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Mal Booth
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Betting shop. My employer's opinions. Heroes: Dave Scott, Pre, G. Smiley, R. Craven, D. Jedburgh & J. Lamb. Queer. IM Hawaii 89, 95-97. Hawthorn FC.
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Jul 3
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Japan - selected black and whites
Explore this photo album by Mal Booth on Flickr!
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Apr 27
See also bully, thug and dope.
grogsgamut.bsky.social Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · Apr 27
He’s a weak leader who never appears on media where he’s not going to get a foot rub.

And he has been utterly found out in the past month
sydmorningherald.bsky.social Sydney Morning Herald @sydmorningherald.bsky.social · Apr 27
Peter Dutton has told supporters to forget about outlets such as the ABC and The Guardian and other “hate media”.

As polls continue to show a decline in support for Dutton, the opposition leader declared he could win. shorturl.at/vHjjN
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Apr 27
Images from a trip to Norway in 2018 (revisited): malbooth.com/2025/04/26/n...
Norway 2018, Revisited
I went on a fantastic trip to Norway with a good friend, Greg. It was my first trip away with a Leica camera (a Q) and I took far too many images and then it all turned into a big muddle as I was e…
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Apr 27
A blog post to mark Anzac Day 2025: malbooth.com/2025/04/23/f...
For ANZAC Day 2025 (some tenuous links)
Over the Easter break, I started watching The Narrow Road to the Deep North miniseries and I ordered Richard Flanagan’s 2014 Booker Prize winning novel that inspired it for my Kindle. I usual…
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Apr 18
Trondheim, Norway. From a 2018 trip. flic.kr/p/2qYo8YK
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · Apr 14
The best howls inspire others 🐺
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Apr 3
I think it was just an advert for open-casket funerals.
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Apr 1
A far right leader (in France) guilty of corruption? Whodathunkit?!
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Mar 26
Ala Moana Beach sunset. flic.kr/p/2qRFjw4
After sundown; this was amazing
From Ala Moana Beach Park. I swim here every morning for about an hour.
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Mar 26
My unpopular opinion on Adolescence: I thought it was a bit ordinary. Lots of focus on and sympathy for the poor murderer's family and NONE, absolutely none whatsoever, on the victim or her family. Why?
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Hawks Insiders @hawksinsiders.bsky.social · Mar 20
Article: "At the end of the day, he’s just a good person. And good people are hard to ignore."

Is there a more universally loved Hawthorn Football Club player than Jarman Impey? Daz pays tribute to a very special person ahead of his 200th.

Full article via the link below 👇
“He’s just a good person”
A tribute to Jarman Impey from someone who knows him best
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Hawks Insiders @hawksinsiders.bsky.social · Mar 21
🎙️Podcast: The Hawks delivered under the bright Thurs night lights! Danny & Daz break down a gutsy 20-point win over Carlton in a 'feelings not facts' chat full of optimism 🔥

Jai’s rise, Marbs magic, CJ’s deep house vibes & more! Listen via your preferred pod provider or ⬇️🎧
Instant Reaction Pod: Hawks vs Blues
THREE. AND. ZIP.
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Mar 2
No way she'd get that vaccine again, but she is happy to dip her hair into a batch of toxic chemicals on a regular basis to dye it black.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · Feb 25
From Creative Australia to Sydney writers’ festival, the direct threat facing the arts is coming from within:
Louise Adler

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From Creative Australia to Sydney writers’ festival, the direct threat facing the arts is coming from within | Louise Adler
In this adapted extract from What’s the Big Idea? Louise Adler looks at the failure of Australian cultural leaders shying from risk and artistic vision – and letting the tail wag the dog
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Dave Osmond @davidosmond.bsky.social · Feb 26
Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand)
Results:
Last week: 100% RE
Last 183 weeks: 98.7% RE (1/5)
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Feb 26
More big-mouths paid to wear headphones and use microphones in studios need to tell us how great they'd be at sports if they ever played any.
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Dave Osmond @davidosmond.bsky.social · Feb 19
Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand)
Results:
Last week: 100% RE
Last 182 weeks: 98.7% RE (1/5)
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · Feb 16
Why the hell is the ABC still interviewing this bloke?
Former home affairs secretary wants Australia to be 'more aggressive'
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Bridie (EBK)❤️💛🖤🍉🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✌🏽👊 @emergencybk.bsky.social · Feb 17
Seen FinReview article posted a few times, my questions,
1. Why the fuck’s the opposition leaders thoughts on rate cuts a headline?

2. Zero authority/influence so who cares?

3. Where were articles/headlines on ALP’s thoughts on rates when LNP were in Gov? Nonexistent.
#Auspol #ThisIsNotJournalism
Financial Review Headline: Dutton urges RBA to resist pressure to cut rates Michael Read and John Kehoe Feb 11, 2025 - 4.47 pm Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has cautioned Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock to ignore political pressure to cut interest rates prematurely and make the best decision independent of government. Bond market investors ascribe a 95 per cent chance Ms Bullock will deliver the central bank's first post-pandemic rate cut next Tuesday, firming the prospect of an April poll date and giving the Albanese government a boost ahead…
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Feb 17
Dear Lard Arse Mining Magnate, maybe donate the obscene amount of money you are spending on political advertising to the poor people instead of telling the rest of us to pray for them at night.
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Feb 9
Every bit.
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Feb 9
What absolute rubbish on ABC Sport now from Sri Lanka. What has happened to cricket commentary?
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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Feb 5
Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.
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Dave Osmond @davidosmond.bsky.social · Feb 5
Note that this week had the highest average demand of all 180 weeks that I've modelled so far.
26.8 GW, or 13% above average.
But peak demand of 37.7GW was short of the record 39.3GW seen on 16 Dec 2024.
Confirming that wind+PV+5hrs of BESS is well suited for extreme summer demand.
davidosmond.bsky.social Dave Osmond @davidosmond.bsky.social · Feb 5
Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand)
Results:
Last week: 100% RE
Last 180 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
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Mal Booth @malbooth.bsky.social · Feb 5
Obscene when most are so utterly incompetent.
grogsgamut.bsky.social Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · Feb 5
Australian Uni Vice-Chancellors do very well... very, very well.
And yet their peers in the Nordic universities deliver as good or better results, for much less pay. @jack-thrower.bsky.social writes: #OffTheCharts

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Vice-Chancellor remuneration and uni world uni ranking score University Remuneration Uni of Melbourne (39th) $1,507,000 Karolinska Institute (49th) $290,681 Uni of Sydney (61st) $1,162,000 ANU (73rd) $607,500 Uni of Queensland (77th) $1,207,000 UNSW Sydney (83rd) $1,507,000 KTH Royal Institute of Technology (95th) $258,228 Lund University (95th) $261,812 Uni of Copenhagen (97th) $407,769 Uni of Adelaide (128th) $1,052,500 Flinders Uni (301-305th) $1,315,000 Uni SA (301-350th) $1,235,000