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🍎 Lisa Brassington

@agperiurban.bsky.social

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📍 AU 🇦🇺 Based NE lutruwita/Tasmania, via Bunurong/Mornington Peninsula and Yorta Yorta/NE Victoria. Connected to climate, land use, water & food; fairness for all. 🦋 Est. 11/2022. #ZeroHunger #SustainableDevelopment #FoodSystems

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🍎 Lisa Brassington @agperiurban.bsky.social · Apr 7

#Australia: It’s time to #VoteForFood!
1 Establish effective + accountable food system governance
2 Support #Farmers in sustainable transitions
3 Support #FirstNations foodways
4 Localise the #foodsystem
5 Fund dignified, sustainable #foodrelief
#auspol #politas #ausvotes
Vote: 21 Apr - 3 May 2025

The 2025 Australian VOTE FOR FOOD campaign calls for leaders to commit to five key demands (as per the image).

This is a call for political courage and action on the cost of living crisis and our broken food system.
No more quick-fixes and band-aids.
The hard work to reform food in Australia must start.

It’s time to #VoteForFood

Australia must act now to create a fair, sustainable food system for all. I’m standing up for these goals — and committing to vote for leaders who will do the same.

Will your local Federal candidate stand with you, and Vote for Food!

Take the Pledge: https://sustain.org.au/vote-for-food/

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Geelan Mitchell Media @victoriannews.com.au · 6d

Albanese touches down in US ahead of Trump test
#ausnews #vicnews #auspol #uspol #trump #albanese #Australia #USA #america

Albanese touches down in US ahead of Trump test

WASHINGTON DC, USA. — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will aim to shore up US support for AUKUS and a potential tariff exemption ahead of his crucial meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House.

www.victoriannews.com.au

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 11d

Just finished up the audio-first version of my Boyer Lectures. Hopefully you’ll it’ll tickle some neurons. Should drop here, sometime later this week (I think October 19): www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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🍎 Lisa Brassington @agperiurban.bsky.social · 6d

Loved it!

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Sep 9

This is sort of a thing, and I'm kind of proud of myself. The thing: I'm giving the keynote Boyer Lecture this year. Won't mean much to non-Aussies, but it's the leading annual "public intellectual" lecture series in my native Australia, and it means a lot to me.

2025 ABC Boyer Lecture series examines Australia as a Radical Experiment in Democracy - About the ABC

Academics, writers and policy experts will explore Australia: A Radical Experiment in Democracy across a series of five orations for the 2025 Boyer Lecture series, hosted by its creative director…

www.abc.net.au

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 6d

We're in the “egg shortage” phase of the electricity market. AI is hungry for power, so prices rise. But higher prices invite new investment—and more generation. Give it time, and the market will hatch more watts.

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Hel in a hand basket @helodare.bsky.social · 10d

You may not know that the Spirit of Tasmania route is actually part of our national highway. That it a) cannot dock at either end, and b) goes to Geelong and not Melbourne as it used to should be a national embarrassment

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 10d

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 · 10d

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

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🍎 Lisa Brassington @agperiurban.bsky.social · 9d

Hello, that's me ... yep.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 10d

“60 per cent of families accessing Foodbank had at least one person in employment, and one third of families had a mortgage”

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 10d

Kerrie Matthews has been forced to sell personal items to afford life-saving diabetes equipment, and with skyrocketing bills she is putting her house on the market and leaving the Northern Territory.

$5 milk and $90 rent rises: NT cost of living pushing families into housing stress

Kerrie Matthews has been forced to sell personal items to afford life-saving diabetes equipment, and with skyrocketing bills she is putting her house on the market and leaving the Northern Territory.

www.abc.net.au

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 9d

Word on the street is that there are a bunch of new folks joining Bluesky right now, so it seems like a good time to re-share my first & biggest STARTER PACK of urbanists & city-making organizations from across the world. Hope you’ll consider following the excellent accounts here. And please share!

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Sam W 🖤💛❤️🌻🦋🍉🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✌️🫢 @sassisam.bsky.social · 11d

“No-one left behind” 🤬 #shameful #auspol

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Nick @knockaboutwok.bsky.social · 11d

Urban #biodiversity doesn't need a lot of encouragement.

A turtle, eel and heron, all hanging out in this fairly drab watercourse under the freeway.

Nankeen night heron perched on a rock in a waterway.

Freeway underpass with watercourse. Kinda drab.

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🍎 Lisa Brassington @agperiurban.bsky.social · 11d

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🍎 Lisa Brassington @agperiurban.bsky.social · 11d

#ABCTv Your Say: Digital Dilemma ...
• Concern: Third party data risk in the process of identity validation leakage...

Social media, the backyard abyss of billionaires that don't offer human customer service.

#auspol #data #abctv #cybersecurity #yoursay

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Blue Axeman @blueaxeman.bsky.social · 12d

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 12d

“What’s the matter Linda? You seem a bit upset.”
“Lynne, I’ve just realised that one day I’ll run out of people to sue for defamation, and I feel pained about that”
“Have you ever considered suing yourself for making yourself so friggin miserable Linda? Might make you feel a bit better”

Created image of Linda Reynolds and Lynne Poselthwaite

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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 17d

"The Church cannot be silent."

"Pope Leo XIV’s eyes grew misty Wednesday as an El Paso delegation led by Bishop Mark Seitz presented him letters and a video that captured the fears and anxieties of people facing mass deportation in the United States..."

In Vatican meeting with El Pasoans, Pope Leo XIV offers support to migrants facing deportation - El Paso Matters

During a Vatican meeting, Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with migrants after hearing firsthand accounts gathered by El Paso’s Hope Border Institute and La Mujer Obrera about the human toll of U.S. ...

elpasomatters.org

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 16d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 15d

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

techcrunch.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 13d

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

www.fox32chicago.com

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 12d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 12d

"Following public outcry, the U.S. Department of Education has restored funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, about a month after cutting it..."

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Get Funding Back Despite Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign

Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization th...

www.propublica.org

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 12d

There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?

Coffee Indiana @coffeeindiana.bsky.social · 12d

Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

if anybody is good at lip reading or can isolate the audio, I'd be very curious to learn more about what these two were talking about here. it certainly didn't sound on the level.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Meloni looks like she wants off the planet during Trump's speech 😆

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