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We are right on the edge of land, near the mouth of a coastal creek. Across a narrow stretch of water is a small island, and in the water is a dying structure of wood, possibly part of the memory of a pier that existed decades ago. It has two vertical poles perhaps a metre and a half apart, and a cross piece connecting them. Another cross piece has fallen off at one of its ends, so it leans diagonally into the water. On the horizontal cross piece are five little black cormorants, and another two perch on the diagonal one. A black swan sails behind the right hand pole.

We are right on the edge of land, near the mouth of a coastal creek. Across a narrow stretch of water is a small island, and in the water is a dying structure of wood, possibly part of the memory of a pier that existed decades ago. It has two vertical poles perhaps a metre and a half apart, and a cross piece connecting them. Another cross piece has fallen off at one of its ends, so it leans diagonally into the water. On the horizontal cross piece are five little black cormorants, and another two perch on the diagonal one. A black swan sails behind the right hand pole.

Mouth of Laverton Creek taken from the Bay Trail West near Doug Grant Reserve, Altona, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Land and water of the Yalukit-willam clan of the Boon Wurrung tribe of the Kulin nation.

alhs.com.au/local-histor...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boonwur...

www.bunuronglc.org

7 hours ago 2 1 0 0

My daddy came alive
Into the room he strode
"We've got rotgut again
Down Copperhead Road"

9 hours ago 2 1 0 0

He's only SIX. And he's seven feet tall. Damn RIGHT he's the birth of terror! The CASSOWARRIES fear him!

9 hours ago 3 2 0 0

Please help me to not be homeless tomorrow or hungry today. I have to have about $180 set aside for my hotel room ($60) and deposit and transportation tomorrow (and that’s just tomorrow), but I only have $124. I also haven’t been able to afford to eat today. I’d be so grateful for any help.

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We are waiting for an outdoor gig to start. A small vinyl-sided tent has been erected to hold a stage. On the stage, between a keyboard and two cymbals on one side, and a smallish speaker on the other, the lead vocalist and bassist of the band Tongue Dissolver squats. He wears blue jeans and a black hoodie with a red pattern on the front. He is a white man of medium build with greying hair, and he smiles as he awaits his performance.

We are waiting for an outdoor gig to start. A small vinyl-sided tent has been erected to hold a stage. On the stage, between a keyboard and two cymbals on one side, and a smallish speaker on the other, the lead vocalist and bassist of the band Tongue Dissolver squats. He wears blue jeans and a black hoodie with a red pattern on the front. He is a white man of medium build with greying hair, and he smiles as he awaits his performance.

Lead vocalist/bassist of Tongue Dissolver, a Melbourne band who play sort of metallic electronic rave music.

tonguedissolver.net/home

tonguedissolver.bandcamp.com

www.fbi.radio/articles/alb...

1 day ago 5 1 2 0

Go on, make banana bread challenge 2026

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Hayley Moore - At The Races presenter amazingly catches loose horse
Hayley Moore - At The Races presenter amazingly catches loose horse YouTube video by At The Races

Damn! Horse racing outside broadcast presenter catches a loose horse by the reins as it canters down the track. She gets thrown to the ground, but stops the horse

youtu.be/PN2IMpwbZWc

2 days ago 2 1 0 0

This is a terrible idea. It essentially means people with disability or their carers have to run down their assets before accessing the NDIS. Which means living in poverty permanently

2 days ago 152 48 7 1

Ooooof

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A very old car is parked on the side of an urban street. Its make is Datsun, an old name which was replaced with Nissan in the mid-1980s. The paint job, originally red, is faded to an uneven rust-brown, with the roof covered in spots. It is very small, especially for cars sold in Australia in the early 1980s, when large, masculine-coded cars were still popular. Although it has four doors, large adults would likely be uncomfortably cramped in its back seats.

A very old car is parked on the side of an urban street. Its make is Datsun, an old name which was replaced with Nissan in the mid-1980s. The paint job, originally red, is faded to an uneven rust-brown, with the roof covered in spots. It is very small, especially for cars sold in Australia in the early 1980s, when large, masculine-coded cars were still popular. Although it has four doors, large adults would likely be uncomfortably cramped in its back seats.

Although this car is probably of little interest to enthusiasts, it fascinated me when I saw it yesterday. The use of the "Datsun" branding meant it was very old, and I was surprised that a car whose body, at least, has obviously...

2 days ago 4 1 2 0
Melbourne! 6/4/26
Melbourne! 6/4/26 YouTube video by Taciturn Miss

**NEW SHORT OUT TODAY!!**

I met up with @caspiasphotos.com in Melbourne!

youtube.com/shorts/JnSPW...

2 days ago 2 2 0 1

Seriously. Try looking for even basic mobility aids online. More than half the websites don't even list prices, they just let you ask for a quote. Because they want to find out how much funding you have and charge as much as they can.

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Chest Binding Workshop with Sock Drawer Heroes Sock Drawer Heroes, in collaboration with TGV is delivering an interactive workshop on chest binding with demonstrations and a Q&A.

If you're in Melbourne and into chest binding for Gender Reasons, there's a free binding workshop at TransGender Victoria's Lygon Street Affirmation Station next week. 5.30pm Thu Apr 16.

Free, but you have to book.

events.humanitix.com/chest-bindin...

3 days ago 3 5 0 0

*offers very very large hugs*

3 days ago 1 0 1 0

Anyway, clearly the idea I have some form of undiagnosed ADHD simply doesn't hold up.

3 days ago 1 0 0 0

Went to Footscray earlier. On the way back I had a TWENTY FIVE minute wait for my train.

Naturally, I decided to scoot the four km or so to the rail junction where my train splits from the others. Missed my train by a minute and had to wait 17 more minutes.

Still better than waiting 25 minutes.

3 days ago 2 0 0 1

"Just push through your exhaustion" in times other than life-threatening emergencies should be regarded the same as an order to jump out of a third storey window.

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A packet of Chazz brand potato chips in "energy drink" flavour. The packet has a large bright blue bull standing on their hind legs.

A packet of Chazz brand potato chips in "energy drink" flavour. The packet has a large bright blue bull standing on their hind legs.

[food]

Tantalus stole ambrosia. Sun Wukong gorged on heavenly peaches. What will my punishment be for tasting the most sacred holy of the gods?

3 days ago 2 1 0 0

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4 days ago 1 2 0 0

Because of the spice trade. Honestly, it's all in the wiki.

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This photo is pink and blurry. It's a gig on a small outdoor stage with temporary tenting along the back. Our view of the lead vocalist is almost obscured by an audient in a green shirt enjoying the show. That vocalist is kneeling on the floor of the stage, his arm raised defiantly, his fist clutching a small hand-held microphone with no shaft. Next to a yellow floor tom-tom drum is a keyboardist and percussionist.

This photo is pink and blurry. It's a gig on a small outdoor stage with temporary tenting along the back. Our view of the lead vocalist is almost obscured by an audient in a green shirt enjoying the show. That vocalist is kneeling on the floor of the stage, his arm raised defiantly, his fist clutching a small hand-held microphone with no shaft. Next to a yellow floor tom-tom drum is a keyboardist and percussionist.

This is Tongue Dissolver, or at least their percussionist and lead vocalist. They play sort of metallic electronic rave music.

tonguedissolver.net/home

tonguedissolver.bandcamp.com

www.fbi.radio/articles/alb...

4 days ago 1 1 1 0
It is sunset, revealed by the golden sky to our west as we look out of a train window marked with a few dirty spots. Behind a cyclone fence is the tall catalytic converter, or "cracker" tower, of the Mobil Altona Refinery. The entire refinery, operational since 1954, is now being decommissioned. We can see debris from the decommissioning process scattered around the base of the tower, and other pipes and chimneys rise into the sky against the sunlight.

It is sunset, revealed by the golden sky to our west as we look out of a train window marked with a few dirty spots. Behind a cyclone fence is the tall catalytic converter, or "cracker" tower, of the Mobil Altona Refinery. The entire refinery, operational since 1954, is now being decommissioned. We can see debris from the decommissioning process scattered around the base of the tower, and other pipes and chimneys rise into the sky against the sunlight.

Demolition

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altona_...

Taken from the Altona Loop train line, Altona North, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Land of the Yalukit-willam clan of the Boon Wurrung tribe in the Kulin Nation

alhs.com.au/local-histor...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boonwur...

www.bunuronglc.org

4 days ago 1 1 1 0
We are standing on one side of a city street, still damp from previous rain. Tram tracks run along the street in front of us, dividing us from a small old-fashioned cobblestoned laneway running between the sides of two shopping buildings. The laneway has signs advertising various cafes, and restricting vehicle entry. It is crowded with dozens of people, and a pale sun shines down into it through whatever gaps it can find.

We are standing on one side of a city street, still damp from previous rain. Tram tracks run along the street in front of us, dividing us from a small old-fashioned cobblestoned laneway running between the sides of two shopping buildings. The laneway has signs advertising various cafes, and restricting vehicle entry. It is crowded with dozens of people, and a pale sun shines down into it through whatever gaps it can find.

Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Land of the Wurundjeri-willam clan of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung tribe in the Kulin Nation

alhs.com.au/local-histor...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurundj...

www.wurundjeri.com.au

5 days ago 5 3 0 1

McKinsey-style? So, exclusively straight?

5 days ago 2 0 0 0
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A non-binary person sits on some seating steps made of brick and slate, in Melbourne's Federation Square, a large plaza opposite Flinders Street Station. He wears a dark blue short-sleeved shirt with white outlines of hibiscus flowers on it, and a blue headscarf. His long wavy hair is contained in two braids; one on either side of his head. He holds a gold-coloured walking cane, and is in front of a suitcase with a denim jacket slung over the handle. Behind, we see yellow flags advertising the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and further back is the tall white metal spire above the Arts Centre on St Kilda Road.

A non-binary person sits on some seating steps made of brick and slate, in Melbourne's Federation Square, a large plaza opposite Flinders Street Station. He wears a dark blue short-sleeved shirt with white outlines of hibiscus flowers on it, and a blue headscarf. His long wavy hair is contained in two braids; one on either side of his head. He holds a gold-coloured walking cane, and is in front of a suitcase with a denim jacket slung over the handle. Behind, we see yellow flags advertising the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and further back is the tall white metal spire above the Arts Centre on St Kilda Road.

@kittenflower.bsky.social in Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Land of the Wurundjeri-willam clan of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung tribe in the Kulin Nation

alhs.com.au/local-histor...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurundj...

www.wurundjeri.com.au

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A non-binary person wearing a headscarf and a white woman in a yellow beret smile at the camera

A non-binary person wearing a headscarf and a white woman in a yellow beret smile at the camera

Spent the afternoon with @kittenflower.bsky.social who is passing through Melbs today. Art Gallery members lounge, Birrarung Marr, Fed Square, snacks.

6 days ago 7 2 1 0
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Police rush Bondi Beach, apprehend 'F ... Israel' tee-shirt man ... again - Michael West As many as 18 police have descended on Bondi Beach to arrest businessman Andrew Brown for wearing a 'F... Israel' t-shirt

Police, ambulances, paddy wagons, special ops forces descend on Bondi to confront man wearing "F#%& Israel" t-shirt. Again.

#andrewbrown #auspol #israel
michaelwest.com.au/police-rush-...

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Wondering if this would be here

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We look up at a young white man on stage. He is gazing upwards with a look in his eyes that might be hope. He holds a corded microphone to his mouth, between the palms of his hands which are pressed together with the fingers up, as though he were praying. Two prominent tendons on his neck stand right up, easily visible. He wears a white T-shirt and old, baggy dress trousers. Behind him another young white man sits at a small drum kit, his bearded face and curly head slightly hidden behind a large cymbal. The photo is edited so that there is a white glow around the men's heads and waist, while the rest of the picture is darkened.

We look up at a young white man on stage. He is gazing upwards with a look in his eyes that might be hope. He holds a corded microphone to his mouth, between the palms of his hands which are pressed together with the fingers up, as though he were praying. Two prominent tendons on his neck stand right up, easily visible. He wears a white T-shirt and old, baggy dress trousers. Behind him another young white man sits at a small drum kit, his bearded face and curly head slightly hidden behind a large cymbal. The photo is edited so that there is a white glow around the men's heads and waist, while the rest of the picture is darkened.

Artist in the photo is Solsa

solsa.bandcamp.com/music

www.youtube.com/@SOLSA

www.instagram.com/solsa.cum/

Taken at the Weird Out West festival, Maddern Square, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria Australia on April 4 2026

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1 week ago 1 2 1 0

Counterpoint: No it isn’t you cruel bastard. Delicious food that will actually be eaten so people can benefit from its health value is what we all deserve.

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