Marita
@mareetsyo.bsky.social
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Pretty vague. Likes crosswords. Canberra/Ngunnawal
The most Canberran of bus adverts
about 21 hours ago
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I reckon Carney’s open, jovial, sincere care for his brand of politics is why he cuts through political irony and obfuscation globally.
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about 21 hours ago
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Zito
6 days ago
Always read Helen
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SOON
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‘I’m not a regular mum, I’m a cool mum’ I think to myself as I yawn into my $16.50 pint of Carlton Draught, waiting for the Canadian jazz fusion band to come on stage
10 days ago
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RanTLaw
10 days ago
The NACC's view here is even funnier when you consider it's about a bloke who secretly appointed himself to multiple roles and thought no-one would find out.
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cait (and adonis)
11 days ago
in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy
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Ben McKenna is Unwell
28 days ago
I’m sorry, I know it’s a minor point, but crack dens are traditionally indoor establishments. What the scaremongering Labour minister is describing here is a crack paddock.
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Harry Bruce
26 days ago
Shadow minister for immigration.
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I actually don’t have an opinion on whether listening to an audiobook counts as reading or not, AMA
about 1 month ago
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Nick Evershed!?
about 1 month ago
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Fiona Katauskas
about 1 month ago
I have many, many favourite Kudelka cartoons but this, from 2011, is possibly one of the best Aus pol cartoons ever drawn.
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Senator Walker going hard on the dixers at Estimates with some fun responses to the answers. “Wow. Right on track then.” “That’s awesome.”
about 1 month ago
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Daniel James
about 2 months ago
As tomorrow beckons in all its heat, anger and frustration. Remember we are charge of the course we chart. We know where we’re going, because we know where we’ve been. This from the Yoorrook Justice Commission. 🖤💛❤️
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Liz Hicks
2 months ago
Submission from Anne Twomey on the Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill now up - it’s a must read for journalists and policy makers Quite the burn here too 🔥
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
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Took a slight* detour home to Canberra from Jindabyne to visit the thermal pool at Yarrangobilly Caves. 100% worth the extra 3ish hours in the car.
2 months ago
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Thank goodness, the three missing people have been found safe.
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2 months ago
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Ingrid M
2 months ago
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...
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toilet truck
2 months ago
i wanna hear more people on the streets saying shit like 'bush walk' and 'op shop' and less 'hike' and 'thrift' please
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Liking something ironically either makes fun of people who genuinely like that thing or permits you to shame yourself for liking it.
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2 months ago
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Simon Rosenberg
3 months ago
Laura Tingle with a bit of Australian understatement: “It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”
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Meduza in English
3 months ago
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...
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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…
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/03/if-i-could-save-time-in-a-photo
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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
3 months ago
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so I bought an oboe
3 months ago
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Seva
3 months ago
2025 in review: hegemonic suicide, medieval peasant brain, and other highlights from a very long year
hegemon.substack.com/p/2025-hegem...
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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.
https://hegemon.substack.com/p/2025-hegemonic-suicide-and-other?r=7ec37&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
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This presser was foul. Politicisation and personal attacks.
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3 months ago
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Matchbloc
3 months ago
Happy winter solstice ☀️ 🌙
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I refuse to learn who mr beast is
3 months ago
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he’s actually just a perfect boy
3 months ago
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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.
3 months ago
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Lenore Taylor
3 months ago
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘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
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/16/the-lifeguards-who-became-first-responders-during-the-bondi-terror-attack-ntwnfb
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In the back of an uber trying to hiccough as quietly as possible after the work Christmas party to not affect my uber score
3 months ago
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot
3 months ago
Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision
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Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision
Iceland joins Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in saying it will boycott the 2026 contest.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwy9n786n0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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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
3 months ago
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I feel seen
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3 months ago
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Dr swift parrot
3 months ago
Good morning only to this silly and gorgeous gang gang cockatoo
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Bede Kelleher
3 months ago
New Welsh village just dropped
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Ed Burmila
4 months ago
*youth pastor voice* Let me tell you kids about another carpenter who wasn’t very popular with the authorities
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Stephen McDonell
4 months ago
#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...
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Taiwanese ambassador to Finland rocks the stage with his metal band at Formosa Finland Fest
YouTube video by Mothership
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/rADk5nxY-tI
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Also lol
4 months ago
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Pretty chuffed about this gender balance tbh
4 months ago
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In this house we do not legitimise: - racism - Pauline Hanson’s political career
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4 months ago
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Ben
4 months ago
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
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“At a time when voters have legitimate concerns about the rate of overseas migration into Australia, Hanson sidelines herself through stunts and an entrenched victim mentality.” Sorry what?
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Pauline Hanson thinks she speaks for the mainstream but her burqa stunt shows she is a bit player with bad instincts | Tom McIlroy
While banning the burqa might play with the Sky After Dark audience, it is miles from a broad concern among punters
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/25/pauline-hanson-thinks-she-speaks-for-the-mainstream-but-her-stunt-shows-she-is-a-bit-player-with-bad-instincts
4 months ago
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Rii Abrego
4 months ago
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
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Tbf it was done to strengthen Ley’s internal leadership position, not to win votes
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4 months ago
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Mate I couldn’t forget the bamboo if I tried
4 months ago
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Matt Bevan
4 months ago
Enjoying watching the
#ashes
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In an episode of Real Life Blueskyism, today I saw someone comment in a doc sent around for edits on the departmental standard acknowledgment of Country: ‘This is incorrect. The oldest living culture was proven to be found in Africa’.
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