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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 20h

In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.

Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h

This is an excellent idea!!!

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

Simon Holmes à Court has launched a new fundraiser - ‘The Canavan Climate Trust’ - by cataloguing all the “climate-denying” nonsense from the Nats over the last few weeks, & “every dollar donated” is going to be put towards Ads highlighting their “most unhinged comments”👏💥 #Abc

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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 1d

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Arnold Böcklin 💙 @arnoldbocklin36606.bsky.social · 2d

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

He shut the government down for a month to hide files establishing the extent of his fraternization with the most infamous serial child rapist of the last century, and now he is threatening to invade Nigeria to protect members of a religion he pretends to practice but has never actually belonged to

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Mark Ogge @markogge.bsky.social · 2d

Coal seam gas has turned tens of thousands of square kilometres of QLD into industrial gas fields.

For what?….export by foreign owned gas corporates who don’t even pay tax in Australia.

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 3d

Even the big iron ore miner, Fortecue, says its time to rein in Australia’s $10 billion per year expenditure on diesel fuel subsidies…imagine all the housing, renewables and cheap education we could have if we took #climate or tax policy seriously.

thepoint.com.au/news/251031-...

Fortescue: Fuel Tax Credit makes diesel 'artificially cheap', overhaul needed for climate

A Fortescue executive has called for a major overhaul of Australia’s $11 billion fuel tax credit scheme, arguing it undermines the nation’s climate goals by making diesel “artificially cheap”.

thepoint.com.au

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

What he said: 💯 🎯

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 4d

A landmark Treaty bill was met with celebrations when it passed the Victorian parliament last night.

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Victorian Treaty passes upper house

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 5d

The ACTU is calling for a 25% tax on all gas exports and for the tens of billions it would raise to be invested in public housing…sounds good to me…what do you reckon we should spend all the money we’d get if we stopped giving our gas away for free? #climate

thepoint.com.au/news/301025-...

The gas industry is ripping us off, and 'it’s been an open secret for years': ACTU

ACTU calls for a 25% tax on gas exports to help fix Australia's housing problem

thepoint.com.au

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 6d

Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"

I've saved her some time.

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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: Wind power just supplied 150% of South Australia’s electricity demand. Fossil fuels? A heroic 1.5%. Thoughts and prayers to everyone who said “renewables will never keep the lights on.” Must be hard watching your entire argument get blown away.
reneweconomy.com.au/wind-hits-re...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7d

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 8d

100,000 home batteries installed in 17 weeks. That’s 2,000 MWh of capacity—15x the original Hornsdale Big Battery. And they’re getting bigger. removing houses from the demand side of the grid, and dumping stored #solar in times of peak demand for profit. energy freedom #auspol

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 8d

Keep this one in mind. Qld's hospital projects & expansions were suspended by the Crisafulli govt in April. As we get closer to the 2028 election they will all be magically (re)announced. Crisafulli was alluding to it on ABC Radio this morning. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Queensland government delays new hospital beds amid $7b budget blowout

The review into the Queensland hospital expansion program reveals that the delivery of hundreds of public hospital beds will have to go back to the drawing board.

www.abc.net.au

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 8d

A study of falsehoods spread during the Voice referendum and 2025 federal election on Chinese and American platforms reveals why Australia must change its approach to tackling disinformation.

We're fighting disinformation in all the wrong ways

www.crikey.com.au

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 9d

When donors build what taxpayers can’t see...democracy has a transparency problem. The danger isn’t that it’s a bunker—it’s that you’re not allowed to ask.👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 9d

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 9d

It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.

A tweet from BrooklynDad_Defiant! says: “No words. If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research... I have nothing left to say to you.” The image shows an illustration of a bald child in a hospital gown, holding an IV pole and looking into an opulent golden ballroom filled with formally dressed adults.

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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 10d

Hope people are realizing that rigging the 2026 and 2028 elections have always been the plan.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10d

Adil Ray, "Prince Andrew has given £12 million of his mum's money to someone he has never met before"

"Has renounced all his titles for something he didn't do"

"With the same person he's never met before"

"At the house of someone he was only friends with"

"To be polite"

#HIGNFY

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 11d

L.A. TACO caught up with Leo Martinez of VC Defensa to get his full breakdown on what happened the day ICE agents rammed and T-boned his truck out in Oxnard on the morning of Thursday, October 16th.

Reporting by Izzy Ramirez & Aisha Wallace-Palomares

Editing by Errin Vasquez

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

"These days, your money belongs to Donald Trump, and he does whatever he wants with it. The White House belongs to Trump, and he does whatever he wants with it. That’s what kings do. And it's part of the broader breakdown of democracy." — @snipy.bsky.social

King Trump turns US Treasury into his personal piggy bank

He thinks our money is his.

www.publicnotice.co

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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 12d

Updating my LEGO White House

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