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Stephen
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Love travel and photography, history and humans. Enjoy cycle touring, reading, friends and family. Retired teacher and textbook author. Supporter of Ukraine’s fight against tyranny. Hoping for the best in today’s world. Australia is home.
Trump’s NSS claims Europe faces “civilizational erasure”.
Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence. Far right delusions fall far short of that standard.
December 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Join us every day at 9 a.m. as Ukraine halts to honor the fallen. In Kyiv's Maidan, we silently pay respects, saying their sacrifice matters and our freedom continues. Traffic slows, voices quieten, hearts are covered. War takes our best, but memory outlives fear. Stand with us.
October 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Kurashiki, Japan.
October 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Imabari Castle, Japan.
September 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Just finished the Shimanami Kaido connecting Honshu and Shikoku by massive bridges over five islands in the Inland Sea. A superb cycling experience and highly recommended for anyone remotely interested in exploring the world on two human-powered wheels.
September 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
“We lead telephoto lives in a wide-angle world”.
Eric Weiner: The Socrates Express, In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers.
July 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“I like to think that the threat posed by large-scale technological mimicry of humans is not that the technology will become so “intelligent” that it will destroy us, but that we will become so stupid we roll over.”

For anyone interested in overhyped AI: insidestory.org.au/what-are-we-...
What are we talking about when we talk about AI? • Campbell Wilson
Applying the term to everything from dishwashers to medical breakthroughs masks both its benefits and its harms
insidestory.org.au
June 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Putin knows how to make TACO.
June 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Bee on lavender flower. Perth, Western Australia #Photography #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #Flowers #Perth #WesternAustralia #Bees.
May 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Experts are warning that Peter Dutton's nuclear idea is too expensive and economically risky for Australia.

Nuclear isn't answer for Australia- it means higher bills, more risk of unreliability and exposure in an uncertain world
April 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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2017… quite significant now…
April 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Cafe window, Maylands, #Perth #Western Australia
#photography
April 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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💔 Russia killed 7-year-old Radyslav Yatsk in Kryvyi Rih.

🙏 Father is currently in the hospital: concussion, multiple wounds, damaged eyes. Mother and 8-month-old daughter Adelina were also injured. The grandmother, who was also in the car, is also in the hospital.
April 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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There are 32m small businesses in the USA
April 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Once again: reject McKinley, embrace George
April 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
March 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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In the past four weeks, Costco, which has embraced DEI initiatives, GAINED 7 million shoppers…

Target, which got rid of DEI, LOST 5 million shoppers!

That’s the power we have as consumers.

Remember that.
March 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
CANZUK… An idea whose time has come.

youtu.be/W-HOusLk7xY?...
Is it time for a CANZUK Union?
YouTube video by The Blazing Redcoat
youtu.be
March 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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I can’t decide whether they’re delusional, naive, stupid or just plain russian assets.
March 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Harris was right… Putin is eating Trump alive.
March 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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This is good
March 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
March 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Pink & Grey Galahs in a Lemon-scented Gum (Corymbia citriodora), Karrinyup, Perth Western Australia
#Photography #animals #wildlife #birds
March 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM