Sue Bursztynski
@greatraven.bsky.social
Children’s writer, teacher, librarian living in Melbourne with a balcony garden and thousands of books. No DM unless I ask, please. I will unfollow if you do.
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Colbert’s acceptance speech stayed away from political jibes or any comments about CBS, and instead served as a plea to the industry to hire his former staffers.
Stephen Colbert’s Canceled Late Show Wins Best Variety Series Emmy
Colbert’s acceptance speech stayed away from political jibes or any comments about CBS, and instead served as a plea to the industry to hire his former staffers.
www.forbes.com
September 15, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Colbert’s acceptance speech stayed away from political jibes or any comments about CBS, and instead served as a plea to the industry to hire his former staffers.
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I'm running to raise money for International Animal Rescue and in particular their Orangutan Rehabilitation and Rescue centres in Indonesia!
Please give if you can!
My page👇
www.justgiving.com/page/gemma-l...
Please give if you can!
My page👇
www.justgiving.com/page/gemma-l...
Gemma's fundraiser for International Animal Rescue
Help Gemma Lawrence raise money to support International Animal Rescue
www.justgiving.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:16 AM
I'm running to raise money for International Animal Rescue and in particular their Orangutan Rehabilitation and Rescue centres in Indonesia!
Please give if you can!
My page👇
www.justgiving.com/page/gemma-l...
Please give if you can!
My page👇
www.justgiving.com/page/gemma-l...
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Scorching conditions this year have triggered wildfires in European countries that are normally considered to be damp and cool
Rapid climate change brings wildfire threat to new corners of Europe | New Scientist
www.newscientist.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Scorching conditions this year have triggered wildfires in European countries that are normally considered to be damp and cool
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You ever meet someone who says shit like "I'm glad my taxes paid for your meal"
Like bitch stfu, first of all your tax payments are not more important than everyone else's and second its really weird that a hungry person being able to eat upsets you.
Like bitch stfu, first of all your tax payments are not more important than everyone else's and second its really weird that a hungry person being able to eat upsets you.
September 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
You ever meet someone who says shit like "I'm glad my taxes paid for your meal"
Like bitch stfu, first of all your tax payments are not more important than everyone else's and second its really weird that a hungry person being able to eat upsets you.
Like bitch stfu, first of all your tax payments are not more important than everyone else's and second its really weird that a hungry person being able to eat upsets you.
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An ancient Egyptian crocodile that bites! 🐊
More than 3,000 years ago, someone carved this crocodile from wood and gave it a movable jaw. Perhaps a child’s toy, it offers a small glimpse into the playful side of ancient life.
From Thebes, c. 1540-1075 BC
Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me
#Archaeology
More than 3,000 years ago, someone carved this crocodile from wood and gave it a movable jaw. Perhaps a child’s toy, it offers a small glimpse into the playful side of ancient life.
From Thebes, c. 1540-1075 BC
Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me
#Archaeology
September 16, 2026 at 7:39 AM
An ancient Egyptian crocodile that bites! 🐊
More than 3,000 years ago, someone carved this crocodile from wood and gave it a movable jaw. Perhaps a child’s toy, it offers a small glimpse into the playful side of ancient life.
From Thebes, c. 1540-1075 BC
Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me
#Archaeology
More than 3,000 years ago, someone carved this crocodile from wood and gave it a movable jaw. Perhaps a child’s toy, it offers a small glimpse into the playful side of ancient life.
From Thebes, c. 1540-1075 BC
Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me
#Archaeology
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On a chilly morning.
Making super soft buttery skillet breads now. The breads have crumpet like texture but really soft. Just flour, yeast a teaspoon of baking powder, a bit of sugar, salt n water like making pancakes. Using butter to cook these in a skillet.
#skilletbreads #breakfast
Making super soft buttery skillet breads now. The breads have crumpet like texture but really soft. Just flour, yeast a teaspoon of baking powder, a bit of sugar, salt n water like making pancakes. Using butter to cook these in a skillet.
#skilletbreads #breakfast
September 15, 2026 at 6:36 PM
On a chilly morning.
Making super soft buttery skillet breads now. The breads have crumpet like texture but really soft. Just flour, yeast a teaspoon of baking powder, a bit of sugar, salt n water like making pancakes. Using butter to cook these in a skillet.
#skilletbreads #breakfast
Making super soft buttery skillet breads now. The breads have crumpet like texture but really soft. Just flour, yeast a teaspoon of baking powder, a bit of sugar, salt n water like making pancakes. Using butter to cook these in a skillet.
#skilletbreads #breakfast
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My first flowers on the African violet! I’ve waited months.
September 16, 2026 at 4:46 AM
My first flowers on the African violet! I’ve waited months.
Hi @devinjeyathurai.bsky.social!
Haven’t seen you in years. Glad to follow back.
Haven’t seen you in years. Glad to follow back.
September 16, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Hi @devinjeyathurai.bsky.social!
Haven’t seen you in years. Glad to follow back.
Haven’t seen you in years. Glad to follow back.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i... One of these women, according to a book I read, was the mother of Joseph Banks. Yes, THAT Joseph Banks, so famous in Australian history. He wasn’t a slave trader or approver.
More than 1,000 women invested in companies at heart of Britain’s slave trade
Women used profits from trafficking of enslaved Africans to secure their families’ futures, research reveals
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 3:46 AM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i... One of these women, according to a book I read, was the mother of Joseph Banks. Yes, THAT Joseph Banks, so famous in Australian history. He wasn’t a slave trader or approver.
Just started reading my first book by Dervla McTiernan. I’m enjoying it very much so far.
September 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Just started reading my first book by Dervla McTiernan. I’m enjoying it very much so far.
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Ancient Greek cup in the shape of a cow’s hoof! 🐮❤️
A novelty wine cup from some 2,500 years ago!
The Met 📷 by me
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
A novelty wine cup from some 2,500 years ago!
The Met 📷 by me
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
September 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ancient Greek cup in the shape of a cow’s hoof! 🐮❤️
A novelty wine cup from some 2,500 years ago!
The Met 📷 by me
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
A novelty wine cup from some 2,500 years ago!
The Met 📷 by me
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
I don’t tap on until I have grabbed a seat. It IS dangerous, and my suburb only has the old trams, not the low floor ones. That is pretty hard for older people. Mum couldn’t get on a tram for years. And drivers do start suddenly.
I don’t tap on until I have grabbed a seat. It IS dangerous, and my suburb only has the old trams, not the low floor ones. That is pretty hard for older people. Mum couldn’t get on a tram for years. And drivers do start suddenly.
A fall on a tram cost a passenger his life. Older riders want change
More than three-quarters of passengers who were hospitalised following a fall on a tram were aged 60 or older.
www.theage.com.au
September 13, 2026 at 5:02 AM
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
I don’t tap on until I have grabbed a seat. It IS dangerous, and my suburb only has the old trams, not the low floor ones. That is pretty hard for older people. Mum couldn’t get on a tram for years. And drivers do start suddenly.
I don’t tap on until I have grabbed a seat. It IS dangerous, and my suburb only has the old trams, not the low floor ones. That is pretty hard for older people. Mum couldn’t get on a tram for years. And drivers do start suddenly.
A friend in Castlemaine has invited me to his place for a Cup Day party. Does anyone know if there are trains there from Melbourne on Cup Day?
September 13, 2026 at 2:42 AM
A friend in Castlemaine has invited me to his place for a Cup Day party. Does anyone know if there are trains there from Melbourne on Cup Day?
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This necklace made of 42 animal teeth is just one of the unusual finds unearthed in a Neolithic burial in Poland. The man was also accompanied by amber beads, a serpentinite battle ax ... and two human heads.
archaeology.org/news/2026/09/09/another-unusual-burial-found-at-ancient-polish-cemetery/
archaeology.org/news/2026/09/09/another-unusual-burial-found-at-ancient-polish-cemetery/
September 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
This necklace made of 42 animal teeth is just one of the unusual finds unearthed in a Neolithic burial in Poland. The man was also accompanied by amber beads, a serpentinite battle ax ... and two human heads.
archaeology.org/news/2026/09/09/another-unusual-burial-found-at-ancient-polish-cemetery/
archaeology.org/news/2026/09/09/another-unusual-burial-found-at-ancient-polish-cemetery/
My mother at Nando’s a year ago. Alas, gone now.
September 13, 2026 at 12:17 AM
My mother at Nando’s a year ago. Alas, gone now.
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Wonderful ancient artistry!
About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory!
Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse!
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory!
Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse!
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
September 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Wonderful ancient artistry!
About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory!
Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse!
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory!
Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse!
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Happy Rosh Hashanah to those who celebrate! Going to my brother’s place tonight. There will be 22 people!
September 11, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Happy Rosh Hashanah to those who celebrate! Going to my brother’s place tonight. There will be 22 people!
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At the end of the day, don't we all just want to read Edgar Allan Poe in a dimly-lit café on a cobblestone side street in Prague during a raging thunderstorm whilst enjoying cappuccinos and croissants?
September 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
At the end of the day, don't we all just want to read Edgar Allan Poe in a dimly-lit café on a cobblestone side street in Prague during a raging thunderstorm whilst enjoying cappuccinos and croissants?
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Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Pluto Appreciation Society Pin. Pluto is a planet and anyone who says otherwise is a bootlicking shill for Big Astronomy.
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September 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Pluto Appreciation Society Pin. Pluto is a planet and anyone who says otherwise is a bootlicking shill for Big Astronomy.
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There’s something about seeing the face of a four-year old from two thousand years ago which make the centuries melt away. At the Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst in Munich.
September 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
There’s something about seeing the face of a four-year old from two thousand years ago which make the centuries melt away. At the Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst in Munich.
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Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this "I Don't Care What The Founding Fathers Wanted" Patch. Are you telling me we don't have to take the word of these centuries old, probably very racist dudes' word as objective truth? What are we supposed to do then? Have morals? Ridiculous.
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September 5, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this "I Don't Care What The Founding Fathers Wanted" Patch. Are you telling me we don't have to take the word of these centuries old, probably very racist dudes' word as objective truth? What are we supposed to do then? Have morals? Ridiculous.
collabs.shop/hre8ol
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Happy Birthday Mary Anning!
The illustration, (by me) is of Ichthyosaurus anningae (named in Mary’s honour) and was a small part of the fundraising efforts for the statue of Mary that now stands in Lyme Regis.
The illustration, (by me) is of Ichthyosaurus anningae (named in Mary’s honour) and was a small part of the fundraising efforts for the statue of Mary that now stands in Lyme Regis.
May 21, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Happy Birthday Mary Anning!
The illustration, (by me) is of Ichthyosaurus anningae (named in Mary’s honour) and was a small part of the fundraising efforts for the statue of Mary that now stands in Lyme Regis.
The illustration, (by me) is of Ichthyosaurus anningae (named in Mary’s honour) and was a small part of the fundraising efforts for the statue of Mary that now stands in Lyme Regis.