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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 14h

#LestWeForget #GazaGenocide

Karen Black @maisiemontnruby.bsky.social · 16h

One of my magpie "friends" sits beside me when I weed.
If I don't go fast enough for him/her to be able to catch worms he/she pecks my bum!!!
Cheeky bugger!

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 17h

Dr Assal Rad—

"Israel assassinated Hossam Shabat over 6 months ago. But his name barely made the headlines.

"He would’ve turned 24 years old today. 24."

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Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 1d

Genocidal war criminal nominates his weapons dealer for the Nobel Peace Prize and our Foreign Minister fawns over it.

Embarrassing.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 17h

Because Donald Trump knows that the vaccines are safe and effective and that they save lives.

And he doesn’t want to die from COVID or the flu.

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 17h

President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

www.cnn.com

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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 20h

It's the topic everyone in Canberra is talking about and now thanks to ChaserBet, you can win big on this bizarre story!

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Karen Black @maisiemontnruby.bsky.social · 21h

When I learnt about Nazi Germany+ the Holocaust the narrative was similar
"Don't confuse the actions of the evil regime with the German citizens"
Not saying it's the same ,
Interesting parallel though.

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 22h

"A key ingredient in that effort will be the whitewashing of their own role in the story. The months—years—of silence. Of minimisation. Of refusing to condemn. Of refusing to sanction. Of refusing to admit the charge of genocide. Of refusing to even say the word genocide. Of their own complicity."

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 22h

"Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong are craving the moment Netanyahu falls. They are craving the moment they can start rolling out the post-Netanyahu discourse package to the Canberra Press Gallery and Australia’s tabloid press."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

How the West will package the genocide after Netanyahu

In the not-too-distant future, the Netanyahu Government will fall. When this happens, it will become politically fashionable (and indeed necessary) for Western leaders outside the US to intellectually...

johnmenadue.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22h

“This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison”

This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows.

zeteo.com

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Tom Red @tomredmemes.bsky.social · 22h

“I am deeply humbled to return the stewardship of Australia to its original owners, the Sports Betting industry.”

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 22h

Until the US media can name and confront suffering without qualification, its moral authority will remain threadbare. The children of Gaza are not dying from disinformation. #auspol #VanJones #Gaza

Van Jones and the moral vacancy of American commentary on Gaza

The US pundit’s dead Gaza baby joke was not a slip of the tongue, but a window into a media culture that trivialises Palestinian suffering and deflects responsibility.

johnmenadue.com

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 1d

Even more annoying machines? Guardian readers share their most frustrating technofoibles
— First Dog on the Moon
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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they_paved_paradise @treemuseums.bsky.social · 1d

Labor can't hide forever behind a novelty check sized medicare card embossed with a shiny image of Whitlams face, as they shit out big lumps of coal they've been gorging on with Gina/LNP, and sit and rub petroleum oil into the feet of their fossil fuel overlords, really getting it into the bunions

Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 1d

Australia has one of the worst extinction records on Earth — and Labor’s doing a deal with the Coalition to overhaul nature laws.

Labor can’t protect nature while protecting polluters.

My column for tomorrow's @canberratimes.bsky.social #auspol >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908547...

This shocking deal is a gross betrayal of millions of voters

Here's what Labor would do if they gave a rat's about the environment.

www.canberratimes.com.au

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mariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 1d

A much vaunted citizen army ( every Israeli adult must do a tour of duty)- an army found to have carried out genocide. How many Israeli households contain someone who is guilty of genocide?

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli tanks stationed along Al-Rashid Street fired shells directly toward civilians waiting to return to their homes in Gaza City.

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Olivia 💙 4thTransformer /#ReleaseTheFiles‼️ #FreePalestine‼️ @olivia4t.bsky.social · 2d

⚠️ Rep. #ThomasMassie just exposed a hidden #EpsteinList

He says the #FBI has been sitting on files naming 20 more men tied to Epstein’s sex trafficking ring — including a high-profile U.S. official.

And #KashPatel? Massie says he lied to the American people.

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 1d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 1d

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Rachel Withers @rachelwithers.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby.

To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?

Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 1d

Making his point for him -- just asking about the power of the gambling lobby gets Senator David Pocock booted from sports club the Prime Minister heads. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 1d

The gambling industry is predatory and insidious.

I quit the Parliamentary Sports Club a few weeks ago, when I discovered it had registered as a lobbyist group and was sponsored by the gambling peak body.

The industry will do anything to wield influence on pollies, and hates being called out.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

NBC is reporting 'high level conversations' happening in the White House about how Trump might invoke the Insurrection Act.

This would enable him to deploy the military for domestic civilian law enforcement.

@emmashortis.bsky.social

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

WAKE UP, AMERICA!

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 1d

“Chain-link cages. Flooded tents. Clouds of mosquitoes. Malfunctioning AC. Scarce food. Zero recreational time”

More Nobel material

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz

Despite shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country.

www.motherjones.com

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Steph Hodgins-May @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social · 1d

Final day of Senate Estimates & it's a big one.

I'm getting answers from DFAT on our government’s role in Japan’s greenwashing, then digging into the glaring loopholes in our childcare system's safety regulations which continue to fail our children and parents.

Follow along!👇

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OpheliaPG @opheliapg.bsky.social · 1d

Despite Ceasefire, Israeli Forces Kill 29 Palestinians in #Gaza Thursday

#R2P #StopIsraelimpunity #StopTheOccupation #SanctionIsrael #BDS #Genocide imemc.org/article/desp...

Despite Ceasefire, Israeli Forces Kill 29 Palestinians in Gaza Thursday

29 Palestinian citizens were killed in the Gaza Strip since dawn on Thursday, as the Israeli occupation forces continued their military raids on the Gaza St ...

imemc.org

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