Phillip L
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Retired. Was a public servant. Live in the Blue Mountains.
Japanese Maples late to turn this year, but looking spectacular now.
about 5 hours 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 5 hours 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
1 day ago
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In this crazy world, watching Xanadu on World Movies tonight is pure escapism.
3 days 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.
3 days 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
4 days ago
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Phillip L
CNN
5 days 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.
5 days ago
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The Gordonia is flowering and showing why it’s known as the fried egg plant.
5 days ago
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Phillip L
CNN
6 days 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.
7 days ago
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Mum and bub having lunch.
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18 days ago
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Boiled eggs dressed suitably for lunch today.
19 days 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.
20 days ago
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Well, I guess that’s me avoiding the news for a few days.
20 days ago
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Hello Kitty.
21 days ago
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Some autumn colour. Late this year.
21 days ago
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Magnificent Monstera.
21 days ago
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Some good news on a really bad news day.
27 days ago
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Quite a big hazard reduction burn not far away. Smoke going away from us thankfully.
about 1 month ago
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Kookas on the lookout for tucker in the freshly mowed lawn.
about 1 month 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
about 1 month ago
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Kitty turns 11 today. Will receive her favourite ear rubs
about 1 month ago
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Furry lump.
about 1 month 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.
about 1 month ago
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Mum and bub possum are now competing for food.
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about 1 month ago
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Phillip L
CNN
about 1 month 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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FYI Australians. Viceland is currently screening Groundhog Day. On repeat. Someone has a sense of humour.
about 2 months ago
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Beautiful day to visit the Norman Lindsay Gallery.
about 2 months ago
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Our microwave died. Ordered a new one from KMart. They delivered two children’s play mats instead - easily confused I guess. Old microwave started working again this afternoon. Spooky.
about 2 months ago
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Nothing quite like the colour (and the taste) of an aged Hunter Valley Semillon. 25 years old and perfect.
about 2 months ago
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Yes, it has been very wet here lately.
about 2 months ago
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Astounding, but not surprising.
youtu.be/dfHx-KKJjdQ?...
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Three days at the Louvre: How China took over the global furniture industry
YouTube video by Inside China Business
https://youtu.be/dfHx-KKJjdQ?si=3eSzSLWPbsiaIvKv
about 2 months ago
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Skyline GTR parked in my street today.
2 months ago
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Young possum out on its own tonight. Wants to come inside.
2 months ago
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2001: A Space Odyssey is on NITV. I have never seen it all the way through in one go, it always puts to sleep at some point. Even the first time Dad screened it in 1969.😀
2 months ago
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Saturday night homemade pizza.
2 months ago
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Poss says hello.
3 months ago
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A good day to watch the cricket.
3 months ago
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What it is it with all these ads shoving cameras down people’s throats while they eat junk food? Just repulsive.
3 months ago
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PSA for Australia, Casablanca is on World Movies tonight at 8:30,
3 months ago
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Feeding time for mum poss and bubby.
3 months ago
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Took my Capri to buy a Banh mii.
3 months ago
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Possum on border patrol.
3 months ago
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Let’s try the new Japanese place for lunch. Park at the door, have a succulent meal. Thank you Lithgow.
3 months ago
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Kitty thinks it’s her birthday (it’s not).
3 months ago
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reposted by
Phillip L
The Conversation AUNZ
3 months ago
The award-winning cartoonist Jon Kudelka died in Hobart on Sunday, aged 53. Over 30 years, his work resisted the polarisation of the contemporary Australian media.
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As beautiful as they were powerful: Jon Kudelka’s political cartoons were made with true conviction
https://theconversation.com/as-beautiful-as-they-were-powerful-jon-kudelkas-political-cartoons-were-made-with-true-conviction-275538?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1770701435-1
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First sighting of the new baby poss outside mum’s pouch. So cute.
3 months ago
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reposted by
Phillip L
CNN
3 months ago
Novo Nordisk’s India patent will expire in March. The country’s colossal pharma production industry is gearing up to take advantage by selling generic versions.
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Is India about to make Ozempic-like weight-loss drugs a whole lot cheaper? | CNN
On any given morning in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park, power-walkers circle the running track, fitness watches buzzing with every step. Minutes later, some drift toward nearby food stalls, where oil sizzles a...
https://cnn.it/3Zoaj57
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Something for the brown car fans out there.
3 months ago
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