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Always a Difficult Earth Girl🐬🐨🐋🦘🦈 @scuttlebutter1.bsky.social · 6h
Excellent ... a precedent, finally, that places the onus on the approving authorities. 'Proving' their liability will be another thing altogether so we had better get cracking on ensuring baseline studies are up to date - hard copies preferable.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 14h
Watermelons float. Farmers in Asia and Latin America send them down rivers and canals instead of trucks, cutting bruising and fuel use at once.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 13h
Finland orders halt to work on Google data centers over environmental concerns
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Finland orders halt to work on Google data centers over environmental concerns
Regulators have ordered the company representing the US web giant in Finland to stop building data centers until it can demonstrate compliance with environmental laws. Officials are investigating whether trees and soil were cleared before the company carried out an impact study.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 12h
In Germany it's the law: when traffic jams up, drivers must split into lanes and leave a center path open for ambulances and fire trucks.
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 6h
Welcome to the Gronkocracy: How smart institutions become intellectually stupid open.substack.com/pub/newpolit...
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Welcome to the Gronkocracy: How smart institutions become intellectually stupid
The RBA’s interest-rate rise shows a bigger problem: institutions filled with intelligent people who are very good at following the accepted logic but incapable of asking whether that logic is wrong.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A dog went out on a boat with his human. She jumped in for a swim, and when she came back, the dog had made friends with a whale shark 🥰
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 20h
Most Australians hope for a return to their government upholding international law. Which means real sanctions on the Israeli state, ceasing all weapons trade, and expelling Israel's chief propagandist in Australia - aka the ambassador. #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine #auspol
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Dee Madigan @deemadigan.bsky.social · 19h
One Nation says AI is coming for Australian jobs then used AI to make their campaign video.
They didn’t hire an Aussie videographer or Aussie editor or Aussie actors.
Turns out it’s only ‘Australian jobs first’ when One Nation doesn’t have to pay.
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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 23h
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A drive through the West Bank
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are left asking world leaders: where exactly is our state meant to go?
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
David Pocock’s Commonwealth Land (Affordable Housing) Bill would require affordable housing to be built into residential development on Commonwealth land. It deserves support because public land should deliver lasting public value, not simply the highest possible sale price.
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Public land should deliver public value
David Pocock’s Commonwealth Land (Affordable Housing) Bill would require affordable housing to be built into residential development on Commonwealth land. It deserves support because public land shoul...
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 23h
Struggling to understand why Michael Danby doesn't know the difference between Zionism and Judaism, it isn't that hard.
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 23h
Tue 6 Oct 2026 - ‘1.5°C to stay alive’: Pacific countries demand the world makes good on climate promises truenorthnews.substack.com/p/tue-6-oct-...
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Tue 6 Oct 2026 - ‘1.5°C to stay alive’: Pacific countries demand the world makes good on climate promises
Your trusted guide to the top independent news and views of the day...
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why the FlyDubai story doesn’t add up, a Greens left turn and Australia’s politics of power open.substack.com/pub/newpolit...
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Why the FlyDubai story doesn’t add up, a Greens left turn and Australia’s politics of power
The FlyDubai narrative deserves more scrutiny, Shoebridge pushes the Greens towards the populist left; One Nation gets closer to Rinehart; Big tech and AI; and Labor pushes another massive coalmine.
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Phil Gorman @philgorman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
$13 million to quite fossil fuels elsewhere whilst approving new coal mining & gas fracking at home. There should be a shiny Brass Neck Award for outstanding feats of shameless hypocrisy.
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Always a Difficult Earth Girl🐬🐨🐋🦘🦈 @scuttlebutter1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jesus, I have a far better 'word' than 'betrayal' ... quite a few more accurate phrases, in fact. These criminals need to be held to account before they do more damage. Why are they immune from that process? It's madness.
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kaymac1953.bsky.social @kaymac1953.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Like Felon 34/47, Bibi thrives on chaos. That may destroy Israel. Like the U.S. bsky.app/profile/robe...
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Stop Trump’s attack on wolves! actions.eko.org/a/stop-trump...
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Stop Trump’s attack on wolves!
Majestic, intelligent, and fiercely loyal, gray wolves live in devoted family packs—led by an alpha pair who mate for life and raise their pups as a tight-knit unit.Among them is the Mexican gray wolf
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
News Corp, Santos, Kogan paid $0 in tax. But sure, let’s blame ‘government spending’ - Greg Jericho open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
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News Corp, Santos, Kogan paid $0 in tax. But sure, let’s blame ‘government spending’ - Greg Jericho
The Coalition want to cut already-underfunded social and health services, while staying silent on the corporations paying nothing
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Rees-Mogg says he supports the mass-murder of children – and liberals fawn over him jonathancook.substack.com/p/rees-mogg-...
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Rees-Mogg says he supports the mass-murder of children – and liberals fawn over him
Tucker Carlson, a strict isolationist, wonders what UK interest was served in fighting Hitler. If that sounds unhinged, wait till you hear what Lord Rees-Mogg has to say in response
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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Gaza’s 61 Million Tonnes of Rubble Could Take Up to 10 Years to Clear, UN Estimates | Sweden Herald
Sand-colored mounds, the remains of houses and what were once roads
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Finally, a government committed to rent control
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Denmark has built so much wind power that its grid now regularly produces more than the country can consume, and on the windiest days the wholesale price of electricity falls below zero." via Amazing Maps
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Agreed, representing the electorate clearly isn't his main priority.
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Phil Gorman @philgorman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari...
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One Nation makes Trump look quite sensible.
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Albo isn't leadership material, he is a status quo manager.
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mon 5 Oct 2026 - Australia and Turkey criticised for hosting UN climate conference while embracing coal truenorthnews.substack.com/p/mon-5-oct-...
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Mon 5 Oct 2026 - Australia and Turkey criticised for hosting UN climate conference while embracing coal
Your trusted guide to the top independent news and views of the day...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Like so many in Australia's media class, Karvelas extols "the sensible centre". A mindless cliche that only protects powerful interests and the neoliberal nightmare, fails to fix rising #inequality, #poverty and the #ClimateCrisis, and fuels One Nation and #FarRight. aka toxic centrism. #auspol
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The cognitive dissonance and hypocrisy are staggering. This feels like cigarette producers touring oncology wards www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Live: Albanese heads to pre-COP in Fiji, Tuvalu
Anthony Albanese will attend a pre-COP meeting in Fiji and Tuvalu today with Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen. Follow live.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
UK Greens Party pass “Zionism is Racism” motion declaring Israel’s Zionist, genocidal and apartheid regime is “Racist.” Thank you. All correct. ✅
Sky News screenshot of report outlining new position by UK Greens Party asserting Zionism is Racism.
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No party is perfect, financing Ukraine allows them to buy and develop weapons, so it's Greens and independents for me.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bruce Springsteen and Dave Matthews performed Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater cover) at the Power to the People concert in Columbia, Maryland (October 3, 2026).
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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#Fascism by @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social
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Tony Cartledge @decentral21.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Taxing the rich is gaining popularity around the world. Hatred of oligarchs is growing. It's a smart move by the Greens. Maintain the rage, Shoey. #Auspol michaelwest.com.au/new-greens-l...
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New Greens leader 'angry' on behalf of everyday workers - Michael West
Reforming the tax system is on new Greens leader David Shoebridge's agenda as he looks to convert Australian voter angst into support for the progressive party.
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh dear, poor Albo. 😏 They aren't swallowing his BS. Cop31 | The hosts of the next major UN climate conference, Turkey and Australia, are facing criticism for being partners in a coal supply chain while doing little to back nations wanting to get off fossil fuels.
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Australia and Turkey criticised for hosting UN climate conference while embracing coal
Global campaign group 350.org urges Cop31 hosts to announce a coal phase-out date and national roadmaps to get off fossil fuels
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Possibly not, but then the other three parties support Trump who appears to be aligned with Putin and Netanyahu.
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Israeli AI streamed a Ballarat basketball game. Then an alleged family violence breach. open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
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Israeli AI streamed a Ballarat basketball game. Then an alleged family violence breach.
Basketball Australia’s Pixellot rollout is putting women and children at risk – and players are paying for it
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#Auspol
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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Plantations are the future of timber. Biodiversity cannot be an afterthought pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
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Plantations are the future of timber. Biodiversity cannot be an afterthought
As plantations supply more of Australia’s timber, how they are established and harvested will increasingly shape biodiversity. Good management can make a substantial difference.
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hope so, he has dissappointed many Labor voters.
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We certainly need politicians prepared to represent their constituents, not the big end of town.
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Birds of a feather.
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Always a Difficult Earth Girl🐬🐨🐋🦘🦈 @scuttlebutter1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Great overview/summary of what's gone down - or not - & the results of it all in the Senate, that David Pocock has been involved with ... he's the reason we need far more 'Pococks' and far fewer out-of-touch, 'dyed in the wool' laborites. And, absolutely beats Insiders on a Sunday morning ...
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Volewica @nigel-purchase.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Australia’s wealth gap is growing and so is the anger over it. How do we fix this absolutely hopeless state of affairs? | Zoe Daniel
Prices beyond our control, climate change, big tech, crime, the government itself. It’s no wonder people are so furious
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They are treating us like mushrooms and expecting us to pay for it.
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
New Zealand’s Sliding Doors Moment on Defence | Bryant Harris open.substack.com/pub/joeljenk...
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New Zealand’s Sliding Doors Moment on Defence | Bryant Harris
Bryant Harris is a former journalist with more than a decade covering U.S.
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Overlizard @aitch-el.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This does not surprise me. Corellas (not song birds) chat to each other while flying. And kangaroos pay enormous attention to all the birds around them. They will run away purely on the advice of birds - no other evidence.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The captivating image reveals rows of high-tech, glowing servers situated inside a rugged underground mine cavern, with blue cooling pipes bringing cold air in and glowing orange pipes routing captured thermal energy up to a residential neighborhood above www.datacenterknowledge.com/business/fut...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Perspicacity - 49 @perspicacity-49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This Week in Palestine: Israeli Settlers Carry Out More Pogroms and Israel Kills Another Gaza Journalist open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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This Week in Palestine: Israeli Settlers Carry Out More Pogroms and Israel Kills Another Gaza Journalist
Zeteo’s weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as Israel continues its genocidal war and apartheid policies.
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