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Collette Snowden

@drcollette.bsky.social
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British/Australian - Communication and Media academic and writer interested in media effects on human society. Everything interests me, especially communication, media, language, music, technology, complexity, and contradiction.

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sLAPtHEcAT @slapthecat.bsky.social · 1h
#auspol #Zionism HANNIBAL DIRECTIVE DAY Oct7 #Apartheid #WarCrimes #Genocide THEY KILLED THEIR OWN CITIZENS 🇮🇱☢️🤷🏻‍♂️🪖🐂💩 👀👃🏻🌏 #𝗜𝗦𝗥𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗜𝗦 𝗔 𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘 #NeverAgainForAnyone
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masim @masim29.bsky.social · 1h
4 anyone who has yet 2 deal with this nightmare, it is a nightmare #auspol act.getup.org.au/s/vFFmHxrw
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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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LouiseMorris @louisemorris.bsky.social · 1h
Beautifully written piece from my colleague Noah on the tensions at Pre-COP, 'There’s tension in the air at this pre-COP...Tension over Australia’s continued expansion of coal and gas, even as it asks to be applauded for its climate leadership.' #auspol #COP31 thepoint.com.au/opinions/261...
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Australia cannot lead abroad and expand coal at home
There’s tension in the air at this pre-COP. Tension between Pacific Island states and Australia. Tension over the world leaders who have not turned up. Tension over Australia’s continued expansion of ...
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Collette Snowden @drcollette.bsky.social · 1h
Focus on critiquing policies not this superficial stuff. Look closely at the photo he wasn't the only one who declined. Being outraged over this distracts from important issues, and blows over until the next trivial incident. Meanwhile, coal and gas licences granted are going ahead. Gaza dies.
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Collette Snowden @drcollette.bsky.social · 16h
Why isn't the Greens Party in this chart - it has more members of parliament than One Nation
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Alexis @alexisx-au.bsky.social · 19h
#auspol #racism #firstnations #indigenous
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christotom.bsky.social @christotom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Now after 40 odd years, the neoliberal scam known as trickle down economics has resulted in the gutting of the working and middle classes, transferring the wealth to the super rich. It’s time to take it back. It’s not rocket science, neoliberalism has destroyed economies worldwide, a scam.
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Twitter Exile @twitter-exile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#JewishCouncilOfAustralia While much of the world's focus has been on #Gaza, #Israel has also been escalating its efforts to dismantle Palestinian life in the #WestBank. Next week on 14 Oct we have the privilege of hosting a lunchtime webinar with leading Israeli human rights group #BTselem #AUSPOL
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Margaret Rose @margaretrose.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hanson stoops down to address her supporters and says ‘we are just like you’. Sure. We all have a benefactor that buys our business a building, a plane, tickets & clothing for Europe fashion week, shares her $34m house with us. Yeah. Like us. The resemblance with her MAGA supporters is astounding.
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Collette Snowden @drcollette.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Have been looking for the scathing media reporting on this subject - like they directed at the Community Independents for simply being endorsed by Climate 200.
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Larry @larrymilly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Much better #auspol
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Collette Snowden @drcollette.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I imagine the billionaires gathering at Davos or Monaco or wherever who once compared property and super yachts, now it's the political party they 'own'. Far-fetched? Look around you!!!
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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 04/10/2026
I see Australian media has settled into their usual “point out the pettiest problems in new infrastructure just about to open” routine.
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Alexis @alexisx-au.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Also, Firmus' main customer is OpenAI, of the dubious financial position (also reflected in Oracle's invocation of force majeure, pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/25/o... ):
wheresyoured.at
The OpenAI Bubble
Thanks for reading this week’s free Where’s Your Ed At newsletter. As I said last week, I’m taking the rest of this week off, so there won’t be a premium on Friday. That said, if you aren’t already a ...
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Alexis @alexisx-au.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And let's not forget that Firmus plans to use state-owned irrigation water for cooling. It somehow feels appropriate that senior management feels a sycophantic lying machine is more important than peasant concerns like food.
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'We do not want to highlight this yet': AI data centre's FAQ slip-up
Data centre builder Firmus posted a statement, since removed, indicating its intention to get some of its cooling water from the state-owned irrigation system, adding "but we do not want to highlight ...
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Collette Snowden @drcollette.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Relatively minor crimes bar people from employment and other opportunities - but do time for fraud and you are celebrated as a genius.
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Collette Snowden @drcollette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Robodebt2.0
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What is Palantir doing in Australia? #auspol
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fluids_guru @fluidsguru.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10... #AusPol
pearlsandirritations.com
The One Nation vote is a map of government neglect
One Nation’s rise is often treated as cultural anger. New data point to something more concrete: poor health, financial insecurity and communities left without the services that make life work.
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Collette Snowden @drcollette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
While every convicted person deserves rehabilitation it's ironic that One Nation's policies are based on retribution and punishment. Equally, if the average person applied for a position with fiscal and legal responsibilities their criminal record would automatically disqualify them.Funny old world!
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
NSW Labor joins Qld Coalition’s defence of laws to silence criticism of genocide www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/news… #Auspol
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NSW Labor joins Qld Coalition’s defence of laws to silence criticism of genocide
The NSW Labor government has given notice that it is joining the High Court case, bought by Justice for Palestine Magan-djin, in support of Queensland’s prohibited expressions law. Kerry Smith reports.
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Collette Snowden @drcollette.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
see: - E M Forster's 1909 short story "The Machine Stops"
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Senator Lidia Thorpe explicitly named detention centres as “sites of systemic child abuse, operating in direct violation of this country’s domestic and international human rights obligations and all morality." Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/THUZhU4A
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Rocco Dimase @resadude.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My thoughts as well, why the whining about removing the surcharges. Was there whining when they started imposing them? #Auspol
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Collette Snowden @drcollette.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'd rather have politicians grilled about this than details of the voting in the party room for leadership positions using the same reporting techniques for selecting players for footy teams. FFS treat your audiences with some respect.
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Lizzy Schofield @musictplove.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Any thoughts Jillian Segal? Any thoughts to those politicians wanting us arrested for opposing genocide by saying words ????? #auspol #freepalestine
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Rocco Dimase @resadude.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And they still want tax cuts. ;-P @australianlabor.bsky.social fix the broken system #Auspol
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
More than one-quarter of big companies operating in Australia paid no income tax in 2024-25. #Auspol We need change
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Robyn D - Difficult Woman @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is why poor people starve in rich countries. ATO says 1,149 large companies paid no tax as it scrutinises AI firms #auspol
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More than 1,000 large companies paid no tax in Australia, ATO reveals
Almost 30 per cent of large companies paid no tax in 2024–25, an Australian Taxation Office report reveals, resulting in the corporate tax amount payable dropping by $8.2 billion from the previous yea...
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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But don't worry: It's business as usual when it comes to our support for Israeli war crimes. If you were in any doubt, check out our arrest of the 94-year old female Jewish human-rights lawyer outside our conference centre for holding up a placard. Andy Burnham: Latest member for Tel Aviv.
Arrest of 94-year old Margaret Owen, OBE for displaying a placard opposing genocide and supporting Palestine Action.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the fact that SCOTUS is allowing Trump to do lawless shit 24/7 but some random judge in Staten Island can block the mayor and governor of New York from taxing decamillionaires’ second homes really reveals how utterly absurd our judicial system is
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Collette Snowden @drcollette.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Can you prevent her identity being exposed?
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
cornellsun.com
EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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Collette Snowden @drcollette.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"That's not my job."
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punterspolitics.bsky.social @punterspolitics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This Politician Rorted $21K and Was Only Fined $2K This week, we dig into the Gold Coast mayor still running the council that approves his own property developments. We score Albo's poker face against a journalist's "gotcha" question, and launch a new segment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjU7...
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Dodgy Dealings From The Gold Coast Mayor, The New Gas Bill that Does NOTHING, & Albo's Deflection
YouTube video by Punters Politics Podcast
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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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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is the book corporate America does not want you to read — which is exactly why you should pick up a copy.
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 29/09/2026
It is my sad duty to report that the Australian government failed to renew the trademark registrations of Sabin the Immunisation Bear, mascot of the Immunise Australia Program. search.ipaustralia.gov.au/trademarks/s... search.ipaustralia.gov.au/trademarks/s...
A black and white cartoon outline of a bear's head, highly stylised, but cute, and tilted to the right at a jaunty angle.
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Collette Snowden @drcollette.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The worst part of the revelations about women's experiences is knowing the number of rapists amongst us with no shame, thinking they're decent people, unbothered by the damage done. This mindset infects everything they do. What man thinks forced or comatose sex is a valuable life experience?
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Eriko Christy @erikochristy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
what a strange coincidence that every woman has friends who have been sexually assaulted (and quite possibly has been herself) and no man seems to be friends with any rapists!
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Experts say it is spreading unchecked in healthcare facilities. The (CDC) has recorded over 3,130 screening cases of Candida auris, a highly resilient yeast that can cause severe, sometimes fatal infections in seriously ill patients.
A drug-resistant fungus is spreading across the U.S. and has infected people in 23 states
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem?
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Collette Snowden @drcollette.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Or just get out of your neighbourhood occasionally
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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tim Wilson will never need child care, will never need the NDIS and will never need aged care. #auspol
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Paul @irishpaul68.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No words required.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I was a rape crisis counselor for many years. The Cornell story is not just Cornell. It’s all colleges and universities. And it reminds me why I am so relieved that my own daughter is done with college.
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