DuchessFrida aka Deb
@duchessfrida.bsky.social
Grannie & retired Senior Lecturer in Women's Ed. #ChronicPain #CRPS #Politics #IndependentMedia #HumanRights. #WokeAF #Feminist #auspol #Climate #left_leaning
Married 51 yrs.
Buandig land - South Australia
Married 51 yrs.
Buandig land - South Australia
Pinned
'Beyond belief': PM tells states to spend less on hospitals
Health ministers are furious with a letter from the prime minister demanding they rein in spending if they want a public hospital funding deal honoured.
www.abc.net.au
“If we don’t have enough money to fund our hospital systems, I don’t want to hear another word about #AUKUS, fossil fuel subsidies, or what great financial managers your government is”
via cmsibley @albomp.bsky.social #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
via cmsibley @albomp.bsky.social #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Australians voted for climate action!
Australia Institute research shows that Australia is currently expanding fossil fuels.
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign your name here: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
Australia Institute research shows that Australia is currently expanding fossil fuels.
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign your name here: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Australians voted for climate action!
Australia Institute research shows that Australia is currently expanding fossil fuels.
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign your name here: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
Australia Institute research shows that Australia is currently expanding fossil fuels.
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign your name here: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
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Iran is likely to be forced to relocate the country’s capital, as Tehran suffers critical water shortages & irreversible subsidence from over-extraction of artesian water.
This is the real social & economic impact of climate change.
It is not a drill
#auspol
ca.news.yahoo.com/iran-preside...
This is the real social & economic impact of climate change.
It is not a drill
#auspol
ca.news.yahoo.com/iran-preside...
Iran’s president says moving capital ‘an obligation’ as Tehran sinks
Ground subsidence and water scarcity in Tehran may necessitate moving the Iranian capital to a different region, the country's leader said this week
ca.news.yahoo.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Iran is likely to be forced to relocate the country’s capital, as Tehran suffers critical water shortages & irreversible subsidence from over-extraction of artesian water.
This is the real social & economic impact of climate change.
It is not a drill
#auspol
ca.news.yahoo.com/iran-preside...
This is the real social & economic impact of climate change.
It is not a drill
#auspol
ca.news.yahoo.com/iran-preside...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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I googled #MaralagoFace n checked out the images. WTF? 🫣
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
The puffy, artificial look is popular - thanks to #MAGA elite such as Kristi Noem & Matt Gaetz
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
The puffy, artificial look is popular - thanks to #MAGA elite such as Kristi Noem & Matt Gaetz
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
The puffy, artificial look is rising in popularity - thanks to Maga elite such as Kristi Noem and Matt Gaetz
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I googled #MaralagoFace n checked out the images. WTF? 🫣
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
The puffy, artificial look is popular - thanks to #MAGA elite such as Kristi Noem & Matt Gaetz
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
The puffy, artificial look is popular - thanks to #MAGA elite such as Kristi Noem & Matt Gaetz
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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“The time has come to ask: What would Australia look like if its economy served all its people?”
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/decolonising...
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/decolonising...
How Decolonising Australia’s Economy Can Build a Just Future
Decolonising Australia. Discover how Australia can decolonise its economy using Indigenous-led models, justice-driven policy, and monetary sovereignty.
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“The time has come to ask: What would Australia look like if its economy served all its people?”
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/decolonising...
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/decolonising...
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Calling Long COVID a “shadow” and claiming the acute phase has “faded” is misleading.
COVID hasn’t faded, it still causes waves of ongoing transmission, repeat infections, hospital pressure, Long COVID and deaths. It’s not a shadow; it’s still shining a light on an ongoing crisis.
archive.md/9Tcay
COVID hasn’t faded, it still causes waves of ongoing transmission, repeat infections, hospital pressure, Long COVID and deaths. It’s not a shadow; it’s still shining a light on an ongoing crisis.
archive.md/9Tcay
November 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Calling Long COVID a “shadow” and claiming the acute phase has “faded” is misleading.
COVID hasn’t faded, it still causes waves of ongoing transmission, repeat infections, hospital pressure, Long COVID and deaths. It’s not a shadow; it’s still shining a light on an ongoing crisis.
archive.md/9Tcay
COVID hasn’t faded, it still causes waves of ongoing transmission, repeat infections, hospital pressure, Long COVID and deaths. It’s not a shadow; it’s still shining a light on an ongoing crisis.
archive.md/9Tcay
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1/2
Hackneyed and tendentious waffle!
You want ambition? What about the promise on election night 2022 to hold a referendum on The Voice? How well did that go? Not!
The electorate is more febrile and more changeable than in the days of Whitlam, Hawke and Keating.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Hackneyed and tendentious waffle!
You want ambition? What about the promise on election night 2022 to hold a referendum on The Voice? How well did that go? Not!
The electorate is more febrile and more changeable than in the days of Whitlam, Hawke and Keating.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Even Albanese’s friends are impatient with his lack of ambition
It will aggravate the prime minister, but this critique is coming from five angles this week.
www.theage.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
1/2
Hackneyed and tendentious waffle!
You want ambition? What about the promise on election night 2022 to hold a referendum on The Voice? How well did that go? Not!
The electorate is more febrile and more changeable than in the days of Whitlam, Hawke and Keating.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Hackneyed and tendentious waffle!
You want ambition? What about the promise on election night 2022 to hold a referendum on The Voice? How well did that go? Not!
The electorate is more febrile and more changeable than in the days of Whitlam, Hawke and Keating.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
We used the Solar Quotes sites when researching solar panels and, then later, getting a battery.
Run by Finn Peacock, the information is relevant and really helpful. Thoroughly recommend!
www.solarquotes.com.au
Run by Finn Peacock, the information is relevant and really helpful. Thoroughly recommend!
www.solarquotes.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We used the Solar Quotes sites when researching solar panels and, then later, getting a battery.
Run by Finn Peacock, the information is relevant and really helpful. Thoroughly recommend!
www.solarquotes.com.au
Run by Finn Peacock, the information is relevant and really helpful. Thoroughly recommend!
www.solarquotes.com.au
The Saturday Paper Editorial:
On Linda Reynolds & Janet Albrechtsen…
“Linda Reynolds gave her first interview since winning her defamation case against Brittany Higgins. She gave it to Janet Albrechtsen”
#auspol @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Free to read 👍🏼
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22134/...
On Linda Reynolds & Janet Albrechtsen…
“Linda Reynolds gave her first interview since winning her defamation case against Brittany Higgins. She gave it to Janet Albrechtsen”
#auspol @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Free to read 👍🏼
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22134/...
On Linda Reynolds and Janet Albrechtsen
A little over a week ago, Linda Reynolds gave her first interview since winning her defamation case against Brittany Higgins. She gave it to Janet Albrechtsen, the right-wing columnist whose texts and...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The Saturday Paper Editorial:
On Linda Reynolds & Janet Albrechtsen…
“Linda Reynolds gave her first interview since winning her defamation case against Brittany Higgins. She gave it to Janet Albrechtsen”
#auspol @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Free to read 👍🏼
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22134/...
On Linda Reynolds & Janet Albrechtsen…
“Linda Reynolds gave her first interview since winning her defamation case against Brittany Higgins. She gave it to Janet Albrechtsen”
#auspol @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Free to read 👍🏼
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22134/...
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Sadly, PM Albo seems keen on "keeping teens in their place", trying to win the votes of 2GB listeners and the support of Seven, Nine and NewsCorp media by this, while he ignores the damage done by the fossil fuels industry and the gambling industry. It is utterly obscene. #auspol #SocialMediaBan
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Sadly, PM Albo seems keen on "keeping teens in their place", trying to win the votes of 2GB listeners and the support of Seven, Nine and NewsCorp media by this, while he ignores the damage done by the fossil fuels industry and the gambling industry. It is utterly obscene. #auspol #SocialMediaBan
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More than 100 leaders have signed an open letter calling on the Albanese Government to back the COP30 Mutirão roadmap to phase out fossil fuels.
With over 80 nations already on board, Australia must choose: lead with integrity or fall further behind as the world moves on from coal and gas.
With over 80 nations already on board, Australia must choose: lead with integrity or fall further behind as the world moves on from coal and gas.
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
More than 100 leaders have signed an open letter calling on the Albanese Government to back the COP30 Mutirão roadmap to phase out fossil fuels.
With over 80 nations already on board, Australia must choose: lead with integrity or fall further behind as the world moves on from coal and gas.
With over 80 nations already on board, Australia must choose: lead with integrity or fall further behind as the world moves on from coal and gas.
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This from Sen. David Shoebridge:
'AUKUS submarines create nuclear waste-and they want to dump it on this Arrente land near - Alice Springs. The same US companies running Pine Gap want to turn this ancient salt lake into a global nuclear dump.'
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social
#AUKUS #nuclearwaste
'AUKUS submarines create nuclear waste-and they want to dump it on this Arrente land near - Alice Springs. The same US companies running Pine Gap want to turn this ancient salt lake into a global nuclear dump.'
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social
#AUKUS #nuclearwaste
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This from Sen. David Shoebridge:
'AUKUS submarines create nuclear waste-and they want to dump it on this Arrente land near - Alice Springs. The same US companies running Pine Gap want to turn this ancient salt lake into a global nuclear dump.'
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social
#AUKUS #nuclearwaste
'AUKUS submarines create nuclear waste-and they want to dump it on this Arrente land near - Alice Springs. The same US companies running Pine Gap want to turn this ancient salt lake into a global nuclear dump.'
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social
#AUKUS #nuclearwaste
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Zoe Daniel has unleashed on Tim Wilson saying he’s now “compromised” after taking a Net Zero policy to the election & turning his back on the ppl of Goldstein
“To stay in the party at all, I think is really problematic.”
“He failed. He’s ineffective.”🔥 #Abc
“To stay in the party at all, I think is really problematic.”
“He failed. He’s ineffective.”🔥 #Abc
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Zoe Daniel has unleashed on Tim Wilson saying he’s now “compromised” after taking a Net Zero policy to the election & turning his back on the ppl of Goldstein
“To stay in the party at all, I think is really problematic.”
“He failed. He’s ineffective.”🔥 #Abc
“To stay in the party at all, I think is really problematic.”
“He failed. He’s ineffective.”🔥 #Abc
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I'm still reading Jacinda Ardern's memoir.
It's quite the thing listening to Ardern talk about wanting to lead with kindness, and discussing policies like improving access to MSD and benefits, stopping oil/gas exploration, climate change management.
Such a huge upsetting contrast to now.
#nzpol
It's quite the thing listening to Ardern talk about wanting to lead with kindness, and discussing policies like improving access to MSD and benefits, stopping oil/gas exploration, climate change management.
Such a huge upsetting contrast to now.
#nzpol
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I'm still reading Jacinda Ardern's memoir.
It's quite the thing listening to Ardern talk about wanting to lead with kindness, and discussing policies like improving access to MSD and benefits, stopping oil/gas exploration, climate change management.
Such a huge upsetting contrast to now.
#nzpol
It's quite the thing listening to Ardern talk about wanting to lead with kindness, and discussing policies like improving access to MSD and benefits, stopping oil/gas exploration, climate change management.
Such a huge upsetting contrast to now.
#nzpol
I can’t understand why the rest of the world has allowed this to happen.
Fuck #Israel !
Fuck #Israel !
In early 2025, the Israeli military launched an operation that emptied three Palestinian refugee camps. They've blocked their residents from returning and razed many of their homes.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I can’t understand why the rest of the world has allowed this to happen.
Fuck #Israel !
Fuck #Israel !
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
Trump, a renowned misogynist, never misses a moment to berate & degrade female journalists.
Thanks Ron…Trump’s deteriorating in real time!
Thanks Ron…Trump’s deteriorating in real time!
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Trump, a renowned misogynist, never misses a moment to berate & degrade female journalists.
Thanks Ron…Trump’s deteriorating in real time!
Thanks Ron…Trump’s deteriorating in real time!
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Same. I totally forgot about how I was once suddenly overcome by inadvertence, and then also whoopsie-omitted to misspeak about a memory I had misplaced about when I may have overlooked getting totally inadvertenced about oh 9 more times or so.
I’ll be honest, I’m not finding this constant stream of “we have unfortunately misled you” by the NACC very reassuring
Defence inspector inadvertently omitted 10 consultations with NACC chief
A previous disclosure that the head of the federal corruption watchdog had been consulted 11 times has been corrected to 21.
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Same. I totally forgot about how I was once suddenly overcome by inadvertence, and then also whoopsie-omitted to misspeak about a memory I had misplaced about when I may have overlooked getting totally inadvertenced about oh 9 more times or so.
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Among other things, I've been working on something about the recent ICJ advisory opinion and how countries are responding (which will likely be finished when this is over) and will have a report and/or analysis when the situation with Australia's bid to host the next COP becomes clear.
Australia’s Courts Say Climate Change Is a Political Problem. The ICJ Just Made it a Legal Issue.
As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for countries to act on the crisis.
drilled.media
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Among other things, I've been working on something about the recent ICJ advisory opinion and how countries are responding (which will likely be finished when this is over) and will have a report and/or analysis when the situation with Australia's bid to host the next COP becomes clear.
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Better approve some more gas fields and coal mines.
Scientists say they are "speechless" after witnessing significant coral death at the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef.
Survey finds 60 per cent of Ningaloo coral has turned to stone
Scientists say they are "speechless" after witnessing significant coral death at the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef.
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Better approve some more gas fields and coal mines.
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Save the CSIRO
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Save the CSIRO
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
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I'm loving Ed Unleashed
‘Pry open the jaws of Treasury’ to fund CSIRO amid hundreds of job losses, Labor MP Ed Husic tells own party
‘Pry open the jaws of Treasury’ to fund CSIRO amid hundreds of job losses, Labor MP Ed Husic tells own party
Husic, who oversaw CSIRO cuts as the former science minister, said some in government see scientific agency funding as a ‘cost’ not an ‘investment’
Ed Husic has challenged his own government to “pry open the jaws of Treasury” to boost funding for Australia’s national scientific agency after it announced up to 350 research jobs would be cut to deal with an imminent budgetary cliff.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) announced on Wednesday it would look to cut between 300 and 350 research unit roles as part of efforts to narrow its research scope and address an ageing property portfolio in need of urgent modernisation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I'm loving Ed Unleashed