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Glen Le Lievre @lelievre.bsky.social · 9h

Girl trouble

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 16h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 15h

👇🏽Corporation profit, communities cover the externalise costs. It’s BS economics

A disaster levy is the least we could do.

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15h

The Black Summer bushfires cost Australians over $50 billion.

As we enter another high-risk bushfire season, we shouldn't wait for the next disaster to act.

The Government could put a climate disaster levy on gas & coal exports to help pay for the damage.

Add your name: theaus.in/fossilfuelco...

Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing, not ordinary Australians

Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought worse, costing Australians billions every year. Make fossil fuel producers pay a climate disaster levy to help pay...

theaus.in

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 19h

Canaries.
My @smh cartoon.

Two scenes. 1: advisor to Albo at his desk: “Sir, I must inform you that our canaries-in-the-coal-mines of climate change, transparency, accountability and social equity are all looking sickly…” PM: “Hmm…”
Scene 2: Albo at a lectern with press around: “…and that’s why my government is proud to announce the development of a new SUPER BREED of canaries…”

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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 1d

The AI has already started making its presence felt on the executive team, sending out a 500-word email about “leveraging holistic verticals for client-centric uplift” that no one has fully read but everyone agreed “sounded important.”

theshovel.com.au/2025/10/07/a...

AI That Generated Fabricated Deloitte Report Promoted to Partner — The Shovel

Deloitte has promoted the artificial intelligence system responsible for fabricating a government report, citing “unparalleled efficiency, strategic vision, and the ability to work weekends without co...

theshovel.com.au

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 2d

Tawny for the win!

Gabrielle Jackson @gabriellecj.bsky.social · 2d

VOTING HAS BEGUN! Who will be the 2025 Australian bird of the year? Vote now, vote every day for the best bird. Will it be the tawny frogmouth's year? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birdoftheyear #birds

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 3d

Unaccompanied minors as young as 14 will be offered $2,500 to self-deport, a Trump admin memo obtained by the Guardian reveals. The message "seems to fly in the face of established laws and protocols that Congress passed to protect children from cyclical trafficking risks"
www.theguardian.com/...

Trump administration to offer unaccompanied minors $2,500 to self-deport, memo reveals

Voluntary departure has always been an option, but ‘astonishing’ decision to incentivize children to leave is new

The Trump administration wants to offer immigrant children $2,500 to self-deport, according to a memo obtained by the Guardian.
The memo, sent by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to legal providers representing unaccompanied children and reviewed by the Guardian, says that immigration officials have identified unaccompanied immigrant children 14 years of age and older in government custody who have expressed interest in voluntarily departing the US.
The government "will provide a one-time resettlement support stipend of $2,500" to these children in exchange for their voluntary departure, the memo states. It notes that unaccompanied minors from Mexico will not be eligible.
DHS confirmed the details of the memo and its plans to offer children money in a statement to the Guardian on Friday.

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks @kazcooke.bsky.social
I agree , well overdue !
Been wanting to for ages!!
And I’M FREE!!
Xx

Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 6d

Time for an Australian publisher to lock @wendyharmer.bsky.social in a shed & make her write the reboot & update on Australia's funny women? 100 years from vaudeville through Black Comedy to TikTok. #comedy #funnywomen #ItsAJokeJoyce

Front cover of 1989 book It's A Joke Joyce by Wendy Harmer

Sue Ingleton, bonkers comic genius writer and performer in character as the Pregnant Man, Bill Rawlings, 1970s.

Mates Jean Kittson and the late Lynda Gibson, back in the mid-80s. Rare gems that could brilliantly write, perform, be cerebral, be spectacularly silly, have something to say, and along with Frank Wood, make up the trio of Australia's best modern physical comedians.

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 6d

First saw "RENT" on Broadway - some 30 years ago.
Last night's staging at the Sydney Opera House was magnificent... Still so fresh, relevant. All the feels!
Extraordinary cast. Go see!
opera.org.au/productions/...

RENT at Sydney Opera House tickets | Opera Australia

Step into the streets of New York City's East Village, where dreams are born, friendships are tested, and the power of love prevails against all odds.

opera.org.au

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 6d

Such a loss...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Jane Goodall, famed primatologist and conservationist, dies at 91

Jane Goodall, the most prolific primatologist of a generation, has died. She was 91 years old.

abcnews.go.com

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goldingcartoons.bsky.social @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 7d

Meanwhile in Gotham City…

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 7d

*Hegseth* - for some reason I always get that spelling wrong. Norwegian not my strong point . Apologies.

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 7d

You won't read a better summation of the Hesgeth/Trump show than this one...

(From my subscription for you)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Pete Hegseth Is Living the Dream

A man who retired as a major lectures hundreds of generals about the need to meet his standards

www.theatlantic.com

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Flimmy @cardine.bsky.social · 7d

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

This beautifully presented article made me feel a bit teary. Our world's waters are in trouble.

The sea is sick and has entered uncharted waters

The disastrous algal bloom that has been, for at least six months, lapping at South Australia's shores has turned a coastline into a frontline, and has left many swimmers, surfers and seaside business...

www.abc.net.au

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 8d

Once a sub-editor, always a sub-editor :)

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 9d

Yayyyy. I'm so happy for you, @squigglyrick.bsky.social for your grit & heart & writing voice and because you don't write for awards but for justice. And kudos that the Prime Minister's Prize going to a book which chronicled a wicked failure of government.

Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 9d

What a ride. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Writing the book on Robodebt drove Rick Morton mad. Now it's won him $80k

Journalist Rick Morton didn't want to write a book about Robodebt. Now that book, Mean Streak, has won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for non-fiction.

www.abc.net.au

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 9d

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 9d

"Was Taylor Swift too big of a star for the Super Bowl?"

Tell me what you imagine the "of" is doing in this headline.
Thank you,Sydney Morning Herald.
#boomerpedant

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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 9d

The biggest gold heist in history? Duncan Graham checks out latest revelations re Americans ripping off Indonesians on humongous Grasberg gold mine
#freeport
michaelwest.com.au/grifting-gra...

Grifting Grasberg. The great Indonesian gold-mining 'mismatch' - Michael West

Indonesians deprived of billions of dollars in royalties by US mining giant for decades, claims author 'monitored' by Indo government.

michaelwest.com.au

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10d

Idiotic. Brainless.

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Give Trump beefed-up AUKUS deal, Beazley urges Albanese

The former Labor leader and ambassador to the US says Australia’s rich deposits of rare earths should be tied into the submarine pact.

www.smh.com.au

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 10d

This house has been a "Wahs" fan for more than a decade.
Love to see them win a GF !

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 10d

Ah yes, "chess" that great spectator sport.
They have to put to rules up on the scoreboard in Union games - cos no-one there understands 'em.
Go, Chess!

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 10d

The refs... no so much

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 10d

I'd rank #NRL players right up there - for power, toughness, speed, stamina, discipline, teamwork and extraordinary ability to read the play - again any test of athleticism in the world.

There you go #NRL
Go Panthers!

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 10d

Hahhahaha

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