Maureen Chuck
@irmagherd.bsky.social
Left atheist skeptic sweary Boomer.
Nobel laureate in knitting.
RN & RMN since 1977 but not 'just a nurse'.
Posts about health & politics.
Friend of Science In Medicine.
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Nobel laureate in knitting.
RN & RMN since 1977 but not 'just a nurse'.
Posts about health & politics.
Friend of Science In Medicine.
GetUp puppet
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded (Gift Article)
A moment-by-moment analysis of videos from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when shots were fired. The footage contradicts the federal government’s account of the fatal shooting.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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“Nobody really pities the celebrity nepo baby, much less the billionaire heiress, but when they air petty resentments about their famous families, it’s hard to look away. It can be stressful to be born on second or third base, always knowing that you’ll probably never quite equal your highly….”
January 23, 2026 at 8:59 PM
“Nobody really pities the celebrity nepo baby, much less the billionaire heiress, but when they air petty resentments about their famous families, it’s hard to look away. It can be stressful to be born on second or third base, always knowing that you’ll probably never quite equal your highly….”
David Littleproud says "We don't do this lightly."
Except its the second time he has done it in 8 months.
It lasted 8 days the first time.
He'll be the boy who cried wolf.
Except its the second time he has done it in 8 months.
It lasted 8 days the first time.
He'll be the boy who cried wolf.
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 PM
David Littleproud says "We don't do this lightly."
Except its the second time he has done it in 8 months.
It lasted 8 days the first time.
He'll be the boy who cried wolf.
Except its the second time he has done it in 8 months.
It lasted 8 days the first time.
He'll be the boy who cried wolf.
We have lost a great woman and she lived to a good age - 95.
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Renaissance woman who blended hard work and sophistication with idealism
Marie Bashir, the first woman, first professor and first person of Lebanese descent to become governor of NSW, was an optimist with a deep belief in the essential decency of humankind.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We have lost a great woman and she lived to a good age - 95.
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Utterances of a gibbering idiot. And any media org that does not report it as such is complicit
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Utterances of a gibbering idiot. And any media org that does not report it as such is complicit
"Police are investigating whether she drowned or was attacked by dingoes."
I hope they are also exploring other alternatives.
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I hope they are also exploring other alternatives.
www.smh.com.au/national/que...
Teen found dead near K’gari shipwreck surrounded by dingo pack
A 19-year-old woman was found unresponsive on the island’s 75 Mile Beach. Police are investigating whether she drowned or was attacked by dingoes.
www.smh.com.au
January 19, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"Police are investigating whether she drowned or was attacked by dingoes."
I hope they are also exploring other alternatives.
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I hope they are also exploring other alternatives.
www.smh.com.au/national/que...
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@albomp.bsky.social, just say no.
Please don’t associate Australians with Trump and Netanyahu’s crooked property deal. The deal was sealed by the blood of genocide.
Just say no.
#AusPol
Please don’t associate Australians with Trump and Netanyahu’s crooked property deal. The deal was sealed by the blood of genocide.
Just say no.
#AusPol
Trump asks Australia, Albanese to join Gaza 'Board of Peace'
The US president is pushing for the board to preserve a fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel and progress the peace deal to the next phase.
www.abc.net.au
January 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
@albomp.bsky.social, just say no.
Please don’t associate Australians with Trump and Netanyahu’s crooked property deal. The deal was sealed by the blood of genocide.
Just say no.
#AusPol
Please don’t associate Australians with Trump and Netanyahu’s crooked property deal. The deal was sealed by the blood of genocide.
Just say no.
#AusPol
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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.....meanwhile a sign spotted in Denmark......
January 17, 2026 at 9:39 PM
.....meanwhile a sign spotted in Denmark......
Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X Friday, "A reminder to all those in Minnesota: No one is above the law."
Unless you're an ICE agent who murders an innocent citizen apparently!
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Unless you're an ICE agent who murders an innocent citizen apparently!
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X Friday, "A reminder to all those in Minnesota: No one is above the law."
Unless you're an ICE agent who murders an innocent citizen apparently!
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
Unless you're an ICE agent who murders an innocent citizen apparently!
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
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"Criticism of Israeli state actions...is increasingly framed not as political speech but as moral deviance.
Antisemitism is cynically conflated with opposition to genocide, hollowing out the fight against real antisemitism while criminalising ethical dissent" #auspol
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Antisemitism is cynically conflated with opposition to genocide, hollowing out the fight against real antisemitism while criminalising ethical dissent" #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
Censorship doesn’t silence – it amplifies
Attempts to silence writers rarely erase them. More often, they expose insecurity, deepen division, and turn targets into symbols of resistance.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:46 PM
"Criticism of Israeli state actions...is increasingly framed not as political speech but as moral deviance.
Antisemitism is cynically conflated with opposition to genocide, hollowing out the fight against real antisemitism while criminalising ethical dissent" #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
Antisemitism is cynically conflated with opposition to genocide, hollowing out the fight against real antisemitism while criminalising ethical dissent" #auspol
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He can just take it to Mr Minit and get a stick on plaque to cover the original. 😜
Trump Believes He Deserves Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize, It’s More Pathetic Than You Know
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Trump Believes He Deserves Machado's Nobel Peace Prize, It's More Pathetic Than You Know
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January 16, 2026 at 1:58 AM
He can just take it to Mr Minit and get a stick on plaque to cover the original. 😜
I got an Apple watch for my birthday.
Christ its annoying the fuck out of me.
I'll have to work out how to turn all fo these things off.
Christ its annoying the fuck out of me.
I'll have to work out how to turn all fo these things off.
January 15, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I got an Apple watch for my birthday.
Christ its annoying the fuck out of me.
I'll have to work out how to turn all fo these things off.
Christ its annoying the fuck out of me.
I'll have to work out how to turn all fo these things off.
Isn't that the whole point of a fucking memorial? To be a reminder, to remember.
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Premier warns Bondi footbridge could be used in copycat attack
Waverley Council will consider the fate of the footbridge used during the killing of 15 people, in a meeting on Thursday. The premier says it should be removed.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Isn't that the whole point of a fucking memorial? To be a reminder, to remember.
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I see Hockey still doesn't have a fucking clue.
From the man who said "Poor people don't own cars."
“The Australian people would see it as smart and magnanimous,” Hockey, a former treasurer, told this masthead.
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From the man who said "Poor people don't own cars."
“The Australian people would see it as smart and magnanimous,” Hockey, a former treasurer, told this masthead.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Peter Dutton for DC posting? Joe Hockey says it’s a ‘no-brainer’
The former US ambassador said Australians would see it as “smart and magnanimous” for Albanese to appoint his former election opponent to the key role.
www.smh.com.au
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I see Hockey still doesn't have a fucking clue.
From the man who said "Poor people don't own cars."
“The Australian people would see it as smart and magnanimous,” Hockey, a former treasurer, told this masthead.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
From the man who said "Poor people don't own cars."
“The Australian people would see it as smart and magnanimous,” Hockey, a former treasurer, told this masthead.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
JFC!
Want to make a submission into the inquiry on the "Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill that was released yesterday?
You got till 4pm Thursday (ie TOMORROW)
That is quite disgraceful
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You got till 4pm Thursday (ie TOMORROW)
That is quite disgraceful
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Review of the Exposure Draft Legislation: Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026
The Minister for Home Affairs, Hon Tony Burke MP, wrote to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (the Committee) on 12 January 2026 to refer an Exposure Draft of the Combattin...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:36 AM
JFC!
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This is Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social at her most brilliant best.
Jo is a former Adelaide Writers' Week director, and this article beautifully sums up her fury at the needless destruction of one of Australia's most world famous arts events.
@theshot.net.au
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Jo is a former Adelaide Writers' Week director, and this article beautifully sums up her fury at the needless destruction of one of Australia's most world famous arts events.
@theshot.net.au
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Why is a Labor Premier silencing a writer? - The Shot
For many Adelaideans, Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) is the highlight of their year. A glorious six days when the Pioneer...
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January 13, 2026 at 12:18 PM
This is Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social at her most brilliant best.
Jo is a former Adelaide Writers' Week director, and this article beautifully sums up her fury at the needless destruction of one of Australia's most world famous arts events.
@theshot.net.au
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Jo is a former Adelaide Writers' Week director, and this article beautifully sums up her fury at the needless destruction of one of Australia's most world famous arts events.
@theshot.net.au
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Just another arsehole who didn’t give a fuck about his kids and then weaponises custody when they split.
Elon Musk tweeted that he’s filing for full custody of his child with Ashley St. Clair after she renounced transphobia. His retaliation and litigation abuse toward the mothers of his children is sick. This isn’t the first time and I doubt it will be the last.
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Just another arsehole who didn’t give a fuck about his kids and then weaponises custody when they split.
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Chef's kiss for the apostrophe.
January 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Chef's kiss for the apostrophe.
If you're not watching Dear Life on Stan you should be.
Outstanding script and cast.
The characters are so real and the acting is superb.
The standout for me is Kerry Armstrong as Brooke Satchwell's passive aggressive mother.
Still a touch of Heather Jelly in her quiet moments. 😍
Outstanding script and cast.
The characters are so real and the acting is superb.
The standout for me is Kerry Armstrong as Brooke Satchwell's passive aggressive mother.
Still a touch of Heather Jelly in her quiet moments. 😍
January 12, 2026 at 11:41 PM
If you're not watching Dear Life on Stan you should be.
Outstanding script and cast.
The characters are so real and the acting is superb.
The standout for me is Kerry Armstrong as Brooke Satchwell's passive aggressive mother.
Still a touch of Heather Jelly in her quiet moments. 😍
Outstanding script and cast.
The characters are so real and the acting is superb.
The standout for me is Kerry Armstrong as Brooke Satchwell's passive aggressive mother.
Still a touch of Heather Jelly in her quiet moments. 😍
I can't say I blame him. The job has gone from a prestigious posting to having to deal with all of the arseholes in the Trump administration every day.
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Kevin Rudd stepping down as ambassador to the US
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has stepped down early as Australia’s ambassador to the US.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I can't say I blame him. The job has gone from a prestigious posting to having to deal with all of the arseholes in the Trump administration every day.
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Noting today’s apology in the SMH, I feel it important to say that I stand with @cathywilcox.bsky.social & @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
#auspol
Australian’s should be governed by Australian not foreign interests. All, irrespective of faith, have a right to free speech & protection from hate speech.
#auspol
Australian’s should be governed by Australian not foreign interests. All, irrespective of faith, have a right to free speech & protection from hate speech.
The two pieces that most accurately capture the events of this week #auspol
January 11, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Noting today’s apology in the SMH, I feel it important to say that I stand with @cathywilcox.bsky.social & @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
#auspol
Australian’s should be governed by Australian not foreign interests. All, irrespective of faith, have a right to free speech & protection from hate speech.
#auspol
Australian’s should be governed by Australian not foreign interests. All, irrespective of faith, have a right to free speech & protection from hate speech.
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Every time Malinauskas speaks about the Writers Festival, he just makes it more obvious that this whole thing was his call www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
'Not the Premier's book club': Malinauskas addresses criticism over resignations - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
Premier Peter Malinauskas today assured the Adelaide Festival board is still functional after its chair and three members resigned.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Every time Malinauskas speaks about the Writers Festival, he just makes it more obvious that this whole thing was his call www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
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“The murdering will continue until you stop calling us murderers.”
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
“The murdering will continue until you stop calling us murderers.”