Phillip L
@philliprleeds.bsky.social
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Retired. Was a public servant. Live in the Blue Mountains.
Early morning Lori.
about 11 hours ago
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Bird breakfast.
about 12 hours ago
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Too stupid to wear a seatbelt.
add a skeleton here at some point
4 days ago
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Interesting analysis in this. Worth reading.
pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
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Gen Z is not ageing into the old Australia
Why Australia’s Gen Z is unlike any voting cohort before it and why every institution built for the old Australia is about to find out.
https://pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07/gen-z-is-not-ageing-into-the-old-australia/?utm_source=pi_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-2026-07-09
4 days ago
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Kitty very composed.
10 days ago
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Kitty on the heated blankie.
15 days ago
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A few more photos of the amazing cloud formations yesterday.
22 days ago
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Tonight’s TV choice was State of Origin or The Graduate in its 4K restoration on World Movies. The Graduate with a check of the footy score in the ad breaks it is.
26 days ago
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Rare to see an original unrestored early Falcon GT in the wild.
27 days ago
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Spectacular clouds at the beach today.
28 days ago
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For fans of not very successful Australian cars, here’s a Holden Brougham for sale near me this morning.
about 1 month ago
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Interesting analysis.
pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/06...
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Why Pauline Hanson's biggest weakness is her newest voters
One Nation's surge is easiest to read as anger. It is better read through a different lens – gathering the Australians who formed their sense of who they are in an offline world, where belonging was anchored where they grew up.
https://pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/06/why-pauline-hansons-biggest-weakness-is-her-newest-voters/?utm_source=pi_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-2026-06-11
about 1 month ago
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Time gets away. 28 years today since Dad died.
about 1 month ago
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Visited my oldest friend yesterday while he’s in rehab after an operation. Good to see him and chat about old times and the future. A long time since we used to go on rides around Sydney in his 911.
about 1 month ago
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Half-baked cat.
about 1 month ago
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Here’s one for the parrot researchers. Smart birds getting a bit too smart in the Blue Mountains.
www.reddit.com/r/bluemounta...
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From the bluemountains community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the bluemountains community
https://www.reddit.com/r/bluemountains/comments/1ttkiwh/cockies_go_wild/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
about 1 month ago
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The old Capri ticked over 194,000km when I pulled into the driveway today. Seemed worthy of a photo.
about 1 month ago
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One for the Rover fans. Ad in the local Blue Mountains paper this week. See the car quite often, looks like a nice one.
about 1 month ago
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Excellent analysis.
pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/05...
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Three Australias: new polling shows deepening divide
Changing voting patterns are no longer a reaction to short-term events, they are a rebellion against inequality, says Kos Samaris.
https://pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/05/three-australias-new-polling-shows-deepening-divide/?utm_source=pi_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-2026-05-28
about 2 months ago
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I have a lump on my leg.
about 2 months ago
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Straight to the recycle bin.
about 2 months ago
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Autumn colour.
about 2 months ago
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I should sweep our slip hazard, but it looks so nice. Maybe tomorrow.
about 2 months ago
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Japanese Maples late to turn this year, but looking spectacular now.
about 2 months ago
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Mum and Bub are still eating together. Won’t be long before Mum evicts Bub I think. It’s a big Bub now.
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about 2 months ago
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Best thing I’ve read today.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Angus Taylor just alienated families like mine – and doomed the Liberal Party
Immigrant families and their votes are critical to the Liberals’ status as the alternative government. The party just formally walked away from them.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/angus-taylor-just-alienated-families-like-mine-and-doomed-the-liberal-party-20260515-p5zxbz.html
about 2 months ago
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In this crazy world, watching Xanadu on World Movies tonight is pure escapism.
2 months ago
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Finally free of our dud Beko clothes dryer that never worked properly and died in less than a year. Beko customer service was completely hopeless. Do not buy that brand.
2 months ago
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Excellent analysis.
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/05...
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Farrer exposed a political divide the Liberals cannot bridge
The Farrer by-election revealed a deep political realignment, with One Nation consolidating support in regional Australia while multicultural and younger voters continue to move sharply against it.
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/05/the-wall-between-parramatta-and-bundaberg/?utm_source=Pearls+%26+Irritations&utm_campaign=18e4331834-Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0c6b037ecb-18e4331834-583166795
2 months ago
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reposted by
Phillip L
CNN
2 months ago
As global temperatures rise and water scarcity worsens, a nanoengineered paint developed by researchers in Australia aims to tackle both — with the stroke of a brush.
https://cnn.it/4eA3C8X
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Kitty enjoys the autumn sun.
2 months ago
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The Gordonia is flowering and showing why it’s known as the fried egg plant.
2 months ago
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reposted by
Phillip L
CNN
2 months ago
Musée d’Orsay in Paris opens a gallery dedicated to still-unclaimed works believed to have been looted by Nazis from their Jewish owners in WWII:
https://cnn.it/3QQ3wQR
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Musée d’Orsay opens gallery dedicated to still-unclaimed works stolen by Nazis in WWII | CNN
Artworks by Renoir, Degas and Rodin that are believed to have been looted by the Nazis from their Jewish owners have gone on display at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/08/style/paris-musee-dorsay-gallery-looted-art-scli-intl?Date=20260510&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1778389320&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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BlueSky is doing its party trick again. Crashing every time I try to post any photos. It’s just hopeles.
2 months ago
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Mum and bub having lunch.
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3 months ago
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Boiled eggs dressed suitably for lunch today.
3 months ago
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Random car photos for today. Elvis Presley’s Pantera, The one he shot when it wouldn’t start. The nick from the bullet is still on the steering wheel.
3 months ago
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Well, I guess that’s me avoiding the news for a few days.
3 months ago
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Hello Kitty.
3 months ago
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Some autumn colour. Late this year.
3 months ago
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Magnificent Monstera.
3 months ago
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Some good news on a really bad news day.
3 months ago
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Quite a big hazard reduction burn not far away. Smoke going away from us thankfully.
3 months ago
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Kookas on the lookout for tucker in the freshly mowed lawn.
3 months ago
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More proof, not that we needed it, that China is smart on energy and the USA is stupid.
youtu.be/pBxeYilvGrs?...
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Trump, wind power, and a new Chinese energy monopoly for the next century
YouTube video by Inside China Business
https://youtu.be/pBxeYilvGrs?si=mVeYZyPC0-X1krch
3 months ago
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Kitty turns 11 today. Will receive her favourite ear rubs
3 months ago
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Furry lump.
3 months ago
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Took my Capri to the shops today. A KIA Tasman parked behind me. The top of its bonnet is higher than the roof of the Capri. Just too big as well as really ugly IMHO.
3 months ago
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Mum and bub possum are now competing for food.
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3 months ago
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reposted by
Phillip L
CNN
3 months ago
France is the birthplace of Western haute gastronomy and is known as the cradle of fine dining. But there’s been a remarkable shift in the country’s restaurant landscape:
https://cnn.it/4toa8nd
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Fast food consumption is soaring in the birthplace of haute cuisine. Quelle horreur! | CNN
France is the birthplace of Western haute gastronomy. But record-breaking growth in fast casual and fast food chains in recent years is raising tensions in the culinary capital.
https://cnn.it/4toa8nd
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