Nick, Molly, Dipper and 🌈 Brutus

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Small house, big dogs, bigger garden, tiny livestock.

RNing 30+ years. Paeds/adults/aged care/pal care/rural/med/surg/HDU/OR/union rep/thug since '88. Humanist

Living in subtropical Australia

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@paultobin.bsky.social www.npr.org/sections/cod... Gee, I'm glad history doesn't loop....

When Nazis Took Manhattanwww.npr.org In 1939, an event at Madison Square Garden was billed as a "Pro American Rally." It was, in fact, a rally in support of Hitler and fascism.

This is gonna cost more than it saves. Genius conservative policy.

New Zealand: Covid-19 sick leave for health workers set to go. Health New Zealand is scrapping Covid-19 sick leave for health workers from next week, despite the recent spike in cases and deaths. #COVID19NZ www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Covid-19 sick leave for health workers set to gowww.rnz.co.nz "Taking away sick leave will cause more Covid transmission in hospitals amongst ill and vulnerable people," says the PSA.

@chadbourn.bsky.social I see Rees Mogg has moved from likely to be flushed, to 50/50 floater. I'm not going to bed til I see a result (not a hard ask, it's 0935 here 😉)

Often think about my Eurasian-Australian acquaintance who emigrated to the UK, obtained citizenship, got a job, family, settled right in. Then voted for brexit to "stop all those foreigners coming here", while living in one of the least diverse towns there. My dude.....

As a school kid in the 70s, we had singing accompanied on the piano by an elderly lady who could belt out hot hits of the1920s. To this day, despite my Aus upbringing, I still know the lyrics to "California Here I Come" and "Yankee Doodle Dandee" Anyhoo, happy July 4 to those who celebrate it.

Happy birthday to this little hound, Molly. 7 years old. Lucky to get past 2 😊

Just wondering what a fascist regime in the US will be like. Power centralised, cronyism, corruption, loss of environment/workplace protections. Persecution of minorities. Religious zeal. International power vacuum, boost to Putin, rise of China, withdrawal from treaties. Crikey. Good luck.

Starting to think I've unwittingly joined a furry/anime site.....

It's been noted before, but it seems consistent that a 3rd of any population would happily subjugate/oppress/murder another 3rd but are normally kept in check by the other 3rd. Tip the scales a little and boom, full fash in a heartbeat.

Dear US friends, y'know Australia has a skilled immigration program? Just saying.

Hey, y'know who *does* have a king as head of state? Mind you, we don't see a lot of him. *Disclosure, I voted for a republic in 1999. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch...

Monarchy of Australia - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

Hey remember that time they had a revolution cos they didn't want to live under a king?....

Bedtime in eastern Australia. We'll go on ahead and make sure Monday's ok for everyone else, so ditch the blues. We got this 👍

The poss that has chosen to resume residence in my roller door despite the numerous comfortable possum boxes I have installed just for its marsupial majesty. My task now is to convince it to relocate back to a box and avoid the tumbler life.....

@gribbler.bsky.social I was recently wondering if Ben Folds still lived in Adelaide. Learnt I was several wives behind the times.

"three" branches of government. But if you can appoint one of them, you get the other two thrown in....

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06... "Bizarre" weather pattern huh. Whatever could it be? Is something about our climatological situation altering? Gee. *I'll bet this story on the bad site has multiple responses saying "yeah it's called winter" hur hur hur.

Strongest cold front of 2024 to bring weekend snow, followed by potential record-breaking 'blocking high'www.abc.net.au Polar air from Antarctica is surging towards south-east Australia, bringing gusty winds, showers and low-level snow. While midwinter cold outbreaks are typical, the subsequent weather is nothing short...

Australia. I'm really glad we're so far from everyone else.

@doktrnick.bsky.social Hi Dr Nick I noticed one of my resident ringtail possums high in a tree minus most of its essential bits. About 2.5m up and underneath another tree, mid south suburban Brisbane. Reckon I might have owls?

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This cartoon dealt with the idea in general thenib.com/anzac-day/

Anzac Day: Australia’s Uneasy Commemoration of War | The Nibthenib.com Australia’s Uneasy Commemoration of War

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That cartoon dealt with a very specific event amp.abc.net.au/article/1069...

Senator Fraser Anning billed taxpayers thousands for flights to another right-wing rally - ABC Newsamp.abc.net.au

Daphnis placida (hawk moth) encountered on a footpath. Relocated to a tree.

What's this mystery virus going around? Seriously have to check posts like this for a satire tag, but nope.

My theory of life 1/3rd of people are naturally low empathy (yes it's slightly more complex, but this is Blue Sky) and are kept in check (aware of not) by the other 2/3rds. Various historical elections seem to support this. Imagine a society with a uniform healthy level of empathy....

Winter #solstice in 40 minutes...... standby with the pagan rituals.

Longest night of the year coming up and we're trying not to die of hypothermia in .....16c, an hour after sunset. Guess we'll survive tonight. Summer might be a different story though.

Ice problem in this neighbourhood is obvious.

Observation. Seems to be a pattern with healthy senior folk post covid deteriorating over 6-12 months. Altered taste ➡️ decreased intake ➡️ weight loss/malnutrition. Drs investigate using existing diagnostic framework. Covid as a root cause not considered yet. Needs addressing broadly.

Couple of species of local wild free range macropods, SW Victoria.

Sorry, did I wake you? #koala