grumpy meets sunshine and loses spectacularly. as it should be. ☀️ The Only Exception by Alec Nightfall #Booksky #AmReading
The Only Exception
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Kate-Eviva
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Busy trying to monitor the environment and tend my garden. I am most interested in creating safe places for sharing diverse capabilities for best outcomes in community. I value social places where I can ask questions and learn more.
The Dog gets it. Prod them as we may, the politicians seem not to be able to...
War! What is it good for? Absolutely humongous oil company profits | First Dog on the Moon
Mission accomplished
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Australian football codes awash with alcohol and gambling sponsorships and marketing - Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/australian-f... By Dr Belinda Townsend and Dr Aimee Brownbill
Australian football codes awash with alcohol and gambling sponsorships and marketing
Introduction by Croakey: Pressure has grown this week on the Federal Government to act with more courage on gambling reforms,
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Oh my lordy, yes. I overheard a bloke on the tram this week telling a younger man and I quote; "So I asked the ChatGPT if I was right about Ballarat and she agreed". Did he mean Siri? What about Ballarat? Now that Substack is getting scraped by AI, will everyone agree on the mystery Ballarat thing?
Kate Manne@katemanne.bsky.social · yesterdayGenerative AI is catnip to the men who miss female sycophants katemanne.substack.com/p/a-culture-...
We refuse to be passive bystanders to manufactured chaos. Real leadership doesn't come from billionaires with big megaphones, it comes from ordinary people demanding our leaders stand up for international law and human decency. Sign the open letter!
Reclaim the moral compass: a call for courageous leaders - Greenpeace International
It will take all of us to break through the fear and noise and show our leaders a better path.
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Hiding behind bought influence when faced with backlash isn't democracy; it's manipulation and propaganda. They fear unity because a connected public can actually face down autocracy.
The upcoming summer is not going to be good for wildlife or people. Chuck H5N1 in there as well and it will get pretty bad.
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'our decision to leave our old jobs makes us confront big questions about identity: who we are, who we thought we would be, who we hoped to become (or feared becoming) and what we risk losing in the process'. 1/
Stop worrying about 2028, if we don't show up and VOTE them out in November, it won't matter.
Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.
A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US
Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…
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As the First Nations Clean Energy Symposium edges closer and speakers lock in, there's still a few registration tickets available. Get in quick! Register today firstnationscleanenergy.swoogo.com/symposium/re... #auspol #vicpol #mobsky #cleanenergy #renewableenergy #firstnations #policy #invest
Speakers locking in for upcoming First Nations Clean Energy Symposium
Speakers locking in for the upcoming First Nations Clean Energy Symposium
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Friends, a new piece for Crikey - on how Google Earth being crammed with AI slop is the perfect distillation of a company obsessed with doing exactly the wrong thing as fast as possible, in every way imaginable, for as long as they can get away with it www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/04/g...
The World is burning. Not looking good this morning, already over 2,073 active fires at 3:30 am. Only 3 1/2 hours into the day and the US already has 407 active fires burning right now; Russia has 885, Canada has 228; China has 153; and, Australia has 88. Not a good start, world.
🚨Networks of bogus “news” pages are being used to spread vast amounts of pro-Hanson and One Nation propaganda on social media — as Hanson bans actual media. Pages aggressively spreading calculated disinformation in mass MAGA attack. Investigation 👇 theklaxon.com.au/i7z3
Sham pro-Hanson "news" pages flood social media – as One Nation bans actual news - The Klaxon
Networks of sham “news” pages on social media are being used to spread vast amounts of pro-Pauline Hanson and pro-One Nation propaganda — as Hanson bans actual media.
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My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Wealthy fascists & wannabes hate critical thought. It makes the lower classes all uppity.
ASRC MEDIA RELEASE: Don't let Labor follow One Nation on immigration. Albanese Gov reportedly considering restricting work rights and appeal rights of people seeking asylum even further. We need Labor to know we want compassion and leadership, not fear and more division. asrc.org.au/2026/08/05/l...
MEDIA RELEASE: Labor must not capitulate to Pauline Hanson’s politics of hate
Human rights, refugee and migrant organisations are warning the Albanese Government not to capitulate to Pauline Hanson’s politics of hate by stripping rights from people seeking asylum in an attempt ...
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Aboriginal people testify to experiencing significant increases in racism since 2023. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
When this photo was posted online the racist commentary began
A national inquiry into racism, hate and violence towards First Nations people has come to Hobart to hear from the state's Aboriginal groups and people with lived experience of racism.
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Generally the #costs of being a #student, especially living away from home, are becoming very high. With rising #poverty, and an #economic #WarOnYouth the numbers of part time students have been rising for decades. Time for ‘needs based’ support for #education. #UniversitiesInChaos #auspol
The Conversation AUNZ@aunz.theconversation.com · 12h agoPart-time students are more than twice as likely to drop out of university than their full-time peers. How can unis better support this vulnerable group?
Palestinians in Gaza held funeral prayers on Tues for 112 people The victims, killed when the Israeli army bombed their homes while they were inside on Nov. 23, 2023. The funeral is considered one of the largest in Palestinian history #IsraeliWarCrimes www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260804-pal...
Think this is important for consideration by every politician, climate200.bsky.social and @voicesforau.bsky.social #auspol
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We're climate-proofing politics for good 👉 climate200.com.au/links Authorised by B. Fay, Climate 200, Potts Point.
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Political Gadgets@politicalgadgets.bsky.social · 12h agoAustralian left grappling with Labor drift rightward 📊 Israel-Palestine lobby influence dominates, AUKUS military concerns spike, housing crisis persists. Progressive base fractured & angry. 🧵1/3
Mood: betrayed & alarmed. 57 posts in 3hrs show Greens seen as 'real opposition.' Low institutional faith. https://politicalgadgets.com/SocialMedia/bs_pulse/ #auspol 🧵3/3
Highest-engagement post (36 likes): Simon Rosenberg's critique of Israel lobby tactics & double standards in discrimination frameworks. Resonates as validation that public dissent ≠ antisemitism. 🧵2/3
👉NEW -- UK charities face inquiry over Israeli settlement funding by Martin Williams Charity Commission announcement follows Declassified’s investigation into donations to illegal settlers www.declassifieduk.org/uk-charities...
UK charities face inquiry over Israeli settlement funding
Charity Commission announcement follows Declassified’s investigation into donations to illegal settlers
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