Verbatorium
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Aus Politics #auspol, Climate Change, Biodiversity. Anti-SARS-CoV-2. Anti-genocide. He/Him. Also at 🐳 & http://mastodon.social #VaccinesPlus #CovidIsAirborne #WearAMask
And at 9am it’s already 39 degrees.
Last night, the city of Adelaide had its hottest night on record, with temperatures falling to just 34.1°C before 7am local time. #heatwave #climatechange www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia news live: out-of-control bushfire threatens Victorian towns; Adelaide swelters through its hottest ever night
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January 26, 2026 at 10:41 PM
And at 9am it’s already 39 degrees.
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I think nowadays theyve already been vetted and checked out as politically 'safe' and docile before employment (certainly bland and beige in thinking)
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Decades later, Michael Parenti’s "Inventing Reality" remains one of the best-written critiques of mainstream media. It’s a masterclass in how news is shaped to serve power. A must-read for anyone seeking the clarity to cut through the mainstream media’s manufactured narratives.
January 26, 2026 at 6:09 AM
I think nowadays theyve already been vetted and checked out as politically 'safe' and docile before employment (certainly bland and beige in thinking)
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Too hot to handle
January 26, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Too hot to handle
A good observation, I’ve been asking myself what does the Albanese Labor government stand for?
Good thread which applies almost cut-and-paste to Albanese and the Federal ALP...
#Auspol
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3/ Starmer’s lack of political philosophy is fatal to effective government. It underpins the failure of communication by this administration, which is not simply poor rhetoric or hostile media but a lack of clear political purpose.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/labo...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/labo...
January 26, 2026 at 6:21 AM
A good observation, I’ve been asking myself what does the Albanese Labor government stand for?
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Very good explainer.
Hopefully some colleagues at the national broadcaster will read it and use it as context for their political coverage?
Hopefully some colleagues at the national broadcaster will read it and use it as context for their political coverage?
How the right wing Atlas Network is shaping your life in Australia, even if you've never heard of it
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-2…
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-2…
January 26, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Very good explainer.
Hopefully some colleagues at the national broadcaster will read it and use it as context for their political coverage?
Hopefully some colleagues at the national broadcaster will read it and use it as context for their political coverage?
What does the rise of digital devices and decline of handwriting mean for how we live and learn? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
What does handwriting's decline mean for how we live and learn?
Most of the learning done in schools these days is digital, but experts say handwriting still plays an important role in the development of thinking, learning, and fine motor skills.
www.abc.net.au
January 26, 2026 at 1:19 AM
What does the rise of digital devices and decline of handwriting mean for how we live and learn? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Kids heading back to school this week? Schools often have clear policies on things like food allergies and sun safety - but indoor air quality is often overlooked.
#BackToSchool #CleanerAir #SaferAirProject
#BackToSchool #CleanerAir #SaferAirProject
January 25, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Kids heading back to school this week? Schools often have clear policies on things like food allergies and sun safety - but indoor air quality is often overlooked.
#BackToSchool #CleanerAir #SaferAirProject
#BackToSchool #CleanerAir #SaferAirProject
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Thanks to @jeremywalker.bsky.social without whose long years of meticulous research & publication this barely known but critical thread of Australia’s story would still look like tinfoil hat stuff. Dr Walker has the receipts, the letters & more in the pipeline. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
January 25, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Thanks to @jeremywalker.bsky.social without whose long years of meticulous research & publication this barely known but critical thread of Australia’s story would still look like tinfoil hat stuff. Dr Walker has the receipts, the letters & more in the pipeline. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Police are investigating an "absolutely abhorrent" letter sent to a Sydney mosque threatening the death of Middle Eastern and Aboriginal Australians and political figures. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
'Abhorrent' letter threatening violence on Australia Day investigated by police
The note, seen by the ABC, incited violence against several groups, including Middle Eastern communities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and a number of political figures from Labor, the Green...
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January 23, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Police are investigating an "absolutely abhorrent" letter sent to a Sydney mosque threatening the death of Middle Eastern and Aboriginal Australians and political figures. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Timothy Snyder, on why the pedophile führer is terrorizing Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota with ICE Nazis. 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯👇
January 24, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Timothy Snyder, on why the pedophile führer is terrorizing Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota with ICE Nazis. 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯👇
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Palantir’s approach to privacy & transparency is terrible. The company specialises in creating detailed profiles of people by combining large databases about us.
The weasels gov must take steps to prioritise our human rights, privacy, over Palantir’s dystopian surveillance profiteering.
#Auspol
The weasels gov must take steps to prioritise our human rights, privacy, over Palantir’s dystopian surveillance profiteering.
#Auspol
Sen. David Shoebridge:
Palantir, the far-right US data corporation, has just been given security clearance with access to secret Australian govt data.
They're enabling ICE surveillance and helping target the genocide in Gaza.
It's time ban them from govt contracts and all our data.
#auspol
Palantir, the far-right US data corporation, has just been given security clearance with access to secret Australian govt data.
They're enabling ICE surveillance and helping target the genocide in Gaza.
It's time ban them from govt contracts and all our data.
#auspol
January 23, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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Front Runners puts the dire impacts of climate warming on #TourDownUnder into context at www.protecttdu.au
Why are climate criminals, Santos, allowed to keep using #TDU for sportswashing?
#DumpSantos
Why are climate criminals, Santos, allowed to keep using #TDU for sportswashing?
#DumpSantos
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Front Runners puts the dire impacts of climate warming on #TourDownUnder into context at www.protecttdu.au
Why are climate criminals, Santos, allowed to keep using #TDU for sportswashing?
#DumpSantos
Why are climate criminals, Santos, allowed to keep using #TDU for sportswashing?
#DumpSantos
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Measles can be fatal.
Do you know its symptoms?
🔴 Rash that starts on the face and spreads over the body
🔴 Fever
🔴 Cough
🔴 Red and watery eyes
🔴 Small white spots inside the cheeks
Seek health care if you suspect you or your child has measles. 🔗bit.ly/4iq4nkD
Do you know its symptoms?
🔴 Rash that starts on the face and spreads over the body
🔴 Fever
🔴 Cough
🔴 Red and watery eyes
🔴 Small white spots inside the cheeks
Seek health care if you suspect you or your child has measles. 🔗bit.ly/4iq4nkD
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Measles can be fatal.
Do you know its symptoms?
🔴 Rash that starts on the face and spreads over the body
🔴 Fever
🔴 Cough
🔴 Red and watery eyes
🔴 Small white spots inside the cheeks
Seek health care if you suspect you or your child has measles. 🔗bit.ly/4iq4nkD
Do you know its symptoms?
🔴 Rash that starts on the face and spreads over the body
🔴 Fever
🔴 Cough
🔴 Red and watery eyes
🔴 Small white spots inside the cheeks
Seek health care if you suspect you or your child has measles. 🔗bit.ly/4iq4nkD
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This is so interesting and important. If you can afford it,(& I know it’s $$$) get the vaccine as soon after 50 as you can.
The Shingles vaccine and reduction of dementia: a new natural experiment from Canada replicated 3 others and adds to this week's link to slowing of biological aging.
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Spotlight on the Shingles Vaccine—Again!
Two new studies add to a remarkable body of evidence for benefit
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January 22, 2026 at 12:29 PM
This is so interesting and important. If you can afford it,(& I know it’s $$$) get the vaccine as soon after 50 as you can.
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We don’t have a functioning housing system in Australia; we have a generational lottery, where young people are faced with a lifetime of renting, precarious leases, and a housing market rigged against them. Housing should not be an intergenerational tug-of-war.
January 22, 2026 at 1:54 AM
We don’t have a functioning housing system in Australia; we have a generational lottery, where young people are faced with a lifetime of renting, precarious leases, and a housing market rigged against them. Housing should not be an intergenerational tug-of-war.
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Does the government know how eerily similar its 144-page "Combatting Antisemitism..." Bill is to Canada's "Combatting Hate..." Bill, and legislation proposed by NY Gov. Kathy Hochul?
Coincidence?
Copy/paste legislation from global lobby groups, more likely.
#AusPol
www.jta.org/2026/01/13/p...
Coincidence?
Copy/paste legislation from global lobby groups, more likely.
#AusPol
www.jta.org/2026/01/13/p...
New York's governor is introducing a bill to curb synagogue protests. Now comes the hard part. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Similar legislation in Canada has drawn opposition from the pro-Palestinian left and pro-Israel right.
www.jta.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Does the government know how eerily similar its 144-page "Combatting Antisemitism..." Bill is to Canada's "Combatting Hate..." Bill, and legislation proposed by NY Gov. Kathy Hochul?
Coincidence?
Copy/paste legislation from global lobby groups, more likely.
#AusPol
www.jta.org/2026/01/13/p...
Coincidence?
Copy/paste legislation from global lobby groups, more likely.
#AusPol
www.jta.org/2026/01/13/p...
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Australia already has a massively concentrated pharmacy market, with just a handful of players. Now Chemist Warehouse is about to buy one of their main competitors.
We need to break up monopolies not create more of them.
alexwhite.org/2026/01/what... #auspol #ausbiz
We need to break up monopolies not create more of them.
alexwhite.org/2026/01/what... #auspol #ausbiz
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Australia already has a massively concentrated pharmacy market, with just a handful of players. Now Chemist Warehouse is about to buy one of their main competitors.
We need to break up monopolies not create more of them.
alexwhite.org/2026/01/what... #auspol #ausbiz
We need to break up monopolies not create more of them.
alexwhite.org/2026/01/what... #auspol #ausbiz
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The duopoly are both shit.
Stop voting for them.
Stop voting for them.
January 20, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The duopoly are both shit.
Stop voting for them.
Stop voting for them.
