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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 1h

Another Inklings is up this afternoon! Subscribe FOR FREE NO STRINGS. Seriously, three dumb gags a week are good for your mental health and the only reason I'm still plugging away at it.

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It's another Desert Island Friday...

and someone's taking care of business I do love a Desert Island cartoon. As long as you suspend your disbelief the possibilities are endless...and you're contributing to the great cartooning traditio...

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 18h

"German authorities registered approximately 3,200 right-wing extremist-motivated crimes committed by people up to the age of 24 in 2020. Last year, the number was more than double, at over 7,100....most of these crimes were committed by male adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17."

Omas gegen Rechts Wetterau @ogrwetterau2017.bsky.social · 18h

www.fr.de/politik/rech...
AfD wirkt. Ihre Dominanz in den sozialen Netzwerken zeigt dieses Ergebnis.

Rechtsextreme Straftaten junger Menschen nehmen stark zu

Die Behörden registrieren mehr als doppelt so viele rechtsextreme Delikte junger Menschen wie noch 2020. Die Bundesregierung sieht neue Gruppierungen und soziale Medien als Treiber.

www.fr.de

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 14h

"left for dead on a Darwin road by a driver who did not stop to help, and then later sent text messages to his friends describing the victim as an "oxygen thief" and a "dog"."

This passes for justice, in the N.T. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'There's no justice': Outrage as Jake Danby walks after fatal hit-and-run

A fatal hit-and-run case in Darwin has exposed deep disparities in the NT’s justice system, say Aboriginal leaders, as the victim’s family speaks out.

www.abc.net.au

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 14h

Well this *is* delicious

Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭 @ajaanmark.bsky.social · 21h

Are they hoping to start a Young Tory cosplay trend on TikTok
www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

www.thetimes.com

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 15h

GB News is not a commercial media company. It is a far-right propaganda outlet that does not even try to operate on profit/loss terms, but is paid for to the tune of tens of millions of pounds a year by its rich extremist backers.

If it wasn't it would have shut down long ago.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 18h

GB News pay party political leader Nigel Farage over half a million pounds. The TV channel pays him five times his MP salary - and as much as his other 11 further external jobs put together
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 16h

4 or more shot, don't have to be deaths. List here, and it seems to be a match

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

List of mass shootings in Australia - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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STEAMLORD @exoplanetdinosaur.bsky.social · 17h

A pox on all politicians who upheld this genocide. May your withered souls never know peace. May the images of the horrors visited upon the Palestinians people haunt you day and night, infest your dreams. May you never know peace and joy ever again

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 20h

According to that graph thing there were 49 in that time. Sounds v unlikely

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 20h

stop bringing policy white papers to a propaganda fight if you want to live 2k25

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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · 1d

David Rowe clown show.. Financial Review

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Thomas Brackett “Czar” Reed @czarreed.bsky.social · 1d

Thank God the National Guard will defend us from… [checks notes] … a guy in a dinosaur suit singing a song in the style of Barry McGuire

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 1d

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Bec Wrong @queenkunt.bsky.social · 20h

Good to see at least one country doing something.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

The vote, which passes 178 votes to 169, enshrines into law an embargo that has been in effect since the war began.

Spain’s parliament formally approves Israel arms embargo

The vote, which passes 178 votes to 169, enshrines into law an embargo that has been in effect since the war began.

bit.ly

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you!

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 21h

Hot Property- my #housing cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Has finding an affordable home in Australia just gotten harder? | Fiona Katauskas

Thanks climate change

www.theguardian.com

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Charlotte Wood @charlottewood.bsky.social · 23h

Brief re-entry to Bluesky to let you know of our self-directed online writing course, 'Elements of Fiction'. Emily Perkins & I chose 5 topics: Voice, Texture, Tension, Time, and People - most of which we think are under-explored in writing classes. Very affordable & (we modestly think) excellent!

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 23h

Now that the Deloitte report, about the government's unlawful administration of mutual obligations, is making international headlines, it's worth looking at what's actually in it (apart from AI slop) and WHY it was actually commissioned

A thread👇

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Matt Ryan @mattdjryan.bsky.social · 23h

This is incredible news, and shows the incredible power of collective action. The fight against the neoliberal university (my own included) goes on, but its nice to hear some good news for a change.

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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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 23h

As it happens, both my grandmas were girlfriends of antifa (my grandfathers fought in WWII)

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 23h

This seems to be massively overstating mass shootings in Aus. Most years we've had none but this is saying way more

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d

Still nothing. Hilarious.
Imagine being a media reporter who can't/won't report on this.

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 2d

BTW this National Press Club story hasn't been reported in any major news outlet yet. Indies like Lamestream, We Used to Be Journos, Pearls and Irritations etc all over it.

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 1d

There are a few around my neighbourhood. Some used to live at one of the the local high schools and my friends had a tawny frogmouth who'd settle in at the eaves near their front door and look like a chunk of wood

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 1d

In case you, like me, saw your electric bill more than double.

Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 1d

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 1d

It's the frogmouth's year. I feel it in me waters

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 1d

CAAAAAAARN THE TAWNY!

Nick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social · 1d

The Tawny frogmouth has emerged as an early favourite as we enter day four of the bird of the year contest!

As of the close of voting last night, the muppet-like frogmouth had increased its lead over Baudin's black cockatoo, surging ahead by 1,372 votes

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Line chart showing votes per round for birds in the top ten of each round. The Tawny frogmouth has led in every round, and dramatically increased its lead in round 3

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