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Marita

@mareetsyo.bsky.social

Thank goodness, the three missing people have been found safe.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Screenshot from the Australian Guardian live blog:

Three people reported missing after house destroyed in bushfire have been found safe
Three people who were reported as missing have been found and are safe, the Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, says.
• We are grateful for everyone for supporting those people, to keep them safe.
The premier is also providing an update on the man in his 60s who died near a fire ground after he was found in his vehicle.
• While his death is not directly related to the fires, the fact this death occurred in such close proximity to the fire ground means this is a community that is grieving and my thoughts are with his family and the broader community.
Allan, who says her own community has been told to evacuate, thanks those who have followed advice by emergency authorities saying that, as emergency warnings are issued, "communities did respond".
I know how hard it is to leave your home, not knowing when or what you will return to. It has saved lives. Again, I thank Victorians for following that advice.

January 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM

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Ingrid M

@ingridm.bsky.social

writers not on lists in screenshots below who have withdrawn from AWW:

Angie Faye Martin
Tasma Walton
Molly Murn
Eoin McNamee
Kenneth Roth
Drusilla Modjeska
Danny Nour
Peter Fitzsimmons

bsky.app/profile/ingr...

Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 6d

good lord😳incredible write up at ArtsHub News, including multiple statements from staunch authors and the Australian Arab Institute for Culture and Ideas.

www.artshub.com.au/news/news/ad...

screenshot of authors who have withdrawn from Adelaide Writers Week 2026. Full list here

https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/adelaide-writers-week-in-disarray-as-38-writers-boycott-over-boards-censorship-of-randa-abdel-fattah-2836629/

screenshot of more authors who have withdrawn from Adelaide Writers Week 2026. Full list here

https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/adelaide-writers-week-in-disarray-as-38-writers-boycott-over-boards-censorship-of-randa-abdel-fattah-2836629/

January 9, 2026 at 3:39 AM

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it's too hot in my house

@rantallion.bsky.social

i wanna hear more people on the streets saying shit like 'bush walk' and 'op shop' and less 'hike' and 'thrift' please

January 7, 2026 at 10:38 PM

Marita

@mareetsyo.bsky.social

Liking something ironically either makes fun of people who genuinely like that thing or permits you to shame yourself for liking it.

Michael Druker @mdruker.app · 9d

This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive

January 6, 2026 at 5:04 AM

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Simon Rosenberg

@simonrosenberg.bsky.social

Laura Tingle with a bit of Australian understatement:
“It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”

January 3, 2026 at 8:40 PM

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Meduza in English

@meduza.io

What does “motherland” mean after exile, war, and decades behind the camera? In an interview with Meduza, photographer Sergey Maximishin reflects on leaving Russia and guessing at what from his work will endure. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

If I could save time in a photo Meduza interviews photographer Sergey Maximishin about his two-volume farewell to Russia and a century of history captured in his work and amateur images — Meduza

In December 2025, the Russian photographer Sergey Maximishin released a two-volume album titled “Rodina” (Motherland). The first volume consists of amateur photographs from different years — images…

meduza.io

January 2, 2026 at 10:11 PM

Marita

@mareetsyo.bsky.social

The Subway guy asked if I was ok with jalapenos so of course I said ‘hundo, extra chillis and hot sauce please’ and now I’m bright red and my nose is running

January 3, 2026 at 2:25 AM

Marita

@mareetsyo.bsky.social

so I bought an oboe

December 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM

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Seva

@seva.bsky.social

2025 in review: hegemonic suicide, medieval peasant brain, and other highlights from a very long year
hegemon.substack.com/p/2025-hegem...

2025: Hegemonic Suicide and Other Innovations

Every generation, on reaching middle age, begins to see the world around them in decline in order to habituate themselves to their own decay.

hegemon.substack.com

December 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM

Marita

@mareetsyo.bsky.social

This presser was foul. Politicisation and personal attacks.

stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 24d

Sussan Ley spent the press conference blaming the PM, then turned on Penny Wong. Totally over the top. Not a good look. Disgraceful. #auspol #bondi

December 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM

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Matchbloc

@matchbloc.bsky.social

Happy winter solstice ☀️ 🌙

December 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM

Marita

@mareetsyo.bsky.social

I refuse to learn who mr beast is

December 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM

Marita

@mareetsyo.bsky.social

he’s actually just a perfect boy

December 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM

Marita

@mareetsyo.bsky.social

I feel like not enough people are saying that anyone trying to profit from the Bondi attack is an absolute piece of shit. From John Howard to the security bros on LinkedIn. Every one of them a POS.

December 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM

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Lenore Taylor

@lenoret.bsky.social

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

‘Pandemonium’, a woman in labour and every bandage in the clubhouse: how lifesavers became first responders in the Bondi shooting

Members at two Bondi surf clubs provided shelter and first aid to hundreds during the deadly attack

www.theguardian.com

December 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM

Marita

@mareetsyo.bsky.social

In the back of an uber trying to hiccough as quietly as possible after the work Christmas party to not affect my uber score

December 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM

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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot

@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social

Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision

Iceland joins Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in saying it will boycott the 2026 contest.

www.bbc.com

December 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM

Marita

@mareetsyo.bsky.social

I’ve taken an actual lunch break away from my desk and I feel like I should get a Ryan Lizza instalment, as a treat

December 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM

Marita

@mareetsyo.bsky.social

I feel seen

Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · Dec 8

naauuuurrrr not my birthdaaaaatee

December 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM

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Dr swift parrot

@teamswiftparrot.bsky.social

Good morning only to this silly and gorgeous gang gang cockatoo

December 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM

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Bede Kelleher

@thevenerablebede.bsky.social

New Welsh village just dropped

December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM

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Ed Burmila

@edburmila.bsky.social

*youth pastor voice*

Let me tell you kids about another carpenter who wasn’t very popular with the authorities

kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · Dec 5

Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.

December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM

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Stephen McDonell

@stephenmcdonell.bsky.social

#Taiwan’s representative in #Finland has just performed on stage in a bit of metal diplomacy. Apparently his wife was on bass. All other diplomats watch and learn. ;-)

m.youtube.com/shorts/rADk5...