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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 5h

"Survivors return to a wasteland"....

The magnitude of what "the peace" means is beyond my words ...

There is so very much to come.
Towards a truthful peace.
One day.... 🕊

Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 5h

"no reckoning, no addressing of root causes. Only a hurtling into imperatives of cleanings-up and workings-out. All the while illegal occupation continues, and another chapter of Israel’s violations is furtively closed without accountability not only for Israel, but for its sponsors." #GazaGenocide

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10h

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

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NotQuietMode_M.D. @notquietmodemd.bsky.social · 5h

I have NEVER EVER written, spoken, or posted a Monday morning prayer…. But here we are, and this seems obvious:

“Lord, please inject these powerful words into our veins & grant us the strength to fight tyranny here at home.
Amen.”

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 12h

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Fascism

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 1d

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap.
"I've always loved museums," she says,
"but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards'
We do
the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 1d

#auspol

There is no Spoon @my1socialmedia.bsky.social · 2d

The MMWR is prepared by CDC and relied upon by physicians, nurses, public health practitioners, epidemiologists, researchers & more for publishing timely scientific, reliable, accurate, objective, & useful public health information and recommendations.

HHS fired a large portion of the MMWR staff.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

"Stalinism and Stephen Miller: Cause for concern"
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/stalinism-...

Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

snyder.substack.com

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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 4d

Ridiculous.
Beyond words....

Stay calm, and strong mate - you are doing the right thing ❤️

ThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 5d

My specialist cancer hospital is downgrading from N95s to surgical masks for apheresis, cell therapies and the haematology ward (which includes autologous stem cell transplant pts).
🤔

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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 4d

Time to stop this...

Looking at you @albomp.bsky.social

If you are not up for the easy decisions like this, then why are you in your position?
#auspol

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 4d

Ed Husic, Labor MP, made some great points on Afternoon Briefing yesterday.

"The reason why prices are so high is because we export a phenomenal amount of gas."

We can remedy supply constraints without opening new gas projects by diverting uncontracted gas to the domestic market.

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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, Sarah.
God bless you.

I don't know all the lineages that run in my veins, but I know that my soul sings also, in the lands of the Fertile Crescent.

"If I forget thee, O Jerusalem..."

The ancient stones, olive groves & wadis are sacred to so many ❤️

Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 5d

A letter to those who taught me my Jewishness, and who now sit on the other side of a deep chasm.

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz

Not speaking would go against everything I was taught to honour: the righteous among the nations – those who refused to be bystanders to injustice

www.theguardian.com

AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 6d

#auspol

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 6d

Climate change is driving up insurance costs & making homes uninsurable

🇦🇺ns are paying the price while disasters worsen

As Minister Bowen said: "The cost of inaction will always outweigh the cost of action"

We need real action & investment in adaptation
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 8d

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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks.
A good listen & sing along for tonight.....
We, children of Australia singing along with John ❤️

"Our" anthem.....
Blessings to all our mates
#auspol

Geelan Mitchell Media @victoriannews.com.au · 8d

Sometimes, Yanks, us Aussies 'punch well above our weight'

You got Trump, and we got this ... where, whenever and wherever it is played, Aussies get up.

Try Farnham's words over guns, and pick up trucks ... listen carefully to lyrics Yanks ...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbkO...

John Farnham - You're the Voice

YouTube video by JohnFarnhamVEVO

www.youtube.com

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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 8d

No more taxes should be spent on this sorry excuse......

It's just a do-nothing gravy train!
#auspol

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 8d

More than 2 years after the NACC was established, it hasn’t held a single public hearing. Now we learn the PM pushed to make it harder to hold them.

Public hearings are vital to building trust - the Govt should be making them easier, not harder.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/10...

Exclusive: Anthony Albanese overruled push for public NACC hearings

The Saturday Paper can reveal that the prime minister and other ministers from NSW intervened in cabinet to constrain the operations of the country’s leading integrity body.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 8d

".... because they are only as powerful as the money they have".

Yep.
Their ill-gotten gains, because nothing in the tech world is worth "their" gazillions.....
#auspol

Monika FBPE @monika-uk.bsky.social · 8d

That's an aspect of globalisation nobody with empathy and goodwill towards humanity could have predicted - globalisation of division and resulting violence.

But now we know, we must stick together.

And for goodness sake, tax the rich, because they are only as powerful as money they have.

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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 9d

Damn right!
#auspol

@albomp.bsky.social it is time to act ..... on many fronts......

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 9d

President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...

French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE

YouTube video by WION

www.youtube.com

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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 9d

Not good enough from @albomp.bsky.social

Hoping we elect dozens more #Independents next time to de-throne and completely usurp the "power" of the old time, both-sides parties.....

Both have had enough chances!
#auspol

MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 9d

It's the very definition of hypocrisy @albomp.bsky.social. You promised much more open and honest government than you're delivering. #auspol

Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 9d

As @albomp.bsky.social tries to amend the #FOI Act to wrap matters being considered by his ministry in total secrecy, we find out he also led the charge for the #NACC to never hold public hearings. He talks transparency, but walks secrecy. #TransparencyFraud #auspol

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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 10d

Anything..... to distract from those "files"......

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 10d

President Donald Trump posted another bizarre AI-generated video on social media taunting Democrats over the government shutdown, prompting fresh questions about his mental fitness.

'Signs of psychosis': Trump raises new questions about mental health with 'reaper' video

President Donald Trump posted another bizarre AI-generated video on social media taunting Democrats over the government shutdown, prompting fresh questions about his mental fitness.The animated video is soundtracked by an AI-produced pastiche of Blue Öyster Cult’s 1976 hit, “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,...

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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 10d

Huh....?
😲
#auspol

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 10d

New government data confirms gas exporters continue to pay no tax

“It beggars belief that a company like Santos can spend a decade selling almost $50 billion worth of gas and not pay a cent of tax on it," said @rodcampbell.bsky.social. #auspol

Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/new-gov...

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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 10d

So, @albomp.bsky.social please explain your air quality goals for Australian critical shared spaces.

Starting with hospitals, childcare & schools.....

Please reply to #auspol so it can be seen by all.
#CovidisNotOver
#CleantheAir

LET'S AIR @nousaerons.bsky.social · 10d

The new West Lincoln Memorial Hospital was designed during the COVID-19 pandemic, so this was very top-of-mind. Its HVAC system plays a critical role in preventing airborne diseases by controlling how air moves, is filtered and exchanged in the building.
www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/share/sustai...

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NewJukeboxCafe 🇨🇦 📎 @newjukeboxcafe.bsky.social · 10d

Jane Goodall’s Final, Urgent, Message

“Intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”

BENJI JONES
Environmental Correspondent at Vox

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Jane Goodall’s final, urgent, message

"Intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”

www.motherjones.com

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AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 10d

FFS.... #auspol

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10d

Russian drones appear at Franz Josef Strauss Airport in Munich, forcing suspension of air traffic. www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/mue...

Flughafen München: Flugausfälle wegen Drohnensichtungen

www.sueddeutsche.de

AthenaCQLeD @athenacqled.bsky.social · 10d

People are very sick of it!
#auspol

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 10d

New government data confirms what everyone already knew...multinational gas exporters are reaping billions from Australian resources while paying little or no tax.

"People are getting increasingly sick of it."

🔊Richard Denniss, co-CEO, the Australia Institute
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

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Sam Jones @samjownes.bsky.social · 12d

You can’t inject patriotism, you can’t cure greed, and you sure as heck can’t trust someone who thinks generals are props

Read:

Trump’s Military Rant Flops, Mike Johnson Gets Confronted, Jasmine Crockett Torches GOP Lies, and Democrats Fight Back

You can’t inject patriotism, you can’t cure greed, and you sure as heck can’t trust someone who thinks generals are props

www.dworkinsubstack.com

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James Neal - will know what will happen when it does. @jameswneal.bsky.social · 11d

#bernie and #AOC today

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 11d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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