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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 35m

Ceasefire shaky as Palestinians killed, aid halted

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Cracks in shaky ceasefire as Palestinians killed, aid halted

Israeli forces are restricting aid into the Gaza Strip after hostage families expressed dismay that only four of 28 bodies were returned.

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 59m

11 tanks were constructed unlawfully i.e. without a building permit and were not built to withstand a category three cyclone.

The $270 million Project Caymus fuel storage facility was meant to be operational by September 2023.

#EnvironmentalVandalism #auspol

Safety liner under US military fuel tanks still failing, weeks after approval

Groundwater is leaking through the safety liner under some of the fuel facility's 11 tanks, which were constructed unlawfully on Darwin Harbour without a building permit. It comes after the NT governm...

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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 52m

Trump’s war for peace: How the Nobel became his battlefield johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Trump’s war for peace: How the Nobel became his battlefield

Donald Trump’s pursuit of the Nobel Peace Prize has been one of the most grotesque spectacles of the modern era – a man trying to win a peace prize by promoting war.

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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 56m

From play to performance: Sport as the new Roman circus johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

From play to performance: Sport as the new Roman circus

Reading the recent article Is this the moment that will define cricket's future? by my former university lecturer and continued mentor, Chas Keys, reminded me how sport, once a shared expression of co...

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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 58m

From Gaza, Palestinians have reasserted their agency on the world stage johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

From Gaza, Palestinians have reasserted their agency on the world stage

If we are to speak of a Palestinian victory in Gaza, it is a resounding triumph for the Palestinian people, their indomitable spirit and their deeply rooted resistance that transcends faction, ideolog...

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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 1h

Nobel Peace laureate calls for US bombing of her country johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Nobel Peace laureate calls for US bombing of her country

Within hours of being named the Nobel Peace laureate for 2025, María Corina Machado called on President Trump to step up his military and economic campaign against her own country, Venezuela.

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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 1h

Who are 'Advance' and what are they doing to our politics? johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Who are 'Advance' and what are they doing to our politics?

Launched in 2018 as a conservative answer to GetUp!, the group Advance likes to style itself as the voice of the average person against “the elite.

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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 1h

Ceasefire sparks fresh calls for global media access to Gaza johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Ceasefire sparks fresh calls for global media access to Gaza

Press groups are also demanding justice for the more than 200 journalists slaughtered in Palestinian territory over the past two years.

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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 1h

Trump ignores Palestinians in Knesset speech intended as a victory lap for the Gaza war mondoweiss.net/2025/10/trum...

Trump ignores Palestinians in Knesset speech intended as a victory lap for the Gaza war

In a speech to the Knesset, Donald Trump declared the war in Gaza over and tempted Israel with economic riches through regional normalization, while almost completely ignoring the Palestinians.

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 21h

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 20h

71 in my case!

Honor Laois 🦘📎🍉 #auspol @honorlaoiss.bsky.social · 20h

74 in my case!

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Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 18h

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Pam Bondi Builds the Gun Registry MAGA Swore Democrats Would Create

A conspiracy theory pushed by 2nd Amendment nuts for years has now become reality under Trump.

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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 20h

Trump Keeps Admitting That He Is Bought And Owned By The World's Richest Israeli
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Trump Keeps Admitting That He Is Bought And Owned By The World's Richest Israeli

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 20h

The West’s crucial strategic failures johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

The West’s crucial strategic failures

The Earth is littered with the ruins of empires that once believed they were eternal. Camille Paglia.

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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 21h

Time for a 'just peace' for all peoples in Palestine johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Time for a 'just peace' for all peoples in Palestine

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong took a long time just to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. And their belated declaration of Palestinian statehood is an empty gesture when w...

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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 21h

The half-life of humiliation and the hunger for revenge johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

The half-life of humiliation and the hunger for revenge

The trauma, humiliation and rage of those that survive are concomitants of the indiscriminate killing with impunity and the deracination of innocent men, women and children by the invaders and occupie...

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raven-mumur @raven-murmur.bsky.social · 22h

Commendably tidy summation of where we are right now.

Jen G Lambie @jenglambie.bsky.social · 22h

What a massive bloody flop Albanese turned out to be. Cautious to the point of paranoia. A myopic lens with which to view an obviously collapsing USA. Environmental betrayer of the climate & natural world. And a genocide enabler selling weapon parts empowering the ongoing #GazaHolocaust

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Rum Court Rules @courtrum.bsky.social · 22h

This IS a MUST SEE !

stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 4d

David Pocock grills ANU COO Jonathan Churchill on why he skipped out of previous #Estimates
DP “I’ve since seen notes…that your presence was not required, is that correct?”
JC “That’s correct”
DP “why did u tell this committee that noone from council was available…?”
JC “…”🙄