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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 12h

Crisafulli government's energy roadblock released. Coal to burn indefinitely in Queensland. A $400m investment fund with support for more than 1 GW of new gas generation. Renewable energy target repeal bill by December. National targets will be impacted. #qldpol reneweconomy.com.au/queensland-l...

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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 8h

Great photo 👹

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 10h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 7d

Also:

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 1d

The gambling industry is predatory and insidious.

I quit the Parliamentary Sports Club a few weeks ago, when I discovered it had registered as a lobbyist group and was sponsored by the gambling peak body.

The industry will do anything to wield influence on pollies, and hates being called out.

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 1d

The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽

Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.

That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.

Just utterly unbelievable.

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 3h

How many recommendations did the Robodebt Royal Commission make, again? And which one, specifically, did the government refuse to recognise, let alone commit to?

The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 5h

Warnings about how to avoid a paper trail that might later be accessed by an FOI request are part of the induction kit for new political staffers. Even the acronym has its own crude nickname in the ministerial wing: “FOI. Fuck Off Idiot.” satpa.pe/zPB9QFA

Inside Albanese’s FOI reforms: ‘He hates transparency’

Labor’s reforms to freedom of information laws are opposed by every public submission made to the Senate, with the government’s record on secrecy worse than Scott Morrison’s.

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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 4h

🌞Total land required to replace coal fired energy
🌞Example assumes all solar:120,000 hectares
🌞 That’s less than 0.016 percent of Australia’s total land currently used for agriculture
🌞 Australian agriculture currently accounts for 58% of our land use
🌞And agrisolar = panels + grass/sheep etc

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 12h

Record high temperatures are currently being set across the northernmost portions of the #Arctic. In fact, it is effectively ice-free on the Atlantic side of the Arctic all the way up to about 85°N latitude! This includes record low sea ice around Svalbard.

Graphic by zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...

Line graph time series of 2025's daily 2-m temperature in the Arctic compared to each year from 1958 through 2024. There is a long-term warming trend for every day of the year. There is also large interannual variability and a clear seasonal cycle.

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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 1d

The mood is ominous at CSIRO as jobs disappear ‘by stealth’ – and staff are wondering who’s next

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The mood is ominous at CSIRO as jobs disappear ‘by stealth’ – and staff are wondering who’s next

National scientific agency has been ‘reshaping its research portfolio’ to deal with an imminent funding cliff in 2024

www.theguardian.com

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 1d

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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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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@100Dianne @100dianne.bsky.social · 1d

Everything

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 2d

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

❤️ if you’re stoked for María Corina Machado

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

NBC is reporting 'high level conversations' happening in the White House about how Trump might invoke the Insurrection Act.

This would enable him to deploy the military for domestic civilian law enforcement.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after intense public and private campaign by Donald Trump

www.theguardian.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

You heard it straight from Kennedy himself: Gold Standard Science is actually just data fabrication.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 1d

The Govt has developed preliminary costs for the storage & disposal of #AUKUS high level nuclear waste. You’re not allowed to see what it is and the Senate is not being told either. The only thing we do know is that you’ll be paying for it. #FOI #auspol

AUKUS nuclear waste costs? Government: we know but we're not saying - Michael West

The Government has calculated preliminary costs for the treatment and storage of high-level radioactive waste from AUKUS submarines.

michaelwest.com.au

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@100Dianne @100dianne.bsky.social · 1d

“Atypical”

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Each year in the United States, pollution from the oil & gas industry causes 91K premature deaths, more than 10K pre-term births, 216K cases of childhood asthma, & more than 1600 cancer cases. People of color are significantly more affected, with the biggest burden in predominantly Black communities

The health burden and racial-ethnic disparities of air pollution from the major oil and gas lifecycle stages in the United States

Largest total population health burden is from O&G end-use, but greatest relative disparities are linked to downstream activities.

www.science.org

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Skeptical Raptor @skepticalraptor.bsky.social · 1d

From @doritreiss.bksy.social — This article explains shared clinical decision making regarding vaccinations, contrasting it with routine vaccine recommendations. It may lead to lower #vaccine uptake and confusion about informed consent and insurance coverage.

Shared clinical decision making — what does it mean for vaccines?

The article by Professor Dorit Rubinstein Reiss explains shared clinical decision making (SCDM) regarding vaccinations, contrasting it with routine recommendations that apply to everyone. SCDM…

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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 1d

lol if you are a young pregnant American citizen in an ER you may not get the treatment you need and instead get sepsis because of forced birth Republican laws

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 2d

Exclusive: Former Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus believed openness was key to reshaping political culture. Instead, fear of reputational harm left the anti-corruption commission constrained – its effectiveness tied to the judgement of one commissioner. satpa.pe/GBvB1XC

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.

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 2d

RFK Jr.: “Vaccines Don’t Save Lives” - he missed the effect of vaccines on deaths from pertussis, measles, polio and more, points out Dr. @pauloffit.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi...

RFK Jr.: “Vaccines Don’t Save Lives”

In a recent post on X, RFK Jr. said that vaccines are overrated.

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