Catherine Mack 🐨🦫
@cathyinoz.bsky.social
Teacher librarian📚, book reader, writer, gardener, plant lover, iNaturalist 🌿, concerned about sustainability, climate and food security. Expat Canadian 🇨🇦 living in Naarm/Melbourne.
Accounts with no profile, no posts get a block from me. Sorry, bots.
Accounts with no profile, no posts get a block from me. Sorry, bots.
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Watch 374 bagpipe players break a world record with AC/DC tribute – video
The previous world record for the largest bagpipe ensemble was 333 pipers in Bulgaria
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November 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Catching a few minutes this sunny Saturday morning to read @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social newest book. On Letting Go of Certainty in a Story that Never Ends really resonated. Thanks for helping me to reread fairytales in a new light. And to see uncertainty as hope and a space to take action.
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Catching a few minutes this sunny Saturday morning to read @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social newest book. On Letting Go of Certainty in a Story that Never Ends really resonated. Thanks for helping me to reread fairytales in a new light. And to see uncertainty as hope and a space to take action.
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It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
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Financed Deforestation
“Australia is a global deforestation hotspot - & Aus banks are funding destruction.
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“Australia is a global deforestation hotspot - & Aus banks are funding destruction.
www.acf.org.au/news/finance...
Financed Deforestation: The banks behind nature destruction
Is your bank funding forest destruction? Explore ACF’s interactive tool to see how the big lenders compare.
www.acf.org.au
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Financed Deforestation
“Australia is a global deforestation hotspot - & Aus banks are funding destruction.
www.acf.org.au/news/finance...
“Australia is a global deforestation hotspot - & Aus banks are funding destruction.
www.acf.org.au/news/finance...
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So here's the favour I want to ask: if this post crosses your feed, please take this chance to support the Gitxsan and Gitanyow by watching our latest HGA and passing it on.
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada
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November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
So here's the favour I want to ask: if this post crosses your feed, please take this chance to support the Gitxsan and Gitanyow by watching our latest HGA and passing it on.
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
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If you understand why this shutdown happened, you understand the entire authoritarian strategy for 2026.
This shutdown ends soon. But what comes next matters far more.👇
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This shutdown ends soon. But what comes next matters far more.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
If you understand why this shutdown happened, you understand the entire authoritarian strategy for 2026.
This shutdown ends soon. But what comes next matters far more.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
This shutdown ends soon. But what comes next matters far more.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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NSW Police go out of their way to approve a Neo Nazi rally — then Premier Minns uses the “stuff up” as an excuse for *more* laws restricting free speech. The whole thing stinks of a blatantly obvious stitch-up by vested interests. Pathetic.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Police authorisation of Sydney neo-Nazi demonstration sparks calls for protest law review
A neo-Nazi protest received NSW Police authorisation to go ahead outside NSW parliament on Saturday morning.
www.sbs.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
NSW Police go out of their way to approve a Neo Nazi rally — then Premier Minns uses the “stuff up” as an excuse for *more* laws restricting free speech. The whole thing stinks of a blatantly obvious stitch-up by vested interests. Pathetic.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
No kidding!! Despicable nonaction from the people paid by our taxes to protect US!!!
NSW police accused of ‘sickening’ double standard over neo-Nazi rally as Jewish groups demand answers
NSW police accused of ‘sickening’ double standard over neo-Nazi rally as Jewish groups demand answers
Pro-Palestine and climate activists join Jewish voices criticising ‘entirely inconsistent police responses’ and ‘unfathomable approval’
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A former Greens candidate who required surgery after allegedly being struck by police at a pro-Palestine protest says she was “sickened” by the force’s authorisation of a neo-Nazi rally on the steps of parliament, alleging it showed “a clear double standard”.
New South Wales police authorised Saturday’s neo-Nazi rally at which about 60 men clad in black called for the abolition of the Jewish lobby. The decision by NSW police was condemned as “unfathomable” on Sunday by one Jewish group. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
No kidding!! Despicable nonaction from the people paid by our taxes to protect US!!!
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The last time NSW cops got more power over protests they beat the seven shades of shit out of Hannah Thomas. Every law you make to empower police against Nazis, will be used against environmentalists, unions and all social activists. This has always been the way
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Police need more powers to stop ‘naked racism and hatred’ after allowing Sydney neo-Nazi rally, premier says
Dozens of neo-Nazis demonstrated outside NSW parliament on Saturday where they held an antisemitic banner and chanted a Hitler Youth slogan
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The last time NSW cops got more power over protests they beat the seven shades of shit out of Hannah Thomas. Every law you make to empower police against Nazis, will be used against environmentalists, unions and all social activists. This has always been the way
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Well doesn’t this just say it all. Lost, low-life, Labour Party. 😡
'A former Australian soldier recruited to support a controversial Albanese government deportation plan is demanding answers after discovering a bikie gang [Finks] had infiltrated the critical border security operation.'
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‘Mind-boggling’: Whistleblower reveals how global bikie boss won Nauru security deal
A former soldier recruited to support an Albanese government deportation plan wants an inquiry after finding a gang had infiltrated the border security operation.
www.theage.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Well doesn’t this just say it all. Lost, low-life, Labour Party. 😡
Forever ❤️🤍❤️ #joni
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Forever ❤️🤍❤️ #joni
A questionable life. And once again fame built on the work of a largely unacknowledged woman. 🫤
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, dead at 97 - www.reuters.com/business/hea...
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, dead at 97 - www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A questionable life. And once again fame built on the work of a largely unacknowledged woman. 🫤
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, dead at 97 - www.reuters.com/business/hea...
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, dead at 97 - www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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On Monday, I tabled the cohealth petition with 6,000+ signatures calling on the state and federal govt to keep the doors to these vital health centres open.
Without urgent intervention, 12,000+ people will lose access to affordable, essential healthcare.
Labor: do the right thing. Save cohealth.
Without urgent intervention, 12,000+ people will lose access to affordable, essential healthcare.
Labor: do the right thing. Save cohealth.
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
On Monday, I tabled the cohealth petition with 6,000+ signatures calling on the state and federal govt to keep the doors to these vital health centres open.
Without urgent intervention, 12,000+ people will lose access to affordable, essential healthcare.
Labor: do the right thing. Save cohealth.
Without urgent intervention, 12,000+ people will lose access to affordable, essential healthcare.
Labor: do the right thing. Save cohealth.
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Elaine Welteroth, former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and youngest editor of Condé Nast ever, and the 2nd African American to hold this position, changed Teen Vogue to be more politically conscious.
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Ex-Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth: ‘The headlines implied I was a token black hire’
Welteroth was just 29 when Anna Wintour made her editor-in-chief. Months later, the magazine shut down. What did she do next?
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November 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
When people do good work.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
When people do good work.
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Thank god for scientists!
Congratulations to Distinguished Prof Lidia Morawska FAA FTSE (QUT) for being awarded the prestigious Prime Minister's Prize for Science 2025! 🎉
Prof Morawska was elected a Fellow of the Academy in 2020 and in 2023 received the Academy’s Mathew Flinders Medal.
Prof Morawska was elected a Fellow of the Academy in 2020 and in 2023 received the Academy’s Mathew Flinders Medal.
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Thank god for scientists!
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And they love it‼️
Australian Industry Group CEO: "Most promising is the prospect of single-touch assessments, where States can be accredited to enforce new national environmental standards, and projects can undergo a single assessment process."
#LaborMakingEnvironmentLaws4BigBusiness
Australian Industry Group CEO: "Most promising is the prospect of single-touch assessments, where States can be accredited to enforce new national environmental standards, and projects can undergo a single assessment process."
#LaborMakingEnvironmentLaws4BigBusiness
November 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
And they love it‼️
Australian Industry Group CEO: "Most promising is the prospect of single-touch assessments, where States can be accredited to enforce new national environmental standards, and projects can undergo a single assessment process."
#LaborMakingEnvironmentLaws4BigBusiness
Australian Industry Group CEO: "Most promising is the prospect of single-touch assessments, where States can be accredited to enforce new national environmental standards, and projects can undergo a single assessment process."
#LaborMakingEnvironmentLaws4BigBusiness
November 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Lots to see in our walk in the #wombatstateforest today. #wildflowers #nativeolants #trentham #centralhighlands #natureloving
November 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Lots to see in our walk in the #wombatstateforest today. #wildflowers #nativeolants #trentham #centralhighlands #natureloving
Loving #BillieEilish hard.
“If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but, yeah, give your money away, shorties,” the 23-year-old said during a speech.” www.cbc.ca/news/billie-...
“If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but, yeah, give your money away, shorties,” the 23-year-old said during a speech.” www.cbc.ca/news/billie-...
Billie Eilish just called out billionaires in front of Mark Zuckerberg | CBC News
Grammy-winning pop artist Billie Eilish called billionaires out on Wednesday, seemingly to their faces.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Loving #BillieEilish hard.
“If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but, yeah, give your money away, shorties,” the 23-year-old said during a speech.” www.cbc.ca/news/billie-...
“If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but, yeah, give your money away, shorties,” the 23-year-old said during a speech.” www.cbc.ca/news/billie-...
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Penny Wong accidentally saying the quiet bit out loud - for Labor the US relationship is more important than the Australian environment. Who do this lot think they work for?
October 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Penny Wong accidentally saying the quiet bit out loud - for Labor the US relationship is more important than the Australian environment. Who do this lot think they work for?
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
An excellent summary of the sh**
state that things are in.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/this-wreckag...
state that things are in.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/this-wreckag...
This Wreckage Courtesy of the Enshittification Administration: Notes On Late-State Trumpism
In 2022, the tech critic and privacy advocate Cory Doctorow coined the term enshittification to describe what's happened on the Internet to a lot of the most widely used platforms: Google, Amazon, Fac...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
An excellent summary of the sh**
state that things are in.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/this-wreckag...
state that things are in.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/this-wreckag...