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Matt Ryan @mattdjryan.bsky.social · 7h

This is incredible news, and shows the incredible power of collective action. The fight against the neoliberal university (my own included) goes on, but its nice to hear some good news for a change.

Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 9h

#Breaking | ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences will not face structural changes at this time. No renaming, merging, or disestablishment of areas. Change management appears to have been halted, even walked back completely. It’s unclear the impacts of this announcement on the school of music.

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Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 1d

In the last hour, the brave humanitarians aboard the Freedom Flotilla, which includes at least one Australian, Madeleine Habib, have reported being surrounded and intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters.

This is direct contravention of international law.

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 1d

If Labor wishes to reclaim its moral authority, it must break with the consultant paradigm: rebuild public governance, fund socially vital disciplines and restore universities as places of learning, not revenue streams. #auspol #universitiesAU

How the ALP outsourced the soul of higher education

For most of its history, the Australian Labor Party spoke of education as a public good, the light on the hill, a vision of collective progress through strong institutions, universal access, and the elevation of ordinary citizens.

johnmenadue.com

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Mike Roberts @miker66.bsky.social · 1d

Great curtailment explainer from @dylanjmcconnell.bsky.social

Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM) @ceemunsw.bsky.social · 1d

💡🔌A new article from Ben Potter explores curtailment of renewable generation in the NEM with the help of CEEM's Dylan McConnell and some illuminating charts, as spring rolls on and curtailment reaches new peaks. ☀️

🔗 Check out the full piece here: theenergy.co/article/lear...

Learning to live with curtailment

Rising curtailment is playing havoc with the economics of new wind and solar projects

theenergy.co

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

The NPC has absolutely shamed itself.

Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 2d

~ ermahgerd ~

Seems v much like the NPC was not truthful about its cancellation of Hedges' scheduled appearance on OCT 20.

'Statement on Cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National Press Club of Australia'

www.afopa.com.au/blog/2025/10...

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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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 2d

An excellent list of questions.

The fact that - most likely - NONE of them will be asked demonstrates just how pathetic is the level of political accountability in the Australian parliament.

And how the cosy 'two-party system' has been such a failure for democracy. #auspol

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 2d

Opinion | From AUKUS to our timid climate target, there are a thousand questions that should be asked at Senate estimates. Too bad they won't be, @amyremeikis.bsky.social writes.

Here's a list of questions for Senate estimates that will probably, definitely, not be asked

We’ve compiled a short list of the questions that could be asked at estimates, but probably won’t be.

www.crikey.com.au

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 7d

Shout out to all Artificial Intelligence enthusiasts this First Dog on the Moon Spoken Cartoon is not for you soz - everyone else go and look at it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDBl...

Artificial Intelligence - Everyone hates it! A spoken cartoon...

YouTube video by firstdog onthemoon

www.youtube.com

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Mike Roberts @miker66.bsky.social · 4d

See also “Trump is an idiot”

Mike Roberts @miker66.bsky.social · 4d

This 100%. Incompetence is not the issue.

David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 4d

Talk of Badenoch's incompetence is entirely superfluous at this stage. In fact, foregrounding her incompetence and lack of future prospects only detracts from how dangerous she is, right now, as leader of the opposition. That is the real issue. That the leader of the opposition is far right.

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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 4d

These cases of extreme, far-right racist violence targeting Muslims and people seeking asylum are being blithely ignored by most media and politicians because they see no political capital in addressing them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man arrested after fire at London asylum seekers' hotel

The blaze is being treated as a hate crime by officers investigating.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Netpol @netpol.org · 4d

This will presumably involve a late amendment to the Police and Crime Bill, currently trundling through the House of Lords. These measures need to be resisted. Every new anti protest law decreases our collective ability to exercise our rights and hold governments and corporations to account

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 4d

Wish I could say I was shocked, but here's the Labour government constraining the right to peaceful protest again...

'You can protest but only according to our rules. The rules are: you're not allowed to use any of the tactics that make protest effective.'

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

This is grim & dangerous over reach.

This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.

Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.

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Mike Roberts @miker66.bsky.social · 5d

“Some humanity could have been shown” indeed, but not by these Labour ghouls

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 6d

“intercepted in international waters” by a military force is an attack. “Captured” in international waters is abducted. These are illegal acts of aggression. How anyone can keep providing cover - including the Australian public broadcaster - for the Israeli military at this point is beyond me.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 5d

The strike in Italy are massive. There's at least 100 different ones across the country under the banner of "Stop the Genocide, We Are all Global Sumud Flotilla"

www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...

Sciopero oggi per Flotilla e Gaza, la diretta dei 100 cortei in tutta Italia

Si fermano i trasporti, la scuola e la sanità. Salvini avverte: “Se prevarrà il buon senso, ci comporteremo in una certa maniera. Se prevarrà la violenza sapre…

www.repubblica.it

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HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 6d

Yes we can do this but our politicians are in the pockets of the corporations.

England’s water can be renationalised without compensation, activists say

Campaigners cite previous court rulings against shareholders, such as in the case of Northern Rock bank

www.theguardian.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 7d

Wealthy cosseted white dudes need to stop acting like their incuriosity, moral cowardice, and self-serving unwillingness to speak truth to power (or amplify those doing so) is somehow virtuous superiority www.theredhandfiles.com/where-do-you...