 18, 2024 at 9:24 AM
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☠️Email SCAM warning: Origin Customers ☠️
I received an email today with the subject line: Your origin refund.
It claims that you've overpaid. It wants you to click on the links.
This is a SCAM. It is not from Origin. Delete.
Screenshot below.

#emailscams #australia
Scam email with the subject line: Your Origin Refund. The email tries to look like an Origin electricity account email. It states that your latest invoice from Origin has been paid twice and wants you to claim a refund by clicking on a link in the email.
July 11, 2024 at 7:03 AM
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I have this cat. I love her. She's our first child, the "test" baby. Tabitha Joy is 19. But I'm slowly going mad as whenever I try sleeping, she gets up and starts caterwauling. She wants to ||: drink water, eat, go out, go in, eat, drink water, go out :|| and must have an audience.🥱
A female cat, lying on a writing journal in front of a computer screen on a study desk. The cat has her back to the camera. Her head is raised. She is a tortoiseshell cat (moggie) and about 12 years old in this photo. In the background on the left, is a bottle of Vicks and a gold pencil caddy, and to the right is a yellow highlighter lid.
June 24, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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He was also the stage manager for Queensland Young Dancers and President of The Mackay Eisteddfod Committee for one year. The Eisteddfod ran for three weeks every year during which time he was also a volunteer stage manager.
Volunteer stage manager Andy Wells holds his youngest daughter's hand as one of the volunteer mothers dresses a wound on his leg, obtained in the course of his duties backstage. Behind him in the dressing room is a broad glass mirror with light bulbs above. A camera flash and other volunteer parents can be seen watching in the reflection.
April 17, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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My almost 94-year-old father died Sunday evening at 11:15 pm. He was in a great deal of pain, physically and mentally. The world is quieter and duller without him. You can rest now, Dad. Thomas Andrew Wells 22 June 1930 - 14 April 2024
Stage manager Thomas Andrew Wells (Andy) stands on the old Mackay Theatre Royal floorboards, posing for a photograph. A black curtain is drawn behind him. He stands in shorts and a shirt, with one leg in front of the other and arms folded. He wears black-rimmed spectacles, and the light shines off his partially balled head.
April 17, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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If only my dad could pause dying until May. March and April are rather inconvenient (says no one ever). Love you, Daddy.
A dilapidated lime green Datsun Bluebird is in the middle of a large grassed street with its driver door slightly opened. Next to it is a middle-aged man in shorts, a shirt, and a balding head—yes, he's my dad—running to the street curb to get out of the shot. In the street behind the car is a gravel bicycle footpath beneath a row of Jacaranda trees under which a ute is parked. Even further, you can see a street sign and bitumen of Peak Downs Highway, which runs parallel to the grass street. There is a lot of greenery on either side of the street.
March 22, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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Before writing, my interests leaned toward music and drama. In year 12, our drama class stirred an interest in playwriting and poetry. I started writing my first children's novel when I was 20. Now, my main WIP is a dark fantasy novel.
Social media questions for writers on March 5: When did you first show an interest in writing? How has that interest changed? The questions are on the left side of the image in an off-centre opaque circle. In the background, a writer's hand holds a black and gold pen as it rests on an open book.
March 5, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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First, I'm completing a commercial client's LinkedIn posts for next week. Then, planning a customer-focused monthly newsletter for another client. Finally, if I have some time left between homeschooling my 16-year-old son, I might revise two fictional short stories focusing on women in history.
Social media image with the heading "March 4" and beneath this the text,"What writing projects are you working on today?" captured in a light blue, off-centre semi-circle on the left of the image. On the right is a stock image of a woman's hands writing on a laptop keyboard. Also on the desk behind the laptop are three open notepads and a pair of glasses.
March 3, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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I love writing about my childhood home. It's the setting for a children's story I wrote decades ago and then filed away. I visited it once. There was no answer when I knocked. So, I took a photo with my favourite tree and left. I love the extract from the story; it has a lovely country feel.
Twenty-something female hugging a large silky-oak tree in a leafy garden. The woman's face is pressed against the rough bark of the tree. The visible arm around the tree wears a watch with a gold face and black wristband.
February 21, 2024 at 3:34 AM
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Meet my grandson, Anubis. I hope all my grandchildren look like him!
Head and upper body of a flame-point male ragdoll named Anubis. He is <12 months old with blue eyes and large black irises. An arm encircles the fluffy kitten's head and body.
February 10, 2024 at 6:33 AM
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From one duck to another, "Hello!" Sending out positive vibes and greetings to all of you amazing people. May your day be as bright and beautiful as your smile! 💫✨ #hello #greetings #positivevibes
Looking down at a flock of ducks in Australia hanging out and floating on top of a green artificial lake. In between the ducks are water lilies, and in the bottom left corner, weeds are growing.
February 9, 2024 at 8:49 AM