Janet Castle
@janetc.bsky.social
Social worker, activist, human rights and climate/ environmental campaigner.
Sydney, Australia
https://bridgeforasylumseekers.org.au/
Photo: Burning steel wool by the talented Matt White
Sydney, Australia
https://bridgeforasylumseekers.org.au/
Photo: Burning steel wool by the talented Matt White
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The United States is now punishing close NATO allies because they oppose him invading and stealing Greenland. The response of the Australian Labor Party and the Coalition is silence, pretend it’s normal and build even more US bases here. They are endangering our national safety.
January 17, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The United States is now punishing close NATO allies because they oppose him invading and stealing Greenland. The response of the Australian Labor Party and the Coalition is silence, pretend it’s normal and build even more US bases here. They are endangering our national safety.
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Bushfires are terrifying and the ones we have already seen across Victoria and Adelaide have caused so much devastation. We can't let this become our normal, we need to act on climate induced disasters and slow the acceleration caused by coal and gas operations.
January 20, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Bushfires are terrifying and the ones we have already seen across Victoria and Adelaide have caused so much devastation. We can't let this become our normal, we need to act on climate induced disasters and slow the acceleration caused by coal and gas operations.
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Finally, one day shy of the one year anniversary of this incident, charges have been laid. I shan’t say any more until the matter has been concluded, but fuck me I feel like I have a lot to say about this.
January 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Finally, one day shy of the one year anniversary of this incident, charges have been laid. I shan’t say any more until the matter has been concluded, but fuck me I feel like I have a lot to say about this.
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For some reason that I cannot compute, "every tenth of a degree matters" has become a catch-cry for ending climate targets, dismissing the Paris Agreement as outdated and moving climate discourse centre-right.
This is so wild to me. We set targets *SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THE INCREMENTS MATTER*
This is so wild to me. We set targets *SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THE INCREMENTS MATTER*
January 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
For some reason that I cannot compute, "every tenth of a degree matters" has become a catch-cry for ending climate targets, dismissing the Paris Agreement as outdated and moving climate discourse centre-right.
This is so wild to me. We set targets *SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THE INCREMENTS MATTER*
This is so wild to me. We set targets *SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THE INCREMENTS MATTER*
Iranian footballer, #AmirhosseinGhaderzade , sentenced to death for participation in protests.
January 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Iranian footballer, #AmirhosseinGhaderzade , sentenced to death for participation in protests.
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Jimmy Kimmel offers to let Trump have one of his trophies if he will pull ICE out of Minneapolis.
January 16, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Jimmy Kimmel offers to let Trump have one of his trophies if he will pull ICE out of Minneapolis.
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Split the damn bill then.
Albanese “I am surprised that anyone could walk into parliament & vote against…”
— a national gun buyback
— closing loophole allowing non-citizens to get gun licence
— strengthening customs to stop dangerous imports.
Yes it will say a LOT about anyone who can’t support this.
— a national gun buyback
— closing loophole allowing non-citizens to get gun licence
— strengthening customs to stop dangerous imports.
Yes it will say a LOT about anyone who can’t support this.
January 16, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Split the damn bill then.
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Making these things un-turn-off-able is an extremely fundamental core component of the entire industry. It is the same reason you cannot choose between buying yoghurt with single-use plastic or without it.
You cannot fabricate demand for a wasteful, harmful thing without making it mandatory
You cannot fabricate demand for a wasteful, harmful thing without making it mandatory
Dammit, tech companies. The only think I need to know about your awesome AI feature is how to turn it off.
January 16, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Making these things un-turn-off-able is an extremely fundamental core component of the entire industry. It is the same reason you cannot choose between buying yoghurt with single-use plastic or without it.
You cannot fabricate demand for a wasteful, harmful thing without making it mandatory
You cannot fabricate demand for a wasteful, harmful thing without making it mandatory
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"companies such as Apple and Google seem to be counting on their “No comment”s being buried by whatever scandal comes next. They are banking on a culture in which people have given up on demanding consequences"
There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
"companies such as Apple and Google seem to be counting on their “No comment”s being buried by whatever scandal comes next. They are banking on a culture in which people have given up on demanding consequences"
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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
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
You got till 4pm Thursday (ie TOMORROW)
That is quite disgraceful
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
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...
www.aph.gov.au
January 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
You got till 4pm Thursday (ie TOMORROW)
That is quite disgraceful
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
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The part I came close to losing it:
Drove the client with the mail they’d received from Services Australia about the compensation settlement in the Robodebt class action to a Services Australia agent, and they said, and I quote:
“What’s Robodebt?”
Drove the client with the mail they’d received from Services Australia about the compensation settlement in the Robodebt class action to a Services Australia agent, and they said, and I quote:
“What’s Robodebt?”
January 12, 2026 at 8:09 AM
The part I came close to losing it:
Drove the client with the mail they’d received from Services Australia about the compensation settlement in the Robodebt class action to a Services Australia agent, and they said, and I quote:
“What’s Robodebt?”
Drove the client with the mail they’d received from Services Australia about the compensation settlement in the Robodebt class action to a Services Australia agent, and they said, and I quote:
“What’s Robodebt?”
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It is 2016. I am in an apartment in Balaclava, Melbourne, working on the issue of Robodebt
It is 2026. I am in Tungamah, assisting a client to register for compensation in the Robodebt class settlement
It is 2026. I am in Tungamah, assisting a client to register for compensation in the Robodebt class settlement
January 12, 2026 at 8:03 AM
It is 2016. I am in an apartment in Balaclava, Melbourne, working on the issue of Robodebt
It is 2026. I am in Tungamah, assisting a client to register for compensation in the Robodebt class settlement
It is 2026. I am in Tungamah, assisting a client to register for compensation in the Robodebt class settlement
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Mark Ruffalo donned an anti-ICE pin at the #GoldenGlobes in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer this week in Minneapolis. The black-and-white pin read “BE GOOD."
Follow live updates from the show: apnews.com/live/golden-...
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January 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Mark Ruffalo donned an anti-ICE pin at the #GoldenGlobes in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer this week in Minneapolis. The black-and-white pin read “BE GOOD."
Follow live updates from the show: apnews.com/live/golden-...
Follow live updates from the show: apnews.com/live/golden-...
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FFS
Preventing the sharing of sexualised images of children is “censorship” according to Elon Musk.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 9:05 PM
FFS
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In 2026, I’m working for a world where we:
✅ Elect community-first leaders
✅ Trust science & expertise
✅ Support public interest journalism
✅ Lead with empathy & kindness
✅ Put integrity at the heart of govt decision making
No one is coming to save us but us 🙌🙌 #auspol
✅ Elect community-first leaders
✅ Trust science & expertise
✅ Support public interest journalism
✅ Lead with empathy & kindness
✅ Put integrity at the heart of govt decision making
No one is coming to save us but us 🙌🙌 #auspol
December 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
In 2026, I’m working for a world where we:
✅ Elect community-first leaders
✅ Trust science & expertise
✅ Support public interest journalism
✅ Lead with empathy & kindness
✅ Put integrity at the heart of govt decision making
No one is coming to save us but us 🙌🙌 #auspol
✅ Elect community-first leaders
✅ Trust science & expertise
✅ Support public interest journalism
✅ Lead with empathy & kindness
✅ Put integrity at the heart of govt decision making
No one is coming to save us but us 🙌🙌 #auspol
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Did you notice how people stood against Israel on such a scale that the corporate world clamped down?
YouTube deleted war crime evidence. Social algos silo truth. Owned politicians outlaw protest speech. Police assault protesters. Media covers up the crime.
Know your enemies.
YouTube deleted war crime evidence. Social algos silo truth. Owned politicians outlaw protest speech. Police assault protesters. Media covers up the crime.
Know your enemies.
December 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Did you notice how people stood against Israel on such a scale that the corporate world clamped down?
YouTube deleted war crime evidence. Social algos silo truth. Owned politicians outlaw protest speech. Police assault protesters. Media covers up the crime.
Know your enemies.
YouTube deleted war crime evidence. Social algos silo truth. Owned politicians outlaw protest speech. Police assault protesters. Media covers up the crime.
Know your enemies.
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You mean like a petition to parliament that gets over 500,000 signatories started by an ex PM?
December 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
You mean like a petition to parliament that gets over 500,000 signatories started by an ex PM?
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The idea that we simply have to kill off a bunch of animals because it's a net benefit to climate is a false dichotomy that serves corporate interests trying to avoid having to put in the effort of finding good, well-chosen sites
Really wish media would consider breaking through this thinking
Really wish media would consider breaking through this thinking
Climate a bigger threat to biodiversity than renewables, experts say
As the green energy boom gathers pace, experts say climate change is a bigger threat to biodiversity than wind farms and other renewables projects.
www.abc.net.au
December 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The idea that we simply have to kill off a bunch of animals because it's a net benefit to climate is a false dichotomy that serves corporate interests trying to avoid having to put in the effort of finding good, well-chosen sites
Really wish media would consider breaking through this thinking
Really wish media would consider breaking through this thinking
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Colesworth getting customers to donate just enough money to the needy so that they’re less likely to steal food from them is a clever con, you have to admit
Fuck off Woolies for asking me at the checkout to donate to a charity when you’ve made over a billion dollars profit this year for shareholders partly from price gouging and screwing suppliers
December 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Colesworth getting customers to donate just enough money to the needy so that they’re less likely to steal food from them is a clever con, you have to admit
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Fuck off Woolies for asking me at the checkout to donate to a charity when you’ve made over a billion dollars profit this year for shareholders partly from price gouging and screwing suppliers
December 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Fuck off Woolies for asking me at the checkout to donate to a charity when you’ve made over a billion dollars profit this year for shareholders partly from price gouging and screwing suppliers
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I think they need a 'are you OK with Genocide?' question in there.
December 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I think they need a 'are you OK with Genocide?' question in there.
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All those educated people in the pipeline for producing this just not noticing the fundamental principle of not subjecting human rights or free speech rights to a show of hands.
December 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
All those educated people in the pipeline for producing this just not noticing the fundamental principle of not subjecting human rights or free speech rights to a show of hands.
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Bit of nostalgia ...from 1984, the Gillies Report Twelve days of Christmas ... inc PADDINGTON BEAR!!
Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzl...
Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzl...
ABC - Gillies Report "12 Days Of Christmas" (1984)
YouTube video by brilton1
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Bit of nostalgia ...from 1984, the Gillies Report Twelve days of Christmas ... inc PADDINGTON BEAR!!
Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzl...
Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzl...