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Bern Towner

@berntowner.bsky.social
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Life curious. Value learning, intelligence, empathy & compassion. Bit lack lustred at times. Retired MH clinician. Here for the fun of it🤓 🚫DMs

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SSVDH Au @ssvdh.bsky.social · 4h
I never understood how Australia tolerates worshipping a very select group of ppl's God at the start of Parliament but Australians have a problem with being respectful to the rightful owners of the land we live in .
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 1h
Who is the blonde person/podcaster anyway? … Wait. Don’t answer, I don’t care who.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 7h
“ No one calls me Mum anymore.” 🚨💔💔💔: An🇮🇱bombardment in Gaza during 🇮🇱genocidal war killed a Palestinian woman’s husband and all her children, leaving her as the sole surviving member of her immediate family. She speaks about the loss of her entire family and the grief she continues to endure 💔😢🤬🇮🇱
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Dr Tracy Westerman AM @drtracywesterman.bsky.social · 3h
tracywesterman.substack.com/p/opinion-is...
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OPINION: Is Generation Z saving us from ourselves?
By Dr Tracy Westerman AM
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 3h
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Sign the Petition
We Demand Accountability: Remove Jillian Segal from Public Office
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Sam W 🖤💛❤️🌻🦋☮️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✌️🫢 @sassisam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Must read story by @amyremeikis.bsky.social Be angry and bring attention to what’s going on in the NT under the CLP. 🖤💛💔 www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic... #auspol
thenewdaily.com.au
Gagging and blacklisting – what's really going on in the NT
Amid Hanson’s latest controversy, Australia’s most right-wing government announced yet another devastating decision for Indigenous people.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 6h
I feel so ashamed as a proud Greek Australian to see Greeks booing a Welcome To Country last night. Shame on us. The First Nations community of Melbourne deserves a formal apology for the behaviour of Greek Australians last night. #australiacup #Hellas #SouthMelbourne #MelbourneVictory
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Gordon Wark 🤬💥😡🔥🕗🕕🕓🕖 @1stwark.bsky.social · 5h
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 4h
Stunning work 🖤💛❤️
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Reuters @reuters.com · 09/10/2026
🔊 Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. She’s the South African judge who established sexual violence and rape as acts of genocide and concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. Listen to the Reuters World News podcast for more reut.rs/4zooOpw
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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As an evolutionary biologist, I would rather be stuck in an elevator with a creationist than an evolutionary psychologist. If a bunch of entire fields disagree with you, perhaps you’ve gotten something wrong? These people are so exhausting.
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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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It bothers me, too, that all of this requires entire fields of power, water-hungry machinery (but the water problem is overstated, I hear the smartest people in the room tell me often, a rejoinder that deadens my soul because if I learned tomorrow of a dickhead factory that used only a thimble of the stuff to churn out the most hideous fascist-adjacent text and imagery I should still want to burn it to the ground.
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Turns out I’m WAY behind the times… Ricks book out 2018😖 Must get it📚
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Talking about his new book of family memoir ‘One Hundred Years Of Dirt” 👏🏼
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Am listening to Rick being i/v on ABC’s ‘Conversations’ with Richard Fidler🤓
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Love this
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Many happy & healthy birthday returns Ian 🎂🥳🎁🍕
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bluefinsswimming.bsky.social @bluefinsswimming.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Guess, what? the majority of ordinary Australian people are fed up with pandering to Israel and their pretence they are still the victim. They are the agressors, and they should not be supported. Save Palestine and save Gaza for the Palestinian people.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Michael Danby says he’s furious Shoebridge is leader of The Greens bcoz he calls out Jillian Segal, opposed Israeli Pres Herzog’s visit & gives prominent Jewish Aussies Louise Adler & Sarah Schwartz a voice. The genocide-complicit Zionists really are panicking over Shoebridge.💥
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From where I stand Danby offers 3 very solid reasons reinforcing why Shoebridge is who we need if we are looking for a trustworthy person.
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Malcolm D. @mdpb53.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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💫✨🌟Mare🌟✨💫 @utexas-96.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Asking for a friend
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ourimbah is another lovely part of the country albeit nsw🙃
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
‘Curious’ = My word for ‘nosiness’😂
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
All good. Just curious before I saw your initial response👍
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A Mamdaniesque state supermarket?! Anything that causes the duopoly to suffer is good for me| First Dog on the Moon
I endorse this completely
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I see why u ask🤓 South East Melbs. Warrandyte is grand for wee c’van hols spot with the family. The grandies love it. Fresh air, fabulous forests,& best of all freezing flowing river with mobs of fun. 🌳🌳🦦
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why do u ask? Melbs currently.
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
act.getup.org.au/s/6R84ImJn
act.getup.org.au
Scrap the aged care algorithm!
Can you share the campaign with your friends and family to help us reach more people? Up to half of petition signatures come from shares, so it makes a real…
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Interesting article. Ta
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The problem with these new 'breakthrough' drugs. They attack amyloid but researchers are still not certain whether amyloid is a cause or a marker of Alzheimers. www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/he...
smh.com.au
For years, dementia researchers had no answers, but now the word ‘breakthrough’ is on their lips
A blood test that can cheaply detect the disease. Promising new treatments. These developments are game changers.
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
PD?
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That is no dance it is how one dries one’s back. Good towel work🙃
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One of these 'breakthrough' drugs lecanemab & other AADs (anti-amyloid drugs) have been rejected by the European Medicines Agency. The controversy centres around safety, efficacy & whether AADs represent a promising future direction for clinical development. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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The controversy around anti-amyloid antibodies for treating Alzheimer’s disease: The European Medical Agency’s ruling against the latest anti-amyloid drugs highlights the ongoing debate about their sa...
The recent rejection of lecanemab by the European Medicines Agency despite its approval in other countries highlights the debate among researchers and regulatory bodies about the efficacy, safety, and...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WATCH: “Did you go to public schools? Did you drive here on roads?” 🔥 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social expertly handles Fox propagandist martha maccallum’s fearmongering about socialism (From @acyn.bsky.social )
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 06/10/2026
Austin Appelbee awarded medal for bravery after Quindalup swim rescue
abc.net.au
WA teenager Austin Appelbee awarded bravery medal for swim rescue
Perth schoolboy Austin Appelbee is recognised for his heroic efforts in swimming 4 kilometres through rough ocean waters to save his family.
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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
BINGO!💥
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This gets my vote for the best thing I've seen on the Internet today:
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Actually a 50km zone. 🤦‍♀️ Fat thumbed gran…. Signing off
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
After several attempts to adjust new car clock forward to daylight saving time, 9yr old grandie instructs the Papa… “try scrolling” BINGO🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 He’d already whinged about how EV would self adjust to stay in lane …. & let him know quick smart if he was doing 52km/hr in a 59km zone!!😆
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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Of course they do, they can't see over the fucking steering wheel. Accident waiting to happen.
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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A hotter world requires renewable energy. The world must stop heating our one and only biosphere by stopping the burning of fossil fuels. It’s a case of: we now have to do everything* all at once to try to cool the planet as quickly as possible. *Everything scientifically & environmentally sound
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Bern Towner @berntowner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A do not touch box????
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"One Nation received nearly $50,000 from one of Australia’s biggest labour-hire firms after the party performed an eleventh-hour reversal and supported legislation that gutted several legal challenges in which the company, WorkPac, was potentially exposed to $100 million in liabilities."
smh.com.au
A $100m liability, a $50k donation and One Nation’s sudden change of mind
Newly uncovered disclosures show labour hire giant WorkPac paid nearly $50,000 to One Nation, raising fresh questions about the party’s last-minute vote on 2021 industrial relations laws.
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Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is pretty cool. A service dog for someone suffering from #schizophrenia. #IllMentally
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garybutler.bsky.social @garybutler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
youtu.be/ADYmbyzsLXo?...
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Willie Nelson & Sinéad O'Connor - Don't Give Up
YouTube video by Mike Lux
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