Milly Sonkey
@sistermatic.bsky.social
I have a habit of saying exactly what I think. I also have a habit of not thinking about what I'm saying.
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Milly Sonkey
@sistermatic.bsky.social
· Mar 4
The one thing that has struck me most about the United States right now, is not Trump's brazen and ruthless dismantling of democracy, systems and people, it's the fact the United States is either too afraid or genuinely powerless to do anything about it.
Just broke 49.6°C.
Our highest temperature since records began, previous was 48.1°C
Day not over yet either.
Our highest temperature since records began, previous was 48.1°C
Day not over yet either.
January 27, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Just broke 49.6°C.
Our highest temperature since records began, previous was 48.1°C
Day not over yet either.
Our highest temperature since records began, previous was 48.1°C
Day not over yet either.
Nah, it's not climate change at all... Or so the morons say.
Ceduna, South Australia, just peaked at 49.5°C
It's previous all time record was 48.6°C
My turn tomorrow.
Ceduna, South Australia, just peaked at 49.5°C
It's previous all time record was 48.6°C
My turn tomorrow.
January 26, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Nah, it's not climate change at all... Or so the morons say.
Ceduna, South Australia, just peaked at 49.5°C
It's previous all time record was 48.6°C
My turn tomorrow.
Ceduna, South Australia, just peaked at 49.5°C
It's previous all time record was 48.6°C
My turn tomorrow.
To my American friends, this forecast will break the 120 degrees fahrenheit limit.
Our all time record is 48.1c
So in my best Robin Williams voice, "It's HOT, DAMN HOT!"
Our all time record is 48.1c
So in my best Robin Williams voice, "It's HOT, DAMN HOT!"
January 25, 2026 at 5:23 AM
To my American friends, this forecast will break the 120 degrees fahrenheit limit.
Our all time record is 48.1c
So in my best Robin Williams voice, "It's HOT, DAMN HOT!"
Our all time record is 48.1c
So in my best Robin Williams voice, "It's HOT, DAMN HOT!"
Our highest ever temperature is 48.1.
Looks very much like we're gonna' break it.
Looks very much like we're gonna' break it.
January 22, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Our highest ever temperature is 48.1.
Looks very much like we're gonna' break it.
Looks very much like we're gonna' break it.
Reposted by Milly Sonkey
Reposted by Milly Sonkey
Aaand that’s how we deal with that.
January 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Aaand that’s how we deal with that.
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#GVerse 👏 Sheriff Rochelle Bilal is very clear when she says #FuckICE WILL be arrested for illegal activity. They are “made up, fake, law enforcement.
You will not be able to hide & you don’t want her smoke!
#ReneeNicoleGood #DemsUnited
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You will not be able to hide & you don’t want her smoke!
#ReneeNicoleGood #DemsUnited
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January 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
#GVerse 👏 Sheriff Rochelle Bilal is very clear when she says #FuckICE WILL be arrested for illegal activity. They are “made up, fake, law enforcement.
You will not be able to hide & you don’t want her smoke!
#ReneeNicoleGood #DemsUnited
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You will not be able to hide & you don’t want her smoke!
#ReneeNicoleGood #DemsUnited
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In '83 I came down from the bush with years of experience fighting fires. I volunteered to help during Ash Wednesday, I was fit, strong, could drive trucks, hold a hose, carry a pack, whatever was needed.
Rejected because I 'wasn't trained'.
I never offered again.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Rejected because I 'wasn't trained'.
I never offered again.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
NSW SES to allow people to volunteer for a day when disaster strikes
Experts say volunteering is not in decline, but it is becoming more spontaneous. The NSW disaster agency is moving to embrace this after seven women mobilised 1,200 people to volunteer for a day in re...
www.abc.net.au
January 9, 2026 at 9:09 PM
In '83 I came down from the bush with years of experience fighting fires. I volunteered to help during Ash Wednesday, I was fit, strong, could drive trucks, hold a hose, carry a pack, whatever was needed.
Rejected because I 'wasn't trained'.
I never offered again.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Rejected because I 'wasn't trained'.
I never offered again.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
@Malinauskas
As one fair dinkum South Aussie to another, don't do this.
Playing politics here is not the win you think it is - censorship does not get to decide what or who is right. Doesn't matter if you agree or disagree, this is not your remit.
PS: Labor voter.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
As one fair dinkum South Aussie to another, don't do this.
Playing politics here is not the win you think it is - censorship does not get to decide what or who is right. Doesn't matter if you agree or disagree, this is not your remit.
PS: Labor voter.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Palestinian author calls for apology as dozens pull out of Adelaide Writers' Week
Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah has called for her appearance at Adelaide Writers' Week to be reinstated after it was axed, but SA's Premier has continued to back the decision, as dozens of auth...
www.abc.net.au
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 AM
@Malinauskas
As one fair dinkum South Aussie to another, don't do this.
Playing politics here is not the win you think it is - censorship does not get to decide what or who is right. Doesn't matter if you agree or disagree, this is not your remit.
PS: Labor voter.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
As one fair dinkum South Aussie to another, don't do this.
Playing politics here is not the win you think it is - censorship does not get to decide what or who is right. Doesn't matter if you agree or disagree, this is not your remit.
PS: Labor voter.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
So what are these mutterings I hear about Trump about to bomb Mexico?
Anyone know?
'Drugs' again?
Anyone know?
'Drugs' again?
January 9, 2026 at 4:49 AM
So what are these mutterings I hear about Trump about to bomb Mexico?
Anyone know?
'Drugs' again?
Anyone know?
'Drugs' again?
Putting this out there.
Attack/Annex/Steal Greenland. NATO collapses.
It is an intended consequence.
Putin says 'thank you Donald. I'll take Europe, you can have the west. Oh, btw, I'll keep mum, I promise.'
If anything, it'd make a great book. Now where's my typewriter....
Attack/Annex/Steal Greenland. NATO collapses.
It is an intended consequence.
Putin says 'thank you Donald. I'll take Europe, you can have the west. Oh, btw, I'll keep mum, I promise.'
If anything, it'd make a great book. Now where's my typewriter....
January 8, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Putting this out there.
Attack/Annex/Steal Greenland. NATO collapses.
It is an intended consequence.
Putin says 'thank you Donald. I'll take Europe, you can have the west. Oh, btw, I'll keep mum, I promise.'
If anything, it'd make a great book. Now where's my typewriter....
Attack/Annex/Steal Greenland. NATO collapses.
It is an intended consequence.
Putin says 'thank you Donald. I'll take Europe, you can have the west. Oh, btw, I'll keep mum, I promise.'
If anything, it'd make a great book. Now where's my typewriter....
THAT would have to be one of the worst nights I can ever recall for sleeping.
Temp yesterday was 47.3
Aircon went off at 11pm because we simply cannot afford to run it all night. It was 36.1
At 2.30am it was still 34.3
Temp now, 6:30, is 32.3
Forecast is 46 again.
Won't get below 30 until 9pm
Temp yesterday was 47.3
Aircon went off at 11pm because we simply cannot afford to run it all night. It was 36.1
At 2.30am it was still 34.3
Temp now, 6:30, is 32.3
Forecast is 46 again.
Won't get below 30 until 9pm
January 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM
THAT would have to be one of the worst nights I can ever recall for sleeping.
Temp yesterday was 47.3
Aircon went off at 11pm because we simply cannot afford to run it all night. It was 36.1
At 2.30am it was still 34.3
Temp now, 6:30, is 32.3
Forecast is 46 again.
Won't get below 30 until 9pm
Temp yesterday was 47.3
Aircon went off at 11pm because we simply cannot afford to run it all night. It was 36.1
At 2.30am it was still 34.3
Temp now, 6:30, is 32.3
Forecast is 46 again.
Won't get below 30 until 9pm
"It is unthinkable the PM would choose a commissioner that did not have the total confidence of the Jewish community," Mr Frydenberg wrote.
So Frydenberg wants a commission that is NOT necessarily impartial AND he expects the results to be sympathetic to the Jewish?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
So Frydenberg wants a commission that is NOT necessarily impartial AND he expects the results to be sympathetic to the Jewish?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
PM's possible pick to lead Bondi royal commission sparks pushback
Anthony Albanese has been in talks about calling a Commonwealth royal commission into last month's attack, signalling to colleagues he is preparing to renege on his opposition to the idea.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 3:04 AM
"It is unthinkable the PM would choose a commissioner that did not have the total confidence of the Jewish community," Mr Frydenberg wrote.
So Frydenberg wants a commission that is NOT necessarily impartial AND he expects the results to be sympathetic to the Jewish?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
So Frydenberg wants a commission that is NOT necessarily impartial AND he expects the results to be sympathetic to the Jewish?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
The last thing SA needs right now is a severe weather warning with temperatures in the mid to high 40c.
But a warning we just got.
"DAMAGING WIND GUSTS with peak gusts to 100 km/h are likely with thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening."
44c already here, winds gusting 21kts. 11 am 😬
But a warning we just got.
"DAMAGING WIND GUSTS with peak gusts to 100 km/h are likely with thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening."
44c already here, winds gusting 21kts. 11 am 😬
January 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The last thing SA needs right now is a severe weather warning with temperatures in the mid to high 40c.
But a warning we just got.
"DAMAGING WIND GUSTS with peak gusts to 100 km/h are likely with thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening."
44c already here, winds gusting 21kts. 11 am 😬
But a warning we just got.
"DAMAGING WIND GUSTS with peak gusts to 100 km/h are likely with thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening."
44c already here, winds gusting 21kts. 11 am 😬
Reposted by Milly Sonkey
Those travelling to/from Riverland, heads up to a grass fire just east of Truro north of the highway, near quarry.
Aircraft are on to it. Winds are NW gusting 20kts, which means a likely cross soon. Highway may end up closed.
Aircraft are on to it. Winds are NW gusting 20kts, which means a likely cross soon. Highway may end up closed.
January 7, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Those travelling to/from Riverland, heads up to a grass fire just east of Truro north of the highway, near quarry.
Aircraft are on to it. Winds are NW gusting 20kts, which means a likely cross soon. Highway may end up closed.
Aircraft are on to it. Winds are NW gusting 20kts, which means a likely cross soon. Highway may end up closed.
Dear America
When Trump dies, what the fuck are you going to talk about?
When Trump dies, what the fuck are you going to talk about?
January 6, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Dear America
When Trump dies, what the fuck are you going to talk about?
When Trump dies, what the fuck are you going to talk about?
Oof
January 4, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Oof
"This makes international community reactions to breaches particularly important."
Trump unequivocally broke international law. In other words @albomp.bsky.social, Australia should be condeming the action outright, not obfuscating with 'Oh but Maduro was a bad guy'.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Trump unequivocally broke international law. In other words @albomp.bsky.social, Australia should be condeming the action outright, not obfuscating with 'Oh but Maduro was a bad guy'.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Were the US actions in Venezuela legal under international law?
International law is created by all states, not just the powerful few. This makes international community reactions to breaches particularly important.
www.abc.net.au
January 4, 2026 at 10:48 PM
"This makes international community reactions to breaches particularly important."
Trump unequivocally broke international law. In other words @albomp.bsky.social, Australia should be condeming the action outright, not obfuscating with 'Oh but Maduro was a bad guy'.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Trump unequivocally broke international law. In other words @albomp.bsky.social, Australia should be condeming the action outright, not obfuscating with 'Oh but Maduro was a bad guy'.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
My weather later this week. Our record is 48.2c. It's going to go close.
January 4, 2026 at 4:45 AM
My weather later this week. Our record is 48.2c. It's going to go close.
Road Rule Reminder: SA. Overtaking lanes.
You are *required* to give way to traffic in the right hand lane as you exit the left hand lane, even if you are ahead.
It is a *lane end merge*, not a zipper merge.
Getting this wrong gets people killed
www.drivesmartdrivingschool.com.au/2010/08/merg...
You are *required* to give way to traffic in the right hand lane as you exit the left hand lane, even if you are ahead.
It is a *lane end merge*, not a zipper merge.
Getting this wrong gets people killed
www.drivesmartdrivingschool.com.au/2010/08/merg...
Merging rules in South Australia
There are two types of merging situations in South Australia - ZIP merge (picture 1) and LANE END merge (picture 2). If you are on a road where the traffic is merging from two lines to one line, you ...
www.sadrivingeducation.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Road Rule Reminder: SA. Overtaking lanes.
You are *required* to give way to traffic in the right hand lane as you exit the left hand lane, even if you are ahead.
It is a *lane end merge*, not a zipper merge.
Getting this wrong gets people killed
www.drivesmartdrivingschool.com.au/2010/08/merg...
You are *required* to give way to traffic in the right hand lane as you exit the left hand lane, even if you are ahead.
It is a *lane end merge*, not a zipper merge.
Getting this wrong gets people killed
www.drivesmartdrivingschool.com.au/2010/08/merg...
My weather for next week.
For my American friends, yes, that's Celcius.
In your money that's 113F. In the shade.
For my American friends, yes, that's Celcius.
In your money that's 113F. In the shade.
January 1, 2026 at 8:03 AM
My weather for next week.
For my American friends, yes, that's Celcius.
In your money that's 113F. In the shade.
For my American friends, yes, that's Celcius.
In your money that's 113F. In the shade.
Chris Minns - "We can't be in a situation where this horrible criminal terrorist event changes the way we live in our beautiful city," he said."
Also Chris Minns - Deploys thousands of machine gun toting police and suggests we need armed civilians and the Army.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Also Chris Minns - Deploys thousands of machine gun toting police and suggests we need armed civilians and the Army.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
'People are like animals': Crowds flock to secure prime Sydney NYE spot
Revellers camp overnight and make a "crazy" dash to secure prime viewing spots for the Sydney Harbour New Year's Eve fireworks, ahead of celebrations across the country to welcome 2026.
www.abc.net.au
December 31, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Chris Minns - "We can't be in a situation where this horrible criminal terrorist event changes the way we live in our beautiful city," he said."
Also Chris Minns - Deploys thousands of machine gun toting police and suggests we need armed civilians and the Army.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Also Chris Minns - Deploys thousands of machine gun toting police and suggests we need armed civilians and the Army.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
So, if a Muslim is subject to hate speech and abuse, will they also get an army escort and privately armed security firm to keep them safe?
Asking for a friend.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Asking for a friend.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Women wearing hijabs targeted in anti-Muslim abuse since Bondi attack
There are concerns women wearing hijabs are bearing the brunt of a "horrifying" wave of Islamophobia in the wake of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, with the Australian National Imams Council reporti...
www.abc.net.au
December 30, 2025 at 4:05 AM
So, if a Muslim is subject to hate speech and abuse, will they also get an army escort and privately armed security firm to keep them safe?
Asking for a friend.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Asking for a friend.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
"The CSG [...] monitors threats to the community and provides security for Jewish events"
And Minns thinks they should be armed.
Why? CSG claim they knew of the risk - so where were they on the day?
Active engagement, as the public did, may have saved lives.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
And Minns thinks they should be armed.
Why? CSG claim they knew of the risk - so where were they on the day?
Active engagement, as the public did, may have saved lives.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Minns government ‘actively’ considering if Jewish security group should be armed after Bondi attack
NSW premier also announces police will carry long-arm rifles at major New Year’s Eve event in Sydney
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"The CSG [...] monitors threats to the community and provides security for Jewish events"
And Minns thinks they should be armed.
Why? CSG claim they knew of the risk - so where were they on the day?
Active engagement, as the public did, may have saved lives.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
And Minns thinks they should be armed.
Why? CSG claim they knew of the risk - so where were they on the day?
Active engagement, as the public did, may have saved lives.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...