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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin
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A bit boring
Interests: Precipitation, shovels, black puddings
Relationship: Enid Bag, it's complicated
Work History: Bank robber, Mayor ⸸💉x6 #auspol
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"Always Was, Always Will Be ... Aboriginal Land"

John Paul Janke explains where the phrase comes from, what it challenges, and why it still matters today.

#auspol #InvasionDay
January 25, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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Thanks for turning out in big numbers #Naarm to acknowledge that the 26th was the date of the colonial invasion of the country we call Australia. The national use of the date is recent. We don’t have to party of the day that signalled the start of genocide. #SurvivalDay #Auspol #Melbourne
January 26, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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This is how you illustrate an article about extreme heat. None of this 'day at the beach' bullshit

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Intense heat could smash temperature records in south-east Australia with catastrophic fire danger forecast
High to extreme fire danger expected across several states as inland parts of SA, Victoria, NSW and Queensland may have more than five days above 40C
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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The Greens are deeply concerned about CSIRO’s funding following successive cuts. We must do all we can to save the CSIRO. Science matters & it must be sufficiently resourced with public funds, to ensure science & research is independent and free of commercialisation.

www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
January 25, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" - George Santayana 1905
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Will Australians continue to enjoy genuine choice at the next election? 🗳️ ⚖️

@simonahac.bsky.social weighs in on new laws that aim to entrench the major party duopoly at a time when Australians are asking for something different.

Learn more here → www.climate200.com.au/the-fair-ele...
January 23, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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In the Commonwealth under Labor and the Coalition, if you are a senior mate, you always fail upwards. Defence Secretary Moriarty has overseen procurement disasters and scandals, the AUKUS debacle and recruitment fails - so next stop Washington of course.
January 24, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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Hilarious. Gotta keep paying for those subs we’ll never get.
January 24, 2026 at 10:52 PM
January 25, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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Carrying a gun is not illegal and in fact, many would say it’s the most patriotic thing you can do. What is illegal is executing a man after you’ve taken his gun and he poses no immediate threat. It was murder plain and simple.
January 24, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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This is where we're at now.

Alex Pretti: 1989 - 2026
Tank Man of Tiananmen Square: disappeared June 5th, 1989

#AlexPretti
January 24, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’
DHS detain a toddler and her father on Thursday and fly them to Texas before returning child on judge’s order
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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January 24, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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True. I was about to tweet how much I loved #TheTraitors but then I thought what's the point, no one's going to see. So I didn't. I just posted here. I hope I'm not suppressed here for posting #FreePalestine

x.com/warintel4u/s...
January 24, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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2026 headlines brought to you by Woodside, Santos, Labor and the Coalition. We need to keep fossil fuels in the ground and their grifters and $$ out of politics.
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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It is unbelievable that Australian taxpayers are paying to send two former Defence Ministers, now weapons industry lobbyists, to the UAE and Saudi Arabia to spruik their clients and arms sales into the region. Unbelievable except it’s business as usual for Labor and the Coalition
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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Tim Kaine is a NO on the funding bill 💥

Every Democrat should be a NO on funding ICE’s cruelty, family separation, abuse, and disappearances.

SHUT IT DOWN.
NOT ONE MORE DIME.
January 23, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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At a time when ICE is rounding up 5-year-olds, terrorizing communities and killing American citizens, the last thing we should be doing is increasing its funding.

I will vote NO on the upcoming spending bill to fund Trump's domestic army.
January 23, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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💔 Five-year-old child and three adults killed in strike in Donetsk region in a Russian drone strike on a private sector in Cherkaske, Kramatorsk district.

The bodies of the deceased were reportedly pulled from the rubble, and five more residents of the village were injured.
January 23, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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“Accusing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of being responsible for the attacks was not just wrong, it was reckless, because it served to divide Australia right at the time we needed to pull together.” - former PM Malcolm Turnbull

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Partisan politics after Bondi sowed seeds of Coalition’s demise
The Coalition’s reckless response to the Bondi shootings led to its unravelling. Anthony Albanese and Labor now own the political centre.
www.smh.com.au
January 23, 2026 at 5:37 AM
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ALP federal campaign review released; timing could not be better for rubbing it in if they tried. alp.org.au/2025_campaig...
ALP 2025 Campaign Review
alp.org.au
January 23, 2026 at 8:35 AM