"The smaller they are, the harder it is," says another shirt showing a child in a rifle sight. March, 2009. www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29837...
Helena Karter
@helenakarter.bsky.social
Proudly progressive Australian. Feminist. Atheist. Animal lover. Jewellery designer, former school teacher. Political junkie. Angry & frustrated by the US capitulation to fascism. No DM’s.
For anyone who is walking around under the mistaken belief that Australia had nothing to do with the overthrow of Salvador Allende's democratically elected government in Chile on 11 September 1973 which ushered in the criminal dictator Pinochet. #auspol www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Declassified documents show Australia assisted CIA in coup against Chile’s Salvador Allende
Former Liberal PM Billy McMahon approved spy agency request to conduct covert operations in Chile, a move later overturned by Gough Whitlam
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Good stuff and well done to Troy. Epic effort and exactly the kind bar less health impacts you want to see unlocked across #Australia. Productivity leaps. And if anyone is squeamish - this stuff is a loooottt cleaner that the rainwater off a mountainside that's so prized..
Bill Bovingdon@williambovingdon.substack.com · 5h agoDubbo on the map www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
ICYMI — "We need (old/poor) people off of Medicaid & Social Security and back into the workforce."🤔 GEORGIA Republican Congressman Mike Collins ( @ossoff.senate.gov opponent) wants you to work til you die, with fewer benefits, as they cut taxes for the rich and inequality skyrockets.
We need more people in Government like Ed…these days languishing on the back bench… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Australia has recognised the state of Palestine. Now we must act to protect what settler terrorism is tearing to shreds | Ed Husic
Many Australians will question why our government won’t act when it has a chance to do so in concert with many like-minded nations
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Imagine if the @seattletimes.com and other news outlets were intellectually honest and published, i don't know, charts like this? Seattle is safer than almost all our peer cities, except the other one governed by a Democratic Socialist. Thanks @mayor.seattle.gov and @mayor.nyc.gov!
rondezvousWA@ronpdavis.bsky.social · 12h agoToday the @seattletimes.com humiliated itself by amplifying a letter from people who don't know/care crime is massively down, demanding a plan to reduce crime& telling the Mayor how to do it. Then not mentioning our crime rate is low and dropping. And pretending that was news. Agenda much?
Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”
Ridiculous. I'm glad they're replacing it but also, the fact it got this far is pathetic and we know it is a VERY common occurrence when it shouldn't be happening at all. Disability aids aren't toys and the airlines need to stop treating them as such.
Qantas changes tune over broken wheelchair after ABC questions
Qantas has backflipped and says it is now planning to replace an expensive powered wheelchair broken beyond repair on one of its flights, after questions from the ABC.
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Immigrants who rushed into the toxic ruins of the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 attacks are now afraid to leave their homes after President Donald Trump intensified immigration enforcement across the country.
9/11 cleanup workers now terrified to leave their homes over Trump crackdown
Immigrants who rushed into the toxic ruins of the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 attacks are now afraid to leave their homes after President Donald Trump intensified immigration enforcement across the country.On the 25th anniversary of the attacks, NPR spoke with aging Ground Zero cleanup wor...
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Money and power Paxton's two motivations And neither one is for you. youtu.be/6OenUZk05OA?...
Ken Paxton’s “Top Cop” TURNS ON HIM, Exposes Abuse of Power
YouTube video by James Talarico
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Vladimir Putin warned that deploying European troops to Ukraine would mean direct war with Russia. At the same time, he claimed European leaders are inventing an "imaginary" threat from Moscow. www.kyivpost.com/post/84319
The $40 trillion debt was allowed to be created because Richard Nixon went off the gold standard. Reagan and Trump tax breaks. created markets, oligarchy and the billionaire class, that now rules America through unregulated corporations, media and government we must take back. 🤬🤺🇺🇸
Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...
Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin Chronicle
Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms
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“All of our agents are currently assisting other tormented souls. Your anguish is important to us. Press 1 to scream into the Void. Press 2 to scream louder. Press 3 to accept that life is meaningless."
Can people learn the difference between accusing and crediting. When I type the news organisation's name at the bottom of an article. I am crediting it. I am NOT accusing it of anything.
Why are rich people so dull? Imagine having £36m burning a hole in your pocket and you can't think of anything better to do with it than hand it over to Nigel Frogface and Reflux UK. Think of the joy, relief and appreciation you could generate with that kind of cash. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ben Delo: Reform receives record £36m donation from cryptocurrency billionaire
Ben Delo's donation, the biggest single sum ever given to a political party in the UK, comes amid scrutiny of Reform's finances.
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Zelenskyy Official I met with our military pilots who are undergoing training at the International Pilot Training School in Canada. The young men are training to be ready to operate modern fighter jets, including F-16s and Gripen aircraft, and to strengthen the Ukrainian air force.
This lives amongst us…👇 Hide your kids. MAGATs. Are. Human. Scum. 😎✨
NEW: The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly potent greenhouse gas.
EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells
The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly p...
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I absolutely LOVE this. Christian Bale spent roughly 17 years fighting to make this happen. This week, his foster-care village opened in Palmdale, California: 12 homes built specifically to help keep siblings together when they enter foster care.
@albomp.bsky.social and Murray Watt, what a disgusting waste of oxygen they both are. Weasel words and inaction whilst they bend over for corporations again. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor ditches new packaging laws to cut plastic waste, sparking unprecedented ‘scale and breadth of outrage’
Federal environment department tells industry representatives the government does not want to ‘exacerbate cost of living pressures’
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😥 Our city Odesa… The number of injured of the Russian attack has increased to 17 Among the injured is a five-month-old child. A multi-storey residential building has been significantly damaged.
