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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Today marks the 77th anniversary of the Nakba—the violent catastrophe that started the expulsion, dispossession, displacement and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people by Israel. The Nakba is not a history lesson, the Nakba has not ended.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Was doing some research looking through old election campaign speeches, and if you really want proof that racism was a bedrock of the foundation of Australia, go have a gander at Alfred Deakin's 1903 speech electionspeeches.moadoph.gov.au/speeches/190...

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In this theatre, two and-a half years ago, I laid special stress upon the white Australia policy of the Government. (Applause) After that there was a fierce conflict in Parliament as to whether the means we proposed to exclude the undesirable and colored aliens would suffice. There were those who wished that on the face of the statute the prohibition against them should appear in so many words.

We believed that we studied Australian interests, and also lessened the difficulties of the mother country, if, instead of saying in so many words they should be excluded, we placed in the hands of the Government an educational test which could be applied so as to shut out all undesirables. We have had two years’ experience of the working of our test, and it has worked well. You have seen from time to time how few have managed to survive it. The returns for the last nine months show that 31,000 persons entered Australia from over sea, 28,000 being Europeans. Of the remainder, many of the colored persons came to Australia to engage on pearling vessels. The arrangement we have made is that they land only to sign their articles. A guarantee is taken from those who bring them that, when their time is up, they shall leave the country. By this means they never really enter Australia. They merely fish in our waters or just outside them.

I find that out of 408 Japanese who came to Australia 374 went at once to the pearling vessels; 11 others had been in Australia before, and were entitled to return; while one deserted and managed to escape our clutches. (Laughter) 406 Malays came to Australia to engage in the pearling trade. Only one was entitled to enter the country, and again we had one deserter. 73 Papuans came over to assist in pearling; none deserted, and all will return. To come to the persons who, either under the state law or since, have secured domicile in Australia, the return shows that 2,571 colored persons entered the Commonwealth during the nine months…

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Even coal fired electricity retailers now admit they can’t use so called ‘offsets’ to pretend burning coal is ‘carbon neutral’….pity the Fed Government is still literally selling a ‘green tick of approval’ via its Climate Clive program to companies who want to make exactly those misleading claims

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

The man speaking, Dr. Gabor Maté, is a Holocaust survivor who lost family at Auschwitz and, drawing on his experiences as a very young child, has specialized as a physician on understanding the clinical sequelae of childhood trauma.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

An entire election campaign came and went in the meantime. Didn’t get raised.

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WizardAFA @wizardafa.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

4 new words added to the script. I want my lawyer. Every day is shut the fuck up Friday

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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Flabbergasted, I tell you, flabbergasted. 66 shades of FOI grey.

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Alien Super Show @aliensupershow.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

did they not vet the lyrics for this banger before CPAC Riyadh

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Jeffo @jeffotherefo.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Israel forbids Palestinians from gathering rainwater.

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Prof Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Gough Whitlam's 'culled' ASIO file & a box of letters of 'outstanding value' to Sir John Kerr burnt in the Yarralumla incinerator - all now lost to history. 'Archives are not neutral replicators of documented history but politicised re-creators of it' #auspol johnmenadue.com/the-continua...

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The continual cover up – Jenny Hocking on the strange disappearance of Gough Whitlam's ASIO file - Pearls and Irritations

And it is not just Gough Whitlam's ASIO file that has been "culled". The relevant Government House Guest Books have disappeared and the archive of Kerr's prominent supporters, including Lord Mountbat...

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Falastin Flip @tameeolivefern.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Q. will things get better eventually? A. no, it will get worse when they find out what you actually did

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Falastin Flip @tameeolivefern.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

“there are simply too many war crimes for us to defend”

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 03/01/2025

Origami Black Hole xkcd.com/3033

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Obscene inequality.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I don't think it's widely appreciated quite how aggressive Australian police are about (some) peaceful protestors, and that such behaviour is out of step with reasonable global comparisons.

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

New: The Government’s new climate plan relies on unproven methane-busting technology and partially disproven carbon capture schemes for as much as half of its promised greenhouse emissions reductions. newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/11/g...

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Govt's final climate plan relies on unproven technology

Policies included in the new climate plan actually cut emissions by less than in the draft plan released months ago, Marc Daalder reports

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 29/11/2024

The Coalition has suggested watering down banking regulations to lower barriers for first homebuyers seeking home loans. "It's giving people more ability to borrow more money, which means they're going to bid more for more houses & that just juices up demand." #auspol @grogsgamut.bsky.social

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Biden's decision to send Ukraine landmines banned by most countries reverses his own decision in 2022 to prohibit their use due to what he said was their "disproportionate impact on civilians, including children, long after fighting has stopped..."

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Biden Sends Landmines to Ukraine

White House moves to ‘Trump-proof’ U.S. support for Ukraine

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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Truly can't believe this is coming from a Labor Govt. Never thought I'd be this disappointed in them The last 2.5 years has only shown that the issue isn't Lib vs Lab or right vs left - it's career politicians & their enablers against the rest of us! Thanks @andrewbirmingham.bsky.social #auspol

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

A pretty shameful oversight that at last night’s Walkley Awards there was no mention of the record numbers of journalists who have been murdered by the IDF over the past year.

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Batshit Australia @batshit-auspol.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

26 January 1988: Indigenous Australian Burnum Burnum travels to England and plants a flag in the White Cliffs of Dover, claiming Britain for the Indigenous people of Australia

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Attorney Galvin-Almanza is right. Pushback in this era is not going to be marches but actions significantly more canny. This is a good thread.

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Mike Carlton @mikecarlton01.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Another Israeli atrocity: A Gaza school burned down hours after aid arrived. Witnesses: IDF soldiers responsible www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...

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A Gaza school burned down hours after aid arrived. Witnesses: IDF soldiers responsible

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Sophia McGrane 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sophiamcgrane.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

this is good.. I’ve forgotten most of what he said so I’m gonna have to take notes lol

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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

New science shows that when methane is transported long distances as LNG, its warming impact is 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙡! LNG = liquified natural gas scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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The greenhouse gas footprint of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exported from the United States

Greenhouse gas footprint for liquefied natural gas exported from the United States compared with coal, diesel oil, natural gas, and ground-source heat pump powered by the average European electric gr....

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, the health care we can access and, now, the information we receive. This is what oligarchy looks like.

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Michael Wyres @mwyr.es · 15/11/2024

Let’s be clear here, just about any government, of any political persuasion, would love a central database of who really is who on social media sites. Linking use to government verified ID is exactly what they want… #NoAgeBan

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Dr Stephen Parnis @sparnis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Medieval operating conditions, deliberate targeting of children & carers, denial of food & aid, staggering numbers of casualties. If we saw this anywhere else, the reaction would be different. It's barbaric & indefensible. Palestinians are human beings. bbc.com/news/article...

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Gaza surgeon describes drones targeting children

Children lying injured in Gaza were picked out and shot by quadcopters, a senior doctor tells MPs.

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Alleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The effort to undermine the Maori treaty is led by David Seymour, who has ties to the Atlas Network and who used to work at a Canadian think tank that has called the discovery of graves of Indigenous children at a residential school a "hoax." I wrote about it: drilled.media/news/trfst-f...

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction Graphic from Edward Tufte More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪

Graphic shows dramatic reduction in polio, rubella, mumps, measles, and hepatitis A cases after the introduction of vaccines for each disease.

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Jeffo @jeffotherefo.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Remember that just like any other business, their first duty is to their owners. #auspol

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Joel Jenkins @boganintel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

My first Bluesky, and latest article for 'The Shot' on the public resistance to government policy towards Israel, and the disconnect between Labor leaders and their voters: "Premier Allan spins anti-genocide protest as ‘War on Christmas’" #auspol theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

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Premier Allan spins anti-genocide protest as 'War on Christmas' - The Shot

They're just lying about basically everything now, hey?! Good times! I don't know what I'm meant to put in this little box. Free Palestine.

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Jeffo @jeffotherefo.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

From David Pope at the Canberra Times.

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That Photo Guy @thatphotoguy.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

shot, but the sky was so clear I forgot about the cold, I was in absolute awe at what I was seeing. The pinky area a 3rd of the way up the Milky Way is the North America nebula and in the top left you just about make out the Andromeda galaxy. #photography

Our stunning home galaxy stretching over a frozen loch in the Scottish Highlands.

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