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ATBarnumRubble @abarnrubble.bsky.social · Jun 17

Maybe something about a squeaky tank, and being treated very badly. @albomp.bsky.social

Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · Jun 17

TFW you file your cartoon on Trump meeting Albanese then minutes later the meeting is cancelled so your cartoon's redundant and you have to think up a new one ASAP

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Tony Dunn @tony873004.bsky.social · Jun 16

Eternal night at the South Pole sky this time of year. #astronomy

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Jun 16

Trump is sending ICE to blue cities to enact the "largest mass deportation program in history" and Chicago is at the top of the list.

I'm calling for every Democratic leader and candidate to stand against ICE, to call for its abolition, and to materially support immigrants.

Inaction is complicity.

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Bang! 101 Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s @bangpodcast.bsky.social · Jun 16

It was such a pleasure to meet @abarnrubble.bsky.social and Lissa of #Vitabeats for Episode 9. Such an interesting history and fab tunes. Join the Bang! Nuclear Family...

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ATBarnumRubble @abarnrubble.bsky.social · Jun 17

Funkatomic Vitabeats pod from London via Pank and Dave. Get a listen! bit.ly/3FQkPvV

Funkatomic Bombs From Australia

Podcast Episode · Bang! 101 Songs about Nuclear War from the 1980s · 16/06/2025 · 57m

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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · May 13

Wanted to play with my art pens and used my spanish vocubulary words as prompts

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · May 12

Once a foreign government can openly give the president a half-billion-dollar plane as a personal gift, there’s no red line left between a democracy and a full-blown kleptocracy. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/corruption...

Corruption and a Security Catastrophe in Plane Sight

Of course a foreign government would love to give the US president a plane....

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Prof Wendy Lacey @profwendylacey.bsky.social · May 12

Thank you David Shoebridge #qanda #auspol

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · May 6

Your School House Rock moment......

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Zali Steggall @zalisteggall.bsky.social · Apr 24

We’re in a cost-of-living crisis, yet Australians lose $31.5B a year to gambling.

The Murphy Inquiry was clear: ban gambling ads. Nearly two years on—still no action.

It’s time to put communities before gambling profits.

#GamblingReform #BanGamblingAds #AusPol

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · Apr 8

Nationals leader says children who commit crimes don’t deserve civil rights. Wow.
@australiainstitute.org.au @amyremeikis.bsky.social #ausvotes
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/04/aust...

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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · Apr 8

Murat Dizdar is a hero. It was not a gaff. He said what needed to be said. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

‘We support parent choice’: Uproar over NSW schools chief’s push to reconsider private schools

Premier Chris Minns says his government is “certainly not” going to take away options for parents after NSW’s head of public schools questioned if private schools should exist.

www.smh.com.au

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · Apr 7

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💧 simon holmes à court @simonahac.bsky.social · Apr 7

the libs ditched the wholly unsuitable candidate for the seat of #whitlam yesterday… and replaced him with a #MAGA man! 🙄

#dutton is attracted to, not repulsed by #trump.

reneweconomy.com.au/all-aboard-t...

“All aboard the Trump train!” Coalition swaps out extreme right candidate for pro-gas MAGA man

The man chosen to replace a Liberal candidate dumped over extreme comments is an ardent Trump supporter and one of key figures behind a pro-gas industry campaign.

reneweconomy.com.au

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · Apr 7

The best education systems in the world are 100% public. When every kid goes to public school all parents, including the rich ones, want the public schools to be good. Oh, and its great for social cohesion.

But in Australia, we talk about being evidence based but ignore the evidence all the time

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ATBarnumRubble @abarnrubble.bsky.social · Apr 6

Keep the Pro-Extinction Liberals out of Gilmore! #kate4Gilmore #southcoastgreens #election2025

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · Apr 3

I guess she thinks we should all just have catastrophic climate change then…FFS

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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · Mar 27

It's our budget special this week! Watch the #SundayShot for expert analysis from panellists @grogsgamut.bsky.social and @nickihutley.bsky.social and interviews with @squigglyrick.bsky.social and @theacoss.bsky.social's Cassandra Goldie.

We'll likely know the election date by then too...
#auspol

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · Mar 16

This is a very funny comment about this very staged and odd pic #auspol

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · Mar 16

Back on track?

More like highway back to hell #auspol

Gordo @vieuxbatard.bsky.social · Mar 16

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · Mar 13

Australia needs nurses, pharmacists, teachers…, but fewer students are starting degrees. HECS debts are too high. Sensible education reform will price degrees on future earning capacity, and support students while they gain the skills our country needs.
www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-educa...

www.theaustralian.com.au

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Anthony Albanese @albomp.bsky.social · Mar 13

Australia makes the best products in the world, and we’ll always back making things here.

So whenever you get a chance, choose Australian products.

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Zali Steggall @zalisteggall.bsky.social · Mar 14

The gambling lobby is pouring money into Labor and the Coalition to block independents and protect profits. Aussies lose $31.5B a year to gambling. Ban gambling ads. Implement the Murphy Report. Put people before donors.
#GamblingReform #AusPol

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · Mar 11

If Australian govts we’re doing ‘everything they can’ to cut fossil fuel use we’d see fewer enormous utes on our road, not more…

exempting giant utes from luxury car tax (as they aren’t used as cars!) and FBT concessions are bizarre policy…but making the parking spaces bigger to suit the…FFS

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Mar 10

Australia's roads are filling up with bigger and bigger cars, fuelled by tax incentives for big utes regardless of what the ute gets used for.

Expanding roads and car parks to accommodate these behemoths would come at a huge cost.

Read more below ⤵️

Mega-car in a mini space: How SUVs are reshaping Australian car parks

A proposal to lengthen parking bays to accommodate enormous vehicles has attracted more than 1200 submissions.

www.smh.com.au

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ATBarnumRubble @abarnrubble.bsky.social · Feb 20

Fools gold Vanity. Trump is obsessed with European dictators. His own feckless vanity will always come first in any decision. #PretendPresident #FakeDictator
#CoatOfHarms

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