Janet Castle
@janetc.bsky.social
Social worker, activist, human rights and climate/ environmental campaigner.
Sydney, Australia
https://bridgeforasylumseekers.org.au/
Photo: Burning steel wool by the talented Matt White
Sydney, Australia
https://bridgeforasylumseekers.org.au/
Photo: Burning steel wool by the talented Matt White
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"companies such as Apple and Google seem to be counting on their “No comment”s being buried by whatever scandal comes next. They are banking on a culture in which people have given up on demanding consequences"
There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
"companies such as Apple and Google seem to be counting on their “No comment”s being buried by whatever scandal comes next. They are banking on a culture in which people have given up on demanding consequences"
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Want to make a submission into the inquiry on the "Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill that was released yesterday?
You got till 4pm Thursday (ie TOMORROW)
That is quite disgraceful
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
You got till 4pm Thursday (ie TOMORROW)
That is quite disgraceful
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
Review of the Exposure Draft Legislation: Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026
The Minister for Home Affairs, Hon Tony Burke MP, wrote to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (the Committee) on 12 January 2026 to refer an Exposure Draft of the Combattin...
www.aph.gov.au
January 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Want to make a submission into the inquiry on the "Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill that was released yesterday?
You got till 4pm Thursday (ie TOMORROW)
That is quite disgraceful
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
You got till 4pm Thursday (ie TOMORROW)
That is quite disgraceful
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
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The part I came close to losing it:
Drove the client with the mail they’d received from Services Australia about the compensation settlement in the Robodebt class action to a Services Australia agent, and they said, and I quote:
“What’s Robodebt?”
Drove the client with the mail they’d received from Services Australia about the compensation settlement in the Robodebt class action to a Services Australia agent, and they said, and I quote:
“What’s Robodebt?”
January 12, 2026 at 8:09 AM
The part I came close to losing it:
Drove the client with the mail they’d received from Services Australia about the compensation settlement in the Robodebt class action to a Services Australia agent, and they said, and I quote:
“What’s Robodebt?”
Drove the client with the mail they’d received from Services Australia about the compensation settlement in the Robodebt class action to a Services Australia agent, and they said, and I quote:
“What’s Robodebt?”
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It is 2016. I am in an apartment in Balaclava, Melbourne, working on the issue of Robodebt
It is 2026. I am in Tungamah, assisting a client to register for compensation in the Robodebt class settlement
It is 2026. I am in Tungamah, assisting a client to register for compensation in the Robodebt class settlement
January 12, 2026 at 8:03 AM
It is 2016. I am in an apartment in Balaclava, Melbourne, working on the issue of Robodebt
It is 2026. I am in Tungamah, assisting a client to register for compensation in the Robodebt class settlement
It is 2026. I am in Tungamah, assisting a client to register for compensation in the Robodebt class settlement
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Mark Ruffalo donned an anti-ICE pin at the #GoldenGlobes in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer this week in Minneapolis. The black-and-white pin read “BE GOOD."
Follow live updates from the show: apnews.com/live/golden-...
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January 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Mark Ruffalo donned an anti-ICE pin at the #GoldenGlobes in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer this week in Minneapolis. The black-and-white pin read “BE GOOD."
Follow live updates from the show: apnews.com/live/golden-...
Follow live updates from the show: apnews.com/live/golden-...
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FFS
Preventing the sharing of sexualised images of children is “censorship” according to Elon Musk.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 9:05 PM
FFS
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In 2026, I’m working for a world where we:
✅ Elect community-first leaders
✅ Trust science & expertise
✅ Support public interest journalism
✅ Lead with empathy & kindness
✅ Put integrity at the heart of govt decision making
No one is coming to save us but us 🙌🙌 #auspol
✅ Elect community-first leaders
✅ Trust science & expertise
✅ Support public interest journalism
✅ Lead with empathy & kindness
✅ Put integrity at the heart of govt decision making
No one is coming to save us but us 🙌🙌 #auspol
December 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
In 2026, I’m working for a world where we:
✅ Elect community-first leaders
✅ Trust science & expertise
✅ Support public interest journalism
✅ Lead with empathy & kindness
✅ Put integrity at the heart of govt decision making
No one is coming to save us but us 🙌🙌 #auspol
✅ Elect community-first leaders
✅ Trust science & expertise
✅ Support public interest journalism
✅ Lead with empathy & kindness
✅ Put integrity at the heart of govt decision making
No one is coming to save us but us 🙌🙌 #auspol
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Did you notice how people stood against Israel on such a scale that the corporate world clamped down?
YouTube deleted war crime evidence. Social algos silo truth. Owned politicians outlaw protest speech. Police assault protesters. Media covers up the crime.
Know your enemies.
YouTube deleted war crime evidence. Social algos silo truth. Owned politicians outlaw protest speech. Police assault protesters. Media covers up the crime.
Know your enemies.
December 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Did you notice how people stood against Israel on such a scale that the corporate world clamped down?
YouTube deleted war crime evidence. Social algos silo truth. Owned politicians outlaw protest speech. Police assault protesters. Media covers up the crime.
Know your enemies.
YouTube deleted war crime evidence. Social algos silo truth. Owned politicians outlaw protest speech. Police assault protesters. Media covers up the crime.
Know your enemies.
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You mean like a petition to parliament that gets over 500,000 signatories started by an ex PM?
December 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
You mean like a petition to parliament that gets over 500,000 signatories started by an ex PM?
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The idea that we simply have to kill off a bunch of animals because it's a net benefit to climate is a false dichotomy that serves corporate interests trying to avoid having to put in the effort of finding good, well-chosen sites
Really wish media would consider breaking through this thinking
Really wish media would consider breaking through this thinking
Climate a bigger threat to biodiversity than renewables, experts say
As the green energy boom gathers pace, experts say climate change is a bigger threat to biodiversity than wind farms and other renewables projects.
www.abc.net.au
December 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The idea that we simply have to kill off a bunch of animals because it's a net benefit to climate is a false dichotomy that serves corporate interests trying to avoid having to put in the effort of finding good, well-chosen sites
Really wish media would consider breaking through this thinking
Really wish media would consider breaking through this thinking
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Colesworth getting customers to donate just enough money to the needy so that they’re less likely to steal food from them is a clever con, you have to admit
Fuck off Woolies for asking me at the checkout to donate to a charity when you’ve made over a billion dollars profit this year for shareholders partly from price gouging and screwing suppliers
December 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Colesworth getting customers to donate just enough money to the needy so that they’re less likely to steal food from them is a clever con, you have to admit
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Fuck off Woolies for asking me at the checkout to donate to a charity when you’ve made over a billion dollars profit this year for shareholders partly from price gouging and screwing suppliers
December 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Fuck off Woolies for asking me at the checkout to donate to a charity when you’ve made over a billion dollars profit this year for shareholders partly from price gouging and screwing suppliers
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I think they need a 'are you OK with Genocide?' question in there.
December 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I think they need a 'are you OK with Genocide?' question in there.
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All those educated people in the pipeline for producing this just not noticing the fundamental principle of not subjecting human rights or free speech rights to a show of hands.
December 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
All those educated people in the pipeline for producing this just not noticing the fundamental principle of not subjecting human rights or free speech rights to a show of hands.
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Bit of nostalgia ...from 1984, the Gillies Report Twelve days of Christmas ... inc PADDINGTON BEAR!!
Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzl...
Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzl...
ABC - Gillies Report "12 Days Of Christmas" (1984)
YouTube video by brilton1
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Bit of nostalgia ...from 1984, the Gillies Report Twelve days of Christmas ... inc PADDINGTON BEAR!!
Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzl...
Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzl...
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It's Wrensday Wednesday!
So here's one of my favourite fairywren photos from 2025. Not one, but four white-winged fairywrens at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta.
#wrensday #bestof2025
So here's one of my favourite fairywren photos from 2025. Not one, but four white-winged fairywrens at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta.
#wrensday #bestof2025
December 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It's Wrensday Wednesday!
So here's one of my favourite fairywren photos from 2025. Not one, but four white-winged fairywrens at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta.
#wrensday #bestof2025
So here's one of my favourite fairywren photos from 2025. Not one, but four white-winged fairywrens at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta.
#wrensday #bestof2025
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Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was arrested by UK police under the Terrorism Act at the Prisoners for Palestine lock-on protest outside the offices of Aspen Insurance in London, which insures the Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems.
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was arrested by UK police under the Terrorism Act at the Prisoners for Palestine lock-on protest outside the offices of Aspen Insurance in London, which insures the Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems.
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I disagree with much Albo's Labor Govt has said, done, and failed to do.
But I am utterly disgusted and genuinely horrified by the vomitous unfair attacks by the Coalition and the mainstream news media since the #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #auspol #IStandWithAlbo
But I am utterly disgusted and genuinely horrified by the vomitous unfair attacks by the Coalition and the mainstream news media since the #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #auspol #IStandWithAlbo
December 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I disagree with much Albo's Labor Govt has said, done, and failed to do.
But I am utterly disgusted and genuinely horrified by the vomitous unfair attacks by the Coalition and the mainstream news media since the #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #auspol #IStandWithAlbo
But I am utterly disgusted and genuinely horrified by the vomitous unfair attacks by the Coalition and the mainstream news media since the #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #auspol #IStandWithAlbo
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An old Cherokee told his grandson, “My son, there is a
battle between two wolves within us all.
One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, lies and ego.
The other is good. It is joy, peace, empathy and truth.”
The boy asked, “Grandfather, which wolf wins?”
“The one you feed.”
A'ho🪶
battle between two wolves within us all.
One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, lies and ego.
The other is good. It is joy, peace, empathy and truth.”
The boy asked, “Grandfather, which wolf wins?”
“The one you feed.”
A'ho🪶
December 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
An old Cherokee told his grandson, “My son, there is a
battle between two wolves within us all.
One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, lies and ego.
The other is good. It is joy, peace, empathy and truth.”
The boy asked, “Grandfather, which wolf wins?”
“The one you feed.”
A'ho🪶
battle between two wolves within us all.
One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, lies and ego.
The other is good. It is joy, peace, empathy and truth.”
The boy asked, “Grandfather, which wolf wins?”
“The one you feed.”
A'ho🪶
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The lighthouse is always watching.
December 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The lighthouse is always watching.
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Australia Institute research shows that nurses pay more tax than gas and oil companies.
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
December 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Australia Institute research shows that nurses pay more tax than gas and oil companies.
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.