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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 2h

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 5h

Exclusive | The Australian Parliament Sports Club has been deregistered as a lobby organisation after less than a month, CEO Andy Turnbull tells @daanysaeed.bsky.social

Australian Parliament Sports Club de-registered as lobby group amid MP outrage

www.crikey.com.au

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 5h

For the people of Poços de Caldas in Brazil, where rare earth elements have been discovered, the arrival of two Australian mining companies have been met with both cautious optimism and trepidation.

Australian mining giants are rolling into Brazilian towns to extract rare earth elements. Locals are worried

www.crikey.com.au

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 3h

Me too! 🥺

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 3h

It really is

Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 3h

.#climatecrisis… just sayin

FunHouse Radio @funhouseradio.bsky.social · 2d

"It stretches from West Africa all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, forming a massive brown ribbon visible from outer space."
#weird #weidnews #science #ocean
www.odditycentral.com/news/massive...

Massive Brown Seweed Belt Spreading Through Atlantic Ocean Is Visible from Space

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is a shockingly large mass of brown algae almost double the width of the American continent, and clearly visible from space.

www.odditycentral.com

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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 1d

The continuing environmental devastation of coal mining and burning.

Dr Bino says the results "clearly show toxic brine is leaking from Energy Australia's Mount Piper Power Station ash dump".

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Platypus vanish from river where Charles Darwin pondered evolution

Almost 190 years on, in the place where Charles Darwin first spotted a platypus, the egg-laying mammal seems to have disappeared.

www.abc.net.au

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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 1d

Rewriting reality.

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 1d

Ivanka & the handbag? In Israel? FFS!

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Fascism

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 1d

No

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 1d

And while we’re at doing what’s necessary … let’s stop approving new #coal #gas Australia! #climate #auspol @Murraywatt
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say

Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New Zealand

www.theguardian.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🐀 Mike Johnson caught lying using the receipts he directed us to use. Jen Psaki for the 🎯

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Kristy with a K @sometimeskristy.bsky.social · 1d

Australian Journalists please read and take notes. Gina likes Stephen... #auspol

Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Stephen Miller is the most dangerous man in the Trump administration | Judith Levine

In the White House deputy chief of staff, we see that Maga will not simply end with Trump. We must keep our eyes on Miller

www.theguardian.com

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 1d

Sad day indeed. That talent, that timing, that humour! Vale Diane Keaton.

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 1d

So I hear

Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 1d

Me too - Toronto - I’ve left democracy now now… That’s where I found that one

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 2d

The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽

Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.

That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.

Just utterly unbelievable.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d

⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 2d

Reynolds bankrupting the husband of a rape victim… says so much about the Liberal Party… vindictive & refusing to take any responsibility. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...