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Hobart Local

@jameshobart.bsky.social

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It’s complicated. Passionate (maybe feel strongly about or maybe warm about) an Australian republic, voluntary assisted dying (VAD), the environment, climate change, being kind, professionalism in medicine, making a difference.

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · Sep 23

People in Gaza City are facing daily bombardment, famine and compromised access to means of survival.

Israeli Forces placed the entire city under a displacement order. But people have nowhere to go to. There is no safe place in #Gaza.

#CeasefireNow

Hobart Local @jameshobart.bsky.social · Sep 23

This has to stop. I am pleased Australia has recognised the Palestine state. Israel must read the room and go for an immediate ceasefire so that aid can flow to help the starving children

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Natrice Rese 🇨🇦 @natrese.bsky.social · Sep 14

So disturbing and wrong

Mrs. Beaverhausen @ghostmom.bsky.social · Sep 14

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Aug 28

Pay attention. Your family’s safety is on the line.

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Matthew Lewis is ready for progressive federalism @mateosfo.bsky.social · Aug 27

Between violent drivers/violent shooters, we've fully dropped out of global rankings for life expectancy in US.

But it's a toss-up which of our violent religions -- car culture & gun culture -- will be harder to dislodge. Since most gun owners support strict gun regs, I'm going with car culture.

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · Aug 27

Every time I hear a kid talk about how they practiced for the mass shooting that eventually came, I think it's a searing indictment of our country's failure to actually give a shit about the safety of kids.

MSNBC @msnbc.com · Aug 27

"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit."

10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · Aug 27

Americans have no idea how utterly unhinged this gun fetishism looks to the rest of the world.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 27

IMO many Americans don't even buy guns for personal protection or to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. They simply have a shopping addiction

A family outside their home. Their deck is loaded with guns.

A man in his living room. His living room is full of guns. There's also a big safe labeled "Liberty."

A man outside his home. The walkway into his home is full of guns.

A woman outside her garage. The front of her home is full of guns, some laid out in a star formation.

Hobart Local @jameshobart.bsky.social · Aug 28

AFL propaganda to offset the homophobic slurs from last week

Hobart Local @jameshobart.bsky.social · Aug 28

There’s always someone who wants to take credit for other’s actions

Hobart Local @jameshobart.bsky.social · Aug 28

There’s always someone who wants to take credit for other’s actions

Hobart Local @jameshobart.bsky.social · Aug 28

Not newsworthy. I would have thought there were plenty of other things to report about maybe killer at large or Iran diplomatic approach. You are parroting the #AFL propaganda in response to the #homophobic slurs last week

Hobart Local @jameshobart.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thoughts and prayers

Hobart Local @jameshobart.bsky.social · Aug 28

Could we have their sexual preferences as well please as it seems to be a thing?

Hobart Local @jameshobart.bsky.social · Aug 28

Extraordinary that this is seen as news and even in the @abcnewsbot.bsky.social

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TasmanianClimateCollective @tasclimateco.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Have your say on Tasmania’s Climate Change Act

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💉Josh Rubin, MD @drsandman11.medsky.social · Aug 27

Dearest Martha,

The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.

Yours in glaze,

National guard troops lounging outside a Krispy Kreme

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Captain Quoll @kudelka.bsky.social · Aug 11

Pardon the pun, but this is like shooting fish in a barrel.

punterspolitics.bsky.social @punterspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 11

Who would be THIS dumb? 🙋 🤦Two words we need to learn how to say to corporate tax bludgers. What do you reckon they are?

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Arash Mohebbi @thatoldbear.bsky.social · Aug 10

Omg @bardinbrief.bsky.social it's like they read our minds here

Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · Aug 10

Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Aug 10

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:

“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”

Israel just killed him.

Hobart Local @jameshobart.bsky.social · Aug 10

Maybe it’s also about opportunities of an enhanced cross bench @jackmdavenport.bsky.social

Hobart Local @jameshobart.bsky.social · Aug 10

Watching #abcnewsbreakfast coverage of algal bloom in SA. Where is the discussion about #globalwarming and the likelihood of further significant disasters related to #climate change?

Hobart Local @jameshobart.bsky.social · Aug 10

I wouldn’t be too worried about SFF. I suspect the other members of parliament will run rings around them. I heard his interview on ABC radio - was pretty inarticulate

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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · Aug 5

Pretty incredible that no other outlet has snapped this up for publication after The Mercury declined it (?!)…. Although that context itself is not irrelevant to how we have ended up in this dire situation.

Bicycletim @bicycle-tim.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thank you so much Richard Flanagan! #politas

Hobart Local @jameshobart.bsky.social · Aug 5

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Hobart Local @jameshobart.bsky.social · Aug 5

Did anyone hear the interview with the new member of parliament from the Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party on ABC Local radio? A completely inarticulate interview which doesn’t bode well for their ability to be heard in parliament www.sffptasmania.org

Tasmanian Political Party | Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party

Our candidates advocate for protecting freedom, individual rights, and culture for all Tasmanians. We believe Tasmanians deserve better. Thi state election 2024 lets make a positive difference

www.sffptasmania.org

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · Jun 30

Is global warming accelerating? Over at The Climate Brink I argue that the consilience of evidence from surface temperatures, climate models, forcing changes, ocean heat content, and earth energy imbalance all point toward yes: www.theclimatebrink....

The great acceleration debate

Why the consilience of evidence points toward acceleration

www.theclimatebrink.com