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MColvinMcKenzie @mcolvinmckenzie.bsky.social · 6h

Mrs Pippy Fluff Puppet with her mumma Didi’s slipper. It smells like mummy yum

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MColvinMcKenzie @mcolvinmckenzie.bsky.social · 6h

Save him

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💋SassyAss💋Sister🔥🔱ValkyrieQueen🔱❤️‍🔥🥷Resistance Fighter👊 📎 @sassysister27.bsky.social · 6d

‼️ On Kill List ‼️

❤️ Foster Needed!

Cash is going to be murdered by @nycacc.bsky.social
If we can’t get the Reposts he needs to find a foster, where’s the love for this sweet boy?
He needs dog loving Heroes to Repost & save his life…It only takes a second.
❤️ Plz Repost & Save Cash! 🙏

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 7h

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 7h

China built a massive network of solar panels on the worlds highest plateau -enough renewable energy to provide the power it needs, including for data centers used in China’s A I, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand renewable energy sixfold.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau

www.nytimes.com

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Susan 🌻🇺🇦🌻🐨🇦🇺🐨 🍉🇵🇸🍉 @drzuess.bsky.social · 7h

#auspol

Albo & the ALP are a huge disappointment-HUGE!. They've never been fair dinkum about stopping gas and coal.

If they were they would work with the GREENS & Independents, not the LNP who are against progressive climate policies!

nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...

PETITION: Strong environment laws stop new coal and gas

The Australian public voted for a climate majority at the last election, and we want strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas.

nb.australiainstitute.org.au

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 7h

Ann Keenan has an excellent sign for a #NoKings rally in Fairhaven.
Image credit: @3_decker_girl_at_heart on Threads. #USPolitics #Antifa #AuntTifa

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 6h

A stupid president
enabling stupid policy
to deliver a stupid population.

And even greater #inequality.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 7h

Among the Education Department’s new appointees is Lindsey Burke, the lead author of Project 2025’s education section.

She envisions dramatic enrollment declines for public schools: “We’re going to have a lot of empty school buildings.”

By @megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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MColvinMcKenzie @mcolvinmckenzie.bsky.social · 6h

But i’m also envious of Diane Keaton

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MColvinMcKenzie @mcolvinmckenzie.bsky.social · 6h

Same

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MColvinMcKenzie @mcolvinmckenzie.bsky.social · 2d

Good heavens

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d

Want to hear something frightening? Someone who has spent time with the Trump administration told me that Trump is much smarter than everyone around him.

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 2d

It's all SO wrong.
We're supposed to completely forget what's been happening in Palestine since 1948. That Netanyahu was associated with Hamas prior to Oct 7. That US/UK supplied billions $ in weapons used in a genocide. That Netanyahu could have done a deal prior 😢 #auspol

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Phil Gorman @philgorman.bsky.social · 2d

Why am I unsurprised?
The butchers of Palestine are eager to finish the job.

Israel violates ceasefire, threatens more violence
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-vio...

Israel violates ceasefire, threatens more violence

Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating - but danger remains

www.owenjones.news

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𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐽. 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 📎 @walthawtin.bsky.social · 2d

This is nasty stuff. I've mentioned before that I had the displeasure of having to work with her husband, Robert Reid, some years ago when he Chief of Staff to Kevin Andrews.

He was a goddamned lying bullying snake. Andrews fired him.

That's what Reynolds is.

Robyn D @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 2d

Reynolds is an evil person. #auspol

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins after defamation win

Higgins faces bankruptcy proceedings as Reynolds takes new legal action

Former senator Linda Reynolds files a creditor's petition in the Federal Court against her ex-staffer, Brittany Higgins, as she tries to recover damages awarded to her for defamation.

www.abc.net.au

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

Vote now, if you haven't already, for the Guardian's Bird of the Year 2025

It helps to nominate a bird that's endangered, giving it a much higher profile - like Baudin's black cockatoo for example

Please vote - this is a wonderful environmental exercise

🙏🏽 🦜

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

www.theguardian.com

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MColvinMcKenzie @mcolvinmckenzie.bsky.social · 2d

Bugger

MColvinMcKenzie @mcolvinmckenzie.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly. Whats worse than getting old (said my dad) not getting old?

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d

13 hrs later the answer has occurred to me. “What I’m afraid of is not getting old.”

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2d

Back in A&E (kidney problems this time).

A woman turned to me earlier and said - out of nowhere - "are you afraid of getting old"?

I'm in a Beckett play.

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 2d

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.” This Collection celebrates the award and recognizes the winners’ achievements. #medsky 🧪

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries ...

go.nature.com

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MColvinMcKenzie @mcolvinmckenzie.bsky.social · 2d

I’m envious

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Shayne Calliss @shaynecalliss.bsky.social · 2d

How to unwind after a long day #537 The Large Dog

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MColvinMcKenzie @mcolvinmckenzie.bsky.social · 2d

Thats it

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Carrie @carebear620.bsky.social · 2d

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Bradley Hillier-Smith @bradleyhsmith.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote this piece, based on my research, for The Independent @IndyVoices on the record number of homeless deaths.

I argue homelessness and these deaths are entirely avoidable such that neither should be an accepted feature of our social landscapes.

www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...

Homeless deaths hit a record high last year – and every one of them was preventable

Britain’s housing crisis is not just a policy failure but a moral one, says Bradley Hillier-Smith. When we treat the homeless as ‘nuisances’ and ‘pests’, we deny their humanity – and our own

www.independent.co.uk

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