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  1. Spent yesterday at Boroondara Cemetery in Kew, Victoria. One of the nicest garden cemeteries I've come across in Australia. The volunteers there do an enormous job keeping it all from being swallowed up by the greenery.
    #Melbourne #Victoria #Cemetery #Kew

  2. Alarming AI ads are flooding social media in the lead-up to Victoria’s election. But who is behind them?
    By Benita Kolovos and Henry Belot

    A machete-wielding robber, a ‘tsunami of debt’ … campaigns echoing opposition talking points outspend major parties

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Victorianpolitics #Victoria #Australianews #Socialmedia #AIartificialintelligence #TheGuardian #BenitaKolovos #HenryBelot

  3. CW: Long thread/11

    Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

    * #Vancouver: Read, Resist, Repair, Rejoice (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 19
    writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve

    * #Victoria: Munro's Books, Oct 20
    munrobooks.com/events/61136202

    * #Vancouver: Life After AI (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 22
    writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve

    * #Ottawa: Life After AI (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 24
    writersfestival.org/event/life

    * #Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
    bcpolicy.ca/gala/

    11/

  4. On 12 July a Submarine the Royal Navy Sold to Canada for £1 Fired the Torpedo That Sank a Decommissioned US Navy Cruiser

    On 12 July 2026, in water nearly three miles deep, more than fifty nautical miles north of Kauai,…
    #Canada #ColdWar #nato #navy #RoyalNavy #Submarine #Submarines #USNavy #Victoria-Class
    europesays.com/canada/196649/

  5. 🇨🇦 Victoria to host 21st Anarchist Bookfair in Fernwood this September

    The Victoria Anarchist Bookfair returns Sept. 19–20 featuring books, zines, artisans and 14 community groups.
    Live performances include the Revolutionary Rap Rumpus with PINDN.

    Organisers frame the fair around anarchist principles and community solidarity, highlighting Indigenous, queer, disabled and sex-positive groups among participants.

    #Anarchy #Resist #BC
    #Canada #Victoria

    we-news.com/ca/victoria-to-hos

  6. A year after a deadly attack on two boys, Melbourne’s South Sudanese community remains in fear
    By Adeshola Ore, Nino Bucci and Benita Kolovos

    Victim’s father says community ‘struggling a lot’ as Victorian government yet to release report delivered eight months ago by expert group

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Melbourne #SouthSudan #Victoria #CrimeAustralia #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Australianews #Youthjustice #TheGuardian #AdesholaOre #NinoBucci #BenitaKolovos

  7. CW: Long thread/10

    Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

    * #Vancouver: Read, Resist, Repair, Rejoice (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 19
    writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve

    * #Victoria: Munro's Books, Oct 20
    munrobooks.com/events/61136202

    * #Vancouver: Life After AI (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 22
    writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve

    * #Ottawa: Life After AI (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 24
    writersfestival.org/event/life

    * #Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
    bcpolicy.ca/gala/

    10/

  8. Authorities confirm fox death from bird flu in Victoria, suspected case in dolphin

    H5 bird flu has been detected in a fox in Victoria’s south-west, in the state’s first recorded case…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #avianinfluenza #birdflu #dolphin #fox #Science #SouthAustralia #vacinnation #Victoria
    newsbeep.com/au/879396/

  9. #Victoria has recorded its first cases of deadly #H5 #birdflu in #mammals, including a confirmed case in red #fox at #Torquay, & a suspected positive case in a #dolphin at #Lorne, the state’s acting chief veterinary officer, Dr Cameron Bell, said. #auspol #AvianInfluenza

  10. #Victoria has recorded its first cases of deadly #H5 #birdflu in #mammals, including a confirmed case in red #fox at #Torquay, & a suspected positive case in a #dolphin at #Lorne, the state’s acting chief veterinary officer, Dr Cameron Bell, said. #auspol #AvianInfluenza

  11. #Victoria has recorded its first cases of deadly #H5 #birdflu in #mammals, including a confirmed case in red #fox at #Torquay, & a suspected positive case in a #dolphin at #Lorne, the state’s acting chief veterinary officer, Dr Cameron Bell, said. #auspol #AvianInfluenza

  12. #Victoria has recorded its first cases of deadly #H5 #birdflu in #mammals, including a confirmed case in red #fox at #Torquay, & a suspected positive case in a #dolphin at #Lorne, the state’s acting chief veterinary officer, Dr Cameron Bell, said. #auspol #AvianInfluenza

  13. #Victoria has recorded its first cases of deadly #H5 #birdflu in #mammals, including a confirmed case in red #fox at #Torquay, & a suspected positive case in a #dolphin at #Lorne, the state’s acting chief veterinary officer, Dr Cameron Bell, said. #auspol #AvianInfluenza

  14. CFMEU delegate among men charged over alleged drug trafficking on Melbourne construction sites

    Detectives have arrested two men, including a CFMEU delegate, as part of a probe into alleged drug trafficking…
    #Australia #Melbourne #arrest #CFMEU #charges #constructionsites #crime #drugtrafficking #victoria
    europesays.com/australia/87535/

  15. One Nation refuses to comment after being caught misrepresenting Victorian candidate’s qualifications

    One Nation has refused to comment after they were caught misrepresenting one of their Victorian candidate’s qualifications. Pauline…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #onenation #victoria
    europesays.com/australia/87099/

  16. Melbourne girl, 3, dies after petting zoo visit linked to rare infection

    A three-year-old girl’s tragic death from a rare infection commonly found in farm animals has triggered warnings from…
    #Australia #Melbourne #victoria
    europesays.com/australia/87073/

  17. CW: Long thread/10

    Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

    * #Vancouver: Read, Resist, Repair, Rejoice (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 19
    writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve

    * #Victoria: Munro's Books, Oct 20
    munrobooks.com/events/61136202

    * #Vancouver: Life After AI (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 22
    writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve

    * #Ottawa: Life After AI (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 24
    writersfestival.org/event/life

    * #Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
    bcpolicy.ca/gala/

    10/

  18. CW: Long thread/10

    Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

    * #Vancouver: Read, Resist, Repair, Rejoice (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 19
    writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve

    * #Victoria: Munro's Books, Oct 20
    munrobooks.com/events/61136202

    * #Vancouver: Life After AI (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 22
    writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve

    * #Ottawa: Life After AI (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 24
    writersfestival.org/event/life

    * #Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
    bcpolicy.ca/gala/

    10/

  19. CW: Long thread/10

    Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

    * #Vancouver: Read, Resist, Repair, Rejoice (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 19
    writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve

    * #Victoria: Munro's Books, Oct 20
    munrobooks.com/events/61136202

    * #Vancouver: Life After AI (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 22
    writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve

    * #Ottawa: Life After AI (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 24
    writersfestival.org/event/life

    * #Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
    bcpolicy.ca/gala/

    10/

  20. CW: Long thread/10

    Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

    * #Vancouver: Read, Resist, Repair, Rejoice (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 19
    writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve

    * #Victoria: Munro's Books, Oct 20
    munrobooks.com/events/61136202

    * #Vancouver: Life After AI (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 22
    writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve

    * #Ottawa: Life After AI (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 24
    writersfestival.org/event/life

    * #Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
    bcpolicy.ca/gala/

    10/

  21. CW: Long thread/10

    Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

    * #Vancouver: Read, Resist, Repair, Rejoice (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 19
    writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve

    * #Victoria: Munro's Books, Oct 20
    munrobooks.com/events/61136202

    * #Vancouver: Life After AI (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 22
    writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve

    * #Ottawa: Life After AI (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 24
    writersfestival.org/event/life

    * #Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
    bcpolicy.ca/gala/

    10/

  22. Motor Inn from 1960s Slated for 170 Homes in Melbourne’s Carnegie

    A motel that first opened in the 1960s would make way for a 170-home development in Melbourne’s south-east…
    #Australia #Melbourne #Apartments #ArchitecturalDesign #DevelopmentApplications #Motels #parking #publictransport #Social&AffordableHousing #south-easternsuburbs #victoria #Zoning&Density
    europesays.com/australia/86795/

  23. Foster carers in Victoria receive just $231 per week – one quarter the cost of caring for a child
    By Stephanie Convery

    Exclusive: Report by Australian Institute of Family Studies found payments to foster carers fall ‘significantly short of a meaningful contribution’

    theguardian.com/society/2026/a

    #Childprotection #Victoria #Australianews #Inequality #Children #Society #Centrelink #Fostering #TheGuardian #StephanieConvery

  24. The clouds cleared just in time for us to enjoy this very pretty partial #Lunar #Eclipse as the #Moon rose already in eclipse over the Salish Sea.
    August 27, 2026 observed from #victoria BC, Canada
    flic.kr/p/2sxJooA
    #yyj #astronomy

  25. Former AFL star Nicky Winmar jailed for six months for assault on woman
    By Australian Associated Press

    Barrister for former St Kilda player says he will appeal both the sentence and the conviction for unprovoked assault in May 2025

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Australianews #Australiasport #AFL #StKilda #Victoria #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress

  26. Horse Hitching Ring

    (one of the last in the city, and (almost) no one knows it's there...)

    #photo #photography #yyj #victoria #bc #JamesBay #notAI #horse

  27. ‘Enough is enough’: 121 Indigenous Victorians have died by suicide in the past five years
    By Douglas Smith Indigenous affairs reporter

    Royal commission recommended First Nations healing centres in 2021 but the Indigenous health service says the state has ‘done nothing’ to fund it

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #IndigenousAustralians #Victoria #Australianews #Mentalhealth #Health #TheGuardian #DouglasSmithIndigenousaffairsreporter

  28. No idea where you get a custom paint job like that, but the way it shifts and changes with the light is pretty impressive. 😎

    #photo #photography #yyj #Victoria #BC #JamesBay #NotAI #OgdenPoint
    #Breakwater #CruiseShip

  29. Sydney, you were a dream of warmth and ease. When I returned to wintry Melbourne, time collapsed – and the city was still romantic
    By Brigid Delaney

    A few years after graduating, I moved north and got lucky. It was like riding a smooth, perfect wave that would never hit the shore

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Sydney #Melbourne #NewSouthWales #Renting #Housing #Youngpeople #Gigeconomy #Australianmedia #Australianews #Australianlifestyle #Victoria #TheGuardian #BrigidDelaney

  30. Goldfields Gothic starts today!

    We had a fantastic day at the Underland market, and many clothes were sold - if this year's Underland looks like a 90s rave, it's totally our fault!

    Now we're ready to head up to Maldon for Goldfields Gothic which starts this evening - look for us at the Dark Market tomorrow from 10am with a load of specials as usual!

    Check the full program at www.goldfieldsgothic.com 😊

    #goth #Maldon #Victoria #Australia #gothic #festival #market #dark #goldfields