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Truth matters no matter how hard and lonely it is. I firmly stand on the principle of fairness, empathy and respect. A strong woman who is not afraid to speak out. Love nature and peace and quiet. I know pain in all its forms. #auspol #climate

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · Jul 19

1970: Bertrand Russell on Palestine

The tragedy of the people of Palestine is that their country was 'given' by a foreign power to another people for the creation of a new state. The result was that many hundreds of thousands of innocent people were made permanently homeless. With evert new conflict their numbers have increased> How much longer is the world going to endure this spectacular wanton cruelty? It is abundantly clear that the refugees have very right to the homeland from which they were driven, and the denial of this right is at the heart of the continuing conflict. No people anywhere in the world would accept being expelled in masse from their own country; how can anyone require the people of Palestine to accept a punishment which nobody else would tolerate? A permanent settlement of the refugees in their homeland is an essential ingredient of any genuine settlement in the Middle East. Bertrand Russell 1970.

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 8h

Does she ever say anything that is not disappointing ?

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Tim @tdc24.bsky.social · 1d

Carbon pollution denialists in positions of influence should face a 'Nuremberg' style tribunal for crimes against the biosphere.

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#auspol #ClimateCrisis

Chaotic weather outlook raises prospects of summer bushfires across east

An atmospheric 'tug of war' is taking place this spring for control of Australia's weather, and it is a forecasting nightmare.

www.abc.net.au

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Mouse @mousemc.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, another @albomp.bsky.social demostration of kowtowing and bending over for vested interests. Mr Spinelss PM is a complete waste of time and oxygen. Imagine a PM that invested in the community instead of the gambling industry..that would be novel!

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A T Tate @spudonthetracks.bsky.social · 1d

Health system underfunded while climate denying corporates pay no tax and #Aukus bleeds us. Pocock should lead a coalition of independents
and force labor into a minority. #auspol #itstime

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 8h

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'Peace' Has No Meaning When Right-Wingers Like Maria Corina Machado Win the Nobel Prize | Common Dreams

As Venezuelan-American, I know exactly what Machado represents: the smiling face of Washington’s regime-change machine, the polished spokesperson for sanctions, privatization, and foreign intervention...

www.commondreams.org

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Mouse @mousemc.bsky.social · 8h

@albomp.bsky.social has lied to us all
Promised transparency-got 'information Alcatraz'
Promised a NACC with teeth-got a political protection racket
Promised environmental protection, got vandalism
Kowtows to vested interests, sold our sovereignty to the USA, lied about support re Israeli genocide.

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 8h

Zionists v Keane, Riemer, Kostakidis. Australia's massive test cases for free speech - Michael West

Zionist lawsuits against Mary Kostakidis and Sydney Uni academics John Keane and Nick Riemer are a mighty test case for free speech in Australia

michaelwest.com.au

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 8h

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 1d

WIRED: Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy www.wired.com/story/as-coa...

Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

www.wired.com

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Sooz Bee @soozbee.bsky.social · 9h

I think anyone who takes anything the Israeli government says at face value at this point is being willfully obtuse.

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Oscar Zeta Gundam @lmfsilva.bsky.social · 10h

One of those things I don't know what's worse, falling for Fallout Vault or knowing it was all bullshit but played along because the alternative would be having to find a way to say publicly "this is obviously a lie but all the rest is true, actually".

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Grattan Institute @grattaninstitute.bsky.social · 9h

💡 Cheaper energy bills AND reduced emissions?

Our new report finds that Australian household energy bills are set to halve by 2050, leaving room for the federal gov't to cut emissions in the electricity sector without hurting households.

Here’s how: buff.ly/9UPN4ub

A graphic of wind turbines on a rocky shore, with the text New Grattan Report Bills down, emissions down, a practical path to net-zero electricity

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 9h

New from @EmpirePodUK
THE LOST WORLD OF OTTOMAN GAZA
With the great Eugene Rogan, Professor of Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
linktr.ee/empirepoduk

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 11h

Is Labor ‘wrapping complex issues in…slow and cumbersome bureaucratic processes, closing options before they are fully ventilated, reducing access to information, banning protests and responding to constituents’ letters with AI-generated gobbledegook’?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #auspol

Adopting a ‘she’ll be right’ attitude to Australian politics may be seductive, but it certainly isn’t guaranteed | Julianne Schultz

Australians are rightfully proud of their robust election process, yet surveys suggest very few fully understand it

www.theguardian.com

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1d

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Jay @pescado70.bsky.social · 18h

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Bruce Williams @brucewilliams4.bsky.social · 11h

Said Kostakidis, “The attempt to shut down criticism of a genocide is morally reprehensible and dangerous. Those trying to control the narrative will not prevail”.

Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 13h

The Zionist lawsuits against @marykostakidis.bsky.social John Keane & Nick Riemer are a massive test for free speech in Australia, and costly. We check the claims. Keane kicks off in the morning.
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/zionists-v-k...

Zionists v Keane, Riemer, Kostakidis. Australia's massive test cases for free speech - Michael West

Zionist lawsuits against Mary Kostakidis and Sydney Uni academics John Keane and Nick Riemer are a mighty test case for free speech in Australia

michaelwest.com.au

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Bruce Williams @brucewilliams4.bsky.social · 11h

In Australia we have repeatedly underestimated the pace and impact of climate disruption, and ended up with event impacts — fire, flooding, extreme heat — worse than was planned for, which have devastated communities.

Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 22h

The #NCRA, by failing to clearly identify a plausible high-end scenario to be used as a guide for future planning on sea levels, is falling into the same conservative trap. #auspol #climate

Australia’s climate assessment fails on sea-level rise risks and vulnerable communities

Australia’s first climate risk assessment has the stated purpose of guiding adaptation responses to protect people and property in a heating climate, but what happens if the reality is worse than some low-ball projections of future risks?

johnmenadue.com

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 11h

Hundreds of aid trucks carrying food, medicine, and fuel await entry into Gaza at the Rafah crossing with Egypt under the ceasefire.

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Bruce Williams @brucewilliams4.bsky.social · 11h

An "everlasting peace" is widely regarded as only being possible with the establishment of a Palestinian state.

But Israel's steady political shift to the right means that any government — with or without Netanyahu — would find it impossible to allow a Palestinian state and survive in power.

Bruce Williams @brucewilliams4.bsky.social · 11h

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
There's also no knowing what impact the long and devastating war has had on a generation of young Palestinians and their attitude toward living in peace with Israel.

Parts of Trump's peace plan look shaky. Here's where it could collapse

There is any number of ways the ceasefire could fall over — perhaps within days.

www.abc.net.au

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 14h

China Signals Firm Stance amid New U.S. Tariff Threats

You’ve got to read this ⬇️

www.onestnetwork.com/post/china-s...

China Signals Firm Stance amid New U.S. Tariff Threats

What is clear is that both sides are layering new risks over an already volatile U.S.–China relationship — and global markets, supply chains

www.onestnetwork.com

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