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Do you know there was a bagpipe world record in Melbourne??
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Do you know there was a bagpipe world record in Melbourne??
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Do you know there was a bagpipe world record in Melbourne??
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Do you know there was a bagpipe world record in Melbourne??
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I would be happy to fundraise for anti-fascist statues to be erected in every city on the earth and you should be, too.
Here’s another iconic statue, of Dutch WW2 anti-fascist hero Hannie Schaft - made by her friend, anti-fascist hero, Truus Oversteegen - in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
Here’s another iconic statue, of Dutch WW2 anti-fascist hero Hannie Schaft - made by her friend, anti-fascist hero, Truus Oversteegen - in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
October 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I would be happy to fundraise for anti-fascist statues to be erected in every city on the earth and you should be, too.
Here’s another iconic statue, of Dutch WW2 anti-fascist hero Hannie Schaft - made by her friend, anti-fascist hero, Truus Oversteegen - in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
Here’s another iconic statue, of Dutch WW2 anti-fascist hero Hannie Schaft - made by her friend, anti-fascist hero, Truus Oversteegen - in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
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This is a kindergarten in Kharkiv. Imagine bringing your child there in the morning — and then it’s struck by russia. Imagine the children, the teachers. And know that this is real — it’s happening every single day somewhere in Ukraine.
October 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This is a kindergarten in Kharkiv. Imagine bringing your child there in the morning — and then it’s struck by russia. Imagine the children, the teachers. And know that this is real — it’s happening every single day somewhere in Ukraine.
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😍🇺🇦The world's largest Ukrainian flag was unfurled in Australia.
Its size is 60x40 m, and its weight is 184 kg.The flag was created back in 2012 and since then it has been traveling across the continents, uniting Ukrainian communities around the world🥹
📹: Ukrainian Community of Queensland Inc.
Its size is 60x40 m, and its weight is 184 kg.The flag was created back in 2012 and since then it has been traveling across the continents, uniting Ukrainian communities around the world🥹
📹: Ukrainian Community of Queensland Inc.
October 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
😍🇺🇦The world's largest Ukrainian flag was unfurled in Australia.
Its size is 60x40 m, and its weight is 184 kg.The flag was created back in 2012 and since then it has been traveling across the continents, uniting Ukrainian communities around the world🥹
📹: Ukrainian Community of Queensland Inc.
Its size is 60x40 m, and its weight is 184 kg.The flag was created back in 2012 and since then it has been traveling across the continents, uniting Ukrainian communities around the world🥹
📹: Ukrainian Community of Queensland Inc.
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13-yr-old Camarria Williams made a remarkable discovery when she found a compound with potential cancer-fighting properties in goose poop from Garfield Park, Chicago.
This surprising find happened while participating in the Chicago Antibiotic Discovery Lab, a STEM program in collaboration with the
This surprising find happened while participating in the Chicago Antibiotic Discovery Lab, a STEM program in collaboration with the
June 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
13-yr-old Camarria Williams made a remarkable discovery when she found a compound with potential cancer-fighting properties in goose poop from Garfield Park, Chicago.
This surprising find happened while participating in the Chicago Antibiotic Discovery Lab, a STEM program in collaboration with the
This surprising find happened while participating in the Chicago Antibiotic Discovery Lab, a STEM program in collaboration with the
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Sukhjot Singh
"This fierce peregrine mom was patrolling her territory to provide a safe airspace for her newly fledged babies. I thought she was going to attack a few gulls that flew close, but she decided to take a hard right and turn around, offering a rare face-to-face moment with the camera."
"This fierce peregrine mom was patrolling her territory to provide a safe airspace for her newly fledged babies. I thought she was going to attack a few gulls that flew close, but she decided to take a hard right and turn around, offering a rare face-to-face moment with the camera."
June 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Sukhjot Singh
"This fierce peregrine mom was patrolling her territory to provide a safe airspace for her newly fledged babies. I thought she was going to attack a few gulls that flew close, but she decided to take a hard right and turn around, offering a rare face-to-face moment with the camera."
"This fierce peregrine mom was patrolling her territory to provide a safe airspace for her newly fledged babies. I thought she was going to attack a few gulls that flew close, but she decided to take a hard right and turn around, offering a rare face-to-face moment with the camera."
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🇺🇦🇬🇧“Putin says he wants the fighting to end. But 10,000 missiles and drones tell a different story.”
- John Healey
Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom
- John Healey
Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom
April 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🇺🇦🇬🇧“Putin says he wants the fighting to end. But 10,000 missiles and drones tell a different story.”
- John Healey
Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom
- John Healey
Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom
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when he sends citizens to foreign concentration camps, it’s no longer a slide to authoritarianism—it’s full blown fascism! 😔 this is not an administration, it’s a criminal regime in a hostile takeover of 🇺🇸 democracy. #FightFascism #TraitorTrump #DefendLiberty 🔔
April 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
when he sends citizens to foreign concentration camps, it’s no longer a slide to authoritarianism—it’s full blown fascism! 😔 this is not an administration, it’s a criminal regime in a hostile takeover of 🇺🇸 democracy. #FightFascism #TraitorTrump #DefendLiberty 🔔
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As Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton repeatedly argued in court against providing life-saving medical care to lawful refugees and asylum seekers in Australia's care.
Here's a list of just some of the lives he tried to subject to negligent care in 2018 alone.
A significant trigger warning here.
Here's a list of just some of the lives he tried to subject to negligent care in 2018 alone.
A significant trigger warning here.
![FRX17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 262 FCR 1; [2018] FCA 63 (9 February 2018) Pre-teen refugee at risk of developing psychotic depressive illness and with history of suicide attempts ordered to be transferred for acute, specialist, inpatient care, not available on Nauru, through interlocutory injunction.
AYX18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 283 (6 March 2018) Ten-year-old refugee with a history of attempts on his own life ordered by the Court to be transferred to Australian specialist inpatient care, not available on Nauru, through interlocutory injunction.
DCQ18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 918 (15 June 2018) Thirty-year-old with a history of attempts on her own life ordered by the Court to be transferred to Australia for termination of pregnancy, not available on Nauru, through interlocutory injunction.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eetlxdmpe6fkpj6bng3wi37l/bafkreidwdm4fosnmzp2r3nxo7sflb4e3m3qhl3xezwwd4sljjr3sjnslpy@jpeg)
![BAF18 v Minister for Home Affairs (2018) 162 ALD 115; [2018] FCA 1060 (11 July 2018) Seventeen-year-old refugee with history of self-harm and suicide ideation ordered by the Court to be transferred to specialist inpatient or acute community-based care, not available on Nauru, through interlocutory injunction.
DJA18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1050 (11 July 2018) Two-year-old refugee with encephalitis who had already been transferred to Port Moresby ordered by the Court to be transferred to Australia for appropriate care, not available on Nauru, through interlocutory injunction.
DRB18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1163 (25 July 2018) Twenty-seven-year-old refugee who had potentially suffered a penetrating eye injury ordered to be transferred to appropriate medical assessment and care, not available on Nauru, through interlocutory injunction.
DWE18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1121 (26 July 2018) Child suffering resignation syndrome with a history of self-harm ordered by the Court to be transferred to specialist inpatient care in Australia, through interlocutory injunction.
EHW18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1350 (31 August 2018) Forty-six-year-old refugee on Manus Island who was diabetic, blind in one eye from an assault in Papua New Guinea and going blind in the other who was also at an elevated risk of suicide ordered to be removed from Papua New Guinea to Australia for treatment.
ELF18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1368 (3 September 2018) Female refugee previously hospitalised “for a considerable period” after a violent incident on Nauru, suffering post-traumatic stress disorder and at risk of self-harm ordered to be transferred to Sydney for inpatient care.
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April 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
As Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton repeatedly argued in court against providing life-saving medical care to lawful refugees and asylum seekers in Australia's care.
Here's a list of just some of the lives he tried to subject to negligent care in 2018 alone.
A significant trigger warning here.
Here's a list of just some of the lives he tried to subject to negligent care in 2018 alone.
A significant trigger warning here.
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ME: I am a serious political commentator with a searing ideological analysis of policy
ALSO ME: Peter Dutton is a creepy weirdo, Jesus Christ, if I saw him following me home from the train station, I’d run
#leadersdebate25
ALSO ME: Peter Dutton is a creepy weirdo, Jesus Christ, if I saw him following me home from the train station, I’d run
#leadersdebate25
April 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
ME: I am a serious political commentator with a searing ideological analysis of policy
ALSO ME: Peter Dutton is a creepy weirdo, Jesus Christ, if I saw him following me home from the train station, I’d run
#leadersdebate25
ALSO ME: Peter Dutton is a creepy weirdo, Jesus Christ, if I saw him following me home from the train station, I’d run
#leadersdebate25
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Peter Dutton’s plan to cut 41,000 jobs in the public service would make 1000 Tasmanians unemployed alone.
Does anyone really think Tasmania can afford to lose that many full time jobs?!
#leadersdebate25
Does anyone really think Tasmania can afford to lose that many full time jobs?!
#leadersdebate25
April 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Peter Dutton’s plan to cut 41,000 jobs in the public service would make 1000 Tasmanians unemployed alone.
Does anyone really think Tasmania can afford to lose that many full time jobs?!
#leadersdebate25
Does anyone really think Tasmania can afford to lose that many full time jobs?!
#leadersdebate25
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DUTTON: We’re going to cut 41,000 jobs from the public service.
SPEERS: Where from tho?
DUTTON: We haven’t made any plans.
Literally said the bit about “we haven’t made any plans”.
#leadersdebate25
SPEERS: Where from tho?
DUTTON: We haven’t made any plans.
Literally said the bit about “we haven’t made any plans”.
#leadersdebate25
April 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
DUTTON: We’re going to cut 41,000 jobs from the public service.
SPEERS: Where from tho?
DUTTON: We haven’t made any plans.
Literally said the bit about “we haven’t made any plans”.
#leadersdebate25
SPEERS: Where from tho?
DUTTON: We haven’t made any plans.
Literally said the bit about “we haven’t made any plans”.
#leadersdebate25
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A reminder that Peter Dutton used to be Health Minister. And he was voted the worst Health Minister in 30 years by doctors. #leadersdebate25
April 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A reminder that Peter Dutton used to be Health Minister. And he was voted the worst Health Minister in 30 years by doctors. #leadersdebate25
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Can someone tell Peter Dutton that Australia is not the UK? Not economically, and not geographically. Nuclear power needs water. The UK has a lot of it. Australia… not so much, love.
#leadersdebate25
#leadersdebate25
April 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Can someone tell Peter Dutton that Australia is not the UK? Not economically, and not geographically. Nuclear power needs water. The UK has a lot of it. Australia… not so much, love.
#leadersdebate25
#leadersdebate25
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The nuclear submarines of the AUKUS agreement were negotiated by… Peter Dutton, in the Scott Morrison Liberal government. #leadersdebate25
April 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The nuclear submarines of the AUKUS agreement were negotiated by… Peter Dutton, in the Scott Morrison Liberal government. #leadersdebate25
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April 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Interestingly, electricity prices have been consistently cheaper in Queensland as compared to other states because union activism stopped the electricity companies being privatised by Liberal governments. #leadersdebate25
April 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Interestingly, electricity prices have been consistently cheaper in Queensland as compared to other states because union activism stopped the electricity companies being privatised by Liberal governments. #leadersdebate25
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The work of creating sustainable jobs and culturally-responsive training opportunities in remote Indigenous communities is going to be one of the less celebrated acts of the Albanese Labor government but it’s probably going to be one of the most transformative ones. #leadersdebate25
April 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The work of creating sustainable jobs and culturally-responsive training opportunities in remote Indigenous communities is going to be one of the less celebrated acts of the Albanese Labor government but it’s probably going to be one of the most transformative ones. #leadersdebate25
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
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Meet Anthony Schmidt, a 16-year-old with #autism who turns #miniature #cars into life-sized works of #art through his incredible #photography
April 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Meet Anthony Schmidt, a 16-year-old with #autism who turns #miniature #cars into life-sized works of #art through his incredible #photography
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russian Telegram channels report a fire at an oil refinery in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk region of Russia.
russian Telegram channels report a fire at an oil refinery in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk region of Russia.
April 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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russian Telegram channels report a fire at an oil refinery in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk region of Russia.
russian Telegram channels report a fire at an oil refinery in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk region of Russia.
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Sweden will purchase Polish-made drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces as part of its military aid package.
A powerful example of European solidarity — united support, shared strength, one goal: Victory for Ukraine.🇸🇪🤝🇵🇱
A powerful example of European solidarity — united support, shared strength, one goal: Victory for Ukraine.🇸🇪🤝🇵🇱
April 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Sweden will purchase Polish-made drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces as part of its military aid package.
A powerful example of European solidarity — united support, shared strength, one goal: Victory for Ukraine.🇸🇪🤝🇵🇱
A powerful example of European solidarity — united support, shared strength, one goal: Victory for Ukraine.🇸🇪🤝🇵🇱
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Good night, dear friends. It’s 01:10 in Ukraine. I wish everyone has a safe, peaceful, and calm night and beautiful weekend.
📹🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: “Everything will be fine, We will win”
📹🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: “Everything will be fine, We will win”
March 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Good night, dear friends. It’s 01:10 in Ukraine. I wish everyone has a safe, peaceful, and calm night and beautiful weekend.
📹🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: “Everything will be fine, We will win”
📹🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: “Everything will be fine, We will win”
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Israel to ‘seize more ground’ and warns Hamas it will annex parts of Gaza
Israel to ‘seize more ground’ and warns Hamas it will annex parts of Gaza
Defence minister issues threat as IDF intensifies offensive with ‘non-stop’ overnight attacks across territory
Israel’s defence minister said he had instructed the military to “seize more ground” in Gaza and threatened to annex part of the territory unless Hamas released 59 Israeli hostages still held in the devastated territory.
Israel Katz’s warning on Friday came as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intensified the new offensive launched on Tuesday, when a wave of airstrikes shattered the truce that had brought a fragile and relative calm since mid-January. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Israel to ‘seize more ground’ and warns Hamas it will annex parts of Gaza