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Maureen Chuck

@irmagherd.bsky.social
3.4K followers 1.1K following 5.5K posts

Left atheist skeptic sweary Boomer. Nobel laureate in knitting. RN & RMN since 1977 but not 'just a nurse'. Posts about health & politics. Friend of Science In Medicine. GetUp puppet

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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 18h
The ability to concoct plausible lies is a talent not to be underestimated - Aunt Lydia, The Testaments. A talent most of the witnesses in #OperationRosny hearings at #ICAC seemed mostly lack.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"... a complete disregard for the voting public by shadowy political figures looking to subvert democracy and line their own pockets." Summary of #OperationRosny in #ICAC www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
smh.com.au
ICAC Operation Rosny as it happened: Former Strathfield councillor Sharangan Maheswaran wraps final day of public hearings
Follow for updates as the Independent Commission Against Corruption investigates links between Liberal Party figures, fugitive property developer Jean Nassif and Labor Strathfield councillors.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
She's been gaming the system for years. Ashby just helped her to excel at it.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m watching The Split - Barcelona on iView. It is so cringe and cliched. I loved the first 2 seasons but this is just like a Christmas special and so bad.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Note the Australian flag in the background with 7 stars. www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/social-...
thenewdaily.com.au
'Vintage’ Pauline Hanson photo is an AI fake
A widely circulating vintage-style photo of Pauline Hanson in a busy fish and chip shop in the late 1980s is actually an AI fake.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They've pulled Greg Sheridan out of the crypt for #Insiders! MUTE When is #SundayShot coming back?
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
OMG the humanity! www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
smh.com.au
Families scramble to find childcare after visa slowdown hits au pairs
The international au pair industry is the latest to be hit by Labor’s migration changes.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“You have 40,000 humpback whales on the east coast, and you have 40,000 of different stock on the west coast. What are you going to do with these whales? Just let them swim there forever?” Why do you have to do anything with them? www.smh.com.au/environment/...
smh.com.au
Why Iceland’s last whaler says the industry should not be banned
Kristján Loftsson served as lookout in his father’s whaling fleet as a young man. He says killing whales for meat is no different to killing cows or kangaroos.
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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not a drag queen. Not a migrant. Not a refugee. Not a Muslim.
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JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 26/09/2026
Would. Not. Surprise. Me. One. Bit.
"Macklemore is two weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon"

-parody of netanyahu at the UN
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When you're 70 you just go fuck it I'll make my own sandwich. Because you're old enough to know how to do that.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How ironic. It was the owner of Gillette Stadium - multi billionaire Robert Kraft who said they couldn't use his stadium unless they got rid of Macklemore. www.smh.com.au/culture/musi...
smh.com.au
Ed Sheeran concerts cancelled in fresh blow to tour
It comes as another setback to Sheeran’s US Loop tour, which has been beset by controversy since Macklemore, a supporting artist, was dropped over his “Free Palestine” chants.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not one
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How naive and too smart for his own good was Maheswaran to think he could report to a Member of NSW Parliament that a very senior public servant was corrupt without thinking the MP would report it to ICAC? #ICAC #OperationRosny
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They're suing over the 'risk' of sudden vision loss? Just to be clear, they're not suing over something that has happened to them but something that might happen. This has ambulance chaser lawyer written all over it. www.fox32chicago.com/news/patient...
fox32chicago.com
GLP-1 drugmakers sued over sudden vision loss risk: Reports
A civil lawsuit has been filed against GLP-1 drugmakers over the potential risk of sudden vision loss, according to multiple reports.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My taxes pay for public schools and I don't have school age children. How is that fair? 7news.com.au/business/ene...
7news.com.au
All households to be slugged for EV chargers under plan
Everyone could have to chip in for new chargers, even if they don’t own an electric car.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When I first heard this I thought someone didn't give way to them at an intersection. But they crashed into a tree! In Redfern! www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
smh.com.au
Police officer killed in Redfern crash
The female constable died instantly when a fully marked police car travelling under lights and sirens crashed into a tree.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Finally a talisman for untouchable losers who want to spy on people and be monitored 24/7 by even worse ones
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Is anyone else getting this? I keep verifying and it keeps coming back.
Cloudflare security verification
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Maheswaran is now veering into word salad. Talking in circles. #ICAC #OperationRosny
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Anybody know what’s going on at #ICAC? They haven’t come back from their 15 minute break that was at about 11:35am.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Describing his political position as “centre”, Anderson pointed the finger at immigration, lax parenting, the prevalence of female teachers in schools, and a lack of respect for war veterans – all symptoms, in his view, of the “correctness brigade” at work." www.smh.com.au/culture/musi...
smh.com.au
Rock legend Angry Anderson dies at age 79
The Rose Tattoo frontman had suffered a cardiac arrest in late August.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Oh the ironing of that analogy.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mareswaran is claiming in this transcript where it says it’s inaudible he remembers distinctly hearing Navin saying he knows someone who is a mate of the Building Commissioner but then Mareswaran says he hasn’t listened to the recording. 🧵
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Maheswaran is saying Nassif was seriously considering paying bribes rather than fix the defects in his buildings! (There was no bribe). #ICAC #OperationRosny
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How could a building company that was building so many units not have any clue about the cladding class action that was going on at that time? No wonder Toplace went broke. They were all ignorant of current issues. #ICAC #OperationRosny
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Maheswaran is now coming across as not too smart in thinking that a request for $5 million to be paid into a trust fund for the cladding class action was an extortion attempt from the Building Commissioner. He jumps to rash conclusions imprudently. #ICAC #OperationRosny
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Professor Howe has repeatedly engaged in harassment, abuse, and doxxing of individuals online. Such actions not only violate basic principles of human rights but also foster a toxic environment that is contrary to the respectful discourse that universities should encourage." c.org/wZmNKTg6pq
c.org
Sign the Petition
Demand the removal of Professor Joanna Howe from Adelaide University
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Maheswaran just said he’s not here to assist with the Commission at all. He’s only there to comply with the ICAC Act by not lying and turning up on time. Wow! #ICAC #OperationRosny BTW that’s quite the 5 o’clock shadow he’s got and it’s only 3 o’clock.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Maheswaran came in all swagger and bluster on Friday. Condescending and patronising towards Counsel Assisting and now he is stumbling and you can hardly hear him speak. #ICAC #OperationRosny
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“ABC ombudsman Fiona Cameron identified 48 “campaigns” during the year ending June 30 that accounted for 5259 total complaints, or 61 per cent of content complaints received.” www.smh.com.au/business/com...
smh.com.au
Activist group using AI to flood ABC with thousands of bias complaints
The AI system lets campaigners deliver thousands of messages from their supporters with different language, tone and length but the same meaning.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@davejeeping.bsky.social What is wrong with this picture? Why does somebody who has >4k followers including >20 who follow me including @davidewart.bsky.social without having any posts or replies?
Screenshot of account of @davejeeping.bsky.social who has >4k followers including >20 who follow me including @davidewart.bsky.social without having any posts or replies?
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Taylor said health experts criticising a proposed cut to tobacco excise “need to explain why they’re okay for funding … criminal gangs in this country controlling the tobacco trade”." www.smh.com.au/national/aus...
smh.com.au
Australia news live: Anthony Albanese travels to US; seventh intergenerational report to be released; Donald Trump says arch to be ‘military complex’
Follow our rolling coverage for all the latest developments in the biggest news stories around Australia and the world.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I think Maheswaran has been taking vocabulary lessons from Dallas McInerney. He just said that a location was equidistant between their respective homes. Not halfway but equidistant. At least he didn’t say between their domiciles like McInerney did. #ICAC #OperationRosny
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I remember minding my two pre school grandkids once when they were jetlagged. They were absolutely feral! I told my daughter to never do that to me again. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Tips for tackling jetlag when travelling with kids
Travelling with children can be tough, and the difficulties can escalate when you cross a time zone or two.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@misschief9.bsky.social
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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Pharmacies stock narcotics; bottle shops expensive taxed alcohol; gun shops, firearms. None of these are (yet) being firebombed/extorted by criminal gangs.There must be critical lessons in the governance of these by regulatory agencies for the tobacco shop firebombing problem.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Straight from the ADVANCE playbook.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@animesongwriter.bsky.social has blocked you Sounds like someone I really would want to follow.😆
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You can't make this up. Angus Taylor just said on @news.abc.net.au that he will fully fund a cut to fuel excise with a cut to the tobacco excise. He says the cut to the tobacco excise will raise $8b in funding because people will buy legal cigarettes instead of from the blackmarket! NO THEY WON'T!
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The 20 protestors there must be thrilled that they're making international news. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Protests in Philadelphia as Ed Sheeran returns to stage
Protesters descend on a Philadelphia stadium as Ed Sheeran returns to the stage after becoming embroiled in controversy set off by his opening act's pro-Palestinian comments.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"The spectacle made one thing clear: the same movement that claims to be the guardian of the Anzac legend is willing to disrupt its most sacred rituals – and boo an Aboriginal veteran – when a ceremony does not align with its preferred narrative." www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/2026...
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Who gets to be a traitor?
When Pauline Hanson labelled SAS veteran and Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie a ‘traitor’ eight times, then animated the insult and pinned it to the top of her social media feed, she did more than p...
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just think how money would be saved if people just stopped eating. Then we can eat the money.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Didn't Trump try and do this once before and it was overturned by the Supreme Court because it breached the 1st Amendment of the Constitution - freedom of speech and freedom of press? www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
smh.com.au
Trump says he is banning CNN and other news outlets from the White House
The announcement is an extraordinary escalation of Trump’s long-standing animosity towards the media and outlets that report factual stories he does not like.
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Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭 @ajaanmark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Your topical reminder of this excerpt from 🇦🇺 national anthem: "For those who've come across the seas We've boundless plains to share With courage let us all combine To advance Australia fair" #auspol
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I just had cause to google butt plug. I'm sure I've googled it before but had forgotten what it was. I'm watching a podcast with Marina Hyde and Richard Osman called the The Rest Is Entertainment and they're talking about Lily Allen and David Harbour. It all about current pop culture.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Has anybody been watching Last Seen? Is it any good?
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I think Mohammad Abedin is the worst liar we have seen so far in #ICAC #OperationRosny. When I say worst I mean the worst at it, not telling the worst lies.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It seems my many years of not giving a flying fuck about Ed Sheeran has finally paid off.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good. I'm so sick of men expecting women to do what they're told. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
smh.com.au
Sydney man refused bail after calling Muslim schoolgirl ‘immigrant terrorist’
Police swooped on the man five days after he directed the remarks at a 13-year-old on her way home from school. He was refused bail when he faced court.
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