Sophie
@sophiepointer.bsky.social
Mum, wife, part-time academic (injury epidemiologist). Fearless LGBTQI advocate & proud leftie. My views are my own. TERFS & MAGA fans keep scrolling. Will block first and ask questions later...yeah I won't be asking questions.
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Here’s an idea, rather than waste money on a stadium, fix the fucking health system!
Here’s an idea, rather than waste money on a stadium, fix the fucking health system!
Mental health beds closed in Hobart due to rat infestation
A rat infestation has forced the temporary closure of Peacock House, one of Tasmania's few public inpatient mental health facilities.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Here’s an idea, rather than waste money on a stadium, fix the fucking health system!
Here’s an idea, rather than waste money on a stadium, fix the fucking health system!
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Plibersek says, “our government’s doing more than any government in Australian history to address online gambling and problem gambling,”
Could she sound more Trumpian?
#auspol
Could she sound more Trumpian?
#auspol
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Plibersek says, “our government’s doing more than any government in Australian history to address online gambling and problem gambling,”
Could she sound more Trumpian?
#auspol
Could she sound more Trumpian?
#auspol
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the utter lack of shame in taking profit from low-income folks in such a manner...fucking ghouls
CBA boss says repaying ‘excessive fees’ to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder money
CBA boss says repaying ‘excessive fees’ to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder money
The Commonwealth Bank – which reported a record cash profit of $10.3bn in the most recent financial year – charged $270m in ‘excessive fees’ over five years
The head of Australia’s biggest and most profitable bank says reimbursing hundreds of millions of dollars in fees to its lower income customers would be an “appropriation” of shareholder money.
The Commonwealth Bank’s chief executive, Mat Comyn, mounted a fierce defence of charging fees according to its terms and conditions during a parliamentary committee hearing in Canberra on Tuesday morning, Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 AM
the utter lack of shame in taking profit from low-income folks in such a manner...fucking ghouls
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This guy's position became untenable years ago. And yet here we still are, where everytime someone looks at something it just gets worse.
A previous disclosure that the head of the federal corruption watchdog had been consulted 11 times has been corrected to 21 following questions from the ABC.
Defence inspector inadvertently omitted 10 consultations with NACC chief
A previous disclosure that the head of the federal corruption watchdog had been consulted 11 times has been corrected to 21 following questions from the ABC.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This guy's position became untenable years ago. And yet here we still are, where everytime someone looks at something it just gets worse.
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Stealing money from poor people is preferable to taking it back from billionares to repay the poor people you stole off.
CBA boss says repaying ‘excessive fees’ to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder money
CBA boss says repaying ‘excessive fees’ to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder money
The Commonwealth Bank – which reported a record cash profit of $10.3bn in the most recent financial year – charged $270m in ‘excessive fees’ over five years
The head of Australia’s biggest and most profitable bank says reimbursing hundreds of millions of dollars in fees to its lower income customers would be an “appropriation” of shareholder money.
The Commonwealth Bank’s chief executive, Mat Comyn, mounted a fierce defence of charging fees according to its terms and conditions during a parliamentary committee hearing in Canberra on Tuesday morning, Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Stealing money from poor people is preferable to taking it back from billionares to repay the poor people you stole off.
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This report is a masterclass of maladministration, contempt for the law, ideological malice - and plain stupidity
The Department unshakably believes there are frauds in their system, but can't provide any actual evidence because they [checks notes] don't interact enough with people in the system
The Department unshakably believes there are frauds in their system, but can't provide any actual evidence because they [checks notes] don't interact enough with people in the system
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This report is a masterclass of maladministration, contempt for the law, ideological malice - and plain stupidity
The Department unshakably believes there are frauds in their system, but can't provide any actual evidence because they [checks notes] don't interact enough with people in the system
The Department unshakably believes there are frauds in their system, but can't provide any actual evidence because they [checks notes] don't interact enough with people in the system
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The person apologising for failing to pass on the Sydney neo-Nazi rally protest information is the Deputy NSW Police Commisioner.
He was recently the acting NSW Police Commissioner and applied for the top job.
But 3 months ago he was passed over for the Commissioner's job.
Yes, indeed 😎
He was recently the acting NSW Police Commissioner and applied for the top job.
But 3 months ago he was passed over for the Commissioner's job.
Yes, indeed 😎
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The person apologising for failing to pass on the Sydney neo-Nazi rally protest information is the Deputy NSW Police Commisioner.
He was recently the acting NSW Police Commissioner and applied for the top job.
But 3 months ago he was passed over for the Commissioner's job.
Yes, indeed 😎
He was recently the acting NSW Police Commissioner and applied for the top job.
But 3 months ago he was passed over for the Commissioner's job.
Yes, indeed 😎
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Liberals to younger voters
Goodbye 👋
Goodbye 👋
The Liberal party’s betrayal of younger voters on net zero isn’t just a moral failure – it’s electoral stupidity | Intifar Chowdhury
For a Coalition desperate to prove it can govern again, ignoring millennials and gen Z is a curious kind of strategy
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Liberals to younger voters
Goodbye 👋
Goodbye 👋
So the Libs are set to ditch net zero and follow the Nats into electoral oblivion. Here's hoping Albo grows a spine, starts working constructively with the Greens and Indies, and sets us up for a bright renewables led future!
#auspol
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November 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
So the Libs are set to ditch net zero and follow the Nats into electoral oblivion. Here's hoping Albo grows a spine, starts working constructively with the Greens and Indies, and sets us up for a bright renewables led future!
#auspol
#auspol
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In an Australia first, I used FOI to get the AI chat logs of Australia's top national security bureaucrat.
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
In an Australia first, I used FOI to get the AI chat logs of Australia's top national security bureaucrat.
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Why is ASIO DG Mike Burgess in the news every other week worth some secret squirrel spy stuff warning? I thought Spy bosses were supposed to stay out of the news?
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November 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Why is ASIO DG Mike Burgess in the news every other week worth some secret squirrel spy stuff warning? I thought Spy bosses were supposed to stay out of the news?
##auspol
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The Greens are calling on APRA to step in & stop the skyrocketing property investor lending that is fueling the housing crisis. New ABS data shows investor lending has jumped by 12.3% while first-home buyer loans have risen by just 0.9%. Who's buying all the houses? Investors. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The Greens are calling on APRA to step in & stop the skyrocketing property investor lending that is fueling the housing crisis. New ABS data shows investor lending has jumped by 12.3% while first-home buyer loans have risen by just 0.9%. Who's buying all the houses? Investors. 🧵
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APRA's previous interventions requiring banks to restrict investor loans made a huge difference in 2014-18 & resulted in more loans for owner occupiers & saw some of the most stable house price growth in Australia over the past 30 yrs. We’ve done it before and we can do it again.
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
APRA's previous interventions requiring banks to restrict investor loans made a huge difference in 2014-18 & resulted in more loans for owner occupiers & saw some of the most stable house price growth in Australia over the past 30 yrs. We’ve done it before and we can do it again.
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9 news Australia
Outrage after Neo Nazi rally was approved by Police.
Needs to be an inquiry into who, gave the final go ahead, for this. And those responsible. Should be sacked.
After trying to get 2 rallies for peace for Gaza blocked.
This definitely not a good look.
youtube.com/watch?v=7ku_...
Outrage after Neo Nazi rally was approved by Police.
Needs to be an inquiry into who, gave the final go ahead, for this. And those responsible. Should be sacked.
After trying to get 2 rallies for peace for Gaza blocked.
This definitely not a good look.
youtube.com/watch?v=7ku_...
Outrage after Neo Nazi rally was approved by police | 9 News Australia
YouTube video by 9 News Australia
youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
9 news Australia
Outrage after Neo Nazi rally was approved by Police.
Needs to be an inquiry into who, gave the final go ahead, for this. And those responsible. Should be sacked.
After trying to get 2 rallies for peace for Gaza blocked.
This definitely not a good look.
youtube.com/watch?v=7ku_...
Outrage after Neo Nazi rally was approved by Police.
Needs to be an inquiry into who, gave the final go ahead, for this. And those responsible. Should be sacked.
After trying to get 2 rallies for peace for Gaza blocked.
This definitely not a good look.
youtube.com/watch?v=7ku_...
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"If he doesn’t change course, the Prime Minister may end up leading exactly the kind of 'shadow government' that he derided his predecessor for."
My observation is that @albomp.bsky.social is definitely leading a “shadow government that prefers to operate in darkness”
#auspol #VoteIndependent
My observation is that @albomp.bsky.social is definitely leading a “shadow government that prefers to operate in darkness”
#auspol #VoteIndependent
November 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"If he doesn’t change course, the Prime Minister may end up leading exactly the kind of 'shadow government' that he derided his predecessor for."
My observation is that @albomp.bsky.social is definitely leading a “shadow government that prefers to operate in darkness”
#auspol #VoteIndependent
My observation is that @albomp.bsky.social is definitely leading a “shadow government that prefers to operate in darkness”
#auspol #VoteIndependent
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Dear Albo and the ALP,
When something asks you when we will see prices for food, electricity, and rents come down, we don't want to hear "it's the LNPs fault".
We want to know WHEN and HOW!
#auspol
When something asks you when we will see prices for food, electricity, and rents come down, we don't want to hear "it's the LNPs fault".
We want to know WHEN and HOW!
#auspol
November 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Dear Albo and the ALP,
When something asks you when we will see prices for food, electricity, and rents come down, we don't want to hear "it's the LNPs fault".
We want to know WHEN and HOW!
#auspol
When something asks you when we will see prices for food, electricity, and rents come down, we don't want to hear "it's the LNPs fault".
We want to know WHEN and HOW!
#auspol
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hate crime legislation is for ramping up charges against racialised people, not for criminalising whites.
nit.com.au/30-10-2025/2...
nit.com.au/30-10-2025/2...
Federal Police criticised for failing to pursue hate crime charges after Camp Sovereignty attack
The Australian Federal Police continue to defer responsibility for classifying the attacks on Camp Sovereignty as a hate crime, Senator Lidia Thorpe says.Earlier this month, more than 20 federal cross...
nit.com.au
November 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
hate crime legislation is for ramping up charges against racialised people, not for criminalising whites.
nit.com.au/30-10-2025/2...
nit.com.au/30-10-2025/2...
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HAHAHAHA I guess it is hard to imagine how clothes look on you without trying them on:)
November 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
HAHAHAHA I guess it is hard to imagine how clothes look on you without trying them on:)
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So, I played baseball for many, many years, and the technical term for what the Dodgers are doing right now is “playing like assholes”
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
So, I played baseball for many, many years, and the technical term for what the Dodgers are doing right now is “playing like assholes”