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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 29/09/2026
"As I said to the help while they cleaned my mansion, we all need to be ready to make sacrifices,” said the RBA boss. chaser.com.au/general-news...
RBA tells working class people to stop wasting money on ‘luxuries’ like food, shelter and transport - The Chaser
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Matt V @mattyv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Michele Bullock said she thought an unemployment rate of somewhere between 4.5 and 5 per cent would "take enough heat out of the labour market" to ease pressure on inflation." For the millionth time. Get real. The labour market isn't putting pressure on inflation. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Unemployment rate reaches post-COVID era high of 4.6pc in August
Some economists say the increase won't be enough to stop the Reserve Bank lifting interest rates next week.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 15/09/2026
Pocock says Labor easing copyright protections for AI datacentre investment would throw creatives ‘under the bus’
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Pocock says Labor easing copyright protections for AI datacentre investment would throw creatives ‘under the bus’
Proposals revealed as senior personnel from OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, met with Albanese ministers The Albanese government is considering giving AI companies access to Australian creatives’ works by default as its pursues a compromise with American tech giants. The proposals were revealed as senior personnel from OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, met with Labor ministers and warned Australia’s copyright laws were preventing the company training models locally. Continue reading...
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 12/09/2026
The real low point in Kevin Gallagher's speech earlier this week was when he claimed the gas industry receives no government subsidies. Between direct grants - $15m - and free credits - $85m - Santos has received $100m worth of federal subsidies for its Moomba CCS project. I guess he forgot those.
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gamersnexus.bsky.social @gamersnexus.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
216 million spy TVs, ACR, vulnerabilities, and the LG Smart TV problem: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFV...
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216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV Problem
YouTube video by Gamers Nexus
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Oh good the LG TV spyware video dropped. youtu.be/6IFVTcM28KA
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216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV Problem
YouTube video by Gamers Nexus
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Matt V @mattyv.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As much as the current Vic government has issues, we're going to regress a lot environmentally at the next election www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Parties divided over purple-lid glass bins ahead of Victorian election
Councils call on the Victorian government to reconsider a mandate requiring purple-lid glass-recycling bins to be rolled out to all homes by July 2027.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 08/09/2026
Alternative view
Treemap titled "OPERATING gas plants" showing most plants in large dark-green blocks labeled chemicals and oil & refining, with smaller dark-green blocks for iron & steel, other, pulp & paper and industrial park, and a small pink block labeled data center.Treemap titled "PLANNED gas plants" showing sector shares: a dominant pink block labeled "data center" and smaller dark blue blocks for other, chemicals, industrial park, oil & refining, iron & steel, hydrogen production, LNG production and several tiny categories.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 08/09/2026
Whole bloody big heap of new planned ultra-filthy fossil infrastructure we need to stop from ever coming close to existing. globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
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Global Oil and Gas Plant Tracker
The Global Oil and Gas Plant Tracker is a worldwide dataset of oil- and gas-fired power plants.
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Skeptics with a K @skepticswithak.org · 03/09/2026
Skeptics with a K: Episode #480 Marsh looks at the links between billionaire activists and academia, where claims of academic freedom provide cover for a political agenda. Meanwhile, Mike is visited by an angel. www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/ske...
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Episode #480 | Skeptics with a K | Merseyside Skeptics Society
<p>Marsh looks at the links between billionaire activists and academia, where claims of academic freedom provide cover for a political agenda. Meanwhile, Mike is visited by an angel.</p><p>You can fin...
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Absolutely mind boggling that Australia's Signals Directorate has given Israeli phone hacking company Cellebrite secret security clearance to handle sensitive Government data. Our data.
Cellebrite Guardian Completes IRAP Assessment: Achieves PROTECTED Level for Australian Government Agencies
September 2, 2026 at 8:30 AM EDT
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Independent assessment gives Australian law enforcement, defense and national security agencies a platform for collaborating and managing digital evidence in the cloud quickly and securely

TYSONS CORNER, Va. and PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Sept. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellebrite DI Ltd. (Nasdaq: CLBT), a global leader in AI-powered Digital Investigative and Intelligence solutions for the public and private sectors, today announced that Cellebrite Guardian, its cloud-based digital evidence management platform, has achieved an important technical milestone to support its adoption by the Company's customers in Australia. Guardian has completed an assessment under the Infosec Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) at the PROTECTED classification level. The assessment was conducted by CyberCX, an Australian Signals Directorate (ASD)-endorsed IRAP assessor.
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Matt V @mattyv.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A lesson in not learning lessons www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Live: One Nation reveals plan to divert superannuation to boost pay
Australians paying rent or a mortgage would be given a choice to divert a portion of their superannuation to boost their income for up to three years under a One Nation proposal. Follow live.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
PM '36 Coal+Gas approvals' Albo says now not time for accountability "I still find it shocking that the PrimeMinister, who claims full understanding of the unprecedented human health burden of climate change of today & tmr, backed down so quickly on the supposed ‘strong stance’ on AI & renewables"
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From data centres to Nepal, much stronger climate action must be on the agenda
Pushback against regulation of AI data centres in Australia and the horrific flash flooding in the Nepal-Tibet region are stories
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I don't think it should be controversial to say, "we will not provide financial or military assistance to a country where the Minister of National Security brags about popping people's dreams of 'food' and 'education' then sending them to a prison where they are starved."
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
1/ Alternative title: 'Largest ever decline in support for cultural diversity in 2026 Lowy Institute Poll, amid aggressive anti-immigration rhetoric from Pauline Hanson's One Nation and silence from political leaders'
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
From the comfort of his Hurstbridge mansion (paid for by some of his millionaire sponsors), the former leader of the National Socialist Network, Tom Sewell, *finally* responds to the suicide of his VIC lieutenant, Tim Lutze. Harsh.
You have made a significant error in judgement and yet to make an apology.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 25/08/2026
“Unfortunately, when left to the greedy, price-gouging gentailers and retailers to implement, it has now become a more expensive option for consumers – it’s not a bill saver – and all overseen by the Australian Energy Regulator who are doing nothing to protect consumers"
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 13/08/2026
The wealthiest man in human history—who clearly performed several Nazi salutes on Inauguration Day 2025—is directly responsible for the deaths of up to 14 million people, including 4.5 million children, by 2030. He's not "quirky" or "weird" or "awkward". He's a fucking monster.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
While millions of Australians are worried about paying the mortgage, affording food or insurance, the Australian Submarine Agency, that’s meant to be building AUKUS nuclear submarines, has been literally having a ball at the public expense.
Photo of the fancy function room where the ball was held
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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
As we celebrate David McBride's freedom, don't forget Labor could have freed him since they were elected, but refused to act. David has paid a terrible price for sharing the truth, a price no whistleblower should ever pay again. Congratulations David, we all celebrate with you.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The National Press Club is currently debating the NDIS cuts. Our research shows that either a 25% gas tax or ending the fuel tax credit scheme would more than cover the funding that are being cut The NDIS is sustainable live.thepoint.com.au/2026/08/the-...
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Michael Brown @mjibrown.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Facebook's parent company, Meta, is directly paying several controversial content creators including a white nationalist with Neo-Nazi links and a prominent anti-vaxxer… www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Facebook pays controversial creators to produce rage-bait content
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals Facebook is directly funding some controversial Australian content creators including a white nationalist and an anti-vaxxer influencer.
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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
These people will all be dead in 50 years. The damage they inflict on your children and grandchildren will exist for geological time. Are you going to let them get away with it? www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"Australia’s biggest industrial emitters are being paid to pollute, new analysis finds" Tegan George thepoint.com.au/new/260731-a...
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Australia’s biggest industrial emitters are being paid to pollute, new analysis finds
New analysis has found Australia’s biggest industrial emitters received around $22 in Fuel Tax Credit rebates for every dollar they spent complying with the federal government’s emissions reduction po...
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Turns out INPEX has "drastically under-reported toxic emissions — including the carcinogen benzene — from its Ichthys LNG plant on Darwin Harbour" Environment Centre NT: "NT EPA's regulation of Inpex & Santos's toxic air pollution under the current licences has been alarmingly slipshod..."
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EPA recommends stricter pollution rules for Santos and Inpex
The Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority recommends sweeping changes to the licences of Darwin's two major gas processing companies — Santos and Inpex — following a review triggered by ...
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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Matt V @mattyv.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Somewhere in Central Victoria Taken by the roadside Probably should have cropped slightly to center the tree, will do so for the print #landscape #photography #farmland
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Matt V @mattyv.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Clunes, Victoria. Sat 19 July, 2026 #photography #darktable #sonyalpha
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"We've complained to his owners all the time, but they just can't control it. Once I even found it passed out on a planter box in the street, barking to itself," said one neighbour. Read the full story: theshovel.com.au/2026/07/21/l...
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
As people all over the world suffer fossil-fueled deadly heatwaves, raging wildfires, smoke-filled skies, extreme rainfall, devastating floods & landslides, the Victorian Liberals & Nationals want to THROW OPEN THE DOOR TO NEW GAS EXPLORATION🤯 www.jesswilsonkew.com.au/media-releas...
Excerpt of press release from Jess Wilson MP, Member for Kew, Leader of the Liberal Party

Sunday, 12 July 2026

A future Liberal and Nationals Government will ease the pressure on energy prices for households and businesses by throwing open the door to new gas exploration.

After more than a decade of Labor's war on gas, Victoria faces declining local production, rising prices and growing risks to future energy security. Around 80 per cent of Victorian households rely on gas, yet Labor has failed to back the industry that keeps homes warm, manufacturers operating and the electricity system reliable.

For more than a decade, Labor failed to issue a single new onshore conventional gas exploration permit. Even after finally releasing two small exploration areas last year, Labor has failed to attract the new investment and new supply Victoria desperately needs.

A Liberal and Nationals Government will put Victoria back in business.

Within 60 days of coming to government, we will launch a statewide Request for Proposal process, inviting gas producers to tell us where Victoria's best conventional gas opportunities are and how quickly they can responsibly bring them into production.

Instead of governments deciding where exploration should occur, we will let industry put forward the strongest proposals, assess them under Victoria's existing laws and environmental safeguards, and get the best projects moving.

At the same time, we will slash unnecessary red tape by streamlining State environmental approvals, so projects no longer face years of costly and avoidable delays.
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Matt V @mattyv.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I call this one, Juxtaposition. July 2026, regional Victoria #photography
Photo taken in July 2026 of an electric vehicle (Tesla) parked outside a decrepit old corrugated building in regional Victoria. The building contains decades of faded signwriting, with the most prominent remaining being the word 'PETROL'. A statue of a prancing horse is perched atop the building.
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Pat Hudson Cartoons @hudsoncartoons.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Sometimes it’s written on their face #auspol
Editorial cartoon. Sen Hanson’s face with words where the line-work would be such as - racist, xenophobia, homophobia, intolerance, narrow-minded, discriminatory, Islamophobia, etc. The word ‘hate’ is written in her eyes.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 13/07/2026
Research by the Australia Institute shows Australians lost more than $104 billion to gambling between July 2023 and July 2026 – equating to an average of $666 million a week. Read more on The Point ⤵️ theaus.in/4fegb8H
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Matt V @mattyv.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fa... Spent a great day back on the bike around Lysterfield Lake - Thanks to the rangers for all they do. Pay them more!
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Fair Pay for Parks Vic
After a year of negotiating in good faith, union members at Parks Victoria are taking action. They have repeatedly asked to be treated the same as any other public sector workers - but management aren...
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 09/07/2026
“I've watched governments of all persuasions make the same mistake: leaning on fossil fuels to solve the problems created by fossil fuels.” | Nicolette Boele trib.al/tB4P1OI
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Fossil fuels won’t fix a fossil fuel crisis
One year ago I became the first independent member for Bradfield. For three decades before that, I worked in energy, climate and finance, and in that time I’ve watched governments of all persuasions make the same mistake: leaning on fossil fuels to solve the problems created by fossil fuels.
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ACCR @accr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Values have to change. Incentives need to shift. Fossil fuels, which were for long so beneficial to humanity, have to be recognised as poisons. And petroleum companies must pay for backtracking on their promises, writes Jonathan Watts www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Fuel on the fire: why oil companies are profiting as the world gets dangerously hot
The scientific consensus is that burning fossil fuels drives the climate crisis, yet the world’s biggest oil companies are planning to increase production
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Matt V @mattyv.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The Steam Machine is overpriced and a little underpowered, Valve should probably have opted to sell at a loss due to the RAMPocalypse or held off and gone with more power in a year. That said, all these "I built my own Steam Machine" articles are ridiculous. Twice the size, "laying around" $1k GPUs
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Matt V @mattyv.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
As a neutral observer, if that's a foul/penalty the rule book needs re-writing #MEXvsENG
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Fri 3 July The 🌏's oceans are the hottest on record for June, exceeding the 2023-24 El Nino years Ocean heat added has ⬆️ from the equivalent of ~5 Hiroshima-scale 💣s PER SECOND in 2020 to ~12 Hiroshima-scale 💣s PER SECOND in 2025🤯 @albomp.bsky.social govt, STOP approving Coal & Gas projects‼️
Protestor at the weekly Friday protest outside the allegedly pro-environment Josh Burns' St Kilda office speaking with passers-by. This weekly protest has been going for more than 1 year.
Placards from left to right say:
HONK FOR CLIMATE ACTION 
LABOR  FAILING ON CLIMATE 
LABOR = CLIMATE WRECKERS
Protestors hold up banners & placards opposite Josh Burns' St Kilda office
The large yellow banner says TAX GAS EXPORTS 
And the placard says HONK FOR CLIMATE ACTION
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
What we already know is a Jess Wilson-led Liberal Party will scrap Victoria's Treaty process that's been 10 years in the making & ongoing That's sufficient information to take a decision Will public institutions, civic orgs & leaders committed to Walking with First Nations honour their commitment❓️
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Victorian Liberals will scrap Australian-first Treaty within 100 days if elected
The Victorian Liberals will scrap the state's proposed Treaty agreement with First Peoples' if elected. The opposition had previously withdrawn support for the proposed agreement, which is set to be d...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 13/06/2026
A utility CEO saying that it's fine to keep coal open as long as possible is worse, literally, than the CEO of a car company saying no one is killed in car crashes. By a huge margin. There is no perception of the sheer danger of coal power among these people, even those who support renewables
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Redbridge/Accent poll shows One Nation fans not overly concerned with cost of living, healthcare, housing affordability but VERY het up about immigration DemosAU says:"once undecided voters are excluded, ~1 in 5 Coalition voters at the 2025 Federal Election are now intending to vote for One Nation"
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Who are the Voters Swinging to One Nation? - DemosAU
DemosAU's Federal MRP Model, released earlier this week, projects One Nation would win 12 seats (based on the model's central forecast), if the results of our
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"Beating hate requires leadership, investment & institutions that help people belong. & it requires politicians willing to stand up to racism, not harvest it or fail to call out those who indulge in it." Sadly, we're NOT getting this fr leaders, institutions, pollies thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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The genie of racism is trying to escape. Letting it will diminish this nation
A dangerous genie is trying to escape from its bottle. Letting it out will diminish us as a people and a nation. Beating hate requires leadership, investment and institutions that help people belong. ...
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 05/06/2026
The economics of building new #wind farms in Australia is “getting worse, not better,” project developers warn, as rising #construction costs and a fickle off-take market block the path to final investment.
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"Worse, not better:" Developers paint grim picture of wind energy economics – even with CIS support
The economics of building new wind farms in Australia is "getting worse, not better," project developers warn, as rising construction costs and a fickle off-take market block the path to final investment.
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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Two days ago, a user here (@mattyv.bsky.social) alerted me to a news item from “News Nation Now” about how LED light bulbs are creating “a crisis for human mitochondria.” www.newsnationnow.com/health/led-l...
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LED lighting creating crisis for human mitochondria: Researchers
“This is an asbestos-level health crisis,” Dr. Glen Jeffrey said of research showing LED light exposure on human mitochondria.
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 28/05/2026
Pauline Hanson says what the government is proposing is “communism” – the wealth transfer she would prefer to perpetuate is from wage-earners to investors, writes Paul Bongiorno. trib.al/ya0UCqB
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In the real world, the budget is selling
Anthony Albanese’s burst of courage, changing his election campaign position of doing nothing on significant tax reform, has triggered more than the expected sound and fury. It is also proving a net positive for his government.
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Matt V @mattyv.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
@jonathanjarry.bsky.social came across this story and seems a little fishy to me. Would love to see an examination of the study www.newsnationnow.com/health/led-l...
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LED lighting creating crisis for human mitochondria: Researchers
“This is an asbestos-level health crisis,” Dr. Glen Jeffrey said of research showing LED light exposure on human mitochondria.
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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The BHP files: World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal
Exclusive: Cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners show multinational has war-gamed ways to massively delay decarbonisation
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 09/05/2026
Editorial: There can be no new fossil fuel projects if the world is to keep global heating below 2 degrees Celsius. Even that rise is catastrophic. The Albanese government’s fecklessness has ensured it will be worse. satpa.pe/dhcdQHL
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King’s last supper
Madeleine King’s press release is a little shorter than this editorial. For her, there is not much to explain. The announcement of a new gas field licence and the further opening of the country’s coast for marine drilling is simple enough. The logic is obvious.
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