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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 26m

That’s meant to say Bully boy!!!! (Should not post after 10pm!)

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 12h

Well done Good Food Guide - doing the right thing despite the bully blame mafia! #auspol
www.smh.com.au/business/wor...

Merivale dropped from Good Food Guide

Australia’s largest hospitality company has been excluded from the Good Food Guide following claims it exploited workers and prioritised VIP treatment over staff safety.

www.smh.com.au

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 27m

Hear hear

Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 27m

🙏🙏🙏

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 28m

Love you #Portlandia! #resist #iceicebaby

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 29m

Well done @GoodFoodGuide!!!
www.smh.com.au/business/wor...

Merivale dropped from Good Food Guide

Australia’s largest hospitality company has been excluded from the Good Food Guide following claims it exploited workers and prioritised VIP treatment over staff safety.

www.smh.com.au

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 12h

I just love this!

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 17h

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

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Jenna Price @jennaprice.bsky.social · 12h

Did an Australian just win a Nobel prize?

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 12h

I did - & very sorry for your loss.

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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 16h

Read @sarahschwartz.bsky.social personal letter in The Guardian today | When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz

Not speaking would go against everything I was taught to honour: the righteous among the nations – those who refused to be bystanders to injustice

www.theguardian.com

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 12h

🤣

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. @nsarbutts.bsky.social · 14h

Nick Clegg says asking petrol companies to charge for petrol would kill the car industry

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

I’m shocked.

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Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭 @ajaanmark.bsky.social · 12h

Watching AU v Pakistan in the Women's Cricket World Cup 🏏

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

Only a strong and powerful leader like Trump can bring this war ravaged city back from the brink of destruction and anarchy.

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 14h

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

It has cost $1.138 million and counting for the independent lawyer the NACC has had to hire to fix the mess their Commissioner made of the Robodebt inquiry

Compromised decision making costs public money and trust.

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 12h

Well done Good Food Guide - doing the right thing despite the bully blame mafia! #auspol
www.smh.com.au/business/wor...

Merivale dropped from Good Food Guide

Australia’s largest hospitality company has been excluded from the Good Food Guide following claims it exploited workers and prioritised VIP treatment over staff safety.

www.smh.com.au

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 13h

And yet not hitting the mainstream media because, ya know, women!b #thisistrump www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

WATCH: Senate committee finds 'invasive' medical mistreatment of women detained by ICE

The panel heard testimony from a detained migrant mother who was transported in shackles to be brusquely probed by a gynecologist and later injected with a contraceptive without explanation.

www.pbs.org

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

The @iea.org's guess at the variable renewable energy share in various countries by 2030 - Denmark will be around 78%.

None of this was meant to be even remotely possible!!

iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/48ecc...

a chart showing various VRE shares by region

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d

It looks very much like the National Press Club statement lied about their cancellation of Chris Hedges. His appearance WAS confirmed, and even listed on the website, according to this.
(Hedges believes his talk on Gaza was cancelled following pressure from the pro-Israel lobby):

Statement on Cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National Press Club of Australia — Australian Friends of Palestine Association

AFOPA is responding to the Statement published on 4 October 2025 by the National Press Club of Australia ( NPC) in relation to their cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National ...

www.afopa.com.au

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 1d

A Kagu bird on the brink of extinction meets its own kind.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d

World generated 1/3 more #solar power in first half of year compared with same period in 2024, meeting 83% of the global increase in electricity demand. “Solar and #wind growing fast enough to meet the world’s growing appetite for #electricity.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 1d

Check it regularly, share it widely … @trumpaction tracker - tracking every authoritarian action.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?

www.trumpactiontracker.info

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 2d

I’m cheering China on this one over the retro, #climate denying, globe cooking Trump agenda … you? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

www.bloomberg.com

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