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Jan Mahyuddin

@janmah.bsky.social
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All things local/global politics/political journalism. In Silver City, Outback Oz. Wilyakali/Paakandji Country/Nation. Indigenous power: ownership, seats at any/every table. Climate/earth crisis.

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Gnome De Plume (Sista Cate Ruth) ♿🎃👻💀🧛🏽‍♂️ @sistacatruthpurry.bsky.social · 10h
Trump bombs 8 countries in 1 year, then complains because he didn't get a peace prize again. What a delusional old bastard. Why do his minders allow him to continue embarrassing himself and America? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump fumes over Nobel peace prize snub and criticizes Norway
President complains about not winning prize in year he started war with Iran and says: ‘We will not forget, Norway’
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 10h
This is a brilliant piece about the ecological - and animal welfare - cost of sheep farming bengoldsmith.substack.com/p/the-sheep-...
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The sheep are not okay
Upland sheep farming is not only a catastrophe for nature and an economic dead-end; it’s also an animal welfare nightmare
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 21h
Gratifying to learn that the Nobel prize committee still has a backbone and a clear sense of justice and morality. An excellent choice.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 20h
I’m heading to Canberra today, but let me summarise my week in the Grampians. Work, waterfall, work, waterfall, work, waterfall, work waterfall. Nothing beats #WorkFromRoam Grampians, Victoria.
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 18h
What’s happening to our climate is utterly terrifying. We’re looking at 4 degrees above average this southern summer www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak
‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 18h
Labor’s primary vote is sliding while Green preferences remain critical in marginal seats. Anthony Albanese may discover that treating the Greens as an enemy carries an electoral price, John Menadue writes. #auspol #Greens #Labor
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Murrigellas @murrigellas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We always chime in on this cake...Murrigellas love it...usually without bothering to make the icing...♥️
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Australian Politics 🇦🇺 @auspol.info · 09/10/2026
Is Australia's "middle ground" shifting further right? 🤔 In her latest, Amy Remeikis argues that framing policies between Labor & One Nation as the "sensible centre" isn't good policy—it just wins cheap headlines. #Auspol amyremeikis.substack.com/p/australias...
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Australia’s ‘sensible centre’ is moving even further right.
(First published in The New Daily, October 8)
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
2/...by providing free passage, funded by the sale of stolen Aboriginal land. To pay it Britain ended land grants & forced all land to be sold at auction—a move "highly unpopular with the colonial elite who had benefited from generous land grants in the past." 3/
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Fair warning. On Insiders Sunday Morning, David Spears will have Angus Taylor on to rehash an Aussie favourite, wog bashing. Started by NSW in 1815 & accelerated in 1831 by UKs Emigration Commission to relieve overpopulation & social unrest at 'home' while supplying free labour to the colonies... 2/
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Be serious now, is anyone surprised? 😡
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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
bloody hell you make a few comments about the Palestinian Israel conflict and if it isn't Zionist pile ons, it's gaza injury spam bots - whatever happened to informed conversation?
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thanks for painting my many local potholes in different colours. So, can I now have them filled, please? I assume different colours do not mean different repair crews at different times. Tony Danino, Wheelers Hill @theageaustralia.bsky.social letters
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The administration’s resort to increasingly horrific forms of state violence as Trump loses his grip on power doesn’t make me feel super great, I have to say
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Vic Greens launched their campaign last night to a packed crowd. Fiery speeches from Hannah Thomas and the new federal leadership of Steph Hodgins-May and David Shoebridge went over well. The message has sharpened: "We're not here to make Labor better, we're here to replace them
Assorted pics from the Greens campaign launch, featuring the party's leadership and a packed crowd
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The USA is so broken it will never be repaired. And a reminder, Richard Marles believes we need to have even stronger defence ties with the USA because of our "shared values"
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In Crikey today, I have a long read on Canberra’s endearment with AI and the dubious promise of data centre riches. While Australia’s creatives are being sold down the river, you don’t need to fire up Claude to spot some cracks in the hype-doom sales pitch ($) www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/08/a...
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Canberra is 'drinking the Kool-Aid' on AI. Where will it take us?
The Albanese government is treating the promises of AI and data centre investment like a digital mining boom. How does it sit within Labor's broader social project?
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"The Prime Minister then spent the afternoon at a series of bilateral meetings, in which he expressed deep concern about the Pacific’s future and a firm commitment to being photographed looking concerned about the Pacific’s future."
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
10/10. No notes
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To all my Gazan Palestinian contacts here I know your suffering is great But please don’t contact me more than once a day I am flooded with requests I will need to ignore some 🙏
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Jan Mahyuddin @janmah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Clever. Well done LOL
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Trump is having a hard time getting into his speech in Texas because he keeps getting interrupted by demonstrators. This is at least the fourth one.
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Brenda Nevill 🍉 @brendamagpie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Because the medical establishment has refused to be involved in killing people, the people who establish the line for poison to enter the victim are amateurs. Some people have very tricky veins. This is a recipe for disaster. Also, I find it astonishing that killing people can be a work requirement.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
👏👏Bravo to the mighty DAMSHEG‼️ (Denman Aberdeen Muswellbrook Scone Healthy Enviro Grp)✊✊ “Today the high court has said what we have always known: we cannot dig up coal, ship it overseas, watch it drive climate change,& then pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us & won’t be felt by us”
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Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case
Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The High Court has found that under NSW planning law, miners must also account for “scope three” emissions – the pollution created when the coal is burnt by their overseas customers www.theage.com.au/environment/...
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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk · 07/10/2026
This is shameful of the countries who buckled under the pressure www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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Andrew Lissiman @andrewlissiman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Phil Coorey gave up journalism long ago, in favour of fatuous blathering... ..lest we forget Gladys Berejiklian headline... .."the woman who saved Australia" 🤦
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Big Coal's day in court" a new cartoon from @fionakatauskas.bsky.social See this morning's cartoon on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/261008-big…
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Taught the Fugitive Slave Act for the first time in a few years. Man, my head was spinning as I uttered my familiar refrain about how the FSA radicalized Northerners who maybe never thought much about slavery until they saw people being snatched off the street right in front of them...
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Euphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About Us
Alt: Euphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About Us
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Always a Difficult Earth Girl🐬🐨🐋🦘🦈 @scuttlebutter1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
How is it possible to have no brain at all, or if one exists, for it to not be functioning while the rest of the body is? "We used to have ..." "We used to have coal-fired power stations that delivered the power to this nation," Ms Hanson said. We used to have horses & carts, too but ...
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Hanson promises more coal, fewer renewables without detailing cost
One Nation vows to remove renewable energy zones and scrap compulsory land acquisition for VNI West at a regional Victorian rally.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/08/2026
Whoa! Pentagon officials are warning of Navy payroll shortfalls after funds meant for service member pay were raided to help cover war costs. 📌 An official says they had to use “imaginative” workarounds to avoid the shortfall.
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WutTheWut😵‍💫 RBroeck🗳️💙 @wutthewut.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Believe the science. It is literally written in stone. Vaccinate.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The massive nationwide electricity rate hikes aren’t happening simply because utility services have gotten more expensive or customers have been receiving better service. It’s because utility monopolies have bought off the system that’s supposed to keep them in check.
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The Secret Behind High Electricity Bills
Private utility companies like PG&E, Duke, and Exelon control electricity for nearly 70% of Americans — and they're usin
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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Excuse my cynicism, but Australia has a horrific issue of violence against women, and the first instinct of this useless government is yet another porn ban? There are so many direct things we could do, which would have provable and direct benefits in saving women’s lives. Porn bans are performative.
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
@australianlabor.bsky.social, while you played politics, calling Greens wreckers and blockers, you were failing the people you were elected to help. #AusPol
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The disturbing reality behind the affordable housing promise
Governments across Australia are spending billions to boost the number of rentals available to people on low and middle incomes. A Four Corners investigation found many of these homes were unaffordabl...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Ahh crap. This is a sad one. Brilliant actor, good bloke. 7news.com.au/entertainmen...
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Beloved actor and Jurassic Park star Sam Neill dies aged 78
Neill only recently revealed he was living cancer free with his family saying the loss was ‘sudden and unexpected’.
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Claire Connelly @claireconnelly.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I’m glad he was famous if only because more people got to see what a top bloke he was. A gem of a man, taken too soon. We have lost one of the best. Vale Sam Neill. 7news.com.au/entertainmen...
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Beloved actor and Jurassic Park star Sam Neill dies aged 78
Neill only recently revealed he was living cancer free with his family saying the loss was ‘sudden and unexpected’.
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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Judge Rose Falla appointment on 12 May 2026. . Judge Falla was the first Aboriginal person appointed as a magistrate in Victoria and is now the first Aboriginal person appointed as a judge of the County Court of Victoria.
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13/07/2026
Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
substack.com/app-link/pos... Beloved man
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Farewell Sam Neill
A migrant boy from Northern Ireland who became one of the best things Australia and New Zealand ever shared
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
$21bn investment is a bullshit figure that won’t generate actual jobs of economic activity that actually improves lives. Tell them to fuck off www.afr.com/politics/fed...
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Anthropic tells Chalmers: $21b investment hinges on copyright
Chief executive Dario Amodei met with Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when AI giant Anthropic launched in Australia in April.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 10/07/2026
Politicians have talked about wanting to make housing more 'affordable' for years. Not cheaper. More 'affordable.' But now that house prices are falling, politicians will need to pick a side. @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Awful result. “I find that the MSO would have taken the same actions if Mr Gillham had expressed a political belief in support of Israel” Bullshit. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Pianist Jayson Gillham loses discrimination case against Melbourne symphony orchestra over Gaza comments
Gillham claimed Melbourne concert in 2024 cancelled in attempt to silence him over stance on Israel attacks on Gaza
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Elderly cheetah named Zeus doesn't live in the house, he has a large enclosure at the reserve, he just comes inside sometimes for company since his partner died. TT: LibranWildlifeReserve Johannesburg, South Africa
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The thing that strikes me as very odd is the finding that classical musicians never make political statements before performances. Since when??
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
AI pollution is, sadly, all too comprehensible
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 10/07/2026
Public investment in schooling should add real educational value to student outcomes, not contribute to the sense of entitlement seen in private schools, Lyndsay Connors writes. #educationpolicy #privateschoolfunding
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Entitled schools are taking on entitled parents: what about the students?
Governments have fostered a sense of entitlement in private schools. They should be enforcing the principle of putting students first.
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6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
#BREAKING 🚨 Former Victorian senator and broadcaster Derryn Hinch has died aged 82 Hinch had a lengthy radio and television career before forming Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party and serving in the Senate for three years between 2016 and 2019
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 01/06/2026
Europeans are so much more enlightened than Americans, I’m sure their deportation camps will have fresher food
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