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Amanda B

@amandaxb.bsky.social
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Former Libriarian so understandably obsessed with trivia. Grateful to live on Ngunnawal land Australia.

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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Good news!
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 06/10/2026
Property prices are up 78% since 2020, so the decline to date has erased only one year of gains. And it’s made the market more affordable for first-home buyers.
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This chart tells you everything you need to know about the downturn in property prices
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Attention @davidpocock.bsky.social. maybe ask those AI bosses attending today's hearings about AI theft & fraud happening right now.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thank you Rick! I thought my deep unease of AI was just a sign of paranoia. Turns out, I was right!
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Jenny Schwartz @jennyschwartz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sigh
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 27/09/2026
As we mark a century since the birth of reforming SA Premier Don Dunstan his cookbook reminds us a of his broad and expansive political ideas. #DonDunstan #reform #SouthAustralia #AusPol #Democracy #Change #Cookbook #Asia
pearlsandirritations.com
Don Dunstan’s cookbook and the lost ambition of social democracy
One hundred years ago Don Dunstan was born and 50 years ago, in October 1976, the then South Australian premier published a cookbook. It sounds like a charming eccentricity of the era. It was actually a small expression of a much larger political idea.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Very perceptive take on Dunstan's extraordinary democratic vision. So glad I experienced the Dunstan era (having grown up in SA in the 70s). Also fortunate to enjoy some of the wonderful meals at the restaurant he later established in Norwood, where dishes from the cookbook featured.
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Emma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“We cannot remain silent while Palestinian children are being starved, maimed and killed by the actions of Israeli authorities and military forces”.
deepcutnews.com
500+ health professionals defy AHPRA in open letter on Gaza
Nobel laureate among signatories who declare that silence on the slaughter of Palestinian children is a "failure of our ethical obligations”
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Well, here goes. I tried to keep it contained. Ridicule is what we use to fight institutional hostility. Make no mistake, that's what this is. rick-morton.ghost.io/deliver-us-l...
rick-morton.ghost.io
Deliver Us, Lord, From Ridicule
On Friday, Defence deputy secretary Celia Perkins began her evidence before a senate inquiry into asset sales by the department and Australian military with an embarrassing manoeuvre. 'In closing, I ...
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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“Studies have previously shown an association btwn tree cover & public health outcomes. The new study is novel bc it tracks how the tree canopy expands or contracts in response to development, natural disasters & other forces, &how those changes in turn appear to correlate to communitywide health”🛟🧪
“When it comes to urban trees, old is gold.
Many cities across the country, including New York, have been planting trees in neighborhoods where cooling shade has been sparse because of neglect in decades past. But a new study has found that simply adding trees is not enough: To get the most from tree cover, communities also have to preserve older ones.
Polt we take care of trees, they take care of us, and might even help save our lives," said Harrison C. Garcia, a student at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the lead author on the study. "They're not just a luxury. They're not just something to look at."”
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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is bonkers
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Not all do. Mine has a fake grill, so it looks similar to a petrol driven car.
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Crown Sydney has been fined $1.75 million after a 16-year-old boy was granted entry to the casino's gaming areas on 19 occasions, given silver membership status, and illegally served free alcohol. The boy also visited The Star Sydney three times.
abc.net.au
Sydney's Star and Crown casinos fined after 16yo gambled multiple times
Crown Sydney has been fined $1.75 million after a 16-year-old boy was granted entry to the casino's gaming areas on 19 occasions, given silver membership status, and illegally served free alcohol. The boy also visited The Star Sydney three times.
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Rohan Connolly @rohanconnolly65.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My latest for Australian Community Media ... "Guys, it's us. We're the problem and we can't afford silence any more"
canberratimes.com.au
Swans bans: Guys, it's us. We're the problem and we can't afford silence any more
The link between sport and violence is one we can't ignore.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Fantastic! And ditto, have rediscovered the joy of painting using a new medium (watercolour), and now have 2 artworks in 2 shows opening this Friday!
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
'Means so much to me': A different side of Bluey is taking centre stage www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
sbs.com.au
'Means so much to me': A different side of Bluey is taking centre stage
Historic Bluey episodes featured at Garma Festival have delighted viewers of all ages, with a special guest in attendance.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Horrible to hear this.
bbc.com
Greyhounds bound for Australia as New Zealand racing ban takes effect
At least two chartered flights carrying up to 150 greyhounds are set to fly to Australia's eastern states, the BBC understands.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Yes, thoroughly enjoyed this!
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Same, turned phone onto airplane mode at 1pm, then switched back at 2.05pm, alert still went off.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I have that series as well. Pat Barker is an astonishing writer.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Also Circe by Madeline Miller.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Can highly recommend these 3 titles as well, all retelling the Homeric epics from the women's point of view.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is both hilarious and terrifying.
nytimes.com
Someone Used A.I. to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me. I Don’t Recommend Reading It.
Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel?
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Good old Parliamentary Library.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I devoured his cartoons in The Advertiser as a kid!
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paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
From ‘Outstanding’ and a good reminder that investing in the arts is a win-win, not a lose-lose, proposition.
From Outstanding and a good reminder that investing in the arts is a win-win, not a lose-lose, proposition.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Australian born US-based, cartoonist Pat Oliphant has passed away. His cartoons appeared in The Advertiser when I was kid, but he gained fame and success in the US. I particularly loved his use of a little penguin-like creature offering acerbic comments on the scenes he drew.
nytimes.com
Pat Oliphant, Cartoonist Who Skewered the Powerful, Dies at 90
The winner of countless awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, he was described in 1990 as “the most influential political cartoonist now working.”
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
One way of seeing climate change in action is looking at 1200 year continuous data from Japan about cherry tree blossoming.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/s...
nytimes.com
Too Many Books?
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Quote of the day re Nigel Farage byelection where the only other declared candidate is a comedian calling himself Count Binface: "If he [Farage] wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him," finance minister Rachel Reeves said on X.
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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
“Adult-literacy scores have also dropped: Nearly 30 percent of American adults cannot paraphrase or make inferences from a multipage text. In 2017, that number was less than 20 percent.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
theatlantic.com
The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
To disable, open Instagram app, tap your profile then tap the three lines in the top-right corner of the screen. Scroll down to the Sharing & reuse tab. Here is a section labeled Allow people to use your content on Instagram and with AI features on Meta, with a toggle for Posts and one for Reels.
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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Didn’t realise this was possible: you can opt out of gambling ads on SBS On Demand. Log into your account, tweak your preferences, done in under a minute. Feels like a small workaround while the Federal government drags its feet on a proper ad ban. #auspol #EndGamblingAds
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
All we need is love.🥰
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Suggest you look at AIHW for prescribing data in Australia www.aihw.gov.au/reports/alco...
aihw.gov.au
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
He's brilliant!
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
So looking forward to this! Global grooves and big conversations at WOMADelaide www.indailysa.com.au/citymag/cult...
indailysa.com.au
Global grooves and big conversations under the trees at WOMADelaide - CityMag | InDaily, Inside South Australia
Part music festival, part global gathering, WOMADelaide blends headliners, discoveries and big ideas into one unmissable long weekend.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
This is great💯💯
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Michael Klapdor @mklapdor.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
ACOSS and Economic Justice Australia statement opposing the arrest warrant measure: www.acoss.org.au/media-releas...
acoss.org.au
Laws to cancel social security payments must be scrapped - ACOSS
The Federal Government must abandon plans to use social security as a policing tool by allowing the Home Affairs Minister to cancel someone’s social security payment if there is a […]
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 10/10/2025
AI can help.
media.tenor.com
a cartoon of a man sitting in a chair with the caption robot experience this tragic irony for me
Alt: "Robot experience this tragic irony for me"
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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
news.mit.edu/2025/concret... Kind of dismissed this cement battery thing when it first came out, but maybe it has legs?
news.mit.edu
Concrete “battery” developed at MIT now packs 10 times the power
New concrete and carbon black supercapacitors with optimized electrolytes have 10 times the energy storage of previous designs and can be incorporated into a wide range of architectural forms.
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Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Our ANU will be posting a statement shortly… www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
theage.com.au
Embattled ANU vice chancellor resigns amid staff fury
Genevieve Bell has led the organisation through a controversial period, with major job cuts planned and deep staff discontent.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Yes, was a bit cliched but fine performances, with Helen Mirren the standout, and a terrific cameo from Richard E Grant.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/08/2025
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Such a heart-breaking song. So far, 3 of mine have come up.
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Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Tom Griffiths and Mark McKenna: 'ANU’s recent announcement to slash three full time positions at the Australian Dictionary of Biography and “disestablish” the Australian National Dictionary ... represent cultural vandalism on a breathtaking scale.' inside.org.au/the-jewel-in...
inside.org.au
The jewel in the crown of the ANU • Inside Story
Celebrated by previous vice-chancellors, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its fellow national project, the Australian National Dictionary, are threatened by university cuts
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Ghoul-in’ Dickey @colindickey.com · 11/06/2025
Pulitzer prize for this Jay L. Clenendin image of LAPD stormtroopers in front of Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)"
About 3 dozen LAPD officers in full riot gear, standing around looking confused, bored, aimless. A waste of taxpayer money, a threatening show of force without morality or purpose. Behind them, the north wall of the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, covered with Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)" mural: against a field of stark red, white letters that read, in part, WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST
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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Australia now has two rural/regional conservative parties. Libs hold only a handful of capital city seats, and three leading contenders to replace Dutton all hold rural seats (Hastie, sometimes mentioned, is in Canning, which is a mixed bag of rural, regional and outer suburban. #auspol
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Senate Estimates next Tuesday evening from 10.15pm should prove compulsive viewing, given NGA and Creative Australia both due to appear.
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Amanda B @amandaxb.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Signed.
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