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Linda Matija @lindamatija25.bsky.social · 17h

❤️ a great story, regardless of how long. Take the truth behind Monkey Mia for example or the 18 month bombing of NT and WA during WW2 or the Australian soldiers who helped clean up after the Hiroshima bombing.

Leigh-Chantelle @leigh-chantelle.bsky.social · 18h

Reminder to read more #fiction:

"Pure information transfer fails to change people.
Stories work."

www.joanwestenberg.com/p/why-storie...

Whether it's marketing, discussing data, or giving a startup pitch, stories are the best place to start!

Why Stories Make You Smarter Than Self-Help Books

The Smartest People You Know Still Read Novels

www.joanwestenberg.com

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Linda Matija @lindamatija25.bsky.social · 17h

Does anyone ever wonder how Hawke and Keating would have handled Government if they ruled now?

Their reforms were not only visionary, bold but so competently done.

Today we probably have the most tertiary educated politicians we have ever had and I keep wondering what is holding them back?

The Facts in the Case of Dr Dedman @stephendedman.bsky.social · 17h

We need Mr Fixit on the environment, not politics

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

We need Labor’s Mr Fixit to fix the environment, not the politics

Environment Minister Murray Watt is Labor’s political "fixer" – Australians want him to fix something for us, and our planet.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 8d

Gotta love Snoopy...

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Linda Matija @lindamatija25.bsky.social · 8d

Surely anyone in charge would be asking for the evidence?

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 8d

"The Attorney-General’s Department was unable to present evidence of the malicious and automated FOI requests alleged by the government."

Great article from @dholmesnoise.bsky.social in @themandarin.bsky.social today, covering the latest.

Estimates find no evidence of automated FOI applications

The Attorney-General's Department was unable to present evidence of the malicious and automated FOI requests alleged by the government.

www.themandarin.com.au

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Linda Matija @lindamatija25.bsky.social · 8d

They talk of war so easily.

So what is the reason for the words #LestWeForget and every memorial remembering the souls who sadly paid the ultimate price? How many of these people were the children of politicians?

Did they go to war so we can easily go to war again?

Lisa the Antifascist “Leftist”🇦🇺 @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 8d

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 8d

Disgraceful letting Ryan Milgate put the boot into the BOM without Ali Moore on 774 ABC stating how many times they DO get it right. It's an incredibly complex task to predict the weather, especially rainfall, reliably. A little more homework and respect wouldn't go astray, Ali.

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Linda Matija @lindamatija25.bsky.social · 8d

@sarahhansonyoung.bsky.social

Functional emails-if there was ever a dogs' breakfast it would have to be functional emails.

Often there are no guidelines on how they should be managed, and as section names change so do functional email names creating no continuity.

@davidpocock.bsky.social

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Allen Tien, MD, MHS mdlogix.com 94,698 田一彦 @allentien.bsky.social · 9d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#SharedFacts about #Electrons
#GlobalProgress for #CommunityProsperity

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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The Socialist Dad @thesocialistdad.bsky.social · 13d

We now have to assume that anyone posting positively about this Labour government is paid to do so

www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

A company has been caught PAYING influencers to say good things about Labour

Declassified UK has revealed that a dodgy digital company with links to Labour is trying to get journalists and influencers to say good things

www.thecanary.co

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Linda Matija @lindamatija25.bsky.social · 12d

#ConsumerPower

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 13d

The post-pandemic dip in gasoline consumption in California is pretty stunning

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 12d

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Kate-Eviva @kate-eviva.bsky.social · 21d

Please note @jimchalmers.bsky.social
I know you agree. Time Treasury rearranged the priorities for the budget.
#auspol

Steve Hayes @sxh.bsky.social · 21d

Any economic system that produces both billionaires and homeless people is fundamentally flawed.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 21d

Keep the pressure on: Government faces uphill battle to pass FOI reforms www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Government faces uphill battle to pass FOI reforms - ABC listen

The federal government faces an uphill battle to pass reforms to Australia's freedom of information laws. Proposed changes to Australia's Freedom of Information laws would impose higher fees for appl...

www.abc.net.au

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Linda Matija @lindamatija25.bsky.social · 21d

Listening to Albo today made one feel grateful for the UN.

It was not set up to allow one small group to rule..

Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 21d

God it must be exhausting being Greg Sheridan. Maybe they have a few of them?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21d

variety.com/2025/tv/news...

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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 21d

It's time for the government to tackle the biggest source of carbon emissions in Australia – fossil fuels.

I just signed the @australiainstitute.org.au petition: Phase out fossil fuels. Will you join me? ✍️

nb.australiainstitute.org.au/phase-out-fo...

✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: Phase out fossil fuels

Emissions reduction targets won’t solve the climate crisis if they’re built on fiction. It's time for the government to tackle the biggest source of carbon emissions in Australia – fossil fuels.

nb.australiainstitute.org.au

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 23d

Every Chief Health Officer & Health Minister in Aust should come out with a statement today about the lies being told by Trump

As we saw during Covid & now with lowering vax rates - this is extremely dangerous.

Guess it's too much to hope that MSM will be responsible #auspol

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🤖 SBS News bot (unofficial) @sbs-news-bot.bsky.social · 25d

NATO jets fly over Poland | Evening News Bulletin 21 September 2025

In this bulletin, NATO jets fly over Poland in planned response to Russian incursion this month, Optus customers share their ordeal over being cut off from emergency services. And in the sport, Oscar Piastri still eyeing a formula one title, after crashing at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

www.sbs.com.au

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26d

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

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Linda Matija @lindamatija25.bsky.social · 25d

#VoteWithYourDollars

No great power in today's world.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 25d

Vote with your dollars.

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Linda Matija @lindamatija25.bsky.social · 25d

Was a problem for the French too.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Our problem isn't a lack of resources.

Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

Linda Matija @lindamatija25.bsky.social · 28d

Soo, no opinions allowed in one of the greatest democratic countries in the world?

Great thing there are still lots of jobs.

Godfrey Moase @godfreymoase.bsky.social · 28d

Australian workers are getting warnings from Australian-owned corporations for expressing opinions on US politics.

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Linda Matija @lindamatija25.bsky.social · 28d

#climatecollapse, more like the collapse of humanity, the climate will survive as will earth.

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 28d

MY GOD, I HAVE A NEW HERO. SHE HAD THEM SO HOOKED AND THEN BAM, SHE ATE THEM, BONES AND ALL.

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 28d

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 29d

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