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Ai-Men Lau 劉羿雯 @aimenlau.bsky.social · 11h

"But while Xi hailed a “glorious chapter of women’s progress”, in recent years, Chinese feminists have found it increasingly difficult to advocate for, or even speak about, women’s rights."

Xi directs quashing of Chinese feminists even as he praises advances at women’s conference

Chinese president is behind patriarchal turn in politics with activists silenced for ‘promoting gender antagonism’

www.theguardian.com

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 18h

"[T]rans community lost a beloved leader with the passing of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy."

"[C]ommunity organizer for over 50 years, from participating in the Stonewall Riots [..] in 1969 to founding a trans sanctuary in Arkansas in 2023."
#NewYork #Arkansas #USA #Policing #Incarceration #Healthcare

Rest in Power, Miss Major — Assigned

Honoring a lifetime of Black trans activism.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 15h

'I think in the US, we’re beyond that point; because those groups and those ideas have direct access to the White House these days. Take, for example, the great replacement theory ...'

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

He studies fascism. Is he now living through it?

After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States. "It's too late for preventative antifascism," he said. "I think we're in a new era."

www.motherjones.com

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 17h

The community housing provider says the landlord was unwilling to complete the necessary repairs, which included fixing doors that would not shut, leaking roofs and mouldy concrete.

Tenants evicted after taxpayer-funded landlord fails to maintain property

The community housing provider says the landlord was unwilling to complete the necessary repairs, which included fixing doors that would not shut, leaking roofs and mouldy concrete.

www.abc.net.au

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Better Renting @betterrenting.bsky.social · 17h

The Northern Territory Council of Social Service released its report on the cost of housing in the NT yesterday. It shows that despite having the highest proportion of renters in the country, the NT's waitlists for social housing tare 20 times longer than the priority waitlists in the ACT.

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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 2d

From the comments on this, it seems like most folks don’t know just how close Trump and Netanyahu are, or that their relationship goes back to the 1980s:

Trump is supporting this genocide, too, and if Trump were in power – you know, his whole family has been in bed with Netanyahu since the 1980s. Fred Trump was a close friend of Netanyahu when Netanyahu was living in New York and working at the UN. Netanyahu also slept at the home of the Kushner family. Jared would move to another room and Netanyahu would take Jared's bed because he's very close to the Kushner family.

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 1d

the ABC is carefully curating a narrative that people harming children via social media are all other children. Lies. The biggest threat is adult males. The biggest threat is always adult males, including to each other.

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Boston Married @bostonmarried.bsky.social · 1d

Had always wondered why they did that

Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 1d

In Blasphemous, your character is wearing a tall pointy hat called a capirote that actually exists irl

Notably, the KKK appropriated it *because* it was a Catholic symbol and they hated Catholics. They thought it was funny, a fun joke like calling each other wizards.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capirote

Capirote - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 1d

FFMV plans to burn 60,000ha in Snowy NP.

'Just as decades of public pressure forced the logging industry under tighter rules & eventually brought it down under its own weight, we’ll only bring accountability to fire through the same relentless scrutiny & pressure.'

www.geco.org.au/the_burning_...

The Burning Industry is Out of Control

Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO) has been working to protect East Gippsland's forests from logging since 1993. Using citizen science, non-violent direct action, political lobbying and public educat...

www.geco.org.au

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 1d

With US science & research tanking, an independent CSIRO, weather bureau and medical/science grant systems in Australia are more crucial than ever. #csiro #bom #sciencesky
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding

CEO Doug Hilton says the agency’s budget allocation ‘has not kept up with the cost of doing science’

www.theguardian.com

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💜 phonakins 🍉 @phonakins.com · 1d

JustSumBloke got their notice to leave in March 2026.
With household income only carers and dsp they're not even going to bother looking for a private rental.
So any help with this would be greatly appreciated 🙂

gofund.me/7e4945bcf

Donate to Help with bathroom for disabled young man, organized by Karl Tilcock

Updated 24-09-2025 Added pic of vanity unit we scored for $150. Thank you ❤️ … Karl Tilcock needs your support for Help with bathroom for disabled young man

gofund.me

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Sexy Andrew Hickey Costume @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 2d

I didn't know that Ivar "torture the queer and autism out of them" Lovaas, the monster who invented conversion "therapy"/ABA, was also a literal Nazi, but this is the least surprising fact ever.

H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 2d

"Lovaas was a member of the NS Youth League, patterned after the Hitler Youth and named after the Norwegian Hirden paramilitary organization... Both he and his father are listed in Norway's "National Treason" files documenting Nazi collaboration."

He also said the Nazis inspired him to behaviorism.

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Boston Married @bostonmarried.bsky.social · 2d

In Australia, some of the biggest investment in public housing with bipartisan support was also after WW2.

Although neoliberalism explains failures to build big in this housing crisis, I also suspect it's because today's homeless aren't seen as sympathetically as veterans were after WW2

Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 4d

#OtD 11 Oct 1946 the UK govt announced that 39,535 people were squatting in 1038 military camps across England and Wales. Many were ex-servicemen's families demanding housing after WWII, and eventually a forced the govt to build mass council housing stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8350...

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2d

Pregnancy loss is a lottery determined by location, according to a report that has sparked calls for the federal government improve care for women who experience miscarriage in rural communities.

Rural women 60 per cent more likely to lose pregnancies, report finds

Pregnancy loss is a lottery determined by location, according to a report that has sparked calls for the federal government improve care for women who experience miscarriage in rural communities.

www.abc.net.au

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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 2d

$700 a week for a room in a rooming house in Upper Mount Gravatt is where we’re at I guess

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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 2d

They somehow still haven't figured out they need to force landlords (private, government, community, "social") to upgrade their residences to have renewables and batteries too....

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australia’s household energy bills will halve by 2050, modelling suggests

Grattan Institute report argues fall in costs will provide federal government room for more action on climate

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

The ALP might as well merge with the Minerals Council of Australia

Miners to get an early look at Labor’s new green laws

Tom Rabe
WA political correspondent
Oct 12, 2025 – 3.26pm

The Albanese government will give mining companies and other stakeholders draft extracts of its environmental protection laws before they go to parliament, as Environment Minister Murray Watt tries to rebuild trust after earlier negotiations on the reforms collapsed in acrimony.

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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 7d

Debunkinhg takes hours, misinformation seconds.

Don´t just post. If you didn´t read or understand the paper, don´t post it with conclusions from others. Be very careful with low-impact journals and with predatory journals as well as with pre-prints! If unsure, ask experts, or wait for them.

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Boston Married @bostonmarried.bsky.social · 3d

Classic rusted on response/more spin.

you have fallen for and spread right wing climate disinfo, which ALP pushes because they take mining donations and often go on to cushy mining jobs.

It's state capture, see Woodside decision, Albo shutting down a robust EPA.

Boston Married @bostonmarried.bsky.social · 3d

Sad that someone I otherwise respect reposted your brainwashed, climate diinfo claims here.

Greens haven't held back any climate or environment goals. ALP have invested in Greens bashing propoganda for over a decade, because it suits their mining donors, you're spreading disinfo.

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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 3d

The Zionist lawsuits against @marykostakidis.bsky.social John Keane & Nick Riemer are a massive test for free speech in Australia, and costly. We check the claims. Keane kicks off in the morning.
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/zionists-v-k...

Zionists v Keane, Riemer, Kostakidis. Australia's massive test cases for free speech - Michael West

Zionist lawsuits against Mary Kostakidis and Sydney Uni academics John Keane and Nick Riemer are a mighty test case for free speech in Australia

michaelwest.com.au

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 3d

The dream of turning empty office blocks into apartments appears over. What went wrong?

Strict planning rules and soaring refit costs are deterring landlords and developers – amid calls for government intervention to alleviate the housing crunch * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Two years ago, state and local governments pushed to fast-track conversions of near-empty offices into much-needed apartments to alleviate a housing crunch. The promised panacea never eventuated. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 3d

If I was doing the shit Albanese's government is doing under the banner of a "workers party" I'd be keeping it a big fucken secret too.

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 3d

The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.

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Boston Married @bostonmarried.bsky.social · 4d

Listening to my favorite USA feminist podcast. Wishing the podcasters - progressive academics - would start a gofund me to flee the M*GA purges. Normal things.

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Boston Married @bostonmarried.bsky.social · 4d

The most stinky people who bragged about it have been whites of all genders and different classes, either poor crustpunk or well off wellness type people. It's not solely the middle class

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