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Zachariah Kelly @zachariahk.bsky.social · 15h

I don't think I did a post about it here when I started nearly a month ago, but I've started at iTnews as a Senior Tech Journalist. Learning lots of new things and covering tonnes of cool stuff - here's one from this morning :)

National Archives identifies four "areas of interest" for AI

Building on earlier trials.

www.itnews.com.au

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goldingcartoons.bsky.social @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 4h

The Israeli hostages will be received into Israel by well-stocked and highly functional hospitals with significant allied health supports. The same cannot be said of the Palestinian hostages when they return to Gaza.
Allan Elliott, Northcote
The Age, letters

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Paul Meek @paulmeekperth.bsky.social · 4h

"Give me the Nobel prize" suddenly turns into "don't post a mean photo of me"

It's been a decade of him upending politics but still some days the whiplash is existential

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 6h

So to summarise: the Tas government bought two ships, that are years late, to run between Devonport and Geelong, but there is no wharf at all for them at Devonport because people forgot to build one and they can't safely use the wharf at Geelong.

ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 8h

Breaking: Spirit of Tasmania IV ship unable to berth at Point Henry in Geelong, report finds: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/spirit-of-tasmania-iv-unable-to-berth-at-geelong/105883912

Breaking: Spirit of Tasmania IV ship unable to berth at Point Henry in Geelong, report finds

The ABC understands that a recent safety assessment found the berth would need two additional bollards for the ship to berth there at a cost of $2 million.

www.abc.net.au

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Paul Meek @paulmeekperth.bsky.social · 5h

Which planet have people been living on to say they didn't expect Border Force to deport someone who had the wrong visa 🤔

Oh wait, they're assuming we shouldn't do that to Brits

'Had better days': UK social media star facing deportation from Perth

British social media star 'Big John' says he is being deported from Australia after apparently failing to comply with visa requirements.

www.abc.net.au

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Emily Ann Gregson @splashofgenz.bsky.social · 2d

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everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · 2d

Media are saying 500,000 #Garzans have returned to their #homes. This is fake news as their homes no longer exist. They are now a graveyard of rubble.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Thinking this is wrong and untenable isn’t radical.

Thinking it isn’t, is.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 3d

Folks gotta figure out what actually hurts the oligarchs. Many people don't understand how unimportant money is to oligarchs compared to power. Musk never cared about losing tons of money on Twitter because the power gained in destroying community and communication was much more valuable.

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Paul Meek @paulmeekperth.bsky.social · 5d

And the PM saying I haven't been there all year, so I'm fine mate 🤮

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Paul Meek @paulmeekperth.bsky.social · 5d

There's an unwritten rule that lobbying doesn't happen at this club.

Well maybe if there's nothing untoward you should WRITE THAT RULE DOWN

And every innocent lobbyist boots critics at the first chance #auspol

PM criticises Pocock’s ban from parliamentary sports club but dismisses concerns about betting lobby

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Meek @paulmeekperth.bsky.social · 8d

CNN right now. This is a real headline in the United States in 2025 🤮

Anderson Cooper on CNN with headline Troops headed to Chicago, troops to Portland blocked for now

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 10d

Six heroic Aussies are inside a notorious Israeli prison, the same hellhole where Greta Thunberg was dragged by her hair and made to kiss the Israeli flag. Reports DFAT is scolding ppl on the phone that have called in. Your government is complicit. Free Palestine, Melbourne/Naarm

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 10d

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 10d

This is a truly excoriating and well-deserved take-down of the National Press Club @PressClubAust by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges.

You really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 should read it. His words cut like a hot knife into butter. #auspol #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Hedges Report: NPC Australia caves to Israel Lobby, cancels talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists

The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.

johnmenadue.com

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Paul Meek @paulmeekperth.bsky.social · 10d

Sydney 2000 retrospective on TV advertising and first actual cut away interview is John fucking Howard

And so, how long are we going to ride the coat tails of best ever games bequeathed by Juan fucking Samaranch, likely fascist, allegedly

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11d

The House has chosen not to work and is withholding the swearing-in of newly elected Democrat Adelita Grijalva. She still hasn’t been seated, and it definitely feels intentional since her signature would provide the last vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 11d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Paul Meek @paulmeekperth.bsky.social · 11d

GOP of 2025 doesn't even think of consequences happening tomorrow, let alone the rest of this congressional term 🙄

Paul Meek @paulmeekperth.bsky.social · 11d

That's exactly what the rest of the world thinks. Two family catch ups in six weeks? The horror 😆

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John Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · 11d

The annual #Libspill is late this year.
This means drier spring and summer than usual with increased risk of bushfire in your area.

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Marky Marx @markeymarx.bsky.social · 11d

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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 11d

The NPC states, “Freedom of the Press.”
Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.
The NPC have betrayed 278 slaughtered Palestinian journalists.
By cowardly caving & cancelling Chris Hedges talk.

I’ve let them know what I think of their complicity. ⬇️

#Auspol #Genocide

npc.org.au/contact

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Walt Galloway @waltgalloway.bsky.social · 12d

Brilliant piece by @birmo.bsky.social on corporations not paying tax and how the people in charge want you to blame baristas, foreigners and single mums for the fact your hospitals are busted.

He's talking about Australia, but it's true for everyone, everywhere.

open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...

Grand Theft Accounting

I am shocked—shocked, I tell you—to discover in this year’s corporate tax report that Optus paid no tax on $8.2 billion of income.

open.substack.com

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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 11d

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