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Maybe something about a squeaky tank, and being treated very badly. @albomp.bsky.social

Eternal night at the South Pole sky this time of year. #astronomy

Trump is sending ICE to blue cities to enact the "largest mass deportation program in history" and Chicago is at the top of the list.

I'm calling for every Democratic leader and candidate to stand against ICE, to call for its abolition, and to materially support immigrants.

Inaction is complicity.

It was such a pleasure to meet @abarnrubble.bsky.social and Lissa of #Vitabeats for Episode 9. Such an interesting history and fab tunes. Join the Bang! Nuclear Family...

Funkatomic Bombs From Australia Podcast Episode · Bang! 101 Songs about Nuclear War from the 1980s · 16/06/2025 · 57m

Funkatomic Vitabeats pod from London via Pank and Dave. Get a listen! bit.ly/3FQkPvV

Wanted to play with my art pens and used my spanish vocubulary words as prompts

Corruption and a Security Catastrophe in Plane Sight Of course a foreign government would love to give the US president a plane....

Once a foreign government can openly give the president a half-billion-dollar plane as a personal gift, there’s no red line left between a democracy and a full-blown kleptocracy. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/corruption...

Thank you David Shoebridge #qanda #auspol

Your School House Rock moment......

We’re in a cost-of-living crisis, yet Australians lose $31.5B a year to gambling.

The Murphy Inquiry was clear: ban gambling ads. Nearly two years on—still no action.

It’s time to put communities before gambling profits.

#GamblingReform #BanGamblingAds #AusPol

Nationals leader says children who commit crimes don’t deserve civil rights. Wow.
@australiainstitute.org.au @amyremeikis.bsky.social #ausvotes
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‘We support parent choice’: Uproar over NSW schools chief’s push to reconsider private schools Premier Chris Minns says his government is “certainly not” going to take away options for parents after NSW’s head of public schools questioned if private schools should exist.

Murat Dizdar is a hero. It was not a gaff. He said what needed to be said. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

“All aboard the Trump train!” Coalition swaps out extreme right candidate for pro-gas MAGA man The man chosen to replace a Liberal candidate dumped over extreme comments is an ardent Trump supporter and one of key figures behind a pro-gas industry campaign.

the libs ditched the wholly unsuitable candidate for the seat of #whitlam yesterday… and replaced him with a #MAGA man! 🙄

#dutton is attracted to, not repulsed by #trump.

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The best education systems in the world are 100% public. When every kid goes to public school all parents, including the rich ones, want the public schools to be good. Oh, and its great for social cohesion.

But in Australia, we talk about being evidence based but ignore the evidence all the time

Keep the Pro-Extinction Liberals out of Gilmore! #kate4Gilmore #southcoastgreens #election2025

I guess she thinks we should all just have catastrophic climate change then…FFS

It's our budget special this week! Watch the #SundayShot for expert analysis from panellists @grogsgamut.bsky.social and @nickihutley.bsky.social and interviews with @squigglyrick.bsky.social and @theacoss.bsky.social's Cassandra Goldie.

We'll likely know the election date by then too...
#auspol

This is a very funny comment about this very staged and odd pic #auspol

Back on track?

More like highway back to hell #auspol

Australia needs nurses, pharmacists, teachers…, but fewer students are starting degrees. HECS debts are too high. Sensible education reform will price degrees on future earning capacity, and support students while they gain the skills our country needs.
www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-educa...

Australia makes the best products in the world, and we’ll always back making things here.

So whenever you get a chance, choose Australian products.

The gambling lobby is pouring money into Labor and the Coalition to block independents and protect profits. Aussies lose $31.5B a year to gambling. Ban gambling ads. Implement the Murphy Report. Put people before donors.
#GamblingReform #AusPol

If Australian govts we’re doing ‘everything they can’ to cut fossil fuel use we’d see fewer enormous utes on our road, not more…

exempting giant utes from luxury car tax (as they aren’t used as cars!) and FBT concessions are bizarre policy…but making the parking spaces bigger to suit the…FFS

Fools gold Vanity. Trump is obsessed with European dictators. His own feckless vanity will always come first in any decision. #PretendPresident #FakeDictator
#CoatOfHarms

DOGE Tipline - VoteVets

@votevets.org is going to do everything possible to help veterans and military families during these perilous times. If you are affected, please fill out this form. It *will* remain confidential.

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Dutton’s plan to break up insurers is a populist stunt that ignores the real issue—climate risk. Insurance costs are soaring, driven by worsening climate disasters. Without investment in mitigation and adaptation they’ll keep rising.

Visit zalisteggall.com.au/media_releases to read my statement.

Crossbench braces for major party ‘stitch-up’ as Labor-Coalition electoral reform deal looms Greens and independents say bill to introduce spending and donation caps risks crowding out new challengers

Duopoly Backfire incoming: “A stitch-up by the two big parties to hamper the electoral chances of their competitors is a cynical move at best.” bit.ly/42QG2yE

When it comes to energy, Donald Trump is China’s useful idiot Trump’s plans to “drill, baby, drill” at the expense of clean energy is a blessing for China. For at least the next four years, the US is withdrawing from the greatest economic battle of our time.

Fascinating analysis of the foolish, belligerent, bellicose ignorance of MAGA. www.smh.com.au/business/mar...

The brave list for 2025:

- Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
- Grace Tame
- Caroline Kennedy

#auspol