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Tom Roberts | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 October profile picture.
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5d6123d1 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @03d37794 a classic!
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5d6123d1 | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Good morning 🦜 🦚 🦢 🐦 
Its day 8 of #BirdOfTheYear2023 and time to vote again! 

#TeamEndangered still in with a chance
Critically Endangered:
Swift Parrot 

Endangered:
Gouldian Finch;
Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo; &
Bar-tailed Godwit.

#Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdOfTheYearAU

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2023/sep/25/australian-bird-of-the-year-2023-vote-the-guardian-bird-life-australia-poll
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kcarruthers | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Measles, mumps, rubella making a comeback thanks to #AntiVax movement and #VaccineHesitancy: Case...
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5d6123d1 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @30ce86c6 I was hospitalised with measles as a child!

I also have a friend who is blind.. they put that down to his mother, catching rubella while pregnant with him.

💉💉💉 vaccines save lives!
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5d6123d1 | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Good morning 🙂
Its day 6 of #BirdOfTheYear2023 and time to vote again! 🦜

Who are you going to give your vote to?

#TeamEndangered 
Critically Endangered:
Swift Parrot

Endangered birds:
Gouldian Finch;
Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo;&
Bar-tailed Godwit.

#Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdOfTheYearAU

Endangered birds that have been eliminated this comp:
Regent Honeyeater
Southern Cassowary 
Pink Cockatoo 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2023/sep/25/australian-bird-of-the-year-2023-vote-the-guardian-bird-life-australia-poll
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Chookbot | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Local Coles has moved on from self checkouts as an option, to bullying people into using them.

T...
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5d6123d1 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @0177da18 I object to being treated as a thief at the self-service checkouts! 

The cameras focused on the person & record them! Why not focus on the items & alert if I happen to say I am weighing apples instead of garlic etc...

But no, they follow my every move.

It really shows the whole mindset!
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5d6123d1 | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 It would be a wonderful thing if Australia had "Truth in political advertising & statements" laws.

🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

STOP LYING!

Why should we have to fact check everything on a political ad/information sheet?

No wonder politicians are untrusted.

#AusPol