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Now free for all to read... In New Zealand I rode aboard the Kingston Flyer, an impressive steam train which runs from the south end of Lake Wakatipu to a stop at Fairlight:
https://www.patreon.com/timrichards/posts/dateline-power-154052139
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@timritchie Colonial artist #S_T_Gill pictured work underway at the Argyle Cut (probably 1850s). He was in Sydney and NSW from 1856 to 1863. #historySydney
From Mitchell Library, #StateLibraryNSW https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkmDm5Y/ywy22rggL4d6E
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@timrichards Fletcher seems to not remember the big three from the last election:
climate, women, competence.Those 'daughters and nieces' are pointing out that the LNP still fails each of the three. Miserably. They got tired of doing it within the party, so they had to step outside.
The lesson here is for the #ALP really. Are they smart, or like the Liberals, too stupid to learn?
(Also: #voteGreens, #ofcourse
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@timrichards Fletcher seems to not remember the big three from the last election:
climate, women, competence.Those 'daughters and nieces' are pointing out that the LNP still fails each of the three. Miserably. They got tired of doing it within the party, so they had to step outside.
The lesson here is for the #ALP really. Are they smart, or like the Liberals, too stupid to learn?
(Also: #voteGreens, #ofcourse
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@timrichards Fletcher seems to not remember the big three from the last election:
climate, women, competence.Those 'daughters and nieces' are pointing out that the LNP still fails each of the three. Miserably. They got tired of doing it within the party, so they had to step outside.
The lesson here is for the #ALP really. Are they smart, or like the Liberals, too stupid to learn?
(Also: #voteGreens, #ofcourse
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Il #film di oggi è lo struggente #Lavitasegretadelleparole di #IsabelCoixet con #timrobbins e #sarahpolley e prodotto da #pedroalmodovar #unofilm #cinema #unocinema #filmastodon #recensioni
https://www.valeriotagliaferri.it/la-vita-segreta-delle-parole-di-isabel-coixet/
ascolta gratis la #recensione sul #podcast #LaFogliadAcanto
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6FGooBybHJS3aJn7Z3FCu1?si=q9EffpY7SD2LFGcPi1oaSQ
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oh. #RIP #TimRadford, #ScienceWriter extraordinaire. He actually gave me a brief introduction to the job many years ago. I remember I couldn't get a word in edgewise. and he commissioned/edited a few stories I wrote for the grauniad. Back in the days of the ever-changing pullout sections dedicated to science / #technology.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/13/tim-radford-obituary #science #PublicUnderstanding #scienceJournalism -
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #MaryAnneHobbs
Mantra, Decibella & Tim Reaper:
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And our #SundayFunnies leading men are Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Charles Durning, Jim True-Frost and Bill Cobbs
#TheHudsuckerProxy #TimRobbins #PaulNewman #CharlesDurning #JimTrueFrost #BillCobbs #90smovies #ScrewballComedy -
Diane Kruger & Dany Boon Are Nazi Hunters On The Trail Of Tim Roth’s Klaus Barbie In Netflix’s ‘Projet K’
#Casting #News #CallMyAgentTheMovie #DanyBoon #DianeKruger #France #Netflix #ProjetK #TimRoth #YvanAttalhttps://deadline.com/2026/08/diane-kruger-dany-boon-nazi-hunt-tim-roth-projet-k-netflix-1237042784/
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‘So beautiful’: Rachel Zegler hails accessibility of Evita’s free balcony scene https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/apr/13/rachel-zegler-evita-free-balcony-scene-olivier-award #OlivierAwards #Theatre #RachelZegler #Stage #Culture #AwardsAndPrizes #WestEnd #UkNews #AndrewLloydWebber #JamieLloyd #TimRice
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‘Friendship’ Comedy Bromance With Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd Selling Tickets And Hats – Specialty Preview
#News #A24 #AdaMyMotherTheArchitect #CaughtByTheTides #Friendship #IThinkYouShouldLeave #JimmyInSaigon #JulietRomeo #SecretMallApartment #SpecialtyPreview #TimRobinsonhttps://deadline.com/2025/05/indie-films-opening-a24-friendship-tim-robinson-paul-rudd-1236391471/
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@Maira_Nekomori Now a 3D chart! /raytrace
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Netflix's biggest films streaming in 2026 from sequel to epic action thriller
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/film/netflixs-biggest-films-streaming-2026-36475409
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Wim Wenders – „Don’t Come Knocking“ (2005)
Ein Mann steigt aus und geht. Nicht aus dem Leben – aus dem Bild. Die Kamera bleibt stehen. Der Western-Held reitet davon. Zurück bleibt nur die Kulisse. Kein Schnitt. Keine Musik. Nur: Stille. Und erschütternd große Bilder. So beginnt Wim Wenders’ elegischer Film aus dem Jahr 2005. Ein Abgesang, ein Erinnerungsstück, eine Reise in der Film-Geisterbahn des amerikanischen Traums. (ARTE)
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Here's a fun para written by PG Wodehouse. His own novels were diametrically opposite the Great Russians re their fun levels, so he always enjoyed being a bit cheeky about them:
“Freddie experienced the sort of abysmal soul-sadness which afflicts one of Tolstoy's Russian peasants when, after putting in a heavy day's work strangling his father, beating his wife, and dropping the baby into the city's reservoir, he turns to the cupboards, only to find the vodka bottle empty.”
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Just received my updated membership card for the Australian Society of Travel Writers. It's made of wood, I like the organic vibe.
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Great to see Auckland's City Rail Link open, with trains running through it under the CBD. Will be a big improvement to public transport there.
#Auckland #train #trains https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/14/aucklands-crl-passes-first-weekday-rush-hour-test-patronage-up-20/
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I don't think I shared this pic of a haul of good food we bought in Brunswick and Coburg last week. Some items came from Mediterranean Wholesalers, some from Al Alamy, a Lebanese supermarket. All delicious.
(BTW the jar with the hidden label contains spicy eggplant strips.)
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I often think a lot of our affordability problems can be laid at the feet of commercial landlords. They seem so inflexible in lowering rents when demand is low, and so quick at raising them if a business in their property is doing well.
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Great piece by @travelfish.bsky.social about the amazing Metro of Almaty, Kazakhstan:
#Train #Trains #Metro #Almaty https://www.travelfish.org/couchfish/news/overland-day-20
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No way I ever tip in the US when I've had to line up to order, or in any retail setting. Also I don't understand the suggestion of 20% tips, when rising prices would ensure a 15% tip is bigger over time anyway. It is getting out of control.
#USA #tipping https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/travel-news/tipping-in-the-us-is-out-of-control-now-everybody-wants-one-20260615-p606vt.html
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Now free for all to read... I arrived at Siem Reap in northern Cambodia around lunchtime, with my flight home leaving the following morning. This meant, I realised, that I would miss out on seeing nearby Angkor Wat - unless I acted swiftly:
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Happy New Year! We just hit midnight here in Melbourne, Australia. Hope you all have a great 2026.
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Just discussed the end of 2025 with @NarrelleMHarris and we both thought, in summary, we'd had a good year.
I did another big Eurail trip from London to Istanbul that went off well and produced a bunch of travel articles (oddly not exactly the ones I thought it'd produce, but what the hell). Also the cruise from Vietnam to Cambodia was interesting, even if cruises remain not my bag.
And I still enjoy pottering around Melbourne, writing in its libraries, eating in its cafes, etc. Ageing has its drawbacks, but life is not bad really.
In broader matters I can't say I'm entirely happy about the state of the world, but it was good to see Dutton's 'Temu Trump' act comprehensively knocked back by the Australian people in our federal election this year.
How's your 2025 been? Good or bad or a bit of both?
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What a marvellous writer is PG Wodehouse. There's something just right about this passage, the words dance along.