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LindyLou

@lindylou66.bsky.social
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Left leaning politics. Athiest. Avid reader of sci-fi & fantasy. Cat lover. Enjoy op shops and jigsaw puzzles. Sydney, Australia.

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 12h
The first responsibility of governments is to protect us from foreseeable harm. As we head into a super El Nino summer, our government must act with more urgency to protect us from climate risks.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 7h
If you give a shit about democracy and transparency, donate to the Open Australia Foundation
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 9h
So today Madeleine King announced changes to the gas reservation policy to “remove loopholes” Gee that must be bad for Santos… oh wait I am being handed a note…
A chart showing Santos share price rose 1.74% today
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 4h
A 90 second tour of some of our very sickest new arrivals. Every dog in this video would be in huge trouble (a couple would be dead) were it not for the medial care. Some very special dogs here ❤️
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 10h
Here's @boganintel.bsky.social. "Labor governments are embracing fascistic policing to protect the baby-killing machine"
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Labor governments are embracing fascistic policing to protect the baby-killing machine  - The Shot
Last week, the Land Forces Expo, a biennial conference for spruiking the hardware of military mass-death, was held in Perth....
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12h
. @amyremeikis.bsky.social is SHOCKED that the govt has watered down the gas reservation policy* . . . . . (*ok, not shocked) live.thepoint.com.au
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The Point Live: Jim Chalmers warns against smugness in fight against far right, gas reservation legislation to be introduced. As it happens.
Delivering the Bernie Fraser Oration, Jim Chalmers has warned against smug moral superiority when pushing back against the far right, while the Albanese government begins its hard sell for a gas reser...
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 12h
You may have missed it as the media was silent, but late yesterday the Labor-dominated committee looking into Lidia Thorpe’s bill to ban strip searches of children delivered its final report. The answer to overwhelming evidence of harm? Nothing that would stop a single search.
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Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 8h
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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 8h
The viral footage had the wearer of the glasses describe the 'discrimination' he faces as people ran away from him at his local park. chaser.com.au/general-news...
Meta Glasses capture footage of man being avoided for wearing Meta Glasses - The Chaser
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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 9h
meeting up with a bunch of ex-ABC reporters for dinner tonight, well that's going to be one hell of a bitch session I'd imagine.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 7h
@albomp.bsky.social’s Govt has started appealing citizens’ #FOI wins to the Federal Court, a course of action that could cost FOI applicants up to $300,000. Well done to Senator Lambie 💪 for introducing a Bill into the Senate that will neutralise this transparency-chilling tactic. #auspol
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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 10h
Over at @getup.org.au ‘s Instagram to see the full AI Deep Fake — here’s the side by side:
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
David Shoebridge; There are 500 Australians who have fought in the Israel Military. Home Affairs doesn’t ask or check. @davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol youtube.com/shorts/lcPQI...
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Do you know the Aus Government doesn't track if people here have fought in a foreign military?
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•Marns🌿🍉🐸 @marnshibski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
If you see it… share the crap out of it. He literally just said what is occurring but also arriving at the conflation station.
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Australian companies shouldn’t profit from human suffering. Our governments should be answerable for how they use public money and resources. #Auspol #timetodrawaredline
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RED LINES PACKAGE
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 14h
The dystopia of data centre colonialism The Indonesian island of Batam has 1.3 million residents who rely on freshwater collected in reservoirs As severe water shortages impact daily lives & livelihoods, Batam hosts 2 operational DCs, has 8 more approved & 6 under review for approval Insanely...
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The island where locals say data centres are taking their water
"Not a single drop has come through our taps for the last three months," a local tells the BBC.
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Michael Dahlstrom @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
AI data centres that burn diesel to generate electricity in Australian suburbs are facing calls to have their government "handouts" cut. au.news.yahoo.com/call-to-end-...
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Call to end 'outrageous taxpayer handouts' to data centres polluting Aussie suburbs
Greenpeace argues 'there are a million better uses of taxpayer money than paying data centres to pollute our neighbourhoods with diesel fumes'.
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Anthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I already loathe the diesel rebate as an enormous fucking grift of a tax expenditure, it's a policy that needs to die, and it didn't occur to me that it would also apply to datacentre backup generators. Fucking hell that's absurd. au.news.yahoo.com/call-to-end-...
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Call to end 'outrageous taxpayer handouts' to data centres polluting Aussie suburbs
Greenpeace argues 'there are a million better uses of taxpayer money than paying data centres to pollute our neighbourhoods with diesel fumes'.
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Brian Jones @darthspoog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy, but isn’t a selfie
Insane moonfaced piano player who eats garbage
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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Maybe an idea to keep the headlines separate…
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 13/10/2026
"It's hugely popular. The community wants it. They're sick of gas companies getting Australian's gas for free," Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young talking about a 25% gas export tax on ABC 7.30. Join the call for a national plebiscite: gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.o…
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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
and Ukraine took out a Russian bot farm - sucks to be Putrump.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"By honouring a former #ICC judge, the Nobel committee chose to defend the very institutions that are now ‘under attack’, with their judges ‘sanctioned’." Institutions that the spineless Australian govt pretends to defend, but won't stand up when it counts. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
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Navi Pillay’s Nobel is a vote of confidence in international law
Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize recognises a lifetime of work against apartheid, genocide and impunity, while affirming the international legal institutions now facing renewed political attack.
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Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
VOTE greens for the sake of Humanity!
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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Greens are a party of peace & non-violence. We stand with people in Australia & around the world calling for an end to this genocide. Permanent ceasefire. And end to occupied Palestine. Unconditional aid access. Prosecution of war crimes. An end to the two-way arms trade.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Send me your best bot farm jokes 🙏
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Kind of funny that all the far right christians online were raptured not by their Jesus but by a Ukrainian
drone strike.
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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 16h
I think I’ll stop looking at my weather app. Last night it said a cool day and cloud cover all day for my part of the world, but the Sapphire Coast delivered a stunning (correctly forecast), cool, clear sunrise.
Sunrise
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Okay maybe I was too hasty about the whole public executions being wrong thing. You bolted a car seat into a Fler SC58 and you are bragging about it…
Ruined chairSame chair unruined Description
Custom design by myself with old BMW seats attached to vintage wooden frame.
Very cool design and comfortable.
Can deliver for an extra fee depending on distance.
If the ad is up it's available!!
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Brian Jones @darthspoog.bsky.social · 19h
7 degrees feels like 3, up early to do my radio shift on ramfm.com.au have crumpets and a nice, double shot latte😎
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Rarely, a bird will land right in front of me and pose beautifully. It happened today at the Adelaide Botanic Garden. This very obliging rainbow lorikeet did not seem to care about my presence.
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💧Bee - Difficult 🐝🌿❤ @belindajones68.bsky.social · 16h
Good morning everyone ☕☕ Have a wonderful Wednesday, stay safe & have fun Federal Parliament is sitting today AEDT House 9-8 Senate 9-8 Fed Ch 9:30-1:30 Question Time 2-3:15ish 1 x committee meeting (time/topic in pic👇) Watch live👇 www.youtube.com/@AUSParliame... 🐝 #auspol #qt
Australian Parliament House Schedule of Proceedings Wednesday 14 October 2026

Watch on YouTube @AUSParliamentLive or ParlView

9:00AM - 8:00PM AEDT
House of Representatives 

9:00AM - 8:00PM AEDT
Senate

9:30AM - 1:30PM AEDT
Federation Chamber 

6:30PM - 8:30PM AEDT
Joint Select Committee, Artificial Intelligence
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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Minns NSW Government is working with the Commonwealth on a new 20-year approval to allow native forest logging to continue without federal environmental assessments. We have until this Friday to send objections to Natural Resources Commission #NSWpol #Auspol www.suehigginson.org/strategic_as...
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Don't Let Labor Give Native Forest Logging Another 20 Years.
Native forest logging's exemption from national environment laws is finally ending. But Labor wants to replace it with a new 20-year approval. We have until Friday 16 October to stop another free pass...
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This too bsky.app/profile/marg...
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Had this to say about Josh Frydenberg today and I think I may have been a bit too kind to him. #pfffft
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Extraordinary attack from ABC management against the most senior elected union representative at the ABC - Labor should be speaking out against threats by ABC management against Michael Slezak and the MEAA. Critical thinking, critical writing, should never be weaponised against staff at the ABC.
Fight erupts between union and ABC’s head of news
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The ABC’s new head of news Simon Robinson is staring down the barrel of a staff revolt just four weeks after joining the public broadcaster, with its union committee labelling a threat of disciplinary action against a senior journalist an attack on press freedom.

The ABC’s Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance house committee called an urgent meeting for its members on Monday after Michael Slezak, who is also the federal president of media at the union, was threatened with disciplinary action over a piece he wrote in The Australian Financial Review.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
DYK the diesel burned by these data centres is eligible for govt rebates of >50 cents/litre‼️🤯 NextDC of West Footscray infamy used ~2 ML of diesel across its national portfolio in the 2025 financial year, meaning taxpayers gifted >$1 million to DCs to run polluting diesel generators 🤯 🤬
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17h
There are few people who demonstrate every day that they are a complete piece of shit more than Vance
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
#WeStandWithMikey #PressFreedom
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Brian Jones @darthspoog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Brian Jones @darthspoog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Brian Jones @darthspoog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A gourmet hot dog and a nice latte for lunch😎
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mariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oh FFS. He's a barrister by profession. He's skilled at questioning relevant witnesses. Different from common bully tactics of some Senators in Estimates.
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Share a character that reminds you of yourself
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Walter Dude
ALT: Walter Dude
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Look! A person with degrees from Harvard and Princeton. And her husband a Nobel Peace Prize winner, plus their two children who have never stolen from a cancer charity.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It's 2026 In Australia, Senator @senatorthorpe.bsky.social's introduced 2 bills against 2 hideous practices 1️⃣ The Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting Shackling During Childbirth) Bill 2026 2️⃣The Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting the Strip Searching of Children) Bill 2026
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Two bills to end harmful and dangerous practices
Independent Senator for Victoria
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 13/10/2026
We're squarely in mad king territory now
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nordacious @nordacious.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A lil bit of mischief at Sydney Uni this weekend! An absurdly delightful treat to join @cathywilcox.bsky.social + Safdar Ahmed for a workshop on comics, political cartoons, and civil liberties at their Journalism Conference. Huge thanks to Honi Soit + the lovely Sophie Wishart for having me 🩵
A close-up selfie of me (James), Cathy Wilcox (centre) and Sophie Wishart (right) smiling together at the University of Sydney’s Student Journalism Conference. I’m wearing a light blue striped shirt, Cathy wears black-framed glasses and a burgundy top, and Sophie wears a black polka-dot blouse with a red conference lanyard.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Great Gas Giveaway just hit $78billon. And look, tbf, the gas companies are doing it tough. The government choosing to not do a 25% tax on gas exports is only fair - not like there are any needs currently being unmet... health, education, care, poverty, disability... live.thepoint.com.au
Screenshot of The Aus Institute's Great Gas Giveaway tracker:

$78,001,671,884

Revenue missed by not implementing a 25% tax on gas exports
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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Poole’s Beach is longer than what is shown on a map. At low tide, it takes 40’ to walk the length of rocky outcrops interspersed with sandy stretches. Yesterday afternoon I was walking the length and spotted the rainy change coming up the coast. It was over Bermagui at this point.
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