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Sandra M Aus

@igfbss.bsky.social
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I'm Sandra, Star Trek/Star Wars/Stargate fan, love Anne McCaffrey, political junkie, love fast cars, kittens & puppies red pandas and otters. Progressive. I'm older than you think!

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wil @wilful.bsky.social · 8h
I wonder if all the economists who said that climate change is affordable will ever recant.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 8h
I have had a very busy week helping to run the Adelaide Hills Rally (Sth Aus round of the Aus Rally Championship). I am really tired, but happy with a job well done. I've seen no news & the only social media was about the rally. I wonder if I missed anything important?
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 8h
My contribution to 'No shit Sherlock' when it comes to Women's Health www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
theguardian.com
Women suffer more pain than men across the whole body, major global study finds
Researchers looked at pain around the world and across the human lifespan, finding steepest rise happens before age 55
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They may become very large, empty, warehouses. I expect government subsidies to 'get the industry here' followed by bail outs because it's not profitable.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Raising interest rates is a profit bonanza for the banks and does SFA to inflation caused by profit gouging, data centre construction and international war.
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 27/09/2026
As we mark a century since the birth of reforming SA Premier Don Dunstan his cookbook reminds us a of his broad and expansive political ideas. #DonDunstan #reform #SouthAustralia #AusPol #Democracy #Change #Cookbook #Asia
pearlsandirritations.com
Don Dunstan’s cookbook and the lost ambition of social democracy
One hundred years ago Don Dunstan was born and 50 years ago, in October 1976, the then South Australian premier published a cookbook. It sounds like a charming eccentricity of the era. It was actually a small expression of a much larger political idea.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Even Spears looked somewhat shocked.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hurt feelings - how sad. I am very mindful of my words, I don't like to hurt people's feelings, but that does not mean I will deny the truth. I also note many of the free speech warriors have no hesitation in hurting the feelings of others - because hypocrisy isn't something they get.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/a...
thenewdaily.com.au
A lone voice pleads for help addressing this global catastrophe
As the world wrings it's hands over AI, which it seems to be enabling, a lone voice called for help fighting a true global catastrophe.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Enjoy!
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Can someone explain how extreme spending on data centres & price gouging by fuel companies causing inflation is solved by charging households higher living costs? The demand is not consumer driven.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The library may have it.
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au
The NDIS is too expensive, but billions in mining subsidies aren’t?
The cost of Fuel Tax Credits is controversial because Australians have been told that the government can’t afford the NDIS, but can afford billions in subsidies to BHP, Rio Tinto, Gina Rinehart and fr...
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Nature can be very harsh, we are paying the price for recklessly ignoring the science that has been warning us about climate change.
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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
THREAD: 4 months before Jillian Segal released her antisemitism report, she (+ adviser) took a secret trip to the US. The infamous 70 page totally redacted FOI comes to mind, as does Minister Tony Burke's claim for public interest immunity stopping the tabling of docs at Senate estimates.
67 pages of silence regarding the extra Special Envoy's trip to the US in March 2025. Sssssh.  Additional sketchy details about the trip were provided by Jillian Segal to the Royal Commission in April 2026, one month before Minister Tony Burke claimed public interest immunity preventing material being tabled at Senate Estimates.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Are any of the local support groups able to assist? They might know if the side effects subside over time. Would the oncologist offer a phone consult, to help?
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The complaints about foreign ownership only apply to certain people. It is crazy.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In a surprise to absolutely no-one.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So many opinionated ignoramus politicians. People are people. Fear mongering like this is just to allow discrimination & bigotry.
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SunflowerMum @sunflowermum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
OMFG! Corruption makes me sick. Don't let it get normalised! #VoteBlue
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I assume he & his family have invested significantly in AI & data centres both directly & indirectly. He only pushes where he benefits
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I do not understand how any woman is attracted to him. He is a serial adulterer (probably the least of his many faults). He has cheated on every woman before her.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Beautiful
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
That would be nice, so many politicians are never held accountable for the decisions they make.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Morrison made crazy appointments when PM, 30 year plus appointments of former pollies to places like Fair Work Commission. Completely bonkers.
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nobody in parliament seems to be listening to this, so we will share his speech.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Carnaby's black cockatoo I think
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Mate - no apology. When it comes to cancer - contained is always better. It's rollercoaster ride you didn't ask to be on. I've had family & friends with prostate cancer, current treatment has great success.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I want to see more electric options, more in use. There are some incentives (I think they should be targeted to smaller businesses). Aus is such a small market in the greater scheme of production which makes it harder to get a share of supply economically.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Happy birthday Jas
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So Hanson is re-writing the rules again. Housing Commission housing used to be for everyone, it was just housing. You didn't have it as a stop gap, many move on to private housing but you didn't have to.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why do we expect the government (labor) to fix all of private industry. The libs complain about Socialists & Communists forcing change. FYI a number of freight companies that come to my business in Adelaide now run electric trucks including FedEx so I guess that it makes economic sense for them.
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#Auspol @laboraus.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Once more - something that could be very beneficial is subverted by the scumbags. Those with low vision could have been helped with these.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
So many beautiful flowers, & a beautiful photographer (in the picture) too.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in... A great initiative but isn't it time that Doctors in general stopped saying have a baby & endo will go away (it doesn't). Why are we still having to search for a Dr to take what we say seriously? #womenshealth
indailysa.com.au
Former Lib adviser launches women's health help - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
After terrible experiences with GPs, one former Liberal political candidate has made it her mission to help other women in the same boat.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Has joined an evangelical right wing religious political party - I'm shocked!
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 09/09/2026
Australia should scrutinise genuine foreign-interference risks. But when professional, cultural and community ties begin to function as evidence of divided loyalty, some citizens face a burden of proof others never do, Elena Collinson writes. #auspol #China #Multiculturalism
pearlsandirritations.com
When scrutiny of China ties becomes a loyalty test
Australia has good reason to scrutinise foreign interference risks, but professional, cultural and community ties should not become proxies for divided loyalty.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Why do they never ask 'What is a man' or is it just another way of policing women?
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#Auspol
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
IYKYK
LCD display reads
I'M SORRY, DAVE

I'M AFRAID I CAN'T BREW THAT

Press to Continue
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Shot, her book?
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Hubby & I are volunteer officials in motorsport. It costs us money, taking time off work, travel etc. We bought a caravan to help reduce accommodation costs. Being older we do try and add a day at the end of an event for a bit of recovery time.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The global reckoning over Palantir and Cellebrite – and the country that never asked Claudia Weisenberger reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/the-global-recko…
Michael West Media story graphic
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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️🦈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The quiet words are once again being spoken out loud: Lebensunwertes Leben "life unworthy of life"
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PaulWA14 @paulwa14.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
HMAS Stirling is dead & now we have US submarine base RSFW Stirling. Ceding 🇦🇺 sovereignty through lies & 🐂💩by Morrison & now the @albomp.bsky.social govt. is laid bare. #AUKUS was always about having a 🇺🇸 Indian Ocean base to prosecute a war on our #1 trading partner & dragging 🇦🇺 with it. #auspol
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Have a restful, relaxing time.
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Billionaires hoarding wealth while the rest of us struggle need to ask themselves: what would Dolly do? | Rebecca Shaw
Every story about Dolly Parton’s generosity should shame the super-rich, who could easily make the world a better place for all
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Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Of course it does!
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