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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 20h

What???
They threw a former Wallabies Captain out of their Parliamentary sporting club because he spoke up about gambling!!!! What???
#auspol #4Corners > www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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eX Citizen @snotrejected.bsky.social · 19h

They threw the sportsman out of their gambling club. It makes more sense like that.

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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 2d

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

There are some people whom the media has decided are "leading intellectuals", regardless of the views of their academic colleagues. Invariably they are people who justify - or at the very least do not challenge - economic power. Steven Pinker is a stand-out example.
www.monbiot.com/2018/03/09/c...

Contrary to Reason

Steven Pinker claims to champion Enlightenment values. But his latest book is an affront to them

www.monbiot.com

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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 3d

Deloitte AI report: Firm admits to using AI in error-filled government report

www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

www.afr.com

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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 3d

The Gaza flotilla gives us hope because we can see SOMEONE is doing SOMETHING!

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Gaza flotilla gives us hope because we can see SOMEONE is doing SOMETHING! | First Dog on the Moon

It reminds us of what people can do even though we have not (yet) stopped the genocide

www.theguardian.com

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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 4d

Australians overwhelmingly back sanctions on Israel, new poll finds

'Sizeable majority' of voters across political lines want Israel to end genocide in Gaza

www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...

Australians overwhelmingly back sanctions on Israel, new poll finds

'Sizeable majority' of voters across political lines want Israel to end genocide in Gaza

www.deepcutnews.com

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 4d

The Venn diagram of urban density and average household GHG emissions is pretty much a circle. Interesting study on “Mapping household GHG emissions in the Greater Golden Horseshoe” from the University of Toronto School of Cities schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/mapping-hous...

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 4d

In light of the National Climate Risk Assessment, surely our governments have a responsibility to address Australia’s contribution to climate change, writes Professor Nicholas J. Talley AC insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/39/figh...

Fighting for our health in the wake of the National Climate Risk Assessment - InSight+

In light of the National Climate Risk Assessment, surely our governments have a responsibility to address Australia’s contribution to climate change, writes Professor Nicholas J. Talley AC. The recent...

insightplus.mja.com.au

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 5d

Good things. 🧵

Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 5d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 5d

EAT-Lancet 2025: Global food transformation needed to ease pressure on the planet and save millions of lives

www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res...

EAT-Lancet 2025: Global food transformation needed to ease pressure on the planet and save millions of lives

Five of the seven breached planetary boundaries are linked to food systems. By transforming production and adopting a “planetary health diet,” we can halve food-related climate emissions and prevent m...

www.stockholmresilience.org

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 5d

Not just that you will be punished for standing up for the oppressed, but that you will be ritually humiliated and made an example of.
Hello, world?

ed @macaulaybalkan.bsky.social · 5d

The word I keep grasping at these days is ‘impunity’

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 6d

You said it, Ronni.

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 5d

It’s truly not that complicated

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https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2025/10/04/politics-hope-complicated-left-right

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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 5d

"I, along with every other reporter I know who has worked in Gaza ... have reported a reality in Gaza that bears no resemblance to how it is portrayed by Israeli politicians, its military and many media outlets that serve as Israel’s echo chamber."

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Hedges Report: NPC Australia caves to Israel Lobby, cancels talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists

The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.

johnmenadue.com

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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 5d

Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries monitors a world out of balance

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries monitors a world out of balance - Nature

A revised ‘Doughnut’ providing a visual assessment of trends in social deprivation and planetary degradation over the past two decades shows more than doubling of global GDP accompanied by accelerating ecological overshoot but only a modest reduction in human deprivation.

www.nature.com

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Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒 @marspidermonkey.bsky.social · 8d

As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.

However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)

Photo of Jane Goodall in the center, signing a book, with three women standing slightly hunched behind her. A very young Michelle is to the right, smiling.

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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 7d

"For Professor Steer, who has been skippering the state's official response to the bloom, the algae has taken the nation into uncharted waters."

There is an 'official state response'? Wow, that'll make all the difference.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

The sea is sick and has entered uncharted waters

The disastrous algal bloom that has been lapping at South Australia's shores has turned a coastline into a frontline, leaving many swimmers, surfers and seaside business operators wondering what the u...

www.abc.net.au

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Julia @juliaharvey.bsky.social · 7d

Please sign and share this petition to the Australian Government to

Expel the Israeli Ambassador.

You can sign if you are an Australian resident OR an Australian citizen.

www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

e-petitions

www.aph.gov.au

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6d

Meat is a blind spot for people who care about climate. When I used to have dinner with my colleague Wally Broecker, the climate scientist who coined the term “global warming”, he would always order a steak.

The climate movement’s biggest weakness

What the climate movement is getting dead wrong.

www.vox.com

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 6d

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

CNN @cnn.com · 6d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Fahad Ali @fahad-s-ali.bsky.social · 6d

I mean, what are you trying to argue? That killing an elderly worshipper was a legitimate act because the synagogue he attended has bad politics? Obscene. I can't believe I have to say this. If you think like this, you're either a moron, a teenager, or a fed.

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Fahad Ali @fahad-s-ali.bsky.social · 6d

See what I mean? This is the kind of comment I get on my posts like every single day, multiple times a day.

If we lose touch with our humanity we will turn into this.

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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 6d

“Poverty persists in rich countries because governments have made a political choice to keep people poor”

Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 6d

It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 6d

It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com