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smitjo

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Retired now but worked as a tradie, a teacher and manager. Left leaning voter with a green hue. Union man since 1974. Two kids, Six grandkids, one dog, two degrees. Born at 314.3ppm CO2.
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https://open.substack.com/pub/joeljenkins/p/labor-2025-censorship-over-courage
A pretty decent appraisal of the Albanese Government performance this year. Joel Jenkins seems as unimpressed as I am and voices the disappointment way more eloquently than I ever could.

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"What? Someone's been digging in our garden? Surely you don't think it was me. Why would you think that?"

A close up of a puppy's face. He has black fur. His floppy ears are up and his wide, brown eyes are focused on the camera. He has dirt on his nose.
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@georgetakei getting more like Baghdad Bob by the day.

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On our walk this morning we passed a group of White Ibis who were busy picking over the ground. Too busy to take any notice of me and the dogs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_white_ibis

Three White Ibis standing in grass examining the ground. They have a white body, a black tail and a black neck and head. They have very long black beaks.
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Monty is growing up at a healthy rate. He's about 19 weeks old and 16Kg now but still thinks he's a lap dog. 😄

A black dog fast asleep on his human's lap.
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Good morning Fediverse.

Starting my day by downloading a bird ID app.

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@emmadavidson well I've adopted a new puppy so have started my day by encouraging him to use the backyard as a toilet rather than the lounge room. ;? )

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    @vkc when I told my Grandkids that I'm an old printer and I used to print books I'd swear they were trying to work out where my USB port was. ;? )

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    The bees are very busy on the lavender around my garden but this one couldn't resist a rose.

    A honey bee working on the centre of an old fashioned rose.
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