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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 3h

Republicans: We’re not Nazis.

Also Republicans: I love Hitler.

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Appallingly Racist GOP Group Chat With 251 Slurs Is Leaked

One Republican operative reportedly wrote, “I love Hitler,” and referred to Black Americans as “the watermelon people.”

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

The World Meteorological Organization says carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing at rates that have tripled since the 1960s, and emissions from human activities and more wildfires have helped fan a "vicious climate cycle."

CO2 emissions reached record high in 2024, report finds

The World Meteorological Organization says carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing at rates that have tripled since the 1960s, and emissions from human activities and more wildfires have helped fan a "vicious climate cycle."

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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · 5h

David Pope in Canberra Times

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 10h

Michael Pascoe:
“If anyone was hoping for significant economic reform to improve Australia’s outlook, to realise this nation’s enormous potential, hope buried Monday 13/10 when Treasurer Chalmers announced PM Albanese’s reformed superannuation reform.”

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Albo’s super dance: one step forward, one backward, one to the side - Michael West

It was Jim Chalmers’ superannuation reform but we get Anthony Albanese’s reform of the reform - Government is risk-adverse and incremental

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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6h

Ceasefire sparks fresh calls for global media access to Gaza https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10/ceasefire-sparks-fresh-calls-for-global-media-access-to-gaza #auspol

Ceasefire sparks fresh calls for global media access to Gaza

Press groups are also demanding justice for the more than 200 journalists slaughtered in Palestinian territory over the past two years.

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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 5h

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Starmer's government is ripping up the rulebook on protest to protect Israel – from classing protests as 'terrorism' to banning repeat marches and fining universities that allow student to demonstrate

Israel is the excuse to snatch away freedoms we once took for granted

Starmer's government is ripping up the rulebook on protest to protect Israel – from classing protests as 'terrorism' to banning repeat marches and fining universities that allow student to demonstrate

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Meet me at the crossroads @atacrossroad.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is showing us how to do this thing.

mrg / greg v goebel / NAFO @gvgoebel.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump Regime reflexively pushes back on ALL resistance.

In the case of NO KINGS, they are at a loss.

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NSJ Updates 🩵🌈☀️🌺☮️ @nikisavvasjumper.bsky.social · 19h

Just watched this. Great scoop @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social and @ettemedia.bsky.social on LinkedIn’s ‘not a data breach’ data breach

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say quelle surprise that SkyNews have reported the story and not attributed it to you. Link in comments

How we REVEALED Prime Minister Anthony Albanese personal number published in MASS A.I LEAK

YouTube video by Ette Media

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 5h

Truly insane to put basic public health policy in the hands of local councillors. Abdication of responsibility by the State Parliament. (Qld has about 75 LGAs and a whole lot of them have only a few thousand even a few hundred people living there.)

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 6h

Water fluoridation cut tooth decay in Queensland children, study shows, but most councils have decided against it

Rate of tooth decay in children aged five to 10 fell from 49.5% to 38.8% after introduction of fluoride according to new research * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast New research has found that water fluoridation in Queensland reduced the rate of tooth decay in children to less than four out of every 10 children, down from nearly half of all children. The findings come as more councils in Queensland vote to remove fluoride from their water supply. Of 77 local government areas in Queensland, only 16 add fluoride to water, most of them in south-east Queensland. Five more have naturally occurring fluoride. Two councils – Gympie and Cook – have voted to cease fluoridation in the last year. Continue reading...

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Aushiker @aushiker.com · 6h

Israel limits aid into Gaza in dispute over hostage remains as ceasefire faces test www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel limits aid into Gaza in dispute over hostage remains as ceasefire faces test

Hamas accused of breaching agreement by withholding bodies of hostages but Palestinian militants say they face obstacles in retrieving them

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 1d

We don’t have a gas shortage, we have a gas export problem. Santos are gaming the system and pushing up the price of gas paid by 🇦🇺 households & industry.

We don’t need new projects, we need to reserve uncontracted export gas for 🇦🇺 now!
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Why Santos is behind your soaring electricity and mortgage costs

It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless ...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 1d

“I honestly thought I’d be inundated,” the PM said at a press conference today, staring at his phone’s empty notifications screen. “Not even a scam text pretending to be Australia Post”.

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Albo Yet to Receive Single Phone Call After Number Leaked Online — The Shovel

“Not even a scam text pretending to be Australia Post”.

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NSJ Updates 🩵🌈☀️🌺☮️ @nikisavvasjumper.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like a great lineup..I wish i was in Sydney for this 🩵

Barrie, Bowers & Friends in Sydney! #auspol

YouTube video by The Australia Institute

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Pat Hudson Cartoons @hudsoncartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel #Trump #USPolitics #auspol ko-fi.com/hudsoncartoons

Trump is shuffling through the devastated landscape in Gaza, a little fist raised in triumph, his long tie dragging behind him leaving a blood trail. Scattered among the landscape are multiple remains of munitions and bit of shrapnel, most are labelled with the American flag, Trump is saying, “So lucky I was here to stop this destruction”.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Kittylitter @kittylitter.bsky.social · 1d

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About 160 countries around the world have official poverty measures today, either a monetary measure or a multi-dimensional measure," he says.

"Best practice is to have both —Australia has neither."

Poverty is about more than income, but that is all we measure

We get detailed measurements of population, participation and productivity. Advocates want to add a fourth "p" — poverty — so we can understand our economy.

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Kittylitter @kittylitter.bsky.social · 1d

Here they go again, racism & division to try & grab the Hanson voters

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 1d

A new study published in Nature Climate Action finds Woodside’s Scarborough gas project could cause 100s of heat-related deaths & exposed 500k people to unprecedented heat.

Govt can’t claim climate leadership while approving projects like this.
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Forrest-backed study links Woodside mega-project to hundreds of deaths

The research, conducted by academics at ANU, suggests the massive offshore gas project off the coast of Western Australia will cause warming of 0.00039 degrees.

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John Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · 1d

History repeating itself.
The colonial governor tore up the treaty Batman agreed with the Wurundjeri.

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Victorian Liberals will scrap Australian-first Treaty within 100 days if elected

The Victorian Liberals will scrap the state's proposed Treaty agreement with First Peoples' if elected. The opposition had previously withdrawn support for the proposed agreement, which is set to be d...

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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 1d

@bylinetimes.bsky.social is highlighting that it exposed Nigel Farage’s anti-abortion grift a year ago. All of us in the West need to be searching out the reporting on how our political/commentariat actors are networking with extremist “Christian” groups from US with 💰💰💰 Motivated by 💴 or ⛪️? #auspol

The "freedom" warriors attacking our freedoms
While the rest of us get on with paying our bills, massive money and energy is being put into imposing strict controls on what we can do with our bodies and what we can say.
LUCY HAMILTON
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ACU
Senator wants abortion on the national agenda as debate engulfs states”
Accompanied by a picture of Jacinta Pricd Nampijinpa.

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Kittylitter @kittylitter.bsky.social · 1d

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Given the consortium already had signed long-term supply contracts with Asian buyers, it was left severely short and in a bind.
The solution? Siphon gas from the domestic market.