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Sally Thompson

@sallythompson.bsky.social
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PLS no DMs Proud Grandma (she/her) living in Joondalup W.A. on Whadjuk Noongah country. 💜crime novels & scrapbooking. Retired early from Library work to care for husband with Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Want an inclusive world without genocide. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦

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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Nick McKim @nickmckim.bsky.social · 6h
Work 11 hours a day. Pay a fortune in rent. Get gouged at the supermarket. Hand over more of your wages to privatised corporations. And somehow, you're told that migrants and trans people are the problem.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Prime Minister thinks HECS debts are a joke. Easy to say when you don't have one. He should give up the comedy and concentrate on making our HECS system more fair, starting with getting rid of the horribly flawed Job-ready Graduates scheme, which doubled the cost of arts and law degrees.
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Sally Thompson @sallythompson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hey #AusPol greens.org.au/campaigns/bl...
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Block Trump Administration’s livestreaming of execution | The Australian Greens
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appoints Letitia James as special prosecutor to oversee an investigation of Cornell gang rape allegations.
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New York's governor says state's AG will oversee Cornell rape investigation, removing case from DA
New York’s governor has appointed a special prosecutor to oversee an investigation into a woman’s allegations that she was gang raped at a Cornell University fraternity house, saying she had lost faith in the local district attorney’s ability to handle the case.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
While the women left out of this story ‘wait’ for answers on sexual assault allegations, the bloke made centre of this story ‘can’t wait’ to have it all swept under the rug & be able to hang out with the boys again.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
David Shoebridge unloads on 2GB’s James Willis for distorting compassion for Palestinians facing genocide as “anger & hate” & fires back on claim he only targets Israel reminding him of his record “it may be convenient for u not to report that, but that’s u not doing your job”💥
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Kim Wingerei @kimwingerei.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Online gaming giants told to lift safety standards. Some major tech companies are not doing enough to keep children safe online, the eSafety Commission warns as it threatens further penalties....
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Online gaming giants told to lift safety standards - Michael West
Some major tech companies are not doing enough to keep children safe online, the eSafety Commission warns as it threatens further penalties.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Love it! 👏👇
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15/09/2026
Sally Field won the Emmy for best actress in a limited or anthology series or TV movie for “Remarkably Bright Creatures.” She gave a shout-out to Canada, where the film was made and which is involved in a trade war with the U.S. bit.ly/4gUb7IG #APPhoto by Chris Pizzello
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Always worth remembering, the only reason we see Barnaby so much on TV is because Hanson, despite 30 years as a politician, cannot find a coherent thought with a map, flash light and two days worth of rations. ABC etc should stop giving Barnaby the free air time and demand the leader of the party.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And here's a #Dolly one I did last week for cpa.org.au too @floydthek.bsky.social (and I got to give the original work on paper to a massive Dolly fan I know and love)
Title: A Tribute to Dolly
Scene is a woman artist standing next to a big painting with Dolly in the middle. Around Dolly's face are little bubbles saying "Heroine of the Working Class", "lifelong Union Member", "Incredible Philanthropist', 
"Champion of Childrens' Literacy", "Staunch Ally of LGBTQI people" and "Just an all-round legend"
The artists is sayin" And her music was pretty great too"
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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The SMH Cathy Wilcox cartoon I will never forget as long as I live. Imagine letting this talent go from your paper www.cathywilcox.com.au/cartoons/201...
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Not Drowning — Cathy Wilcox
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Rationalist Society of Australia @ausrationalist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Public schools have been pleading with the WA govt to be allowed to use federal funds to directly appoint wellbeing staff instead of having to use labour hire firms, including religious ones that recruit chaplains with religious credentials, documents reveal. rationalist.com.au/wa-education...
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WA education department turned down schools’ pleas to use chaplaincy funding to directly hire wellbeing staff, documents show | Rationalist Society of Australia
Several public schools have been pleading with the West Australian government to be allowed to use federal funds to directly appoint wellbeing professionals instead of having to use labour hire firms,...
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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 23/08/2026
Went out to protest the TERFs in Sydney. It was a joyous and defiant crowd, headlined by @jennyleong.bsky.social, Member for Newtown, who delivered a powerful denunciation of TERFism as a way that misogyny launders itself as a "feminist" project and removes bodily autonomy from all women.
Image taken on a Transport NSW Sydney trains seat of a sign written on cardboard:

I FLED THE US (red/black letters)
BECAUSE OF TERF BS
AND I'M NOT LETTING
IT TAKE ROOT HERE
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Barbara Pedersen @barbie4science.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🙏 Dr Monique Ryan stays positive as she does the work for all Australians. #Auspol
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Lisa Cox @lisacox.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A long-nosed fur seal has died from H5 bird flu in South Australia, marking the first confirmed case in a mammal on the Australian mainland. The seal was found dead at Beachport on Wednesday on the state’s Limestone Coast.
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Fur seal’s death marks first Australian mainland mammal fatality from spreading H5 bird flu strain
Seal found dead at Beachport in South Australia presages ‘significant losses’, minister warns
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So it is the Albanese government shortsightedly refusing to properly consider the benefits of GLP-1s per the Heart Foundation and WHO that is holding up PBS listing of mounjaro www.afr.com/companies/he...
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Weight-loss subsidies threaten $10b drain on federal budget
The Albanese government is under pressure to make weight loss drugs more affordable but will struggle to do so without breaking the budget.
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Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 20/08/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Massive win for older people! Labor has backflipped on its plan to scrap the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP), following huge community pressure and a damning Greens-led inquiry. Labor’s disastrous aged care reforms are unravelling before our eyes.
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Apple @artsyapple.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
So when are we gonna start caring about young folks' mental health? Because I think now's the best time. Hell, people should've started caring years ago. #mentalhealth #mentalhealthinyoungfolk #youth #youngfolk #mentaldisorders #disorders
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Sally Thompson @sallythompson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My yr11 grandson has to be forced to take time off school when sick. Today he and a group of his peers walked out of school to protest Hanson. I’m so very proud of them. #proudGrandma #StudentsSayNoToHanson #StudentsSayNoToRacism #StudentsSayNoToTransphobia
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
ASRC MEDIA RELEASE: Don't let Labor follow One Nation on immigration. Albanese Gov reportedly considering restricting work rights and appeal rights of people seeking asylum even further. We need Labor to know we want compassion and leadership, not fear and more division. asrc.org.au/2026/08/05/l...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Labor must not capitulate to Pauline Hanson’s politics of hate
Human rights, refugee and migrant organisations are warning the Albanese Government not to capitulate to Pauline Hanson’s politics of hate by stripping rights from people seeking asylum in an attempt ...
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Mohave County Indivisible @mohaveindv.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
BREAKING: ​The newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary announced that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary.
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Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“Husic’s motion went well beyond the government’s policies, using the term “apartheid” and cracking down on dual nationals serving in the Israel Defence Forces.” Oh no. Ed Husic wants war criminals investigated and Israel correctly labelled as an ethnostate - how woke of him 😐 #AusPol
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Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Could use a statue of him at the War Museum in Canberra in the spot where the prospective war criminal is?
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"Ed Husic has taken on the role of Labor’s conscience." Well, someone's got to do it. Albo traded in his conscience for corporate donations. Galling that Husic is cast as an "irritant" with "fringe" views. When the things he is concerned about used to be core Labor values. And policy. #auspol
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Bronwyn Clark @bronwynhill1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Yeah, no-one has twisted your words Pauline Hanson, you lying, despicable affront to women everywhere. Your words are there for everyone to see…and your position has always been anti women and anti victims, you stupid, nasty, ignorant, grifting cow. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Pauline Hanson says domestic violence prevents police from dealing with ‘real crime’ in unearthed interview
One Nation leader labels family violence leave ‘ridiculous’ and decries ‘woke’ support of women’s rights in November podcast
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Didn't end up doing this one for the Guardian today but here's my cartoon on Pauline's DV comments
Scene is a woman and child looking up at a street sign pointing in two directions, underneath which Pauline Hanson is standing with arms crossed.

The sign says (pointing left) Risk Your Life By Staying and to the right Risk Your Life by Leaving.

The woman is saying to the child "Well, she DID say it was a two-way street"
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Angie Adamson @serehfas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
How many women have to die at the hands of men before the Govt thinks we are worth a Royal Commission or a One Punch law or...?
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Kerry Jaggers 🇦🇺 @kerryjaggers.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
On behalf of all women, we plead that the Australian government take urgent action to prevent male violence against us. Current approaches are not working! Take. This. Seriously. It's well over time that women stopped living in fear. @albomp.bsky.social #auspol #dv
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Kerry Jaggers 🇦🇺 @kerryjaggers.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Jillian Segal complaining about ABC and SBS news coverage. JS: "the conflict in Gaza has been over-emphasised". And this has created a "negative perception of Israel". You underestimate us, Jillian. We form opinions from diverse and global analyses and opinions. We see what's happening. #auspol
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
For those who remember Phil Hazell from the other place, his daughter Maddie has just announced that he has been awarded an Australian Dementia Honour! Great news! And well deserved! 🙂
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Morabeets 🍉 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈🌏♀️ @morabeets.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
What an impressive person. Attacked from within and without including being "Murdoched". This person lives and breathes a society where each person values and respects the other. #AusPol
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
David Pocock pauses, overcome with emotion, while detailing UN’s horrific findings against Israel “IDF has now killed 20,000 Palestinian children” “…deliberately shot at children’s limbs…as a twisted game of target practice”😔 Barbaric & sickening. This is our ally?
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Hugely important story from Queensland where Indigenous people are being dropped from any positions of influence. This is just the start. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
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Qld minister tight-lipped about 'Project Invisibility' Indigenous sackings
Under the direction of Arts Minister John-Paul Langbroek, eight Indigenous directors have disappeared from the boards of south-east Queensland's cultural institutions.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The problem for Pauline Hanson is not being interrupted by a descending banner, it’s that the message on the banner is factually correct. #auspol #npc
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Sally Thompson @sallythompson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Not in our Name Women Australia. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/nionwo...
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
PLEASE STOP SAYING “THE WAR ACHIEVED LITTLE” OR “RESET TO THE STATUS QUO.” This is neither. It’s the largest gift Trump has the power give to the Iranians: 1. All sanctions dropped 2. Acknowledged control of Hormuz, with a right to toll 3. $300 billion in aid 4. No new nuclear requirements
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
NEW: Our visual analysis suggests the U.S. hit two drinking-water facilities overnight in southern Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. w/ @ckoettl.bsky.social @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...
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Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
World Cup players are being denied entry to the US. Some are being detained, searched and treated like criminals. They have one thing in common…. They’re not white. The US has no business hosting the World Cup when it’s hostile to those from other parts of the world.
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H4zy @h4zy.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Removal for breast cancer and endometriosis “for commercial reasons” but not any safety or efficacy reason. Pharmaceutical Advisory in Australia states “ removal of the drug from the market would result in "unmet clinical need".” BUT it will be available for prostate cancer.
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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Not so sanctimonious now, eh Linda?
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The IDF opened fire on a civilian vehicle in the West Bank yesterday and killed a 7-month-old baby. His name was Sam Fahd Abu Haikal.
Adorable baby with dark brown hair sitting in a blue and white play chairIsrael Defense Forces
@IDF
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Earlier today, during operational activity in the area of Hebron, IDF soldiers perceived a vehicle accelerating toward them.
An IDF soldier responded with single shots toward the vehicle. As a result, three Palestinians were injured and evacuated for medical treatment.
An initial inquiry found that those injured were uninvolved civilians. The incident is under review, and the findings will be submitted for review by the relevant authorities.
The IDF expresses deep sorrow for any harm caused to uninvolved individuals.
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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE
 Page from a book saying:

From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
Choose your Leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
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