Former pizza deliverer and bank teller. Opinions not those of Silvio's Dial-a-Pizza or the NAB. https://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3m4pmuygfdc2fLet me help you Sarah. “Do you accept that it’s simply not possible to go to an election seeking to govern as a coalition with different parties having different policies, on net zero or anything else that significant.” #73003 Nov 2025 08:43 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4pmuygfdc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3ltdtg6epbs2fI had to check the date on this and see if it was April 1. This is called a vacation, and most places give you this, paid, every year. https://www.fastcompany.com/91357784/what-is-a-micro-retirement-inside-the-latest-gen-z-trend07 Jul 2025 03:21 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltdtg6epbs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lpe7kqqbjc2kGood sized golden-crowned snake hiding in the garden netting this evening.17 May 2025 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpe7kqqbjc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3loxobwiv2c2wI hope there is more to 4 Corners than this. Because this is a 3 minute ACA story. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-12/bunnings-warehouse-hardware-price-guarantee-four-corners/10527456412 May 2025 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3loxobwiv2c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lox2mi644k2wSee. Nasty, bitey things. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/woman-bitten-by-otter-near-robertson-quay-area-cordoned-off12 May 2025 03:45 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lox2mi644k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3louysmn7yk2bI’d like to see a sentiment analysis of this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2025 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3louysmn7yk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3loscjkzao22lBeing back in Australia I have resubscribed to The Australian after many years of happily not doing so. I’d forgotten what an awful collection of turgid nonsense it contains.10 May 2025 06:23 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3loscjkzao22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lodgmuhne22fAnother shock election result. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly505gqwwpo.amp04 May 2025 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lodgmuhne22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3locja3p6zs2fA great lesson for parties. You can’t parachute in a serial candidate if they have questions to answer about their previous campaigns elsewhere. They lost all but one booth in notionally Liberal electorate.03 May 2025 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3locja3p6zs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lobhh4kc7k2aThe election result is a fascinating repudiation of the politics of extremes - at least extremes in the Australian context. Definitely on the right, but even on the left. The agendas of News Corp, Seven West, Gina etc, all wiped away. But not so far as to the Greens. It’s like a political narrowing.03 May 2025 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lobhh4kc7k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lobes3iiv22aOh wow the Brisbane City Council. If you’re running the country like a city council you’re in deep trouble.03 May 2025 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lobes3iiv22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lobde4snfc2aWhat’s going on with the Greens? ABC isn’t giving them any seats yet.03 May 2025 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lobde4snfc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lob725xhq22aIf the ABC is going to let people on their election broadcast as “experts” maybe they should get the number of seats correct. It’s 151.03 May 2025 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lob725xhq22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lob6u5l7q22aYou love to see it.03 May 2025 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lob6u5l7q22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lob67qcsd22aCongrats Jerome!03 May 2025 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lob67qcsd22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lnmwkd4qns2kStories like this are thieves of joy. https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/is-it-time-to-rethink-our-love-affair-with-vegemite-20250423-p5ltnl.html25 Apr 2025 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnmwkd4qns2khttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lnmr5emrj22zI don’t understand why we have to care about what Gina thinks on defence spending. Is she some sort of expert in the field and I missed it?25 Apr 2025 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnmr5emrj22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lnhny6d3uk2aPlaying into the “not the Liberal party I once knew” narrative nicely. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-23/pauline-hanson-one-nation-preferencing-deal/10520074823 Apr 2025 07:24 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnhny6d3uk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3llvcrjvtms24I’m guessing the Heard and McDonald Island Wikipedia page is getting a punishing today for the first time ever. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands03 Apr 2025 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3llvcrjvtms24https://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lllgl5llfc2dBudget bounce! https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-edges-ahead-of-dutton-as-labor-bounces-back-after-budget-poll-20250330-p5lnkw.html30 Mar 2025 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lllgl5llfc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lkzr2sdy222cCanberra. Balloons.23 Mar 2025 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkzr2sdy222chttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lkxhlr2aps2cWas nice to be in Canberra this morning. Beautiful day.22 Mar 2025 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkxhlr2aps2chttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lkaabk4bqk2kOh ABC. “Paid for by check”. Really?13 Mar 2025 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkaabk4bqk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3ljcxghaoz22xThey knew how to build a police station in Singapore. #singapore #oldhillstreet01 Mar 2025 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljcxghaoz22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3ljc2igkxq22nOooh. Somebody is asking permission for some airspace restrictions for a rocket launch in NSW at White Cliffs. https://www.avsef.gov.au/consultations/proposed-rocket-launch-near-white-cliffs-new-south-wales-201 Mar 2025 04:11 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljc2igkxq22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lj5cnoefb22lI took this photo 20 years ago today. Webber in a Williams on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Time to bring the F1 to Sydney. @williamsracingf1.bsky.social27 Feb 2025 06:53 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5cnoefb22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lhnyh3icdc2qI confess to knowing nothing about the local issues, but you’d think a swing that big might flow to the Libs and Greens. But it’s gone all over. The Socialists have come within touching distance of outpolling the Greens!08 Feb 2025 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhnyh3icdc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lg6daetdcc2oGood evening Singapore.20 Jan 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6daetdcc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/russellmahoney.bsky.social/post/3lfrpuxfo422sKiller Singaporean otters. If they can survive in that water they’ll survive anything.15 Jan 2025 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:gpbg72vloq63razrrfvvdaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfrpuxfo422s