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Karen Walker of Culture Smart

@karenwalkercs.bsky.social
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Advocate for victim/survivors of child sexual abuse. Beaumaris And Surrounding Communities - CSA Survivors And Families. www.change.org/SexualAbuseSurvivors… Victorian Survivors and Supporters. Instructor in Mental Health First Aid.

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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
#CCSA Clerical Child Sexual Abuse #CSA #AbuseByClergy #CoverUp Catholic Australia
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
A reminder that the BBC can still do accurate, informative analysis when it wants to. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Bramm Lindentree @bramm7.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
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Bronwyn Clark @bronwynhill1.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Have reached the point in life where I’m coming to terms with losing a few friendships because they simply couldn’t give a flying fuck about anyone but themselves..and this is no longer the kind of world where tolerating people like that is remotely acceptable.
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Iain (一言) Dooley @iaindooley.com · 25/01/2025
“It is not clear what would happen if one NATO member attacked another.” All these crazy things you thought could never happen …
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Let them eat fake
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
“My Lord, the people are hungry. Eggs are so expensive” “Cut those losers’ benefits, make their health care more expensive, and let infectious diseases run wild. Billionaires want a tax cut”
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
ICYMI- yesterday's #auspol cartoon from The Guardian
Cartoon- scene is two billboards beside eachother. First billboard has pic of Albanese grinning with thumbs up & says "Labor: Bound to Disappoint"
Second billboard has pic of Dutton grinning with thumbs up & says "Coalition: You have NO idea how low we'll go"
Two people are looking at the billboards with one saying "I"m all for truth in political advertising but it CAN get a bit depressing."
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The Southport killer watched the video of the Sydney bishop stabbing just before going to kill three children. The Australian online safety regulator, which got into a big fight with X and Elon Musk over removing the videos, has expressed sadness at the news. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Internet regulator speaks out over Sydney video viewed by Southport killer that X fought to keep online
eSafety commissioner expresses ‘great sadness’ that Axel Rudakubana viewed video before murdering three girls in the UK, noting ‘clear link’ between online material and real-world violence
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The IDF murdered 68 civilians in one strike. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mostly civilians died in IDF attack on Lebanon village, BBC finds
An IDF attack on a Lebanese apartment block targeting Hezbollah killed mostly civilians, BBC finds.
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
She reeks of death and doesn't really do anything except stand around, yet people are queuing up to fawn all over her. Australia's sweetheart! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Everyone loves the horrible smelly plant Putricia! Is it the only good thing left in this world? | First Dog on the Moon
Corpse flower mania is sweeping the nation (inner-city Sydney)
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
If you've ever wondered how you would have reacted in 1930s Germany, it's pretty much how you are reacting right now. Bishop Budde shows the way.
NYT screenshot

Bishop Asks Trump to ‘Have Mercy’ on Immigrants and Gay Children
The direct appeal to President Trump at the start of the first full day of his presidency was a remarkable moment at a National Cathedral event that traditionally has not been political.
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Grant Hamilton 🐨 @ecologygrant.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The first and most powerful conservation action is to protect what is already there. This is not happening 🧪 #wildoz www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Almost 26,000 hectares of threatened species habitat approved for clearing under Labor in 2024, new report finds
Australian Conservation Foundation’s analysis finds amount of habitat approved to be razed double previous year’s as it calls for stronger protections
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Tina @tina-togolino123.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
We need brave people. Everybody can and has to be brave 🙏 Thank you so much Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for being such a role model and great inspiration 🫶 youtu.be/2BMZAkFbt9M?...
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Trump criticizes church service after bishop makes plea for immigrants
YouTube video by CNN
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Karen Walker of Culture Smart @karenwalkercs.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Victorian Survivors and Supporters lunch, Sunday 23 Feb 25 from 12 noon, Black Hill Hotel, 502 Peel St N Black Hill VIC Our lunches provide spaces and places for survivors of child abuse, and their supporters, to come together to support life as it is now. #CSA www.facebook.com/share/162owu...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Ahh love the "we have a gas shortage" stories. Nope, foreign gas companies just prefer to sell Australia's gas overseas for more profit. (they also pay bugger all tax, and barely any royalties)
Chart showing that in 2022-23 4,976PJ of gas was either exported as LNG or used to convert gas to LNG. Meanwhile the projected shortage of gas in the 2030s is around 300PJ.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
“Germany's ambassador to the United States has warned that the incoming Trump administration will rob U.S. law enforcement and **the media of their independence** and hand big tech companies ‘co-governing power’, according to a confidential document seen by Reuters.” www.reuters.com/world/us/ger...
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Exclusive: German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows
He said Trump would rob law enforcement and media of their independence.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Food for thought.
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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
When Germany -- GERMANY! -- is warning that your democracy is in peril, maybe we should listen
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Exclusive: German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows
Germany's ambassador to the United States has warned that the incoming Trump administration will rob U.S. law enforcement and the media of their independence and hand big tech companies "co-governing power", according to a confidential document seen by Reuters.
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Queensland property developer and millionaire, Peter Dutton.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The perfect headline doesnt exi— www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Been organising which organisations I'm going to support for 2025. Someone has to help pay Greg, Dennis, and Amy and all the others who do good work at The Australia Institute. australiainstitute.org.au
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Australia should be buying firefighting aircraft instead of submarines to defend itself but thanks to Scott Morrison and the timidity of Labor presumably that ain’t gonna be happening
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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
"I don't need an Emergency/Evacuation Kit or a plan" they tell me "I live in the suburbs, town, city...I'm not rural" Get. Fucking. Prepared. Los Angeles suburbs, Jan 8th 2025 📸 source: @omerde.bsky.social
LA suburbia every hour burnt to the ground
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bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
i figured out the labradoodle cheat code : gentle paw massage = off switch #tinymeditations
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bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
i love how jock referees maple and lucy’s tug war - that’s it girlies keep it clean, no scratching, biting or hitting faces!! #baddogbeachclub
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God @thegodshow.com · 31/12/2024
Hi, I’m God. I support diversity, equity and inclusion. I do not support uniformity, injustice and segregation. Hope this helps, God
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Ian Graves @xskinn.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Happy New Year!.. Ian
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a fireworks display with the words " happy new year 2025 "
ALT: a fireworks display with the words " happy new year 2025 "
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Karen Walker of Culture Smart @karenwalkercs.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
JFC!! The inhumanity and complete lack of decency and empathy is extraordinary.
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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Anthony Albanese: “Nobody left behind”
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Jon Dee (JonDee.com) @jondeeoz.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Here are 12 climate resolutions to take with you into the new year. These small but meaningful changes can help you to reduce your carbon footprint in 2025. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Here are 12 climate resolutions to take with you into the new year
These small but meaningful changes can have a big impact when it comes to reducing your carbon footprint in 2025
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Wishing a happy Christmas to all my friends around the world. Please reply with your pictures of cats (and lesser pets) joining in the festivities
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Batshit Australia @batshit-auspol.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
This took far too long to make. Merry Crocmas.
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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Stephen’s dog saved his life. So why is a Queensland's Moreton Bay council banning homeless people owning pets? Answer: Because the mayor Peter Flannery hates homeless people. Check out his Wiki page theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol #abcnews #qldpol
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Stephen’s dog saved his life. So why is a Queensland council banning homeless people owning pets?
Moreton Bay mayor says pet ban is a response to complaints against homeless people over dog attacks but advocates say the timing is heartless
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God @thegodshow.com · 24/12/2024
Be sure to help those in need at Christmas — and if you're feeling extra festive, maybe dismantle the systems that create and perpetuate poverty.
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Sadly, - more properly, brutally - the city councils of Brisbane & of Moreton (immediately north of Brisbane, & home to the same c*nts who vote for Peter Dutton federally) are attacking the homeless, attacking the people they deliberately keep homeless, by removing the pets of said homeless. 😕🎄
Graphic:
A cartoon of a small brown dog on Santa's lap, asking him (Santa) his (the small brown dog's) X'mas wish.
There is a dog's paw print just behind Santa's head - possibly/probably the cartoonist's mark.

Text:
[the dog's wish]
"Santa, I think the best gift would be if all the homeless pets got good homes!"
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Damien Marie AtHope Ⓐ 🚩🏴🌍 @damienmarieathope.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
This bloke climbed all the steps to becoming a bishop, without anyone in the church noticing any problems at all. Sure.
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Former Broome Bishop faces court on new unlawful and indecent assault charges
The lawyer for former Catholic bishop Christopher Saunders says he intends to plead not guilty to five charges relating to the alleged assault of a 24-year-old man.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
One from 2007. Fortunately my cartoon handwriting has become a bit neater since then. #Christmascartoons
Cartoon: Santa with a child on one knee and a blonde glamorous woman on the other.
Child saying "Have I been good? Well, I'll THAT to my PR consultant"
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Did this cartoon following reports of ethnic cleansing in Northern Gaza From: theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Cartoon: Headline: Northern Gaza
Father and son (with crutch and amputated leg) looking out over scene of complete destruction
Father says to son: One day, son, all this will be theirs
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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Get Ready Today With EBK! emergencybk.com.au/shop 💸Free Shipping ✈️Dispatch within 1 biz day 🦘Australian Owned and Operated
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
LOVE my local library. Go there all the time, as do lots of small kids, high school students, parents, pensioners, writers & loads of of other people from the neighbourhood
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Karen Walker of Culture Smart @karenwalkercs.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Looks and feels apocalyptic here in Ararat, although we are safe from the Grampians fire. Thoughts with emergency services, wildlife, stock , people and property impacted. Staying inside out of the smoke.
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Coalition ‘not serious’ about Dutton’s nuclear plan and running economy off it ‘unachievable’, Matt Canavan says - by @joshbutler.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Coalition ‘not serious’ about Dutton’s nuclear plan and running economy off it ‘unachievable’, Matt Canavan says
Nationals senator questions his own party’s policy, saying ‘all sides of politics are deciding their energy based on focus group’
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