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Janet

@xhali.bsky.social
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Scientist and SciFi nut💫 Music, books, film and TV Creeks and mountains, the beach Living on Turrbal, Jagera and Yaggera lands ~ Personal views, especially around election time ~ she/her

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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 2h
Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie will introduce a bill this week requiring the government to cover reasonable legal costs if it challenges a freedom of information (FOI) victory in the Federal Court. Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/2W8AZDLq
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Big T @big-tony.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I just heard that the Australian government cannot stop the live streaming of a US execution here. If you "need" to see a live murder, get help, now. Can we please boycott every platform that supports this barbaric act. #BlueSky please don't livestream murder.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is so important and why we need to get the laws right to give people using smart devices as a disability aid access, and everyone confidence that privacy has meaningful protections from covert filming for exploitative purposes.
Smart glasses are giving blind and deaf people more independence
By political reporter Erin Handley
Topic:Disabilities
Posted about 1h agoabout 1 hours ago
A man in dark clothes wearing what look like sunglasses holds the lead of a black seeing-eye dog outside.
Chris Edwards says AI smart glasses are a useful tool for blind people. (Supplied)
In short:
Disability advocates want to highlight the benefits of smart glasses.
They fear the "pervert glasses" rhetoric could lead to stigma against people using the glasses for essential daily tasks.
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Mark @mark-melbin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
LNP leader Angus Taylor has released a new policy targeting MASS MIGRATION based on AUSTRALIAN VALUES (what values?), aimed at stealing the racist vote back from One Nation. Raf Epstein calls it out for what it is. #auspol #Insiders #migration #racism #LNP
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026
They disinvented the VCR. You might think that the reason we don't have VCRs anymore is because VCRs were supplanted by DVDs, PVRs and streaming, but that's not the case. They had it in for the VCR from the very start, and they never stopped trying to kill it. Eventually, they succeeded. 1/
A 1960s family living room in which a mom, dad and two kids are mesmerized by a cabinet-style TV. The image has been altered. The TV has an early 1990s VCR atop it. The TV screen is displaying a cross-sectioned human head with brains and spine on display. A huge fist has materialized in the room, with bloody spiked knuckle-dusters, smashing into the VCR. The oil painting over the sofa has been replaced with a pulp image of a male head, its cranium removed and replaced by a dome. Inside the dome is a red eight-segment VCR clock, displaying 12:00. The background in the painting is a tangle of cassette tape. The whole image's colors have been boosted, giving it an overexposed look.
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Queen of Thailand has solo’d in a fighter jet. Can Donald Trump drive a car? 🤔
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Craig's Late Night Douche Bag Patrol🦘🦘🦘 @vincentsworkisdone.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes it took them three years to come to this vote. But at least they got there.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 08/10/2026
"The gas power buildout for AI could cost over $5.6 billion every year in health impacts Texas and Pennsylvania alone would make up almost a third of the health costs from gas burning plants" (this is the LOWER end estimate) earthjustice.org/feature/data...
The gas power buildout for AI could cost over $5.6 billion every year in health impacts
Texas and Pennsylvania alone would make up almost a third of the health costs from gas burning plants.
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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Happy Nannas and friends outside court today (see comments for why).
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Gnome De Plume (Sista Cate Ruth) ♿🎃👻💀🧛🏽‍♂️ @sistacatruthpurry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is absolutely happening. The techbro billionaires see us as their enemy and they ARE taking steps to eliminate dissent. The dystopian future is now. Know your real enemies. youtu.be/mBW9QCVDSjY
youtu.be
Honest Government Ad | Palantir
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"something is broken"
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Net Zero, damn 😭
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A new poll has shown the Greens' vote is on the rise! The Greens are the most popular party with young people & ahead of their state election, the Victorian Greens are polling at record highs. People want change.
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#AusPol
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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Given that our legal system is based on the notion that those injured should be able to seek remedy from those who injure, industries and governments causing climate damage cannot expect that they will be allowed to endlessly duck responsibility.” Finally … www.smh.com.au/environment/...
smh.com.au
Exporting coal, owning the damage: A legal reckoning arrives for Australian mining
Governments might stave off the threat to coal from this High Court decision, but the anti-coal cases will keep coming.
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.facebook.com/share/v/14r1...
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@doubledown.news have released a series of pieces that dismantle the prevailing narrative in msm about Oct 7 and the decades long genocide of Palestinian people by Israel with support of allies. (Sorry for the FB links, you may find the pieces on Patreon as well) www.facebook.com/share/v/1E7m...
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Amazing photo. Absolutely super.
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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Westpac Bank has made the immoral decision to parter with US spy company Palantir. Do you want your personal information to be accessed by Palantir? Are you a customer? Contact them. youtube.com/shorts/_rlhV... #auspol
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Westpac Tower Anti-Palantir Stunt
YouTube video by GetUp! Australia
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Costs the Earth. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing three vignette drawings with captions below each one. First is a drawing of ceramic piggy bank labelled "Cost of attending COP talks." Second is a large sack full of money labelled "Cost of doing what COP recommends". Third is the Earth labelled, "The cost of doing neither."
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
the Jewish group Jews Against the Occupation 48 are organisers of a vigil at Town Hall tomorrow night. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Australian leaders condemn pro-Palestine vigils planned for 7 October anniversary amid Jewish commemorations
Peak Jewish bodies organise ceremonies on third anniversary of attacks that triggered conflict in which 74,000 Palestinians have been killed
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No surprise for #AusPol, just BAU in the land of Rinehart and Hanson
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Queensland town of Moura now without a doctor. It has been warning the Crisafulli govt for months that the workload for the single GP at the hospital & practice was too much. The govt repealed the Qld Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme in February 2025. #qldpol
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Israeli AI cameras livestreamed a Ballarat Basketball game. Then a female player was allegedly contacted by a man who had a family violence intervention order against him. “No one should have to choose between their safety and participating in sport.” www.deepcutnews.com/p/israeli-ai...
deepcutnews.com
Israeli AI streamed a Ballarat basketball game. Then an alleged family violence breach.
Basketball Australia’s Pixellot rollout is putting women and children at risk – and players are paying for it
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
VIC election: Greens support is surging from recent polling1 – can you help us demonstrate community support by hosting a sign? Putting a sign in your yard or on your fence, wall or balcony is the easiest way to help us get the word out and push back against the red, orange and blue wave.
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“A new YouGov poll has the Greens in Victoria on a new high at 18%. Nationally, 36% of young people say they’ll vote Green. Our vote is also higher among women, renters and working class people. We’re cutting through.” #auspol
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It annoys me that being nice is considered a failing by some in #AusPol. Watching #ABCInsiders take on The Greens leadership change.
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Students demand climate action in lead-up to COP31 www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/anal… #Auspol
greenleft.org.au
Students demand climate action in lead-up to COP31
**Lucy Millett** argues that it has become clear that federal Labor’s net-zero deadlines mean nothing, despite its promises to act on the climate emergency. She is urging organisations to support the pre-COP31 rally.
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Drusilla: You Wanna Bring Your Mum With Us?
Alt: Drusilla: You Wanna Bring Your Mum With Us?
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"he came straight out of the blocks with over-the-top rhetoric...and a strident left-wing economic agenda." Shoebridge is labelled "over-the-top", "strident" and "radical" because he's a challenge to the cosy toxic centrist neoliberal consensus of Australia's political and media class. #auspol
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Congratulations, Senator! You got this! And thanks to @larissawaters.bsky.social for your service. Rest and recover well 💚
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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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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#genocide brought to you by USA and Israel and an assist from bipartisan #auspol
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
PSA #australia
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Super episode. Subscribed and likef 👍🏾 #auspol
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And did David drill down on that ridiculous answer? Nope.
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Could not agree more.
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nothing like getting to the end of a book that's taken over two years for me to finish to find this on the last page... 😂😭
The story will conclude in books six through ten
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Is it just me or have the last few weeks made the general 2026 vibe of EndTimesyness feel a lot more End Timesy?
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Alan Austin @alanaustin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Only once has Australia achieved these four outcomes: inflation, the jobless and interest rates below 4.6%, and GDP growth above 2.0%. That was in the fiscal year ended in June 2026. By falsifying their reports on the economy Australia’s newsrooms are the main cause of collapsing social cohesion.
independentaustralia.net
Australia’s incompetent newsrooms fail to report best financial year ever
Last week’s gross domestic product (GDP) numbers confirm Australia’s economy is a world leader again.
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On a 5 star scale?
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
How cranky did it make you?
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Janet @xhali.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Agree
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Maybe the RBA and the government should be focusing on the ‘company profit-price spiral’ 🤷
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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘Negligent’ to talk about long term risks to Australia without examining cost of climate crisis, experts say www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
‘Negligent’ to talk about long term risks to Australia without examining cost of climate crisis, experts say
One academic says federal government’s intergenerational report, a snapshot of life in 2066, ignores the economic damage on the horizon
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