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@violabetonicifolia.bsky.social
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On Turrbal land. I know a bit about dog and cat behaviour and welfare. I like learning about libraries, knitting and sewing, ecosystems, butterflies and moths, active transport too. My blood is red out of fury - Lisa O’Neill Palestine will be free.

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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re bringing @mollycrabapple.bsky.social to Australia Nov 15-22! Join us in Melbourne or Sydney for a chance to hear Molly dive into her latest book alongside speakers & artists like @sarahschwartz.bsky.social, Louise Adler & more. Tix: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/09/moll...
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libbb @violabetonicifolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m very late with this one, but it’s stuck in my brain now. eoghanoceannabhain.bandcamp.com/track/siren-...
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Siren Spring, by Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin
track by Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin
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libbb @violabetonicifolia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I go out several times a day to watch this beautiful flower develop. The first flower on my new rose. (Cultivar is ’Hugo Roller’, a 1907 tea rose).
A tea rose flower, hanging slightly downwards, with glowing lemon-cream petals,and pink where the bud was touched by the sun.
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libbb @violabetonicifolia.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/08/dont...
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Don’t let Israel define antisemitism
Israel’s defenders are pressuring Australian institutions and governments to adopt and enforce the IHRA working definition of antisemitism. Kenneth Stern, […]
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Raquel Borbolla Albarran @borbollaraquel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The UN World Food Programme is reportedly preparing to renew its partnership with Palantir, despite serious concerns raised over privacy, data protection, and accountability. Those in the AI kill chain must have nothing to do with humanitarian data! Sign: www.change.org/p/tell-the-u...
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Sign the Petition
Tell the UN World Food Programme: Drop Palantir.
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Jinjirrie @jinjirrie.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
From northern cape to southern border Crisafullofit's laws are out of order. For all Queenslanders - please sign and share this E-petition to the Qld Parliament - 4656-26 - Protect the Right to Political Expression. www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-... #QldPol #Palestine #auspol
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E-Petition | Parliament of Queensland
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🦘Roseanne @roseanneb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/de... @getup.org.au
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Demand Kmart take the Anko surveillance glasses off the shelf
Camera glasses are moving quickly into the mainstream. Meta has sold more than 7 million pairs and hired Kylie Jenner to sell more. At $89, against several hundred dollars for the Meta version, the te...
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 03/08/2026
Another bardcore banger by Hildegard von Blingin'with Friar Funk. Settle around the fireplace in our castle, let the bards come in, let the show begin: youtu.be/skfZBqH1NgM?...
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Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus - A Bardcore | Medieval Cover by Hildegard von Blingin' ft. Friar Funk
YouTube video by Hildegard von Blingin'
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"Just when hope seemed lost, they came. Young roaches riding in on the rain." Such marvelous writing from Arundhati Roy on the current moment in India.
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Cockroach Democracy: Unarmed and Dangerous
Can all the people be fooled all the time? Can a country with a population of a billion-and-a-half be dragged around like a corpse forever? It cannot. The Cockroaches are out and about.
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libbb @violabetonicifolia.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Walking with my lovely dog, he is the sweetest. Also the rolliest (probably because he has a stiff back).
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Jim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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Catherine McLeod @puckmama.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Read this to find out what Weiss has been up to for years: www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
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Witnessing Genocide: A Biographical Narrative of the Israeli Assassination of Dr Refaat Alareer, Gaza's Grand Narrator and Decolonial Intellectual | Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies
Dr Refaat Alareer, a prominent Gazan writer, poet and professor of English literature at the Islamic University in Gaza, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike on 6 December 2023, at the peak of Isr...
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libbb @violabetonicifolia.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
www.untiltheskyfallsquiet.com Next week, there will be an online viewing and panel discussions. Tickets are pay what you can.
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Until the Sky Falls Quiet - Documentary
Dr Siraj Sira and Dr Sanjay Adusumilli, two Australian doctors from Western Sydney, volunteer to go on a medical mission to Gaza. Filmed in real time with much of the footage captured by the doctors t...
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
The Power of Poetry
 
with things falling apart
and anarchy let loose,
 
it was only poetry, he found,
which had any use,
 
so he reached for his copy  
of The Complete Works of Yeats
 
and bludgeoned the President
of the United States


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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
ABC Indigenous doesn’t mince words
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I got paid millions of dollars to be an athlete in a locker room full of superhumans and this is flat out unreal. Wtf indeed.
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phobso @nikonashapka.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
living in the 2020’s
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libbb @violabetonicifolia.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
What a loss is Sarah Fisher for the dog community. An enormous, generous heart, who helped so many people to new insights and better care. Vale. youtu.be/e5NxeMQlFxc?...
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Chat with Sarah Fisher
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Ren Wyld @wyld.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Some good news, for a change: I signed a book contact with UQP in late October, and resisted the urge to do a happy dance until they did the official announcement > www.uqp.com.au/blog/uqp-acq...
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libbb @violabetonicifolia.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
One groggy dog, home with a main diagnosis of spondylosis. He struggles with vet care, but was so carefully tended at our vet, that he had no dramas.
Clem, a Cattle Dog mix whose coat has little sable-red spots on a cream background, dozes on the couch.
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Banned Randy 🇩🇰 @bannedrandy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The dude that built our cabinet was telling me that he didn’t teach his son “lefty loosey, righty tighty”. He taught him that the left liberates and the right oppresses. 😂😂😂
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
This is Very Good imo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbm-...
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Lisa O'Neill - The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right
YouTube video by Lisa O'Neill
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Good intentions won't save us on this slippery slope www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Good intentions aren't enough to keep us from this slippery slope
It is a very, very slippery slope to start cherry-picking about the rights provided to people, even when you abhor the decisions they make.
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libbb @violabetonicifolia.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
This is what I’ve been watching today. So impressive, I don’t want to watch the Bergman version. Clem was concerned though about the darling King Charles Spaniel (English Toy Spaniel dep where you live) pup whining. youtube.com/watch?v=UYmt...
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Gaslight - Full Movie - GREAT QUALITY 720p (1940)
YouTube video by The Smoking Hat
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I've lived in the UK for better part of 25 years and have read British literature for longer than that, and it's only TODAY I learned that Americans frown with our mouths and the British frown with their foreheads. You freaks.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
It’s time to post this quote again… “The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” ― James Baldwin
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
A terrific read about a super impressive Indigenous teenager and their supportive school leadership & community
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Facts matter.
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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Women in Poverty's petition to federal parliament to Hold Robodebt Culprits Accountable has gone live Sign here and don't forget to click the confirmation in your emails! www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Petition EN8173 - Hold Robodebt Culprits Accountable
Petition Status
The petition is currently open for signatures

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Petition Reason
In recent years, countless Australians have suffered due to the unlawful and unethical Robodebt scheme. This automated debt recovery program wrongfully targeted citizens, demanding repayment of alleged debts without proper verification. Reports and investigations revealed that many of these debts were falsely calculated, causing undue stress, financial strain, and emotional distress to innocent individuals and families. Not to mention the 2000 suicide deaths attributed to Robodebt. The Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme exposed the deep flaws in its implementation and execution. The findings brought to light not only the procedural errors but also the indifference and negligence of those responsible for the scheme's operation. The commission has highlighted that the system was not only flawed in its conception but also in its administration, leading to significant harm to the community.

Petition Request
We therefore ask the House to The individuals and authorities responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of the Robodebt program must be held accountable. Justice requires that those who knowingly allowed and perpetuated these harmful practices face appropriate consequences. This includes government officials, policy makers, and any parties who failed to act upon the warnings of the system's flaws.
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
walking around a city that is deeply unaccustomed to the idea that people would voluntarily do such a thing is a fascinating experience
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Brisbane Folk: come along and hear from Executive Committee member, Bart Shteinman at this event we're pleased to co-host! events.humanitix.com/should-anti-...
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Should anti-semitism be exceptionalised or should we combat all forms of racism together?
Hear diverse community leaders discuss racism; antisemitism and legitimate criticism of Israel; and Palestinian rights. Fellowship/supper will follow the Q&A.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 06/09/2025
This is a great piece by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social with helpful tips for addressing COVID misinformation. As a science communicator, my experience is that the best way to win people over is with empathetic real world conversations and it's work we all need to do if we want to turn things around.
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I inserted myself into a conversation at a bar about Covid and vaccines. Here’s what happened
What happened when a public health scientist overheard four men sharing misinformation about Covid — and decided to talk to them about it.
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libbb @violabetonicifolia.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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✍️ PETITION: Australia Needs a National Firearms Register
Our research has revealed there are now more licenced firearms in Australia than before the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. ✍️ Add your name to call on the Federal Government to urgently establish a Nation...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
'Banksia & Dryandra' hand coloured linocut by Australian printmaker Rachel Newling #womensart
Print featuring red, pink and yellow flowers across the picture plane on green stems with spikey green leaves, all against a white background
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QuetzalcoatlusWellnessInstitute @8t3v3n.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
How Plate Tectonics was Discovered "Produced in 1970, this magnificent and historically significant documentary walks the student through the overwhelming evidence that convinced geologists during the 1960's and 1970's to adopt Plate Tectonics"
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How Plate Tectonics was Discovered
YouTube video by Earth Science Docs X
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nordacious @nordacious.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
No more blood for empire. No war on Iran. Freedom for Gaza.
Nordacious illustration of a large white dove flying across a blue sky, carrying an olive branch in its beak. Below the dove, symbolic objects such as bread, water jugs, a medical vial, a blanket, a flower, and a heart fall gently from the sky. On the orange ground beneath, a brown-skinned child with a bandaged leg lies resting beside a protective white dog, gazing upwards. Text reads: “No more blood for empire.”
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
And we are live! @asrc1.bsky.social World Refugee Day Telethon kicks off with a powerful Welcome to Country from Uncle Tony Garvey. Today is World Refugee Day but we honour and acknowledge the Wurundjeri people whose country we work on.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
theconversation.com/saving-speci... #ICCB2025
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Saving species starts at home: how you can help Australia’s 1,000 threatened invertebrates
Every week, one or two species of Australian invertebrate go extinct. Many species on the brink live in cities – where we can help.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
When you’ve lost almost everything as a refugee being able to step into our two Foodbanks at the ASRC to access food for your family to get through winter is vital. It’s Refugee Week, show your support by donating to our appeal: donate.asrc.org.au/donatetoday
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
It’s Refugee Week! Help the ASRC support refugee families to survive this winter that the Australian Government has abandoned. Donate to our appeal: donate.asrc.org.au/donatetoday
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Coyote pups at Graceland Cemetery!
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Bouquet de fleurs devant une fenêtre à Saint-Bernard,1926 by French painter Suzanne Valadon #WomensArt
Painting looking through a window out to a garden scene with a tree and white small building with an orange tile roof on a sunny day
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
This life saving insulin pen for Type 1 Diabetes should cost people seeking asylum on low incomes/no income $7.70 for a month’s supply. It. costs the ASRC Health Program $157 for each person it treats without a Medicare card and a Health Care Card for a month’s supply.
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libbb @violabetonicifolia.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I’m so pleased that PDTE have restarted their podcast. PDTE folks are good guides to a care- and relationship-based way of living with dogs, and letting go of training. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/d...
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What does a dog need to know?
Podcast Episode · Dog ways · 14/05/2025 · 33m
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libbb @violabetonicifolia.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I love this album.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Gail Kellet's linocut studies of the Australian flora and fauna around her home in Southern Australia #WomensArt
Print looking up to two large trees from a ground view point with the canopy of leaves high above the rough brown tree trunks, under a blue sky
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
If you could only recommend one book to me, what would it be?
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a man holding a book says browse me in front of a stack of books
Alt: a man holding a book says browse me in front of a stack of books
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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Yes! Yes! 🙌 ♥️
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