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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 4h

Our analysis reveals the prices Australians could pay if the Trump administration had its way & dismantled the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

"The difference is terrifying," says @emmashortis.bsky.social.

"It is wild how much Americans have to spend on essential medications." theaus.in/42D6R8K

Our PBS is a national treasure, not an international trade barrier

Extraordinary new analysis from The Australia Institute reveals the prices Australians would pay if the US had its way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1h

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 6h

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 16h

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 1h

Amen.

David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 16h

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 1h

Most unfair. IMO Brereton hasn't bungled anything. He's only tried to do exactly what he was hired to do - to make it all disappear from public view. #auspol nacc.gov.au

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

( ht: @tizzywoman.bsky.social )

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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 13d

BREAKING: AFR reports #Macquarie is backing another gas fracking pilot project in the Beetaloo Basin, this time for Tamboran Resources.

This comes just months after Macquarie received a 35% shareholder strike against its fossil fuel financing activity. #climate #auspol

Beetaloo gas to hit market in 2026, thanks to $75m NT guarantee

An unusual loan guarantee granted by the Northern Territory government has underscored how much gas from the project is needed.

www.afr.com

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 19h

Be sure to follow @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social and find your local No Kings peaceful protest at www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=h...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

Find your local event at nokings.org/#map.

Bring your family and friends. Stand up with everyone you love, for the country you hold dear.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 7h

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING📢 Crack team of climate scientists show "it is no longer defensible for companies proposing new or extended fossil fuel projects to claim the climate harms will be negligible. Our research shows the harms are, in fact, tangible and quantifiable – and no project is too small to matter"

For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project

The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 7h

Fantastic that this attribution research by climate scientists is out in the world!

Hope citizens, schoolchildren & journos use it to hold fossil fuel corps like Woodside & their enablers like SA Premier Malinauskas & fed Enviro Min Watt accountable for deaths & enviro harm fr fossil fuel projects

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

How immigration enforcement turned sleepy Broadview into a chaotic, militarized town

An intensive immigration operation ordered by Trump has quickly transformed Broadview, Illinois, into the beating hot center of the resistance.

How immigration enforcement turned sleepy Broadview into a chaotic, militarized town

An intensive immigration operation ordered by President Donald Trump has quickly transformed Broadview, Illinois, into the beating hot center of the resistance.

www.nbcnews.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15h

North Carolina Republicans announced today they’re going to pass a new congressional map to draw a Dem out of Congress; they already did last cycle, going from 7-7 to 10-4. Thus would be 11-3. t.co/XLJIhe8vZn

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · 7h

Little shout out to my PhD student Joseph Alhassan, who is doing important research on climate impacts on farmers in Northern Ghana!

Social & Political Sciences, UTS @uts-sps.bsky.social · 7h

SPS PhD student Joseph Alhassan is currently in Northern Ghana, researching the impact of increasing heat on smallholder farmers, focussing on conditions of work and adaptation.

Joseph is part of the Too Hot to Work project, in the Climate, Society and Environment Research Centre (C-SERC).

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7h

"The Day I Knew Israel’s ‘Aggression’ Had Turned Into a Full-Blown Genocide"

Via Zeteo, read an excerpt from Gaza journalist Plestia Alaqad’s powerful new memoir, ‘The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience.’

The Day I Knew Israel’s ‘Aggression’ Had Turned Into a Full-Blown Genocide

Read an excerpt from Gaza journalist Plestia Alaqad’s powerful new memoir, ‘The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience.’

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Sep 2

Dictators silence our freedoms. In America, the people will be heard. Oct 18: #NoKings. RSVP: nokings.org?utm_source=5...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 9h

Nothing stops authoritarians in their tracks like organized people power — and we're organizing it in communities throughout the country. #NoKings

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22h

Are you ready for the largest peaceful protest in modern US history? In five days, millions of Americans will stand up and speak out on a massive scale to reject Trump’s authoritarianism and show the world what democracy looks like. We’ll see you on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

The largest demonstration during Trump’s first term was around 750 events.

“We’re now expecting about 2,500 events around the country on No Kings. So we’re talking about literally four times as many.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social

Please join us on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 7h

I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!

But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 21h

NO KINGS, y'all! October 18! Find a rally near you and GO!

nokings.org

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