@fladdle.bsky.social
Melbourne / wurundjeri country. Artwork on stone by BokBok and Iya. Born at 314.3 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere. Currently at 425 ppm (Mauna Loa Observatory via Scripps Institution).
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· Jun 25
PANZMA – Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Association
panzma.org
Want to donate but don’t who to or how? Check out PANZMA. Your money will help anyone who needs it. #Gaza #Palestine
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This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
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I wanna play at the Wesley Anne
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I wanna play at the Wesley Anne
“Change itself becomes invisible when your timeframe is shorter than that change, and the short-term view breeds defeatism and despair.” - Rebecca Solnit. #BookSky 📚💙
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
“Change itself becomes invisible when your timeframe is shorter than that change, and the short-term view breeds defeatism and despair.” - Rebecca Solnit. #BookSky 📚💙
“We must remember. Not to be nostalgic, but to know that there is something better than chaos and decline.” - Rebecca Solnit. #BookSky 📚💙
November 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
“We must remember. Not to be nostalgic, but to know that there is something better than chaos and decline.” - Rebecca Solnit. #BookSky 📚💙
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Donald, Donald, Donald... (The Last Leg)
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Donald, Donald, Donald... (The Last Leg)
Working in the garden and, well, this spider was pretty big. #Epping3076 (It’s just a spider but some people are little freaked out so I’ve put a warning on it.)
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Working in the garden and, well, this spider was pretty big. #Epping3076 (It’s just a spider but some people are little freaked out so I’ve put a warning on it.)
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Big News
We won‼ After 5+ years Adani has dropped their SLAPP suit, the biggest and longest in Australian history ✊🏼 Galilee Blockade and I can now continue bold actions against #Adani 😎 Thank you all 💚
My full statement - benpennings.com/victory
Stop the next SLAPP - chuffed.org/project/SlappA…
We won‼ After 5+ years Adani has dropped their SLAPP suit, the biggest and longest in Australian history ✊🏼 Galilee Blockade and I can now continue bold actions against #Adani 😎 Thank you all 💚
My full statement - benpennings.com/victory
Stop the next SLAPP - chuffed.org/project/SlappA…
Adani Vs Pennings | Ben Pennings
benpennings.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Big News
We won‼ After 5+ years Adani has dropped their SLAPP suit, the biggest and longest in Australian history ✊🏼 Galilee Blockade and I can now continue bold actions against #Adani 😎 Thank you all 💚
My full statement - benpennings.com/victory
Stop the next SLAPP - chuffed.org/project/SlappA…
We won‼ After 5+ years Adani has dropped their SLAPP suit, the biggest and longest in Australian history ✊🏼 Galilee Blockade and I can now continue bold actions against #Adani 😎 Thank you all 💚
My full statement - benpennings.com/victory
Stop the next SLAPP - chuffed.org/project/SlappA…
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Interesting poll for fans of Australian picture books #KidLit www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Nominate your favourite Australian children’s picture book of all time
A good picture book is pure magic – and Australia has produced some of the best. Nominate your favourite here
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Interesting poll for fans of Australian picture books #KidLit www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Life goals.
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Life goals.
So the knitting is hurting my shoulder and playing the bass has started hurting my hand! 😭
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
So the knitting is hurting my shoulder and playing the bass has started hurting my hand! 😭
Almost looks as though the Greens might become the party in opposition. 😂 I know, I wish. #AusPol
Federal voting intention (18-34)
🟥 ALP: 36% (-3)
🟩 GRN: 21% (+3)
🟦 L/NP: 21% (-)
🟧 PHON: 9% (+2)
🟨 TOP: 2% (+1)
⬛️ OTH: 3% (-2)
Two-party-preferred
🟥 ALP: 55% (-)
🟦 L/NP: 36% (-1)
(Undecided: 9%)
Essential | Nov 2025 | n=316 | +/- 22-27 Oct
🟥 ALP: 36% (-3)
🟩 GRN: 21% (+3)
🟦 L/NP: 21% (-)
🟧 PHON: 9% (+2)
🟨 TOP: 2% (+1)
⬛️ OTH: 3% (-2)
Two-party-preferred
🟥 ALP: 55% (-)
🟦 L/NP: 36% (-1)
(Undecided: 9%)
Essential | Nov 2025 | n=316 | +/- 22-27 Oct
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Almost looks as though the Greens might become the party in opposition. 😂 I know, I wish. #AusPol
Alt text: from ABC news, Zero cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Australian women aged under 25 in 2021 - the first time since records began in 1982. (Please use alt text, people.)
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Alt text: from ABC news, Zero cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Australian women aged under 25 in 2021 - the first time since records began in 1982. (Please use alt text, people.)
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In the space of a week, The Libs will have had new leaders in ACT, Vic & NSW. And Ley's on borrowed time. The problem isn't their salespeople - it's what they are trying to sell that's killing them. Until they understand this, they are irrelevant. What a clown show #nswpol #auspol #libspill
Sky says Speakman will be rolled for Kellie Sloane this week. #nswpol
www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...
www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...
Liberal MP Kellie Sloane set to be new NSW Opposition Leader by Friday
Liberal MP Kellie Sloane is set to be the new leader of the NSW Opposition by Friday morning.
www.skynews.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I have just learnt about the French exit. I didn’t know that my favourite (although rude) way to leave had a name.
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I have just learnt about the French exit. I didn’t know that my favourite (although rude) way to leave had a name.
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🌳🌿💚 Monday morning good news story!
Following strong opposition from local councils & residents, Alcoa has shelved its plans to explore the Perth Hills #jarrah #forests for its #bauxite mining expansion... for now at least.
#wildoz #conservation #ozflora #trees
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Following strong opposition from local councils & residents, Alcoa has shelved its plans to explore the Perth Hills #jarrah #forests for its #bauxite mining expansion... for now at least.
#wildoz #conservation #ozflora #trees
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Alcoa shelves plans to explore Perth Hills for mining expansion
US mining giant Alcoa will withdraw part of its plans to expand its mining operations in the world's only jarrah forests, following community concerns around water security and environmental impacts.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
🌳🌿💚 Monday morning good news story!
Following strong opposition from local councils & residents, Alcoa has shelved its plans to explore the Perth Hills #jarrah #forests for its #bauxite mining expansion... for now at least.
#wildoz #conservation #ozflora #trees
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Following strong opposition from local councils & residents, Alcoa has shelved its plans to explore the Perth Hills #jarrah #forests for its #bauxite mining expansion... for now at least.
#wildoz #conservation #ozflora #trees
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
This is the t-shirt Roy is wearing on the episode of “The IT crowd” that I’m currently watching. 📺
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This is the t-shirt Roy is wearing on the episode of “The IT crowd” that I’m currently watching. 📺
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"The 'ceasefire' is a diplomatic sham – a cover for the continuing extermination, displacement and erasure of the Palestinian people in Gaza and a distraction for the international public and the media."
— #AJOpinion by @yarahawari.bsky.social ⤵️ aje.io/p14911
— #AJOpinion by @yarahawari.bsky.social ⤵️ aje.io/p14911
No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire'. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.
aje.io
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"The 'ceasefire' is a diplomatic sham – a cover for the continuing extermination, displacement and erasure of the Palestinian people in Gaza and a distraction for the international public and the media."
— #AJOpinion by @yarahawari.bsky.social ⤵️ aje.io/p14911
— #AJOpinion by @yarahawari.bsky.social ⤵️ aje.io/p14911
Terrific end credits of “Ballad of a small player”. Not only do we see Reilly (Colin Farrell) and Betty (Tilda Swindon) doing some weird dancing, but the credits themselves are gorgeous. #FilmSky 📽️🎬
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Terrific end credits of “Ballad of a small player”. Not only do we see Reilly (Colin Farrell) and Betty (Tilda Swindon) doing some weird dancing, but the credits themselves are gorgeous. #FilmSky 📽️🎬
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From: The Demon (1972), dir. Kihachiro Kawamoto
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
From: The Demon (1972), dir. Kihachiro Kawamoto
In July, at work, we organised a visit to the SLV.
A. We were all amazed and grateful at the offerings there, and
B. It was SO busy! Not just tourists, though, but heaps of people studying and researching and learning.
There’s no excuse for cutting staff / services. #AusPol #VicPol #SpringSt
A. We were all amazed and grateful at the offerings there, and
B. It was SO busy! Not just tourists, though, but heaps of people studying and researching and learning.
There’s no excuse for cutting staff / services. #AusPol #VicPol #SpringSt
The State Library of Victoria’s ‘major’ proposed cuts include slashing the number of reference librarians and free computers for public access. Some staff are shocked.
Proposed cuts at State Library of Victoria go against its mission – and will hurt the disadvantaged
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I want to buy a song but iTunes won’t let me unless I try their free music system. I can’t pay an artist for their work until I agree to a streaming service. Fucked, or what?
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I want to buy a song but iTunes won’t let me unless I try their free music system. I can’t pay an artist for their work until I agree to a streaming service. Fucked, or what?
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Wallabies sponsored by Santos lose all matches in European Tour. First time in 67 years. Karma. Serves them right. Not a gas led recovery.
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Wallabies sponsored by Santos lose all matches in European Tour. First time in 67 years. Karma. Serves them right. Not a gas led recovery.
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For emerging markets, LNG has to compete on speed, as well as on cost. LNG projects take 5 to 10 years to realize. Solar can be up & running in less than a year. The result: Solar demand is fundamentally more elastic, responding faster to falling prices. www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
View: In the coming energy glut, solar will outshine LNG
China and the US have competing visions for the future of energy, and Beijing is looking like the safer bet.
www.semafor.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
For emerging markets, LNG has to compete on speed, as well as on cost. LNG projects take 5 to 10 years to realize. Solar can be up & running in less than a year. The result: Solar demand is fundamentally more elastic, responding faster to falling prices. www.semafor.com/article/11/2...