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Sandra M Aus

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I'm Sandra, Star Trek/Star Wars/Stargate fan, love Anne McCaffrey, political junkie, love fast cars, kittens & puppies red pandas and otters. Progressive. I'm older than you think!

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2h

Psychopathic toxic fossil methane #gas exploiters #Santos don’t give a toss about the environmental destruction they are causing, risks to communities, health of workers & locals or climate damage.

Just their own bottom line.

How can governments & authorities allow this crime to continue?!

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 3h

14 years of methane leaking from Santos’s Darwin LNG plant.

Instead of fixing it, they argued that meeting international standards was too costly.

When major emitters dismiss responsibility as an “intolerable risk” it’s all of us that pay the price instead.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Prospect of net zero an 'intolerable risk' for leaking Santos plant

Santos's Darwin gas plant is set for a new lease of life despite a major methane leak. The company told federal officials the risk it could be forced to meet best practice on carbon emissions was "int...

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 3h

Adorable.

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 3h

At this point it is hard to avoid. My details caught in Optus/Medibank Private & Qantas hacks. Those are what I know about - who knows what else has been leaked/sold/compromised.

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 3h

I get the jokes, but as someone who went to his 'Last Time' tour he said this is the last big extended national tour. I will still be touring and playing. He is an amazing and generous performer who I would gladly pay to see again. (I know he is unlikely to sing publicly again).

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 3h

The man of 'peace' uses violence without hesitation (or reason).

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 3h

For my photography friends - these are brilliant.
www.theguardian.com/science/gall...

Magnifying the minuscule: Nikon Small World photomicrography 2025 – in pictures

Weevils, spores, slime mold and cells in extreme closeup for the 51st anniversary of the Nikon Small World competition

www.theguardian.com

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 8h

Many in the West will blame Palestinians for breaking the ceasefire regardless. One day the distinction will be made between Hamas & the Palestinian people who are oppressed & terrorised by Hamas & Israel.

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MsPraxis @mspraxis.bsky.social · 9h

😂 (nicked from a mate on FB)

The "Portland frog" portrayed as the Statue of Liberty with the caption "Statue of Ribbity"

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 8h

Where is the coverage of Palestinians trying to recover the remains of loved ones from bombed buildings. Oct 7 was terrorism what the Israeli government has done since is also terrorism. Genocide/ethnic cleansing is criminal.

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 8h

The only "peace" I'm seeing as it relates to Gaza is a "perpetrator peace," patting themselves on the back for a job well done, confident they can walk away from their genocide without being held accountable, and the "peace" of a massive graveyard. #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 18h

I don't often share these sort of petitions, but this one is important. c.org/TFJGZhLH5g

Sign the Petition

Change Bankruptcy Laws. Stop Paedophiles

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 1d

Who actually wrote it though? Sure as hell wasn't Eric.

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 1d

That is an attractive building, there is a need for larger apartments too, 3 bedroom for families. An area near me in Adelaide has had 5-8 storey apartment blocks that are also attractive . Better than the stacked shoebox style townhouses.

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 1d

Hinchinbrook by-election polling date to be set. Good reminder to all Queenslanders new & existing to visit Electoral Commission Queensland for info & update your details if necessary. Never know where a by-election is going to spring from next. #qldpol www.ecq.qld.gov.au

www.ecq.qld.gov.au

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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/2MpMAlYAeuY?....

Cold as ICE (The Deportation Anthem) – The Anti-Fascist Frog Rock Band 🐸🎸 | Parody of Foreigner

YouTube video by John D. Cundle

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 1d

Or the Talent series? Love McCaffrey

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 1d

Israelis described as hostages, Palestinians described as detainees.....

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 2d

Hate forced updates - currently migrating our office computers to Windows 11 and nothing will make my Office software reactivate - tried online & by phone. So much time wasted getting the system back to being functional.

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 2d

Now going to put Higgins into bankruptcy to get her settlement

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 2d

She won't make the US team because she isn't fast enough. Only the top 2 or 3 get through, like in Australia.

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘These men think they’ve done nothing wrong’: the philosopher who tried to understand Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists

When 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sen...

www.theguardian.com

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Robyn D @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 2d

Heads up NSW as "Authorities have identified a small number of Mr Hasic's patients but a large proportion are unknown and cannot be contacted directly as record keeping was done by paper cards."

Patients of a Mortdale dentist practice urged to get tested for blood-borne viruses including HIV

Sydney dentist denies claims patients potentially exposed to HIV

Safuan Hasic, also known as Steven Hasic, has been barred from practising after breaching infection control standards at his Mortdale dentistry practice.

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

The passion – and politics – of Peter Combe: ‘Children are wonderful critics because they’re very intolerant’

Wash Your Face in Orange Juice, Newspaper Mama, Toffee Apple … the children’s entertainer who has sold more than 1m albums and DVDs reflects on his 40-year career, childhood and speaking up

www.theguardian.com

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 3d

There was a story on the ABC the other day about a small town in Tas that blocked development of land to build houses. The locals said it would destroy the small town. Maybe the development was too big, but without housing there is nowhere for new people to live.

Sandra M Aus @igfbss.bsky.social · 3d

Constantly driving on the limit, margin for error is mm's in these conditions.