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@coastbeth.bsky.social
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Work in regional-remote NSW healthcare on Ngiyampaa land. Care about nature and live on Darkinjung land. I believe in looking after things, not exploiting them

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Mark @mark-melbin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Dave Hughes fact-checked on public money being spent on Think Tanks such as the #IPA and the Australia Institute. #auspol #cookers #ThinkTanks #taxes
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Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
You say empirical, I say umpirical. Or both actually
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ART @art.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"Politicians' Lies" by Marco Melgrati. #art
"Politicians' Lies" by Marco Melgrati.
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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We have reached the point where firmed renewable energy (FRE) is economically favored over FF. Building renewables & storage at 2:1 enables excess renewable power to be used 24/7. As nations fight over dwindling FF the cost advantage for FRE grows. 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋 www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/30/r...
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Renewables growth cut Spain’s electricity bills by 24.2% over the past two years
Spain and Portugal are 53% less exposed to gas price volatility than they were three years ago, according to a new report from Positive Money.
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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
bonkers, completely mental. This is what the internet is for. pointerpointer.com
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Please hold still while we locate your pointer...
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Spoilt Victorian Child @svchild.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Considering the IDF doesn't deliberately target journalists, they seem to kill an awful lot of them.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 14/04/2026
Moya Brennan, best known as the lead singer of Grammy and BAFTA-winning group Clannad, has died aged 73
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Irish musician Moya Brennan dies aged 73
Moya Brennan, best known as the lead singer of Grammy and BAFTA-winning group Clannad, has died aged 73.
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Simon @coastbeth.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Maybe they should have held on to a bit more Australian gas rather than on-selling it at profit.. #auspol
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
While Ben Roberts‑Smith’s War Memorial display is “under review,” this photo they have up was cropped to erase a dead Afghan he posed over. What’s there to review? — this should never have been displayed. It hides the truth.
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Just keep decimating and degrading the people who can least afford it, excellent strategy which I'm sure won't have any adverse affects on the fabric of society
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
"The exclusion of Dr Abdel-Fattah was certainly racist. But the hysteria generated by her mere inclusion in a writers festival reveals what is really at stake: that is, the unbearable truth of the destruction of Gaza and Gazan lives must be repressed at all costs." johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03...
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Louise Adler sets the record straight on Adelaide Writers' Week
The Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) debacle might have served as a “life lesson” to politicians and lobbyists about the risks involved in interfering with the independence of arts organisations. But as w...
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
So, any other news yesterday? Anything important?
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Miriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
“Sometimes as Prime Minister you need to make the tough calls." theshovel.com.au/2026/02/25/b...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 19/02/2026
BREAKING: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, BBC News reported reut.rs/4s0NSPL
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Simon @coastbeth.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This should become a thing
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Simon @coastbeth.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Super-depressing to see Tim Wilson on #abc730 . Seeing this vacuous spin-machine again makes it clear his electorate made the wrong call #auspol
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Rɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ Tᴜꜰꜰɪɴ ᵃᵘ ᶜᵇʳ ᶜᶠᶜ @richardtuffin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Alleging they threw punches? We've all seen the videos. There's nothing alleged about it ffs. ------ Police use pepper spray at Sydney rally against Isaac Herzog visit, with MP alleging officers threw punches www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Police use pepper spray at Sydney rally against Isaac Herzog visit, with MP alleging officers threw punches
Grace Tame and Lidia Thorpe address crowds in Sydney and Melbourne as NSW Labor backbencher says police reaction ‘totally over-the-top’
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Dave Osmond @davidosmond.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
In August 2021, I started running weekly simulations of Australia's main electricity grid to show that it's possible to get very close to 100% renewable supply with just enough storage to supply average demand for 5 hours. Here are learnings from 4 years of simulations: /1
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
i just feel like america has no business starting fights with the country that makes ozempic
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European Space History @eurospacehistory.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
#OTD 14 January 2005, @esa.int's #Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon #Titan; humankind's only landing (to date) in the outer Solar System, the farthest landing from Earth a spacecraft has ever made, and also the first landing on a moon other than our own 🧪🔭 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Artist interpretation of the area surrounding the Huygens landing site based on images and data returned on 14 January 2005 (pic: ESA)
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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Crispin Hull didn't hold back today @canberratimes.bsky.social www.canberratimes.com.au/story/913675...
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Every wondered how many guns are in your suburb? We have built a tool that shows registered firearms by postcode across NSW. www.toomanyguns.org Having access to data can help us all understand how our gun laws are actually working (or failing to work!)
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Too Many Guns
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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
“Nannas have a simple message for Prime Minister Albanese and Environment Minister Murray Watt this summer: Slip, Slap, Slop: Slip on your man-pants, Slap down the fossil fuel industry, and Slop the red ink all over their applications”. knittingnannas.org/2025/11/26/m...
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Media Release 27 Nov 2025
SLIP SLOP SLAP with the Knitting Nannas at Rising Tide 2025. Flocks of yellow-breasted Knitting Nanna environmentalists from Nanna ‘loops’ across NSW and Victoria will land in Newcastle for the 202…
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Facebook is a scam factory. Meta's own internal audit reveals 10% of their revenue comes from spam advertising - $16bn annually. Between 2020-2023 scam losses in Australia increased 249%. In 76% of cases, contact occurred on Meta platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp).
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Simon @coastbeth.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Ouch. Too accurate
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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 19/11/2025
Bonesaw meets Bonespur at the Conference of Thin-Skinned Cowards
Two fuckwads
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
The 1st thing I want to hear from the new Liberal leader in Victoria is a core promise to boost country & suburban funding for maternity services & guarantee ongoing access to contraception & terminations for girls & women, despite the infiltration of Christian extremist-activists in her ranks.
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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
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Are Australians really paying more for electricity than other countries?
Australia’s electricity prices have gone up a long way over the past decade or so, but global energy trends have also pushed up bills in other countries
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National Secular Lobby @secularlobby.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
A number of religious (and non-religious) organisations continue to prioritise self-interest over the safety of children, some even becoming "more adversarial since the royal commission". #auspol
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Glen Le Lievre @lelievre.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
theaimn.net/labors-clima...
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bradpsychology @bradpsychology.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Australia needs to be less afraid of people seeking asylum, and more afraid of the foreigners wanting to dig up our resources for free.
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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
CCS magick! Subsidised coal! Private mini nukes! It's all just made up and will never even have to try and survive contact with the reality of an actual political or investment decision. But let's keep talking about it for weeks like it matters!
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
A Clear Air column today. It's a pretty long one. Could have been longer. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The spectacular nonsense of the Coalition’s internal brawl over the 2050 net zero emissions target | Clear air
The public stoush is really about whether the party will drop the charade or maintain it while shuffling some words
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Jess Harwood Art @jessharwoodart.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
No climate trigger, more coal and gas, more extinctions and watered down environment laws being negotiated with the Coalition. Labor is helping fuel the extinction, climate and biodiversity crises.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I really think I should get my tomorrow's cartoon out there today, while it's fresh. Ballroomocracy. My @smh/@theage cartoon.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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Tom Red @tomredmemes.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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Simon @coastbeth.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
You go Barnaby.. this will hopefully prompt your electorate to finally wake up to just how much of a waste of oxygen you are
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
“A conservation charity known for its anti-renewables stance has made submissions to federal and state inquiries that name non-existent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm, and cite scientific articles that the supposed publisher says don’t exist” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Queensland anti-renewables group cited nonexistent papers in inquiry submissions using AI, publisher says
Exclusive: Rainforest Reserves Australia has published submissions naming nonexistent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm
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Julia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
When the power went out in Spain this spring, many people immediately pointed the finger at the country's solar and wind power as the cause. That wasn't the trigger, but a new survey finds that all that misinformation? It had an impact. Read more here, only on @npr.org 🎧⬇️
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After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack
When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
After asking Dept of Climate Change & Energy on cost of the 2035 target, Sarah Henderson doesn’t want to hear the answer & desperately tries to stop Kath Rowley from embarrassing her on the cost of ‘not’ having a target Kath Rowley “If I could just finish my answer?”🙄 #Estimates
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 29/09/2025
Under the current rules, an MP can avoid declaring any property or shares held in their family trust as long as they’re not listed as a trustee. Not exactly transparent, is it?
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Coalition politicians hide assets in three times as many private trusts as Labor
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Simon @coastbeth.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Australia CAN deliver infrastructure on time and in budget? Now let's do transmission lines
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Simon @coastbeth.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Jack Waterford is always worth reading
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
New This Is Fine meme just dropped.
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Derek Johnson @derekjesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have. I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
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•Marns🌿🍉🐸 @marnshibski.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
#confidentidiots
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