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@greatgenes.bsky.social
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Melburnian. 44 year old female. Overqualified compared to alpha male peers. Wear 👠. Taylor Swift ✨. Kamala & Hillary > Trump & Biden. Divorced. Friends with ex. 2 extraordinary kids. Fit 💪🏼. F1 fan. Aspiring 🏎️ driver. Keep 🪴 as pets. Love 📚. Drive a Mini.

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VacuousNess @vacuousness.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Never been a Greens voter, but it is coming. The Pauline Hanson One Neurone has always looked like fascism-lite and increasingly major parties have been joining suit. They’re all bought and paid for by the billionaires, multinationals and lobbyists. All at expense and cruelty towards ordinary folk
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My favourite colour (after Black of course)
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How long before LinkedIn sells its members’ gaming history & scores to its employer clients as indicators of employee aptitude? 🤔 Thanks for the invite, but I think I’m gonna stick with the Spelling Bee. 🕊️💙🦋
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Din Djarin: This Is The Way
Alt: Din Djarin: This Is The Way
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I get “Not All Men”. But why so many? 🕊️💙🦋 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Former Bachelor star Sam Wood will stay behind bars after facing court on DV charges
Fitness influencer and former Bachelor contestant Sam Wood will remain behind bars after facing court for several domestic violence charges following his arrest in Noosa on the weekend.
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026
Oh wow. This is proper fucked. That list of folks eligible for a free vaccine is *narrow*. So anyway, we gave BHP $600m in diesel rebates this past year. You know they really needed them because in the same year the company booked a $14b profit.
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Fewer Australians will qualify for free COVID-19 vaccines from October - Australian Pharmacist
COVID-19 vaccines move onto the NIP this week. Who is now eligible for a funded vaccine and what should pharmacists tell patients who aren’t?
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I want to be super fucking clear about this. There is no greater betrayal of what all four of my grandparents went through in the Nazi camps than Zionists advocating for openly racist fascists. 6 million betrayed.
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pretty sure they are too small for you & definitely not Brisbane style.
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I heard birds! The doggies slept through it 😄
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Jude @sisterratched.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Jack doesn't hold back! #AusPol (paywalled) Albo is essentially a Liberal PM now and the Greens can make him pay www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9361…
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Albo is essentially a Liberal PM now and the Greens can make him pay
This is an opportunity to fundamentally change politics in Australia.
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
4.8 at a depth of 10km isn’t minor… We will see reports of damage in the news tomorrow. Thankfully it didn’t last long… Probably 5-6 seconds?
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
4.8!!!
Estimated magnitude 4.8
earthquake
60 km from Victoria • 2:01 am
VICTORIA
Melbourne
•Geelong
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
a proper one! 😳
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“When I was told about this honour it was the first time I've smiled and felt positive about the future” What a lovely good news story… I wonder if the woman who accused him of rape has had a chance to smile yet… The intolerable Sydney Swines. #afl
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'First time I've smiled': Suspended Swan Heeney wins best and fairest
An absent Isaac Heeney claims the Bob Skilton Medal for a third season in a row following a club imposed suspension for a breach of standards.
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SAB @earthtree33.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
100 she needs to back the team now Disappointed in her response
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You’d have to catch him with his eyes open.
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s never easy is it?
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Helps that Shoebridge looks & sounds more presidential than Albo, Angus and Pauline! Totally sucks that that is a factor but it is true. We need a Greens Leader who can cut through to the mainstream & I have seen no one more compelling…
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I do believe in magic and miracles… I see them every day. 🕊️💙🦋
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Agreed…. It would have been nice if her statement acknowledged that along with a commitment to support Shoebridge… This reads adversarial & division within the Greens is just what they need at this time 😕 bsky.app/profile/grea...
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social posts a statement on instagram after losing the Greens leadership vote to David Shoebridge… #auspol
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STATEMENT FROM SENATOR MEHREEN FARUQI
This morning I stepped down as Deputy Leader of the Greens to put my hand up for Leader. Of course, I am disappointed the party room chose another direction, and know many others will feel the same way.
I'm as inspired as ever by the fierce dedication of Greens members organising around the country.
It's a privilege to be an elected member of a movement whose power, and appetite for change, comes from the community, not the parliament or our MPs.
Globally, people are struggling against genocide, wars, surging fascism and the twin crises of capitalism making working life too expensive and climate breakdown threatening our future.

Authorised by Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens, Parliament House, Canberra 26002/2
This struggle calls for bold politics and radical action. I did not stand again for Deputy Leader today because, on reflection, I believe I can best play my part in that action outside the constraints of the leadership team.
I've long advocated publicly that Greens leaders should be elected by members with enough time for thoughtful deliberation on who is best to grow our party. I share members' frustration that the opposite happened this week. Without a member vote, we cannot call ourselves a grassroots party.
I call on the new leadership team to set a timeline for one member, one vote.
Mehseen

Authorised by Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens, Parliament House, Canberra 2600
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Same… I like @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social but hope she can get behind Shoebridge now… I think if she was elected, the media conversation would be about her and not The Greens…
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I really hope they do! Not happy with Faruqi’s “I’m disappointed they didn’t pick me” statement.
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My head hurts 🤕 Make it stop! 😢 🕊️💙🦋
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
haha yeah Bluesky is my digital equivalent of screaming into the void 😂.
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Or sprayed into his eyes?
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Will it work on Trump?
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dear Reserve Banks of the world, Why can’t you just be honest & admit raising the rate will only make inflation worse? Why raise the rate & make it worse? I get it you only have a hammer in your toolbox! Doesn’t mean you gotta use it! 🕊️💙🦋 (Economics lesson in attached thread)
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Bill Murray as Sgt. Hulka: Rise and Shine (Jhonnix)
Alt: Bill Murray as Sgt. Hulka: Rise and Shine (Jhonnix)
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just kidding… I’m sorta paralyzed by a migraine today so letting my thoughts rip while watching fan videos of Taylor Swift’s Patient Zero in between strokes of inspiration. 🤕
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
8/8 Sorry for boring you those who been reading… Yes I meant to say the RBA can no longer bring down inflation. Only the Government can. And they have to use tools like dunno maybe #taxtherich so if they make those superfragilisticexpialidocius profits they get taxed more… The End.
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Emma Watson's Bow Curtsey as Meg March
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Dogboy64 @dogboy64.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The economic model of that time also assumed high tax rates for the wealthy to offset their increased incomes due to higher interest on cash investments. That doesn’t happen anymore.
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angecat.bsky.social @angecat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
it's based on "classical" economics, which frankly is total bullshit. It's reverse trickle down economics. If you are at the bottom of the economic pile, you bear 100% of the cost. The closer you are to the top, the more you pass it on to the poor schmuck below you
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You didn’t wait till the end did ya!
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
8/8 Sorry for boring you those who been reading… Yes I meant to say the RBA can no longer bring down inflation. Only the Government can. And they have to use tools like dunno maybe #taxtherich so if they make those superfragilisticexpialidocius profits they get taxed more… The End.
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Emma Watson's Bow Curtsey as Meg March
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
7/ You know the bottom K folk aka most of us. Mortgage holders, small businesses, leveraged landlords… Those amongst them who are capable of passing on the burden of higher interest rates just pass them on. Making essential items more expensive. Which does not bring down inflation… Say what!
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
6/ What if the economy takes a weird shape like the letter K and doesn’t move in the meditative wave pattern our economic forefathers dreamt off? Breathe in…. Breathe out. When interest rates rise, people who live off borrowed money end up borrowing more expensive money!!!
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
5/ just to make ends meet? Ok what about not spending because it’s too expensive to borrow. Hmmm what if decades of super profitable wealth creation means that duh those who like spending on discretionary stuff don’t need to borrow 💡 Uh oh… guess my textbook writers didn’t think of that!
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
4/ economic theory? Let’s see unemployment. Low unemployment became a key indicator that the economy might be doing well or too well. If everyone has a job then everyone has cash to spend on discretionary stuff right? Let’s go shopping as it must be inflation season… But what if we need 2 jobs…
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
3/ Sorry back up a step… reduces profits, which increases job losses, which increases unemployment, which further reduces spending and so on. These days though rising interest rates not working so much… Why could that be? Is it perhaps time for us to revisit the assumptions underpinning old…
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
2/ See when borrowing becomes more expensive, we borrow less. We can borrow less if we spend less. Esp on things we don’t immediately need aka discretionary stuff. This decline in discretionary spending lowers demand which lowers prices which lowers profits which discourages more investment…
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nerdy Thread: Economics Lesson 1/ As a student of economics I learnt that increasing the cash rate reduced inflation by lowering demand which led to lowering prices. Makes sense. That’s because my textbook was written at a time when the economy sorta ran on credit…
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you wanna party with somebody who might know About the devil on his shoulder under his halo When the toxins take their hold, you'd rather die than let it go But if you're sick of him, I got you, I was patient zero… I got you. 🕊️💙🦋
Opening scene of Taylor Swift’s Patient Zero music video with Dakota standing near someone’s grave while holding a black rose
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kindness is a deterrent. Not bombs. To build a better world, we have to work better together. 🕊️💙🦋
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What would happen if instead of flattening homes, schools and hospitals with expensive bombs, the US & Israel together became the greatest benefactor to ordinary Palestinians? Build infrastructure. Provide aid. Advocate for peace among neighbors… Would Hamas still be in power? 🕊️💙🦋
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Start revving the engines
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6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#BREAKING 🚨 David Shoebridge will run for Greens leader with Steph Hodgins-May as his deputy, calling for the party "not to reform Labor, but replace them" He joins Sarah Hanson-Young and Mehreen Faruqi as declared contenders for leader following Larissa Waters' resignation
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Uh oh… I really feel like tuning into #MKR Also, caramalized banana with walnuts for dessert tonight… Or maybe brekkie? 🤔
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Apparently melting glaciers been causing devastating floods and landslides for a long time. They even did an episode of The West Wing on it! This global warming thing is real bro! Shock, Horror & all related emos. 🕊️💙🦋 #noshitsherlock
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