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LifeandLarder

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Well-seasoned Australian feminist. 🧂 Watching, writing, and stirring the pot of politics, culture & patriarchy. Doomscrolling the global shit show.

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twist @pvdork.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Cartoon by @slyngstad.bsky.social. #WhereIsMitch
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LifeandLarder @lou-from-au.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Attending history talks in Kiama. Christine Yeats from the Royal Australian Historical Society, and others, will be speaking.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Via the Guardian, all up, that's a pretty good day
With that, we will wrap the blog for the evening. We’ll be back first thing tomorrow – take care of yourselves.

Until then, these were today’s biggest news headlines:

The opposition leader, Sussan Ley, has said the Albanese government’s proposed hate speech and anti-vilification legislation appears “pretty unsalvageable” and rejected suggestions of hypocrisy by the Coalition after weeks of calls for new laws to tackle antisemitism.

The Greens have said the party will not support the government’s hate speech bill “in its current form”.

The head of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry has called on the opposition to rethink its opposition to the government’s hate speech laws and seek amendments from Labor.

Allegra Spender has urged the Coalition to follow through on their calls for “urgent action” in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

The Adelaide festival has reinstated its invitation to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah to Adelaide writers’ week for 2027 and issued an unreserved apology amid the firestorm over the decision to remove her from its program.

Abdel-Fattah said she accepts the apology, but says it won’t be a “quick fix” to repair damage done.

The South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, said he was informed of the new board’s decision to apologise to Abdel-Fattah, but he did not agree with that decision.

Major demonstrations in Sydney planned for 26 January could still go ahead even if a declaration restricting protests is extended beyond that date, as police confirm they are working with different organisers on contingencies.
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LifeandLarder @lou-from-au.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Justice for Jayson: Stand up for Free Speech & Artistic Freedom chuffed.org/project/just...
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Justice for Jayson: Stand up for Free Speech & Artistic Freedom
Dear friends and supporters,
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LifeandLarder @lou-from-au.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing, not ordinary Australians! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...
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Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing, not ordinary Australians
Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought worse, costing Australians billions every year. Make fossil fuel producers pay a climate disaster levy to help pay...
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LifeandLarder @lou-from-au.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Sussan Ley calls recognition of Palestine as reckless, but cheering on genocide is just fine? The Liberal Party doesn’t speak for Australians. We reject sycophantic loyalty to U.S. hardliners. Enjoy the opposition benches. You’ve earned them.
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LifeandLarder @lou-from-au.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
sharing is caring
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crystal ashley @poormamanv.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The tate brothers are being treated better than Zalinskyy
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Cathy V @zpoet.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Today's meeting with Zalinskyy
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Jan Dehn @jandehn.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
BLOG: This debacle - an attempt at bullying on a national scale - confirms that Russia and the other fascist state - the United States - seek to carve up Ukraine. All democracies must reject this outrage. The US is not Europe’s ally, it is its enemy. Act now! www.jandehn.com/post/molotov...
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact 2.0
The Putin-Trump Pact is eerily similar to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
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LifeandLarder @lou-from-au.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This grandiosity & entitlement is common in narcissistic & authoritarian leaders. Trump believes his “greatness” deserves endless praise. He uses mockery, and outright bullying to attempt to force submission. So grateful to Zelenskyy for standing up to these fools
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LifeandLarder @lou-from-au.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Story by @ZekeJMiller published in SMH 6 Feb states that Trump has given his advisors instruction to ‘destroy Iran’ if they kill him, yet he revoked the security clearance and personal security detail for retired army general and former chair of joint chiefs of staff, Mark Milley (and others).
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LifeandLarder @lou-from-au.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Sam Kerr messed up. She probably should have added misogynist to “fucking stupid and white”.
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LifeandLarder @lou-from-au.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Can we please stop referring to the US and by extension, the US President, as the leader of the free world?
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LifeandLarder @lou-from-au.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Elon Musks violates X’s rules daily: Platform Manipulation and Spam …( in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience) What are the consequences?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/02/2025
Knowing the names of the an unelected oligarch’s underlings who are destroying the government from within is a crime now, apparently.
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Lovely.Day.2.Me. @lovelyday2me.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
💙This was posted by a good British citizen. The scary part is that this is what the world thinks of our President (except for the Russians). This cartoonist has this message spot on! #tRump #Coup #saveourcountry #criminals #tREASON #25thAmmendment
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New Bloom @newbloommag.net · 03/02/2025
"Trump Threatens Taiwan with Semiconductor Tariffs" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
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Trump Threatens Taiwan with Semiconductor Tariffs | New Bloom Magazine
In comments last month, US President Donald Trump hit out at Taiwan, once again accusing Taiwan of stealing the American semiconductor industry. This time around, however, Trump went on to state that…
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 03/02/2025
⚡️Zelensky warns of Russia’s growing alliance with Iran, North Korea. In an interview with the Associated Press on Feb. 2, President Volodymyr Zelensky added that while these countries had previously cooperated on weapons and technology, they are now openly engaged in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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Zelensky warns of Russia’s growing alliance with Iran, North Korea
In an interview with the Associated Press on Feb. 2, Zelensky added that while these countries had previously cooperated on weapons and technology, they are now openly engaged in Russia’s war against ...
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Axios @axios.com · 03/02/2025
Trump says USAID run by "lunatics" as Democrats demand answers on DOGE visit www.axios.com/2025/02/03/u...
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Trump says USAID run by "a bunch of radical lunatics" as Dems demand answers on DOGE visit
Senate Democrats said they're concerned the DOGE reps' action "Compromises our National Security."
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/02/2025
Dozens of employees at the Education Department were placed on paid administrative leave as part of the Trump administration’s larger effort to rid the federal workforce of employees associated with diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility efforts, two sources told CNN
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Education Department employees placed on paid leave as part of Trump administration’s DEI purge | CNN Politics
Dozens of employees at the Education Department were placed on paid administrative leave Friday as part of the Trump administration’s larger effort to rid the federal workforce of employees associated...
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 03/02/2025
North Queensland floods: hundreds evacuated, dozens rescued as 1.2m of rain dumped in some areas
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North Queensland floods: hundreds evacuated, dozens rescued as 1.2m of rain dumped in some areas
BoM says weather system weakening, but flood waters continue to rise and Ingham is cut off after bridge at Ollera Creek collapses * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Authorities say there is “more significant rain to come”…
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 03/02/2025
Trump vows to stop US assistance to South Africa over land law www.ft.com/content/685c95df-9ccc-4b…
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Trump vows to stop US assistance to South Africa over land law
Rand falls after president singles out Brics nation over expropriation of properties
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 03/02/2025
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Canadians push back on Trump tariffs by ditching American goods and services
Some took to social media on Sunday to trade tips for shopping local and to share lists of alternatives for their favourite U.S. products
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Top 0.01% of all Todds @toddadam.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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