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Janet Cumming

@polyquats.bsky.social
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Retired environmental health scientist, quilter, carer. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦Trans women are women. On Taribelang Country Bundaberg Qld. Born at 312 ppm CO2

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Ignoble Jim R Houghton @jimrhoughton.bsky.social · 6h
I think AI as malware is a powerful way to describing it. May have uses in short term but carries the seeds of destruction with it.
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 10h
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Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is the post you want from someone who actually knows something: alexwasburne.substack.com/p/the-irkuts...
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The Irkutsk Plague
What to make of the Irkutsk pneumonic plague incident so far
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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wipes tears
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Stephen Wunderlich @swonder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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The News Is Reporting What Mitch McConnell Looks Like. I'm Telling You What I See.
I’m not sure how many of you out there realize this, but I’ve become an ulcer for a lot of politicians.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Time for a history lesson from Professor Trevor Poutine, Trevor holds three university degrees, including an Honours BA, a Bachelor of Education (BEd), and a Master's Degree focusing on 1914–1945 Europe, with specializations in propaganda and the Holocaust. So I think he knows of what he speaks.
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Anondeplume @anondeplume.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From The River To The Sea, Palestine Will Be Free.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I saw this year's ago...still cracks me up 🤣🤣🤣🤣😎💙😎
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Norman Finkelstein is asked if he believes there is "very rampant anti-Semitism in the US" by an interviewer who claims he himself has experienced it. Here is his response:
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John DeBaptiste @johndebaptiste.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Viva Palestina
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OJMachine @ojmachine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
it's also a bunch of lies that they use to market the tech. AI isn't this kind of intelligent. if it breached somewhere it's because it was made to. it's not rogue or anything out of the plans. Seeing how much money they burn they need to keep stocking the engine aggressively
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Janet Cumming @polyquats.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Playing a Tiny Violin
Alt: Playing a Tiny Violin
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The Sons of Ares @thesonsofares.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Apartheid states are illegitimate by definition and require being dismantled. PS: no one there is referring to a two-state solution or the Green Line with that phrase. Stop being a pussy about it.
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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's hard to point to a clearer example of the moderate white person per MLK, "who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice..."
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Jewish comedian Rachel Arieff just recorded the video more of us need to make. She says she opposes Israel because it acts against her Jewish values. She calls the so-called “Jewish State” a defilement of those values. She refuses to let Israel use Jews as cover. Her words:
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
No clue. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a close up of a partially completed crossword in the "Puzzles & Political Games" section of a printed publication. A hand holding a pen (that reflects the climate stripes visible in the background) is filling in the answers. The clues: "ACROSS. 1. What is the cause of more intense and more frequent extreme weather events? 6. Who has warned us for decades that a rapid transition away from fossil fuels is the only way to avoid surpassing 1.5 degrees of global warming? 9. What is the greatest threat to human and animal life, food and nations security, resources, infrastructure, and every living system on the planet? 11. With the UN confirming 1.5 degrees of global warming is now guaranteed, what point have we reached? 13. What, according to politicians, is it never the right time to discuss?" The answers: "1. Climate Change 6. IPCC 9. Climate Change 11. Crisis 13. Climate change"
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign
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Karl Gibbs @saffrongibbs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Except the consulate is in East Jerusalem, a Palestinian area to serve Palestinians and where Israel does not, or rather legally does not, have authority.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I couldn't have put it better myself
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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 04/09/2026
So glad I came across this gem. 💎 🎵 by Margot Darling
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Janet Cumming @polyquats.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What gif shows up when you type your name?
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Kristen Bell: Dammit Janet! in The Good Place
Alt: Kristen Bell: Dammit Janet! in The Good Place
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Paranoia manufactured by institutions that monopolize victimhood is delusion, not reality. It is psychopathology that requires treatment, not government and university validation. Fabricated fear should never become a license to silence speech at home or rationalize genocide in Palestine.
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Blakandblack @blakandblack.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#ThursdayThoughts
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
😳 Watch Israeli officials accidentally admit what they’re actually doing then quickly try to walk it back 😵‍💫😩
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Jon Adcock @jonadcock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#booksky
Can't believe we're at the stage of dystopia where we're destroying old books because Tim from corporate can't write his own emails.
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A reminder: eugenics does not belong in academia — it belongs in the trash. It’s pretty basic.
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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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John McTigue @johnmctigue.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Human caused rapid global warming.
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Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
One of my favorite examples of this. youtube.com/shorts/8-V74...
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Fruit for Thought and my favourite bit of Irish history #standupcomedy #storytelling
YouTube video by David Nihill
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Richard Dodd 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @richarddoddauthor.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Text reads: a therapist said: people who need therapy don’t come to us. Their victims do. 

Now let that sink in
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Have been watching the antisemitism RC closely & struggling to find actual examples of antisemitism. Zero institutionalised racism, segregation, or systemic exclusion like First Nations people still face. Examples lack evidence & rely on hearsay. Clearly just a massive beat-up.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Beard's essay opens, "I want to start very near the beginning of the tradition of Western literature, and its first recorded example of a man telling a woman to ‘shut up’; telling her that her voice was not to be heard in public." My essay on the Odyssey, Andrew & Tristan Tate, misogyny then & now:
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Listening to Cassandra: Misogyny, Classical and Modern
Last weekend, the film The Odyssey was released and the Tate brothers were arrested in Florida at the behest of the British government, which seeks to extradite them to face a long list of charges. An...
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Ignoble Jim R Houghton @jimrhoughton.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In 'fact' Kyle, Karl and Alan are bullies and bigots, who've regularly caused distress to thousands and incited hatred based on ethnicity, culture or social philosophy. It's simple cause and effect that MFWs exposes bullies and bigots being bullies and bigots. www.theage.com.au/national/the...
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These ‘witches’ claim to have brought down Kyle, Karl and Alan Jones. In fact, they’re bullies
But by what right does activist group Mad F---ing Witches appoint itself as guardian of what is proper and fair? How representative are they of the “real” audience?
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
They Could Not Keep Up This was the reality after England lost their World Cup chance. Women, children & partners paid a heavy cost. Furthermore, data reveals that the cost is even steeper when a team wins This video is in conjunction with #Pinks Domestic Violence Awareness series No, we’re not ok
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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Ultimately very worrying video made by social worker Claire on TikTok about her hacks & tips for calling Centrelink for clients. We were certainly told many times by the Albanese Government and former Minister Shorten that these services had improved. I don't see it. www.tiktok.com/@iwillresour...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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No, Israel does not have ‘a right to exist.’ Quite the contrary
Given Israel’s propensity for violating such laws, it’s no surprise they’re still claiming a right that has no basis in reality.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"more recently, you’ve seen the second stage, anger...fury that there’s this kind of new anti-Israel, even anti-Zionist politics...generally defined from within the pro-Israel space as a kind of a tsunami of antisemitism." @peterbeinart.bsky.social 1/2 peterbeinart.substack.com/p/the-pro-is...
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The Pro-Israel Establishment’s Five Stages of Grief
Making Sense of Rahm Emanuel’s Speech in Tel Aviv
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💙 𝓜𝝄𝒏𝓽𝓮_𝓐ℓ𝓽𝝄 💙 (everywhere) @montealto.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Sam Neill, what a kind-hearted, beautiful soul he was, just a lovely, beautiful soul and yes, wouldn't it be wonderful. 💙 May he rest in peace. He was loved and will be missed. 🌹
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is a useful clarification... 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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•Marns🌿🍉🐸 @marnshibski.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
@news.abc.net.au Doesn’t favour Israel huh?
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 10/07/2026
If a country behaves as Israel has done while proclaiming itself an ethnostate, it follows that the people of that ethnicity are going to cop a lot of the blowback. It’s not fair on them but it is a predictable consequence.
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Mark (Andrew) Witham ↗️ @puffmushroom.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Change begins with people. I support universal basic income because I believe everyone deserves a foundation of economic security. If you support UBI too, share this and help grow the conversation. basicincomeaction.org/sharables/6a...
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Support UBI • Sharables
Do you support universal basic income because you believe everyone deserves a foundation of economic security. Share this and help grow the conversat...
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Railmaps @railmaps.com.au · 23/06/2026
It was exactly thirty years ago today, on June 23 1996, that the Australian Rail Maps website first went live. Ever since first encountering the London tube map as a youngster, I’ve wondered why can’t we have maps like that here in Australia. So I made some myself. (1 of 6)
Screencap of the homepage of my Australian Rail Maps website from April 2000, showing a clickable high level map of the Australian passenger rail network as it was at that time, and a hit counter with the number of accesses since the website's inauguration on 23 June 1996.
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Robyn D - Difficult Woman @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The major issue is ALL governments have to agree on a GLOBAL strategy to save us and every other species from #climate change. Humans are so f'ing stupid that the chances of a global, united, scientific approach/stategy is about as likely as me living to 200 years old.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
So giving a voice to parliament for the people who have lived here for 65,000+ years and who's land we stole and people we brutalised was a bridge too far but surrendering our sovereignty and land to the terrorist state of Israel is perfectly fine. Got it 🙄 😡
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