Meg Penvose Clark
@megpenvose.bsky.social
Birth Carbon 312.4
She/her
Trying to do my bit by pressuring our ACT federal politicians to do better. The legal concept of transboundary climate harms is my new weapon.
I post a lot but what I do in the real world is more important
Canberra Australia
She/her
Trying to do my bit by pressuring our ACT federal politicians to do better. The legal concept of transboundary climate harms is my new weapon.
I post a lot but what I do in the real world is more important
Canberra Australia
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All I know is that my knowledge is finite and I learn so much from my Kid. It sucks that our government thinks he shouldn’t have been online at 15 because of the risks adults pose
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
All I know is that my knowledge is finite and I learn so much from my Kid. It sucks that our government thinks he shouldn’t have been online at 15 because of the risks adults pose
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In the last twenty years, mega-donations to political parties from the super-rich haven’t just doubled.
They haven’t just trebled.
They’ve gone up sevenfold.
And that money isn’t generosity.
It’s to buy influence so politicians serve their interests, not our constituents.
They haven’t just trebled.
They’ve gone up sevenfold.
And that money isn’t generosity.
It’s to buy influence so politicians serve their interests, not our constituents.
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In the last twenty years, mega-donations to political parties from the super-rich haven’t just doubled.
They haven’t just trebled.
They’ve gone up sevenfold.
And that money isn’t generosity.
It’s to buy influence so politicians serve their interests, not our constituents.
They haven’t just trebled.
They’ve gone up sevenfold.
And that money isn’t generosity.
It’s to buy influence so politicians serve their interests, not our constituents.
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"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
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While it has dropped from being a top story…Trump’s DOJ…recently pushed a ‘historical review’ of 2020. That’s code…for “rewriting the past to punish enemies.”
That’s ALWAYS a big story.
Watch closely. When autocrats…rewrite yesterday… they’re coming for tomorrow.
# HoldFast
That’s ALWAYS a big story.
Watch closely. When autocrats…rewrite yesterday… they’re coming for tomorrow.
# HoldFast
December 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
While it has dropped from being a top story…Trump’s DOJ…recently pushed a ‘historical review’ of 2020. That’s code…for “rewriting the past to punish enemies.”
That’s ALWAYS a big story.
Watch closely. When autocrats…rewrite yesterday… they’re coming for tomorrow.
# HoldFast
That’s ALWAYS a big story.
Watch closely. When autocrats…rewrite yesterday… they’re coming for tomorrow.
# HoldFast
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Well done young Dylan packing Hampers for Hope with us today 🙏💙
Elly-May, Dylan, Jane & I went to pack ‘Hampers for Hope’ at ADDI Road Community Centre. They feed 8500 people a week and today they’re putting together 2000 hampers for people battling this Christmas. Please help if you can by donating: hampers2025.raiselysite.com
@jane13barnes.bsky.social
@jane13barnes.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Well done young Dylan packing Hampers for Hope with us today 🙏💙
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David Pocock on the tech giants that shaped Labor’s AI plan:
“They've leant on the Trump administration, where they can basically do whatever they want, and I think that pressure is being felt here in Australia, not wanting to rock the boat and stand up to the big AI companies.”
satpa.pe/TBitnO1
“They've leant on the Trump administration, where they can basically do whatever they want, and I think that pressure is being felt here in Australia, not wanting to rock the boat and stand up to the big AI companies.”
satpa.pe/TBitnO1
Labor’s new AI plan puts faith in self-regulation
In a bid to support Australian innovation in the AI revolution, the Albanese government has stripped back layers of regulation, which critics say hands big tech too much power.
satpa.pe
December 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM
David Pocock on the tech giants that shaped Labor’s AI plan:
“They've leant on the Trump administration, where they can basically do whatever they want, and I think that pressure is being felt here in Australia, not wanting to rock the boat and stand up to the big AI companies.”
satpa.pe/TBitnO1
“They've leant on the Trump administration, where they can basically do whatever they want, and I think that pressure is being felt here in Australia, not wanting to rock the boat and stand up to the big AI companies.”
satpa.pe/TBitnO1
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In two days, hundreds of thousands of teens will be cut off from the friends, groups and communities on social media.
From homeschooling meetups to buying used bikes, here's what teens say they're going to lose, in their own words.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
From homeschooling meetups to buying used bikes, here's what teens say they're going to lose, in their own words.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
In two days, hundreds of thousands of teens will be cut off from the friends, groups and communities on social media.
From homeschooling meetups to buying used bikes, here's what teens say they're going to lose, in their own words.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
From homeschooling meetups to buying used bikes, here's what teens say they're going to lose, in their own words.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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The City of Moreton Bay council violated the human rights of homeless campers when they destroyed their tents and belongings in April, the Supreme Court has heard.
Council faces court after destroying homeless camps
The City of Moreton Bay council violated the human rights of homeless campers when they destroyed their tents and belongings in April, the Supreme Court has heard.
www.abc.net.au
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The City of Moreton Bay council violated the human rights of homeless campers when they destroyed their tents and belongings in April, the Supreme Court has heard.
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An incarcerated activist draws a powerful parallel between the slow violence and denial of autonomy within UK prisons and Israel's tactics in Gaza. Available in EN, ES, PT-BR, DE, FR, IT, AR, HI and RU.
Death and Resistance: A Dispatch from HMP Low Newton
An incarcerated activist draws a powerful parallel between the slow violence and denial of autonomy within UK prisons and Israel's tactics in Gaza.
buff.ly
December 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
An incarcerated activist draws a powerful parallel between the slow violence and denial of autonomy within UK prisons and Israel's tactics in Gaza. Available in EN, ES, PT-BR, DE, FR, IT, AR, HI and RU.
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"Lying is not freedom of speech. It is licence to pollute!"
Perfect encapsulation.
Perfect encapsulation.
Oh - and this:
Will we design and allow systems that amplify truth, or noise?
We all need deliberate disinformation to be unlawful, subject to prosecution through judicial review
Lying is not freedom of speech, it's just license to pollute
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Will we design and allow systems that amplify truth, or noise?
We all need deliberate disinformation to be unlawful, subject to prosecution through judicial review
Lying is not freedom of speech, it's just license to pollute
bsky.app/profile/prof...
The decline of evidence-based reasoning represents an existential threat to collective problem-solving capability.
This erosion is not random but systematic, driven by:
1. Commercial incentives that reward engagement over accuracy
1/3
🧪
#science
This erosion is not random but systematic, driven by:
1. Commercial incentives that reward engagement over accuracy
1/3
🧪
#science
December 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"Lying is not freedom of speech. It is licence to pollute!"
Perfect encapsulation.
Perfect encapsulation.
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Don’t forget, for many years #Uber insisted loudly that it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber and Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion.
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
The Ride-Hail Utopia That Got Stuck in Traffic
Uber and Lyft said they would ease congestion. Instead they made it worse.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Hard agree
I recall Bill Shorten saying something like 'if we did something about gambling, then commercial TV would collapse'. And look, that may be the case, but what kind of mental gymnastics do you have to engage in to say 'people having lives ruined by gambling is ok but losing channel 9 isn't?'
“Australians lose close to $32 billion a year from gambling” but “Labor's leadership decided it was not worth acting on gambling advertising and upsetting the powerful lobby”.
Pure ALP.
Pure ALP.
December 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Hard agree
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I recall Bill Shorten saying something like 'if we did something about gambling, then commercial TV would collapse'. And look, that may be the case, but what kind of mental gymnastics do you have to engage in to say 'people having lives ruined by gambling is ok but losing channel 9 isn't?'
“Australians lose close to $32 billion a year from gambling” but “Labor's leadership decided it was not worth acting on gambling advertising and upsetting the powerful lobby”.
Pure ALP.
Pure ALP.
Fear rules on gambling in Albanese government
Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
www.abc.net.au
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I recall Bill Shorten saying something like 'if we did something about gambling, then commercial TV would collapse'. And look, that may be the case, but what kind of mental gymnastics do you have to engage in to say 'people having lives ruined by gambling is ok but losing channel 9 isn't?'
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The fossil media - gold 🤣
Why are electricity bills so high? The Coalition & fossil media say renewables. It's actually coal, gas and corporate profiteering. We look at the evidence
#auspol
youtu.be/efOyTFmiw80?...
#auspol
youtu.be/efOyTFmiw80?...
Are Renewables Really Driving Energy Prices? | The West Report
YouTube video by The West Report
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The fossil media - gold 🤣
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Here I am with Reform councillor Andrew Harrison, who was one of a group of people fined over £1m for employing illegal workers. Like all good patriots, he hates immigrants, apart from the ones he can exploit for profit.
December 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Here I am with Reform councillor Andrew Harrison, who was one of a group of people fined over £1m for employing illegal workers. Like all good patriots, he hates immigrants, apart from the ones he can exploit for profit.
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The hate fantasies these dudes are having because there is a push to pass marital r__pe laws in India.
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The hate fantasies these dudes are having because there is a push to pass marital r__pe laws in India.
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$45m to help Tim Tams "go global", but no money to let pensioners wash with dignity. Peak Australia: exporting biscuits, importing shame.
#auspol #LateStageCapitalism
#auspol #LateStageCapitalism
December 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
$45m to help Tim Tams "go global", but no money to let pensioners wash with dignity. Peak Australia: exporting biscuits, importing shame.
#auspol #LateStageCapitalism
#auspol #LateStageCapitalism
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Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Who on earth thought this was a good idea
What the everloving fuck is this
They wonder why people think government is a sick joke
Nah, we won't stop funding fossil fuels, or stop gambling ads, or regulate AI. We'll do an unworkable and idiotic social media ban for kids...
Oh and here's a pile of cash for private equity because Tim Tams.
They wonder why people think government is a sick joke
Nah, we won't stop funding fossil fuels, or stop gambling ads, or regulate AI. We'll do an unworkable and idiotic social media ban for kids...
Oh and here's a pile of cash for private equity because Tim Tams.
December 8, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Who on earth thought this was a good idea
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Bit late sharing, but the fact someone can win an election this way is both blood boiling and chilling.
Daniel volunteers were shouted at, spat on and stalked. They were told by police to travel in groups. I couldn't get it all in here.
And Wilson shows no remorse
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/a...
Daniel volunteers were shouted at, spat on and stalked. They were told by police to travel in groups. I couldn't get it all in here.
And Wilson shows no remorse
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/a...
'There are still people recovering from the trauma': The Goldstein campaign was worse than we thought
While the 2025 federal election inquiry has shown there was a clear rise in hostility at election booths around the country, Tim Wilson's electorate of Goldstein seems to have reached another level.
www.crikey.com.au
December 8, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Bit late sharing, but the fact someone can win an election this way is both blood boiling and chilling.
Daniel volunteers were shouted at, spat on and stalked. They were told by police to travel in groups. I couldn't get it all in here.
And Wilson shows no remorse
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/a...
Daniel volunteers were shouted at, spat on and stalked. They were told by police to travel in groups. I couldn't get it all in here.
And Wilson shows no remorse
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/a...
Yup
Ohhh this is funny - on the under 16 social media ban: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
m.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Yup
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The Nauru thing should be a massive story, but sadly, barely a mention in the MSM.
Plenty of videos of the Senate from the last two weeks.
None at all of the reading into hansard the translated transcript.
Too damaging for the duopoly, has a "red notice" been placed on it ?
Plenty of videos of the Senate from the last two weeks.
None at all of the reading into hansard the translated transcript.
Too damaging for the duopoly, has a "red notice" been placed on it ?
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The Nauru thing should be a massive story, but sadly, barely a mention in the MSM.
Plenty of videos of the Senate from the last two weeks.
None at all of the reading into hansard the translated transcript.
Too damaging for the duopoly, has a "red notice" been placed on it ?
Plenty of videos of the Senate from the last two weeks.
None at all of the reading into hansard the translated transcript.
Too damaging for the duopoly, has a "red notice" been placed on it ?