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  I saw a dead humpback washed up on the beach at Mon Repos today. They said that it died from propeller strike. I could clearly see the slash on the tail but I couldn't see the head. Oh well, at least the marine scavengers will get a good dinner. Sharks and crabs gotta eat too. It wasn't very big, maybe 3 or 4 metres, so probably very young. Park rangers pegged out barrier tape. Although I am pretty sure that crabs and sharks could swim under there. #Whale #Humpback #MonRepos

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  Back in regional Qld visiting family after a long absence I am continually surprised by the friendliness of total strangers. It seems like everywhere I go people just say Good Morning or Hello. I was just sitting on a bench in a public park, minding my own grumpy business, while 3 different people wandered past, smiled and said Good Morning. #Smile #Qld #MiriamVale This was in the town of Miriam Vale where I had stopped for a coffee and muffin. Lovely little spot. I noticed that travellers were...

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  I met an Israeli in a camping ground today. But I didn't mention the war.

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  Doing the grey nomad thing. I was half way between Clermont and Alpha in central west Queensland towing my campervan on corrugated dirt roads when a vehicle coming up from behind alerted me to a problem. My trailer electric link had come loose and was trailing in the dirt. But I was lucky enough to find Cody at the Pearce garage in Jericho who was happy to interrupt his other work and get me on my way again. He also does the roadside assist for the area. Great mechanic and all round nice guy. #...

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  What kind of fresh bullshit is this? Looks like my local supermarket is going to introduce trolleys that require a login to use. Fuck that for a joke.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTgZj1z7uS0 Love this.

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  Somebody help me. What is the collective noun for a group of King parrots? I'd suggest a squabble of parrots because that's all they were doing. They seemed mostly uninterested in my offer of a millet spray. They just chose my balcony as a spot to argue amongst themselves. A few headed off to feed on the nearby conifers and pittosporum. #wildlife #birds #Australian

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  Aunty Donna did a cat video about 8 years ago. Every time I see cat related posts I think of it. here is Professor Whiskers: #Cats #nsfw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0kqCOyXNcQ

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  An Algae bloom has caused the closure of Israeli desalination plants. These algae blooms in the eastern Mediterranean are not unprecedented but they are getting bigger and badder. They originate in the Nile delta, nourished by warm waters and fertiliser runoff. But this time around the Israelis have destroyed most of Gaza's sewage treatment plants so human waste is seeping directly into the ocean feeding the algae bloom which, in turn, is clogging the filters of the desal plants. http...

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  Houthis have taken the port of Mocha which is inside the Red Sea. This has caused oil prices to rise about 20%. The Houthis now have effective control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait. So diesel and petrol prices will continue to rise. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/10/houthis-capture-yemeni-town-of-mocha-why-it-matters If only there was some kind of way to power our road transport without using diesel or gasoline. But I know that will never happen. There isn't an automotive en...

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  @publicnewsfeed Shouldn't we first block the nations that started the war like the US and Israel?

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  After an eye appointment to check for cataracts I had to wait around until those eye drops wore off and I could see properly again. So I decided to spend that time in a nearby public library. I grabbed a newspaper which turned out to be The Australian. And I have great news to report from Australia's most authoritative journal of record. Firstly the IDF says that they have almost completely destroyed the leadership of the IRGC. The IDF also reports that Iranian soldiers are refusing ord...

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  I have just had a bizarre retail experience. I went to a camping store to buy a jump-starter. For those of you who don't know what that is: it's just a lithium ion battery powerful enough to jumpstart your car if you have a flat battery. I got caught out in a remote campsite with a flat battery recently and the guy who helped had a jumpstart pack. They're like a bigger phone power pack but with cable connectors to do the job of a car battery. Anyway, it worked perfectly s...

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  I heard that the crew of the Artemis saw lots of cows when they were looking at the moon. That was because they were looking at The Far Side. #Joke #GaryLarson #Artemis #NASA #Space #Humour #Science

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  My neighbour has taken up bee-keeping. A few weeks ago he bought over some honeycombs. I left it sit on my kitchen bench for a few weeks. Occasionally I would open the container and scoop up some honey with my fingers. But today I started googling how to separate the honey from the beeswax. Unless the neighbour starts giving me a lot more it probably won't be worth too much effort. I think I ended up with about 200ml of honey. And I know for certain that there is no added sugar, unlike...

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  This is my happy place. After working in the yard I love to sit in the shade in that chair late in the afternoon sipping a beer. I can hear the faint hum of traffic down in the valley but mostly it's just the birdies and the wind in the trees. It's just so peaceful. #MyHappyPlace #Gabion #Sheds

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  Fascinating short video about Copper nanotubes by Dr Hannah Fry This could video could benefit from alt text as it displays an image without explanation. The thing is that nanotubes is generally abbreviated to NT. The symbol for Copper is Cu. Bear in mind that English is not the first language of the Chinese scientists who wrote this paper. They could have abbreviated Copper nanotubes to NTCu, but instead they decided to put Copper first. So we now have CuNTs as the abbreviation. https://youtu...

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  It's really ironic that you can only discover that your roof leaks when it's raining. Because it's too wet to climb up there and fix it. It's dripping right on top of me as I sit at my PC. Time to sit in my lounge chair and browse that other smaller internet that lives on my phone.

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  I had a visit from this feathery boy. Or maybe she's girl. Just sat patiently while I got very close for the photo. I suspect that they were waiting for a snack. Lots of people in my street like to feed the birds. But I had nothing suitable and there was no way I was sharing my hot buttered raisin toast. #Birds #Wildlife

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  Meanwhile in Gaza the IDF keeps on murdering children. https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/10/headlines/9_year_old_palestinian_girl_shot_dead_in_front_of_classmates_in_gazas_beit_lahia #Gaza