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Luke Herring @lhjh.bsky.social · 3h

#teamganggang

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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 3h

Apparently Israeli soldiers set fire to homes, food and a sewage treatment plant after the ceasefire. Anyone calling that army “moral” is corrupt. From @dropsitenews.com, where the best of The Intercept can be found. www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-idf...

In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump's announcement on Thursday that both Hamas and Israel had signed off on an agreement to stop the fighting, the Israeli military launched an arson spree, setting fire to civilian infrastructure, including the destruction of an essential sanitation plant in
Gaza City. The destruction of Palestinian structures following the departure of soldiers who had used them as temporary bases has been a hallmark of Israel's approach to Gaza for two years. In July, Israeli reporter Yuval Abraham
collected testimonies from soldiers describing a myriad of arson methods. "Every Arab house we entered had olive oil [...] We poured the oil on the sofas, on anything flammable in the apartment, and then we ignited [it] or threw in a smoke grenade. This was a common practice," one of them described.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 5h

Didn't even have the bottle to stick with changes to super that affected only the wealthiest 0.5%.

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 11h

"The federal government should listen to the concerns of child sexual abuse survivors and allow Australian honours to be rescinded after perpetrators and enablers have died, campaigners say."

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Time to change rules and strip honours from child abusers who’ve died, victims and advocates say

Survivor John Jolley says issue has been in ‘too-hard basket’ for too long and Australian government should posthumously rescind awards

www.theguardian.com

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Luke Herring @lhjh.bsky.social · 11h

Where is your neighbourhood?

Luke Herring @lhjh.bsky.social · 11h

'Don't eat the couch!'

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Jenna Price @jennaprice.bsky.social · 11h

Please read the entire thread. Thank you.

Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 15h

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

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Luke Herring @lhjh.bsky.social · 21h

They're so good live. Great people watching, too.

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Luke Herring @lhjh.bsky.social · 1d

May it be swiftly thrown out.

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Luke Herring @lhjh.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe he wants people to move to Sydney so he can make more money recruiting them (but who would want to?)

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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 7d

In March 2025, the median Australian taxpayer earned $55,619 per year.

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Luke Herring @lhjh.bsky.social · 1d

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 1d

Genuine question: for those enthusiastically pushing AI tools into every part of our education system—what checks/guardrails are there around algorithmic biases like this?

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 1d

"She is the dream actress that every director should have." —Gillian Armstrong

Rest in peace to the great Diane Keaton, fearless and unique, a dream actress indeed. 📷 Norman Seeff, Los Angeles, 1975

Black and white shot of Diane Keaton in a tank top with her hands behind her head. I like this photo for its simplicity; you can feel her personality.

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Luke Herring @lhjh.bsky.social · 1d

I'm trying to work here, Ponyo 🐈

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Luke Herring @lhjh.bsky.social · 2d

Our streaming rotation sees us with Apple+ and we have loved every minute of #TheStudio. It's hilarious.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Luke Herring @lhjh.bsky.social · 2d

This guy is in the music industry, right?

Luke Herring @lhjh.bsky.social · 2d

I have a visitor

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

Some of the clients of the lobbying firm the Prime Minister is currently the President of include:

Ampol Australia Petroleum P/L (fossil fuels)

Lion P/L (brewing, alcohol)

Pfizer Australia P/L (pharmaceuticals)

Serco Australia P/L (defence, immigration)

Responsible Wagering Aust (gambling)

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Luke Herring @lhjh.bsky.social · 2d

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Miki Perkins @mikiperkins.bsky.social · 2d

This is desperately sad. Professor John Woinarski breaks the news for @aunz.theconversation.com that Australia's next animal - the tiny Christmas Island Shrew - has officially been declared extinct.

theconversation.com/and-then-the...

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.

theconversation.com

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 2d

profrogteering

The Birds The Turtles and The Beast @turtlebee.bsky.social · 2d

The Frog Costume has gone from $25 to almost $40 on amazon over the last week. There's an army brewing.

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Luke Herring @lhjh.bsky.social · 2d

Yes - evoking Soros has always been big Protocols of the Elders of Zion energy.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

WWWWWWWTTTTTTTTTFFFFFFFFF!!! bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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