Carol Duncan
@carolduncan.bsky.social
Podcast & media content producer, Casual Academic UoN, Newcastle Councillor 2017-2024. Founder @lostnewcastle. http://linktr.ee/carol.duncan
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Press freedom is being destroyed from Gaza to America. Don’t think it can’t happen here | Kerry O'Brien
Press freedom is being destroyed from Gaza to America. Don’t think it can’t happen here | Kerry O'Brien
Anthony Albanese promised to end the ‘culture of secrecy’. With freedom of speech under attack globally, it’s past time he delivered
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First things first. It would be remiss of me not to refer specifically to the appalling and outrageous casualty list of Palestinian journalists and other media workers in Israel’s war on Gaza since the brutal attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens two years ago.
Having excluded independent global media access inside Gaza, leaving us all to rely on local journalists to bear witness to the devastating effect of Israel’s bombardment on the civilian population of Gaza and the famine that has accompanied it, Israel has failed dismally to explain with any credibility why so many journalists have been killed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Press freedom is being destroyed from Gaza to America. Don’t think it can’t happen here | Kerry O'Brien
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Live original music is everything.
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Live original music is everything.
Mutes ‘cricket’ for several months*. *ever
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Mutes ‘cricket’ for several months*. *ever
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Once upon a time all our names were listed in a big book next to our addresses and phone numbers and they would deliver a copy of this book to all the houses.
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Once upon a time all our names were listed in a big book next to our addresses and phone numbers and they would deliver a copy of this book to all the houses.
IYKYK 🤣❤️💯
This is the most Australian thing I have seen all week and it's a mood
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
IYKYK 🤣❤️💯
100%
I found Died Pretty on Bandcamp. If you want a band that was the very apotheosis of underappreciated, that's your band.
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
100%
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I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
'We invited a homeless man for dinner - he stayed for 45 years'
The man was only meant to stay for a day.
metro.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
The bass pipes of Sydney’s State Theatre Wurlitzer organ … massive!!!
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The bass pipes of Sydney’s State Theatre Wurlitzer organ … massive!!!
Coffee with this guy and his friends.
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Coffee with this guy and his friends.
The brilliant Melody Pool - wonderful night. Her new album is sensational.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The brilliant Melody Pool - wonderful night. Her new album is sensational.
Regular occurrence at work. 😞
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Regular occurrence at work. 😞
This thing in my garden.
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This thing in my garden.
Christmas cakes incoming
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Christmas cakes incoming
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Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
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Today’s great news! Tk you Victorians for moving our nation forward & giving First Nations Australians their rightful voice & a place in their own country! #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia news live: nation’s first Indigenous treaty passes Victorian parliament: Coalition to meet on net zero policy
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www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Today’s great news! Tk you Victorians for moving our nation forward & giving First Nations Australians their rightful voice & a place in their own country! #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Starbucks' outrageous CEO-to-worker pay gap might make you spit out your morning coffee. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
October 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Starbucks' outrageous CEO-to-worker pay gap might make you spit out your morning coffee. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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I would like to opt-out of the timeline where we invent the word "fibre-maxing", thanks.
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I would like to opt-out of the timeline where we invent the word "fibre-maxing", thanks.
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Funding for dental prosthetics for folks who have had oral cancers is vital. These types of cancers are hugely devastating and life altering.
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Funding for dental prosthetics for folks who have had oral cancers is vital. These types of cancers are hugely devastating and life altering.
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"Well, I don't think we're gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. Okay? We're gonna kill them. You know, they're gonna be, like, dead. Okay? Yeah."
Trump has abandoned even the pretext of following the law.
Trump has abandoned even the pretext of following the law.
October 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
😱😳
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Sending troops to San Francisco? Do it and we’ll sue.
We don’t bow to kings. We defend the Constitution.
We don’t bow to kings. We defend the Constitution.
Q: Are you going to send federal troops and the National Guard to San Francisco?
Trump: "We're going to go to San Francisco...We're going to go to San Francisco and we're going to make it great...Don't forget, I can use the Insurrection Act."
Trump: "We're going to go to San Francisco...We're going to go to San Francisco and we're going to make it great...Don't forget, I can use the Insurrection Act."
October 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Sending troops to San Francisco? Do it and we’ll sue.
We don’t bow to kings. We defend the Constitution.
We don’t bow to kings. We defend the Constitution.
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The West Wing is now just the Wing.
October 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The West Wing is now just the Wing.
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