Janet
@xhali.bsky.social
Scientist and SciFi nut💫
Music, books, film and TV
Creeks and mountains, the beach
Living on Turrbal, Jagera and Yaggera lands
~ Personal views, especially around election time ~
she/her
Music, books, film and TV
Creeks and mountains, the beach
Living on Turrbal, Jagera and Yaggera lands
~ Personal views, especially around election time ~
she/her
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Scoop: the pro-teen social media ban lobby group 36 Months was funded & co-staffed by its co-founder's ad production firm that was simultaneously making gambling ads
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Scoop: the pro-teen social media ban lobby group 36 Months was funded & co-staffed by its co-founder's ad production firm that was simultaneously making gambling ads
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Check this out #auspol, some good points by SHY, including on the social media ban and the latest entitlements saga
theconversation.com/politics-wit...
theconversation.com/politics-wit...
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’
The Greens’ senator says she’s worried kids will end up ‘in other online spaces that are even darker and more dangerous’ – and Australia should act on other options.
theconversation.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Check this out #auspol, some good points by SHY, including on the social media ban and the latest entitlements saga
theconversation.com/politics-wit...
theconversation.com/politics-wit...
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Among many other things, the entire teen social ban saga is a brilliant example of how shitty, badly-researcher airport books can have shockingly outsized influence
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bless IBCK
www.ifbookspod.com
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bless IBCK
www.ifbookspod.com
How Australia became the testing ground for a social media ban for young people
From nascent policy idea in one state to passing federal parliament in just days, it has been a whirlwind journey for the world-first legislation that will take effect from 10 December
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Among many other things, the entire teen social ban saga is a brilliant example of how shitty, badly-researcher airport books can have shockingly outsized influence
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bless IBCK
www.ifbookspod.com
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bless IBCK
www.ifbookspod.com
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Australia’s social media ban comes out of the cult of self-help books. Dodgy research and rich false gods preaching about the ills of contemporary society. Yet structural issues aren’t addressed.
Australia, this is embarrassing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia, this is embarrassing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
How Australia became the testing ground for a social media ban for young people
From nascent policy idea in one state to passing federal parliament in just days, it has been a whirlwind journey for the world-first legislation that will take effect from 10 December
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Australia’s social media ban comes out of the cult of self-help books. Dodgy research and rich false gods preaching about the ills of contemporary society. Yet structural issues aren’t addressed.
Australia, this is embarrassing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia, this is embarrassing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Dr Assal Rad—
“𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢
“Genocide as a weapons experiment.”
“𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢
“Genocide as a weapons experiment.”
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Dr Assal Rad—
“𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢
“Genocide as a weapons experiment.”
“𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢
“Genocide as a weapons experiment.”
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Carol Long, contemporary US ceramicist who draws influences from plant and animal life and also art nouveau #womensart
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Carol Long, contemporary US ceramicist who draws influences from plant and animal life and also art nouveau #womensart
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Melbourne/Naarm, save the date: Thursday 11 Dec, 6:15PM at Trades Hall!
Join us in welcoming Chief Na'moks and Gwii Lok'im Gibuu of the Wet'Suwet'en and Gitxsan nations, visiting Australia for the first time to Stop Woodside on their ancestral lands.
Join us in welcoming Chief Na'moks and Gwii Lok'im Gibuu of the Wet'Suwet'en and Gitxsan nations, visiting Australia for the first time to Stop Woodside on their ancestral lands.
December 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Melbourne/Naarm, save the date: Thursday 11 Dec, 6:15PM at Trades Hall!
Join us in welcoming Chief Na'moks and Gwii Lok'im Gibuu of the Wet'Suwet'en and Gitxsan nations, visiting Australia for the first time to Stop Woodside on their ancestral lands.
Join us in welcoming Chief Na'moks and Gwii Lok'im Gibuu of the Wet'Suwet'en and Gitxsan nations, visiting Australia for the first time to Stop Woodside on their ancestral lands.
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We need clones of both the Pocock senators representing each of the states and territories ( @barbarapocock.bsky.social and @davidpocock.bsky.social ) —plus throw in a few @davidshoebridge.bsky.social clones as well! #auspol
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
We need clones of both the Pocock senators representing each of the states and territories ( @barbarapocock.bsky.social and @davidpocock.bsky.social ) —plus throw in a few @davidshoebridge.bsky.social clones as well! #auspol
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#theausinstitute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
#theausinstitute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
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December 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bl...
skywriter.blue
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Qld lnp working hard for the fossil fuel industry at the expense of all of us
#qldpol #auspol #climatecrisis
reneweconomy.com.au/queensland-t...
#qldpol #auspol #climatecrisis
reneweconomy.com.au/queensland-t...
reneweconomy.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Qld lnp working hard for the fossil fuel industry at the expense of all of us
#qldpol #auspol #climatecrisis
reneweconomy.com.au/queensland-t...
#qldpol #auspol #climatecrisis
reneweconomy.com.au/queensland-t...
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Making fossil fuel cos pay their full cost of doing business seems like actual capitalism to me #auspol
Currently it seems to be
Privatise the Profits
Socialise the Losses
Time for change.
Currently it seems to be
Privatise the Profits
Socialise the Losses
Time for change.
December 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Making fossil fuel cos pay their full cost of doing business seems like actual capitalism to me #auspol
Currently it seems to be
Privatise the Profits
Socialise the Losses
Time for change.
Currently it seems to be
Privatise the Profits
Socialise the Losses
Time for change.
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'Uwalkie Watiya Tjuta' by Mitjili Napurrula, Indigenous Australian artist from the Northern Territories #WomensArt
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
'Uwalkie Watiya Tjuta' by Mitjili Napurrula, Indigenous Australian artist from the Northern Territories #WomensArt
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This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
The CSIRO cuts are just the tip of the iceberg for Australia's science funding
Australia is known as a country of innovators, but with a combination of brain drain, continuous cuts, and a loss of critical science projects, is Australia losing its edge?
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
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Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal can’t explain why she releases statements condemning Pro Palestinian protesters but then stayed quiet when Neo Nazis rallied outside NSW parliament
Segal “I take your point”
Not good enough. She’s failed Jewish people and Australians. #Estimates
Segal “I take your point”
Not good enough. She’s failed Jewish people and Australians. #Estimates
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal can’t explain why she releases statements condemning Pro Palestinian protesters but then stayed quiet when Neo Nazis rallied outside NSW parliament
Segal “I take your point”
Not good enough. She’s failed Jewish people and Australians. #Estimates
Segal “I take your point”
Not good enough. She’s failed Jewish people and Australians. #Estimates
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Nesting offences.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nesting offences.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Depending on particulars, there could be avenues for complaint (Ombudsman, various Commissioners, possibly anti-corruption re misconduct in public office), processes can be slow/cumbersome & jurisdictions are labyrinthine often narrow, but alleged behaviour appears problematic given his public role
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Depending on particulars, there could be avenues for complaint (Ombudsman, various Commissioners, possibly anti-corruption re misconduct in public office), processes can be slow/cumbersome & jurisdictions are labyrinthine often narrow, but alleged behaviour appears problematic given his public role
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This is really bad!
First - it seems some kind of monitoring and/or database is being kept on community independent volunteers - and then there's the refusal to serve a constituent based on their political views.
This is REALLY bad!!! #auspol
First - it seems some kind of monitoring and/or database is being kept on community independent volunteers - and then there's the refusal to serve a constituent based on their political views.
This is REALLY bad!!! #auspol
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This is really bad!
First - it seems some kind of monitoring and/or database is being kept on community independent volunteers - and then there's the refusal to serve a constituent based on their political views.
This is REALLY bad!!! #auspol
First - it seems some kind of monitoring and/or database is being kept on community independent volunteers - and then there's the refusal to serve a constituent based on their political views.
This is REALLY bad!!! #auspol
As the world's carbon sinks are degraded, #auspol I wonder what happened to Tony Abbott's tree planting scheme? Not enough, not in the right places, not the right species, not enough to offset tree-clearing? Ah! Done on the cheap! So, all of the above plus more
theconversation.com/program-to-p...
theconversation.com/program-to-p...
November 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
As the world's carbon sinks are degraded, #auspol I wonder what happened to Tony Abbott's tree planting scheme? Not enough, not in the right places, not the right species, not enough to offset tree-clearing? Ah! Done on the cheap! So, all of the above plus more
theconversation.com/program-to-p...
theconversation.com/program-to-p...
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
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Penny Evans, ceramic artist in Australia who creates works that embody her Indigenous Kamilaroi/Gomeroi cultural heritage #WomensArt
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Penny Evans, ceramic artist in Australia who creates works that embody her Indigenous Kamilaroi/Gomeroi cultural heritage #WomensArt
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The Albanese Government is facing mounting criticism over a last-minute legislative amendment that could see thousands lose social security payments before being found guilty of any crime.
thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
Government legislation a 'dangerous departure from the Rule of Law'
The Albanese Government is facing mounting criticism over a last-minute legislative amendment that could see thousands lose social security payments before being found guilty of any crime.
thepoint.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The Albanese Government is facing mounting criticism over a last-minute legislative amendment that could see thousands lose social security payments before being found guilty of any crime.
thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
Brilliant episode of The Sunday Shot. Liz Allen quoted Eminem to highlight the timidity of the current government when tackling some of the biggest challenges.
"Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
Would you capture it, or just let it slip?"
"Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
Would you capture it, or just let it slip?"
Believe It or Not - November 23 - Liz Allen, Eddy Jokovich and Sean Kelly
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Brilliant episode of The Sunday Shot. Liz Allen quoted Eminem to highlight the timidity of the current government when tackling some of the biggest challenges.
"Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
Would you capture it, or just let it slip?"
"Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
Would you capture it, or just let it slip?"