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MellowSteadyFlow @mellowsteadyflow.bsky.social · May 30

#EthnicCleansing and #GazaGenocide

Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · May 30

U.S. trauma surgeon Feroze Sidhwa addresses the UN Security Council after his 5-week medical mission in Gaza.

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Miles P Herbert @milespherbert.bsky.social · Mar 23

“Chained at their ankles and wrists, they stumbled and fell, some guards falling to the ground with them. With each fall came a kick, a slap, a shove. The guards grabbed necks and pushed bodies into the sides of the buses as they forced the detainees forward.”

What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced

Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.

time.com

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Katherine Lyall-Watson @katherinelw.bsky.social · Feb 6

How quickly democracy can fall. We expect blood and armies in coups, but this is a trillionaire playing Risk.

It is Elon Musk who is now running the United States. Not Donald Trump.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Feb 5

I know all of us who understand what is happening are experiencing mental health challenges because of that.

The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.

What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.

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Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · Feb 6

The people who run aluminium smelters say they are moving to Australian wind and solar power.

But Dutton says it’s all impossible.

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Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · Feb 4

Because the USA has abandoned its humanitarian mission, the UN crisis relief fund is asking for direct donations *before systems collapse and people get hurt*. I just donated, PLEASE give what you can and share this call out.

crisisrelief.un.org/donate

Donate

United Nations Crisis Relief connects people who care to people in crisis, providing support where it matters most.

crisisrelief.un.org

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Katherine Lyall-Watson @katherinelw.bsky.social · Feb 4

Nailed it, Van!

Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · Feb 4

My latest in the Guardian is about my favourite genre of modern writing: published authors publishing columns in national newspapers about how they’ve been silenced.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My advice to male writers struggling to get published? Toughen up – and embrace poverty | Van Badham

Don’t give in to moral panic, fellas! Here are some tips from my own bumpy literary journey

www.theguardian.com

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · Feb 3

The richest man in history working to stop money going to some of the poorest people on earth.

This level of depravity needs to be met with a level of resistance unfathomable to Trump’s American Nazi Party.

www.axios.com/2025/02/03/u...

Musk says Trump has "agreed" to shut USAID down

His comments follow reports that DOGE representatives visited USAID's D.C. HQ and accessed classified spaces and American citizens' data.

www.axios.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 3

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Katherine Lyall-Watson @katherinelw.bsky.social · Feb 2

Met this cockatoo yesterday … only in Australia do you get visitors like these when you’re having a cuppa on the deck!

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Katherine Lyall-Watson @katherinelw.bsky.social · Feb 2

So true, Al! It was lovely hearing from you.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · Jan 30

Yep.

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · Jan 30

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Katherine Lyall-Watson @katherinelw.bsky.social · Jan 28

Please sign the petition to stop Qld’s LNP government blocking Trans kids access to the therapy they need. 🏳️‍⚧️

trans.au/campaigns/pr...

Protect Trans Youth Health in Queensland

The Queensland Children’s Hospital Gender Clinic was found by an independent review to provide a high standard of care that’s consistent with international guidelines. The review made 25 recommendatio...

trans.au

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Katherine Lyall-Watson @katherinelw.bsky.social · Jan 28

Appalling news coming out of Queensland as the LNP attacks Trans kids - preventing them accessing life saving therapy.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

Queensland government halts hormone treatment for new trans patients under 18

Health Minister Tim Nicholls unveiled the pause on Tuesday as he also announced a review into the evidence for stage one and two hormone therapies for children with gender dysphoria.

www.abc.net.au

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · Jan 24

Great reporting. The Israeli army said that most people killed in bombing a Beirut apartment block were Hezbollah. The BBC found that nearly all were in fact civilians, and a third were children. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Bridie (EBK)❤️💛🖤🍉🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✌🏽👊 @emergencybk.bsky.social · Jan 25

January 26th is not a day of celebration for Australian Indigenous communities; it marks the beginning of immense loss and trauma.
#ChangeTheDate
📸: @drtracywesterman.bsky.social

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Dr Anita Heiss @dranitaheiss.bsky.social · Jan 24

Support First Nations authors and buy Blak this weekend at Avid Reader - instore and online!

Discount code: BUYBLAK

www.avidreader.com.au

@austlit.bsky.social

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Daryl Maguire’s tractor @daryltractor.bsky.social · Jan 25

QUEEN

Grace Tame standing with the prime minister wearing a FUCK MURDOCH t-shirt

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Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · Jan 23

And with that, Musk and Trump totally destroyed the ADL - like the cop unions, Zuck, and the rest. From *the moment* you bow your head before them, you are gone. You become their instrument and you will never be anything else. Who would listen to the ADL about anything now?

#ETTD

neglectsound @neglectsound.bsky.social · Jan 23

Everyone's mega genius techBro hero is a dipshit

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JulieT 🇦🇺 💙💛 @mintslice.bsky.social · Jan 22

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Jim Chalmers @jimchalmers.bsky.social · Jan 22

What a farce.

Dutton & Taylor have just admitted their new tax perks for long lunches policy will extend to golf & movie days for bosses.

3 years in opposition & this is the best they come up with. They still won’t say how much it will cost taxpayers.

www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/foo...

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · Jan 21

Respond to yesterday's turn of events in America by sharing one of your creative gifts today.

Visual art. Performing art. Literary art.

We need daily, collective and artistic saging to help rid us of evil spirits.

Let's art our way out of this.

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Nomad Matt @nomadmatt.bsky.social · Jan 21

For those saying it wasn't a Nazi salute.

Keep posting it. Keep sharing it.

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Katherine Lyall-Watson @katherinelw.bsky.social · Jan 22

To every trans and nonbinary person, to all whose safety has been threatened by the recrudescence, please know you are seen and loved just as you are. We will fight for your right to live freely and fully in your own body. 🌈❤️

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