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timdunlop.bsky.social
Incredible! Most chimney sweeps don’t live that long.
willharrisinva.bsky.social Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 11h
Finally, it’s official: Happy 100th birthday, Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
calicokat.bsky.social
Source: ABCNews “Celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright sentenced to 10 months in prison, suspended after five months” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Celebrity croc wrangler Matt Wright sentenced to time behind bars
Celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright has been sentenced to 10 months in prison, suspended after five months, for attempting to interfere with an investigation into a fatal helicopter accident thre...
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December 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Let us all be thankful that Linda Reynolds is absolutely nowhere near a position of power anymore.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Brittany Higgins declared bankrupt by federal court
Former senator Linda Reynolds's bid to have Brittany Higgins declared bankrupt has succeeded in a federal court.
www.abc.net.au
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
calicokat.bsky.social
From Reddit: “Republican women suddenly realise they're surrounded by misogynists”
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/repu...
Republican Women & Misogyny: Frustrations in GOP Leadership| MAGA party sexism| Nancy Mace GOP leadership criticism|Republican women Epstein
Republican sexism: Frustrations rise as women in the GOP challenge patriarchal norms. Key figures express discontent, highlighting tensions in Congress' internal dynamics and broader Republican strugg...
www.deccanherald.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
calicokat.bsky.social
Source: New York Times “Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Who Studied, and Protected, Elephants, Dies at 83”
Screen shot of NYT article. Details of Ian Douglas-Hamilton life.
December 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
calicokat.bsky.social
Source: Sydney Morning Herald “Star ABC reporter’s Canberra corridor stand-off with Liberal critic” www.smh.com.au/business/com... (Comment: Good to see successful vote to quash the slur to 4 corners) #ABCFriends
Star ABC reporter’s Canberra corridor stand-off with Liberal critic
ABC 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson and Liberal senator Sarah Henderson recently squared off over a Four Corners program on Donald Trump and the January 6 insurrection.
www.smh.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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jessicaperthwa.bsky.social
Since 1979, the year reliable records began, exactly one person has died in Australia from a spider bite. One. A man in 2016 who tragically did not receive antivenom in time after a redback bite.
December 8, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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jenocon.bsky.social
Amy nails it.
@amyremeikis.bsky.social
#auspol

‘Labor has the space to do what it wants – and what it wants, apparently, is to be the Liberal Party of the 1990s.’

www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
First whispers of discontent for Labor are coming from within
Labor has the space to do what it wants – and what it wants, apparently, is to be the Liberal Party of the 1990s.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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simonrosenberg.bsky.social
“When a 16-year-old Palestinian girl has her image erased by a council simply for wearing a Palestinian pendant, it shows just how deep anti-Palestinian racism runs in this country” -Nasser Mashni @deepcutnews.bsky.social

And the pro-Israel lobby's sway. #auspol
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Melbourne council scrubs teenage volunteer from website over Palestine necklace
Child left in tears as APAN slams anti-Palestinian racism
www.deepcutnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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melissasweetdr.bsky.social
Australians buying ‘iron supplements’ containing little more iron than a slice of bread, experts warn

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change
Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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johnkalish1.bsky.social
Blue-banded bee - Amegilla asserta - If you’ve ever wondered how long the proboscis is on a blue-banded bee…. Taken with a Sony a7riii and a Sony 100 -400mm zoom at 400mm.
#bees #insects #naturephotography #Canberra #Australianinsects #Australianfauna
December 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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atrupar.com
this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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craighill.bsky.social
Trump has just won the first ever FIFA Peace Prize. Apparently he narrowly defeated Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un and Xi Jinping for the honour. This is just pathetic and embarrassing for all involved.
December 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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meganjherbert.bsky.social
just staggeringly embarrassing for all involved
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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roxanegay.bsky.social
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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sorenwithward8.bsky.social
I am horrified by the vile attacks we have been seeing from leaders in Washington DC on our Somali neighbors, and deeply concerned by the increased ICE activity we have seen throughout Minneapolis this week.
We love our immigrant neighbors
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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sataylormd.bsky.social
Nauseatingly brilliant piece by @moiradonegan.bsky.social
"Sexism may be the world’s oldest prejudice and its first unjust hierarchy, but it is continually innovating, adapting to new technologies and the most recent rhetorical needs of male supremacy."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan
Calls for disenfranchisement rest on a single assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditional
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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coupdegraz7.bsky.social
#GoldsteinCampaign #Advance #Auspol
milokei.bsky.social Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 8d
Tim 'I'm the real victim here' Wilson quite happy to conduct his Goldstein campaign like the bombing of Dresden. No safe space, no quarter given, ruthlessly attack. Charming.

Perhaps worse is the murky influence of '3rd party' outfits like Advance. This is how democracy is undermined.

#Auspol
December 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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milokei.bsky.social
Tim 'I'm the real victim here' Wilson quite happy to conduct his Goldstein campaign like the bombing of Dresden. No safe space, no quarter given, ruthlessly attack. Charming.

Perhaps worse is the murky influence of '3rd party' outfits like Advance. This is how democracy is undermined.

#Auspol
While there was a clear rise in hostility at booths around the country, Goldstein seems to have reached another level, with almost an entire day of hearings put aside for Daniel campaigners, who say they faced aggression that left them afraid to wear their t-shirts or travel alone in public (police, in fact, advised them to travel in groups). Submission 108, which came from a collective of Daniel volunteers, described various examples of being screamed at and threatened, with letters distributed to supporters’ letterboxes accusing them of antisemitism and saying they were “no longer welcome in this neighbourhood”. Much of this aggressive behaviour is ascribed to volunteers for third-party organisations, including Repeal the Teal, the Teals Revealed and Advance, all of whom were present on booths advocating for voters to put Daniel last. But various submissions say campaigners often swapped between third-party and Liberal shirts, with one individual photographed in each. A number of Daniel volunteers who identify as Jewish say they faced particularly horrific abuse from third-party group J-United, whose volunteers regularly accused them of being “self-hating Jews”. Daniel campaign analyst and rabbi Yaron Gottleib, who also appeared at the November 12 hearing, collated a survey of harrowing experiences (submission 104), with one Jewish teal supporter told he was “a kapo of the antisemite”, while another had his small business threatened for putting up a campaign poster. The evidence of Daniel’s son Arkin (21:30 in the hearing recording, transcript here) was also harrowing, describing the “intimidation and abuse” that became part of everyday life for the Daniel-Reid family, from tailgating to doxxing to being told by one campaigner that “your mum is a bitch”. As Arkin told the inquiry, Wilson never condemned what was happening to his opponent, going so far as to accuse Daniel of “using” the doxxing incident “for political gain”. Daniel did not herself give evidence at the hearing, but tells Crikey: “The campaign was divisive and toxic and it shouldn’t be this way. I hope the Liberal Party takes a good hard look at itself and its tactics. No candidate or community member should feel intimidated when engaging with the election process.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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barbarapocock.bsky.social
Labor’s inaction on the housing crisis is forcing women to choose between violence & homelessness. Specialist Homelessness Services are receiving on average 350 requests each day for help that they can’t meet. Women & children are the majority of clients and 40% of cases are DV related.
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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barbarapocock.bsky.social
Labor must address the root causes of the housing crisis. High rents, insufficient public housing stock & the greed of property developers & investment housing are all causes of homelessness. Without tackling the structural drivers the crisis will only worsen. We can do better.
December 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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barbarapocock.bsky.social
We can end homelessness in Australia - by building enough public housing, funding homelessness services & wrap-around support to break the cycle of recurring homelessness. We can put a roof over everyone’s heads & limit rent increases to stop any more evictions into homelessness.
December 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
So far, in less than one year, Donald Trump has issued over TEN TIMES as many pardons as he did in his entire four-year first term. That’s a lot of criminals released onto our streets.
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM