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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · 10h

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21788/...

Is this the future of humanity?

What is the most significant news story of the past couple of weeks? Trump’s Gaza deal? The attack on a British synagogue? Closer to home, is it Andrew Hastie’s political manoeuvrings? Certainly, thos...

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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · 2d

www.climate200.com.au/petition/hel...

Help Katya send a message

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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · 5d

I suppose we have to think about Andrew Hastie now, sigh
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I suppose we have to think about Andrew Hastie now, sigh

Okay, but let's be clear on what the real problem is

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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · 9d

Oh heck.

Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · 10d

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10... %26 Irritations

Trump's peace plan shows Netanyahu has outmanoeuvred yet another American president

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has outmanoeuvred yet another American president.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 10d

As feared,after their meeting Netanyahu got everything he wanted. Everyone knows its easy to manipulate Trump

There will be no peace for Gazas tortured people.

Thousands more will die. More children will starve, shot, be bombed

Trump wants their land for resorts

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...

With New U.S. Proposal to End Gaza War, a Rare Moment of Triumph for Netanyahu

www.nytimes.com

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 11d

Carly Lubicz-Zaorski uses Gina Rinehart as an example of why we need greater disclosure laws on who funds Anti Climate groups such as Advance & the IPA, after we only found out Rinehart funds the IPA bcoz it was revealed in court
Michelle Ananda-Rajah “2.3 million?”😳(in 1 year) #Estimates

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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · 12d

Grace Tame on the grifters swarming around Trump’s autism announcement www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/29/g...

Grace Tame on the grifters swarming around Trump's autism announcement

President Trump’s announcement fanned the flames of division, confusion and fear, much like almost everything else he’s ever said.

www.crikey.com.au

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 12d

Jane Hume has lashed out at news of an improved Budget deficit from $27b to $10b saying it’s ’not good news’ & there’s “nothing to be proud of!”

Jane who printed back in black mugs despite producing a decade of defects, is now unhappy with an improved budget deficit. Spare me🙄

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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · 12d

Message from the editor johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...

Message from the editor

I am writing from the back of a minibus in Chongqing this week, the mountainous mega city in southwestern China.

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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · 17d

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09... %26 Irritations

Ex-bishop questions if Coalition is committed to Mideast peace

Former Anglican bishop of Canberra Goulburn, George Browning, has criticised federal Opposition leader Sussan Ley over a letter she sent to members of the Republican Party who had written to Australia...

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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · 18d

www.threads.com/@trego_t/pos...

Tom Trego (@trego_t) on Threads

We are now getting our healthcare advice from a heroin addict, a tv doctor, and a game show host. Can it possibly get any worse.

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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · 24d

MAGA has its martyr in Charlie Kirk. Here’s how Trump could capitalise on it to seize ultimate power www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/17/c...

MAGA has its martyr in Charlie Kirk. Here's how Trump could capitalise on it to seize ultimate power

There are only a few steps left for the US president to dismantle American democracy.

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · Sep 10

Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob consisting of 30 musicians and singers on a street in Paris.

I reckon Freddie Mercury would have loved this.

[Sorry ... had to choose the lowest quality and cut into two for BlueSky. Hopefully the audio survived.]

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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · Sep 8

adventurepreventsdementia.com/five-minutes...

Five minutes to better health and stress management - Adventure Prevents Dementia

Move over meditation and mindfulness. A new health initiative is hitting the airwaves: breath work.

adventurepreventsdementia.com

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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Sign the Petition

Deport New Zealand born immigrant Thomas Sewell

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · Sep 5

Today we are told that the 🍉 symbol is antisemitic

Remember when Musk’s heil was described as clumsy?

Nazi salute? Not antisemitic

Fruit? Antisemitic

The inanity of this would be funny if it weren’t so incredibly dangerous. As a Jew, this devaluing of real antisemitism scares the shit out of me.

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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · Sep 4

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FIFA are rolling out the red carpet for Israel

But together with these brave Italian football coaches, we can do something about it. Join us.

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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · Aug 31

How Ironic is Irony!?
Marching in Melbourne today - AGAINST Migrants but then chosing to eat at a Chinese Restaurant afterwards...

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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · Aug 16

Environment: 18th century vicar describes controlled burning in English countryside johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...

Environment: 18th century vicar describes controlled burning in English countryside

English farmers used controlled burns of gorse 300 years ago. Too hot and dry even for cacti. Urbanisation induces genetic evolution in birds. China powering ahead with the roll out of wind and solar.

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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · Aug 14

Ley appeasement drags Coalition into the abyss

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

Ley’s need to appease the far-right further condemns the Coalition

Sussan Ley’s pronouncement on Palestine and a need to appease the far-right of her party is dragging the Coalition into the political abyss.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · Aug 11

😂😂😂.

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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · Aug 8

The whole point of prevention is that is (1) prevents illness in the first place, (2) treatment is more costly and rarely is perfect. When society gives up on illness prevention and decides to let people get sick, you know it’s all about how to extract maximal profit from humanity.

#ResistFascism

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Aug 8

As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.

One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"

🎁 link

www.wsj.com/health/healt...

The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge

The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.

www.wsj.com

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Ros @kmcdar.bsky.social · Jul 29

Love your memes. We certainly need a laugh the way things are.

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