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StephenC

@fitzroy777.bsky.social
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Evidence is distorted by political and economic interests. Denial of evidence and misinformation is used to support prohibition. All that is needed to undermine stigma is respect.

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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 3h
vt.tiktok.com/ZSb7NXtDD/ Nene Royal sings the blues.
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TikTok - Make Your Day
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 5h
In 2003, Kabul’s anonymous all female band ‘The Burka Band’ released ‘Blue Burka,’ performing fully covered to quietly rebel against the Taliban; they later vanished, but the song remains a symbol of courage. Original post
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is a really serious piece of investigative work. Thank god someone is doing it.
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I have fallen through the hole in the donut.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Israelis admitting to murdering Palestinians during the 1948 Nakba.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pure Excitement
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This guy got people from around the world to teach him their favourite dance moves. 📹Ed People
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Hitchhiker @42inabook.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Who knows for whom the Dell trolls ….but it appears to be Donny”
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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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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nobody wants the Rohingya. Not even the democratic beacon Aung San Suu Kyi. Are they being ethnically cleansed?
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm on the Radio National hour tonight talking about the demise of staff political cartooning and the parlous state of the art with Fran Kelly and Jason Chatfield.
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Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social @hagatha42.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is a very important observation about One Nation candidates #auspol 2 minutes of your time to watch, please and thankyou.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A little girl told the bus driver this was her favorite song, so he turned up the music and they danced together. Original post
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Who's funding Question 8, the ballot question to roll back the legalization of marijuana? An out-of-state dark money group founded by George W. Bush speechwriters, alleged to be bankrolled by the liquor industry and the pharmaceutical industry. Vote NO on 8.
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.facebook.com/share/v/1D8v... Sir Humphrey on Tobacco Tax
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.facebook.com/share/r/1BhC... Thailand floods
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It was Morrison who remove a key objective of the Reserve Bank: To work for the welfare and benefit of the Australian people. The guy call himself a Christian 🤮
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This account is currently being severely deboosted, literally made invisible. It happens periodically, but the magnitude X is applying to these episodes is growing. This is a reminder that LOTS of accounts who follow me will not see me anymore. Don’t forget me. Original post
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Drugs (mainly alcohol) and gambling will be the key facilitators of domestic violence tomorrow. NOT CANNABIS
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theage.com.au/national/vic... A Board that is out of touch with community values has their snouts in the trough. The real cause of the CoHealth financial crisis is excessive fees paid to management
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Embattled cohealth spends $1m on wages, crisis comms
Premier Ben Carroll said he would urgently look into the spending of the not-for profit health provider, which has been facing significant financial strain.
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Which country is the enemy of press freedom? Let’s not forget that China jails more journalists than any other country in the world. Of course, Israel and Russia just kill them.
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Miriam: www.youtube.com/shorts/a7LoV...
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Miriam Margolyes has a message for the Australian Government
YouTube video by Jewish Council of Australia
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.theage.com.au/national/vic... People who don’t like noise in the inner city are welcome to move to the quiet suburbs
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How 29 miserable neighbours ruined a wholesome pastime for Melbourne
A couple of whingeing neighbours are trying to put an end to a beloved alfresco pastime.
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Amazing. A property development group is actually stopped from developing in a bushfire prone area. Is this the beginning of the slippery slope of ensuring homes are safe?
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Early start to the Victorian bushfire season as the temp exceeds the average by 12 degrees
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
open.substack.com/pub/junotane... The Australian myth of the Yellow Peril.
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China will never invade Australia
There's a widespread and deeply munted belief down-under that China wants to invade the country. Why do so many Australians think this way?
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ukrainian soldier Nazar Dalaetskyi, who was presumed dead for 4 years, looks at his own grave. Original post
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
substack.com/@ariellesely...
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Arielle Selya PhD (@arielleselya1)
Although comparing across countries doesn’t give a “clean” comparison, surely after enough counter-examples, policymakers should be wondering where their understanding is wrong or incomplete? Tur...
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
An AI biology lab. What could possibly go wrong?
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Brilliant insight into modern life.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊ #Newsnight
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.nationthailand.com/news/general... Wow. 400,000 people enslaved by scam centres. That is huge.
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US lawmakers name Vorapak among 28 targets in Sept 15 scam sanctions request
US lawmakers want a 180-day sanctions review over alleged scam links in Southeast Asia, with Thai financier Vorapak Tanyawong among 28 names
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Rohan Fisher @rohanfisher.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
All maps are political: Animated map shows spread of illegal Israeli settlements across Palestine | Maps News | Al Jazeera share.google/veT6ynZxgHkN...
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Animated map shows spread of illegal Israeli settlements across Palestine
Some 750,000 settlers live across more than 500 illegal settlements and outposts, as Israeli pogroms hit record highs.
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Rachel Payne MP @rachelpaynemp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Jana Katerinskaja is a lawyer and survivor of family violence perpetrated by a Victoria Police member. As Jana puts it, IBAC needs to live up to the first letter in its name: independent.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ziønist Billionaire Robert Kraft was caught in a s*x sting and today he’s attacking Macklemore for standing for justice with Palestine. Let’s open Kraft’s own receipts. Kraft himself was charged with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution. NBC reported police said
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.theage.com.au/business/the... It’s clear where Hanson is getting her economic fundamentals from
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Trump set to explode if his man does his job
Kevin Warsh was handpicked by Donald Trump to lead the Fed, but the pair have been on a collision course. Their relationship faces its first true test this week.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why the sour puss? A woman he can’t lunge at or insult? Holding it in is a real bitch, eh?
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.theage.com.au/national/vic... Why is it more profitable for landlords to keep shops vacant than to have permanent or temporary tenants. Are there tax perks? A nineteenth century approach to property investment? Or just plain meanness?
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Phil wanted to rent a shop in Footscray. The owner would rather it sits empty
Despite its prime inner-city location, much of Footscray’s prime real estate is sitting empty. Experts say it’s symptomatic of a much bigger problem facing Victoria.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This cameraman was shooting kittens for a documentary, but he never expected one of them to pick him. Original post
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Toco toucan 63 cm Largest heaviest in the toucan family central and eastern South America Their beak acts as a heat radiator. By controlling blood flow to the bill, the toucan releases body heat to cool down. At night, they tuck their giant beaks under their back feathers to keep warm.
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Craig Thomler @craigthomler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’ve heard nothing about it.
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Albanese government has to be the most disappointing and lacklustre in history. At least the LNP governments had a direction, even when they lied about it. Albanese seems to act on the last lobbyist he has listened to.
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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@caphra.bsky.social welcomes new proposal in Australia's federal politics to legalise & regulate vapes & nicotine pouches for adults. Same plan also ⬇️ cigarette excise by 80%, conflates 2 different problems. CAPHRA welcomes Australia's vape and pouch reform push Press release: bit.ly/4zWNTZE
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APTHR Media || for immediate release || word count 345 approximately [starts] CAPHRA welcomes Australia's vape and pouch reform push A new proposal in Australia's federal politics would legalise a...
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
10% of the worlds surface is covered in glaciers. They are all expected to melt by the end of the century. Whoops 😱
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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JCMartinofBA @jcmartinofba.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Left- Israel destroying 563 acres of Palestinian olive trees in the West Bank. Right- Israeli soldier with Palestinian prisoners. The caption, "For sale: 2 for 100, 3 for 75 shekels"!
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StephenC @fitzroy777.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just found out that my aunt used to live in the valley next to the current Nepal tragedy. Apparently, if the water wall went down the valley next door, the region is far more populated and the devastation would have been vaster. Small mercies
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Mary Husson 🇦🇺🇫🇷 @mary-11.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“War is just old, filthy rich men sending terrified, broke kids to violently blow each other to pieces, entirely to secure a corporate oil field that neither of them will ever own.” Albert Camus #aukus #auspol
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