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Avril 📎 🇦🇺 🇳🇿

@avrilm.bsky.social
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Searching for the 2019 restore button. Enjoying vicarious travel with #landscapephotography photos. Toxicologist. Covid informed. Looking on in horror at the climate emergency and the rise of fascism and hate. 📎

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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Same here.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 29/09/2026
Australian households — world leaders in solar panel installations — are adding new units at the fastest pace in five years, defying forecasts for a slowdown as the grid pivots at pace toward renewables.
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Australia’s World-Leading Household Solar Buildout Continues to Surprise
Australian households — world leaders in solar panel installations — are adding new units at the fastest pace in five years, defying forecasts for a slowdown as the grid pivots at pace toward renewables.
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𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘤𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘺 🍁 @ajohmss1956.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don't think I've ever heard an American president threaten to annihilate another country during a speech to the UN. You must all be so proud.
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Kasey Jones @nikitairoh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Healthcare workers belong in hospitals, not detention centers. Over 100 nurses rallied outside Maine Medical Center in Portland on Aug 5, forcing ICE to release Debora Kapisha on Aug 6. Organize, speak out, and demand permanent protection for essential workers. 🎥NowThisImpact
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Australia 2026 A social cohesion envoy who is the largest driver of social disunity An anti corruption commission being investigated for corruption A sovereign program that builds the sovereign capability of other nations A defence Minister who increases our likelihood of being attacked
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Andrew Lissiman @andrewlissiman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Aukus is actually a nuclear waste contract wrapped up in bright submarine wrapping paper ☢️
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Australian Unions @australianunions.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Young workers don’t need an investment portfolio. They need a fair shot at owning one home.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The West is appalled by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Couldn't care less about the blockade of Cuba, the Ethnic Cleansing of Lebanon or the continuing Genocide in Gaza.
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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The billionaires don't appear to understand how much we hate AI and their data centers.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Trump is processing his grief over Victor Orban’s crushing defeat by attacking the leader of the largest Christian organization on earth.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The USA can and should be stripped of the World Cup and the Olympics it is not a safe country.
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13/03/2026
As one high ranking official quoted another former high ranking official who, when asked why there aren’t women at negotiating tables, said: “Women? They’ll go to the enemy, make peace and the wars will end!” That describes it pretty well.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
“Repeated shocks like this push countries to reassess what energy security really means. Wind, solar, storage, and, where available, hydro are not immune to operational challenges. they increasingly look less like a climate choice and more like a stability strategy.”
nationalobserver.com
Fossil fuels will be collateral damage in Trump’s war on Iran
Canada's oil and gas industry and the politicians in its thrall will use the US attack on Iran as a justification for more pipelines. In reality, it will actually erode the economic case for them.
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Our eyes don't lie. Resorting to brutal and unnecessary physical violence against peaceful protests is wrong. And who put the police in this allegedly 'impossible situation'? Don't gaslight Australia. We're not the US. Yet. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Sydney protest: NSW premier defends police in ‘impossible situation’ after accusations of violence against protesters
Politicians who attended protest against visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog say police actions against demonstrators were ‘wildly inappropriate’
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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A post from 2019. We’ve been betrayed 😞😞 #auspol
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Ky @ky.fyi · 22/01/2026
bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Maybe Greenland could invade us instead?
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Avril 📎 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 @avrilm.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
substack.com/@lisagranger...
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LCG (@lisagranger1)
Alright, I’m saying this as an Australian who is absolutely sick to death of watching the world hold its breath every time this blabbering blubbering blithering blustering baffoon opens his grotesque...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Reading all these mealy-mouthed statements together, there are common themes: 'safety', 'sensitivity' and 'division'. This is the Israel lobby's script; hosing down anyone who dares criticize Israel's apartheid, genocide and ethnic cleansing, while pretending it's about Jews under attack. #auspol
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Ashley Zacharias @ashleyzacharias.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The weirdest thing about Americans is how many of them think their laws apply to every person in the world. But they're certain other countries' laws don't apply to them.
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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
My good God, reading about USA politics is both exhausting and scary. Here in Australia, we should be both alert and alarmed. Protect our precious and fragile democracy - with its checks and balances- to stop the contagion.
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BouncingBison @bouncingbison.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
This is American innovation. A country so efficient at war that it can invade a country without needing to leave its own country.
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Tempvsfvgit76 @tempvsfvgit76.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Non American here. So many of us are just sick and tired of Americans and all the bullshit. Yes there are millions of good and decent Americans but some stereotypes exist for a reason. Trump is also a major symptom of the ills of America, not the disease.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/09/2025
So if anti-fascists are Trump’s political enemies, what does that make Trump?
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 15/09/2025
Live your life in such a way that when you die people aren't ashamed to quote the shit you said.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 25/08/2025
It’s taken years for Australia to ban three types of forever chemicals. But Europe plans to ban thousands of these chemicals to avoid future issues.
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Australia has banned 3 ‘forever chemicals’ – but Europe wants to ban all 14,000. This precautionary approach makes clear sense
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Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
> Open Internet You open the internet. The government is gutting science and social services to fund a literal masked gestapo. Wars are spiraling out of control. Millions are dying of preventable disease. A woman spent $9M on a wedding dress and [Ctrl-C] > Open puzzle game
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 09/06/2025
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The environment isn't 'an issue' It is life itself
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/05/2025
Today is unfortunately a good reminder of just how depraved many Trump supporters are. It should be the easiest thing in the world to just wish someone well in light of a devastating health diagnosis. That they can't even meet that very low bar says a lot about their character.
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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Tim Wilson will be a clear and constant reminder of why so many of us don't vote for the Liberal Party #auspol
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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Avril 📎 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 @avrilm.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
open.substack.com
Welcome to Country, Mr Dutton
It's beautiful country
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
ICYMI, this excellent 4 minute clip is 🎯💥💯. Please watch, share, and vote accordingly. Some mainstream journos are also shining a light on #AtlasNetwork. But many are still too timid, lazy or complicit to highlight the truth behind Dutton's culture wars. #ausvotes #auspol
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Bridget McKenzie can’t help but laugh at the proposition of emissions going down under the LNP. David Speers, “is there anything you would do to bring down emissions in the next 10 years?’ McKenzie “LoL” It’s going to be even funnier when they lose the election 🤣
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while: t.co/lg46ijHLDF
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6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says the Coalition ‘got it wrong’ with its now-dumped policy to require all federal public servants to return to the office A promise to cut 41,000 Canberra-based public service jobs through forced redundancies has also been walked back
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Blake Murdoch @blakemurdoch.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
First stage capitalism lie: more stuff makes life good. ($$) Second stage capitalism lie: stuff doesn't make you happy, but experiences (travel and events) to make memories will ($$$$) Reality: a good life comes from surrounding yourself with kind and principled people instead of assholes.
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Josie McSkimming @josiemcskimming.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Vote Dutton, you get Trump. Simple as that. @cathywilcox.bsky.social nails it. #auspol #AustraliaVotes
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Vote like your best mate is indigenous, your daughter is gay, your uncle is on NDIS, your brother is on the poverty line, your neighbour is an immigrant and your kids have to live on this planet for decades after you leave.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Senior officials brazenly admit to using disappearing message apps for Govt business - a clear violation of law (a crime under s24(1) of the Archives Act). The bureaucratic lawlessness that enabled #robodebt is alive and well. The AFP should act. #auspol
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Australian home affairs secretary admits to using disappearing messages on Signal for work
In wake of Trump administration group chat scandal, department’s chief operating officer tells Senate there is no ban on staff using the feature
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Tupaarnaq Kopeck
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Ravenna @ravenna321.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Hegseth's playing a dangerous game of chicken by denying this. Goldberg says he has more texts about this, super sensitive info he voluntarily held back. Or are they going to say he got the info some other way and put him in jail? This is the 'Anything Goes' administration, who knows?
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Avril 📎 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 @avrilm.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Fixed it. ✍️
Map of the Americas from Australian Government smarttraveller website. Edited by me to correct USA to 'Do Not Travel'.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Israel just killed hundreds of Palestinians, including kids. The US just killed dozens of Yemenis, including kids. "Why do they hate us?" asks the American public, blissfully ignorant of what's being done in its name in the Middle East by the US and its ally Israel. Sigh.
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