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Lyn Bender @lynestel.bsky.social · 21h

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Is whitening your teeth bad for you? - ABC listen

Some people might be naturally blessed with pearly whites, but many people aren’t happy with the shade of their teeth. There’s nothing inherently unhealthy about yellower teeth, and staining happens ...

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Lyn Bender @lynestel.bsky.social · 22h

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Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir

Like many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I …

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Lyn Bender @lynestel.bsky.social · 1d

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
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While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Lyn Bender @lynestel.bsky.social · 1d

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 2d

150+ unvaccinated kids in two schools? What the fuck are we doing here??

Clip from the attached story that says: He points to the current outbreak in South Carolina where more than 150 unvaccinated school children at two schools are now being subject to a 21-day quarantine after being exposed

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3d

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi shot dead in Gaza City clashes

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 1d

So sickening

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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/5yAZd52E3-0?..., If I car jacked a car, the last place I'd drive it is into Melbourne. #News #Victoria #Australia

Gunman arrested in Melbourne's CBD, Hostage-prisoner swap | 7NEWS

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Wendy&Co @wendy59.bsky.social · 1d

🪶 A male King Parrot called in for a very quick snack. #Birds #AustralianWildlife #Parrots

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Lyn Bender @lynestel.bsky.social · 1d

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The theatre of Trump's Middle East trip masks important questions

Donald Trump's unconventional and often haphazard approach to diplomacy means there are countless questions about what has driven him to date, and what might determine whether he stays engaged in the ...

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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 2d

Cheers for giving us billions of dollars and billions of weapons

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 2d

Trump receives standing ovation as he arrives to address Israeli Knesset

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Trump receives standing ovation as he arrives to address Israeli Knesset

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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 2d

I signed

Please consider signing Australia 👇🏼

MrLiquid @mrliquid.bsky.social · 21d

My 11yr old son made this petition about the incoming social media ban for Aussie youth.
He's not happy about it.
Would you like to sign his petition?
#auspol
#socialmediaban
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Sign the Petition

Protect Young Voices: Keep Social Media 13+

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 3d

We’ve been saying this forever. The social media ban will harm kids

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 3d

LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.

LGBTQIA+ advocates say social media ban will 'cut off' regional queer teens

LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Lyn Bender @lynestel.bsky.social · 2d

Too hot for desk journos to handle
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Free speech questioned as National Press Club cancels Gaza address

The decision to cancel Chris Hedges’ address on Gaza has raised fresh questions about the Press Club’s commitment to free speech.

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Lyn Bender @lynestel.bsky.social · 2d

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Inside America's Academic Gulags (w/ Rashid Khalidi) | The Chris Hedges Report

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Lyn Bender @lynestel.bsky.social · 2d

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Chris Hedges silenced: Press Club accused of censorship over Gaza

The National Press Club is receiving criticism after international journalist Chris Hedges complained it had bumped him off a speaking engagement.

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Lyn Bender @lynestel.bsky.social · 3d

Chris Hedges cancelled by Australian National Press Club.
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INTERVIEW: Israel gets what it wants initially and then ignores the agreement

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Lyn Bender @lynestel.bsky.social · 3d

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The Gaza ceasefire deal could be a ‘strangle contract’, with Israel holding all the cards

These types of ceasefires are highly coercive agreements that enable the more powerful party to force the weaker party to agree to whatever they want.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!