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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 21m

"The federal government should listen to the concerns of child sexual abuse survivors and allow Australian honours to be rescinded after perpetrators and enablers have died, campaigners say."

From the desk of @gingerandhoney.bsky.social

Time to change rules and strip honours from child abusers who’ve died, victims and advocates say

Survivor John Jolley says issue has been in ‘too-hard basket’ for too long and Australian government should posthumously rescind awards

www.theguardian.com

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UNabla @unabla.bsky.social · 21m

Spot on!

Rules based international order*

* for all countries who aren't in our club

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 13h

Can’t wait for the Albanese government to come out and say loudly how interfering with other nations’ ships on international waters is illegal and to be condemned*

*except when Israel does it to prevent aid ships reaching Gaza with Australians aboard. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Philippines says Chinese ship ‘deliberately rammed’ government boat in South China Sea

Beijing blames Manila for the collision, saying the ship ‘ignored repeated stern warnings from the Chinese side’

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 13h

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas. Growing evidence of permanent shift Without adequate sea ice formation, their melting rates will accelerate, with the potential to cause extreme global sea level rise.
#climate
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

www.newscientist.com

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

Trump is going to track Americans’ every move.

This is in addition to Palantir tracking us using our private financial, health and travel data, social media, donations — and more.

If you think they’re only tracking “illegals” or “Antifa,” then you haven’t been paying attention.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22h

ICE IS DISAPPEARING PEOPLE TO WORK CAMPS

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 2d

A slap on the wrist behind closed doors undermines the case put forward by Finance that the culture of PwC is all cleaned up, which was their justification for allowing PwC back into the fold of government contracts. #auspol

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

A Senate report has found that “a lack of trust” and “an abuse of processes” lie at the heart of the governance failures in Australia’s universities, writes Tim Moore. What’s needed, it says, is “less stacking of corporate appointees” on university councils. satpa.pe/Hjjd7B5

Stacked boards driving ‘rotten’ university sector

satpa.pe

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 2d

labour don't have a comms problem. we're all hearing them loud and clear.

example: im not confused by @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social. she's a catholic extremist abusing her position in society to persecute queer ppl and abuse queer kids.

her problem isn't comms. her problem is that she's a bigot.

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 2d

I do wonder if Labour might look at the sorts of people dominating the discourse and dominating the content wars and maybe, just maybe, rethink the sorts of grey figures they routinely put up for interviews, instructed at that to be as cautious as possible. Things have changed. Their comms hasn’t.

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 2d

The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽

Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.

That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.

Just utterly unbelievable.

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 2d

An Australian woman who has not agreed to sign a waiver acknowledging she sought to 'illegally break Israel’s naval blockade' on Gaza will be “indefinitely detained” in Israel’s Ketziot prison unless she agrees to sign the waiver.

Australian woman on pro-Palestinian aid flotilla will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs waiver

Madeleine Habib, who captained the Conscience ship, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value.

This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.

Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.

Be warned.

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Drow Paweł Włodkowic 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 3d

It is one thing, however unpalatable, for countries in emergency situations to need to suck up to Trump by bribing him with toys like a Nobel if he helps achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine or whatever. But the rest of us have to be clear: this man is evil, and any good he does is an accident.

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Douwe Korff @douwekorff.bsky.social · 3d

“Dealing with the high prices of housing, food, utilities and transport would require real politics, rather than the fake politics of waving St George’s flags and locking up pensioners for mentioning Palestine Action.”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Worried about rising bills and getting by? Keir Starmer has the answer: try chewing a flag! | Aditya Chakrabortty

The PM wants to talk about patriotism when the issue that is really affecting people is the cost of living. If he doesn’t wise up, that dissonance will sink him, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrab...

www.theguardian.com

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La France Insoumise à l'Assemblée nationale @franceinsoumisean.bsky.social · 3d

🔴🇵🇸 Nous étions des milliers hier soir à Paris pour accueillir les passagers de la Global Sumud Flotilla, désormais revenus.

À leurs côtés, nous avons exigé la fin du génocide à Gaza et la libération des équipages de la Thousand Madleens kidnappés. Gloire à la lutte !

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UNabla @unabla.bsky.social · 3d

As always you are spot on!

"should individuals come to feel that they are the ones being unfairly punished for not paying tax while large companies get away legally paying nothing, trust in both the tax and political system can quickly falter" is a big part of what happened in Greece pre-2010.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 3d

My column on tax, fairness and companies paying nothing.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If we want a better, more equal society, we need more tax. But more tax only works if big business pays their fair share | Grogonomics

Trust in both the tax and political system will falter if people feel they are being punished for not paying tax while large companies legally get away with paying nothing

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

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UNabla @unabla.bsky.social · 4d

And not a word from @mark-carney.bsky.social refuting Trump's ravings scapegoating trans women.

Mark, no matter how many people and groups you throw under this bus, it will still run you over eventually.

UNabla @unabla.bsky.social · 4d

You hit a strong truth: Trump provides angertainment.

Trump also makes tax optional for them and removes all limits on how they exploit their workers in their other businesses.

What they don't see yet is that the juiciest food for autocrats is oligarchs. After he fattens them on us, he'll feed.

UNabla @unabla.bsky.social · 4d

And yet Biden was SO NOT a socialist. He's been fairly socially liberal recently but has consistently been economically neo-liberal.

Historically he voted against bussing, to ban gays from the military and to not recognise same-sex marriage.

Yet you are right, corporate media owners prefer Trump.

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Diana Parker-Kafka @dianaparker.bsky.social · 4d

We all knew this would be the inevitable issue, *all* police forces support police states. Chicago cops don’t live in the neighborhoods they terrorize, those urban areas are their little torture fiefdoms. They hate my city and the people who like living here, they welcome more violent occupation.

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 4d

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...

National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

www.foxnews.com

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 4d

You have just hit the nail right on the head.

That’s the crux of the matter right there.

$billionaires are in race to be $trillionaires, using their vast wealth to overthrow democracies right now.

#auspol

@albomp.bsky.social

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