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Tasmanian...wow, nearly 4 years here. I'll be a local if I stay another 20 years 😄.

Prefer animals to people, and games over anything serious.

Tasmanian Chess Champion 2023/24 and 2026

Blog: https://lichess.org/@/mowcop/blog

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2026-06-09 01:50:35 UTC

Penguin, Tasmania, level of coolness.
1. Named after a little penguin colony.
2. Main focal point is a giant penguin statue near the beach front.
3. Next to the giant penguin is a Tardis!
Unbeatable...
#Tasmania #lutruwita #penguin #DoctorWho
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2026-04-07 11:45:01 UTC

I posted a poll a couple of days ago asking this question:
"So if lines are drawn between the US and Europe, where do you think Albanese will side. The US, or the Commonwealth?"
Now a poll with a different slant. Who do you think Australia should side with?
#Australia

2026-04-04 08:24:04 UTC

It's Easter, but I haven't been able to hide away and pretend I'm dead for 3 days 😄
So thinking about some doom and gloom scenarios, I wonder where little Australia will end up?
So if lines are drawn between the US and Europe, where do you think Albanese will side. The US, or the Commonwealth?
#auspol #Scifi #Australia

2026-03-29 09:35:23 UTC

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Today has been a bit of a haze. Work will hopefully be a needed distraction tomorrow

2026-03-29 06:33:50 UTC

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Our other cat is out of sorts too. She knew there was something up yesterday, and she's been pining today

2026-03-29 05:54:56 UTC

Today I'm supposed to be the chairperson at the Tasmanian Chess Association's AGM.
I didn't sleep too well yesterday after losing Candy, and just want to ignore the rest of the world with a book.

2026-03-28 10:22:59 UTC

We've been ready for a while, but it's still hard when the time comes.
RIP Candy, you've been a beautiful part of this family for the past 17 years.
#cats #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday
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2026-03-28 03:03:58 UTC

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Enjoy 🙂

2026-03-27 02:55:06 UTC

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We took one of our cats to the vet today, ready for the worst. The vet told us it isn't quite time yet, but it will be soon, and to make the most of the time left.
Pet owners, and vets, need to be real about these things

2026-03-25 09:34:38 UTC

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I've met some lovely Icelandic people on my travels.

2026-03-25 09:30:07 UTC

I don't have many ambitions. Keeping plodding on is good enough. But a dream I've had for a while is to travel to Iceland and trek round the amazing looking landscapes.
The Reykjavik Chess Open starts today, making now I want to combine a holiday with playing at the chess festival 🙂
#Chess #Iceland #Travel

2026-03-22 04:44:18 UTC

Walking in a forest in the rain. I wish I could post the overpowering smell of the eucalypts, the sounds of branches creaking against trees, the feel of the different textures of leaves and barks, or the sweet taste of the native currants
Here are some small mycena, with a couple of prickly currants, lying on the forest floor.
#Tasmania #lutruwita #fungi #Mushtodon #forest
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2026-03-20 23:55:50 UTC

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Won't Labor smash it?

2026-03-20 23:50:09 UTC

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Let's hope the One Nation candidate is less wanted by the electorate than the UK police

2026-03-20 01:33:45 UTC

White Hens Can't Jump
#HashtagGames
#PoultryMoviesOrPlays

2026-03-18 05:35:48 UTC

Tasmania, where the real news happens 😃
#Tasmania #lutruwita #animals
https://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/real-possum-found-among-plush-toys-in-hobart-airport-gift-shop/

2026-03-13 10:55:12 UTC

One more place setting for dinner?
#Cats #CatsOfMastodon
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2026-03-09 08:17:07 UTC

I don't have a problem with paying for nature. I am happy to pay the annual Tasmanian Parks Pass, and don't see why it should be an issue.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/09/twelve-apostles-visitors-charged-entry-fee-great-ocean-road-victoria

2026-03-09 04:57:18 UTC

I just became the 2026 Tasmanian Chess Champion, scoring 6.5 from my 7 games. 🙂
#Chess #Tasmania #lutruwita #Boardgames

2026-03-08 20:42:47 UTC

Give me an F
Give me a U
Give me a C
Give me a K
RIP Country Joe McDonald, as relevant today as when the USA were Fucking up Vietnam.
#music #RIP

2026-03-05 21:37:31 UTC

Jennifer Shahade suffered sexual abuse in the chess world, and then suffered abuse as a whistle-blower.
#chess #Equality #SexualAbuse
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar/05/jennifer-shahade-interview-abuse-chess

2026-03-04 10:42:58 UTC

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Never been on a cruise, and never wanted to.
Never seen Leo Sayer, and never wanted to.

2026-03-03 23:34:12 UTC

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I only spent a couple of times at Moomba, I was usually in Ballarat over this weekend when I lived in Vic. Ballarat has a big chess tournament and a magnificent flower festival, the Begonia Festival, over the Labour Day weekend

2026-03-03 21:50:20 UTC

Australian public holidays are weird. This weekend, Tasmania has an extra day off for '8 hours day', a very specific Labour Day celebration. Victoria also celebrates Labour Day this weekend commemorating the establishment of an 8 hour working day. Meanwhile, Queensland celebrates Labour Day at the start of May, like most of the rest of the World, while NSW has Labour Day in October for reasons I don't know.
This weekend Canberra celebrates Canberra Day because politicians would rather talk about themselves than the average person.
South Australia has Adelaide Cup Day this weekend, because workers like nothing better than to lose their money to bookies and other crooks, while seeing whether their horse wins or dies.
WA had Labour Day last week because they are on a completely different time zone while Northern Territory doesn't have a Labour Day because it's too bloody hot to work there.
#Australia #Holiday #LabourDay

2026-03-03 09:14:05 UTC

Beams at sunset outside the back of our house.
#Sunset #Clouds #Tasmania #lutruwita #Sky
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2026-03-02 05:58:37 UTC

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I don't know about the toot going round, but I'm part of the group of men who think a partnership is, well, a partnership. Good on your son for for being a man, rather than a 'bloke'.

2026-02-28 12:39:30 UTC

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Friday I'm In Love - The Cure
Drive in Saturday - David Bowie
Sunday Girl - Blondie
Wednesday Week - Undertones
Blue Sunday - The Doors
#JoinIn

2026-02-24 21:26:33 UTC

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And then there's those people who have walking partners or <shudder> walking groups

2026-02-24 21:20:17 UTC

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There are all these people with "reasons" or "excuses" for walking, like having a dog, playing golf etc. There's an inequality going on, that people don't talk about with walking. I'm a cat loving, golf hater who has to make up imaginary reasons for walking.

2026-02-23 21:48:10 UTC

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As another distraction, I suddenly wondered, thanks to your post, whether the words fret, and fright have similar origins, but apparently not

2026-02-23 01:46:31 UTC

As an immigrant from England, one of the most wonderful things i have discovered about Australia is the huge amount of flowering trees and shrubs.
Here's a Cross leafed Honey Myrtle.
#Australia #Trees #bloomscrolling
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2026-02-21 11:34:23 UTC

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Crawling King Snake - The Doors
Pretty Flamingo - The Kinks
Boris The Spider - The Who
Ant Music - Adam and the Ants
Love Cats - The Cure
#JoinIn

2026-02-19 12:53:39 UTC

Shrove Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
Arrest the Monarchy Thursday
🤣🤣🤣
#UKpol #Uk

2026-02-19 09:16:19 UTC

British Govt: Do you want to come back to Britain?
Me: No, I left over 20 years ago when I thought it was shit, and it appears to have got worse.
British Govt: Well if you do, you'll need a UK passport because you're a British citizen.
Me: I don't want to be a UK citizen, it's a shithole which I want nothing to do with.
British Govt: To renounce your citizenship, you have to do a bunch of stuff which will probably cost you $1000+.
Me: ....Just fuck off and become a state of the United States of Fascism so I am no longer a citizen.
#UK #Passport #Australia

2026-02-17 21:09:56 UTC

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I hear that climate change is wreaking havoc in the UK, though I still think the words "cool change" to a Brit would mean rejoining Europe

2026-02-17 09:19:18 UTC

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The pew pew sounds a bit like a Whipbird, but I didn't think they came that far into the city

2026-02-17 09:15:21 UTC

Ahh, cool change!
As a Brit, before I emigrated to Australia, those words weren't part of my vocabulary 🤣🤣
#Australia #weather #Uk

2026-02-15 11:17:35 UTC

#silentsunday #trees #eucalypt #tasmania #lutruwita #Australia
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2026-02-14 11:15:08 UTC

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All of My Love - Led Zep
Wintertime Love - The Doors
Love Missile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Love Cats - The Cure
Love Minus Zero/No Limit - Bob Dylan
Love is a Losing Game - Amy Winehouse
Tunnel of Love - Fun Boy Three
It Must be Love - Madness
Je Taime - Serge Gainsborough
Love Me Two Times - The Doors
And as a bonus, Alone, Again, Or, by Love
#JoinIn

2026-02-14 01:40:16 UTC

I just told my wife I love her, not because of any Hallmark bullshit, because I do every day, lots of times.
#love

2026-02-13 04:14:41 UTC

In Gippsland, I lived in Drouin, a beautiful little town with a load of flowering Gums. They have a ficifolia festival, usually in February when the trees are blossoming.
Launceston also has its fair share of these beautiful trees.
#tasmania #lutruwita #Victoria #trees #bloomscrolling
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2026-02-11 21:32:27 UTC

"Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers"
So as a chess playing bibliophile, I am in a good position according to the study.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/11/reading-writing-lower-dementia-risk-study-finds

2026-02-08 00:22:41 UTC

We used to look up and murmur, "looks like it's set in for the day" about the rain in the UK.
But since I left in 2005, they'll be changing that to "looks like it's set in for the month". 😱😱
#UK #weather #ClimateChange
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/07/no-end-in-sight-to-britains-wet-weather-as-dozens-of-flood-warnings-issued

2026-02-04 11:38:11 UTC

I have just realised that Chinese New Year and Shrove Tuesday fall on the same day this year, February 17th.
Does anyone have any good vegetarian Chinese pancake recipe suggestions?
#food #pancakes #LunarNewYear #China #Vegetarian

2026-02-04 03:16:42 UTC

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Not read that. Will keep an eye out for it

2026-02-04 00:20:04 UTC

It's Lammas/Lugnasadh in the southern Hemisphere today, celebrating the harvest.
Harvest festivals always seemed to make the most sense to me when I was a kid, celebrating something important and real.
#pagan #WheelOfTheYear #Greetings #Australia

2026-02-02 11:48:14 UTC

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There were plenty of ducks, but behind where I'm standing 🙂

2026-02-02 07:35:02 UTC

Stopped in historic Richmond today. Had to take a walk to the famous bridge, Australia's oldest stone bridge.
#Tasmania #lutruwita #bridge #Australia
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2026-01-29 11:28:33 UTC

Just found out that a young person who I used to coach chess to has a debilitating form of chronic fatigue and is bedridden, light and noise sensitive. They must only be in their early 20s, it is very sad.
A bright note in the sad story is that a friend from the chess world would visit in hospital regularly spending hours at a time in a room where the only communication was silent.
Unfortunately, the visits stopped after hospital discharge, as distance was an issue.
Be kind people, you never know what tomorrow has in store for you 🙂
#CFS #Chronicpain #ChronicIllness #Invisibleillness

2026-01-26 21:48:32 UTC

My head is in a weird limbo zone after spending a long weekend away playing chess. I feel strangely hungover and mentally sluggish. Today will be a day of rest, recovery and getting my shit back together.
On a bright note, I won the tournament scoring five wins and one draw. I was a bit fortunate in some games, but played pretty well generally.
#tasmania #lutruwita #chess

2026-01-26 06:29:44 UTC

Catching up with the news and saw this. The man was stripped of his licence, and while I don't like being judgemental, it sounds like he deserved it...even if the dog was the safer driver
#tasmania #lutruwita #DogsOfMastodon
https://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/dog-allegedly-seen-driving-car-on-tasmanian-beach/

2026-01-23 00:56:15 UTC

I'm off to Hobart soon to play in a chess tournament over this long weekend. Besides the chess, it means I'll avoid the BBQ's and beers brigade on Monday, and I'll also avoid the crowds of Foo Fighter fans who are going to be all over Launceston tomorrow.
As far as I'm concerned, the fooer the people the better, and most can Fook right off.
#chess #tasmania #lutruwita #Launceston #music #FooFighters #Hobart #InvasionDay

2026-01-22 04:34:44 UTC

This little one turns 17 today. She sleeps a bit more than she used to, and she suddenly likes the dining chair, so she doesn't have far to go when we eat our meals 😄
Happy birthday Candy!
#CatsOfMastodon #Cats #Caturday
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2026-01-20 11:52:25 UTC

Green was clearly visible in the sky out the back of my house. Even some beams, though very faint 🙂
#tasmania #lutruwita #aurora #launceston
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2026-01-20 01:17:05 UTC

I'm humming along to Beethoven's 9th.
I find it both joyous and odeous 😃

2026-01-19 11:19:18 UTC

This just came from the Australian donation #Lifebloodau . I know it's meant to be encouraging, but .🤣🤣.
Anyway, I regularly donate in spite of being called Sunny etc
#donate #lifeblood #GiveBlood
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2026-01-19 10:46:04 UTC

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Especially when they could have chosen Bargain as the name 🤣🤣

2026-01-18 11:18:54 UTC

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Absolutely Sweet Marie - Bob Dylan
Free Nelson Mandela - Special AKA
Sheila Take A Bow - The Smiths
David Watts - The Kinks
Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC

2026-01-18 09:31:54 UTC

#silentsunday #reflections #river
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2026-01-18 07:35:10 UTC

This beautiful little trumpet like flower is an Austral Brooklime. I saw it on some rocks by the banks of the Emu River in northern Tasmania.
#flowers #plants #bloomscrolling #tasmania #lutruwita
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2026-01-17 21:33:06 UTC

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In the UK, we used to go Fell walking

2026-01-15 09:38:10 UTC

I have no idea what types of moss or lichen are on this rock that I saw in Lake St Clair National Park, but I thought it most striking and beautiful.
#tasmania #lutruwita #nature #mosstodon #LichenSubscribe
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2026-01-14 10:11:14 UTC

While walking at Lake St Clair National Park, we saw masses of coral lichen just covering ground areas. Apparently, it thrives on ground where dead or dying buttongrass can be found.
We were disappointed to miss the buttongrass but thrilled to see so much lichen.
#tasmania #lutruwita #lichen #mosstodon
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2026-01-13 10:15:06 UTC

Lake St Clair is the deepest lake in Australia, a glacial lake situated in the World Heritage listed Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. It's one end of the 6-day Overland Track, and there are loads of short walks. A beautiful place to relax, chill out and discover nature's joys.
#Tasmania #lutruwita #Lake #nature
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2026-01-12 12:02:45 UTC

Today, my amazing wife @npub18u3…syyy finished her final grade for the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids (OBOD) and it was accepted. She is now a fully fledged Druid! And she managed this with fibromyalgia amongst other things. She has also been accepted as a mentor to other aspirants!
#pagan #Druid #ChronicIllness #Fibromyalgia

2026-01-11 12:31:16 UTC

Took a trip to Lake St Clair, Australia's deepest lake. This guy wasn't bothered by us as they foraged for insects in the fallen tree bark.
#tasmania #lutruwita #Australia #animals #echidna #WildOz
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2026-01-09 11:04:15 UTC

Sensational view out our front window this evening.
#sunset #rainbow #clouds #nature
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2026-01-09 06:33:48 UTC

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It's your birthday?
Happy birthday 🙂🎉

2026-01-08 02:18:38 UTC

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It would just be chips for us, but we had a picnic at the Tessellated Pavement

2026-01-07 22:39:58 UTC

I tried to coincide my trip to the Tessellated Pavement with low tide, to get the best access to the rocks. It was a very low tide, which made nearby Dunalley Bay look pretty stunning. This was going to be my silent Sunday picture, but my feed could do with some quieting at the moment.
#tasmania #lutruwita #seascape #beach #nature
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2026-01-07 11:33:49 UTC

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I'll start the ball rolling:
"And I'll stand over your grave, till I'm sure that you're dead."
Bob Dylan - Masters of War

2026-01-07 06:22:23 UTC

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Rosie looks beautiful 🙂

2026-01-05 08:30:32 UTC

Yesterday at the Tessellated Pavement we were lucky to spot a fossil in the rocks. The rocks in this area aren't good for finding the oldest fossils. Tasmania has some fossils dating back 800 million years (sorry if I have any creationists in my followers). This is possibly a trace fossil of a bivalve mollusc and will date to between 60 million and 160 million years.
By the way, I'm no expert, so if anyone knows better, I am happy to learn 🙂
#Tasmania #lutruwita #fossils #sealife #geology #palaeontology
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2026-01-04 10:03:32 UTC

Today I daytripped to Eaglehawk Neck to see some of Tasmania's great coastline. There are amazing cliffs, arches, blowholes etc, but the stand out is definitely the Tessellated Pavement. This is a rock formation created naturally by geological fracturing and erosion, and Tasmania's tessellated pavement is the best known in the World.
#seascape #geology #Tasmania #lutruwita #nature
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2026-01-03 11:44:28 UTC

When in flower, the narrow leaved paperbark looks like it is full of fluffy, white flowers. But up close, the flowers are beautiful, resembling ice, or snow.
#trees #Australia #bloomscrolling #flowers
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2026-01-03 04:38:12 UTC

Newest member of the household. A youngish Huntsman is hanging around near our front door. This "little" guy probably has a leg span a bit smaller than the palm of my hand.
#tasmania #lutruwita #spider #animals
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2026-01-01 12:53:12 UTC

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Don't forget quirky 😃
...in the nicest of ways

2025-12-30 09:09:34 UTC

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That's great

2025-12-29 09:54:53 UTC

Both our cats were unwanted before we brought them into our family. Candy, the black and white is nearly 17 years old, while Alice, the tortoiseshell has not long turned 16. They have been best friends, sisters, and partners in mischief for over 15 years.
#cats #CatsOfMastodon #caturday
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2025-12-28 01:17:06 UTC

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Lemon and blueberry, my favourite. We're going to make a lemon and blueberry yoghurt cake tomorrow 🙂

2025-12-26 04:42:21 UTC

The tide was out at Tamar Wetlands Reserve.
#nature #wetlands #Tasmania #lutruwita #Launceston
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2025-12-25 21:35:25 UTC

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Working this morning, going for a walk this afternoon. At least that's the plan

2025-12-24 06:26:12 UTC

To all who celebrate, Merry Christmas to you 🙂
#MerryChristmas #flowers #bloomscrolling #Australia #JoinIn
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2025-12-20 20:59:45 UTC

It's the longest day in Australia today. Get your fill of light and warmth 🙂.
#solstice #pagan #Australia

2025-12-16 05:30:43 UTC

Yesterday's walk was a good one for birds. We were buzzed around by a Grey Fantail, serenaded by a Butcherbird, followed and spied on by a pair of Green Rosellas, disturbed a White Faced Heron, some Honeyeaters and a Dusky Robin. But the star was a Superb Fairy Wren who stayed still long enough to get a halfway decent photo 🙂
#birds #animals #tasmania #lutruwita
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2025-12-14 09:23:48 UTC

Psycho kitten, qu'est-ce que c'est?
#cats #caturday #CatsOfMastodon
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2025-12-12 02:09:31 UTC

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Not me either

2025-12-11 11:36:46 UTC

Misogyny in sport? Who'd have thought??
#boardgame #Shogi #sport #inequality #womensrights
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg8mkz227zo

2025-12-06 04:15:35 UTC

Arkady Dvorkovich, President of the World Chess Federation, FIDE, and ex member of Russia's Parliament is an apologist for Russia's war in Ukraine and governs a sporting body which enables banned Russian players to compete. Could any sporting body be more corrupt?
Gianni Infantino: "Hold my MAGA hat!"
#chess #sport #FIDE #FIFA #uspol

2025-12-03 09:32:57 UTC

I'm not able to post as much as I'd like, but the end of my busy period is in sight. I might need to rest for a while and I'll start catching up with all the beautiful people I've met here.
In the meantime, here's a rhododendron flower that I saw on my weekend walk.
#tasmania #lutruwita #bloomscrolling #flowers
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2025-11-30 06:24:34 UTC

Was able to get out for a walk today. Plenty of orchids beginning to show in Hollybank Forest in Northern Tasmania.
#tasmania #lutruwita #bloomscrolling #orchids #flowers
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2025-11-27 23:57:45 UTC

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I was forever scarred by observing biscuits gravy for breakfast when I was last in America. Your experience sounds at least as bad 😱

2025-11-24 23:08:29 UTC

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Friendship is a difficult one, often shifting. I guess being aware of our own wants and needs is the key.

2025-11-23 09:18:24 UTC

Our new house has a window with a ledge, perfect for cats to sit on and guilt trip us if we leave and take their laps away from them.
#cats #CatsOfMastodon #tasmania #lutruwita #caturday
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2025-11-15 22:11:32 UTC

We put cats in boarding for a couple of days so as not to stress them (or lose them) during our move. We picked them up yesterday afternoon and after some complaints and some exploring they have both settled down.
One is on my lap after vomiting under the bed earlier. All is normal 😂
#tasmania #lutruwita #caturday #cats #catsofMastodon
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2025-11-14 03:53:29 UTC

After a mad few days, we now own a unit in Launceston having sold our place in Beaconsfield. Our stuff will be delivered tomorrow so we have a night of limbo before we start the next phase of our lives.
#Tasmania #lutruwita #Launceston

2025-11-09 21:01:47 UTC

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That sounds amazing. It's before my time in Australia, so I don't really know about it but I'll read up about it. Enjoy

2025-11-08 19:33:42 UTC

There isn't much good environmental news, so this was a pleasant Sunday morning wake up.
#Tasmania #lutruwita #Australia #birds
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2025-11-08 01:03:50 UTC

I'm playing chess in Huonville in Southern Tasmania. To be honest, if the chess goes badly, the scenery is spectacular.
#chess #Tasmania #lutruwita #River
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2025-10-30 21:20:35 UTC

Stripped of titles and left with the name Andrew Mountschildren Windsor
#AbolishTheMonarchy #ukpol