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Alternative Tentacles Records @alternativetent.bsky.social · 7h

LOOK WHO’S COMING TO OUR SHORES, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!!!
One of the top, most beloved and influential OG ‘77 Punk bands EVER - formed in a vacuum in Brisbane, Australia, clear back in ‘73!!

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SallyRCbra @srpassesiton.bsky.social · 7h

Good idea! I wish I could just buy the steak n kidney with no pie too.

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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 11h

Trumps Plan for Gaza Breaches International Law and Must be Rejected

by Shawan Jabarin

Trumps Plan for Gaza Breaches International Law and Must be Rejected

In a 2000 critique of the Oslo Accords process, Edward Said observed that at the core of externally imposed models of governance for the Palestinian people was the assumption ‘that after enough pun…

www.middleeastmonitor.com

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 10h

What an ugly country we are in danger of becoming. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘The ground is shifting’: what’s driving One Nation’s surge and could it replace the ‘floundering Liberals’?

As its support doubles, One Nation is targeting conservative voters disillusioned with the Liberals and Nationals on immigration and net zero

www.theguardian.com

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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 11h

Lattouf unlawful termination case has cost ABC at least $2.5m, Hugh Marks tells estimates | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | The Guardian share.google/yWtAd2H13oZs.... The Israeli Lobby group that got her fired should pay #Auspol #News

Lattouf unlawful termination case has cost ABC at least $2.5m, Hugh Marks tells estimates

Public broadcaster failed to follow its own processes, boss says, and it was ‘not a good reflection on the organisation’

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 9h

Remember the good old days ...
When comedian Lawrence Mooney was able to do videos as AUS PM Malcolm Turnbull? *sigh* I miss those days. #auspol youtu.be/vbKi0AutZm4?...

A Message From Malcolm - The Barnabas Saga

YouTube video by Malcolm Turnbull

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Kelanoa 😷 @kelanoa.bsky.social · 8h

Howard… again. The damage that man did! 🤬
#auspol

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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 12h

Keating switched to contracts and then John Howard took advantage to properly politicise the public service.

johnmenadue.com/post/2021/11...

Frank and fearless? The insidious politicisation of the public service

Public servants' independence continues to be eroded by the use of consultants, closer control of communications and weakening of checks and balances.

johnmenadue.com

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Don Martin @bydonmartin.bsky.social · 9h

Want to read a Harry Potter alternative about queer witches?

Are you tempted by Prime Day deals, but don’t want to support an evil corporation?

@bookshop_org is having an Anti-Prime Day sale! IT ENDS TODAY!!!

Might I suggest Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire?

bookshop.org/p/books/veri...

Photo of Don holding Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire

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Oxford School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography @oxford-anthro.bsky.social · 8h

NEW RESEARCH: Women with long Covid are prone to longer, heavier periods

Read latest research, which included survey with over 12,000 women, by Dr Alexandra Alvergne (Research Affiliate) and Dr Zuzanna Olszewska (Associate Professor) @oxford-anthro.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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No Agenda Media @noagendamedia.bsky.social · 8h

Viruses like SARS-CoV-2 don’t need to kill fast to be catastrophic.

The acute phase is often survivable.

But it leaves behind microvascular scars, immune dysfunction, and chronic inflammation.

We are already seeing elevated risks of diabetes, cardiovascular events, strokes, - https://x.com/o...

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alti90.bsky.social @alti90.bsky.social · 8h

Long Covid fatigue is kicking my rear today. Anyone have some good jokes so I can laugh?

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Shadows of Control @shadowsofcontrol.bsky.social · 20h

Non-fatal strangulation is an extremely dangerous abuse tactic with severe risks and a strong link to future violence. #DomesticViolenceAwareness

shadowsofcontrol.com/articl...

Why Non-Fatal Strangulation Is a Critical Warning Sign in Abuse Cases

Non-fatal strangulation is an extremely dangerous abuse tactic with severe risks and a strong link to future violence.

shadowsofcontrol.com

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Dr. Tina Paone @drtinapaone.bsky.social · 10h

How do you recognize abuse when there are no bruises?

#domesticviolence
#narcissisticabuse

Narcissistic Abuse = Domestic Violence

It may not leave bruises but it always leaves scars.

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SallyRCbra @srpassesiton.bsky.social · 8h

💔💔 I’m so v sorry, and 😡 at offender.

SallyRCbra @srpassesiton.bsky.social · 8h

So polite! And just a babby

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SallyRCbra @srpassesiton.bsky.social · 8h

#DV data. Understandable of course, but it looks like women who’ve lived with abusive men, overestimate the men’s power in #familycourt.
They’ve been terrorised & threatened to believe it.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 11h

they don’t want you to know how they treat prisoners because it will grieve you to know it, which is natural and human, and because of your normal human reaction you will want the system changed. It’s important to them that your natural aversion to how the system works not be engaged.

The News & Observer @newsobserver.com · 11h

A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.

NC nonprofit still pushing for Durham County sheriff to release jail policies

A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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monkeydude5.bsky.social @monkeydude5.bsky.social · 9h

As an outsider, what is the point of these committees? Because it seems to me that no one answers hard questions, no one is responsible for anything, and even if someone is guilty of breaking the law…. Nothing happens…. This looks like a colossal waste of time

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 11h

Pam Bondi, in this single exchange, confirms beyond a shadow of a doubt that she is not the Attorney General of the United States.

She is Attorney Specific of Donald Trump.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued