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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 21d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

50,000 year old art. Oldest known representation of a human face. Industrial pollution WILL damage. "Private negotiations". Remediation delayed. As @adammorton.bsky.social argues here, these laws do NOT work.

Australia’s laws to protect the environment don’t work. Woodside’s 40-year greenlight proves it

Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 27d

Aircraft bought to run Sydney-Perth etc. Toilet services may be limited for the first three years of operation, please use the amenity bag in the seat pocket............

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 27d

First new Qantas Airbus jets come with one toilet for every 90 economy passengers – worse than Jetstar, Scoot and Ryanair

Full service carrier says it will add additional toilets to its first three new Airbus 321XLR models – but they will be in service for three years beforehand * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The first three aircraft in Qantas’s new fleet will arrive with a worse economy passenger-to-toilet ratio than on planes used by budget carriers Scoot, Ryanair and Jetstar. After ordering the Airbus 321XLR aircraft in 2022 to replace its ageing Boeing 737s, Qantas on Thursday used the new planes on commercial flights for the first time on the Sydney to Melbourne and Sydney to Perth routes. Continue reading...

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · Sep 8

For real, if you've ever been considering reviewing / interviewing / etc. someone but stopped yourself because the book was released months ago... do it! We love getting coverage after pub day.

Justin Taylor @justintaylor.bsky.social · Sep 8

Worst thing to happen to book crit was getting mercilessly synced to pub dates. writer gets 97% of the coverage they're ever getting by the end of week 2, & if the book is widely reviewed (positive or not) in prestige places some of your would-be audience burns out on takes & skips the book itself.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Sep 12

And taking the trash out on Friday afternoon too

Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · Sep 12

Disgraceful.

No govt that actually cares about climate change would do this.

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

Australia news live: Labor approves extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export project until 2070

Follow live

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · Sep 13

Such a great article explaining why the vibes are so bad on socials now.

KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · Sep 11

I recognise the irony of sharing this on a this site, but still
www.noemamag.com/the-last-day...

The Last Days Of Social Media | NOEMA

Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.

www.noemamag.com

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · Sep 13

Thanks Jennifer! 🙏🏼

Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · Sep 12

open.substack.com/pub/rochelle...

Still hot. On keeping the fires lit

Living through my apocalypse and trying to staying warm

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · Sep 8

RALLY TO SAVE MEANJIN

Thursday 11 Sep 9am
Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton.

A number of Australian writers and editors will speak in support of this vital cultural institution

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · Sep 8

So many unanswered questions posed in this excellent piece on the Meanjin closure. eg.
-Why the sudden irreversible decision?
-Why didn't they try to save it (community, donor drives etc)?
-Why the secrecy?
-Why use the financial viability argument now?
As if the v wealthy UniMelb can't afford it.

Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up

Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the 'purely financial decision' to close Meanjin has raised eyebro...

www.crikey.com.au

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · Aug 22

There’s still time for some adventures! ‘Big’ birthdays can be a catalyst.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · Jun 19

I do miss the film peeps though.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · Jun 19

I feel like I've become an apostate these last few years. It just doesn't do it for me in the same way it used to. Time is so precious and leaving the house is so hard! (And books are so good)

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · Jun 16

I read this recently for book club and really enjoyed it. Dystopian women's fiction I probably wouldn't normally read, but so haunting. It's interesting how it's become a big deal on BookTok all these years after publication.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · May 26

Is it even trying?!

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Jinghua Qian @jinghuaqian.com · May 10

It's never too late to break up, quit, come out, move, transition, divorce, change your life, start something new. If you choose to stay with something that makes you miserable, you owe yourself a better justification than sunk cost.

Spooky Bunsz 👻 @copaceticbunsz.com · Feb 2

If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · Apr 28

Thanks Martin! A pity they didn’t mention my book too but you know, it’s the ABC 😊

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · Apr 28

Beyond Monogamy. The ABCTV episode of Compass that I participated in is available to watch now. They treated us well.

Inside polyamorous relationships and open marriages | Compass | ABC Australia

YouTube video by ABC Australia

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · Apr 15

"The rise of end times fascism" by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor is an outstanding work. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Recommended.

The authors wright: As fascism always does, today’s Armageddon complex crosses class lines, bonding billionaires to the Maga base. Thanks to decades of deepening economic stresses, alongside ceaseless and skillful messaging pitting workers against one another, a great many people understandably feel unable to protect themselves from the disintegration that surrounds them (no matter how many months of ready-to-eat meals they buy). But there are emotional compensations on offer: you can cheer the end of affirmative action and DEI, glorify mass deportation, enjoy the denial of gender-affirming care to trans people, villainize educators and health workers who think they know better than you, and applaud the demise of economic and environmental regulations as a way to own the libs. End times fascism is a darkly festive fatalism – a final refuge for those who find it easier to celebrate destruction than imagine living without supremacy.

It’s also a self-reinforcing downward spiral: Trump’s furious attacks on every structure designed to protect the public from diseases, dangerous foods and disasters – even to tell the public when disasters are headed their way – strengthen the case for prepperism at both the high and low ends, all while creating myriad new opportunities for privatization and profiteering by the oligarchs powering this rapid-fire unmaking of the social and regulatory state.

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JK @j2dk.bsky.social · Apr 2

Did Alan Jones or John Laws ever require an authorisation to end their interviews with every Liberal leader ever by declaring they should be/remInt Prime Minister?

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · Apr 2

i'm not an electoral lawyer but this story seems like bullshit. The host of one of Australia's most popular podcasts and a TV presenter is clearly a media producer and so doesn't need an electoral auth. How is this any different to the SMH endorsing a PM candidate? or whatever Sky News broadcasts.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · Apr 2

This cause is close to my heart - please sign if you care about writers being properly paid: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fr...

Help freelancers at Nine Publishing win fair rates

Off the back of strike action last year, Nine management committed to engage in discussions about freelance rates and conditions with MEAA representatives. Despite this commitment, Nine management ha...

www.megaphone.org.au

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · Apr 1

I’m quite interested to know whether Peter Dutton’s plan to abolish the federal Department of Education also includes abolishing the Australian Research Council, the main body funding university research in this country

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · Apr 1

Happy birthday to you! Hope you have a beautiful day

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T. J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · Mar 7

You know what we really can afford to cut completely?

Funding to send humans to Mars.

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