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ShBY @shirinby.bsky.social · Jul 18

When you lose your democracy forever. This is Iran 1978. Iranians have been watching the decay of their country's corpse. It's now US turn.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/m...

CBS is ending ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ next year | CNN Business

In a shocking move, CBS is ending “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” next year, potentially exiting the late-night television business altogether.

www.cnn.com

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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 12h

If you're looking to spend about forty grand on an electric SUV, please do yourself a favor and test-drive an Ioniq 5 SEL RWD before you commit to that Tesla. We have a hunch it'll be worth the time.

www.edmunds.com/car-news/202...

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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 1d

How can #robodebt names still be secret. Isn't there a parliamentary privilege

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 1d

I don't understand why I see things so differently. I see a health insurance industry that thinks it's entitled to charge people 1/3rd of their income for healthcare. That industry shouldn't be "fixed." It should be burned to the ground and its ashes pissed on.

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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · 1d

News Corp Australia chairman says social media platforms are monsters and torment kids but I guess hacking the phone of a murdered schoolgirl is ok though.

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Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately, no surprise here…

‘Australia’s reworked environmental laws will not include a climate trigger, the federal environment minister has confirmed.’ #ClimateCrisis #Renewables #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/watt-confirm...

reneweconomy.com.au

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

🔥Barbara Pocock slices up Richard Windeyer from Dept of Finance for allowing PwC back into govt contracts
RW “We were making a judgement about when we think the organisation is sufficiently changed & different”🤔
BP “How can u make that judgment over the top of the police?”💥 #Estimates

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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 1d

Morrison & tudge declined to be interviewed for the robo debt TV series on the ABC it just shows how cowardly the liberals really are #auspol

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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 1d

Just keeps getting worse. #auspol

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 2d

One tiny smidgen of positive news. #NobelPeacePrize

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Prof Geoff Hanmer @geoff-hanmer.bsky.social · 2d

This is ridiculous. The photographer that took the pictures is credited, but the architects are not. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Melbourne’s ‘spectacular’ Metro Tunnel stations are finally finished. Here’s what they look like and what’s next

Town Hall and State Library train stations join Anzac, Arden and Parkville as city waits for launch date of long-awaited rail line

www.theguardian.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

Covid is not over.

People are still dying and becoming disabled every day.

We rushed “back to normal” for the economy, not because the threat had passed.

When you wear a mask, you’re not only protecting your health, you’re saying you don’t believe anyone is expendable.

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Tim Sims @timsims.bsky.social · 3d

Want to turn the temperature down? Maybe have a word to Sky News and the other media ferals who are determined to turn Australia into the fascist USA.

And what do you mean 'alleged', ABC? Do you think he's making it up?

#auspol

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ShBY @shirinby.bsky.social · 3d

Didn't we call for #mediaRoyalCommission ??
What happened to that?
#auspol

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller said last year this was the plan. They said it out loud. Some of us highlighted his remarks at the time and warned how dangerous they were. Most of the media missed them and/or moved on from them. It’s happening:

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3d

Red states sending troops to blue states is a really bad idea.

‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
· 32m
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 4d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Nina Wildflower @ninawildflower.bsky.social · 3d

Last year, I planned a big event for #JamesBondDay

Then I got COVID and couldn’t play.

This year I'm back. Happy Bond Day!🧵

Thunderball (Tom Jones cover)

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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 3d

So 'loyal' Andrew Hastie who wants to be king, sabotaged Dutton, the election and now Sussan Ley.

All to please his puppet MAGA masters Tony Abbott and Gina Rinehart. #auspol #abc730

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ShBY @shirinby.bsky.social · 3d

The architect behind Maga movement. JD Vance puppet master. Lord of corporates kingdom.

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Victoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social · 3d

Something is very wrong with America. A crowdsourcing campaign has raised more money for the family of the murderer who killed churchgoers, than the families of those murdered. Honestly, how can you even start to explain this?
abcnews.go.com/US/day-saint...

Latter-day Saints church member raises more than $300,000 for family of gunman in deadly Michigan chapel attack

David Butler, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is raising money for the family of a man who allegedly attacked a Michigan chapel.

abcnews.go.com

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SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social · 4d

Today the mayor of Vancouver called me an antisemitic terrorist supporter. Here is my speech:

This isn’t controversial
Being against what the UN calls a genocide is not controversial
Being against apartheid is not controversial

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 4d

#auspol
I wish the courts would define ‘public interest’ to be that - in the public interest. Then we can start prosecuting all these politicians who put the lobby/fossil fuel industry ahead of the public for MIPO/corruption. But there is no definition and the govt decides what the ‘public’ is

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 4d

By nychealthy @nychealthy.bsky.social

The best way to prevent Long COVID is to prevent getting COVID-19 or getting it multiple times. That means staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines and wearing a well-fitting mask, especially when indoors among crowds.

Learn more: www.nyc.gov/site/doh/cov...

The image is a public health poster from NYC Health titled “Prevent Long COVID.”

It explains that the only way to prevent Long COVID is to avoid getting COVID-19, as each infection carries a risk.
It lists prevention tips:

Wear a well-fitting mask (N95, KN95, KF94) in crowded or poorly ventilated indoor spaces.

Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations.

Stay home if sick, or wear a mask if you must go out.

Avoid close contact with sick people.

Wash hands often or use hand sanitizer.

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 4d

If you drive a 2025/2026 Tesla or still use X, there really isn't an excuse. You really are just an asshole that looks the other way.

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