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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 17h

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

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Jenna Price @jennaprice.bsky.social · 17h

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Megan @meganchapman.bsky.social · 17h

Yes! Richard Robson from UoM. Check out what for here.

chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/about/news/t...

The man who built a whole new field of chemistry

chemistry.unimelb.edu.au

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Jenna Price @jennaprice.bsky.social · 17h

Um. Richard Robson has lived in Australia for decades.

CNN @cnn.com · 17h

The 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to three pioneering scientists for developing unique molecular frameworks, likened to Hermione's handbag in Harry Potter https://cnn.it/3WySPRX

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Jenna Price @jennaprice.bsky.social · 17h

Did an Australian just win a Nobel prize?

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Jenna Price @jennaprice.bsky.social · 19h

These are a few of 21 buds.

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 19h

I'm excited to officially share that I'll be joining UNSW Canberra as a Lecturer in International and Political Studies in January 2026!

#AcademicLife #Academia #NewJob

Wattle with the Black Mountain tower in tje background

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

This is the Epstein files shutdown.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @AdelitaForAZ
, Adelita Grijalva, stating, "The people of Southern Arizona deserve representation and I'm ready to get to work. Swear me in NOW! @SpeakerJohnson
!" followed by a reply from @GavinNewsom
, Gavin Newsom, saying, "It's not even November and the GOP are already rigging elections." Below, a news headline from McClatchy by Nikki McCann Ramirez dated September 30, 2025, reads, "DEM SAYS MIKE JOHNSON IS DELAYING HER SWEARING-IN TO PREVENT EPSTEIN VOTE," with a photo of Adelita Grijalva smiling at an event in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

Right wing conservative lobby group Advance has responded to the Senate inquiry into climate misinformation by mobilising its subscriber base. Senators received more than 5000 anonymous emails, essentially telling them to back off. satpa.pe/Ej6NwsN

News Corp and Advance called to misinformation inquiry

The Senate inquiry into climate misinformation invited both News Corp and Advance to its hearings – senators have received 5000 emails from Advance supporters, telling them to back off.

satpa.pe

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Scoop: OpenAI has signed its first ever Australia government contract, quietly inking a deal with Treasury amid the ChatGPT-maker's charm offensive on policymakers.

This modest contract is an ideal foothold into future, more lucrative deals, according to one firm's analysis.
www.crikey.com.au/20...

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Jenna Price @jennaprice.bsky.social · 3d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

American taxpayers are paying people to post Bible verses on a US government account.

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Jenna Price @jennaprice.bsky.social · 3d

Next minute, One Nation? www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Dutton: Hastie ‘went on strike’ and cost us at election

After he stunned colleagues by quitting Sussan Ley’s frontbench on Friday, the WA MP’s exit opened the door to speculation about the Liberal leader’s position as MPs return to Canberra.

www.smh.com.au

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Jenna Price @jennaprice.bsky.social · 3d

Madge and the Man-mountain manifested this last November. #nrlgf

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 3d

Violent thugs are terrorizing Americans and they were sent by the White House.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 4d

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4d

To understand the chaos in Chicago, here are some must-follows:

@unraveledpress.com
@thetriibe.com
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
@chicago.suntimes.com
@katmabu.bsky.social
@bencollins.bsky.social
@dansinker.com
@wttw.bsky.social

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Axios @axios.com · 4d

Scholars said that under Trump, the FBI is less invested in right-wing domestic terrorism.

"Kash Patel's FBI and the Trump administration have virtually zero interest in tracking and counteracting the threat from the far right."

FBI, ADL split shows Trump admin is de-prioritizing right-wing violence, scholars say

FBI director Kash Patel ended the bureau's long-standing partnership with the Anti-Defamation League this week.

www.axios.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.