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Sarcasm Queen No Zealots no haters Zero tolerance for hate racism misogyny homophobia and transphobia Living on land of the Guugu Yimithirr
Trump administration accused of ‘destroying’ Reflecting Pool evidence after lawsuit sheds light on construction damage https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-reflecting-pool-damage-evidence-b3028039.html
Trump admin accused of ‘destroying’ pool evidence after lawsuit reveals damage
Foundation suing over Trump’s renovations to the landmark want access to the site before recently revealed damage is ‘lost forever’
independent.co.uk
West Australian business lobby group wants more migrants to keep the country running as Gina Rinehart funds the push for racist migrant cuts. #auspol #OneNation #racism #migration
Queensland builder fined over rust-coloured canal pollution
Queensland builder fined over rust-coloured canal pollution
An investigation by Gold Coast's council finds a builder mismanaged its dewatering program and allowed contaminated water to leak into Palm Beach's canals.
abc.net.au
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now spread from migratory birds to infect resident Australian birds. The damage this virus will do isn’t set but governments & councils can't act alone. #auspol theconversation.com/powerless-ag...
Powerless against bird flu? Not entirely. Here are 8 ways to help protect Australia’s birds and mammals
As a lethal bird flu spreads in Australian wildlife, it can be easy to think nothing can stop it. That’s an error – much can be done.
theconversation.com
Sunshine shop owner dies from injuries he suffered in alleged teen group bashing
Breaking: Sunshine shop owner dies from alleged assault injuries
Van Viet Truong, 60, was hailed as a hero after coming to the aid of a fellow retail worker after five youths tried to rob a store in Sunshine.
abc.net.au
ever since reagan, the Democratic Party has been chasing Republican votes by shifting further and further right Democratic Socialists are simply pulling the party back to where it belongs
Democratic Socialist Topples Dem Congressman As Progressive Insurgency Rolls On
McKinney’s win is another victory for the progressive insurgency toppling incumbent Democratic lawmakers.
huffpost.com
As a girl raised in the country, I observed many "cows on cows", "bulls on bulls" (as well as other animals) sexual relationships - some animals, like humans are "wired" differently to what some people think is "normal". It's a quirk of nature. Get over it. Ringers🙄
"Folks are dumb where I come from " #HillbillyHaters #auspol #qldpol
bystander1.bsky.social@bystander1.bsky.social · 48m ago"“At the end of the day, we’re farmers and there’s a law. There’s gravity and it works … I think we can all agree that there are two genders … if we try and do anything else, we are kind of going outside of physics or natural law.” Salerno is quoted as saying by The Toowoomba Chronicle."
www.outinperth.com/major-austra... #auspol #qldpol #nswpol
Major Australian clothing brand voices support for Pauline Hanson and opposition to transgender rights
Western Ringers founders have endorsed One Nation, citing their opposition to transgender rights as a reason they'll donate to the party.
outinperth.com
Of course ->>>"In an exclusive interview published in News Corp papers.." he drew a comparison between people who are transgender and livestock."😱 “If we start saying that bulls are cows and cows are bulls, that’s not honest,” he said."🤔
Major Australian clothing brand voices support for Pauline Hanson and opposition to transgender rights
Western Ringers founders have endorsed One Nation, citing their opposition to transgender rights as a reason they'll donate to the party.
outinperth.com
bystander1.bsky.social@bystander1.bsky.social · last mo."Fast-growing country apparel brand Ringers Western is doubling down on its sponsorship of Karl Stefanovic, saying its support of the broadcaster’s podcast aligns with its values and will help grow the label’s profile across Australia."
1/ Myopic that in a world that's on FIRE or in FLOOD, with millions harmed, Ken Henry's focus is "meeting the net zero by 2050 target" & opining that "the only mechanism we've got for doing that is carbon offsets. And carbon offsets are under threat" from environmentalists & conservationists
Dangerous times for climate policy: Ken Henry - ABC listen
Former Secretary of the Treasury Department Ken Henry is addressing the Clean Energy Council's summit in Sydney today.
abc.net.au
Workplace pesticide exposure linked to motor neurone disease risk
Exposure to pesticides at work could raise risk of ALS, study finds
Two people in Australia are diagnosed with ALS each day. Researchers say working with pesticides could bring a 70 per cent greater risk of developing the fatal disease.
abc.net.au
My latest in @theconversation.com: "Hanson’s recent comments are not an aberration. Her anti-feminist and pro-men’s rights beliefs have been as consistent over the last 30 years as her racism and stance on immigration. It’s clear that men’s rights is central to Hanson’s political project." #AusPol
Pauline Hanson was once dubbed ‘queen of the men’s rights movement’. Her 30-year career shows why
As consistent as her beliefs on race and immigration, Hanson has been championing men’s rights causes for 30 years – at the expense of women.
theconversation.com
The Beautiful Sound of the Persian Santur
Candida auris, a drug resistant fungus with a mortality rate up to 60 percent, has infected 3,130 people across 23 states this year. More than 95 percent of tested strains resist the first line antifungal treatment. The agency tracking it has lost a quarter of its workforce.
Cases of potentially deadly fungus detected in 23 states, CDC data shows. What to know
Cases of a potentially deadly fungus have been detected in 23 states so far this year, according to data from the CDC. Here's what to know.
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I already lived as a woman in the 50’s. Once was more than enough! Not going BACK. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Give Them an Inch...
And they'll take away women's sports...
open.substack.com
Since industrial logging began more than a century ago, most of Vancouver Island's productive old-growth forests — those capable of growing the large trees characteristic of the island's rainforests — have been cut. https://to.pbs.org/3RMtWDR
British Columbia is logging its last old-growth forests. Protesters are sleeping in the road to stop it
Trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
pbs.org
"You can hear the cows & the bulls are so excited about this." Lord Pocketsquare Jarrod Bleijie attempts to connect with the common people as he announces the $287.5m upgrade to Brisbane's RNA showgrounds which is part of the $3.5b Games athletes' village budget. #qldpol
As consistent as her beliefs on race and immigration, Hanson has been championing men’s rights causes for 30 years – at the expense of women.
Pauline Hanson was once dubbed ‘queen of the men’s rights movement’. Her 30-year career shows why
theconversation.com
Why on earth is Australia importing Pineapples ? #auspol #qldpol
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 2h agoPineapple growers raise biosecurity concerns as Indian and Indonesian imports considered
Pineapple growers raise biosecurity concerns as Indian and Indonesian imports considered
Pineapple growers raise biosecurity concerns as Asian imports considered
Australian producers flag biosecurity worries as the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry considers importing pineapples from India and Indonesia.
abc.net.au
Sanders: The irony is that the proper criticism of communism is that the Soviet Union was an authoritarian society. And then you’ve got the most authoritarian president in the history of this country. So I suppose when he says, “I’d be a great communist,” yeah, I think there’s some truth to that
Labor, the unsung heroes of the fuel crisis inflicted on Australia thanks to Trump’s pointless war with Iran. The media hates a good-news Labor story. #auspol #Labor #CostOfLiving
