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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 23h

Spot on @simonahac.bsky.social!

www.afr.com/policy/energ... #auspol

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, failure to take responsibility much?

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... #auspol

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Literature Cambridge @litcamb.bsky.social · 27d

Live online course on George Orwell: Power, Freedom, Decency, with Lisa Mullen, Cambridge.

• Keep the Aspidistra Flying
• Homage to Catalonia
• Coming up for Air
• Animal Farm
• Nineteen Eighty-Four

Tuesdays, 18 November to 16 December 2025.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/orwell-2025 #orwell

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Literature Cambridge @litcamb.bsky.social · 27d

Virginia Woolf’s Rooms.
Live online Season of lectures and seminars
September 2025 to June 2026
10 lectures, monthly.

www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/vw-season-6
#virginiawoolf #aroomofonesown #orlando

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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 10d

@chriswallace.bsky.social
So, um, how can I be better at seeing what’s coming and why aren’t I better at it anyway?
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

William Davies · Repeal the 20th Century: Pre-MAGA

To understand the intellectual coordinates of Trumpism requires us to look in less conventional places and to pay more...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.com · 10d

I’ve lost count of the number of articles I’ve written about design & build contracting being the fundamental reason for so many construction catastrophes. And, as night follows day, another example comes to light. When are we going to learn?
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion...

The Grenfell inquiry missed the elephant in the room: design and build

The Grenfell report fails to grasp the wider lessons of this tragedy by ignoring the warped procurement culture that encouraged so many awful decisions, argues Russell Curtis

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 10d

True that.

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Peta Fitz @pmf24-11.bsky.social · 11d

We are so fortunate to have JS contribute her astute political and intellectual
Analysis of what sometimes seems overwhelming

Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 11d

‘It appears this was the mentality Trump was channelling from his bully pulpit in New York. A world order shaped not by aspiration and inclusion but by fear, winners and losers, racialism and crude exclusionary nationalism.’ @juliannes.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #auspol

More than a narcissist’s rant, Trump’s UN address marked a disturbing turn towards a new world order | Julianne Schultz

Behind the US president’s speech lay the long-term logic of neoliberalism: winners and losers, racialism and a crude, exclusionary nationalism

www.theguardian.com

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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @mylesjaybee.bsky.social · 10d

Giving up beef & dairy is one of the most powerful climate actions an individual can take. Livestock drives ~60% of food emissions, yet gets little attention. Every meal without steak or milk punches far above its weight in the climate fight.
#ClimateCrisis

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds

Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social · 11d

Bad news from the oceans but even worse news that we have now crossed 7 of 9 planetary boundaries that define the "safe operating space" for our holocene-dependent human civilization.

Call me a dreamer but wouldn't it be nice if our governments felt the need to actually address this? #ClimateSky

World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life

Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10d

One for the “who could have seen this coming “ crowd

Headline from October 2024: Kamala’s newest lie: Trump will send the army after you

Headline from September 2025: Trump says he’s sending troops to Portland

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 10d

Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...

Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse

www.nytimes.com

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 19d

@juliannes.bsky.social AM FAHA on why politically independent journalism remains crucial to sustaining democracy & enhancing accountability of political elites.

humanities.org.au/power-of-the...
#watergate #kimmel #robertredford

Independent journalism & the control of information – Australian Academy of the Humanities

Julianne Schutlz explains why politically independent journalism remains crucial to democracy and holding those with power accountable.

humanities.org.au

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 14d

Join us next Thursday with some of the nation’s leading thinkers as they share a big idea for a better Australia.

@juliannes.bsky.social
@thomasmayo.bsky.social
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
@alicektg.bsky.social

Free webinar, RSVP here:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 11d

‘It appears this was the mentality Trump was channelling from his bully pulpit in New York. A world order shaped not by aspiration and inclusion but by fear, winners and losers, racialism and crude exclusionary nationalism.’ @juliannes.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #auspol

More than a narcissist’s rant, Trump’s UN address marked a disturbing turn towards a new world order | Julianne Schultz

Behind the US president’s speech lay the long-term logic of neoliberalism: winners and losers, racialism and a crude, exclusionary nationalism

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 17d

Powerful, and must-read piece, by transgender columnist and writer @mashagessen.bsky.social
in @nytimes.com - on how it feels when your country turns its back on you. (Ibsen's 'Enemy of the People resonates more and more)
"The price of admission to Trump’s America is aggressive compliance"

Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 17d

‘The philosopher Judith Butler and the Middle East historian Ussama Makdisi are perhaps the only two notified people who have spoken publicly about the email they received. Butler sees the silence of the others as a sign of fear.’

@mashagessen.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...

Opinion | I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger

www.nytimes.com

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Miriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 17d

Essential reading, as ever, from M, Gessen 👇

Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 17d

‘The philosopher Judith Butler and the Middle East historian Ussama Makdisi are perhaps the only two notified people who have spoken publicly about the email they received. Butler sees the silence of the others as a sign of fear.’

@mashagessen.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...

Opinion | I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 17d

‘The philosopher Judith Butler and the Middle East historian Ussama Makdisi are perhaps the only two notified people who have spoken publicly about the email they received. Butler sees the silence of the others as a sign of fear.’

@mashagessen.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...

Opinion | I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger

www.nytimes.com

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 18d

Now replicate that out of control exec pay by global outcomes across the ADF, RBA, APS etc

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 18d

More top #highered reporting ⁦‪from Julie Hare AFR.

www.afr.com/policy/healt...

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 18d

The NY Times reports this potentially Stalinesque abuse of power for state-sanctioned arbitrary murders,
while carefully avoiding any of these words:
- authoritarian
- dictator
- fascist
- totalitarian
- tyranny
- autocracy
- despotism

Corporate media's denial of reality continues.

Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 18d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

Draft Bill Would Authorize Trump to Kill People He Deems Narco-Terrorists

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 19d

So true.

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 19d

‘This is no longer just a matter of educational policy, but one of national survival: in an era of profound geopolitical uncertainty, is it time to fundamentally re-imagine our universities as a core instrument of our national power?’ Bill Shorten

www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/med...

SPEECH | Australian Institute of International Affairs

www.canberra.edu.au

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 19d

‘The structural fragility of our economy is the single greatest threat to our long-term security. And…our university sector, the engine room of our national intellect, is crucial to solving this crisis but, in its current form, is a reflection of it.’ Bill Shorten
www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/med...

SPEECH | Australian Institute of International Affairs

www.canberra.edu.au

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 20d

Your city does not have to be an ocean of sterile concrete & asphalt

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20d

Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com

Before and after images of street green g in central London UK

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