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Jeff Sparrow @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social · 5h

Ah yes, the Eureka Stockade, famously opposed to disruptive protests

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 8h

I call this one "Atlas Licked"
(my day is blessed)

Me with Atlas, an enormous black handsome great dane.

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 10h

The trick is to use a spoon that is longer than it appears.

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 12h

I'll probably get yelled at, but I do think the ability to adroitly manage and perhaps even manipulate Trump is a good thing, even if it looks and feels a bit icky.

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Anthony Cunningham @sqferryman.bsky.social · 1d

Louvre robbery. French police release image of suspect.

The character Feathers McGraw from the film "The Wrong Trousers".

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 1d

"Imperiled?" Ceasefire killed, dismembered, shat upon.

Rob @robaussieresistor2.bsky.social · 1d

Wasn't there a ceasefire by the Holey One?? 😵‍💫😵‍💫
That lasted as long as his Gold boots sale. 😜😜

Ceasefire Imperiled as Israel Kills Scores of Palestinians in Gaza.

www.rawstory.com/gaza-2674213...

Ceasefire Imperiled as Israel Kills Scores of Palestinians in Gaza

The shaky Gaza ceasefire further frayed on Sunday as Israel launched at least 20 airstrikes and blocked all aid delivery in the obliterated Palestinian exclave, while Hamas rejected US allegations tha...

www.rawstory.com

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 1d

Who robbed the Louvre right answers only

Grog and Percy from Vox Machina. Grog is shouting "At dawn we plan!"

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Carol Duncan @carolduncan.bsky.social · 1d

Christmas tree baubles - with music. Watch the baby testing out its new takeoff skills! 🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰 #RainbowLorikeet

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 1d

two binturongs don’t make a binturight. because that doesn’t exist

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 2d

I wouldn't exactly absolve the Australian media of being trans-hostile.....

Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2d

It’s almost like when you don’t have a rabidly trans-hostile media ecosystem, people generally support human rights.

lens.monash.edu/@politics-so...

A poll, commissioned by Equality Australia in the first quarter of 2025, found that:
• 86% agree or strongly agree that government and opposition should not politicise trans issues for political gain
• 89% agree or strongly agree that LGBT people deserve to live with dignity and respect
• 91% agree or strongly agree that trans people should have the freedom and choice to live their lives in the way that makes them happy
• 81% agree of strongly agree that trans people deserve the same rights and protections as other
Australians.

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 3d

I think it might be time to apply the same consequences for AI-assisted lies to parliamentary inquiries as to the exclusively human-generated sort.

Friends of the Earth Australia @foe.org.au · 3d

'A conservation charity known for its anti-renewables stance has made submissions to federal & state inquiries that name non-existent government authorities & a nonexistent windfarm, & cite scientific articles that the supposed publisher says don’t exist'.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Queensland anti-renewables group cited nonexistent papers in inquiry submissions using AI, publisher says

Exclusive: Rainforest Reserves Australia has published submissions naming nonexistent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm

www.theguardian.com

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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 4d

You're absolutely right — starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. Thank you for calling me out on that — really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on.

Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 4d

dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated

Top US Army general says he’s using ChatGPT to help make key command decisions

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 4d

Any good bear recipes?

Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 4d

HOLY SHITBALLS
That's actually its proper name. Shitball Lightning.

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 4d

"Were it not a violation of God's law I'd make ye my wife"

Groundskeeper Willie from The Simpsons with his tractor

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 4d

I had a similar experience once. It was like I had literally become The Dude.

Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 5d

A hurdy-gurdy player, or "hurdist-gurdist"

Hell Ray-ser @sireviscerate.myatproto.social · Feb 10

It's impossible to play the hurdy gurdy without making it your whole personality. No one is a casual hurdy gurdy player.

Hurdy gurdy guy dressed like some kind of dingus cowboy

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 5d

Have they been COMBING the desert at Kurnell?

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 6d

I knew the Powderworkers had snapped it up, but I thought it was indeed going to the Powerhouse. Bah!

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 6d

For many abuse survivors, our pets are more than a source of emotional support. They might be the one reliable source of unconditionally safe & affectionate physical touch we've experienced--maybe our entire life.

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 6d

Dear Zionists, I'm not sure "if Hamas hadn't taken the hostages in the first place we wouldn't have had to commit genocide, flatten Gaza, and turn it into a Trump resort" is the clincher you think it is.

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 7d

At all times it is drawn to the Ring.... It will never stop hunting you.....

Photo of some sort of microorganism with the caption "scientists discover an organism that's neither alive nor dead"

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 8d

(not actually my photo)

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 8d

I'm a big fan of this guy I saw in Krakow.

A man in an inflatable beer pint costume holding a sign that says "Piwo Gratis"

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 8d

“This inquiry has… exposed what lies beneath the tip of the governance failure iceberg – overpaid and arrogant management and their largesse, opaque, unaccountable, and top-down decision-making, and governance bodies stacked with corporate appointees.” satpa.pe/XogpEAK

Stacked boards driving ‘rotten’ university sector

satpa.pe

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