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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 3h

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists #Climate

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

“At COP28, Vanuatu and Tuvalu lead the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to address climate crisis”

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Lola Bennett @lolabennett.bsky.social · 8h

The National March for Palestine today is twice the size of the tommy March, so unsurprisingly there are no media choppers in the air

#PalestineMarch #LondonProtest #UKMedia
#Gaza #FreePalestine #StandWithGaza

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 7h

The Trump-headlined celebration/retroactive justification of genocide happening in Israel today is obscene—and premature. Israel will likely violate Phase 1 of any 20-part plan. As a Trump biographer, I've written a rebuttal to the idea that Trump is anything but one of the most dangerous men alive:

Media and MAGA Calls for Trump to Catch a Nobel Peace Prize Rather Than An ICC War Crimes Indictment Are Obscene

The second-biggest threat to global peace after Putin has earned a cell for war crimes—not a humanitarian award. That his grotesque and scammy appeal for a Nobel Peace Prize is working is terrifying.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

"Until there is accountability for Israeli crimes, and for those complicit with their crimes including western leaders, arms dealers, and arms companies,
then this situation will only repeat.

Israel only gets away with this because of their impunity.
This has to strop now."

FreePalestine @savesjarrah.bsky.social · 2d

#GazaGenocide, 9 Oct 2025
Journalist and author Antony Loewenstein examines Israeli impunity for its war on Gaza and argues that the push for accountability is now likely to emerge from the Global South.
#NetanyahuWarCriminal
youtube.com/shorts/m93mp...

Accountability for Israel likely to “start in the Global South”

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d

Ludicrous. The NACC is supposed to be independent but Brereton keeps working for the ADF while overseeing potential corruption investigations about it?
The Kathryn Campbell conflict wasn't enough to demonstrate how costly and damaging this is? That mistake already cost the NACC $1.2m to rectify.

Corruption watchdog head 'consulted' for ADF inspector general 11 times

Paul Brereton and Labor politicians had previously stated he had stepped away from the body and resigned as assistant inspector-general of the ADF prior to taking on the top integrity job.

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gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 7h

Australia's deliberately punitive unemployment "relief" system must end.

JobSeeker: Shame, and now with added AI slop

www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Shame and harm at every JobSeeker turn – and now added AI slop

The system is so convoluted and stacked against people that even if it worked as intended, it would still be not just harmful, but useless.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe the guy who slapped a 50% tariff on Brazil because he was mad that they’re prosecuting his buddy Bolsonaro for starting a coup shouldn’t lecture the rest of the world about whether such levies are unheard of or a moral disgrace

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump announces he's putting a bajillion percent tariff on China

It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade in sending an extremely hostile letter to the World, stating that they were going to, effective November 1st, 2025, impose large scale Export Controls on virtually every product they make, and some not even made by them. This affects ALL Countries, without exception, and was obviously a plan devised by them years ago. It is absolutely unheard of in International Trade, and a moral disgrace in dealing with other Nations.

Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the U.S.A., and not other Nations who were similarly threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying. Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.

It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 11d

Today, schoolchildren are taught about history’s worst crimes against humanity.

In the future, they will learn about those who enabled the genocide in Gaza.

They will also learn about the global movement for peace, and above all, the resilience of the Palestinian people.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 19h

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 17h

The ALP govt has approved coal/gas projects that will emit a cumulative 6.5B tonnes of CO2 - roughly equal to 15 yrs of Australia’s total annual emissions.

There are more in the pipeline with another 38 new or expanded coal projects seeking approval

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environ...

Labor’s slate for fossil fuel approvals

The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 18h

No wonder the NPC cancelled Chris Hedges

His sober take on this sham peace deal would scare the so called journslists who have forgotten what real reporting should be

open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

Trump’s Sham Peace Plan

There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.

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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 20h

In not quite a year since the ceasefire deal in Lebanon, Israel has broken the ceasefire 4,600 times. It has killed hundreds of people, including infants, demolished tens of thousands of homes & annexed five areas of Lebanon. It was supposed to withdraw completely.

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A Warning From Lebanon

In not quite one year since the ceasefire deal in Lebanon, Israel has broken the ceasefire 4,600 times.

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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 21h

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Spot on. Stop the extortion.

Tasmania Cannot Afford a $3.5 Billion Stadium for the AFL

This is just madness. Even Rob Sitch and Utopia could not come close to this. Andrew Wilkie in parliament todaymcriticised the AFL’s demand for Tasmania to build a third AFL stadium at Macquarie Point...

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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 5d

This is the danger of rushing laws through Parliament with no scrutiny, transparency or expert consultation.

Parliamentary committee warns international human rights obligations could be breached under new regime.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australia lacks ‘legitimate objective’ in fast-tracking Nauru deportations, Labor-led committee finds

Parliamentary committee warns international human rights obligations could be breached under new regime

www.theguardian.com

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 3d

Come and have a chat, listen to experts and help us tackle some dangerous misinformation that’s causing real harm x

Refugee Action Campaign CBR @raccanberra.bsky.social · 3d

Join @amyremeikis.bsky.social, Prof Alan Gamlen from ANU Migration, and Prof John Minns as they tackle myths, misinformation, and scare campaigns against migrants, refugees, and multiculturalism.

Wednesday, 15 October, 6:30pm, Copland Theatre, ANU. refugeeaction.org/20250910/deb...

Banner with text says: Debunking racist myths about immigration.

Date: 15 October
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Copland Lecture Theatre, ANU

With bios of Amy Remeikis, Alan Gamlen, and John Minns, full text available at included link.

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 20h

So who would you pick for Nobel Peace Prize?

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nafala25.bsky.social @nafala25.bsky.social · 1d

It is call Terrorism and war crimes is in #GAZA, Palestine

#FreePalestine
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Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 1d

"They make a desert and call it peace.”

'They've destroyed everything': Palestinians return to devastation in Gaza City

Those returning say they are driven by desperation rather than confidence that it is safe.

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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 21h

Nobody wants Tony Blair running anything in Palestine.

Can't blame 'em.

He's a pro-Israel war criminal who'll take bloodstained money.

substack.com/@mouinrabban...

Mouin Rabbani (@mouinrabbani)

Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine have formally rejected Project Blair. Other Palestinian factions can be presumed to share this position. The Palestinian...

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Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

"One wonders what is the point of having a National Press Club, if it won’t stand up for journalism."

@nickfeik.bsky.social on the NPC's rescinding of Chris Hedges's invitation to speak, once it learned of the topic: "The Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists".

nickfeik.substack.com/p/censorship...

Censorship by any other name

The National Press Club cancelled a speaker who planned to address the mass killing of journalists in Gaza. The mainstream press didn’t report it.

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 1d

In 3.35 hours Norway will reveal whether it has caved or stayed true to its purpose

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI
The party with a HUGE majority is sitting down with the party of science deniers, delayers, cookers to work out the environmental plan?! WTF?

turnleft2024 @turnleft8.bsky.social · 2d

can he count?

94 is bigger than 43

unless he thinks over 50 ALP will cross the floor, WHY ??

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 3d

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broken" and outdated environment laws.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 2d

ASIC claims governance gaps in AFSLs offshoring arrangements
www.professionalplanner.com.au/2025/10/asic...

ASIC claims governance gaps in AFSLs offshoring arrangements - Professional Planner

The corporate regulator has told licensees to strengthen governance over the use of offshore service providers after a review found weaknesses that could expose consumers to harm. The review also incl...

www.professionalplanner.com.au

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget

Never forgive

Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 2d

The BBC still furiously peddling the fiction that Trump "railroaded" Netanyahu into a peace deal.

No, the US could have secured a deal any time over the past two years by ending the shipments of bombs.

Washington *chose* to keep the genocide going till Gaza was levelled.

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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · 2d

David Pope in Canberra Times

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