Karen Black
@maisiemontnruby.bsky.social
Meanjin Person
Love discovering new stuff
And new ideas.
Love discovering new stuff
And new ideas.
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Of course Albanese and Minns won’t bat an eyelid at this. Won’t even get a ‘grave concerns’ from Penny Wong
Fuck Labor
Fuck Labor
February 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Of course Albanese and Minns won’t bat an eyelid at this. Won’t even get a ‘grave concerns’ from Penny Wong
Fuck Labor
Fuck Labor
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The Govt lost the #FOI fight to keep an initial Magean Skate brief SECRET (cost: $52K). They’ve now capitulated in their fight to keep the final decision brief SECRET (cost: $??K). Of course, the final decision’s been made. Delaying the release was the political purpose. #auspol
February 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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“the medical profession’s response to covid-19 has been in effect to walk away from the established public health principles of ‘control, eliminate, eradicate’, adopting instead what I have termed the ‘surrender narrative’”
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Re: Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
www.bmj.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:25 AM
“the medical profession’s response to covid-19 has been in effect to walk away from the established public health principles of ‘control, eliminate, eradicate’, adopting instead what I have termed the ‘surrender narrative’”
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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I support UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories
@francescaalbanese.bsky.social. I admire her principled, courageous stand against Israel's ongoing persecution of the Palestinian people. #IStandWithFrancescaAlbanese #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
@francescaalbanese.bsky.social. I admire her principled, courageous stand against Israel's ongoing persecution of the Palestinian people. #IStandWithFrancescaAlbanese #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
February 14, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I support UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories
@francescaalbanese.bsky.social. I admire her principled, courageous stand against Israel's ongoing persecution of the Palestinian people. #IStandWithFrancescaAlbanese #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
@francescaalbanese.bsky.social. I admire her principled, courageous stand against Israel's ongoing persecution of the Palestinian people. #IStandWithFrancescaAlbanese #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
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NSW Police admit the Muslim men had received police permission to pray during the Sydney protest before they were disrupted by officers!
Imagine the media outrage if this had been a Jewish group or a group of Catholic nuns! #SydneyProtest
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Imagine the media outrage if this had been a Jewish group or a group of Catholic nuns! #SydneyProtest
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
February 13, 2026 at 10:19 PM
NSW Police admit the Muslim men had received police permission to pray during the Sydney protest before they were disrupted by officers!
Imagine the media outrage if this had been a Jewish group or a group of Catholic nuns! #SydneyProtest
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Imagine the media outrage if this had been a Jewish group or a group of Catholic nuns! #SydneyProtest
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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Today, under the cover of the Liberals tearing each other down, Labor has approved another coal mine extension.
Extending Middlemount to 2044 means Labor has now approved 35 fossil fuel projects.
In the middle of the climate crisis, they're approving more coal & gas.
Extending Middlemount to 2044 means Labor has now approved 35 fossil fuel projects.
In the middle of the climate crisis, they're approving more coal & gas.
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Today, under the cover of the Liberals tearing each other down, Labor has approved another coal mine extension.
Extending Middlemount to 2044 means Labor has now approved 35 fossil fuel projects.
In the middle of the climate crisis, they're approving more coal & gas.
Extending Middlemount to 2044 means Labor has now approved 35 fossil fuel projects.
In the middle of the climate crisis, they're approving more coal & gas.
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The utter sham of offsets, yet again...
“Destroying the equivalent of 40 MCGs worth of greater glider habitat and then attempting to relocate all hollows and claim this somehow offsets the harm to greater gliders is genuinely deluded, and contemptuous.” - me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“Destroying the equivalent of 40 MCGs worth of greater glider habitat and then attempting to relocate all hollows and claim this somehow offsets the harm to greater gliders is genuinely deluded, and contemptuous.” - me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Qld coalmine expansion approved by Albanese government will clear habitat and fuel climate crisis, scientists say
Conservationists estimate coal exported from expanded mine to release CO2 equivalent of about half Australia’s annual carbon footprint
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:03 AM
The utter sham of offsets, yet again...
“Destroying the equivalent of 40 MCGs worth of greater glider habitat and then attempting to relocate all hollows and claim this somehow offsets the harm to greater gliders is genuinely deluded, and contemptuous.” - me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“Destroying the equivalent of 40 MCGs worth of greater glider habitat and then attempting to relocate all hollows and claim this somehow offsets the harm to greater gliders is genuinely deluded, and contemptuous.” - me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Our whole economic system also depends on a 5% unemployment rate.
The least we could do is pay them properly!
The least we could do is pay them properly!
I really wish more people would read this.
Australia's unemployment benefits are the lowest in the OECD.
The government claims that this is to encourage people to get a job and lowers unemployment.
Studies have shown that this is bullshit (quelle surprise)
#auspol
www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...
Australia's unemployment benefits are the lowest in the OECD.
The government claims that this is to encourage people to get a job and lowers unemployment.
Studies have shown that this is bullshit (quelle surprise)
#auspol
www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...
www.aph.gov.au
February 12, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Our whole economic system also depends on a 5% unemployment rate.
The least we could do is pay them properly!
The least we could do is pay them properly!
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“…by 11 August 2025, Israel had killed up to 274 journalists, with 269 of them Palestinian.[14]”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing...
Still we invited Herzog…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing...
Still we invited Herzog…
Killing of journalists in the Gaza war - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM
“…by 11 August 2025, Israel had killed up to 274 journalists, with 269 of them Palestinian.[14]”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing...
Still we invited Herzog…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing...
Still we invited Herzog…
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AEC disclosures show more than $138 million in political funding in 2024–25 had no declared source under the current rules.
When dark money & big donors shape our politics, public trust suffers. Australians deserve govts that are not fundraising from industries that profit when policy is weakened.
When dark money & big donors shape our politics, public trust suffers. Australians deserve govts that are not fundraising from industries that profit when policy is weakened.
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 AM
AEC disclosures show more than $138 million in political funding in 2024–25 had no declared source under the current rules.
When dark money & big donors shape our politics, public trust suffers. Australians deserve govts that are not fundraising from industries that profit when policy is weakened.
When dark money & big donors shape our politics, public trust suffers. Australians deserve govts that are not fundraising from industries that profit when policy is weakened.
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To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. -Theodore Roosevelt
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. -Theodore Roosevelt
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The Albanese Government just approved another huge coal mine- that will make Australia hotter, drier and cause more frequent and extreme disasters.
236 million tonnes of emissions over its life = double Australia's annual emissions, 1200x Vanuatu.
www.lockthegate.org.au/middlemount-...
236 million tonnes of emissions over its life = double Australia's annual emissions, 1200x Vanuatu.
www.lockthegate.org.au/middlemount-...
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
The Albanese Government just approved another huge coal mine- that will make Australia hotter, drier and cause more frequent and extreme disasters.
236 million tonnes of emissions over its life = double Australia's annual emissions, 1200x Vanuatu.
www.lockthegate.org.au/middlemount-...
236 million tonnes of emissions over its life = double Australia's annual emissions, 1200x Vanuatu.
www.lockthegate.org.au/middlemount-...
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Hertzog visit… I counted 16 cars, buses and vans plus at least 12 cops on motorbikes stopping Sydney traffic & pedestrians in the cbd this morning. Everybody happy with us spending our hard earned tax $$$s on this? #auspol
February 11, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Hertzog visit… I counted 16 cars, buses and vans plus at least 12 cops on motorbikes stopping Sydney traffic & pedestrians in the cbd this morning. Everybody happy with us spending our hard earned tax $$$s on this? #auspol
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I asked Defence where Major General King now works having recently left his job in the Department overseeing billions in contracts for companies like Lockheed Martin... can you guess where he went too?
February 11, 2026 at 1:50 AM
I asked Defence where Major General King now works having recently left his job in the Department overseeing billions in contracts for companies like Lockheed Martin... can you guess where he went too?
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Just discovered $3 billion in extra nuclear sub spending between May and December $15.4B → $18.6B
Where's the $3 billion going? Defence: "Take it on notice"
That's enough money to build 10,000s public homes but for Defence it's pocket change they lost down back of the couch.
Where's the $3 billion going? Defence: "Take it on notice"
That's enough money to build 10,000s public homes but for Defence it's pocket change they lost down back of the couch.
February 11, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Just discovered $3 billion in extra nuclear sub spending between May and December $15.4B → $18.6B
Where's the $3 billion going? Defence: "Take it on notice"
That's enough money to build 10,000s public homes but for Defence it's pocket change they lost down back of the couch.
Where's the $3 billion going? Defence: "Take it on notice"
That's enough money to build 10,000s public homes but for Defence it's pocket change they lost down back of the couch.
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Govt has lost control of the Herzog Israel 'social cohesion' narrative. Tonight's dinner sponsors links to IDF, land theft, plus latest #EpsteinFiles
#auspol #protests @sstephanietrann.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/island-visit...
#auspol #protests @sstephanietrann.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/island-visit...
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Govt has lost control of the Herzog Israel 'social cohesion' narrative. Tonight's dinner sponsors links to IDF, land theft, plus latest #EpsteinFiles
#auspol #protests @sstephanietrann.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/island-visit...
#auspol #protests @sstephanietrann.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/island-visit...
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"This was planned. And Chris Minns owns it ... I was there".
Andrew Brown with the extraordinary story of NSW Police brutality at the Herzog protest.
While the premier - to great applause - said "Thank you friends" to the Israel Lobby.
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/this-was-pla...
Andrew Brown with the extraordinary story of NSW Police brutality at the Herzog protest.
While the premier - to great applause - said "Thank you friends" to the Israel Lobby.
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/this-was-pla...
This was planned. And Chris Minns owns it. - Michael West
NSW Police have assaulted dozens of peace protestors who gathered to protest the visit by Israeli president Isaac Herzog to Australia.
michaelwest.com.au
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
"This was planned. And Chris Minns owns it ... I was there".
Andrew Brown with the extraordinary story of NSW Police brutality at the Herzog protest.
While the premier - to great applause - said "Thank you friends" to the Israel Lobby.
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/this-was-pla...
Andrew Brown with the extraordinary story of NSW Police brutality at the Herzog protest.
While the premier - to great applause - said "Thank you friends" to the Israel Lobby.
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/this-was-pla...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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He’s not wrong.
February 10, 2026 at 8:10 AM
He’s not wrong.
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Arlington, Texas.
February 11, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Arlington, Texas.
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Israeli prison authorities begin preparations to execute Palestinian prisoners: Report
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thecradle.co/articles-id/...
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Israeli prison authorities begin preparations to execute Palestinian prisoners: Report
The prison service is said to have plans for the establishment of an execution facility, unofficially dubbed the ‘Israeli Green Mile’ after the 1999 film
thecradle.co
February 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Israeli prison authorities begin preparations to execute Palestinian prisoners: Report
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thecradle.co/articles-id/...
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Tense scenes at Parliament House as Albo asks MPs to volunteer a baby so that esteemed guest Isaac Herzog can demonstrate how Aussie-made bomb bay parts are helping Israel kill brown babies in Gaza
February 11, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Tense scenes at Parliament House as Albo asks MPs to volunteer a baby so that esteemed guest Isaac Herzog can demonstrate how Aussie-made bomb bay parts are helping Israel kill brown babies in Gaza