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Still believing in kindness, humanity and science. Keen follower of politics, trying not to despair in the current climate. Liking the vibes over here ..

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/07/2026
So.......how the hell did the New York Times get Australia's AI data centre story so wildly wrong? Albanese's new AI rules **WORSEN** their position by allowing more room for gas Check out my new piece at @thepointau.bsky.social for all the lovely, gory details thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Next year, 285,000 students will pay more than $54,000 for arts, law and commerce degrees, and more than $90,000 for double degrees. The government has long been critical of the Job-ready Graduates scheme, but it's been in place longer under Anthony Albanese than Scott Morrison.
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‘Not fair at all’: Hundreds of thousands more students to be slugged with high fees
A government body will deliver its verdict on the cost of university education in mid-2027. Meanwhile, students continue to pay up to $50,000 for an arts degree.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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Sharty Mcscrote (Sandy D AU) 🍉🍉 @shartymcscrote.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
#Heezalsoacunt
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bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
this is such a beautiful piece about mushrooms in takayna but it’s just so curious that it doesn’t mention those trees and mushrooms and indeed whole ecosystems of takayna are currently completely unprotected and being destroyed by logging and mining 🍄☠️ www.theguardian.com/science/ng-i...
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Mushroom trip: a mycologist’s tour of the Tarkine
On a three-day fungi workshop in Australia’s largest cool temperate rainforest, Alexis Buxton-Collins unearths an unexpected appreciation for the third kingdom of life
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"In an age of Hanson-like politics, where people’s views are being driven by various forms of algorithmic manipulation...[direct human contact and] local interaction is likely the only way to build the resilience to resist it." @timdunlop.bsky.social #auspol tdunlop.substack.com/p/outside-in...
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Outside in
Adding our light to the sum of light
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 03/07/2026
Fun fact: the vast majority of all carbon re-captured by CCS is used to dislodge more oil from nearly-depleted oil fields thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Stacked area chart showing that the vast majority of captured CO2 has been used to extract more fossil fuels, with the red area (used for fossil extraction) rising sharply since ~2010 while the thin green area (stored underground) remains small from 1996–2024.
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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
fuck youtu.be/hIJL9dYrkgU?...
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Labor Hands Over $160 MILLION to PALANTIR
YouTube video by Australian Greens
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Paul Scarr raises a good point, gets fmr CEO Yates to admit KPMG have offered to pay for his independent legal advice in relation to the scandal, “But there was no independent legal advice paid for the whistleblower was there?”💥 Obviously not. Shameful. #auspol
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Vicki Watson @scorpiogcoast.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Great reporting. Good to see the Royal Commission finally getting a diversity of views.
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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WhatsApp battle. Zionist action v Mary Kostakidis drags through discovery - Michael West
Former SBS journalist Mary Kostakidis defending herself against the racial discrimination claims by Zionist Federation of Australia.
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fiirving.bsky.social @fiirving.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
How ironic
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
▫️ Senator Michaelia Cash posted on her social media today that actions speak louder than words So here for your evening enjoyment is Michaelia being louder than words ▫️
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fiirving.bsky.social @fiirving.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Is this ironic on Australia’s part?
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Educate & Train Society @edtrainsociety.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
How Murdoch's media wields power & punishment #RupertMurdoch's global #media empire has wielded immense power and #politicalinfluence in #Australia and abroad For #whiteChristiannationalism? #auspol #auspol2026 #insiders #FoxNews #NewsCorp #NewsUK @news.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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How Murdoch's media wields power and punishment - ABC listen
For many decades, Rupert Murdoch's global media empire has wielded immense power and political influence in Australia and abroad. A new book examines their tactics.  Guests: Matthew Ricketson, Profes...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
UK heat pumps have got a lot more efficient over time. Higher efficiency means lower running costs, lower peak demand, bigger carbon savings and less load on the energy system. Our study on this was picked up by pv magazine. Long read on Substack coming soon. Sign up: janrosenow.substack.com
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
NEW SURVEY: 3 in 4 EV owners across Europe feel protected from energy price shocks. Only 1 in 3 non-owners feel the same way. The same pattern shows up with heat pumps. 57% of owners believe households like theirs are better protected from price shocks. www.veriangroup.com/fr/news-and-...
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Rising Energy Costs: Impacts on Attitudes and Adoption of EVs and HeatPumps
Rising Energy Costs: Impacts on Attitudes and Adoption of EVs and Heat Pumps Verian x European Climate Foundation
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I've wasted my life...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/06/2026
Iran’s Parliament Speaker and key negotiator MB Ghalibaf hits back at Trump for misrepresenting the deal:
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Love to catch up with my buddy, the heir to an international manufacturing conglomerate, during my meetings with foreign diplomats.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/06/2026
Breaking news: The Trump administration can cancel temporary humanitarian protections for Haitian and Syrian immigrants living legally in the U.S., the Supreme Court ruled, possibly allowing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of people this year.
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Supreme Court lets Trump end temporary protections for migrants
The decision could allow the government to deport hundreds of thousands of people starting this year.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 23/06/2026
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The Canadian Museum of Human Rights is right to portray the stories of displaced Palestinians
The museum has the responsibility to get its Nakba exhibit correct
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
UN report finds Israel deliberately targets Palestinian children Stephanie Tran reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/un-report-finds-…
Michael West Media story graphic
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🇮🇱🇵🇸 The confession that changes everything. A high-ranking former Israeli official admits bluntly: Israel applied the Hannibal Directive on October 7 and killed its own citizens using helicopters, tanks, and drones. Instead of rescuing hostages, they preferred to massacre their own people to
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Bruce Williams @brucewilliams4.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Trash talking: Pauline at the Press Club theshot.net.au/uncategorize... In One Nation world, nothing has to make sense – it just has to get attention. Like Pauline’s incessant mantras that she is sick and tired and has had a gutful, it’s all about the attention factor.
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Trash talking: Pauline at the Press Club - The Shot
Won’t somebody spare a thought for the new patron saint of the National Press Club, Pauline Hanson? She’s there to...
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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
THREAD Jillian Segal approved a $30K contract top-up to her hand-picked university antisemitism monitor, Greg Craven, on the grounds of "additional resourcing due to the change in political and societal expectations".
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DocBray Is Thinking About Pumpkins @iamdocbray.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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Joey Kidney Snapping Fingers While Drinking
Alt: Joey Kidney Snapping Fingers While Drinking
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Independent Australia @independentaus.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Mainstream conservative parties helped create the conditions for the Far-Right's rise by normalising divisive politics on gender, race and climate change. How the Right radicalised its own voters ~ @drvicfielding.bsky.social buff.ly/WeRgo4N
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This is just batshit crazy. You got to be pretty deep into the cult to buy this nonsense. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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fiirving.bsky.social @fiirving.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Finally! 🙌
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/06/2026
Violent Slit is my new all-girl punk band.
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 22/06/2026
Shell’s Prelude is a big floating gas terminal located half-way between Broome and Timor. Let me tell you about how repeatedly exposing its workers to life-threatening risk between 2020 and 2023 have led to the facility being issued with $200m worth of entirely unearned offset credits. 🧵
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paigeturner1853.bsky.social @paigeturner1853.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Excellent article. Hits the nail on the head.
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 22/06/2026
There is the risk that some events at London Climate Action Week will be cancelled this week because of an extraordinary heatwave. The @metoffice.gov.uk has just upgraded to red alert on Wedneday with London at 40°C. Previous June record was 35.6°C. This is an emergency.
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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Question for the Christian Brothers: Exactly how much property did they transfer without monetary consideration (ie, for free) to EREA, half of which of its billion dollars in revenue comes from taxpayers? A pertinent question, given EREA refuses to give the brothers enough funds for compensation.
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Rob Smith @onyadon.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
#Israel’s ambassador has looked at Australian citizens who say they were beaten, tortured & raped, & called them frauds. Sit with that. A foreign envoy, in Australia, telling Australian women that their rape and torture is a performance. Time to expel him. #Auspol michaelwest.com.au/flotilla-vic...
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Flotilla victim blaming. Time to expel Israel's ambassador - Michael West
Penny Wong believes Gaza flotilla victims, AFP are investigating, yet ambassador Hillel Newman and the Murdoch media call everyone liars.
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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Steve @gardencaddy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
An offshore wind farm in Portugal became a haven for octopuses and 270 other species in just eight years, a data point that reframes how energy and ocean life can coexist share.google/ojfqZksQ3g0B... 👏👏👏
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An offshore wind farm in Portugal became a haven for octopuses and 270 other species in just eight years, a data point that reframes how energy and ocean life can coexist
A floating wind farm in Portugal is now a thriving marine haven. See how 270+ species, including octopuses, thrive around the turbines.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🚨🇪🇸🇵🇸Spanish actor Javier Bardem on Palestine: "In Gaza, along with the brutal violence of the settlers in the West Bank, they both are crimes that frame us all in this time in history."
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🇺🇸🇪🇸 SPAIN'S MEP IRENE MONTERO: “What does Europe celebrate? Iran is celebrating VICTORY. Donald Trump, as he cannot celebrate that he has won, celebrates his 80th birthday setting up his own Roman Empire…” “Happy birthday to Trump… Happy birthday, Mr. Genocide.”
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026
72 billion reasons to hold a plebiscite on a gas export tax australiainstitute.org.au/post/72-b… #Auspol
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72 billion reasons to hold a plebiscite on a gas export tax
The Australia Institute is calling on the federal government to hold a national plebiscite on a gas export tax.
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Sharty Mcscrote (Sandy D AU) 🍉🍉 @shartymcscrote.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Here we go, here we go, here we go-o #DidNaziThatComing #TheWhiteSupremacyCup #auspol
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We told you. thenarwhal.ca/carney-canad...
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Carney is ‘shredding’ environmental rules, ‘misleading’ the public: experts | The Narwhal
The government shut out its own climate science and policy advisors, they say, while gutting Canada’s environmental protections in favour of oil and gas
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Help, please, blueks! I'm looking for an accessible reference for Elon Musk and toxic masculinity. Any ideas?
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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I don’t know how this happened but I’m glad the right decision was made for once. Thank you to the courageous Flotilla members… for being there in the first place and then for pursuing this. #auspol
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fiirving.bsky.social @fiirving.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Bang on excellent article
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026
Technology unravels strategy and the weakness of AUKUS pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/20… #Auspol
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Technology unravels strategy and the weakness of AUKUS
Developments in technology, their consequences for strategic policy and challenges in sustaining Australia’s submarine warfare capability are the ultimate challenges to AUKUS.
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