Starshark
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Australia’s best* news aggregator. “Worse than Wapo” - New York Times “Somehow worse than us.” - Washington Post “No.” - Rolling Stone “Not as bad as Olivia Reingold.” - The Free Press * Publisher’s estimate
The goal was to plant 1.5 billion trees on 1.5 million hectares of degraded land in the Philippines, promising sustainable livelihoods and environmental stability. But our investigation found it failed to deliver on almost every target. aje.news/forest
I am insanely embarrassed that, until I got the Pulp Fiction soundtrack, I thought it was Aretha Franklin. But years later I saw a musical about Dusty Springfield and they kept talking about how many people thought she was black so that helped. A little.
Grant Tanaka@granttanaka.bsky.social · 16h ago“Son of A Preacher Man” is a good soundtrack for life. Driving along a lonesome highway? Son of a preacher man. Eating a wheel of cheese? Son of a preacher man. Having sex with a guy named Billy Ray? Son of a motherfucking preacher man
The chutzpah is palpable. (The commission has, if anything, been hijacked by Israeli interests like Jillian Segal and various pro-Israel propaganda outlets masquerading as thinktanks and activists.) www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Commissioner rebukes claim pro-Palestinian groups tried to 'hijack' hearing
The royal commission on antisemitism has hit back at comments from a prominent member of the Jewish community who accused pro-Palestinian groups of attempting to "hijack" the inquiry using "clickbait ...
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Blueberries aren't berries. We should be calling them bluefruit. Bananas are berries. We should be calling them bananaberries.
Have people with the parasite tried drinking raw milk?
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 15h agoOutbreak of Cyclospora parasite spreads even further across United States
So tired of seeing gay dudes on tv, holding hands, kissing, all over one another, always rubbing my nose in it. Not ONE of them would look at me twice! And I lost weight! I'm only 180kg now!
After watching months of Trump giving journalists shit and the rest of the pack just watching on, it's refreshing to see journos stand up for their own, even if it is in Australia against one of the biggest and most annoying morons on the planet. youtu.be/F9BuOyk2Mbw
Hanson Bans Media
YouTube video by The Tony Tonkin Show
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You two should duke it out in the ring. I bet you'd kick his ass (tee hee)!
Mediaite@mediaite.com · 3d agoJames Carville Tells Fox News He’s Out of the Democratic Party if Hasan Piker Stays: ‘One of Us is Going to Leave’
‘Renewables offer humanity an unlikely exit ramp off our current highway to #climate hell – if only our politicians & business leaders had the wit & mettle to grasp this slenderest of lifelines’ My take in Irish Examiner today. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Renewables are a lifeline our politicians are too cowardly to grasp
Every month that passes brings us another step closer to tragedy
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Hanson has been careful to say she only wants to defund the ABC in the cities (ludicrous policy) but not rural Australia. She’s too stupid to understand a confusing message like that won’t cut through as well as PAULINE WANTS TO BAN THE ABC Oh well. Sucks to suck!
stranger@strangerous.bsky.social · 2d agoSarah Hanson-Young unloads on Pauline Hanson for running scared & banning media from her presser “What a coward”💥 Says regional Victorian voters who rely on the ABC should “tell her to get stuffed” at the ballot box in November.🔥 #auspol
Aristophanes's plays have the characters making fun of people in the audience from various poleis so I dare say this is accurate. (only studied ancient Greece as an elective, by no means an expert)
Independent Republic of JS Thrill@jsthrill.modphi.com · 3d ago
maybe you can get a pair secondhand? dont give up.
Rebel can’t get tax credits in Canada because they’re not journalists. And I doubt they’re exactly viral in rural Victoria. But Hanson’s never was a details gal and she’s not going to start now.
benjamin@benjamino.bsky.social · 2d agoI guess you could say Avi is almost like a son to me (in that my son also has a history of domestic violence charges)
Bowel cancer - genuine malignant neoplasm, or social construct?
Dr Dean Burnett@drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 3d agoOnly just found out about this For the record, you don't get multiple genetic markers and one of the most effective medications known to science with 'social constructs' Channel 4, this is, in scientific parlance, an absolute fu*king disgrace that will genuinely endanger lives #c4 #ADHD
BREAKING - Sky News Australia yet to discover that there are other things going on in the world besides Gina Rinehart being pissed off at something.
The hill I will die on: Carbonara shouldn't have cream in it.
Iain Hendry@iainhendry.bsky.social · 3d agoI think people might be getting a little too genuinely angry with this column series
The Moral Medal Table was introduced after England complained that the traditional medal table was “overly focused on outcomes and not enough on vibes”. theshovel.com.au/2026/08/03/e...
England Wins Commonwealth Games Moral Medal Table — The Shovel
The Moral Medal Table was introduced after England complained that the traditional medal table was “overly focused on outcomes and not enough on vibes”.
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ALSO IN THIS EDITION: WE TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ONLINE FORUMS ON THE INTERNET... AND WE ARE NOT LYING WHEN WE SAY IT IS SOMETHING AWFUL
聖☆Alex Degen@adactivity.bsky.social · 5mo agoSure
A guy snatched my wallet in front of a venue and a crowd of emo kids came running after him with me. He panicked and dropped the wallet. A guy snatched my phone on my street and a car full of guys met me in the alley to confront him. He gave it back and apologized.
☀️@stel.energy · 4d agoquote this with a time a bystander helped you out
Melville was so real for this one.
Moby Dick@mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 5d agoBEING PAID,—what will compare with it?
the draft kings debt collection drone i'm hiding from is purposely blocking an uber eats delivery robot from coming up my driveway. this is overreach
I got like 20 notifications on this post. Each one like a knife in the gut. "on side affect" ffs was I drunk when I posted that
Starshark@starshark.bsky.social · 2w agoI guess on side affect of optional voting is you end up with a lot of people who don’t understand the basics of democracy. Why does that person think we have voting?
I’m sure all those TERFs terribly worried about women’s privacy will be getting right on this case. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Torquay netballers face decade wait for crucial facilities
Surf Coast Suns players say their safety and dignity are at stake without change rooms and toilets closer to the court.
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The perils of trillionarehood
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True story: Her dad taught me intro to cinematography at uni. Nice guy! Oh, and Hugo Weaving is her uncle. Yeah, Elrond and Agent Smith.
GeekTyrant@geektyrant.com · 5d agoSamara Weaving Cast as Emma Frost in Marvel Studios' X-MEN
NEW poll in 18 toss-up districts (with a sample that voted Trump 48-45) shows independents & moderates are *not* looking for the archetypical Moderate candidate — and are not dissuaded if outsiders are labeled too far left. Strong support for Israel was the *least* appealing quality in a candidate.
EXCLUSIVE: New Poll Shows Swing District Voters Prefer 'Outsiders' to Boring Centrists
Survey shared with Zeteo has a sample skewed towards Trump voters but shows strong support for Israel is the least appealing candidate trait. Plus, is Trump about to pull his controversial AG nominee?
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Jesus, when was this photo taken? I haven't seen her look like this in decades!
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 5d agoGina Rinehart puts ABC on notice over Race around the World episode action
Not even Jews, just Israelis. Her defence could be that they have Muslims in the Knesset. Would the investigation be dropped quite so quickly?
Andy Fleming@slackbastard.bsky.social · 6d agoAll else aside, it may not need spelling out, but I wonder if the reaction would be the same if she'd declared that there are no 'good' Jews. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
