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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 2h

The Govt committed publicly to chipping in 42.5% of the cost of public hospitals by 2030.

But we’re now told that that is actually unlikely to happen.

Public hospitals are experiencing huge demand, so it’s frustrating to see the promises but no firm commitment on delivery.

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1h

Irish bookie pays out over two weeks early on socialist Connolly to be next Eire president

Catherine Connolly is highly regarded by the Irish left and looks a certainty to romp home in the Irish presidential race, writes @skwawkbox.org
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Irish bookie pays out over two weeks early on socialist Connolly to be next Eire president

Catherine Connolly is highly regarded by the Irish left and looks a certainty to romp home in the Irish presidential race

www.thecanary.co

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turnleft2024 @turnleft8.bsky.social · 57m

there are bodies of over 250,000 dead Palestinians

what do we know about them, huh?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h

Israel says there are still about 20 living hostages in Gaza, along with the bodies of around 25 others. Here's what we know.

What We Know About the Remaining Hostages in Gaza

Israel says that there are still about 20 living hostages in Gaza, along with the bodies of around 25 others. Details of their release remain unclear.

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turnleft2024 @turnleft8.bsky.social · 2h

australian reporter referring to Antifa as an "anti Trump group"

so close... so close

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2h

I can’t make it make sense. There is no sensible centre when urgent dramatic action needs to be taken. Sitting on the fence doesn’t cut it.

We’re already in a climate emergency.

Every fraction of a degree C makes a big difference to life on Earth and future generations.

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turnleft2024 @turnleft8.bsky.social · 3h

australia eh

5 yrs for murdering your wife
33 yrs for murdering your inlaws

if you want to get away with murder in this country, marry them

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turnleft2024 @turnleft8.bsky.social · 3h

its not billionaires losing their homes to fires and floods, its billionaires dying in the forests and oceans - i dont know whats worse, the Libs who deny climate change or ALP who acknowledge CC but carry on expanding fossil fuels anyway

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turnleft2024 @turnleft8.bsky.social · 4h

"but i only wanted the leopards to eat other peoples faces"

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turnleft2024 @turnleft8.bsky.social · 4h

exactly, its not just that were being sold out, but were being sold out so cheaply

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turnleft2024 @turnleft8.bsky.social · 6h

can he count?

94 is bigger than 43

unless he thinks over 50 ALP will cross the floor, WHY ??

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 13h

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broken" and outdated environment laws.

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broken" and outdated environment laws.

www.abc.net.au

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 10h

This is truly horrifying.

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach…with Antifa."

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 9h

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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turnleft2024 @turnleft8.bsky.social · 6h

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 7h

4chan unlikely to be included in Australia’s under-16s social media ban, eSafety commissioner says

Julie Inman Grant says message board will need to comply with other codes which will also include age assurance for sites hosting violent and adult content * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The eSafety commissioner is not expected to block children from accessing 4chan as part of the under-16s social media ban, despite it being labelled one of the “darker” places on the internet. The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, was asked by independent senator Fatima Payman in Senate estimates on Wednesday night whether 4chan, the message board often referred to as the engine room of the internet, would be considered one of the sites required to prevent under-16s when the social media ban comes into effect from 10 December. Continue reading...

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Nathan Wind @nwind.bsky.social · 8h

South American junta vibes

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 9h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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turnleft2024 @turnleft8.bsky.social · 6h

can we all say stochastic terrorism

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

Noem: “We are hoping…we will get more and more information about the network and how we can route them out and eliminate them from the existence of American society…Antifa is just as sophisticated as MS-13, as TDA, as ISIS, as Hezbollah, as Hamas, as all of them. They are just as dangerous.”

turnleft2024 @turnleft8.bsky.social · 6h

he writes like this in private? he writes in private? he thinks about things in private? why is he over-explaining to a subordinate?

4 things about this "DM" that dont make sense

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 8h

Remember this post? The Wall Street Journal just confirmed it was meant to be a DM to Pam Bondi.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump on Portland: "It's like the movies you see for the kids, I guess not only the kids, adults also, where you have these bombed out cities and these bombed out people. It's like, worse than that."

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turnleft2024 @turnleft8.bsky.social · 7h

good point

but im not entire sure its the 43 in opposition theyre appealing to - but who those 43 represent - murdoch, big miners, advance australia, nationist christians, zionists

theres always another election to win

Michelle Suiter 🇵🇸🍉🕊️ @michellesuiter.bsky.social · 8h

When you have 94 seats, why are you negotiating with the opposition, who only have 43
There is no need to negotiate when you already have the numbers
Unless, you want to weaken these laws and ensure it passes the senate
Expect a whole lot of nothing #auspol

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

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

turnleft2024 @turnleft8.bsky.social · 7h

every person making similar statements like this should preface them with who they voted for

if it was Trump or didnt bother, they chose this

and people saying things like this wanted their neighbours to lose their health care, and then demand our sympathies for themselves

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

WEST VIRGINIAN: “If the subsidies go away I won’t have health insurance. I won’t go to the doctor. This really is a life or death situation.” #TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

(This shutdown is making the case for #MedicareForAll better than we ever could)

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Liselle Baker @elles-bells.bsky.social · 12h

“Despotism doesn’t impose itself on everyone all at once. It creeps inward from the margins of society. We need to remind ourselves, constantly, that in the median experience of tyranny, life’s largely unchanged. Even the median experience of those being tyrannized can be free of intolerable forms..

Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 17h

Watching so many people in high places go through the motions of polling and median-voter whispering can make you feel like you're in Bodysnatchers. It's worth a reminder that the typical experience of tyranny is...basically normal life. Which means we have to will ourselves to fight harder.

The Median Experience Of Tyranny

If the politics of tyranny were self-discrediting, we wouldn't need mantras like "never again."

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit scared of any new ‘environment laws’ that Labor can get Matt Canavan and Andrew Hastie to vote for…I think they will be better described as ‘ how to build more mines faster laws’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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turnleft2024 @turnleft8.bsky.social · 20h

jeez, if someone said those exact same words about jewish people, theyd probably be on their way to prison

stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay says she was happy to listen to Nova Peris speak on racism at the recent Gold Coast Antisemitism Summit, despite that Peris shared a social media post describing Muslims as “Satan worshipping cockroaches that need to be eradicated” #Estimates

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 21h

I grew up in Lozells, just a stone’s throw from Handsworth.

Robert Jenrick called it “as close as I’ve come to a slum” and complained he “didn’t see another white face.”

This is white-supremacist thinking dressed up as “legitimate concerns”.

I grew up in Lozells, just a stone’s throw from Handsworth — where much of my family still live and where I went for sixth form. It’s a proud, diverse, working-class community.

Robert Jenrick called it “as close as I’ve come to a slum” and complained he “didn’t see another white face.”

This is white-supremacist thinking dressed up as “legitimate concerns”.

The political and media establishment normalises this racism, but we won’t stay silent. We stand with all our communities and against the far-right.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21h

Robert Jenrick "The Star of David should be displayed at every point of entry to the UK."

That's a big no from me, religion and state should not mix and Israel have co-opted the Star of David to mean Israel.

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