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marklawrence

@marklawrence.bsky.social

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Be brave. Be nice. Single dad. Cat dad. Plant dad. Bad Asian. Anti racist. Some interests: food, cooking, cats, ceramics, tea, plants, social and climate justice, anti-racism, the beautiful in everyday life. Join your union. Melbourne, Australia

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 1d

A new study published in Nature Climate Action finds Woodside’s Scarborough gas project could cause 100s of heat-related deaths & exposed 500k people to unprecedented heat.

Govt can’t claim climate leadership while approving projects like this.
www.afr.com//policy/ener...

Forrest-backed study links Woodside mega-project to hundreds of deaths

The research, conducted by academics at ANU, suggests the massive offshore gas project off the coast of Western Australia will cause warming of 0.00039 degrees.

www.afr.com

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 1d

It's Biblical in Rose City.

Three Portland frogs and:

EXODUS 8:2-6

"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs... The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

gene kelly is antifa

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

As of now there is nothing Albanese's govt has done that has changed the country in any structural way.

No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.

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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 2d

You people are getting this wrong. Try harder. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 3d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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marklawrence @marklawrence.bsky.social · 3d

He really seems to have come into his own this term - like he has huge boost in confidence from re-election and is just taking no bullshit anymore.

marklawrence @marklawrence.bsky.social · 3d

Sen. David Pocock going after Anthony Albanese for being too gutless to take on the gambling industry and protect your people is giving me joy.

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 3d

She insisted we should be making migrants feel welcome while at the same time she blamed them for hospital congestions & house prices rising. It was a clown act, Speers failed to call out the hypocrisy.

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 3d

Melissa McIntosh says she agrees with “both” anti-immigration colleague Andrew Hastie that Australians feel like strangers in their own country & pro-immigration colleague Paul Scarr that migration is needed
I believe this is what is known as having your cake & eating it too🍰🙄 #Abc

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marklawrence @marklawrence.bsky.social · 4d

So so good to see them

marklawrence @marklawrence.bsky.social · 4d

Went for a walk along Edgars Creek and Coburg Lake with a friend this afternoon. What a beautiful day. Saw four dragonflies.

5 stars.

Looking upwards to gum trees and deep blue and wispy white cloud sky from Coburg Lake area

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 5d

Founder of Antifa

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Mel Campbell @incrediblemelk.bsky.social · 5d

Community group writing to & calling their local MP, or protesting outside their office, to get them to act on pressing moral issues:

Cops: You have committed a Crime Against Social Cohesion

Big business lobbyist:

You get direct access to MPs to push your profit agenda, as a fun lil sports club!

AFP launches National Security Investigations teams to target groups causing harm to social cohesion | Australian Federal Police

The AFP has set up new National Security Investigations (NSI) teams to target groups and individuals causing high levels of harm to Australia’s social cohesion, including the targeting of federal parl...

www.afp.gov.au

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marklawrence @marklawrence.bsky.social · 5d

That mofo can get in the bin

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Kimbo @kimbojayne.bsky.social · 5d

Whoops, I’ve been blaming the Yellow Wattlebird. Turns out it’s the Little Wattlebird doing the Gob Bluth chicken dance. #shaddap

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