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Jan Bow @janbow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Digital billboards from environmental groups, targeting Labor MPs attending national conference, cancelled with airport stating they are ‘too political’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...?
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Adelaide airport pulls ads from conservation groups but keeps gas and mining ads during ALP conference
Digital billboards from environmental groups, targeting Labor MPs attending national conference, cancelled with airport stating they are ‘too political’
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Jan Bow @janbow.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Outspoken Labor MP Ed Husic claims the party has become “allergic” to dissent and dispute, warning the unity on show at its tightly controlled national conference could backfire. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Husic says Labor ‘allergic to dissent’ as he breaks ranks on key government positions at party conference
Criticism comes as prime minister frames unity as point of difference to political opponents, saying ALP chooses ‘progress over protest’
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 21/07/2026
Research upon research has shown that Australia’s privatised employment services don’t help people get jobs, it’s punitive and serves only the providers - helping them get rich and richer www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
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Job system broken for workers, booming for private equity, report says
A new report argues Australia's employment services system is failing jobseekers, while filling the pockets of private equity firms and millionaires.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"The hard-left Labor MP who once took joy in 'fighting Tories' is now studiously, perhaps even performatively respectful of the Coalition prime minister." Crabb gets it half correct. Albanese does not just respect and mirror John Howard. He has become the Tory he once fought. #auspol
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“Flagrant”. Court finds Israel activist breached Cairo Takeaway settlement Wendy BaconandStephanie Tran reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/flagrant-court-f…
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 30/06/2026
Apartments built to today’s standards could be too hot for future comfort for about four weeks a year in Redfern and more than seven weeks in Penrith.
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By 2050, many Sydney apartments built to today’s standards could be too hot for weeks at a time
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29/06/2026
“They go around the Cabinet table and they all have to offer praise of him, each more effusive than the last. No, you deserve two Nobel Prizes. No, three Nobel Prizes. Four Nobel Prizes and two Pulitzers, sir … It’s just a preposterous situation to be in, in a democratic country.” trib.al/ESBV6RS
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Transcript: Trump Rages at Reflecting Pool Mess—and Arrests Get Darker
As arrests for vandalism of Trump’s Reflecting Pool project raise fresh questions, TNR editor Michael Tomasky explains how this saga captures the unhinged, dictatorial nature of his presidency.
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Jan Bow @janbow.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
ABC NEWS Verify examined 20 overseas Facebook pages, mostly administered from Vietnam, using these tactics to enrage and engage Australian Facebook users. #OneNation www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...?
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Foreign Facebook pages have been promoting One Nation. It wants them to stop
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation uncovers a raft of foreign Facebook accounts targeting Australian users. And they're just the tip of the iceberg.
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Undercode Testing @undercode.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Critical ‘Meta AI Backdoor’ Flaw Let Hackers Bypass 2FA & Hijack Any Instagram Account In Seconds + Video Introduction: A newly uncovered vulnerability in Meta's AI-powered customer support assistant has exposed a critical failure in automated identity verification, allowing attackers to bypass…
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Critical ‘Meta AI Backdoor’ Flaw Let Hackers Bypass 2FA & Hijack Any Instagram Account In Seconds + Video
Introduction: A newly uncovered vulnerability in Meta's AI-powered customer support assistant has exposed a critical failure in automated identity verification, allowing attackers to bypass password recovery safeguards and seize control of high-value Instagram accounts. This exploit, which circulated in hacking communities since February 2026, represents a classic "confused deputy" attack where an over-privileged AI assistant accepted natural language commands from unauthorized users to change email associations and reset passwords with zero ownership proof.
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Undercode News @undercodenews.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Meta AI Verification Failure Exposed: How AI-Generated Selfies Helped Attackers Reclaim Stolen Instagram Accounts + Video Introduction The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence across customer support systems has promised faster resolutions, automated security checks, and improved user…
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Meta AI Verification Failure Exposed: How AI-Generated Selfies Helped Attackers Reclaim Stolen Instagram Accounts + Video
Introduction The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence across customer support systems has promised faster resolutions, automated security checks, and improved user experiences. However, a recent incident involving Meta's AI-powered support infrastructure demonstrates how cybercriminals continue to exploit weaknesses in automated systems. According to reports, attackers successfully manipulated Meta AI verification processes by using AI-generated selfies to bypass identity checks and regain access to stolen Instagram accounts.
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sam @samthielman.com · 23/06/2026
…I’m sorry, meta keylogs its employees?
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I need to take Peter Malinauskas birding sometime. He needs to spend some time with the amazing creatures and environments he is trying to bugger up 😠
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tippsu.bsky.social @tippsu.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Agreed. What a joke the Malinauskas government is turning into. Way to destroy an iconic region’s groundwater, environment, natural attractions and primary industries — all for for the failing fossil fuel vultures.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Look, Limestone Coast communities, farmers & environmentalists might think fracking is "disastrous" But more valued constituents like Santos & the South Australian Chamber of Mines & Energy considers it a restoration of “science-based decision-making” & that's what counts for the Malinauskas govt
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‘Disastrous’ plan to allow fracking on South Australia’s Limestone Coast is a broken promise, locals say
Labor moves to overturn moratorium on fracking in groundwater-dependent region two years earlier than planned and just weeks after state election
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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
SA government plans to remove 10-year fracking ban in state's South East Premier Peter Malinauskas previously rejected claims he would reverse the moratorium but today said they that they "didn't think it was good policy at the time of its introduction" #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
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'The premier can frack off': Government plans to remove fracking ban in SA's South East
The South Australian government is planning to lift a ban on fracking in the state's South East amid reports of increasing risks to gas supply in southern parts of the nation.
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
What is the difference between God and Donald Trump? God knows he is not the president. Michael Brinkman, Ventnor The Age, letters
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Jan Bow @janbow.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
My friend (Aust citizen) said she got an email over night that her parents' visa is on hold for 6 months. This is a shocking blow for my friend and her family when they are so desperately worried about their family in Iran. What does Australian Labor stand for these days?
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Jan Bow @janbow.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Excellent on the Tech Billionaires controlling the US government and more. Scary stuff. iview.abc.net.au/show/four-co...
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Four Corners: S2026 Trump and the Tech Titans
Wealthy tech titans Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and David Sacks were instrumental in Trump's rise to power and now hold sway far beyond Silicon Valley. How did they accumulate such unprecedented influence?...
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Jan Bow @janbow.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I watch with dismay as people attack One Nation voters: its counter-productive. We need to find a way to engage. Labor especially needs to focus on social justice, return to Labor values, not lurch to the right. The Greens need to re-evaluate strategies. redbridgeintel.substack.com/p/polarisati...
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Polarisation is a Myth
With One Nation ascendant, those with the greatest interest in keeping us divided need us to forget how much we agree. The first progressive party to harness this properly will be unstoppable.
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 21/03/2026
"Many of us hoped there would finally be accountability and justice, and real consequences for those responsible for this devastating scheme," writes Rhys Cauzzo's mother, Jenny Miller. "Sadly, that hope has not been realised." satpa.pe/LUNylNm
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Robodebt Six: ‘They continue … I am left with an urn containing the ashes of my beloved son’
For the mother of a robodebt victim, the royal commission brought hopes of accountability and justice. The NACC’s final findings have left her devastated.
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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Watch this film. West Papua is being cleared right now. Rainforest flattened. Soldiers deployed. 2.5 million hectares turned into sugar and palm oil plantations. Indonesia calls it development. The world calls it business. History will call it ecocide.
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Watch: 'The world should see this', say Papua deforestation doco filmmakers
Filmmakers behind a new doco on deforestation devastation in Papua say the world should take note.
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Jan Bow @janbow.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Jim Chalmers: Make Gas Giants Pay! getup.to/39Y57AS8C2rkFL
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Make Gas Giants Pay
An independent movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into our democracy.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/03/2026
Stripped of life: the deadly South Australian algal bloom is still spreading one year on
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Stripped of life: the deadly South Australian algal bloom is still spreading one year on
More than 20,000 sq km of coast has succumbed to Australia’s first ever bloom of toxic Karenia cristata algae – and scientists worry it could explode again
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Must-read thread from Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/03/2026
Seeing regime change as a new way to define his legacy, President Trump is already eyeing his next target: Cuba. Vivian Salama reports:
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Cuba Is Next
Trump’s campaign to take out long-standing U.S. irritants looks back to the Caribbean.
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Drones are measuring the temperatures of common surfaces in regional cities and the results have stunned emergency services, with Mount Gambier's lawn bowls turf recording a temperature of 86 degrees Celsius.
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'Unbelievable' urban bowling green temperature stuns emergency services
Drones are measuring the temperatures of common surfaces in regional cities and the results have stunned emergency services, with Mount Gambier's lawn bowls turf recording a temperature of 86 degrees Celsius.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiNs...
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'Follow the money': Maddow’s INSTANT REACTION to U.S. striking Iran
YouTube video by MS NOW
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 17/02/2026
The CSIRO is nearing the end of a long road of diminishing returns and may not be able to survive without significant intervention, reports Rick Morton. satpa.pe/CeGYR6Z
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CSIRO funding falling short by ‘at least’ $1 billion
Internal correspondence and Senate submissions show the CSIRO is running out of money and may lose its position as a leading research agency.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Another Friday special
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
If the Liberals thought things were bad before…..
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
For Valentines Day this year, give a copy of @amyremeikis.bsky.social's sure to be best seller "Where It All Went Wrong: The case against John Howard" Pre-order now. The code #HowHowardFuckedUs alas gives no discount at all (because Howard fucked us) www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Where-...
Screenshot of Amy Remeikis book: Where it all went wrong: The Case Against John Howard
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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
As it appears enough of the Liberals will sufficiently succumb to madness to endorse him as their next hapless leader, here's a piece I wrote way back in 2021 about the many and varied and still unexplained controversies that have swirled around Angus Taylor. theshot.net.au/news/opinion...
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How the hell is Angus Taylor still a thing? - The Shot
Angus Taylor a walking Venn Diagram intersection of fossil fuel fervour and cash for the boys.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Sadly amusing that it took Haaretz to pick up on this line by Albanese
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Had a fascinating chat with Richard Cooke about the cultural impact of Wikipedia on its 25th birthday. Richard wrote the brilliant essay on Wikipedia, "The Last, Best Place on the Internet":
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Segments: Uncommon Sense: Richard Cooke On Wikipedia's Wild Cultural Impact — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio
Richard Cooke is an author, reporter and screenwriter. He has been published by many of the best outlets in the world including the The New York Times, The Guardian, The New Republic, WIRED…
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Zali Steggall points out the consequences of inviting Isaac Herzog given the ongoing Israeli genocide against Palestine was 'highly foreseeable' live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
If we are going to ban symbols and phrases because of 'social cohesion' then we really should start banning some moustaches too.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This is lovely theconversation.com/as-beautiful...
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As beautiful as they were powerful: Jon Kudelka’s political cartoons were made with true conviction
The award-winning cartoonist Jon Kudelka died in Hobart on Sunday, aged 53. Over 30 years, his work resisted the polarisation of the contemporary Australian media.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Senator @barbarapocock.bsky.social pressing the Minister in Estimates today: if the Future Fund already excludes weapons & tobacco, why not companies like Palantir that enable racial profiling & punitive tracking of immigrants?
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Oh damn, this was good.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Albanese’s stupid, immoral decision to invite Herzog has inflamed divisions in the local Jewish community too.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
'Disunity is death' – but Labor's cowed caucus has a cost too www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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'Disunity is death' – but Labor's cowed caucus has a cost too
"Disunity is death" is a phrase often used in Labor circles, but it’s rarely discussed how government unity at all costs fragments society.
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Andrew Gardiner @ajgardineresq.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Bezos shreds Washington Post staff after bending of the knee to #Trump, shelling out millions for that 'Melania' dross. Hope your subscriptions are well and truly cancelled. The paper that gave us Woodward and Bernstein belongs in bird cages these days ...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
The more people that choose to walk, bike and ride public transit to get around cities, the better cities work for everyone, including drivers. EVERYONE. There’s no “war on cars,” just an opportunity for more successful cities. You’re being lied to. It’s time we tell #TheTruthAboutTraffic.
Slide from TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc @ToderianUW.bsky.social that says “If you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers. You design a multi-model city, it works better for everyone, including drivers.”
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Jan Bow @janbow.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
NSW Premier compared Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah's skill as a writer with that of Salman Rushdie. A strange comparison indeed given Rushdie is a staunch advocate for free expression, and,prominent opponent of 'cancel culture'. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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Writers festival 'crazy' to invite Randa Abdel-Fattah, NSW premier says
The festival's director said Dr Abdel-Fattah was invited in August last year and denied the state government pressured her to remove the writer.
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Jan Bow @janbow.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Just read (listened to) On the Calculation of Volume I, by Solvej Balle...loved it. Now onto Vol 2.... thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
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On the Calculation of Volume I | The Booker Prizes
In the first part of Solvej Balle’s epic septology, Tara Selter has slipped out of time. Every morning, she wakes up to the 18th of November
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Jan Bow @janbow.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
UK Govt has released a report that should transform how we think about climate, nature & security. www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/nationa...
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Ecosystem collapse recognised as a critical national security issue by UK government
The UK Government has just released a report that, if taken seriously, should transform how we think about climate, nature and security. 'Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national secu...
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