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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 11/10/2026
Australian opera sensation Nellie Melba lived a life filled with fame, fortune and ultimately tragedy
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From evading an abusive marriage to dying from a face lift, this is Nellie Melba 
There's a dessert (the peach Melba), a snack (Melba toast) and an exit strategy ("doing a Melba") named after her, and, trust us, Nellie merits all of that.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 11/10/2026
WA moving ahead with plans to merge three public universities despite concerns
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WA moves ahead with plans to create mega-uni amid concerns
Premier Roger Cook says a potential merger could create a "once-in-a-generation" opportunity as all three universities raise concerns about the move.   
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 11/10/2026
US, China and Japan cut foreign aid to South-East Asia as development finance plummets
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US, China and Japan cut foreign aid to South-East Asia
Development finance in South-East Asia has also dropped to a 10-year low, as the region's historically significant donors retreat.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 11/10/2026
Saudi Arabia extends airport closure as Houthis threaten more attacks
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Saudi Arabia extends airport closure as Houthis warn 'worse is yet to come'
Yemen's Houthis have warned airlines, travellers and airport workers to stay away from Saudi airports following an attack that killed 12 in Riyadh.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 21h
One Nation threatens major parties as voters turn to AI for information
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ANALYSIS: One Nation threatens major parties as voters turn to AI for information
Labor and the Liberals are trying to appeal to disgruntled voters as the Victorian election looms. But voters seeking information from AI chatbots could find One Nation missing from the answer.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 21h
Abusers already weaponise migration. Crackdowns could 'fuel' them further
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Fears migration changes may fuel coercive control, visa-related abuse
A crackdown on overstayers is part of both federal government and opposition migration plans. But advocates against domestic and family violence warn it may worsen the situation for many. 
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 21h
Flinders Street health clinic set to open for vulnerable people in Melbourne's CBD
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New Flinders Street health clinic to offer addiction services in CBD
A new health service targeting vulnerable people, including those struggling with addiction, is set to open opposite Melbourne's Flinders Street Station at a site some had hoped would become a second safe injecting room. 
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 20h
The carnage and consequences of rising extremism in Asia
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Halfway through the school day, their classroom became a crime scene
A small town is searching for answers after two students were shot dead at school. All signs point to a new wave of extremism in the form of a little-known online community.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 20h
Greens demand right to sue big tech as Labor prepares online safety laws and trust tax changes
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Greens push for right to sue big tech as Labor axes ministerial powers
The Greens outline demands for stronger protections and tougher penalties for tech giants, as Labor seeks a way through the Senate for its digital safety laws.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 19h
SA might miss its 2027 renewables target, but does it matter?
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ANALYSIS: SA might miss its renewables target, but does it matter?
The poster child of Australia’s green energy transition has had its share of stress tests and could miss its target for net 100 per cent renewables by 2027. But what would the impact be? 
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 19h
Police charge teenage boy over Flinders Street hit-and-run in Melbourne CBD
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Teenager charged over Melbourne CBD hit-and-run
A 16-year-old is facing a slew of charges after allegedly hitting a woman with a stolen car in Melbourne's CBD on Sunday. 
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 19h
This National Security Office Precinct will cost more than $1 billion. What do we know about it?
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Is this Australia's most secret building?
Despite the huge scale of the project, many of the details have been kept secret.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 19h
Teenagers who disengage with manosphere still fed misogynistic content online
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Teenagers who disengage with manosphere still fed misogynistic content
Teenagers have told the ABC that even when they go out of their way to not engage with manosphere content, they are shown misogynistic videos in their social media feeds.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 18h
Confusion clouds closure of YiSSA facility as residents face reduced services and isolation
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YiSSA closes as short-stay residents prepare to be bussed to Batchelor
Residents at Darwin's biggest short-stay accommodation facility say they feel "like cattle being chased from a station" as the Northern Territory government prepares to bus them 100km to Batchelor. 
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 17h
Buru Energy sends gas project for EPA approval, saying it could power northern WA by 2029
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Environmental watchdog to review new Kimberley gas project
Buru Energy has rejected environmental claims their Rafael conventional gas project could be a "Trojan horse for fracking".
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 18h
Despite ceasefire reached between Israel and Lebanon in June, Israeli attacks continue.
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Two killed near Israeli-occupied area in south Lebanon
Despite ceasefire reached between Israel and Lebanon in June, Israeli attacks continue.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21h
Being corrupt is no big deal in the Trump regime. It just makes the scam artist fit in with the rest of the gang. The only sin is getting caught.
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AP source: Trump, Rubio weigh firing U.S. envoy to Greece after mounting reports of improper conduct
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibl...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17h
Elon Musk is on Russia's side. And on his bank account's side. He is not on freedom's side. Or your side.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17h
In August, Trump purchased between $1m and $5m in SpaceX bonds. Two days later, he signed a memorandum setting out a new policy pledging US government support for space transportation companies: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17h
It's always true that David Brooks should shut up.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 18h
Israel has banned UK Channel 4’s journalist Secunder Kermani from entering Israel to report ahead of elections later this month:

Secunder Kermani
@SecKermani
Wtf! 

Just arrived in Tel Aviv for coverage ahead of the Israeli elections 

Only to be told the Israeli authorities are denying me entry to the country! 

Have reported widely on Israel / Palestine for the past 4 years for 
@Channel4News
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
1. Trump’s new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is a prolific user of Truth Social where she regularly promoted Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracies, accusing elites in the Democratic Party and Hollywood of running child sex rings and eating people.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A federal judge’s ruling may have just thrown President Donald Trump’s scheme to assert control over state voter rolls into turmoil. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s voter roll scheme hits a major roadblock, and ICE’s role in voting crackdown revealed
A federal judge’s ruling may have just thrown President Donald Trump’s scheme to assert control over state voter rolls into turmoil.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The news media invite this guy on TV to lie to the public. Then they act like they're doing their job by pushing back on his lies. But if they were really doing their job – informing the public – they wouldn't keep asking him to come back on the air and lie some more.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I hate it when US officials refer to warfare, includng the deaths of thousands of noncombatants, as "kinetic engagement." Euphemism is the weapon of charlatans.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump and Hegseth still haven't admitted that the US military massacred 120 Iranian schoolgirls and 26 teachers in a missile strike at the start of the war. At one point, Trump claimed Iran blew up its own school despite overwhelming evidence that the US did it. Lying murderers run our government.
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New report details airstrike on Iranian school
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Jeremy Scahill of Drop Site News, which has issued an extensive new report on the U.S. airstrikes on a school in southern Iran.
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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 20h
Hegseth broke the news about live streaming an execution to a MAGA propagandist who has 14/88 tweets and once hired Atomwaffen members (who were at Charlottesville and friendly with the Tree of Life shooter) to help him harass the family and neighbors of a Jewish murder victim.
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go follow @news.abc.net.au @abc-news.bsky.social · 16h
Neighbours describe explosions as Melbourne tobacco shop burns down: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-12/vict…
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Neighbours describe explosions as Melbourne tobacco shop burns down
Fitzroy North residents say they were woken just before 4am by the sound of explosions, as police investigate a suspicious fire that gutted a tobacco shop.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 16h
Always funny that Hillary Clinton admitted she thinks it was a mistake to have free and fair elections in Palestine in 05-06.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 16h
The reason it doesn't matter is because neither the US nor EU actually care about the pretense of democracy here and are happy regardless of whether it's Abu Mazen or Hussein al Sheikh or whoever so long as they are a house Arab.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 16h
It doesn't matter either way but a great example of how irrational Israel is is the fact that they prevent elections for the subcontractor entity that they and the US control anyway.
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go follow @news.abc.net.au @abc-news.bsky.social · 16h
Trees down, hail fell across Adelaide during storm: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-12/seve…
abc.net.au
Trees down, hail fell across Adelaide during storm
Damaging winds and hailstones have caused damage across Adelaide overnight, with trees blocking roads and falling onto vehicles.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h
Talarico: I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. People are concerned. He has asked for proof of life from me. I'm asking for proof of spine from him.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16h
Doing it would mean *calling out the media* -- identifying these "calm down" narratives, holding them up to the light, explicitly refuting them. If they just get drawn into one mini-argument after another (is *this* little thing worth *this much* time & anger?) they'll be worn down.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16h
Calling on Dems to have more fight, to take opposition and accountability more seriously, *just is* asking them to develop a thick skin and blow off received wisdom & elite opinion. And we need to be clear-eyed that they have never shown any propensity for this, any willingness to do it, at all.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16h
Adding: this will be *doubly* true if Dems win big in 2028 and are in a position to impose some accountability. The whole RW media blob, the NYT, the Atlantic, all the Very Serious outlets filled with Very Serious People will be scolding them to calm down, don't dwell on the past, look forward, etc.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16h
The more combative Dems get, the more of this they will run into. It will be a coordinated wave of elite opinion, scolding them, tamping them down. The fight strategy *only* works if they are willing to bull their way through it, blow it off, mock it. (Their history does not raise one's hopes.)
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 16h
#OtD 11 Oct 1946 the UK govt announced that 39,535 people were squatting in 1038 military camps across England and Wales. Many were ex-servicemen's families demanding housing after WWII, and eventually a forced the govt to build mass council housing stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8350...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h
This is especially galling given how cavalier this administration has been about deploying the troops and how callous they've been about their well-being while they're there. Sailors are trying to commit suicide on the USS Abraham Lincoln as the Millers soak up benefits meant for the military.
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go follow @news.abc.net.au @abc-news.bsky.social · 16h
Cow 'Fitbit' helps pastoralists care for newborn calves: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-12/cow-…
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Cow 'Fitbit' helps pastoralists care for newborn calves
Modern biometrics and technology, coupled with traditional practice, are helping pastoralists like Kim Forrester keep track of their herds across vast cattle stations.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 20h
This is what happens when you elevate “civil discourse” to be the greatest good. All of the sudden, it’s worse to call someone a Nazi than it is to be a Nazi.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 16h
Gov. Tim Walz considered leaving public office after the assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.
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Walz said he considered leaving public office after Hortman assassination
The governor told the New York Times about threats against his family and concerns for Minnesota lawmakers amid a nationwide rise in political violence.
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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 20h
If you’re trying to find a way to deal with election anxiety, the best antidote to doomerism is getting informed. And this @boltsmag.org guide is still the best information out there:
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts
Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15h
BREAKING: Federal judge orders Trump administration to stop DHS's pro-Trump propaganda ads immediately, including ordering the canceling of ads set to run as soon as this evening. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/doj-does-n...
Based on the materials provided, the Court does not require the additional conference on
October 13, 2026 and such conference is adjourned. The Court finds that (1) the present motion
is not moot, (2) there is standing to proceed, and (3) the moving Plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are likely to succeed on the merits, will suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an injunction, the balance of the equities tips in their favor, and an injunction serves the public interest. A full opinion shall follow shortly. Therefore, the Court GRANTS the moving Plaintiffs' motion, and IT IS HEREBY:
ORDERED that under 5 U.S.C. § 705, the purchase order entered into on or about September 20, 2026 between Customs Border Protection ("CBP") and Lepugh, Inc., doing business as LMD Agency, Inc., ("LMD") ("September 20, 2026 purchase order") is stayed, including all future payments made thereunder; it is further
ORDERED that under 5 U.S.C. § 705, the Office of Management and Budget's ("OMB") apportionment of $20 million to fund the development, creation, and/or airing of theadvertisements covered by the September 20, 2026 purchase order, including but not limited to The Country He Loves, Celebrating the Enduring Spirit, Final Battle, To the Great Proud People of Iran, and Maduro (collectively "the challenged advertisements") is stayed; it is further
ORDERED that Defendants are enjoined from using, disbursing, or transferring funds appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") to develop, create, disseminate, place, distribute, publish, or air the challenged advertisements; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendants shall cancel or cause to be cancelled any slot, placement, reservation, or arrangement for the airing or dissemination of the challenged advertisements,
including those placements for the evening of October 11, 2026;
ORDERED that Defendants shall not enter into, renew, or expand any agreement authorizing the development, creation, dissemination, placement, or airing of the challenged
advertisements; and it is furtherORDERED that the foregoing instructions bind Defendants' officers, agents, employees, contractors, and anyone acting in concert with them. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(d)(2).
ORDERED that Defendants shall immediately provide a copy of this order to LMD,
under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2)(C), and that LMD, as a contractor that is in active concert and participation with Defendants, is enjoined from continuing to run or place the
challenged advertisements; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendants will file a status report within 24 hours of the entry of this temporary restraining order and Section 705 stay, confirming compliance with this Order; and it
is further
ORDERED that this Order shall remain in effect until 14 days from today, subject to an extension of this Court; and it is further
ORDERED that, in the Court's discretion, Plaintiffs shall not be required to post a bond.Case 1:26-cv-08882-JLR Document 41 Filed 10/11/26 Page 4 of 4
This Order shall be effective as of 6:45 p.m. on October 11, 2026 and the Clerk of Court
is respectfully requested to close the motion at Dkt. 25. The Court will reschedule the October
13, 2026 conference to discuss next steps in this matter.
Dated: October 11, 2026
New York, New York
SO ORDERED.
Kanifer Rockon
JENNIFER L. ROCHON
United States District Judge
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Christopher Monks @crmonks.bsky.social · 15h
We haven’t run a satire of David Brooks in six years. Think it’s time for another. #McSweeneys
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 15h
Decision to livestream Nidal Hasan execution has led to harsh criticism and warnings that it could encourage violence.
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US Homeland Security secretary sees no ‘risk' from livestreamed execution
Decision to livestream Nidal Hasan execution has led to harsh criticism and warnings that it could encourage violence.
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WIRED @wired.com · 09/10/2026
More than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Some genuinely interesting ballot measures that are getting so little attention! Like these public banks. Check out our guide!
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Headmaster detained after BBC investigation into alleged sexual abuse of students
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Headmaster detained after BBC investigation into alleged sexual abuse of students
Former students launched their own investigation, spending years collecting evidence and testimonies from others who say they were abused by the headteacher.
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