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mikefunnell.bsky.social
Former SysProg moved on to being a payments specialist - and now trying to fully retire. — @FunnellMike over with the pachyderms & on what might still be Twitter (sort of). Sydney, Australia.
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Private school fees are currently GST free, and now the Libs want to make them tax-deductible??

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"I voted for lawless, anonymous, masked, and unchecked police" is one hell of a jump from "eggs cost too much."

submitted 1 day ago • 530 comments

When I wrote this a few weeks ago, a few travel agents wrote to me with vitriol. Perhaps they should look at LA today. Don’t go to the US. www.smh.com.au/national/pla...

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Watching #MediaWatch tonight: When I donate to charity, it’s always cash up front - none of this promise to pay (with payment never made) rubbish that seems ever-more prevalent. Sure: I don’t promise as much. But at least I damned-well pay, not merely promise. 😡🤬

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At Strathfield, heading towards Redfern. It’s already cold and windy - now it’s looking ominous that way..

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I remember the time: I’d just moved to LA..

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Interesting!

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

Scott Morrison Receives King’s Birthday Honours for Services to Hairdressing, Truck Driving, Welding, Cooking, Cricket, Building and Not Shooting Women

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 2540 comments

I'd never heard of "the new polio". www.sciencefriday.com/articles/new...

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"Meanderthals" is delightful

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It's the little things :) "Stars Die" just hit 1,000 ratings on Amazon.com www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXMQQT8J #fantasy #scifi #mystery I mashed together the genres for a Golden Age mystery in the Realm of science fiction & fantasy

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The craziness of life and history

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Just do it! And by 'Just do it', we at Nike mean, 'Cave to genocidal Zionist pressure from The Australian to cut a contract with Grace Tame, former Australian of the year, for daring to believe in the humanity of Palestinians.' Super inspiring shit. Complicit cowards.

submitted 3 days ago • 17 comments

Cheers Skywalkers

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"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...

submitted 3 days ago • 326 comments

Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.

submitted 3 days ago • 1093 comments

I took my new(ish) camera rig out for a walk this afternoon. Of course (🙄) the birds pretty much stayed away ☹️ But a couple of Rainbow Lorikeets did cooperate 😃 I'm getting more familiar with the new rig, but still have a few (autofocus) bugs to iron out - in me, not the camera 😂

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A new boss, his buddies and a $2.6 billion cash splash: Inside the ICAC probe into School Infrastructure The ICAC is investigating a blow-out in spending on contractors under former building unit head Anthony Manning (front). Thread .. 🧵 #auspol #NSWICAC #NACC

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

#AusSnow

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@repjasmine.bsky.social sick of the BS Stand on business @jasmineforus.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

. Posted by a.... ▪︎ white ▪︎ straight ▪︎ male Who totally agrees with the heart and soul of this proclamation !!

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments