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Journalist. Critic. Blogger. Member Journalists Hall of Fame. Lover of pelicans, cats, spiders & truth.

Australia or the US
Joined March 2008
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Victor Harbor is a gorgeous resort town BUT developers are descending in rapacious droves without planning for mass access. It has ONE, notoriously dangerous access road. WTF? @cityofvictorharbor @FleurieuSun @indaily @tiser @Victorharbortimes @abcnews #safetyissue #roadsafety
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Love 2026 @BigBrotherAu but am scared witless of mercurial Kyrah. Please save us FROM her. #Realitytv
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Wishing all my friends in the United States of America a happy National Cat Day. We don't have a National Cat Day in the UK, but we do have a National Cat... (Pic @PjrFoto)
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Please don't look away. You may be the only miracle they're waiting for.
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Hear hear.
'Today I an thankful for the pelican a bird of whom I have always been somewhat smitten and Ogden Nash for writing a poem much better than any I could have written.' - Jim Yerman
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The best coworker ever.. 😊
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I am glad Melanie expressed compassion for some village children in Ukraine. But to politicise her as a last-minute peacemaker is really offensive. Where has this compassion been for the rest of the war? #spin #marketing
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The usual coy "private" attention seeking. Yawn.
The “parents” wearing winter clothes and the surrogates in summer attire….hmmmmm.
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J’ai 82 ans. 4 enfants, 11 petits-enfants, 2 arrière-petits-enfants… Et une chambre de 12 m². Je n’ai plus ma maison. Plus mes meubles, ni mes souvenirs autour de moi. Mais j’ai quelqu’un qui fait mon lit, me prépare à manger, et prend ma tension chaque matin. Je n’entends plus les rires d’enfants, je ne prépare plus mes boulettes, ni mes œufs mimosa. Je ne tricote presque plus. Certains passent me voir tous les quinze jours. D’autres, tous les trois mois. Et puis… certains ne viennent plus du tout. Alors je fais mes sudokus. Je vais en ergothérapie. Je parle avec ceux qui restent… mais pas trop. Parce qu’ici, les liens se brisent vite. Ils partent souvent sans prévenir. On dit que la vie dure plus longtemps qu’avant. Mais pourquoi, si c’est pour la finir si seule ? Il me reste mes photos. Quelques objets ramenés de “chez moi”. Et le silence, parfois trop lourd. Si quelqu’un me lit… J’espère que les générations futures comprendront une chose : La famille, ce n’est pas que des débuts. C’est aussi des retours. C’est prendre soin de ceux qui nous ont aimés les premiers. Prendre soin de ceux qui ont pris soin de nous… C’est peut-être ça, le vrai respect. — Une maman, une grand-mère… Ou peut-être toi, un jour
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The Irish marking Trump's visit to the golf course in Doonbeg, County Clare, in their own inimitable style.
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They left yesterday. None in the garage last night. 8,000miles, bound for southern Africa. I always feel melancholy when they leave. Safe journey, you wee beauties. See you next year. 💙🙏🌍
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That’s how it’s done! 👏👏👏
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A male always handles the childcare in the emu world. Here is one protecting three stripeys (not necessarily his babies, btw). That's what baby emus are lovingly called, for obvious reasons. Credit to Rhonda for spotting these as we travelled along Flinders Ranges Way yesterday.
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Yep.
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I don't understand anything any more.
I can't stop laughing. No face coverings except Burka's, so this legend turns up in Portsmouth identifying as a gender fluid Muslim woman. This is brilliant. Give this man a knighthood. 🤣
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Replying to @LeeHarris
Full circle.
How crazy is it, that Monty Python saw this coming before it actually came? 🤣
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AND a fairy penguin at Victor Harbor!
😮😲🥺😥 SA's Environment Minister said the sea lion was found at Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island; entire sea lion population est to be fewer than 10,000,with 85% in SA & the remaining 15% in Western Australia. SA records first bird flu case in sea lion abc.net.au/news/2026-09-13/b…
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British bastardry at an epic level. This "sport" must die!
Look how they treat their hounds After they’ve run for these monsters hour after hour. This is in public—they don’t care—the cruelty is shameless. A complete ban on hunting with dogs is way overdue @andyburnham this has no place in a civilized country.
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