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Melinda Standish

@bytherivulet.bsky.social

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Education designer/developer at University of Tasmania and otherwise gardening #nipaluna #lutruwita

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Melinda Standish @bytherivulet.bsky.social · Nov 13

Phew! Glad to have landed here. Greetings from #lutruwita / #tasmania 🧡

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Melinda Standish @bytherivulet.bsky.social · 2d

Deadly good read

David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 2d

Here's me. '“People aren’t buying their shit anymore”: They think they can make you forget what you’ve seen'

“People aren't buying their shit anymore”: They think they can make you forget what you’ve seen - The Shot

Like colours, neurodivergence and political ideology, being a dickhead operates on a spectrum. From narcissistic middle managers, to people that...

theshot.net.au

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Melinda Standish @bytherivulet.bsky.social · 18d

So much love to share

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23d

Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt

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Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 25d

The flotilla represents the best of humanity—ordinary people stepping forward where governments have failed. The Labor government must break its silence and publicly support and protect this humanitarian mission.

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Melinda Standish @bytherivulet.bsky.social · 29d

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UN General Assembly: Deploy an Emergency Armed Multinational Protection Force to Gaza!

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

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Zali Steggall @zalisteggall.bsky.social · Sep 23

Since 2022, Australia’s screen industry has shrunk by 60%. Streamers make $4B here, pay less than 1% tax, and invest little in local stories. I’ve launched a petition urging the govt to mandate investment in Aussie content by 30 June 2026.

www.change.org/p/save-austr...

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Richard Lowenstein - Ghost Pictures @rmlowenstein.bsky.social · Sep 18

Israel has completely lost. It just doesn't know it yet

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Sharon Connolly @sharonconnolly.bsky.social · Sep 18

Australia must cut connections with Israeli film agencies. More than 2300 film workers, artists and other Australians have signed this petition demanding revocation of our coproduction treaty with Israel. chng.it/MKgsMckd8Y

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Coalition is choosing to ignore its own history. Labor isn’t brave enough to push back. And now we’re having an immigration discussion that is AT THE BEHEST OF LITERAL NAZIS. FFS

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

Fascism rises, and we are caught between craven and unwilling

Here we are. Trapped between those who flirt with far-right ideologies for political gain and those unwilling to make the stand it demands.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · Sep 4

The little Meanjin collection that I helped bring into the world as editor. Just a fragment of its 85-year catalogue. What an act of bone-stupid arrogance to kill it.

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Pipipohutukawa @pipipohutukawa.bsky.social · Aug 30

#politas

Poster from Facebook encouraging people to eat at local Indian, Middle Eastern or African restaurants to support the communities that strengthen Australia in the face of racists rallying in the streets.

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Melinda Standish @bytherivulet.bsky.social · Aug 24

From the river to the sea 🍉🍉🍉 #freepalestine #nipaluna #Hobart

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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · Aug 14

This is not ok.

Ren Wyld @wyld.bsky.social · Aug 14

Wow! Bendigo Writers Festival (15 - 17 Aug) is making guest speakers sign a last-minute agreement to not mention Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Writers who care about human rights are cancelling. Any writer/guest still thinking of appearing should seriously reconsider. Stand up! Refuse to comply

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Melinda Standish @bytherivulet.bsky.social · Aug 14

See this @robbiemoore.bsky.social

Melinda Standish @bytherivulet.bsky.social · Aug 13

Not read but youtu.be/TWpg1RmzAbc?...

AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Garth-Gasu ガース in日本語 @gasugasu1984.bsky.social · Aug 12

#santionIsraelNow

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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · Aug 11

The war in Gaza has killed 186 journalists as of Aug 11, 2025. This is the highest number ever recorded in any war. 🚨

It is more than the total journalists killed in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, the Yugoslav Wars, and Afghanistan combined. ⚖️📸💔

#HumanRights #PressFreedom

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Melinda Standish @bytherivulet.bsky.social · Jul 28

Signed and shared

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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · Jun 25

I discussed the conflict in Iran on ABC radio yesterday. Possibility of a ceasefire is obviously a good sign of de-escalation. But the Aus Gov’t prioritising our relationship with US over international law is deeply worrying. #politas #auspol

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · May 5

Really fucking disgusting reporting on the Gaza genocide by the ABC this morning. Endless shit about Hamas and hostages. Barely congruent with the reality of this slaughter and the fact Israel was always going to (again, again, again) conquer more territory and ethnically wipe Palestine.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · May 6

The majority of Australians now support a more independent foreign policy, according to new Institute polling.

"Australians are really concerned about what's happening in the US."

"I think it's a direct response to Trump & what he is doing," says @emmashortis.bsky.social.

🎧 theaus.in/4m32r2U

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · May 4

My festival of schadenfreude continues tomorrow morning with the ceremonial reading of the Murdoch press and in particular The Australian.

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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · Apr 11

It beggars belief that the Premier has criticised independent economist Dr Nicholas Gruen for simply doing his job, and doing it thoroughly, by consulting widely on the proposed stadium. #auspol #politas

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Melinda Standish @bytherivulet.bsky.social · Mar 30

Stunning! Luck you Fergus

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Christine Milne @christinemilne.bsky.social · Mar 26

Time to scrap Marinus Link and have conversation with Tasmanians about how we might use industrial closure/energy surplus here to benefit Tasmanians. Electrify transport and agriculture would be a start. #politas

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