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bornwrong.bsky.social @bornwrong.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The old site was concise, logical, informative and easily navigated. The new one wallows in white-space and unnecessary sub-menus. Too many clicks required to get to too little information. Whilst the former site needed updating this is not what is required.

‘Your new website sucks’: Bureau of Meteorology redesign is lightning rod for heated criticism

It was designed to be clean and clear, but upset users are calling the national weather forecaster’s new site confusing, clunky and ‘really bad’

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to be able to talk about this publicly now - The Point is now up and running and from Monday, you'll find my parliament blog on it 💃

thepoint.com.au

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

When so much of what passes for Australian news and commentary is just dross,
or propaganda,
this looks like it will be an indispensable source. #auspol

Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to be able to talk about this publicly now - The Point is now up and running and from Monday, you'll find my parliament blog on it 💃

thepoint.com.au

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

They did this to themselves

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 1d

Some news: The Washington Post is preparing to cut newsroom staff even after several high profile exits. Bezos’ new opinion editor has privately told people The Post is in “severe financial distress.” Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...

Pain at The Post

As morale sinks and top talent exits, staffers at The Washington Post are bracing for more pain ahead of the holidays—raising questions about Will Lewis’ leadership, nearly two years into his tenure a...

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

Tony Burke’s current assignment is advancing a Labor mission of social inclusion and cohesion while populist opponents on the right seek to embrace the type of antiimmigration sentiments that have made Nigel Farage a serious political contender in the UK. satpa.pe/yrUSdKn

The Burke interview: ‘A tinderbox for the angriest voice’

The home affairs minister says divisive voices are the loudest they have ever been in Australia – but a ‘ballast’ of cohesion remains and economic policies will calm the electorate.

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 1d

Australia doesn’t have any ‘kill sites’. In fact, there’s no hard evidence people hunted the megafauna.

Hunters or collectors? New evidence challenges claim Australia’s First Peoples sent large animals extinct

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Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · 1d

#SpotOn Hon. Matt Kean👀

STOP SUBSIDISING & BURNING FOSSIL FUELS, AUS ‼️‼️

#ClimateCrisis #auspol
www.afr.com/policy/energ...

Labor’s climate chief takes aim at ‘insane’ diesel subsidy

Climate Change Authority chairman Matt Kean said the rebate, heavily backed by resources companies, would better be spent on electrification technologies.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

“The government is cherrypicking available science in its attempts to reassure UNESCO enough is being done to address the destruction of World Heritage caused by the salmon industry.

"This is simply not the case."

-Australia Institute Tasmania Director Eloise Carr
#auspol @eloise-carr.bsky.social

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AAP FactCheck @aapfactcheck.bsky.social · 1d

A series of videos of seismic disasters in multiple countries, dating back over a decade, is being falsely claimed on social media to show a recent US earthquake.

www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ol...

Old disaster videos falsely shared as 'breaking' US earthquake footage

A series of videos of seismic disasters in multiple countries, dating back over a decade, is being falsely claimed on social media to show a recent US earthquake.

www.aap.com.au

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. He seems to think Americans should be pleased, even proud that .. oh-so-generous billionaires are footing the bill .. Yet, it is this arrangement that makes the whole project reek of pay-to-play cronyism.”

@opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Wazza the Watcher @watcher49.bsky.social · 1d

The “Trump Benevolent Fund” no doubt.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."

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SpacemanSpiff @veganspacemanspiff.bsky.social · 3d

And the complete lack of medical staff in hospitals and clinics wearing masks, at least in the USA, is f*cking EXHAUSTING.
I have to PLEAD with staff to mask around my family member with a 30% ejection fraction and diabetes to wear a mask.
I prefer the 3M Vflex.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 3d

"Whatever lies behind Trump’s cupidity towards Putin, we should be long past caring why. The reality is settled fact. Putin has fewer cards in his hand than Trump supposes. One of those cards is Trump." My column. www.ft.com/content/7deb...

Putin’s mesmeric sway on Trump

Russia bets it can gain in US negotiations what it cannot win on the battlefield

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

You need to see this…

Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2d

There are only three Black members of Congress from North Carolina. As Republicans push to redraw the state’s congressional map, the risk of losing one and diluting the power of Black North Carolinians is high. That’s not a coincidence — it’s by design. https://bit.ly/4ou1wcg

North Carolina's New Gerrymander Silences a Region With a Long History of Fighting for Civil Rights

Read more here.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

tl;dr Trump:

"I don't know anything about Project 2025 but I did try to get its principal author laid."

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3d

So, per reporting from Zeteo’s Asawin Suebsaeng, in today’s new ‘First Draft’ newsletter, Trump tried to get a newly-divorced Russ Vought, Project 2025 architect & now budget chief, laid at Mar-a-Lago.

The details are, ahem, as crude as you’d expect from Trump.
zeteo.com/p/trump-shit...

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Peter M. Shane @petermshane.bsky.social · 2d

(Phony) Populism for Thee, Versailles for Me.

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 3d

While we spectate on The East Wing being torn down, it isn’t just another hallway, it’s where Eleanor Roosevelt built the modern Office of the First Lady, where WWII bunkers were hidden, and where the public enters the People’s House. Erasing it is rewriting history.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 2d

Lol Melbourne-Adelaide

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Today in Politics, Bulletin 232. Trump begins destruction of the WH, MAGA reacts to No Kings, Trump betrays Ukraine, gearing up for war with Venezuela, & everything else that happened today. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Today in Politics, Bulletin 232. 10/20/24

… Trump began the physical destruction of the East Wing of the White House today to make room for his Mar-a-Lago style ballroom monstrosity.

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goldmartin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 3d

☆NO KINGS☆

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Today, Mike Johnson will have the House adjourned for 77 out of the last 89 days.

House Republicans have worked 12 days in 3 months.

All to prevent a vote on releasing the Epstein files.

The House Republican Epstein Shutdown continues.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 3d

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 3d

“Politically poisonous sook.”

I think he forgot adulterous and with an alcohol problem. Both issues the subject of public record.

Joyce has the world’s lowest high horse to criticise others from, yet it doesn’t stop him.

Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 4d

when I was a working journalist, former WA Labor MP Graeme Campbell was the first politician of the era to attract the term maverick for just nutty and then going more and more off base, eventually founding Australia First...could anyone since then be more unhinged?
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/20/b...

Barnaby Joyce isn't a 'maverick' political genius. He's a politically poisonous sook

The media gives Barnaby Joyce protected status as a maverick — but overlook that for many years he has been nothing but trouble for his own side.

www.crikey.com.au

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 3d

society would be massively improved if ring doorbells were banned completely actually

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 4d

the AWS outage is affecting Ring doorbells. Sky News says “some users can’t see outside their house, definitely scary”

just look outside your window 😅

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

Farmers are struggling this fall despite a bountiful harvest. Production costs are high, crop prices are low and the trade war has closed off one of their biggest markets.

American farmers are hurting. Trump's trade war is making it worse

Farmers are struggling this fall despite a bountiful harvest. Production costs are high, crop prices are low and the trade war has closed off one of their biggest markets.

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