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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/06/2024
Just a formless mass of translucent jelly on climate, until the opposition says / does something silly, and then they solidify into focusing solely and entirely on not being whatever that is. It activates the fandom and it makes critique of their actual performance shift from 0.5% to 0.0001%
Anthony Albanese @AlboMP
We're taking action on climate change and creating secure jobs for Australians.
Peter Dutton wants to take Australia backwards, walking away from cleaner and cheaper energy.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/06/2024
Gritty has issued the formal proclamation: It’s LGBTQ Pride Month. Here’s to finding yourself, your community, and all of the love and support you need to enjoy and express both — and to be able to do so safely and free from government and other interference.
Gritty raising the Pride flag.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 29/05/2024
This is fucking terrifying and it's not even Summer. www.theguardian.com/world/articl...
theguardian.com
Delhi temperature hits 52.9C, shattering India’s national record
Authorities warn of water shortages with temperatures 9C higher than expected and 1.9C above previous countrywide highpoint
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 29/05/2024
Tragic mistake. My @smh cartoon.
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GeeBeeWA @geebeewa.bsky.social · 10/05/2024
I am so sick of the endlessly repetitive bad news. Let’s stop calling it domestic or family violence and call it what it is, Cowardly Abuse. And let’s call the men who abuse women what they are - Bloody Cowards!
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Robyn D - Difficult Woman @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 05/05/2024
Yippee! Great news! Dr Monique Ryan was the main driver of this. HECS indexation to be overhauled in budget with $3 billion in student debt 'wiped out'
abc.net.au
HECS changes to see $3 billion in student debt 'wiped out'
Millions of Australians with student loans will have hundreds of dollars wiped from their HECS debts as the federal government rolls out its plans for cost-of-living relief in the upcoming budget.
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 04/05/2024
Imagine paying $257 to see a US man fired by Fox News and a billionaire who is literally suing Australia for $300 billion talk about how the “elite” are supposedly suppressing you
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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 03/05/2024
#UKpol #Toryliar
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DuchessFrida aka Deb @duchessfrida.bsky.social · 29/04/2024
Rosie Batty on trolls, accidental advocacy & treating domestic violence for what it is: terrorism In her new memoir ‘Hope’, she reflects on her ‘absolute despair’ at our failure to protect women & children from gendered violence. #DV #auspol theconversation.com/stop-talking...
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‘Stop talking and start doing.’ Rosie Batty on trolls, accidental advocacy and treating domestic violence for what it is: terrorism
In her new memoir Hope, Rosie Batty reflects on her ‘absolute despair’ at our failure to protect women and children from gendered violence – and the personal toll of becoming an unlikely campaigner.
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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 03/05/2024
“We should live in a country where all men are on notice that because they’re the gender which kills, rapes, bashes and abuses women and only very rarely it’s the reverse, a credible complaint from a woman means the MAN will be removed from his home, workplace… rather than the woman…” #AusPol #DV
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 11/04/2024
Something that wrinkles my brain every time I remember it is the fact that eclipses are only possible on earth because of the insanely unlikely fluke that the moon is 400x smaller than the sun but 400x closer to us.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
Welcome to Australia. My @smh cartoon.
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Anthony Morgan @admorgan.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
Ah. A balanced decision.
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 05/02/2024
i called my mom to tell her about the ai voice spoofing scam and she already knew about it! apparently AARP magazine has been writing up all the scams for old people so they don't get caught in them. shout out to AARP magazine
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
Instead of being proud of producing Nemesis our ABC should be ashamed for not reporting any of the corruption and bastardy that was so blatant for so long, until it was too late to be useful. #auspol
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 06/02/2024
When did working oneself to the bone, sacrificing mental and physical health, become a badge of honor? When did rest and enjoying what we collectively create become something to be guilty of? This is not sustainable. Adopting Universal Basic Income can restore balance in our toil-centric society.
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GeeBeeWA @geebeewa.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
#WQers I’m not usually up at this hour - might have to make it a habit. Best ever results after muddling along Wordle 963 2/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Quordle 5 3 4 6 in 3m12s Daily Sequence Q 744 2️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ 🥂
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 24/01/2024
A front page story of the first person with congenital deafness, an 11-year old boy, to have gene therapy with successful restoration of hearing, replacing a loss-of-function mutated otoferlin gene nytimes.com/2024/01/23/h...
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 24/01/2024
Results are out for the guaranteed basic income pilot in Austin where 135 people got $1,000/mo for a year. 9% of people reported working less and 7% reported working more. Of those who worked less, half upskilled for better future jobs, and half chose unpaid care work.
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Wolfcat 🥄 @wolfcat.bsky.social · 24/01/2024
And link to geoscience with all the info earthquakes.ga.gov.au/event/ga2024...
earthquakes.ga.gov.au
Earthquakes@GA
Geoscience Australia monitors, analyses and reports on significant earthquakes to alert the Australian Government, State and Territory Governments and the public about earthquakes in Australia and ove...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/01/2024
....asked, hello, everybody: why the everloving fuck is a major independent energy body producing a "GAS STATEMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES" for building new fossil fuel infrastructure? Doesn't that seem criminally bonkers right now?
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/01/2024
A neat demonstration of the nasty and corrosive both-sidesing of these issues in Aus by media: misinformation in a bunch of scare quotes and caveats ('he labelled'), except it's literally illustrated with a fake image generated by DAll-E or whatever, and it isn't labelled as such by the journalist.
Among them is Oceanex, which is pushing ahead with plans for projects off the Hunter, Illawarra, the far south coast of New South Wales and south-west WA.
Its Hunter proposal is for a 2,000-megawatt wind farm, comprising roughly 100 turbines.
Chief executive Andy Evans said he was not surprised by the pushback in places like Port Stephens.
And he was critical of what he labelled "misinformation" being pushed by some vocal opponents.
STOP PORT STEPHENS OFFSHORE WIND FARMS
A sign opposing wind farms in Port Stephens. Suppired
But he was confident it could be countered, and communities would be convinced.
"I think it's the newness of information which is just catching people by surprise," he said.
"And we're going through the normal process of having a number of things put on the table a lot of reality coming out."
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STEAMLORD @exoplanetdinosaur.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
How come we don't have these for magpies?
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Robyn D - Difficult Woman @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 19/01/2024
Interesting read. Also, not just Teslas, another wonky headline for the day. The reasons given why EVs are crashed more by the drivers make sense. Will be a temporary situation, I suggest. Adjustment takes time. Teslas crash more than gas-powered cars. Here’s why
edition.cnn.com
Teslas crash more than gas-powered cars. Here’s why | CNN Business
Hertz recently announced it was selling 20,000 electric cars out of its fleet, and replacing them with gasoline vehicles. One reason the company gave was that drivers kept crashing the cars.
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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
#QldHealth #CovidAgedCareQld
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/01/2024
It was solidly established there was no evidence that was ever said, right?
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Vicci Ho @vicciho.com · 16/01/2024
On the eve of Sundance I find myself asking -- whatever happened to the Dakota Johnson lesbian film AM I OK? that somehow disappeared since its Sundance debut in 2022?
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/01/2024
Man, all the people who yelled at me when I said it'd be used for exactly this 😑😑😑
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GeeBeeWA @geebeewa.bsky.social · 16/01/2024
Wordle 942 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 4 5 7 8 Daily Sequence Quordle 723 6️⃣7️⃣ 9️⃣🔟 squareword.org 716: 9 guesses 🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword716
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
the pressure is working. There are way more Palestinian perspectives in this article than usually “reported” by Guardian Australia. We have to keep giving them copy that can not be Ignored. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
theguardian.com
Albanese says Australia will not participate in ICJ case against Israel and instead focus on ‘poli...
Prime minister suggests court cases won’t bring peace between Israel and Palestine, as Penny Wong sets off for a trip to the Middle East
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/01/2024
I find it so extremely disorienting and just indescribably sad that there are a LARGE number of people I know from all walks of my personal and professional life, whose position has been to loudly or quietly side with the people dropping the bombs - killing children who played no part in this war.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/01/2024
It doesn't happen a lot, but sometimes Fucking Around curves such that it comes into immediate, direct contact with Finding Out www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01...
A large bushfire has gutted the site of a proposed $100 million luxury motorsport country club north of Perth.

Key points:
The luxury country club was planned on a large rural block
Aerial footage shows one property on the site has been destroyed
A Formula-1 inspired race track, swimming lagoon and golf course were planned
Club Moolia was billed as Australia's first race car country club featuring an Formula 1-inspired 4.1 kilometre track and opulent country club aimed at attracting wealthy motoring enthusiasts from across the Asia Pacific.

It also claimed it would host a Dubai-style man-made swimming lagoon, restaurant, golf course and tennis courts and garage for owner's luxury cars.

The Mooliabeenee Road property, described as a "rich listers playground" offered premium memberships for a $150,000 joining fee, plus an annual $10,000 fee.
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The Mórrígan @themorriganhatesai.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
www.wired.com/story/the-te...
wired.com
The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
These are all great suggestions. I also show this photo of NFL owner Jerry Jones to discuss how the pro-segregationists of the 50s-60s still wield power today. Since there's a lot of Cowboys fans around here, this example is pretty engaging.
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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
From Matt Golding in smh
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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
From @meganjherbert in SMH
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Robyn D - Difficult Woman @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 13/01/2024
I'm furious. 1974 it finally closed. The year I arrived here. This is in my lifetime. 🤬 In Australia's Magdalene laundries 'fallen women' worked in harsh conditions for no pay
abc.net.au
Why sex workers and unmarried women worked for no pay at these commercial laundries
In the 19th century, Australia was home to Magdalene "retreats", Catholic-run institutions to reform wayward women. For some, the path to penitence was a brutal one.
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Robyn D - Difficult Woman @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 13/01/2024
💓💓❤️💓💓💘💓💓 New Zealand Aotearoa Jacinda Ardern marries Clarke Gayford after five-year engagement
theguardian.com
Jacinda Ardern marries Clarke Gayford after five-year engagement
New Zealand’s former first couple had originally planned to marry in 2022 but postponed the wedding due to Covid restrictions
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Robyn D - Difficult Woman @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
I accept you probably have to be around my age to find this funny. 🤣🤣
The Bathtub Test

During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, "How
do you determine whether or not an older
person should be put in an old age home?"

"Well," he said, "we fill up a bathtub, then we
offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the
person and ask them to empty the bathtub.

"Oh, I understand," I said. "A normal person
would use the bucket because it is bigger than the spoon or the teacup.

"No" he said "A normal person would pull the
plug. Do you want a bed near the window?"

ARE YOU GOING TO PASS THIS ON ... OR DO
YOU WANT THE BED NEXT TO MINE?
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
I just saw that a friend of mine is in the ICU with Covid right now. This is the first time that someone I know has been this sick since vaccines became widely available. It is time to be very careful.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
We won’t go back.
Screenshot of a social post by Jake 🇺🇸 ('@JakeinCarmel' on the social platform 'X'). The post says: 'Indiana Republicans have filed HB 1291 with the intent to end gay marriage in Indiana. I’ll repeat it: 🗣️ you cannot vote Republican and support gay people. #loveislove #Stonewall #indiana #nohate #INLegis #Equality' Attached is a photo of the filed HB 1291.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
Great news to start this year!
Screenshot of a social post by Jake Sherman ('@JakeSherman' on the social platform 'X'). The post says: 'House Republicans are a massive mess, once again. They are in the process of losing a rule vote on the floor, as conservatives revolt against the leadership. TOM EMMER is in the back of the chamber talking to Bob Good, who was part of the revolt.'Screenshot of a social post by Jayden Speed ('@jaydenlspeed' on the social platform 'X'). The post says: 'Plattsmouth voters have overwhelmingly voted to remove a book-banning extremist from their Board of Education. Hate and division have no safe haven in rural Nebraska.' Attached is a screenshot of the election results.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
Popular culture is quite different than MAGA culture, and there are few overlaps. What happens when MAGA finds a cultural hero they can cling to? Some fairly strange behavior, actually. Team Big Picture investigates one instance and extrapolates from it in today’s piece.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
My MAGA Congresswoman Is Obsessed with Novak Djokovic—And Now It Makes Sense
Tennis star Novak Djokovic has a passionate right-wing fanbase that is essentially Trump's MAGA movement...except for tennis.
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Maz Jovanovich @mazjovanovich.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
Blaming what’s going on with 737 MAX on DEI - especially by mega-rich capitalists - is hilarious. It’s simpler than that. A once-great engineering organisation started prioritising short-term profits over engineering excellence. Hiring a few qualified women and POC ain’t it.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
A Florida school district reportedly pulled multiple dictionaries and reference books off its library shelves for including descriptions of “sexual conduct"
huffpost.com
Florida School District Pulls Dictionaries, Encyclopedias From Library Over 'Sexual' Content
The Escambia County School District is being sued for taking 1,600 titles out of its collection, out of fear that the books violate Florida law.
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Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social · 10/01/2024
My wife sent me this visual illustration of the wealth inequality crippling our nation. See how long you can scroll for. Bet you can't finish: mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
mkorostoff.github.io
Wealth, shown to scale
Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.
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Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social · 10/01/2024
It never ceases to amaze how the GOP taught poor rural people empathy for those with multiple yachts, but hate for those with multiple jobs.
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