mandygunn61.bsky.social
@mandygunn61.bsky.social
It's much nicer here than the other place.
Different pic and banner to old twitter account, same person.
Different pic and banner to old twitter account, same person.
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The government is refusing to answer questions about why the Secretary was sacked
"I don't think anyone...would appreciate the circumstances of their employment termination being discussed"
She was paid $1m/year to unlawfully cut ppl's payments. You can't bullshit your way past this one, sorry
"I don't think anyone...would appreciate the circumstances of their employment termination being discussed"
She was paid $1m/year to unlawfully cut ppl's payments. You can't bullshit your way past this one, sorry
February 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
The government is refusing to answer questions about why the Secretary was sacked
"I don't think anyone...would appreciate the circumstances of their employment termination being discussed"
She was paid $1m/year to unlawfully cut ppl's payments. You can't bullshit your way past this one, sorry
"I don't think anyone...would appreciate the circumstances of their employment termination being discussed"
She was paid $1m/year to unlawfully cut ppl's payments. You can't bullshit your way past this one, sorry
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oh and while we are lectured on being respectful of foreign power politicians, his military is kidnapping neighbouring political leaders during the Herzog visit.
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middle-east-online.com/en/israeli-f...
middle-east-online.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
oh and while we are lectured on being respectful of foreign power politicians, his military is kidnapping neighbouring political leaders during the Herzog visit.
middle-east-online.com/en/israeli-f...
middle-east-online.com/en/israeli-f...
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The officer in the grey jacket enters the altercation unarmed, reaches over the man as others hold him down and then walks away with a pistol in his hand.
It appears that this officer managed to disarm the suspect prior to the first shots.
It appears that this officer managed to disarm the suspect prior to the first shots.
January 24, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The officer in the grey jacket enters the altercation unarmed, reaches over the man as others hold him down and then walks away with a pistol in his hand.
It appears that this officer managed to disarm the suspect prior to the first shots.
It appears that this officer managed to disarm the suspect prior to the first shots.
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Minneapolis Police Chief O’Hara: "Our demand today is for those federal agencies that are operating in our city to do so with the same discipline, humanity, and integrity that effective law enforcement in this country demands…We urge everyone to remain peaceful."
January 24, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief O’Hara: "Our demand today is for those federal agencies that are operating in our city to do so with the same discipline, humanity, and integrity that effective law enforcement in this country demands…We urge everyone to remain peaceful."
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Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
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Schools “overspend” but defence budget “drying up”?! Right, because I’m sure the jokers who cosplay war are scrounging, scraping & working overtime while school teachers are making confetti with their generous stationery budget.
#CanberraTimes #dystopia #fundEducation #auspol
#CanberraTimes #dystopia #fundEducation #auspol
December 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Schools “overspend” but defence budget “drying up”?! Right, because I’m sure the jokers who cosplay war are scrounging, scraping & working overtime while school teachers are making confetti with their generous stationery budget.
#CanberraTimes #dystopia #fundEducation #auspol
#CanberraTimes #dystopia #fundEducation #auspol
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Data centres use heaps of energy and heaps of water.
The AI which they generate cost heaps of human jobs.
Basically we are squandering our valuable resources in order to further enrich the tech billionaires, at the expense of our environment and our communities.
#Auspol
#Enshittification
The AI which they generate cost heaps of human jobs.
Basically we are squandering our valuable resources in order to further enrich the tech billionaires, at the expense of our environment and our communities.
#Auspol
#Enshittification
The first of two features with @petrastock.bsky.social on the rush to build data centres in Australia for AI and the energy and water requirements they bring. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?
Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Data centres use heaps of energy and heaps of water.
The AI which they generate cost heaps of human jobs.
Basically we are squandering our valuable resources in order to further enrich the tech billionaires, at the expense of our environment and our communities.
#Auspol
#Enshittification
The AI which they generate cost heaps of human jobs.
Basically we are squandering our valuable resources in order to further enrich the tech billionaires, at the expense of our environment and our communities.
#Auspol
#Enshittification
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
Trump's National Security Strategy: A Deep Dive
Join Rory and Alastair as they unpack Trump’s National Security Strategy: why it poses challenges for Europe, hands advantages to Russia, & marks the latest step in the “Make America Great Again” agenda.
Link in the replies 👇
Trump's National Security Strategy: A Deep Dive
Join Rory and Alastair as they unpack Trump’s National Security Strategy: why it poses challenges for Europe, hands advantages to Russia, & marks the latest step in the “Make America Great Again” agenda.
Link in the replies 👇
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
Trump's National Security Strategy: A Deep Dive
Join Rory and Alastair as they unpack Trump’s National Security Strategy: why it poses challenges for Europe, hands advantages to Russia, & marks the latest step in the “Make America Great Again” agenda.
Link in the replies 👇
Trump's National Security Strategy: A Deep Dive
Join Rory and Alastair as they unpack Trump’s National Security Strategy: why it poses challenges for Europe, hands advantages to Russia, & marks the latest step in the “Make America Great Again” agenda.
Link in the replies 👇
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Has the AUKUS trilateral security pact turned Australia into a vassal state of the USA?
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The Colby Review, AUKUS and Lopsided Commitments
In one of his many cutting observations about the fallibility of politicians, H. L. Mencken had this to say about the practical sort: “It is his business to convince the mob (a) that it is [...]
theaimn.net
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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“Tasmania is preparing to borrow close to a billion dollars to build a stadium the state will not own, on recycled land it does not control, for a league it cannot negotiate with, to host little more than a dozen games a year.”
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Mockery of Democracy: Now Brought to You by Sportsbet
The Stadium Tasmania Cannot Afford to Build – Yet Cannot Refuse Tasmania is preparing to borrow close to a billion dollars to build a stadium the state will not own, on recycled land it does [...]
theaimn.net
December 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Why does it take a FOI request to get this notification from NACC ⁉️
NACC designed by Labor to fail. #auspol
NACC designed by Labor to fail. #auspol
FOI documents reveal extent of unreported corruption in Commonwealth agencies
The nation's corruption watchdog has warned federal agencies and departments that gross misconduct may be more prevalent than previously thought.
thepoint.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Why does it take a FOI request to get this notification from NACC ⁉️
NACC designed by Labor to fail. #auspol
NACC designed by Labor to fail. #auspol
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"We built a system that determines older Australians’ care needs using an automated tool so complex that even the Department avoids explaining how it works, then removed the ability for qualified clinicians to correct it when it’s wrong”
#Auspol #AgedCare #SupportAtHome #AutomatedAssessment
#Auspol #AgedCare #SupportAtHome #AutomatedAssessment
“There are moments in public policy when the machinery of government begins to move in ways that even its own operators struggle to explain.”
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theaimn.net/when-the-sys...
When the System Forgets the Humans: Why Australia’s Aged-Care Assessment Workforce Must Stay, Speak, and Survive the Storm
By A Concerned Citizen There are moments in public policy when the machinery of government begins to move in ways that even its own operators struggle to explain. Australia’s shift to the new Support ...
theaimn.net
December 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"We built a system that determines older Australians’ care needs using an automated tool so complex that even the Department avoids explaining how it works, then removed the ability for qualified clinicians to correct it when it’s wrong”
#Auspol #AgedCare #SupportAtHome #AutomatedAssessment
#Auspol #AgedCare #SupportAtHome #AutomatedAssessment
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Now this piece here.
Should pass the pub test.
Beer, blokes, bar 'n all.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Should pass the pub test.
Beer, blokes, bar 'n all.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There's a feeding frenzy over Anika Wells' expenses. But if we want women in parliament it needs to be more family-friendly | Sarah Martin
The official justification of the allowance is to facilitate ‘the family life of the parliamentarian’. Yes, they are supported by the taxpayer to have one
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Now this piece here.
Should pass the pub test.
Beer, blokes, bar 'n all.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Should pass the pub test.
Beer, blokes, bar 'n all.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol
Rich lister’s private chopper plan has wings clipped.
Gina Rinehart's plans to wing her way to the office have been scuttled after her company's plan to build a helipad at its new headquarters was block...
michaelwest.com.au/rich-listers...
Rich lister’s private chopper plan has wings clipped.
Gina Rinehart's plans to wing her way to the office have been scuttled after her company's plan to build a helipad at its new headquarters was block...
michaelwest.com.au/rich-listers...
Rich lister's private chopper plan has wings clipped - Michael West
Gina Rinehart's plans to wing her way to the office have been scuttled after her company's plan to build a helipad at its new headquarters was blocked.
michaelwest.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol
Rich lister’s private chopper plan has wings clipped.
Gina Rinehart's plans to wing her way to the office have been scuttled after her company's plan to build a helipad at its new headquarters was block...
michaelwest.com.au/rich-listers...
Rich lister’s private chopper plan has wings clipped.
Gina Rinehart's plans to wing her way to the office have been scuttled after her company's plan to build a helipad at its new headquarters was block...
michaelwest.com.au/rich-listers...
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how it feels explaining early 2000s hipster history to young people
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
how it feels explaining early 2000s hipster history to young people
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Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."
October 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."
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Let's talk a bit about the broader context of the DOJ's newly announced investigation of the Portland Police's arrest of "conservative" influencer Nick Sortor. For context, Sortor is one of over a dozen far right "citizen journalists" who has come to Portland. www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/u...
Arrest of conservative influencer Nick Sortor outside Portland ICE building now under federal investigation | CNN
A conservative influencer who this week posted videos of clashes outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, has been released without bond after he was arrested late...
www.cnn.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Let's talk a bit about the broader context of the DOJ's newly announced investigation of the Portland Police's arrest of "conservative" influencer Nick Sortor. For context, Sortor is one of over a dozen far right "citizen journalists" who has come to Portland. www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/u...
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The testimony submitted to the Oregon v Trump case includes a September 21 email by Portland Police Bureau Sergeant Andrew Braun describing the behavior of three right-wing "counterprotestors": Rhein Amacher, Chelly Bouferrache, and Katie Daviscourt.
October 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The testimony submitted to the Oregon v Trump case includes a September 21 email by Portland Police Bureau Sergeant Andrew Braun describing the behavior of three right-wing "counterprotestors": Rhein Amacher, Chelly Bouferrache, and Katie Daviscourt.
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'God, having kept a few of his belongings in the storage shed of my soul, turned the locker over to the sharks at Storage War$ and fled'. Writing about possibly the happiest/most stressful moment I've had since living in Paris. Newsletters can be fun! rick-morton.ghost.io/a-gladiator-...
A Gladiator Finds His Arena
The ball soared over the towering fence and landed right in front of me as I walked down a pedestrian only cobblestone street in Abbesses.
It was the size of a football (soccer, if you're basic) but ...
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September 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
'God, having kept a few of his belongings in the storage shed of my soul, turned the locker over to the sharks at Storage War$ and fled'. Writing about possibly the happiest/most stressful moment I've had since living in Paris. Newsletters can be fun! rick-morton.ghost.io/a-gladiator-...
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Good morning!!
Here's my latest for @crikey.com.au -> one of the reasons the CCA weakened its climate target suggestions is the possibility of uncontrolled data centre growth.
I found the lobbyists already working to sell them as 'climate solutions' in Aus ---->>>>>
Here's my latest for @crikey.com.au -> one of the reasons the CCA weakened its climate target suggestions is the possibility of uncontrolled data centre growth.
I found the lobbyists already working to sell them as 'climate solutions' in Aus ---->>>>>
How data centre lobbying is shaping Canberra's climate policy, right down to our timid emissions target
Hidden in the fine print on the Climate Change Authority's decision to pull back its emissions target? The role of artificial intelligence and data centres.
www.crikey.com.au
September 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Good morning!!
Here's my latest for @crikey.com.au -> one of the reasons the CCA weakened its climate target suggestions is the possibility of uncontrolled data centre growth.
I found the lobbyists already working to sell them as 'climate solutions' in Aus ---->>>>>
Here's my latest for @crikey.com.au -> one of the reasons the CCA weakened its climate target suggestions is the possibility of uncontrolled data centre growth.
I found the lobbyists already working to sell them as 'climate solutions' in Aus ---->>>>>
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the only clash this guy has seen is in the pattern between his shirts and ties
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals to travel on short notice from around the world to hear him make a short speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos.”
New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals for what is expected to be a short lecture on the “warrior ethos.” But top brass is bracing for possible firings or demotions.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
the only clash this guy has seen is in the pattern between his shirts and ties
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University of Technology Sydney ordered a spreadsheet from KPMG targeting individual academics by research income, which might contravene the bargaining agreement. They repeatedly denied it even existed for several info requests. But that wasn't true. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
Exclusive: University sought secret KPMG staff spreadsheet
The University of Technology Sydney denied the existence of a KPMG spreadsheet ranking the research performance of academics, in breach of its EBA, until it was forced to release it.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
September 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
University of Technology Sydney ordered a spreadsheet from KPMG targeting individual academics by research income, which might contravene the bargaining agreement. They repeatedly denied it even existed for several info requests. But that wasn't true. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
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Re-sharing this just for the pullquote, waking up in Paris early mornings and doing five interviews in a row before coffee leads to even less of a filter than usual
September 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Re-sharing this just for the pullquote, waking up in Paris early mornings and doing five interviews in a row before coffee leads to even less of a filter than usual