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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-19 at 23:32

I probably took this 15 minutes too early. The light would have been better about 0545.

https://pixelfed.au/p/trib/786736031043394852

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-17 at 09:12

Racists, man. Their weirdness just keeps climbing as this kind of belligerent ignorance gets more and more popular on the right of politics.

I’m more convinced than ever that conservatism is a moral and mental deficiency.

[#]auspol #wapol

https://c.im/@ABC/113842779826321751

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-17 at 05:57

All the double glazing is in at our place. I need to paint the architrave on this, but the new triptych window is pretty nice with its 20km+ viewpoint.

[#]renovations

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-17 at 00:05

New read - Kosciuszko: The incredible life of the man behind the mountain

Ant Sharwood’s narrative history and memoir books focussed on the mountains of southern NSW are some of the best, most approachable, current Australian nonfiction in a similar vein to John Blay’s works on exploring SE NSW.

[#]reading #bookstodon #history #Australia

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-15 at 21:43

Labor targeting seats held or contested by Greens in the coming federal election is all of:

• completely on brand for Labor, who cannot get over themselves and their hatred of the Greens

• a great way of pissing off voters on the left into voting for the Greens or independent progressives

• an even better way of handing seats to the Liberals, who will happily reap the spoils of a split progressive vote anywhere they can

Labor is fucking mad and pointless.

[#]auspol

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-14 at 00:04

Today's note from the farm: hope any lifestock you see never experience photosensitisation from eating plants with certain toxins. We have a cow at the dairy that is going through hell with skin and liver damage and she is unlikely to make it.

DPI NSW's fact sheet does not come close to describing the horror - https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/111157/photosensitisation-in-stock.pdf

[#]farming #dairyfarming

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-13 at 04:05

Driveway snek. Red-bellied black snake about 1m long.

[#]bushlife

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-13 at 01:40

Go teach design at my alma mater, who do not require a white cis man!

[#]UX #design

https://avantwhatever.org/@benbyrne/113818270824970999

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-12 at 16:34

Australians! Why are you awake!? This ungodly hour is fit only for fools like me who are heading to work at primary production jobs. Go get some Zs.

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-12 at 16:25

What a fantastic project! There’s things here I'd likely never read, but my particular taste isn't the point.

Very @elzbethmrgn areas of interest, though.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/12/over-100-famous-works-by-australian-authors-rescued-from-oblivion-by-literary-heritage-endeavour

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-10 at 23:10

70mm rain the past 24 hours. Our tanks and pointless, leaky dam are now chockers.

[#]bushlife

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-10 at 06:22

This is absolutely wild. An outstanding long read look inside America's weird right militias from the perspective of an independent infiltrator.

https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-09 at 21:01

The swamp wallaby has returned to pluck the best bits from the garden. We’re pretty sure it’s and old animal with the beaten up, bent-over ears and a few clear scars on its face and shoulders.

[#]bushlife #MacropodsOfMastodon

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-09 at 07:28

Grow, little basil plants, grow.

[#]gardening #food

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-09 at 00:27

With Meta/Zuckerberg announcing the end of moderation on those platforms, I'm going to cease using Facebook and Instagram for personal and business purposes. I'll stay there because people I know use those things to keep in touch, but I won't post actively.

I plan to move my personal and business Instagram to pixelfed.au ( @PixelfedAUAdmin is that okay?).

Given aus.social rules, where do folks think the best place for a general social posting account for our B&B is? It's generally low-key, non-marketing stuff showing off the region, wildlife, and flora.

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-07 at 03:20

The new double-glazed windows are going to look amazing, but the chaos throughout the house right now is having its way with my anxiety level.

[#]renovations

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-06 at 03:51

@Kels_316 see the pic from Tas Police halfway down the story linked above.

[#]hiking #bushwalking

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-06 at 03:31

Please go #hiking. Please enjoy yourself. But ffs, be prepared with extra clothing, food, and water, understand conditions and forecasts, and don't hike in places you aren't ready for.

The picture halfway down this story is wild. Nobody should be where those hikers are! And they had no water!

[#]bushwalking

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-06/tas-bushwalker-rescue-increase-urge-preparation/104785834

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-06 at 00:40

Just another example of the toxic and unjust combination of Australia’s heavy-handed protest laws, cops escalating past what is ever needed, and the court system acting like an ass.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jan/05/invasion-day-marcher-stripped-of-800000-compensation-as-police-duty-of-care-ruling-overturned

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Written by Stephen Collins on 2025-01-05 at 00:05

At no time is it necessary to be tolerant of intolerance. It is always fine to punch Nazis.

https://mastodon.online/@jwillia2/113771632924647704

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