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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
The Australian version of "vietnam veterans were spat upon"
insidestory.org.au
The enduring myth of the abusive Vietnam war protesters | Tom Greenwell
Bestselling historian Paul Ham stands by allegations that Vietnam-era protesters confronted returning veterans at airports and in the steets, but the evidence doesn’t add up
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
The Crisafulli Queensland government continues its trend of quietly silencing Indigenous voices with the reneging of the South Bank Brisbane sign refurbishment. The ABC had to utilise right to information laws to obtain the details. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
State government corporation axes Brisbane sign’s Indigenous makeover
The quiet axing of the proposed temporary artwork has amplified perceptions that Indigenous voices in state activities are being erased.
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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is attempting to change the law to censor publicly available ASIC data. With his proposed secrecy changes, this expose into the anti-Voice bankrollers (and many, many more) would not be possible. (ICYMI): theklaxon.com.au/white-mans-d...
theklaxon.com.au
WHITE MAN'S DARK MONEY: MEET THE BANKROLLERS - The Klaxon
The entire premise of the “No” campaign against the Voice was a sham – the "grassroots" movement was bankrolled by the super-rich.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/10/2026
It's petty, unconstructive and vengeful, but we should still spend a lot of time rubbing this in the faces of everyone who said this is hysteria, as a little treat for ourselves
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
QLD beautiful one day fascist he’ll hole the next
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Rosie de Difficult Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I absolutely love this idea 😍‼️
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“The peak body for the oil and gas industry was the only stakeholder the NSW government met with before a decision to reopen gas exploration approvals for the first time in more than a decade, documents released under freedom of information laws suggest” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Minns government’s only meeting before reopening gas exploration was with fossil fuel lobby
Exclusive: Peak body for oil and gas industry met with minister’s office before a 2014 freeze on new licences was overturned, documents show
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Guild Navigator Ix @guildnavigatorix.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hilarious to see QLD Premier Cristafulli calling on the federal government to support his state through the extreme weather season after all his efforts to pull back climate change response programs and new renewable generation #auspol #climateCrisis
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
So the proposal for an AI factory to support AI systems prone to hallucinations, was in fact a hallucination. #politas www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Tasmanian EPA says it was not told extent of Firmus data centre generator plans
Tasmania's EPA is worried about the extent of AI data centre company Firmus's planned diesel generator use, saying it is much more than initially disclosed.
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 10/10/2026
“My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.” These titans of business. These masters of the universe.
businessinsider.com
My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.
Shane Mac, the CEO of XMTP Labs, got a rude shock when one of his AI agents posted his monthly bank audit in a company Slack channel.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Facts. 👎
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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I cannot believe I live in a world where people are excited to watch a live-streamed state sanctioned execution. This sort of stuff really makes me feel like I don’t belong
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Climate change is worsening. There’s now no chance of holding temperature rise to 1.5°C. The future will bring worsening floods, glacial melt, megafires and lethal heat. theconversation.com/hoping-for-a... 🌲Vote for The Australian Greens, ethical Independents & the reality of revolution.
theconversation.com
Hoping for a ‘new normal’ climate is pointless. We must learn to adapt
It’s increasingly common to hear climate-fuelled disasters described as the ‘new normal’. But our desire for normality and predictability is wishful thinking
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Inko Gneto @inkogneto.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Finally, a government committed to rent control
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oh my goddddd I haaaate these yank tanks!!! If you're too big for a generously-sized carpark, you're too big for the road! Tax these out of existence 😤😤😤 #YankTanks
A giant chevrolet yank tank, badly parked
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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The biggest illusion, and most successful illusion, is this idea that hierarchies exist within human society and they can’t be eliminated or balanced out. It’s killing us all, fyi.
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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Getting ready for my Roasting Boy Summer!
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Richard 塚正ー緑 @rhtebooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I mean, an electrified Wasteland alters fairly fundamental plot premises
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AU. The ABC’s finance guru Alan Kohler is stepping down after an illustrious career that included more than three decades with the broadcaster. www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2026... Thank you, Alan Kohler & thanks for the clarity of the information & its mischievous delivery.
thenewdaily.com.au
ABC finance guru and TV mainstay Alan Kohler to sign off
The ABC's finance guru Alan Kohler is stepping down after an illustrious career that included more than three decades with the broadcaster.
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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 30/09/2026
As I get older I'm increasingly disappointed with people who have a sook about what other people choose to do with their lives when it has no effect on them.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The RBA Board delivered. Thank you for making me and my comfortable peers richer, boosting my unearned income so I can continue to splash the cash around." @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social #auspol #rates michaelwest.com.au/a-blunt-tool...
michaelwest.com.au
A blunt tool. RBA's incompetence is making the rich richer - Michael West
Having created market expectations that it would raise rates, the Reserve Bank board delivered, demonstrating its incompetence.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Politicians keep talking about immigration. Voters keep talking about their bills. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
pearlsandirritations.com
Politicians keep talking about immigration. Voters keep talking about their bills
Housing costs, falling living standards and distrust of politicians are driving deep frustration among voters. Yet immigration dominates the national debate, obscuring the economic pressures behind th...
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soberdan.bsky.social @soberdan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It’s been reported the motorist hit the cyclist, but this is how motor-ghouls respond.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Interesting that Quest Apartments breach included nearly 2 million individuals personal data including credit card CVV stored unlawfully and Albanese has had nothing to say about it
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soberdan.bsky.social @soberdan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"I'm a business owner, doing what I can, in these challenging economic times." - except understanding the laws under which you operate.
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soberdan.bsky.social @soberdan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
When police say motorist not obeying the road rules is the same as pedestrians crossing the road 🤦‍♂️
Text that reads “Victoria Police Road Policing Assistant Commissioner Mick Hermans says too many pedestrians are being killed or seriously injured, but there is a range of factors at play.

“We tend to see a mix of both drivers and pedestrians at fault in fatal pedestrian collisions, with drivers most likely to fail to give way to pedestrians, while pedestrians are opting to cross a road mid-block rather than at a designated crossing,” he says.

He says motorists need to pay attention to their surroundings, especially in built-up areas, and pedestrians need to look up when crossing the road and use designated crossings.”
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Poverty kills. The level of Jobseeker kills. It is a choice governments make every year. It is a choice the RBA makes when it decides more people need to be unemployed www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Screenshot showing deaths per 100,000 by age


Not on welfare; on Jobseeker
22-34: 17.1; 137
35-44: 30; 288.1
45-54: 83.4; 427
55-64: 201.6; 615.6
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nordacious @nordacious.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Refusing to take a side doesn’t leave you in the middle.”
Graphic illustrated poster reading, “Choosing to not get ‘too political’ is still a political decision.” The words “too political” are highlighted in red against a black background, with a small watermelon slice representing Palestinian solidarity. A red banner along the bottom reads, “Silence = complicity.”
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soberdan.bsky.social @soberdan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Let’s us steal your work or we’ll destroy the environment is a strong negation starting position. But a tricky one to get people who need the environment to survive onboard with. I hope.
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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Holy shit www.deepcutnews.com/p/queensland...
deepcutnews.com
Queensland LNP copies Trump’s playbook with conservative appointees
A string of appointments in recent months has drawn concerns the LNP is quietly eroding the independence of state boards
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Off to the races… @fionakatauskas.bsky.social
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 14/09/2026
AI companies: turns out AI might kill all of us Governments: oh no what should we do AI companies: for god's sake don't regulate us, we're the only ones who can stop it Governments: ok
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soberdan.bsky.social @soberdan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
People…..
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Rolf Meier 🌐 @openeysdown.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
⚠️ The UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, warns large-scale removal of rubble in parts of Gaza under Israeli control risks removing evidence of Israeli “atrocity crimes”. ⚠️
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
yes....YESSS.....
techspot.com
CD and vinyl sales are surging as frustration with digital media keeps growing
News of the latest increase in physical media sales comes from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It revealed that recorded music revenues for H1 2026...
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 08/09/2026
Passing 1.5°C does not mean there is nothing left to do. But it does expose three decades of failure – and the shrinking chance of avoiding far worse warming without rapid fossil fuel cuts and much greater honesty about what lies ahead, Peter Sainsbury writes. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilF…
pearlsandirritations.com
It’s too late for 1.5°C. That doesn’t mean we give up
The UN now accepts that global warming is going to exceed 1.5°C but it’s unlikely that this will change anything governments or corporations do. It’s now too late to avoid catastrophic global warming. The task now is to limit further damage and prepare honestly for what follows.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thing about technology that actually does make life better is you don't need to write 1,437 different op-eds to try to persuade people that it will make your life better.
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Wild pivot from Jane Hume on News Breakfast to go from selling the policy of putting people in jail for a year for burning the flag to saying legislation regulating opt in or opt out of algorithms may impinge freedom of speech
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A particularly infuriating aspect of this A.I. bullshit is that nobody seems to remember that we all got along just fine without it for centuries. How are we all suddenly incapable of reading and understanding written words? Of creating art? Of telling stories? It’s madness.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
In the rush to be first & the toughest on e-mobility laws, Premier David Crisafulli has thrown the responsibly for medical exemptions from driver's licences back on doctors. AMA Qld says there's no appropriate clinical guidelines for determination. #qldpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Lea-Anne’s ebike has given her freedom at 67. Now some older Queenslanders may be forced to stop riding
New nation-first laws require every ebike rider to have a driver’s licence. Some older people may be banned entirely, limiting their movement
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Climate change will affect you whether you believe in it or not. That’s why smart people call it science.
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ceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026
I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on
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soberdan.bsky.social @soberdan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A strange conflict with the Qld e-mobility laws is the description of device able to exceed 25km/h as ‘high-speed’ but calls for speed limits in suburban streets to be reduced to 40km/h or less are met will calls of “it won’t make the road safer” or “its behaviour not speed”, etc.
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