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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 5h

'Hey friends, loved ones, and extended community,

We are reaching out to you with a humble request for support as our friends make a sudden move out of the country for their safety.'

Solidarity fund for Mark & family:

www.freefunder.com/campaign/hel...

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Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 48m

This Is like a Veep subplot

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Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 1h

Absolutely wild. Half a million is some community sector organisations' annual operating budget, and we're dropping that to get a private contractor to return error riddled LLM print outs. The ways in which these technologies will be used to scam the public will be innumerable.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 1h

Queensland’s information commissioner has warned the Albanese government it should carefully consider key planks of its bid to restrict Freedom of Information laws, adding to mounting questions and opposition on Labor’s transparency crackdown www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit...

www.theaustralian.com.au

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Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 5h

Not to mention very painful and entirely unbearable for those with pain sensitivities.

Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 5h

Lol. Lmao, even.

Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 6h

Look, I've been on the fence about Mozart for a while now. But after a few listens, I reckon he might be decent at playing the piano.

Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 8h

Damn, I was so sure that thoughts and prayers would work that time... 😮‍💨

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Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 8h

GAS induced autism?? 😰 /s

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Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · 9h

“If the new leadership wants to rebuild trust … they need to explain why they think the audited accounts are so misleading … and what future plans they have that are so beneficial they are willing to take an axe to … students, … staff, and … reputation…”

www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908473...

A closer look at the ANU books reveals a hard truth about these job cuts

The phantom deficit and a series of cuts by choice, not necessity.

www.canberratimes.com.au

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 9h

“A Sportsbet employee was among a small group of donors who attended the “boardroom dinner” with the minister for regional development, Kristy McBain, on Tuesday night. The dinner was organised by Labor’s fundraising vehicle.”

All they care about is being elected and staying in power.

Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry

Exclusive: Earlier that day, four crossbench MPs held a press conference calling on government to ignore lobbying from gambling industry

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 1d

#Breaking | ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences will not face structural changes at this time. No renaming, merging, or disestablishment of areas. Change management appears to have been halted, even walked back completely. It’s unclear the impacts of this announcement on the school of music.

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Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 17h

Polycule life by necessity.

Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 17h

a crowd of people are sitting in a theatre applauding .

Alt: An audience wearing finely tailored clothes in a theatre erupt with applause and give a standing ovation.

media.tenor.com

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Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 17h

Former ACT Attorney General charged with grooming a child.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Former ACT politician charged with grooming teen

Former ACT attorney-general Gordon Ramsay has faced the ACT Magistrates Court, charged with grooming a teenage boy.

www.abc.net.au

Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 1d

@blairwilliams26.bsky.social - DocConnor is an old UNSW Canberra hand by now. I met him back in 2012 & ended up doing my PhD with him. Good friend, great colleague & deeply knowledgeable about all the nooks and crannies of UNSW Canberra. Would love to welcome you with a breakfast & coffee in time!

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Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 2d

Prime Minister Albanese and Minister Wong should hang their heads in shame that they left the safety and fate of heroic Australian humanitarians in the hands of violent war criminals.

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Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciate the opportunity I have with my work to put my writing skillset to good use. But, it absolutely drains my tank for other writing tasks. I find it so hard to carve out writing time for non-work related purposes at present. 😵‍💫

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natalie feliks 🐿 @nataliesqrl.bsky.social · 2d

New article:)

I encourage everyone to read up on operation inglenook.

Trans women getting incarcerated in men's prisons isn't some trumpian anomaly. It's the policy of the australian labor party.

Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 2d

“We still live in an age where migrant sex workers are portrayed as gullible and weak damsels in distress, rather than struggling, disadvantaged women just playing the cards they have.”

Natalie Feliks on Operation Inglenook and its echoes of the ICE raids in the US.

Australia's own ICE raids: A look at Operation Inglenook - Overland literary journal

Racially-motivated raids, trans women being placed under male confinement without trial, and police-sanctioned sexual abuse are not exclusive to foreign countries or the Trump administration. They are...

overland.org.au

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Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 1d

"No. The malaise will continue until it builds into a crisis that is big enough for us to develop a private-public market based solution so that we can shift more profits from the public purse to private hands and also not solve the problem."

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Refugee Action Campaign CBR @raccanberra.bsky.social · 1d

Join @amyremeikis.bsky.social, Prof Alan Gamlen from ANU Migration, and Prof John Minns as they tackle myths, misinformation, and scare campaigns against migrants, refugees, and multiculturalism.

Wednesday, 15 October, 6:30pm, Copland Theatre, ANU. refugeeaction.org/20250910/deb...

Banner with text says: Debunking racist myths about immigration.

Date: 15 October
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Copland Lecture Theatre, ANU

With bios of Amy Remeikis, Alan Gamlen, and John Minns, full text available at included link.

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Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 1d

Yo @docconnor.bsky.social, Dr. Williams is heading your way!

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Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 1d

This is simply press censorship. It is completely unacceptable.

Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 2d

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'SBS staff remain unable to use the word Palestine in news reporting despite federal recognition of the state last month as tensions over reporting on the conflict in Gaza remain high in newsrooms across the country two years after the October 7 massacre.'

www.theage.com.au/business/com...

SBS staff sworn off naming Palestine despite federal recognition

SBS staff remain unable to use the word Palestine in news reporting despite federal recognition of the state last month as tensions over reporting on the conflict in Gaza remain high.

www.theage.com.au

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Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 2d

The extent to which the corrupt gerontocracy of the Democratic party & its backers have failed US democracy is staggering. They have had five elections & 3 administrations since Bush 2 to protect fundamental democratic structures. Instead they have conceded to fascists & pursued personal enrichment.

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Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 2d

He really is a pustule of a human.