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Mary Debrett

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“From the creek to the beach, Aussies want free speech.” Media & Communications academic with eyes on the clean energy transition and whatever can be done to save the future from climate catastrophe. [Views my own, reposts not endorsements]

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6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 18h
David Shoebridge has called for the Greens to "seize this moment" in his first press conference as the party's new leader, with Steph Hodgins-May as the new deputy leader "We're going to deliver that sense of hope and opportunity that Australians are begging for"
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Meta Resistance @metaresistance.bsky.social · 17h
NYC appeals Staten Island judge's ruling against Mamdani's pied-à-terre tax New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office filed an appeal on Tuesday following a Staten Island judge’s ruling that barred notices... thehill.com/regulation/court-battle…
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NYC appeals Staten Island judge's ruling against Mamdani's pied-à-terre tax
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office filed an appeal on Tuesday following a Staten Island judge’s ruling that barred notices from being sent to homeowners affected by the pied-à-terre tax. A city official told The Hill the appeal invoked the “auto stay,” which under New York law allows the city to continue with its...
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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 13h
#auspol #AustralianGreens
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Sally @twisal.bsky.social · 15h
This is the best news in a very long time . Come on Australia lets kick out the two parties and vote for a man and party wh are here for Australia and Australians. Xxxx #auspol #davidshoebridge #letsgo
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
futurism.com/artificial-i... Is anyone surprised?? Anyone?
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Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Terrorize Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools
Teen boys are using Meta's AI glasses to harass and bully victims -- overwhelmingly girls -- at middle schools and high schools.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 17h
Huge Congrats to David Shoebridge, he brings the fire, the fury, and accountability our parliament needs right now. I think things are about to get a little bit wild. Parliament won't know what hit it.💥🔥 #auspol
Image showing Senator David Shoebridge in the Senate and text stating his new role of leader of The Greens.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 18h
He was told it was coming and did nothing.
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Netanyahu was warned of October 7 Hamas attack, reports say ahead of election
With only weeks to go until elections in Israel, an unrelenting stream of well-sourced, detailed stories has suddenly appeared, documenting multiple failures by Benjamin Netanyahu to heed warnings of ...
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 17h
Something to cheer y’all up! Go get em @davidshoebridge.bsky.social 🕊️💚🦋 #auspol @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/greens-newco...?
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Greens reveal new leader after former head steps down - Michael West
The Greens have appointed newcomer David Shoebridge as their new leader after Larissa Waters stepped down due to ill health.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 19h
Instead of fossil fuel propaganda, schools could use the Carbon Impacts Tracer tool to teach how much extra warming, heat stress, excess deaths, GBR coral loss, glacier loss, crop production loss, labour loss,& poverty is attributable to any new/planned fossil fuel project 👉 carbonimpactstracer.com
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Corporations claim their fossil fuel emissions are a drop in the ocean. But what if we could count the real cost?
A new tool called Carbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight metrics, including lost food production
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Bethany Williams @bethanyincbr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
HAHAHAHA, Tim Wilson just said on 7.30 that if in government, the LNP would “end corporate welfare”. The LNP were the champions of corporate welfare when in power! They gave millions to corporate donors, even Angus Taylor enriched his bank accounts with $80m for non-existent water on his property.
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BonFire @bonfire25.bsky.social · 20h
BILL GATES SAYS THAT 'OUTSIDE OF THE INDUSTRY, THE AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF AI IS EXTREMELY LOW' — INCLUDING IN ACADEMIA, THINK TANKS AND AMONG POLICYMAKERS — AND THAT HE IS 'SPEAKING AS LOUD AS I CAN' BECAUSE 'YOU CAN'T RELY ON THE INDUSTRY TO SELF-REGULATE HERE. I MEAN, IT'S JUST INSANE’
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026
......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................isn't that what makes the vans go www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
No explosive devices were found in three vans searched near RAF Fairford as part of a terrorism investigation but a quantity of petrol was recovered, police have said.

Five British nationals were arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning after a resident living near the Gloucestershire airbase reported suspicious activity involving three vans.
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Mary Debrett @drmaryd.bsky.social · 19h
MSM does so much damage giving oxygen to right wing grifters like these self-promoting 'influencers' making money out of agitating against a woman's right to choose. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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She’s an Australian law professor. Her husband says they ‘don’t do consent’
Dr Joanna Howe, a Rhodes scholar, has become one of Australia’s most recognisable, prolific, and aggressive anti-abortion activists.
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Mary Debrett @drmaryd.bsky.social · 22h
Richard Flanagan on Albo&AI -‘a Benny Hill impersonator who rarely met a corporation for which he wouldn’t roll over – more Toto than Toto‘ happy to sell our cultural soul’ for a sugar hit to the economy’ to save his political skin. No nation has caved like this. open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
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The great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard Flanagan
The Albanese government is opening the floodgates to American AI corporations
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 29/09/2026
New report shows Germany generated as much solar energy by end of September as in whole of 2025 – and almost three times more than Australia over the same period reneweconomy.com.au/germany-smashes…
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Germany smashes PV record, produces three times more solar power than Australia so far this year
New report shows Germany generated as much solar energy by end of September as in whole of 2025 - and almost three times more than Australia over the same period.
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Thommo67 @thommo67.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These are all services that require more funding, not less
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Dam Buster @dambusterofpreston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How about cutting fuel excise for miners? Actually taxing energy and mineral exports?
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Would love to be a journalist that gets to ask Tim Wilson if spending on franking credits is 'out of control'
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So don't be disabled or have a family. Wilson really leaning into the "Just don't be poor" vibe he reeks of.
Wilson says Coalition would find savings by cutting NDIS, aged care, childcare

By Emily Kaine

Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson says a Coalition government will seek to make savings by cutting back on NDIS, aged care and childcare, as he argues spending on the schemes is out of control.
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 29/09/2026
Trump administration appears to have bet on the wrong horse, with renewables surging and coal power shrinking despite his bluster and conspiracy theories reneweconomy.com.au/trump-unable-to…
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Trump unable to stop clean energy revolution, as wind and solar output surges and coal shrinks
Trump administration appears to have bet on the wrong horse, with renewables surging and coal power shrinking despite his bluster and conspiracy theories.
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spursj69.bsky.social @spursj69.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Democrats must do ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/mary...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/09/2026
British foreign minister vows to 'match word with action' when it comes to defending Palestinian rights aje.news/tu3uor
British foreign minister vows to 'match word with action' when it comes to defending Palestinian rights
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Hill: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) chastised Donald Trump Jr. on Sunday for accepting a wedding gift from Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch: “This was stupid on stilts.” All roads lead back to Russia with the Trump crime family. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Union Hall Arts Residency Blends Organizing And Creative Power - PopularResistance.Org
Detroit—“The artist must take sides,” famed singer, actor, and activist Paul Robeson proclaimed in 1937. “He must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative.” Robeson took his stand in a speech given in support of the People’s Front fighting against fascism in the Spanish Civil War, making clear the role of artists in the fight against suppressive regimes. Red Scare intimidation tactics and FBI harassment are often associated with Robeson, but more than that, his life was also defined by art, camaraderie, and a love for humanity. He believed steadfastly that artists must step up in the struggle for a better world.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Critics around the world continue to call the proposed settlement “a plan to progress the forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.” www.commondreams.org/news/e1-plan...
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Battle Over Illegal E1 Settlement in Occupied West Bank Escalates a Month Before Israeli Election | Common Dreams
Israel's far-right finance minister and other settlers fume after the attorney general pushes a deadline for the contentious E1 project to after the October election, citing concerns about prohibited ...
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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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These Battery Cells Were Tested After 14 Years Of Hard Work. They're Good For Another Decade
CATL supplied the cells for the world’s first large-scale battery energy storage project. Fourteen years later, not one of them has been replaced.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
More gas is used to convert gas to LNG exports than is used by the entire manufacturing industry. We don't need more gas. #NoNewGas #TAXtheGAS
Charts showing gas use/size by PJ:

LNG exports: 4,425PJ
LNG conversion plant use: 437PJ
Manufacturing: 370PJ
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OpenAustralia Foundation @oaf.org.au · 06/04/2026
So we got knocked back on a funding application last week 😔. Maybe we could get lots of people to donate a little? 🙏 Monthly 10 x $1000 100 x $100 1000 x $10 donate.oaf.org.au
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OpenAustralia Foundation
We need your help: Make a donation today to support the OpenAustralia Foundation
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OpenAustralia Foundation @oaf.org.au · 21/08/2026
A regulator needed a record of what agencies had released under FOI, and when. To get it, they used Right to Know. The OAIC's review of 30 disclosure logs names it more than thirty times. This is what our library is for: oaf.org.au/2026/08/13/t... #FOI #RightToKnow #OpenGov #Australia #Library
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This is what our library is for
A regulator set out to check whether government agencies publish the documents they release under freedom of information law. To do it, they used our collection.
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Lyam Mc @lyamelbandino.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.declassifieduk.org/declassified... Labour Friends of Genocide Conference in Liverpool, banning journalists, we see you 🤨🤨🤬🤬
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Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference - again
Labour MPs have condemned the ‘Trump-like’ decision, saying party is ‘bang out of order’
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InSnip News (AU) @insnip.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bogong moths migrating through Sydney to alpine caves are a natural event linked to their critically endangered status. insnip.com #Climate
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Bogong moths swarm Sydney homes during annual migration south
Still open: Why do strong winds and city lights specifically pull bogong moths off their migratory route?
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sallylawry @sallylawry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... What bank closes branches, cuts staff , doesn’t answer emails , has hour long waits to answer calls ( a triage system ) , only issues $100 notes at some ATMs and has a CEO earning millions a year ? Corporate greed at its finest down under .
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Banks cut rewards programs, free travel insurance amid surcharge ban
Sweeping reforms from the Reserve Bank start this week, as banks hike fees and slash rewards programs in preparation.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Call 000 or ASRC on 9326 6066 if spot them or email me at Kon.k@asrc.org.au
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m devastated this morning. We have just had two of our @asrc1 social enterprise catering vans stolen. Roller door smashed. Food stolen. Safe destroyed. Staff distressed. TWO VANS LICENSE PLATES - mini vans with ASRC Catering on them Renault is 1UO2YV Peugeot is 2DW4TB
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Mary Debrett @drmaryd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
France, then the Netherlands, now Germany – third country presents national roadmap to transition off fossil fuels – shifting from coal, oil & gas across electricity, transport, heating & industry, aiming to end reliance on fossil fuels by 2045. app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/129994...
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Germany presents national roadmap away from fossil fuels
Germany has published a national roadmap for its transition away from fossil fuels, setting out how the country plans to end its dependence on coal, oil and gas by 2045. Federal Environment Minister C...
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Gina Rinehart caught treating politics like her own personal chessboard. “He arrived at the mining magnate's $34 million beach house to find Hanson, Ashby & Barnaby Joyce were staying there” 🛌🤔 Gina then tried to lure him into “joining One Nation” Eww.🙄 ffs
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
For most of us, the recognisable companies on the blacklist will be Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia, Motorola Solutions & TripAdviser Link to the UN report on the database of businesses involved in Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank 👉 docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/60/19
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Kerstin Meyer @kersmeyer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is carbon capture for real. Not CCS aka piping irrelevant amounts of Carbon Dioxide to nowhere
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ClimateBook @climatebook.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wetlands are fantastic. Thanks for promoting them. Shall we name some of our favourites? Here are a few of mine: *Trap Grounds, near home in Oxford. Saved from developers by fierce community action and diligent historical research. *Patvinsuo, SE Finland *Iso Molosjänkkä, near Aakenustunturi, FI
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
But they are fragile. If we dry, drain, or damage peat archives, we lose one of the planet's greatest natural carbon sinks. I do this research for climate security, and our children's future. To protect their planet, we have to stop looking past the muck and start fighting to defend it. 3/3
Drained peatland for palm oil plantations in Malaysia
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Smörhuvud (he/surprise me) @guncelawits.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BOREAL MIRE! BOREAL MIRE!
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Mary Debrett @drmaryd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#ExpelIsraeliAmbassadorNow @albomp.bsky.social and show Australians you have a spine.
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another weekend trip for @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social to Holborn and St Pancras to get @zackpolanski.bsky.social elected. 💚
Oxford Green Party activists holding 'Vote Green' and 'Vote Zack Polanski' posters with a huge crowd in Castlehaven Community Park
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm sure the Australian govt will remain firm in the face of any similar retaliatory action by the Netanyahu regime ...oh, wait...Albanese & Wong were too spineless to adopt sanctions against illegal #WestBank settlements. Again showing that "international law" is just a talking point. #auspol
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HBurlingame @hburlingame.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260926-in-...
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In UN General Assembly address, China opposes ‘unilateral military actions’ amid US-Iran war, calls for 2-state Palestine solution track
China’s Vice President Han Zheng on Saturday voiced Beijing’s opposition to “unilateral military actions” amid the ongoing US-Iran conflict, also using his address to the UN Gener…
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Morning. ☕️
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Due to heavy autumn and winter rains across central Australia, I predicted that it would be a bumper spring/summer season for budgies and cockatiels. Well, I wasn't wrong! There were 1000s of budgies and cockatiels at Gluepot. That's not an exaggeration. It was incredible.
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Mary Debrett @drmaryd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As a vassal state we must serve our overlords and keep feeding the military industrial complex - not the needs of our own people. open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
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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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