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Martin Dusk

@martindusk.bsky.social
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Librarian living on Ngunnawal & Ngambri country (Canberra region). CIS het middle aged white guy [he/him]. I’m interested in #Auspol (and this is the reason for my pseudonym) and libraries and nature. Finding my way as an older dad to a toddler

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Ette Media @ettemedia.bsky.social · 16h
Ette Media, in partnership with mathematician and data analyst Dr Richard Bean, reviewed and analysed 42 interviews from ABC's 7.30 programme between mid-2022, when Sarah Ferguson began her stint as host, until the end of August 2026. We've made this article free to access. Read the deep dive below:
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War of words: How ABC 7.30’s interview approach differs widely by conflict
An exclusive data analysis of interviews conducted on ABC’s 7.30 — and what they tell us about the broadcaster's bias.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Andrew Gardiner @ajgardineresq.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Cathy Wilcox with some anti-Zionist parting shots on her way out the door ... 🍉 Nothing to lose, so why not? #GazaGenocide #auspol
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Society is properly fucked. AI is social terrorism
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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“You can’t lock arms with the people calling librarians ‘groomers’ for shelving Brave New World and The Picture of Dorian Gray, or pass the laws that give those people everything they want, and then act shocked when canonical texts get removed from schools.”
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More Than 100 Classic and Acclaimed Works of Literature Removed from Texas Schools Last Year
Was your favorite book banned from a Texas school district in 2025-2026?
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A poll worker in New York just got a visit from ICE agents while working Election Day and was told to delete an Instagram post. This is voter suppression. This is what a police state looks like. We cannot normalize this! #USDemocracy #Pinks newrepublic.com/post/212340/...
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ICE Tracks Down Woman to Force Her to Delete Instagram Post
Federal agents confronted a poll worker on Election Day because they were upset about her social media posts.
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Read the comments when you've finished the article. I read them because it reminds me that I am not losing my mind. Other people out there agree with me and I'm not alone. You might benefit from the comments sections of Independent Media, as well. theaimn.net/the-weaponis...
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The Weaponisation of Antisemitism
The Weaponisation of Antisemitism – How an Unelected Envoy and a Contested Definition Are Silencing Healthcare Workers Dedicated to healthcare workers around the world who take a stand against genocid...
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Juanita Hardy @pikiran2ku.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
These Australians may have participated in savage attacks on civilians & the murders of children. Their unquestioned return to the streets of Australia makes me much more nervous than a bunch of misguided women and their innocent children.
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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
One rule for Antoinette Latouffe, another for a less than funny man – or maybe @abcnewsbot.bsky.social has finally learnt something about industrial relations
ABC manager won’t discipline Charlie Pickering for sledging Grace Tame while being “interviewed” by a well-known misogynist
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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Charlie Pickering having regrets about now? #IStandWithGrace
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I knew Peris was a friend of Zionists but I just read she shared content on her social media page that "Muslims are "Satan worshipping cockroaches [that] need to be eradicated". Gross. nit.com.au/16-06-2025/1...
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Nova Peris found sharing anti-Muslim content on social media
Former Olympian and former Labor senator Nova Peris OAM has been sharing Islamophobic content on social media.Ms Peris, a Gija, Yawuru and Gagudju woman, is among several First Nations Australians cur...
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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Linda Reynolds is astonishingly blind to the fact that it is her own actions that trashed her reputation. Suing and bankrupting a young woman she concedes was raped in her office consigned her forever to infamy as a truly terrible person, something of we're reminded every time she whines to the Oz.
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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
theshot.net.au/uncategorize... One question this article asks is “how did we get here?” Australia is racist as fuck. And we commodified everything. Money for money’s sake + racism systematically kills our humanity and everything we know to be right and true axiomatically and empirically.
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Send in the clowns - The Shot
At a ‘Defund the ABC’ protest, Charlie Pickering was speaking his mind to convicted domestic violence perpetrator and Zionist Rebel...
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Sarajadebl @sarajadebl.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
#Shoebridge to #MurrayWatt “govt entered into multimillion dollar contracts with #Palantir shareholder principal is a far right US almost fascist billionaire..Aust’s biometric data shouldn’t be handed to Palantir?” BL deceptive, face touching. Covers Suprasternal notch. Fear & feeling threatened.
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Doing what Israelis do: Lies and deception. The ex-IDF soldier and The Telegraph thought the Judge wouldn't see through them. michaelwest.com.au/misleading-d...
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"Misleading, deceptive". Judge scathing on 'Undercover Jew' stunt by NewsCorp, Israel activist - Michael West
NewsCorp's Undercover Jew stunt with Israeli activist Ofir Birenbaum and The Daily Telegraph turned ugly in court this week. Peter Lalor
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Martin Dusk @martindusk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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The Hare Report | Substack
Been reporting on universities for more than 20 years -- I know where the bodies are buried. Click to read The Hare Report, a Substack with hundreds of subscribers.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
on Nakba day, Israelis celebrating the foundational hateful violence of the state.
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Tis' Pookie, Immaculate Sister of the Butter Knife @katiesocialism.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Social cohesion is a weasel word trundled out by Politicians who will never adhere to said, social cohesion. We can kiss any neutrality or common sense from this RC because the Zionists are running it and we all know they are the epitome of racial hatred towards Palestinians.
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 08/05/2026
Opinion | "I spoke to Bishop for 20 minutes on a Sunday afternoon. From the outset, she came at me guns blazing, accusing me of being a shoddy and biased journalist who didn’t know what she was doing," writes Julie Hare. www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/08/j...
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Julie Bishop has resigned from ANU. She leaves a tattered legacy
During years of scandals, including an $800,000 office renovation and hundreds of thousands in travel expenses, Bishop always had an answer ready.
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Jenna Price @jennaprice.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The people, united 💪🏼 www.smh.com.au/national/jul...
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Julie Bishop resigns as chancellor of ANU
The former foreign minister became chancellor of ANU in 2020 and was due to finish her term at the end of this year.
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go follow @news.abc.net.au @abc-news.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Breaking: Julie Bishop resigns as ANU chancellor: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-08/juli…
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Breaking: Julie Bishop resigns as ANU chancellor
The former foreign minister had previously rejected calls from university staff and students to resign.
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
On this day in 1933, Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld library in Berlin. The world’s greatest collection of LGBTQ books and scientific papers were looted and later burned, erasing decades of research into sexuality and gender identity. ‘Where they burn books, in the end they will burn humans too’.
Photo showing the burning of the books looted from the Magnus Hirschfeld library.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Hannah Dickinson (VCWG) just silenced the Senate with harrowing facts on NZYQ refugees. While media paints a picture of "criminals”, Dickinson reveals a reality of "extremely vulnerable" ppl facing "grave punishment" for the "accident of their birth”💥 Just shocking. #auspol
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nordacious @nordacious.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Pauline Hanson: for “everyday Australians...” 🎣
A stylised pop art illustration of Pauline Hanson + Gina Rinehart seated in the cockpit of a private jet. Hanson, in the pilot’s seat, turns back with a smile and says, “GET IN LOSER, WE’RE FLYING HIGH FOR THE MINING INDUSTRY!” Rinehart sits beside her in a teal jacket, reaching forward to grip the accelerator lever, wearing large pearls. Behind Hanson’s seat is a sign reading “ONE NATION – serving the 1%,” while behind Rinehart is a sign that says “COCKPIT ACCESS: BILLIONAIRE DONORS ONLY.” The dashboard is colourful and whimsical, with pink, teal, and chartreuse controls. Through the cockpit window is a simplified, stylised mining landscape with terraced earth, heavy machinery, smoke, and flames rising into the sky.
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Heidi @heidilibrarian.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
www.thetimes.com/uk/get-brita...
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Swedish schools said they didn’t need books. Pupils proved them wrong
Screen-based learning led to falling literacy rates, so the authorities are spending millions changing course. The children are delighted
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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
⬇️ Unforgiveable repeated tactic 💔 First responders are humanity heroes ❤️ #auspol
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Martin Dusk @martindusk.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
It’s not as catchy as TACO, but it’s relevant for #auspol LAWO. Labor Always Wooses Out
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Public servants can break the law to keep a secret? @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social on ART Tribunal fight over Pezzullo report and the bizarre lengths to which they go to hide stuff. #auspol #APSC #ART michaelwest.com.au/fat-cats-and...
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Fat Cats and the Pezullo report. So keen for secrecy, they'd rather admit failure - Michael West
In its pitch to keep “Pezzullo Report” secret, the Australian Public Service Commission has given sworn evidence to ART it has failed
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Jay @jaysbored.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
lol, he just did the presidential equivalent of pulling the school fire alarm to avoid an algebra test
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OMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 @amsickofpollies.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
. Thank you Ed Husić Integrity, honour, honesty Unlike your leader, Albo .
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TheCatMan @bigbrohem.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Criminals gonna crime. The most brazenly corrupt administration ever. They are not governing. They are looting - the Treasury, the American people - while most are struggling to just get by, pay rent, buy gas, pay for groceries. It's Us vs. the Epstein Class, and it has reached Critical Mass.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Remembering Amal Khalil
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Oftentimes Jack 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Algo in the genocide
Omar Sakr

Okay I won’t use the word Jewish
And I won’t use the word Zionist
And I won’t use the word genocide
And I won’t use the word apartheid
And I won’t use the word settler
And I won’t use the word colony
And I won’t use the word killed
And I won’t use the word watermelon
And I won’t use the word Palestine
And I won’t use the word resistance
And I won’t use the word law
And I won’t use the word moral
And I won’t use the word men
And I won’t use the word God
And I won’t use the word river
And I won’t use the word sea
And I won’t use the word free
And I won’t use the word children
For the young of _____ are always _____What are we left with at the end?
A murdered dictionary and field
After silent field of unmarked graves.
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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Happy National Library Week! 💙📚
Support these data centers: SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, BOOKSTORES
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Victoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This is disappointing by ABC. I’m not surprised to see 7 Spotlight bashing EVs (helping fossil fuel lobby) but expect better of the ABC. This whinge about EVs doesn’t mention $ savings from not buying petrol. Also, how about cutting emissions? Climate change? Hello? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
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I drove an EV for three days. It saved me money but cost me time
With no end in sight to soaring fuel prices, 7.30 decided to take an EV for a test drive to see how far it could take our reporter, and if Australia's EV charging network stacks up.
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NeddyL @neddyl.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Eat your heart out Minns! in Queensland they can arrest fruit. Joh could pull that sort of shit off. #auspol #palestine #queensland #nswpol
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
NSW’s highest court strikes down anti-protest law introduced in wake of Bondi beach terror attack Court finds law – which effectively meant protesters could not march without risk of arrest – is unconstitutional #AusPol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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NSW’s highest court strikes down anti-protest law introduced in wake of Bondi beach terror attack
Court finds law – which effectively meant protesters could not march without risk of arrest – is unconstitutional
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Tim Sherratt @wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026
I've created a new @zotero translator for the State Library of Victoria. It captures metadata from the main catalogue, and metadata and digital files (PDFs & images) from the SLV's digital file viewer. I've submitted it for review & inclusion in the main Z repo, but in the meantime you can test […]
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 13/04/2026
‘ANU’s multifaceted crisis has cost a previously unreported $250,000 between crisis PR and TEQSA’s governance review.’ www.themandarin.com.au/311040-anu-c...
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ANU crisis costs continue to mount
ANU's multifaceted crisis has cost a previously unreported $250,000 between crisis PR and TEQSA's governance review.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A reminder to check out alternative media outfits like We Used to Be Journos, Deepcut and Lamestream who are all putting in the work to bring you news analysis and the stories/perspectives the mainstream sometimes misses. They need subscribers, to exist. Feel free to add your own recommendations.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 07/04/2026
My Books Save Lives Act makes it clear: discriminatory book bans are a violation of federal civil rights law. I held a read-in at All She Wrote Books in Somerville to announce this bill to fight book bans and emphasize the importance of inclusive literature.
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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
In other news … 😵‍💫
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This isn’t just a growing problem, it’s one we can solve. Experts are calling on Google and YouTube to limit AI-generated videos for kids, label them clearly and give families real control. Kids’ safety has to come before clicks. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Google Faces Demands to Prohibit AI Videos for Kids on YouTube
Alphabet Inc.’s Google is facing demands from child development experts to prohibit videos created with artificial intelligence from being shown or recommended to young viewers across YouTube and YouT...
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 02/04/2026
Iranian drones struck Amazon data centers in the UAE early in the war— the first known wartime attack on commercial cloud infrastructure. A security scholar explains the significance:
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Why Iran targeted Amazon data centers and what that does – and doesn’t – change about warfare
Commercial data centers have become critical infrastructure, supporting everything from financial transactions to government services. And critical infrastructure is often targeted in war.
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