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Nicnac65

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Left-leaning, mouthy, single cat-lady Doing my best to make the earth a kinder place. Bunurong land, Kulin Nation, Narrm.

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Wyvernsrose #RaiseTheRate @wyvernsrose.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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AI bubble teetering on the brink as OpenAI admits to financial failure
UNITED STATES. — Reporting from the Financial Times just revealed that OpenAI’s annualised revenue — an estimated guess at a company’s income for the year — is roughly $20 billion lower than anybody had previously expected, including, it seems, OpenAI itself. The post AI bubble teetering on the brink as OpenAI admits to financial failure appeared first on VicNews.
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Twitter Exile @twitter-exile.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Rape victims have been denied #DNA kits by the #Crisafulli #LNP govt. For victim survivors of sexual assault & rape, the decision to go to the police & hospital-while they are traumatised, in pain & shock-may be the last thing they want to think about. #StevenMiles #AUSPOL #QLDpol #PutLNPLast #QLD
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They won’t survive if they strip the fish stocks either
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If someone could pop down to Auckland Harbour and paint a greenpeace symbol on the side of Jeff Bezos big stupid yacht for me that would be great. Let me know when you’re done and I will get some pictures of it off to French intelligence agents ASAP…
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
They won for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, solving a chemical mystery more than a century old.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to duo for 'spectacular' chemical reaction
They won for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, solving a chemical mystery more than a century old.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A new poll has shown the Greens' vote is on the rise! The Greens are the most popular party with young people & ahead of their state election, the Victorian Greens are polling at record highs. People want change.
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MJ Today, woke elite tomorrow @mjtoday470.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just in case you needed another reason to avoid Tasmanian salmon.
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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Greens want a 15% reduction in spending on consultants every year over 5 years. We’ve been calling for this since the 2023 PwC scandal. The Government still refuses to listen. Labor must break up & regulate the Big 4 & increase penalties for bad behaviour & ethical failures.
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What's the go with Albo? Is he doomed and does anyone care anymore? These questions are not answered by this cartoon. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Is Anthony Albanese destined to be the most disappointing prime minister ever? | First Dog on the Moon
How could this happen?
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InSnip News (AU) @insnip.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart's company Hanrine purchased a Spring Hill office valued at 8 million dollars for One Nation to lease, and deputy leader Barnaby Joyce defended the arrangement as a commercial lease at insnip.com #auspol
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One Nation leases Brisbane office bought by Gina Rinehart
Still open: What is the commercial lease rate One Nation will pay Hanrine?
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Jinjirrie @jinjirrie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In Australia, #ZionismIsWhiteSupremacy - out and proud Zionists standing for the racist PHON. #auspol #OneNotion
White supremacist Zionists stand for election in One Notion.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
End AUKUS. The US military is destabilizing the world and spreading violence, all headed by a bunch of Trump's true weirdos fighting culture wars.
Screenshot of Australian article headline kill purge army of ‘fatties, beardos and weirdos’ says Hegseth with a picture of Pete Hegseth saluting in front of a large American flag projection
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Adani owes Queenslanders millions in royalties from the Carmichael coalmine. Premier David Crisafulli let them off the hook in Aug 2025 by abandoning the court case initiated in 2023. Adani donated thousands to the LNP prior to the Qld election. #qldpol thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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What did Adani get for the money it gave to the Queensland Liberal National Party?
If only we knew then what we know now. In August 2025, Queensland’s LNP Government announced it was abandoning a court case against Adani over unpaid coal royalties, a case that started in 2023 under ...
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Nicnac65 @65nicnac.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Loads of froggy activity atm. This is one of my rainwater buckets …..spawn! Definitely Poorneet here in Narrm
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 02/10/2026
Queensland to take data centre approvals from local councils to avoid 'inconsistency'
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Qld government takes data centre approvals from councils to avoid 'inconsistency'
The Queensland government will take the planning and assessment of data centre applications away from local councils under a system set to be rolled out in coming weeks.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to tax gas? Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to build public housing? Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to end AUKUS? Greens are happy to be constructive about things that materially benefit the public. We are not a rubber stamp.
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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is enraging. So the ONLY thing available to counter inflation is to constantly ratchet up my mortgage repayments but they can’t do a thing about this shit in 11 years? I pay company tax, personal tax, council rates, exorbitant interest, every kind of fkn govt payment but look at these pricks.
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bogong moths! Are they a sign from god? Probably. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The bogong moths are back! Perhaps they are a sign that all is not lost | First Dog on the Moon
Remember – these moths are not an inconvenience they are a blessing
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Joint statement from Senator David Shoebridge and Senator Steph Hodgins-May
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sorry isn’t anywhere good enough. If it was a person charges would be laid, the owners of this program should be treated as if they physically did the hacking and be jailed. Just the same as you’re held responsible if your dog attacks someone.
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Best news I’ve had in ages
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ASRC had TWO VANS STOLEN OVERNIGHT in Melbourne from our CATERING SOCIAL ENTERPRISE. We are all so distressed and angry. Who robs a charity! Here’s are the license plates of the two white vans 👇🏼 and photos of them too➡️➡️➡️ Call 000 if spot them please 🙏🏼 Renault 🚐 is 1UO2YV Peugeot van 🚐 is 1QR 8PO
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Genocide.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Australia has become fluent in women’s survival strategies, but has very little to say about the men." Andrew Brown on failure of domestic violence responses by authorities/govt #auspol michaelwest.com.au/domestic-vio...
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Domestic violence crisis needs more than words and flowers - Michael West
So far this year, 52 women and 21 children have died from domestic violence in Australia, an epidemic that cannot be stopped by words alone.
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"If extreme weather strikes multiple breadbaskets, the efficiency of the global food system could become its greatest weakness." "If"? Surely "when"? Very very good article - "The Coming Global Food Crisis?" sciencepolitics.org/2026/09/02/t...
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The Coming Global Food Crisis? - Science Politics
A Warning...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Game day prep - @meganjherbert.bsky.social 💥
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The cowards who stayed to listen to Mr Genocide included, of course, the Australian delegation. #auspol
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Concern? How about arrest the f*cker?? Cripes. If you or I hacked Medicare, the AFP would bash down our doors. AI does it? Oopsies! I am concerned! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman
Prime minister says he told chief executive he was disappointed it had taken company ‘way too long’ to inform government of breach
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6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has posted a selfie with US President Donald Trump, after the pair spoke on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly Trump has previously strongly praised Albanese, saying last year that the PM has "done a fantastic job"
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 22/09/2026
Australia Institute research shows voters across the political spectrum overwhelmingly support a 25% tax on gas exports, which could raise an estimated $17 billion in revenue each year. Yet the Australian Parliament has failed to act. This new ad highlights the important issue.
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Southern Highlands campaigner Jessica Ryall described the data campus as a rural industrial site the “size of 134 football fields” on bushfire-prone land within Sydney’s drinking-water catchment. Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/F0b6407O
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Lisa Schiff @crkrjx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Between 1949 and 1982, more than 200,000 barrels of low-level radioactive waste (150,000 tons) were dumped into the ocean. Now, scientists have descended to the wreckage to investigate – and found many of the barrels corroded and degraded, their contents spilling across the seafloor.
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150,000 Tons of Radioactive Waste Were Dumped in The Atlantic. Decades Later, It's Visibly Oozing.
Well, well, well. If it isn't consequences.
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George's Σουβλάκια🏺🥙 @thebigsouvlaki.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Educate yourselves. Knowing what I have learned over the years of this despicable industry, I will not buy or eat Tasmanian salmon. It probably started out with good intentions (maybe) but greed has taken over. NZ-farmed salmon (not perfect), is a better choice. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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More than 150,000 underwater explosives used to deter seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016
Salmon companies operating in Tasmanian marine areas deployed almost 1,800 explosives in first half of 2026, government figures reveal
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Tasmanian Inquirer @tasinquirer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Since the start of 2016, the three #salmon companies operating in #Tasmanian marine areas - Huon Aquaculture, Tassal and Petuna - have deployed 150,488 underwater explosives against seals in their fish farms. #politas 💥 tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/more-th...
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More than 150,000 underwater explosives used against seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016, government data reveals | Tasmanian Inquirer
More than 150,000 underwater explosives have been used against seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016, according to new government data.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why does this micronation have a commercial airline with seven Boeing 737s? Because the Australian government goes to absurd and dangerous lengths to prop it up. The scandal of Nauru Airlines and Australia’s offshore detention regime. Now on my substack:
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The scandal of Nauru Airlines and Australia’s offshore detention regime
Why does this micronation have a commercial airline with seven Boeing 737s? Because the Australian government goes to absurd and dangerous lengths to prop it up.
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6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Greens are calling for a moratorium on data centre approval in Australia, amid new polling showing a majority wanting more government regulation to deal with AI Greens communications spokesperson @sarahhansonyoung.bsky.social spoke with 6 News: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL0b...
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Greens want Australians protected from AI with call for data centre pause
YouTube video by SIX News Australia
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Can someone explain why – in an economy in which the central bank has decided we need almost 700,000 people to be unemployed – those people live in such dreadful poverty that it can make you up to 10 times more likely to die in the prime of your life?" www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg Jericho
Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives
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Josh Hallwright, PhD @hallwright.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I felt exactly the same tonight!
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 16/09/2026
Casey council rejects bid for Bethel New Life Christian Fellowship church in green wedge
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Melbourne council rejects bid to build new church in green wedge
A growing religious community in the city's south-east will have to keep looking for a new spiritual home, after councillors rejected a bid to build a church on protected green wedge land.
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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds Diseases and settler violence caused an estimated 2.06 million to die after the arrival of the First Fleet. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds
Australia's Indigenous population was up to seven times larger before colonisation than previously estimated, but was devastated following the arrival of Europeans, new research reveals.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why does this micronation, the third smallest country in the world, with no tourism and fewer residents than Horsham, have an international commercial airline – let alone one with seven Boeing 737s? How our immigration politics corrupts everything:
thepoint.com.au
Why is Australia propping up Nauru Airlines to keep offshore detention alive?
Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
OK then. Fuck off.
Screenshot from The Australian

“OpenAI’s ultimatum to PM: dilute creatives’ rights or we won’t discuss renewables”
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/09/2026
Breaking News: The E.P.A. is said to be planning to announce that the U.S. will no longer limit climate pollution from power plants.
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 13/09/2026
Australia's largest proposed data centre could draw a quarter of Queensland's energy use
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Hyper-scale data centre could draw quarter of Queensland's power usage
The proposed $30 billion data centre in Queensland has a peak capacity comparable to the average power requirements of 1.5 million households. 
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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Restoring Australia's she-oaks means listening to Indigenous Knowledges pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/res...
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Restoring Australia's she-oaks means listening to Indigenous Knowledges
The she-oaks no longer whisper across much of Australia. A 2000-year record from GunaiKurnai Country holds the answer to who shaped these native woodlands and what restoration is missing, according to...
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
'Dimopoulos then “blindsided conservationists”, Crook says, by announcing Labor’s about-face on national park commitments to a mtg @ the ETU, which was promoting shooting ... Many nature campaigners who come from the union mvmnt say D’s acquiescence to Big Build unions turned them against Labor.'
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Nicnac65 @65nicnac.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It’s wattle flowering season in Narrm. This is an Acacia Leprosa (cinnamon wattle) - local to the Dandenong Ranges but endangered
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Nicnac65 @65nicnac.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Heartily sick of streaming ‘services’ dictating what I can watch (and pay for), so I’ve bought a little dvd player. Currently watching Flow. Ned is also enjoying it immensely
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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The opening paragraphs of our new book talks about the crunching sound you hear when you hold a mutton bird on Lord Howe Is, from all the plastic in their stomachs, but sure, let’s wait. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Labor ditches new packaging laws to cut plastic waste, sparking unprecedented ‘scale and breadth of outrage’
Federal environment department tells industry representatives the government does not want to ‘exacerbate cost of living pressures’
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