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Leni

@heradescends.bsky.social
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Recently divorced from my idealism, ex public servant facing the absurdity but still willing to serve; on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung & Bunurong Boon Wurrung country. ‘The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men’ Plato (allegedly)🇦🇺🇬🇷✊🏽⚖️

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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 3h
Thanks for this, it now makes a lot more sense to a foreign observer!
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 5h
The new SI… Superficial intelligence
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 5h
What we know is that there appears to be no legal evidentiary basis for the investigation although coincidentally the target is a black woman who speaks out against the regime
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 10h
"Nationwide displacement has climbed to 8.58 million people, while severe water deficits & failed rainfall have left ~50 % of #Sudan ’s croplands showing poor vegetation growth. In N. Darfur, 64 % of cultivated areas have poor biomass." sudantribune.com/article/319889 #News #SudanNews #WorldNews
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SEO TitleFamine risk surges across Sudan's Darfur and Kordofan regions, alert warns
An IPC alert warns of rising famine risk across Sudan's Darfur and Kordofan regions as conflict, El Niño drought, and severe funding gaps fuel acute hunger.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 15/10/2026
Prison guard union warns new Queensland bail laws will force 'triple bunking' of inmates
abc.net.au
Queensland jails will be at triple capacity under new bail laws, union warns
Queensland's prison guard union says new bail laws will force jails to house three inmates in cells built for one.
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climatecouncil.org.au @climatecouncil.org.au · 15/10/2026
The University of Melbourne has just released a second season of Climate Kids, a free video series built entirely around questions asked by primary school students. www.theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/…
theeducatoronline.com
University of Melbourne launches climate education videos for primary schools
Free episodes of climate education videos explore environmental risks and potential solutions
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Oh she’s a ‘para-lawyer’
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Danny DeVito Says Bingo in The Rainmaker
Alt: Danny DeVito Says Bingo in The Rainmaker, playing a para-lawyer who can’t pass the bar exam, while he actually knows a lot about the law and is an endearing fictional character the WH press secretary is neither endearing nor fictional… but a real life dumb weirdo with a b
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The ol’ cut throat defence, for those in power paralysed by cowardice the US is not a reliable or even rational superpower ally, its lawless & dangerous, defence/tech independence from US/corporate criminal co-owners essential for global & national security, band together penalise, isolate, sanction
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 14/10/2026
Wadeye, Peppimenarti women's group works to break domestic violence cycle
abc.net.au
Remote NT women pulling together to tackle domestic violence crisis
In the remote Northern Territory, where a local women's shelter is already at capacity, a group of Indigenous women have created a roadmap they hope will break the cycle of domestic violence.
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Lena📎 @eriksdotter.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
this is good tv, takes on A LOT & delivers seems that tv drama is doing a lot of the heavy lifting on talking about DV, sexual abuse & the manosphere where our leaders are silent other excellent examples: The Hunting, After the Party, Adolescence #tvsky #drama www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Dustfall review – Anna Torv leads a rock-solid, thoughtful police drama with hefty emotional pull
Director Emma Freeman and her team deliver a clever detective story less interested in the mechanics of a sexual assault than the social conditions that surround it
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🎯🛰️
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
My first thought was how hormonal shifts, due to menopause are ignored by the medical establishment. This study also shows that this spills into other arenas. Women with the same medical condition as men are less likely to be offered equivalent treatment. 🧪 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Women with same health conditions as men ‘less likely to be offered active treatment’
Men with heart, kidney or liver conditions more likely to be offered intervention compared with women, global analysis finds
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
this is so obviously correct it is deeply bizarre and corrosive how many people who should know better are unwilling to simply say it
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The trending topics chart is currently assisting me like a GLP 1 when it comes to social media over indulgence, I’m quite full thanks and do not wish to partake anymore, good day to you all
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Y’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation.
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Is that her defiant grifters ΟΧΙ to her mob boss politely asking her to resign? This Greek govt is so pathetic, no risk to them coming out and expelling her now or is some Greek singer or businessman being forced to couch sponsor her to give Trump time to make her ambassador to the penguin colony
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Χίλιες σιωπές ο Αργυρός
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 13/10/2026
Sexual and family violence against children at 'crisis point', study finds
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Sexual and family violence against children at 'crisis point', study finds
Violence and sexual violence against children have increased sharply across Australia, research by the University of Sydney finds.
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Let me guess Claude made a prediction error by concluding our foreign policy stance on international laws and treaties would be to play possum
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I wish these tech bros would just ghost sub to Valinor and never be seen or heard of again…
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
My Spartan septuagenarian mum and I are approaching bad karma levels of schadenfreude as regards the shocking fall from disgrace of Ambassador Guilfoyle
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 12/10/2026
Longer waiting time at emergency departments marks worrying trend
abc.net.au
EDs 'not adequately equipped' for aging population, report says
The nation's peak body for emergency doctors has warned that long emergency department waits are common because of surging demand driven by Australia's aging population.
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
😂 I resentfully tried three tabs partly to reinforce my belief about the all consuming corruption of capitalism, but it was my guilty hope of reclaiming the original fizz that was crushed… it’s not a fn placebo to those who may be judging us
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I know, it’s bloody criminal, I’m going to use this as proof of sanity with my friends who think I’ve lost the plot over berocca and that I’m experiencing some kind of radicalised leftie break with reality
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Thought I was alone in feeling the loss of berocca effervescence, the original flavour just tastes less original not sure if that’s a consequence of the substandard fizz or the gratuitous chud interference…
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 12/10/2026
Arnhem Land nurse Yiwarr McGrath enters parliament as Labor's new Member for Mulka
abc.net.au
Yolŋu nurse enters parliament, promising 'new era' for NT politics
Arnhem Land's new Member for Mulka says poverty is a trap not many people emerge from. As he is sworn in to the NT parliament, he's promising to educate others about what drives it.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12/10/2026
A year into a 'ceasefire', Israel restricts access to 65 percent of Gaza and crams 2.1 million people into the rest.
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Maps show how Israel's ‘Yellow Line' keeps squeezing Palestinians in Gaza
A year into a 'ceasefire', Israel restricts access to 65 percent of Gaza and crams 2.1 million people into the rest.
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A truly ridiculous position for the minister of foreign affairs to express even taking the most cynical ‘political’ take on why she would say this and the issues with the PA, the position is just so out of touch with any reality or credibly nuanced FP position it’s absurd… and bleak
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Deloitte helped falsify documents to aid tax evasion by Abramovich, claims BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth, BBC finds
Backdated paperwork also made the Russian oligarch’s yachts and mansions disappear from accounts, investigation finds.
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Gauntlet… someone may still have to explain this to President Lake America of the Russian federation
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 11/10/2026
Critics say 'Santos-sized loopholes' will make gas reservation a joke
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Critics warn of 'Santos-sized loopholes' in gas reservation plan
Industry players say draft gas reservation plans are full of carve-outs that will let a venture many blame for rising prices off the hook. 
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
True, I forgot to check if women’s weekly still exists, ageing myself in multiple ways there 😂
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I keep trying to remember this early bill gates reference which tracks with that but my rudimentary duck duck go search engine queries are a demonstration of why I’ll never really be sold on this whole AI malarkey…definitely trying to sell the jock nerd, on this I feel their marketing is off… 😂
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Elon Musk with Chainsaw Trophy
Alt: Elon Musk with Chainsaw Trophy
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Also in contemplation of your thoughtful posts I’ve been trying to pinpoint the circa cultural origin of the bullied teenage math/ science nerd comforted by a wise teacher who tells them when they grow up they’ll be irresistible bosses served by the dumb mean kids trope… clearly we’ve over corrected
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m such a lazy one post gal, but agree, the mathematicians drama works so well for new gen corp power bc it’s a sacred cow ready for slaughter in service of the machine smart ‘infallible’ one, its not a random target it works well to sell how their ‘product’ does really work and can be universal
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Not packaged as handsomely but they’ve groomed us all so well that we think they’re the new geniuses with drones that will inherit the earth from the heavily armed petrosuits…
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Don Draper's Iconic Wink
Alt: Don Draper's Iconic Wink
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
‘Weigh’ doing some heavy lifting 😂 how vengeful is the cosplay Diplomat? What’s her number? We own the Greek govt so the colony’s safe, mid-terms, she’s a woman… over in Athens they’re thinking better the grifter we know than welcoming Ambassador Loomer or a Witkoff son, gods forbid he sends Kushner
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Jason Hayes: The Crazy Train Won't Stop
Alt: Character Jason Hayes from the actor that played Angel in my adolescence saying: The Crazy Train Won't Stop
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The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"...after years of austerity & structural reforms that liberalized labour& product markets, tourism-related activities grew disproportionately compared to other sectors. uneven growth has been a key factor in the drastic reduction of overall economic productivity." greekreporter.com/2026/10/11/g...
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Greece Has Become a "Café Economy," LSE Study Finds - GreekReporter.com
A study titled "The Café Economy" by the London School of Economics (LSE) reveals the transformation of Greece's economy.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 11/10/2026
WA moving ahead with plans to merge three public universities despite concerns
abc.net.au
WA moves ahead with plans to create mega-uni amid concerns
Premier Roger Cook says a potential merger could create a "once-in-a-generation" opportunity as all three universities raise concerns about the move.   
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I don’t know, feels like we’re getting close to a Pauline Hanson Woman’s Weekly cover… ‘the rebirth of Pauline, the infamous red haired politician may be polarising but her moment has finally arrived and she’s hell bent on seizing it but can she overcome her reGina roots…’
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We share some thoughts on: - Prepping for when the AI bubble pops (nationalize and euthanize) - Why centrists are less willing to call fascism by its name under Trump II (hint: now the whole economic system is implicated) - Why the real “rupture” was Gaza not Trump www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlKy...
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"Gaza is a moral tear in the universe" Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking
YouTube video by Politics Weekly
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Another unexpected benefit to sailing through the new and improved open Strait…
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Enough of this bloody dangerous nonsense, the majority needs to act and act decisively because the US mid terms have now taken on a global significance as the US admin spins out of control fearing its demise and those who own Trump step up their own survival campaigns to leverage their useful idiot
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Trump administration is pushing forward with sanctions against the ICC. A coalition of domestic political opposition and concerned foreign firms governments supporting the ICC is vital for future accountability against human rights abusers, including the Trump administration
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Here’s What to Do About Trump’s War Crimes
Despite the obstacles, foreign governments and U.S. lawmakers can begin the process of holding the president accountable.
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Reality eventually comes for us all even in these times of mass delusion
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Thank you, I’ve had one of those uncontrolled child like laughing snort fits seeing this in the scroll, just when I think I’ve got all the laughter out it starts again…
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We’ve squibbed the who we are question and now the who we want to be question has become a mid life crisis and we’re not meeting the moment with any dignity or reflective judgment
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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The bleak and the dread of this Vic election www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
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Voters deserve clarity on party deals and election preferences
As Victorians turn their mind to the November 28 election they want answers about where their vote may end up.
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Jan Kooy @kooyjan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"The sanctions are intended to undermine the rule of law internationally and the work ​that an independent judicial institution is doing. Our work will continue across all our situations, our investigations and our prosecutions." - ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan #JusticeMatters
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EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges.
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