Dean from Australia
@deanfromaustralia.bsky.social
Intensive Care Nurse & Author from Australia.
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The Night Fisher Elegies: Stories Verse & Reflection
Amazon.com: The Night Fisher Elegies: Stories Verse & Reflection eBook : Mayes, Dean: Kindle Store
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Okay...rank #selfpromotion post incoming. "The Night Fisher Elegies" a collection of short stories & essays which I like to call a primer to my back catalogue. It offers a taste of my #writing style & will hopefully invite you to check out my other works.
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Episode 208 is now live and this week we're talking about speciousness, mendaciousness, and sophistry. Wasn't hard to find examples!
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Episode 208: Sophistry - Hotel Bar Podcast
What to do when "just asking questions" is not that.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Episode 208 is now live and this week we're talking about speciousness, mendaciousness, and sophistry. Wasn't hard to find examples!
hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/soph...
hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/soph...
This week at #deanfromaustralia - Fighting It.
Sometimes, I just can't bare to be in my own skin anymore.
#nursing #stoicism #glioblastoma
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Sometimes, I just can't bare to be in my own skin anymore.
#nursing #stoicism #glioblastoma
deanmayesauthor.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/f...
Fighting It.
A few nights ago, I was nursing a patient who, earlier that day, had been given the news that the brain tumour he had been diagnosed with was a high grade GBM – that is to say, a high grade G…
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December 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This week at #deanfromaustralia - Fighting It.
Sometimes, I just can't bare to be in my own skin anymore.
#nursing #stoicism #glioblastoma
deanmayesauthor.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/f...
Sometimes, I just can't bare to be in my own skin anymore.
#nursing #stoicism #glioblastoma
deanmayesauthor.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/f...
I'll never be cool but I can say that I have a great great great grandmother who is buried in the Sleepy Hollow cemetery.
December 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I'll never be cool but I can say that I have a great great great grandmother who is buried in the Sleepy Hollow cemetery.
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New Post at #deanfromaustralia - Fighting It.
Sometimes, I just can't bare to be in my own skin anymore.
#nursing #stoicism #journaling
deanmayesauthor.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/fighting-it
Sometimes, I just can't bare to be in my own skin anymore.
#nursing #stoicism #journaling
deanmayesauthor.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/fighting-it
Fighting It.
A few nights ago, I was nursing a patient who, earlier that day, has been given the news that the brain tumour he had been diagnosed with was a high grade GBM – that is to say, a high grade G…
deanmayesauthor.wordpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New Post at #deanfromaustralia - Fighting It.
Sometimes, I just can't bare to be in my own skin anymore.
#nursing #stoicism #journaling
deanmayesauthor.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/fighting-it
Sometimes, I just can't bare to be in my own skin anymore.
#nursing #stoicism #journaling
deanmayesauthor.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/fighting-it
Have you ever encountered a smile so beautiful it hurts...?
December 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Have you ever encountered a smile so beautiful it hurts...?
New Post at #deanfromaustralia - Fighting It.
Sometimes, I just can't bare to be in my own skin anymore.
#nursing #stoicism #journaling
deanmayesauthor.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/fighting-it
Sometimes, I just can't bare to be in my own skin anymore.
#nursing #stoicism #journaling
deanmayesauthor.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/fighting-it
Fighting It.
A few nights ago, I was nursing a patient who, earlier that day, has been given the news that the brain tumour he had been diagnosed with was a high grade GBM – that is to say, a high grade G…
deanmayesauthor.wordpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New Post at #deanfromaustralia - Fighting It.
Sometimes, I just can't bare to be in my own skin anymore.
#nursing #stoicism #journaling
deanmayesauthor.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/fighting-it
Sometimes, I just can't bare to be in my own skin anymore.
#nursing #stoicism #journaling
deanmayesauthor.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/fighting-it
Overnight, I am sitting with my patient trying to console him. Earlier yesterday, he was told that the glioblastoma in his brain was a Stage 4 - meaning inoperable. He is going to die. No amount of medication is relieving his pain or his nausea right now & I'm thinking to myself that, after...
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Overnight, I am sitting with my patient trying to console him. Earlier yesterday, he was told that the glioblastoma in his brain was a Stage 4 - meaning inoperable. He is going to die. No amount of medication is relieving his pain or his nausea right now & I'm thinking to myself that, after...
The "it's within the rules" argument is as pugilistic as it is hollow. The rules are broken. The rules should be fixed.
A pox on both their houses.
#auspol
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A pox on both their houses.
#auspol
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Anika Wells’ expenses are within the rules but even many politicians know these perks should be wound back
Many politicians choose not to take advantage of the ‘family reunion’ provisions, knowing such scandals can dog them for years
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December 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The "it's within the rules" argument is as pugilistic as it is hollow. The rules are broken. The rules should be fixed.
A pox on both their houses.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A pox on both their houses.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Here's the thing about #bonsai...
You sit in front of it and think for 3 hours.
Then you make a single tip prune.
This has been my TED talk.
You sit in front of it and think for 3 hours.
Then you make a single tip prune.
This has been my TED talk.
December 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Here's the thing about #bonsai...
You sit in front of it and think for 3 hours.
Then you make a single tip prune.
This has been my TED talk.
You sit in front of it and think for 3 hours.
Then you make a single tip prune.
This has been my TED talk.
"He (Deputy Opposition Leader Josh Teague) also stressed that the decision to step down was Mr Tarzia's."
Sure Jan. Where's Alex Antic hiding?
#SouthAustralia #saparli
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Sure Jan. Where's Alex Antic hiding?
#SouthAustralia #saparli
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SA Opposition Leader Vincent Tarzia says he is 'not bitter' as he steps down from leadership
South Australian Liberal leader Vincent Tarzia will step down from the leadership, just three months out from the next state election. He told a press conference he made the decision on Friday morning...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
"He (Deputy Opposition Leader Josh Teague) also stressed that the decision to step down was Mr Tarzia's."
Sure Jan. Where's Alex Antic hiding?
#SouthAustralia #saparli
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Sure Jan. Where's Alex Antic hiding?
#SouthAustralia #saparli
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
#Breaking - South Australian Opposition Leader Vincent Tarzia is announcing he is quitting politics.
#saparli
#saparli
a close up of a man holding a glass of wine in his hand .
ALT: a close up of a man holding a glass of wine in his hand .
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December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The ABC is a fundamentally broken institution. It is absolutely beyond comprehension for them to continue to platform a criminal underworld figure who remains connected to some of the most dangerous individuals in Australia.
#auspol
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#auspol
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The Organised Crime Situation is Crazy
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December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The ABC is a fundamentally broken institution. It is absolutely beyond comprehension for them to continue to platform a criminal underworld figure who remains connected to some of the most dangerous individuals in Australia.
#auspol
youtu.be/HYIwk4qL2os?...
#auspol
youtu.be/HYIwk4qL2os?...
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The Organised Crime Situation is Crazy
YouTube video by friendlyjordies
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December 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
December 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Hey friends, if you listen to Hotel Bar Sessions podcast, we'd like to invite you to send us a question-- it can be serious, funny, challenging, whatever-- to answer on air. Feel free to post your question below or email it to us at [email protected]!
December 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Hey friends, if you listen to Hotel Bar Sessions podcast, we'd like to invite you to send us a question-- it can be serious, funny, challenging, whatever-- to answer on air. Feel free to post your question below or email it to us at [email protected]!
Bobby Kennedy is a friggin' terrorist.
November 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Bobby Kennedy is a friggin' terrorist.
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The Coalition Gets Even Smaller
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November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
@lukeburbank.bsky.social @walsh.bsky.social I can safely say that, after your spoilery discussion of #Pluribus, I still have no idea what this show is about.
I don't know if this is a good thing.
I don't know if this is a good thing.
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
@lukeburbank.bsky.social @walsh.bsky.social I can safely say that, after your spoilery discussion of #Pluribus, I still have no idea what this show is about.
I don't know if this is a good thing.
I don't know if this is a good thing.
For the past week, my wife & I have been processing our daughter's anorexia nervosa diagnosis. The path to this point has been brutal. Everything we thought we knew about this disease (we're both health professionals) has been rendered invalid - probably a good thing - but no less devastating.
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
For the past week, my wife & I have been processing our daughter's anorexia nervosa diagnosis. The path to this point has been brutal. Everything we thought we knew about this disease (we're both health professionals) has been rendered invalid - probably a good thing - but no less devastating.
Rian Johnson's #StarWars trilogy cancelled...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Rian Johnson's #StarWars trilogy cancelled...
Canaries in the coal mine.
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Canaries in the coal mine.
You know...I thought I was on board with big events like the car race coming to #Adelaide...
...except when they lock down the entire eastern side of town & I'm trying to make a specialist appointment I've kept for weeks & I have break multiple road rules just to get close enough to their rooms.
...except when they lock down the entire eastern side of town & I'm trying to make a specialist appointment I've kept for weeks & I have break multiple road rules just to get close enough to their rooms.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
You know...I thought I was on board with big events like the car race coming to #Adelaide...
...except when they lock down the entire eastern side of town & I'm trying to make a specialist appointment I've kept for weeks & I have break multiple road rules just to get close enough to their rooms.
...except when they lock down the entire eastern side of town & I'm trying to make a specialist appointment I've kept for weeks & I have break multiple road rules just to get close enough to their rooms.