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South Australian wanting info regarding Covid, Ukraine, Indigenous issues, politics & the environment. Neuropathic pain expert too - personal experience

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Reconciliation. My @smh cartoon.
Two frames. Frame 1: mum and child walking on street with Aboriginal flag on wall behind. Child says “what is Reconciliation Week mum?” Mum replies “That’s when we try to reconcile the entrenched systemic disadvantage of First Nation people…Frame 2: view from behind, mum continues “…with the refusal to recognise their Voice in the Constitution ‘because it might give them an unfair advantage…’ “
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
It’s a national disgrace that ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle has been convicted under Labor for his bravery exposing, and ending, ATO wrongdoing. They are criminalising courage because truth telling is inconvenient for bad government. www.themandarin.com.au/292833-ato-w...
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ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle avoids jail in controversial plea deal
Boyle's conviction sparks national outrage, fuelling urgent calls for whistleblower law reform in Australia.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Richard Boyle’s prosecution is unequivocal proof that our whistleblower laws are completely broken. Michelle Rowland must do what Mark Dreyfus was unwilling/unable to do - fix them! We also need a Whistleblower Protection Authority. #auspol
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Whistleblower protections failed 'superhero' Richard Boyle
Richard Boyle has faced the heavy price of being a whistleblower in Australia. It's time for urgent reforms of public and private sector whistleblower laws and the establishment of a new body to prote...
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry. The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale. Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs. 1/2
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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Great to see investigative journalism win. The costs, though, financially, emotionally, in terms of time and exhaustion, are too much. We desperately need to properly overhaul defamation laws in this country. #auspol
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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Last week: Trump Organization announces new $5.5 billion golf course in Qatar Today: Qatar ‘gifts’ Trump a luxury jet Surely just a coincidence.
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scarylawyerguy.bsky.social @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
If Joe Biden was taking intelligence briefings once every 10 days and routinely admitting he had no idea what was happening on major policy issues, there would not be enough room on the opinion pages of America's newspapers demanding he resign but Trump isn't held to that standard 🙃
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The NYT has been doing phenomenal reporting on the blatant corruption of the Trump memecoin/crypto policy. Genuinely the most flagrant, bald-faced thing I’ve ever seen short of a politician getting sacks of cash.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The White House shut down plans to return wrongfully deported Maryland dad Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. from an infamous El Salvador mega-prison. Federal attorneys “began discussing how to undo the mistake” and return Garcia almost immediately after his deportation, but Trump shut that down.
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White House Blocked Plan to Return Wrongfully Deported Dad
U.S. officials were quietly working to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home from El Salvador. Then the White House stepped in.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Friday 25 April. Another day begins with Ukraine in mourning and more civilians killed. It's Day 1157 of Russia's sickening, unprovoked full invasion. This is the start of today's daily thread - all the news, all the time.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
24 April 1934 | A German Jewish boy, Kurt Peter Wiesen, was born in Eisenach. In 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
Photo of a young boy - the whole silhouette. He is standing against a wall of boards. He is wearing a plaid shirt, short shorts, thick knee socks and a hat with a feather.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
CBS News is buckling to Trump: Its billionaire owner wants to make a sale. I have no billionaire owner & I won't stop saying what I think. We need truth-telling, not cowardice. We need informed communities & independent media. I hope you’ll join us & subscribe (free or paid). www.americaamerica.news
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America, America | Steven Beschloss | Substack
Essays of alarm and hope, on politics and society, democracy and justice. With passion and urgency. Click to read America, America, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
It’s quite clear at this point that Trump is intentionally trying to harm America’s economy and our global standing. The damage is so broad and so deep that it simply can’t be accidental or inadvertent — it MUST be deliberate. The only question is: WHY?
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
A new study found that intensive blood pressure control lowered the risk of dementia by 15% and cognitive impairment by 16%. www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/h...
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Intensive lowering of blood pressure tied to lower dementia risk
Intensive blood pressure control may cut dementia risk by 15%, says a new study in which community health workers managed hypertension treatment.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
"We’ve always done the big things our own way: the Australian ballot, compulsory voting, federalism, superannuation, health, education, immigration, firearms. So why not defence?" Time to plan for a post-American future - which means independent defence policy. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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Yes, Australia can defend itself independently
Australia fears abandonment, but when it happens, Australia copes remarkably well. It can do so again in an era of fading American influence in Asia.
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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Ukraine's intelligence services lit up the sky by detonating 160,000 tons of Russian ammunition in Rykov, a key military center in the occupied Kherson region. It was not just a strike - it was a spectacular defeat of Russian logistics. Boom. Precision. Retaliation. 🇺🇦💙💛
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 04/04/2025
💯 Russia ignores ceasefire agreement for 22 days, showing no will for peace – UK at OSCE
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Russia ignores ceasefire agreement for 22 days, showing no will for peace – UK at OSCE
Neil Holland, Head of the UK Delegation to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), has stated that Russia is continuing its large-scale attacks on Ukraine and refusing to commi...
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Dimko Zhluktenko @dim0kq.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
In Ukraine, the tech community is known for its innovation, talent, and global impact. But since Russia’s full-scale invasion, many IT professionals like myself have traded their keyboards for rifles to defend their homeland.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
"Witness testimonies revealed no signs of military activity near the building. What they did find were charred belongings, body parts, and the remains of families who believed they had finally found safety." Another Israeli war crime for the world to ignore. #StopIsrael en.safa.news/post/3967/UN...
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UN Clinic Bombing in Jabalia: Another Massacre Disguised as Security
Gaza – The Israeli airstrike that levelled a United Nations clinic in the heart of the Jabalia refugee camp has reignited outrage among Palestinians, who view the bombing as yet another calculated att
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 04/04/2025
Ukrainian troops decimate Russian assault in the Donetsk region, destroying 19 vehicles and killing dozens in a devastating artillery and drone ambush. www.kyivpost.com/post/50175
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Ukraine War Latest Update: 19 Russian Vehicles Shredded as Drone Swarm and Artillery Wipe Out Assault in Donetsk
Ukrainian troops decimate Russian assault in the Donetsk region, destroying 19 vehicles and killing dozens in a devastating artillery and drone ambush.
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Maria Avdeeva @mariainkharkiv.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Russian Shahed slammed into apartment in Kharkiv last night. 5 killed — including a family with a child. Bodies burned beyond recognition, identified only by DNA. This is what Russia calls a “peace effort.”
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The two most powerful Republican politicians in America - the president and co-president of the United States - are publicly praising and defending and excusing the crimes of a far-right foreign politician who leads a party founded by a Holocaust-denying neo-Nazi. We are in a very, very dark place.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
There’s literally a post for every occasion.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/04/2025
Gaza's humanitarian crisis is escalating, with no aid truck allowed into the enclave for an entire month, warns Humanitarian group Mercy Corps, adding that 85% of the Strip’s Palestinians no longer has access to basic food items. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/2bw1vf
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 04/04/2025
The International Seabed Authority has expressed concern following reports that the U.S. subsidiary of The Metals Company is seeking deep-sea mining permits from the U.S. instead of waiting for the global regulator’s finalization of a mining code. Read more:
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Global seabed regulator concerned by mining company’s unilateral actions
The International Seabed Authority has expressed concern following reports that the U.S. subsidiary of The Metals Company is seeking deep-sea mining permits from the U.S. instead of waiting for the…
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/04/2025
New evidence suggests that some of the 15 Palestinian aid workers killed by Israeli forces in Rafah last week were shot at close range in what appeared to be execution-style killings. Read here aje.io/qzqk7n
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Nothing like an exhibit of iron lung machines to remind us how life was before polio vaccines
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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 04/04/2025
This week Peter Dutton suggested cutting school funding in an attempt to stop ‘wokeness’, but was unable to define what ‘woke’ means. If only there were publicly funded places people could go to learn things like the definitions of words.
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Integral Answers @integralanswers.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Refresher On Fallacies
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Aaron Smith @aaronsmith333.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The LNP don't like their own words repeated back to them, which is why they're infuriated by this ad. Which is also why you should share it.
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Aaron Smith @aaronsmith333.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Help Climate 200 get this ad on air: www.climate200.com.au/campaign/chi...
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Get this ad on the air – all donations doubled! | Climate 200
Help get this ad on air – donations doubled
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Megastar27 @megastar27.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
It's a mystery?!?!!? "About 2.5 million new lung cancer cases were diagnosed worldwide in 2022 – an increase of 300,000 since 2020" Every #covidisnotover infection causes systemic harms increasing risk of cancer #weararespirator theconversation.com/why-is-there...
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Why is there an increase in lung cancer among women who have never smoked?
Rising air pollution, changes in hormone levels, immune system imbalances and longer life expectancy are increasing the risk of lung cancer in women who have never touched a cigarette.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/04/2025
Stock markets plunge as China announces retaliatory 34% tariffs on US goods – business live
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Stock markets plunge as China announces retaliatory 34% tariffs on US goods – business live
Kristolina Georgieva warns against retaliation to US levies while US president insists ‘markets will boom’ after sweeping tariff announcement
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 04/04/2025
BREAKING: China imposes a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10, matching the rate of Trump's "reciprocal" tariff imposed this week.
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China imposes a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products starting April 10
China has announced it will impose a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10. The Commerce Ministry in Beijing also said it will impose more export controls on rare earths, which are materials used in high-tech products such as computer chips and electric vehicle batteries.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Turns out "public figures" in the Le Pen headline refers to Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, and Dan Hannan. None of whom are (democratically) elected politicians.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
A major investigation is underway, an Australian first, unearthing a long-buried history hidden from the national narrative. It’s called Yoorrook, the Wemba Wemba word for “truth”. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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These crimes were hidden for generations. Now Australia's having a moment of truth
Australia has a painful past. For the first time, the country has been grappling with recording the stories of that history in a truth-telling commission.
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Dr Verity Cooper for Sturt @drveritycooper.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Dutton's 2019, taxpayer-funded flight to a ‘long lunch’ at a luxury island was probed by the expenses watchdog.¹ Why did it take 6 years to hear of this? It's a story ⤵️ others² might have put on page 1 (& within days) if it was about someone else. We need media reform. Now tinyurl.com/Noosa-Lunch
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Peter Dutton’s taxpayer-funded flight to ‘long lunch’ on Noosa River was investigated by expenses watchdog
Exclusive: Expenses authority found claim was within parliamentary rules because Dutton attended ‘in his official capacity as a minister’
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
The Kyiv family ripped apart by Russia's ongoing terrorism. They moved from Orikhiv on the frontline in Zaporizhzhia to keep their daughter safe. In its latest attack Nicole and her papa were killed. Mum is in hospital 📷 @united24media.com
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Not many 43 year old professional women just drop dead. I hate being a conspiracy theorist - but I sincerely hope there is a VERY thorough and honest post mortem for Jessica Aber, who died just months after prosecuting Russians for war crimes and assisting Russia's illegal war.
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Carol @caroltopalian.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
TIME has a person on the ground in El Salvador to document the deportation planes' arrival. "They entered their cold cells, 80 men per cell, with steel planks for bunks, no mats, no sheets, no pillow. No television. No books. No talking. No phone calls and no visitors." time.com/7269604/el-s...
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What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
This letter from Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp makes things worse. Basically offers rationale and justification for everyone else following in Paul Weiss’s footsteps and capitulating to Trump. BLUF: We capitulated and everyone else should as well. open.substack.com/pub/davidlat...
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Brad Karp’s Message To Paul Weiss About Its Deal With The Trump Administration
Here’s what Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp sent to his colleagues on Sunday afternoon.
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Yuriy Gorodnichenko @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Mike Waltz said today that cease fire has been in effect since Trump called Putin. Reality check: Russia has been attacking #Ukraine every day. Today at least 3 people in Kyiv were killed by Russian drones Of course, don't believe your lying eyes. Believe what Putin tells you. #UkrainianView
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Marty @marty10.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
>>>Chernyak entered the U.S. through a Biden-era humanitarian parole program created after Russia invaded Ukraine, with authorization to stay in the country until August 2026. Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Ukrainian man held at Krome center dies from brain bleed while in immigration custody
A 44-year-old Ukrainian man died in a local hospital while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami’s Krome Detention Center, the federal government said.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Detainees died due to starvation or dehydration. ICE murdered them.
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thelanddownunder.bsky.social @thelanddownunder.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“Frankly, I think it is time we reconsidered our priorities and think carefully about our defence needs, now that we are having a more independent posture ... Our future is now in a much more precarious state than it was on 19 January.“
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Australia should reconsider its membership of Five Eyes, or at the very least feed Musk incomplete or false intel.
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