David Wilson

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writing, stories, poetry for life. flood forecasting, climate reporting for work. Favourite tree: Eucalyptus regnans (aka mountain ash, swamp gum). live & born on Wurundjeri Woi wurrung country, Melbourne (Naarm), Australia. Muddling along.
Writinghttp://eregnans.wordpress.com/published-fiction

Hi all - i compiled these words of consolation for our times. For all times. Enjoy!
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https://open.substack.com/pub/eregnans/p/timeless-guidance-from-history?r=2lkgud&utm_medium=ios

Consolations of philosophy and art

For our times. For all times.

Sproutings
whenever my boss says "think of the big picture, elle" I'm immediately an astronaut floating silently in space tethered to my ship looking down on earth, and nothing he wants seems important or even relevant so this tactic has really backfired on him more than once is what I'm saying
Almanac Footy: Shipping Steele – celebrating 300 Sidebottom shipments

Very sad to hear of the death of Barry Humphries - famous for the hilarious Dame Edna Everage, who was a TV staple of my childhood & provoked a fascination of comedy characterisation & drag.

Barry Humphries revealed more of the man behind the specs later in his career, but I loved wondering who he really was & always wanted to see the transition from Barry to Edna happen.

Here is Edna being wonderfully rude on 'The One Show':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGw_995KrFU

#barryhumphries #dameedna

DAME EDNA ON THE ONE SHOW

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#Viral video Hilarious Dog Joke

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So clever. Brilliant. That sense of not knowing what was coming next, but knowing that whatever it was would somehow be a pisstake, withering social commentary & hilarious all at the same time. RIP #BarryHumphries #DameEdnaEverage #SirLesPatterson #SandyStone https://youtu.be/qv1b54NgbIw
Dame Edna Everage Has Lorraine In Stitches! | Lorraine

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A treat.
It’s 1983 and R.E.M. are named as an up-and-coming band to watch. Here’s their first national US TV appearance - two songs on Letterman.
#REM #RadioFreeEurope #Letterman #1983 #Driver8
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrUwhC-gvxY/?igshid=YjNmNGQ3MDY=
R.E.M. on Instagram: "First national TV appearance— on the David Letterman show! (1983)"

15K likes, 353 comments - R.E.M. (@rem) on Instagram: "First national TV appearance— on the David Letterman show! (1983)"

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We said goodby to Bruce Petty yesterday.

My @smh @theage cartoon.

Solar #eclipse post. 2/2
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5. Setting up a pinhole camera at our Local Astronomical Observation Point (the park) using a colander and a chopping board.
6. How others in Victoria saw the partial eclipse.
7. How we saw it. 🧐
8. How it appeared from space at 2pm.
Solar #eclipse post. (1/2)
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1, 2, 3, 4. Via NASA’s live feed from Exmouth, WA.
4. Total eclipse…