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@alfwiedersehen.bsky.social
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Container of multitudes (pro human rights, pro science, procrastinator). I like good manners. Mean people, not so much. Living on unceded Bunurong Land. 🖇️🏳️‍⚧️

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A reminder - the NDIS cuts will destroy lives. The ALP knows this. They don’t care. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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'We are really scared': NDIS provider shutters day program as federal cuts loom
Canberra community members are concerned that the closure of a local NDIS program does not bode well ahead of looming federal cuts to the scheme.
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alfwiedersehen @alfwiedersehen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/de... @getup.org.au
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Demand Kmart take the Anko surveillance glasses off the shelf
Camera glasses are moving quickly into the mainstream. Meta has sold more than 7 million pairs and hired Kylie Jenner to sell more. At $89, against several hundred dollars for the Meta version, the te...
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Nick McKim completely unloads on Pauline Hanson’s fake patriotism & ‘Israel First’ agenda, “One Nation is Israel first, US & Donald Trump second, Pauline Hanson herself third & the rest of us dead last.” A party made up of “white collar criminals”, “sex offenders” & “Nazis”🔥🎯
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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 29/04/2026
“It’s always a sad day when I have to remind people of fossil fuel lobby talking points,” said the PM chaser.com.au/national/pm-...
PM urges voters to be ‘realistic’ with demands, “increasing tax on our party donors isn’t feasible”
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
ABC cowers to the transphobes. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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ABC drops sponsorship of LGBTQ+, disability and diversity groups including Acon
Exclusive: the decision follows friction over the public broadcaster paying fees to the groups, which then rank the ABC on an equality index
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A national address needs a national leader and a clear set of actions, this one had Albanese and a series of empty phrases workshopped through focus groups. What an empty man he is and what a hollow government.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
After the White House complained about an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt, it was removed from AFP and Getty’s systems. This is the photo in question. Please do not repost it. 👇
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alfwiedersehen @alfwiedersehen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/gas_export_tax
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✍️ PETITION: Tax the gas industry its fair share
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 03/03/2026
GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE IS HEALTH CARE. Thank you to the NY Attorney General’s Office for affirming our community.
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N.Y. Attorney General Orders Hospital to Resume Youth Transgender Care
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
JAMES MERRILL
CHRISTMAS TREE
From loes torn hamin Had been fed, looked after, kept still, Meant, I knew— of course I knew - That it would be only a matter of weeks,
That there was nothing more to do. Warmly they took me in, made much of me,
The point from the start was to keep my spirits up. I could assent to that. For honestly, It did help to be wound in jewels, to send Their colors flashing forth from vents in the deep
Fragrant sables that cloaked me head to foot. Over me then they wove a spell of shining —
Purple and silver chains, eavesdripping tinsel, Amulets, milagros: software of silver,
A heart, a little girl, a Model T Two staring eyes. Then angels, trumpets, BUD and BEA (The children's names) in clownlike capitals, Somewhere a music box whose tiny song
Played and replayed I ended before long By loving. And in shadow behind me, a primitive IV To keep the show going. Yes, yes, what lay ahead
Was clear: the stripping, the cold street, my chemicals
Plowed back into the Earth for lives to come — No doubt a blessing, a harvest, but one that doesn't bear,
Now or ever, dwelling upon. To have grown so thin.
Needles and bone. The little boy's hands meeting
About my spine. The mother's voice: Holding up wonderfully!
No dread. No bitterness. The end beginning. Today's
Dusk room aglow For the last time
With candlelight. Faces love-lit,
Gifts underfoot.
Still to be so poised, so
Receptive. Still to recall, to praise.
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InsideEVs @insideevs.com · 19/12/2025
A warning to any automakers slowing down in the EV race: Chinese giant BYD is making the impossible possible. insideevs.com/features/782...
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Why BYD's 5-Minute Fast-Charging Is Our Technology Of The Year
BYD's Megawatt charging, which can recharge an electric vehicle in about five minutes while reaching speeds of up to 1,000 kilowatts, is coming to Europe soon.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care: I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.  Your health care is still legal and protected.  I'll always fight for you.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 07/11/2025
"For essentially the last 25 years every single resources minister, bar one, has left Parliament and gone to work for the resources industry." - Senator Larissa Waters at our Revenue Summit 2025 @larissawaters.bsky.social #auspol
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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alfwiedersehen @alfwiedersehen.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The NZ National Party, putting the N into cuts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-yj...
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Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 23/09/2025
Here are two minutes of lowlights from Trump’s rambling, hour-long address to the UN General Assembly that Twitter is calling one of the most embarrassing moments in recent US history. Subscribe to zeteo.com for more.
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Adam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
1/43 Took a while to make sure we got everything.. ...but here is *EVERYTHING* wrong with RFK Jr's multi-decade misinformation campaign against Autism: (Video version linked at end of thread)
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Maps released by the Australian Climate Service show just how bad things will get for heatwaves, drought and coastal flooding www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
theguardian.com
Australia’s horrifying climate future in four charts – and how we can avoid the worst
Maps released by the Australian Climate Service show just how bad things will get for heatwaves, drought and coastal flooding
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Disgusted to hear just now that Israel launched a massive air and ground campaign to occupy Gaza City, following illegal strikes on Syria and Qatar. This kills civilians. This kills hostages. All paid for by your tax dollars. www.axios.com/2025/09/15/i...
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Israel launches offensive to occupy Gaza City
The Trump administration supports the ground operation but wants to see it end as soon as possible.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
NEW: A timeline of how false “transgender ideology” claims spread in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing. By @hencarnell.bsky.social, @msjpauly.bsky.social, and me: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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It's never too soon for the right to blame trans people
A timeline of false "gender ideology" claims about the Charlie Kirk shooting.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇
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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
A huge artbook celebrating 20 years of LAIKA Studios is coming. 240 pages of artwork, photography, and interviews from Coraline to Wildwood. Pre-orders >> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
It’s the very least they can do www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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We finally find out what Labor will do with its second term
The question we have been asking is ‘what will Labor do with power?” Now we have the answer – the least possible.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18/07/2025
CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
A government ban on Hungary’s Pride parade backfired Saturday as over 100,000 people marched through Budapest, far more than usual PM Viktor Orban warned people to stay away, threatening “clear legal consequences.” But the warnings only turned a modest event into a mass rally against his government
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amsandkms.bsky.social @amsandkms.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
"Israeli Soldiers Ordered to Shoot at Unarmed Palestinians Waiting for Aid: Report" www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Israeli Soldiers Ordered to Shoot at Unarmed Palestinians Waiting for Aid: Report
Israeli soldiers and military officers told Haaretz they have been ordered to shoot at Palestinians seeking aid at distribution sites.
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alfwiedersehen @alfwiedersehen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
A bit of excitement on my drive this morning. A hot air balloon came low over the road. Aiming for the race course to make an emergency landing. Not the best of photos. Imagining all the passengers tumbling over each other in the basket
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alfwiedersehen @alfwiedersehen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Yes, AI advances will take from me my means to pay my mortgage and support my family. But even I've got to admit that this is a very clever AI-made video (VEO 3 - damn your eyes!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjGi...
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The History of Influencers | Google Veo 3 AI Short Film
YouTube video by Joey Helms
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alfwiedersehen @alfwiedersehen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Love the phrase "winking vulgarity" Great opinion piece, well stated
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
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Patrick Keneally @patrickkeneally.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
We are looking for a general news reporter to come and work at Guardian Australia - please share with anyone who might be interested: workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/736
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The Guardian :: Reporter
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Greta Thunberg and the Madleen offered a heart in a heartless world. They reminded us that Israel is deliberately starving an entire people - and the West could stop that at any moment. New column 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Compare the courage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza aid mission with the inaction and complicity of western governments | Owen Jones
The Madleen is no ‘selfie yacht’. It is a symbol of human compassion in a world that has decided to look away, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Anna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
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alfwiedersehen @alfwiedersehen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Today's winner of the internet!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🔥JONES: “If they come for one of us, they will come for all of us. No one is expendable.” Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social speaks powerfully at @hrc.org about the importance of not leaving anyone behind in the fight for equality. #PrideIsAProtest #PrideMonth
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Jooli-AHH! Boolia 👻🍂🎃 @jooliaghoulia.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This statement from Jonathan Joss's husband is heart breaking. No, headline writers, he wasn't "killed in an argument with a neighbor." He was *deliberately murdered* for being gay right after his dog was decapitated. Bet the murderer calls himself a "Christian." THIS is why Pride is important.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
These families are emptying their life savings and leaving the only home they've ever known just ensure their trans kid can get the care they need. Now ask yourself--would you even think about doing this for health care that was anything less than essential for your child's life?
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Donald Trump is far more interested in making money from the Presidency than he is in serving the American people.
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The Trump Presidency’s World-Historical Heist
He is taking self-enrichment to a scale never seen before in America.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
🏳️‍🌈HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!!❤️ LOVE IS LOVE.💙
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Labor and the Coalition are on a unity ticket to screw the planet and the Australian public all at once - North West Shelf gas extension will deliver ‘almost nothing’ to Australia’s public purse www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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North West Shelf gas extension will deliver ‘almost nothing’ to Australia’s public purse
Experts say hugely profitable east coast LNG producers pay little in resources rent tax and Woodside project won’t help country’s energy shift
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alfwiedersehen @alfwiedersehen.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
I feared this would happen so I voted accordingly. God, I hope it works
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alfwiedersehen @alfwiedersehen.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I had hopes this party would finally do something - but this is a shocker and shameful
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