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Ngunnawal and Dharawal county. Once was scientist. Once was public servant. Retired. Woke, with dogs. No fleas.

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 6h
You may not like The Greens, but at least their policies are based on what they believe in, not some lobbyist/donor influenced, or poll driven, groupthink like Labor, The LNP or One Nation
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 5h
The Greens can win Macnamara. Josh Burns is right to be afraid. Opposing genocide is not antisemitism. #AusPol
abc.net.au
Labor MP accuses Greens leader of 'prejudice' over Jewish community comments
Labor MP Josh Burns accuses new Greens leader David Shoebridge of "prejudice" over comments about the party's relationship with Jewish Australians.
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 4h
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Westpac Palantir
Thanks for signing!You've just joined thousands of people telling Westpac to ditch Palantir. Westpac is betting its customers never find out about this deal,…
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There's just way too much to be very cross about, today. The Australian government investing OUR MONEY in EllenMusk's stupid space project and weapons companies is next level crap. I've disagreed with governments before but I've never been this disappointed in one.
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Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MAGA is about to lose his farm
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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.
Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”
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dr-ian.bsky.social @dr-ian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Getting ready for summer.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 28/09/2026
Most Australian government entities are running outdated technology – and AI systems may reveal their weaknesses, intentionally or not.
theconversation.com
Australia’s legacy systems were already a cyber risk. AI agents are raising the stakes
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
At the end of Louis Theroux's documentary he has to hide from the IDF as they are hunting Palestinians and he suspects they might kill him too. Theroux says, "Can we ring the Police." And the Palestinian laughs, there is no one who will protect them from Israel.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The words 'fiscally responsible' vanish when government ministers speak of military spending – replaced instead with ‘record funding’." @deepcutnews.bsky.social #EndAUKUS #auspol www.deepcutnews.com/p/albanese-c...
deepcutnews.com
Albanese can find $425bn for defence – but not $126bn for free childcare
Defence spending is outpacing inflation as the government says it can’t afford universal childcare, dental or lifting JobSeeker above the poverty line.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
nbcnews.com
America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A generation of the unteachable is hanging upon us like a necklace of corpses. ~ George Orwell "Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish." ~ Euripides
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Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek.
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dr-ian.bsky.social @dr-ian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
To implode or to explode, that is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles "She demands enormous loyalty from people, but she doesn't give it." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
'Insidious money grab': Aspiring candidates slam One Nation processes
Former One Nation candidates reveal they’re walking away from the party after witnessing its operations behind closed doors.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AI isn’t a legal person so can’t be found guilty or go to jail for its criminal acts. And if it’s AI gone rogue, the developer/operator of the AI currently can’t be found guilty either - there’s no ‘guilty mind’ needed for conviction. What to do? #auspol
michaelwest.com.au
Criminal bots. When AI goes rogue, who goes to jail? - Michael West
Artificial Intelligence bots do not have a legal personality and can’t go to jail. But who is to be held responsible for their criminal acts?
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dr-ian.bsky.social @dr-ian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dan Murphy’s Member offers are hard to surpass.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 24/09/2026
Each rate rise locks tens of thousands out of home ownership, research finds
abc.net.au
Each rate rise locking aspiring homebuyers out for a decade, study finds
Each standard interest rate increase could be locking close to 30,000 households out of home ownership, some of them for a decade or more.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Lies, more lies, then some lies from this man. Thankfully much of the world (with the shameful exception of Australia) is finally moving to sanction Israeli settlements and parts of the machinery of dispossession and genocide.
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🦘Roseanne @roseanneb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not a bad read on #AI. For us non experts. Keep being skeptics Australia. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Australia to pursue AI guardrails after unprecedented OpenAI breach
OpenAI's delayed reporting of an autonomous agent breaching a government website has strengthened Australia's push for tougher AI safety and disclosure rules.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 24/09/2026
This belongs in the Smithsonian.
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dr-ian.bsky.social @dr-ian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack
Australia, which has strict social media restrictions and has proposed controls on algorithms and smart glasses, announced the breach at the UN.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The "Never Again" thing at the end of World War Il wasn't a free guarantee or promise, it was a reminder and a call to action, that we're not supposed to *let* it happen ever again.
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sLAPtHEcAT @slapthecat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
the Australian Prime🇮🇱Minister for Israel is leaderlike* *™️ @cathywilcox.bsky.social
the Australian Prime Minister for Israel is leaderlike
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dr-ian.bsky.social @dr-ian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Crimson Rosellas in a Canberra spring.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is an extraordinary act of direct foreign interference by the US embassy in domestic Australian politics. The Australian government should publicly respond by rejecting efforts by the US embassy to dictate how Australia legislates for a digital duty of care.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 21/09/2026
“You didn’t tell me these were the same Persians who beat the Romans!”
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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So you guys want to talk about malignant narcissism as it relates to Trump again? Look a lot of the psych labels are bad, some are no longer used...psychopath is no longer a diagnosis for example tho it's still commonly used because hey hey it's a good descriptor in common tongue, but bad in med.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
With 3 more women killed by men in the last 24 hours, it’s a good time to remind everyone that more women have been killed by male violence since 2020 than all Australians killed by shark attacks, terrorism and one punch attacks combined in the last 25 years.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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dr-ian.bsky.social @dr-ian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
fb.watch/v/3pXkiIV8w/?
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“The Coalition has announced a plan to rewrite the national curriculum, slashing units on Indigenous history and culture, sustainability, and engagement with Asia.” #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
smh.com.au
Pride in flag, Western culture, and soldiers in schools: Coalition unveils education plan
Opposition education spokesman Julian Leeser said Indigenous history and cultural studies must be pared back as test results fall.
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Paul Keating. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnr_...
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Former Australian PM: Stop Letting America Use Australia
YouTube video by Global Insight Hub
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Hitchhiker @42inabook.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Disturbing admissions from US Republican Congressman pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09... So ….Australia “joins” EU in same form as Canada ….Trump ceases all trade with Australia , AUKUS is dead …and we “save one Trillion Dollars” …..someone point out the downside to me ..🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️
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Disturbing admissions from US Republican Congressman
US submarines at HMAS Stirling, B-52 rotations through Tindal and deepening military integration are tying Australia ever more closely to US strategic priorities – including the prospect of war with C...
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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So, this…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
RFK Jr: "We are also looking at chemtrails"
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 18/09/2026
The thing about the Howard-era ministers is that they've never realised how much their own instinct for technocratic cruelty influenced the national attitude to migrants and refugees, leaving a lasting residue of nastiness.
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Susan Park @susanpark60.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We in other countries just don’t understand you couldn’t see what we saw.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
orlandosentinel.com
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
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MinimumWageMan @minimumwageman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I can not argue with this.
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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yesterday the Senate agreed to my motion that calls on the government to fix our broken lobbying laws. It's time for politics to work for Australians, and that starts with lobbying reform. This is a great first step. Go to www.fixlobbying.com.au and join my call for lobbying reform.
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don-brown.bsky.social @don-brown.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The price of diesel hit another record high today and is expected to climb higher — along with the surging cost of gasoline — as fallout from Trump’s ongoing Iran war continues to restrict global oil supplies. Diesel now costs an average of $6.40 a gallon nationally. Gas rose to $4.44 a gallon.
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Diesel and gas prices are spiking and hitting record levels. Experts say it’s going to get worse
The price of diesel hit another record high Thursday morning and is expected to climb higher — along with the surging cost of gasoline — as fallout from Preside
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
19thnews.org
Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I don’t believe the U.S. taxpayer should continue to arm Netanyahu’s government with deadly military equipment. I believe Netanyahu is a war criminal and that his government has committed genocide in Gaza. This doesn't make me antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
washingtonpost.com
Trump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in years
The pending transfer of the 2,000-pound munition, involved in scores of incidents resulting in civilian casualties, sets
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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Latest news from the grifters and spivs party - Hanson tried to bat away Sarah Martin’s very pointed questioning at the NPC - now we get to understand why… www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Pauline Hanson’s daughter Lee working for a NSW One Nation senator remotely from Tasmania without ministerial approval
Exclusive: Lee Hanson also appears to be regularly campaigning for party during work hours, social media shows
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 16/09/2026
The perfection of Ed Sheeran as a metaphor: white, bland, inoffensive neutrality, protesting that "I'm not complicit"...
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