Bern Towner
@berntowner.bsky.social
Life curious. Value learning, intelligence, empathy & compassion. Bit lack lustred at times. Retired MH clinician. Here for the fun of it🤓
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You what?
www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/2025/ad...
The Adelaide Writers Festival was founded by an Act of Parliament "to foster inclusivity, creativity & celebration" for All Australians...except the Palestinian female one.
www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/2025/ad...
The Adelaide Writers Festival was founded by an Act of Parliament "to foster inclusivity, creativity & celebration" for All Australians...except the Palestinian female one.
Adelaide Festival Board Statement
www.adelaidefestival.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM
You what?
www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/2025/ad...
The Adelaide Writers Festival was founded by an Act of Parliament "to foster inclusivity, creativity & celebration" for All Australians...except the Palestinian female one.
www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/2025/ad...
The Adelaide Writers Festival was founded by an Act of Parliament "to foster inclusivity, creativity & celebration" for All Australians...except the Palestinian female one.
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The cost of a fully-fitted out water bomber fleet suited to Australia’s needs is around $25m. We could fund that for 30 years with just one AUKUS sub down payment. Would come in handy on days like these.
January 9, 2026 at 4:02 AM
The cost of a fully-fitted out water bomber fleet suited to Australia’s needs is around $25m. We could fund that for 30 years with just one AUKUS sub down payment. Would come in handy on days like these.
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Elon Musk's AI chatbot is churning out non-consensual sexual deepfakes every minute. Meanwhile the Australian government continues to pay the company millions, writes Cam Wilson.
The Australian government is spending millions supporting Elon Musk's deepfake porn factory, X
www.crikey.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Elon Musk's AI chatbot is churning out non-consensual sexual deepfakes every minute. Meanwhile the Australian government continues to pay the company millions, writes Cam Wilson.
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I am pretty damn proud to work with @australiainstitute.org.au, with people like @richarddenniss.bsky.social and @amyremeikis.bsky.social and @emmashortis.bsky.social et al. No slinking quietly into the background here - they're making a pretty necessary stand for what's right
January 9, 2026 at 8:28 AM
I am pretty damn proud to work with @australiainstitute.org.au, with people like @richarddenniss.bsky.social and @amyremeikis.bsky.social and @emmashortis.bsky.social et al. No slinking quietly into the background here - they're making a pretty necessary stand for what's right
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Who's going to organise the Adelaide anti-racism festival? Hold it next door and at the same time and it'll have double the attendance of this celebration of bigotry
I stand with Randa and everyone standing against hate, genocide, oppression and terror. In all its forms.
January 8, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Who's going to organise the Adelaide anti-racism festival? Hold it next door and at the same time and it'll have double the attendance of this celebration of bigotry
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There's a long history of racism & bigotry in Australia. Addressing it is not helped by elected officials making statements to parliament normalising it. A-G George Brandis was attempting to weaken the Racial Discrimination Act in 2014. #auspol www.theguardian.com/world/2014/m...
George Brandis: 'People have the right to be bigots'
The attorney general confirms the government will go ahead with plans to remove sections of the Racial Discrimination Act
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
There's a long history of racism & bigotry in Australia. Addressing it is not helped by elected officials making statements to parliament normalising it. A-G George Brandis was attempting to weaken the Racial Discrimination Act in 2014. #auspol www.theguardian.com/world/2014/m...
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James Paterson spent years fiercely campaigning to repeal section 18C — arguing it should be lawful to racially insult Indigenous Australians, Greeks, Italians, Asians and others.
January 9, 2026 at 1:21 AM
James Paterson spent years fiercely campaigning to repeal section 18C — arguing it should be lawful to racially insult Indigenous Australians, Greeks, Italians, Asians and others.
Will we have this statement released through MSM. Doubt it.
Statement: Jewish Council Condemns Adelaide Festival Removal of Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah
January 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Will we have this statement released through MSM. Doubt it.
Who is this turkey doing 7.30 report?😏 not a journalist mr thinks!
January 8, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Who is this turkey doing 7.30 report?😏 not a journalist mr thinks!
Have to get outta here… just doom scrolling & depressing self😖
Take care all.
Take care all.
January 8, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Have to get outta here… just doom scrolling & depressing self😖
Take care all.
Take care all.
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There can be no social cohesion while the gap between the well off and those barely surviving grows wider and wider.
January 8, 2026 at 6:52 AM
There can be no social cohesion while the gap between the well off and those barely surviving grows wider and wider.
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AUs National Emergency. Where is the RC into the daily physical, emotional, religious, verbal violence, male behaviour & gender inequality? In 2025 48 women & 16 children died thru DV & 40% of all injury hospitalizations in AU were women. Seems we over fall a lot. nextstepsaustralia.org.au/learn/
Quick facts about violence against women
Key statistics on violence against women from Our Watch, a national leader in primary prevention of violence against women and their children in Australia.
www.ourwatch.org.au
January 8, 2026 at 7:34 AM
AUs National Emergency. Where is the RC into the daily physical, emotional, religious, verbal violence, male behaviour & gender inequality? In 2025 48 women & 16 children died thru DV & 40% of all injury hospitalizations in AU were women. Seems we over fall a lot. nextstepsaustralia.org.au/learn/
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Australia is currently the hottest place on earth... by far
January 8, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Australia is currently the hottest place on earth... by far
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Victoria Liuzzo
Heather Heyer
Renee Nicole Good
Heather Heyer
Renee Nicole Good
January 8, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Victoria Liuzzo
Heather Heyer
Renee Nicole Good
Heather Heyer
Renee Nicole Good
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Well, I was going to be on a panel at the Adelaide Writers' Festival but I'm not any more.
January 8, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Well, I was going to be on a panel at the Adelaide Writers' Festival but I'm not any more.
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Randa Abdel-Fattah uninvited from Adelaide Writers’ Week, because of Bondi, even though they "do not suggest in any way that Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s or her writings have any connection with the tragedy at Bondi." She just can't come anymore. Because Bondi.
www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/2025/ad...
www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/2025/ad...
Adelaide Festival Board Statement
www.adelaidefestival.com.au
January 8, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Randa Abdel-Fattah uninvited from Adelaide Writers’ Week, because of Bondi, even though they "do not suggest in any way that Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s or her writings have any connection with the tragedy at Bondi." She just can't come anymore. Because Bondi.
www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/2025/ad...
www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/2025/ad...
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I stand with Randa and everyone standing against hate, genocide, oppression and terror. In all its forms.
January 8, 2026 at 5:28 AM
I stand with Randa and everyone standing against hate, genocide, oppression and terror. In all its forms.
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I guess Australian media/politics is just gonna pretend the grok stuff isn't happening huh. I guess actually reporting on it might invite awkward questions like "why the fuck are you pathetic engagement junkies still there"
January 7, 2026 at 8:05 AM
I guess Australian media/politics is just gonna pretend the grok stuff isn't happening huh. I guess actually reporting on it might invite awkward questions like "why the fuck are you pathetic engagement junkies still there"
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'The family said they were heartbroken by the incident but determined for change.
"We are here because we want answers, we want accountability, and we want real, immediate change to ensure no other First Nations child is ever treated like this again," they said.'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
"We are here because we want answers, we want accountability, and we want real, immediate change to ensure no other First Nations child is ever treated like this again," they said.'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Aboriginal teen mistakenly pulled from bus at gunpoint after 'racial profiling'
The family of a 17-year-old Indigenous boy says he was racially profiled when he was pulled from a Canberra bus by police officers who handcuffed him before realising he was the wrong person.
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
'The family said they were heartbroken by the incident but determined for change.
"We are here because we want answers, we want accountability, and we want real, immediate change to ensure no other First Nations child is ever treated like this again," they said.'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
"We are here because we want answers, we want accountability, and we want real, immediate change to ensure no other First Nations child is ever treated like this again," they said.'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Why not go all the way? Like hold a referendum to establish a Jewish Voice to parliament
Oh that’s right ‘The Coalition opposed the Indigenous Voice arguing it was divisive bc it would enshrine a "group right" for one race in the constitution, potentially creating an unequal system of citizenship.
Oh that’s right ‘The Coalition opposed the Indigenous Voice arguing it was divisive bc it would enshrine a "group right" for one race in the constitution, potentially creating an unequal system of citizenship.
January 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Why not go all the way? Like hold a referendum to establish a Jewish Voice to parliament
Oh that’s right ‘The Coalition opposed the Indigenous Voice arguing it was divisive bc it would enshrine a "group right" for one race in the constitution, potentially creating an unequal system of citizenship.
Oh that’s right ‘The Coalition opposed the Indigenous Voice arguing it was divisive bc it would enshrine a "group right" for one race in the constitution, potentially creating an unequal system of citizenship.
Exactly!
These are the same people that couldn't cope with an Aboriginal voice. It's repulsive.
January 7, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Exactly!
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Pressed on why she described far-right neo-Nazis as “far-left”, Sussan Ley says these are just “political concepts” and can be framed however you like. 🤔
I don’t think so, Sussan. Left neo-Nazis?
#auspol
I don’t think so, Sussan. Left neo-Nazis?
#auspol
January 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Pressed on why she described far-right neo-Nazis as “far-left”, Sussan Ley says these are just “political concepts” and can be framed however you like. 🤔
I don’t think so, Sussan. Left neo-Nazis?
#auspol
I don’t think so, Sussan. Left neo-Nazis?
#auspol
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Love John Howard not being able to reach.
January 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Love John Howard not being able to reach.