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PacoOnPause @pacoonpause.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think it's weird how fixated a lot of you are on people who are covid conscious..
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Digital Diggo @digitaldiggo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The govt saves money while implicitly propagating the necessary myth that the only people who need to worry about Covid are the very old or very sick. Manufacturing consent to be made sick by a preventable pathogen is a capitalist tool of cultural hegemony.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is an extraordinary act of direct foreign interference by the US embassy in domestic Australian politics. The Australian government should publicly respond by rejecting efforts by the US embassy to dictate how Australia legislates for a digital duty of care.
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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
An Intergenerational Report published in the year 2026 that does not list climate change as one of the 6 major transitions for Australia to navigate over the next 40 years is not a serious document. And no, the energy transition is just a small (and relatively easy) subset of climate's impacts.
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2026 Intergenerational Report | Treasury.gov.au
The 2026 Intergenerational Report (IGR) is the seventh report in the series. It projects the outlook for the Australian economy and the Government’s budget to 2065–66. These projections help inform an...
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What was that bit about never standing on the sidelines❓ "Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem this week released a report that concluded Israeli policies in the West Bank were "eliminating Palestinian collective existence"." & what have you done in response to this terrifying warning❓
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mleroi.bsky.social @mleroi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
upscrolled.com/@PROTON777/6...
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"How red pill culture undermines class solidarity"
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Anthropic employees: NEXT-GEN AI COULD WIPE OUT HUMANITY WITH A SUPERVIRUS! Normies: that seems like a big leap. How would this AI disseminate such a virus in the real world? Anthropic employees: oh, through the wet labs we built and hooked it up to, of course. Normies: …😬😤
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A reminder - the NDIS cuts will destroy lives. The ALP knows this. They don’t care. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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'We are really scared': NDIS provider shutters day program as federal cuts loom
Canberra community members are concerned that the closure of a local NDIS program does not bode well ahead of looming federal cuts to the scheme.
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ThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Happy Tuesday! Patients deserve safe care and that's why I continue to wear a proper mask at work
Middle aged woman with brown curly hair and a fringe is wearing a colourful blouse of pinks, reds and blues, and a white N95 Aura mask
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 14/09/2026
YOU HAD ONE JOB THE GREENS POLITICAL PARTY! Climate change is destroying life and you exist to save it! | First Dog on the Moon
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YOU HAD ONE JOB THE GREENS POLITICAL PARTY! Climate change is destroying life and you exist to save it! | First Dog on the Moon
It’s complicated and everyone is having a lot of feelings * Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published * Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Generative AI is dangerous to humans, not in the Asimovian way the Anthropic creeps are carping on about, but in the way that it is literally poisoning our air and water www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'd like to congratulate whoever managed to turn "having somewhere to live" into an investment strategy, "having enough to eat" into a budgeting problem and being completely fucking exhausted into a personal failure. Bravo 👏🏻
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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Red Lines Package would codify Aust’s commitment to accountability, human dignity & the rule of law, ensuring we do not fund, arm or invest in illegal settlements, war crimes or genocide. Aus must strive to lead in upholding international law #auspol
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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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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 14/09/2026
The AI industry is following the oldest entrepreneurial playbook of all: create the problem and offer its solution.
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Mx. Fee @mxfee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's a good day to become a republic, @albomp.bsky.social
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Greens have just secured a inquiry into transnational repression! Despite Labor voting against it, we will now get to hear from communities facing threats and oppression from foreign Governments. More details to come.
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ThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Aus peeps.. here's a chance to share your experiences with accessing healthcare, whether it cost, distance, accessibility, waitlists. I'm going to make a submission about the risks of being exposed to COVID in hospitals and GP practices. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Live: Waitlists, distance, or no bulk billing: Have your say on healthcare barriers
Whether you are battling high costs, long distances or stretching waitlists, many Australians have told us that accessing health care is becoming harder than ever.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A foreign military is getting more and more bases, control and domination over our country. Labor, the Coalition and One Nation are all celebrating this. They are not on our side.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Defence officials today tried to prevent the sharing of public evidence on social media at a hearing into Defence land sales. The fact I am posting this should tell you how that went.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Malaysian speaker refused visa to attend Ecosocialism 2026 conference - this is plain wrong - a young capable Tamil voice from the Malaysian Socialists is being excluded from an important political dialogue in Australia www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1461/ne...
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Malaysian speaker refused visa to attend Ecosocialism 2026 conference
Ecosocialism 2026 organisers are calling on immigration minister Tony Burke to grant a visa to Malaysian activist Kirisna Veni Singham so she can attend the conference, reports Peter Boyle.
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Iodine tablets may save you from radiation but will they save Australia from being the USA's pathetic little fossil fuel weevil underpants? No. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Nuclear submarines in a major city? Sure why not! | First Dog on the Moon
Fortunately there is an emergency plan even though everyone insists there will be no emergency
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A spiny-cheeked honeyeater landing on aloe flowers. Near Quorn, South Australia.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A wonderfully appropriate Banksy
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 11/08/2026
There's been a lot of coverage of the "Data Centre boom" but not enough has been said about the unholy marriage being formed between the Ai and Gas industries. Which concerns not just Australia, but also the US, UK, Canada, Europe and many other countries.
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 11/08/2026
The Government™ has made an ad about Ai Data Centres, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
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Honest Government Ad | Ai Data Centres
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 11/08/2026
Huge shout out to @ketanjoshi.co & @greenpeaceap.bsky.social who have done a shitton of top research on the relationship between Big Tech and Big Gas in Aus. Make sure to follow them + check out their Energy Vampires report, which informed a lot of this HGA: www.greenpeace.org.au/greenpeace-r...
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Energy Vampires: the AI data centres draining Australia - Greenpeace Australia Pacific
The frenzied rollout of AI data centres in Australia is rushing through massive new projects, which will derail Australia’s energy transition unless the government urgently intervenes.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Highly profitable health insurers BUPA, NIB, HCF, Medibank dragging Australia towards a US-style 'managed health system' by stealth Claudia Weisenberger v important story #auspol michaelwest.com.au/buyer-beware...
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Buyer beware. Private health insurance funds are in your GP's office - Michael West
Private health insurers are making their way into your doctor's office and the specialists they refer you to. It may not be to your benefit.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
WTF? Amazon received a permit from the state of #Texas allowing its new gas power plant to emit 33 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — the largest single source of pollution in the United States. newrepublic.com/post/214111/...
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Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire Country
Amazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
AUKUS turns Labor politicians into blithering idiots. Roger Cook the latest to deny reality and treat us as fools The AUKUS Public Inquiry is a forum for truth, democracy and transparency. Tomorrows hearing features Malcolm Turnbull, Bob Carr, experts, unions and the community.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Centrelink pursuing debts that are more than 40 years old despite agreeing to waive old arrears www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Centrelink pursuing debts that are more than 40 years old despite agreeing to waive old arrears
Advocates and legal bodies want the debt to be made ‘out of bounds’ given how hard it is to determine its accuracy
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
An 💰UPSIDE💰 to climate catastrophe‼️ Barclays, Europe’s biggest funder of fossil fuel corps: “While a stronger El Niño creates risks for some sectors & regions, it also creates opportunities, with historical events often driving significant price movements for weather-sensitive markets.”
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Barclays spots a chance to profit from extreme weather crisis
Europe’s biggest funder of fossil fuels urges investors to see an opportunity in ‘super’ El Niño that could leave millions starving
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Yes, our society is not very good at “doing grief”. And it is more difficult and complex when ecological grief is not just about the apparently random, as with bird flu. But when it is the end point of government action or inaction on our environment. Then grief is mixed with rage. #auspol
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The Albanese Govt can't say US subs will be "based" in WA because, from 2032, nuclear-armed cruise missiles will be loaded on US Virginia class subs and "basing" such subs here will put Australia in breach of the nuclear free Rarotonga treaty. See 2/2. #AUKUS #auspol
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Antoinette Lattouf @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"A repellent tabloid MSG-like shimmer can be seen on the once mighty public broadcaster." Via @boganintel.bsky.social theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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The ABC’s intellectual and moral decline comes at the worst possible time - The Shot
Of late, the ABC has been altering the way it sees the world around it. Bound by a national charter,...
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Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 07/08/2026
Labor is firing back up its cooked welfare penalties system despite multiple findings of illegality and dysfunction and no evidence those problems have been fixed. And who's administering these penalties? The profiteering providers generating investor returns from human misery.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
When Labor tells you the $8 billion nuclear submarine base they are building just off Fremantle in WA is not a US base, it’s useful to see what the US thinks. The US thinks Labor has built them a new, permanent, US nuclear submarine base.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Australia’s media nepo babies
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
According to Environment Centre NT, Inpex had been under-reporting benzene and toluene emissions from its Ichthys LNG facility by more than 13,000% between 2019 and 2024 Read that again, under-reporting the emissions of toxic gases by >13,000% between 2019 an 2024 🤯
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"We are the last continent in the world to have bird flu, it's quite remarkable that it hasn't come here already...that's meant...that we have had time … to make sure we're as well prepared as we possibly can be." But very frustratingly, we are not, Minister Watt! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
'List of doom' outlines birds facing extinction if deadly flu spreads
A list of thousands of Australian species have been ranked by threat level as the deadly H5 bird flu spreads.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"Why data centre greenwashing is about to explode” by climate analyst, @ketanjoshi.co Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Land Rover also does a Discovery Metropolitan edition. The name suggests it's for use in cities. Because you never know how high the kerb / cyclist / pedestrian you need to mount might be. And because there must be no limit to the pointless environmental harm you inflict.
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Anthony Albanese – the great Australian sellout. From salmon to supermarkets, gas to gambling – we detected a pattern. Albanese consistently backs powerful lobbyists. www.deepcutnews.com/p/albaneses-...
deepcutnews.com
Albanese keeps backing lobbyists over public opinion, our analysis shows
From salmon to supermarkets, gas to Gaza, the PM has consistently backed those with power and wealth
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Senator McKim and Greens are the only Australian political party that recognizes Israel's genocide, and stands up for the rights of Palestinians, and international law. Tragedy that there are an increasing number in the governing Labor party who agree, but most are too scared to speak out. #auspol
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Data centres classified as “utility installations” and can apply for permits on green wedge land
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Ruling parties of petrostates like Australia & Canada are largely captured by Coal, Oil & Gas 🇦🇺's megafires in 2019-2020 came on the back of the 2017-2019 Tinderbox Drought & burned >18M hectares Since taking power in 2022, the @albomp.bsky.social govt's approved 36 new/extension Coal & Gas projs
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