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Lachlan, 10 hours ago to random

Well, I guess I'm 31 now :CoffeePals:

olav, 11 hours ago to mentalhealth

I'm sooo tired of taking pills. I know I can't not but maybe it's worth the risk to take fewer.

#MentalHealth #MentalHealthMonth

caity, 12 hours ago to random

I don’t often remember my dreams. Last night I had one where I was trying to escape from a red bellied black snake about to bite me one side, and another snake (eastern brown, I think) about to bite me on the other side, and.. well, I don’t think that requires a whole hella lot interpretations, do you?
Just as well I’m booked in to see my psychologist very soon, given the whole family situation and everything.

TywyllSeren, 13 hours ago to Hummingbirds

#Hummingbirds are everywhere!!
#flowers #plants #africanviolets

🤭

LOOK!! A hummingbird shape appears on one if the leaves!

TywyllSeren, 14 hours ago to random

Star #afghan 🥰

#crocheting #mastodoncrochet #yarn

A few more rounds to the golden star Afghan.
Star afghan pattern

chestas, 15 hours ago to random

It's cold + I'm exhausted = Can't be arsed Saturday

nomoremister, 17 hours ago to random

Paul Pelosi's attacker, David DePape, was convicted and sentenced to 30 years. The case was heard in federal court. Am I crazy to think Trump might pardon DePape if he becomes president again?

cafechatnoir, 17 hours ago to random

So, my vet's office is closed one Saturday a month - very good thing in my mind, they all work insanely hard and it's good to have a little extra time off. It's announced well in advance every month, so it's not a surprise to anyone. (Plus we have excellent emergency vets in the area.)

The day off is this Saturday.

The local beer festival is also this Saturday.

Coincidence? I think not.

TalktoBeverley, 18 hours ago to random

Yesterday my daughter and I were in a shop wearing N95s and a woman commented "I've weaned myself off wearing a mask."
More fool me, I asked her why she would say "weaned".
I can't recall her response, probably because I was amazed at her telling us that she believed vaccines were what caused variants!
She added that she didn't believe in offering children the 'flu vaccine because vaccines were why a new vaccine was required each year.
Gobsmacking. Had to extricate ourselves from convo'. Batty!

mycotropic, 19 hours ago to random

I guess I never flew over the #TheGrandCanyon before!

Hellybootwader, 20 hours ago to random

Friday flowers (kind of)- poppy heads with and without petals. The purple stamen look like fuzzy pipe cleaners laid on the top of the seed head.
#FridayFlowers

A red petalled poppy flower with dark anthers in the centre around what will become the seed case. Background is green vegetation

BathNature, 21 hours ago to uk

Fox encounter today in #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Fox #Mammal

A fox running across a field

JimsPhotos, 22 hours ago to nature

I don't know my spiders, but encountered this one on a Friday afternoons stroll

#nature #spiders #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #ArachnidPhotography #SpidersOfMastodon #UK

phocks, 1 day ago to random

Book 2 of 100. Just finished this one. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. From the reviews it seems this one wasn't as well received as her other novels, but I actually really enjoyed it. I don't read too much modern fiction, but I wanted to give this one a try, and I'm glad I did. I love her writing style. I don't know why. There's just something about it. Maybe I'll give Gone Girl or Dark Places a go sometime.

researchbuzz, 1 day ago to random

It is way too damn early for me to be reading about Grandma McFlurrys

https://www.qsrweb.com/news/mcdonalds-to-celebrate-grandmas-with-release-of-grandma-mcflurry/

frogglin, 1 day ago to random

Maybe we should ALL paint portraits of Gina

BinChicken, 1 day ago to auspol

Vincent Namatjira is in the news again because Gina Rinehart is a truly awful person.

I think his painting is a pretty good likeness. It's recognisable to the point of being iconic. It captures her disdain for Black people perfectly, just as his painting of Tony Abbott captured the fake smile and witless eyes of our former Prime Minister.

I want to congratulate the ABC journalist who appears to have found the reference photo used by the artist, Vincent Namatjira, and put the photo side-by-side with the painting.

Compare them.

Before you say "This painting is not a good likeness" or "The artist is trying to make her look ugly", look at both images.
Now, look at the shit Gina Rinehart has done to the land with her resource extraction while making herself one of the richest people in the world with an estimated wealth of $30 billion.

And, look at Gina Rinehart's refusal to separate herself from her father's appallingly racist words.

Here's a sample:

"Nothing should be sacred from mining whether it’s your ground, my ground, the Blackfella's ground or anybody else’s. So the question of Aboriginal land rights and things of this nature shouldn’t exist."

And:

"[Aboriginal people] that have been assimilated into, you know, earning good living or earning wages amongst the civilised areas, those that have been accepted into society and they have accepted society and can handle society, I’d leave them well alone.
The ones that are no good to themselves and can’t accept things, the half-castes - and this is where most of the trouble comes - I would dope the water up so that they were sterile and would breed themselves out in future and that would solve the problem."

#Auspol #GinaRinehart #VincentNamatjira #TonyAbbott #ArchibaldPrize

Collection of 21 portraits painted by Indigenous artist, Vincent Namatjira.
Portrait by Vincent Namatjira of former Prime Minister of Australia, Tony Abbott.

anathema_device, 1 day ago to random

Utterly unacceptable and craven :(

Swimming Queensland says Vincent Namatjira's portrait of patron Gina Rinehart is 'offensive' and 'unflattering' - ABC News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-17/gina-rinehart-swimming-queensland-vincent-namatjira/103861170

anathema_device, 1 day ago to random

Fellas, if you want there to be more babies, be a dad. A dad in the home | Van Badham | The Guardian

Inaccessible work, outrageous childcare costs and the threat of family violence are only some of the issues holding back Australia’s birthrate

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/article/2024/may/16/jim-chalmers-wants-australia-to-have-more-babies-is-it-any-surprise-women-have-been-saying-no

ash, 1 day ago to random

I was thinking about riding to Bunnings, but this is coming in. Still thinking about riding to Bunnings tbh. Yolo.

#BNEWeather

anathema_device, 1 day ago to random

Fire management in Victoria amounts to de facto native logging industry, conservationists say | Victoria | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/17/fire-management-in-victoria-amounts-to-de-facto-native-logging-industry-conservationists-say?CMP=aus_bsky

yurnidiot, 1 day ago to random

the all-you-can-eat buffet is no longer open for business

#Caturday

a black cat and a ginger cat eating side by side and surrounded by a makeshift fence separating the two bowls so that one cat can't eat the other cat's food

phocks, 2 days ago to random

Starting this one.

https://bookwyrm.social/book/356316/s/blood-sweat-and-chrome-the-wild-and-true-story-of-mad-max

#AmReading