Cait Ogdon
@clobella.bsky.social
Anthropology: Culture & Sustainable futures. Loves books, animals, humans not so much. Hates cruelty/injustice, systemic social failures & inequities -poverty, food insecurity, health access.
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What a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
What a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
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Yet another political crony-boy cannons into a funds-starved public cultural institution. Weapons lobbyist & previously-not-notably-arts-adjacent political pensioner Christopher Pyne appointed to our National Library Council.
What a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Yet another political crony-boy cannons into a funds-starved public cultural institution. Weapons lobbyist & previously-not-notably-arts-adjacent political pensioner Christopher Pyne appointed to our National Library Council.
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‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at the CSIRO
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at the CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
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Australia’s national scientific agency is expected to cut up to 350 more research roles from next year as it looks for savings and new sources of funding to plug budgetary shortfalls.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) held its town hall on Tuesday afternoon where the agency’s leaders outlined the troubled times ahead. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 AM
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at the CSIRO
While this is a parody, billboards such as these should be up all over the world.
#taxtherich
#taxtherich
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
While this is a parody, billboards such as these should be up all over the world.
#taxtherich
#taxtherich
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This week's #SundayShot features @deepcutnews.bsky.social's @antounissa.bsky.social & former Meanjin Editor @anatolitis.bsky.social plus we look at key findings on the state of our boys from the recent Adolescent Man Box report.
Please join us on Sunday at 9am AEDT 👇
www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
Please join us on Sunday at 9am AEDT 👇
www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This week's #SundayShot features @deepcutnews.bsky.social's @antounissa.bsky.social & former Meanjin Editor @anatolitis.bsky.social plus we look at key findings on the state of our boys from the recent Adolescent Man Box report.
Please join us on Sunday at 9am AEDT 👇
www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
Please join us on Sunday at 9am AEDT 👇
www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
‘The Donald Project’ in regional Victoria, ie: #criticalminerals out past #Minyip
‘Selling our soul for essentially nothing’ - why would @albomp.bsky.social do this to our farmers and agriculture industry?
www.instagram.com/reel/DQsZQ5L...
‘Selling our soul for essentially nothing’ - why would @albomp.bsky.social do this to our farmers and agriculture industry?
www.instagram.com/reel/DQsZQ5L...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
‘The Donald Project’ in regional Victoria, ie: #criticalminerals out past #Minyip
‘Selling our soul for essentially nothing’ - why would @albomp.bsky.social do this to our farmers and agriculture industry?
www.instagram.com/reel/DQsZQ5L...
‘Selling our soul for essentially nothing’ - why would @albomp.bsky.social do this to our farmers and agriculture industry?
www.instagram.com/reel/DQsZQ5L...
Thanks to @earthlyeducation.bsky.social for their always illuminating posts. Here’s my favourite three slides from your Elon post.
Tax the rich.
The existence of a #trillionaire is obscene and a low point for the world.
Tax the rich.
The existence of a #trillionaire is obscene and a low point for the world.
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Thanks to @earthlyeducation.bsky.social for their always illuminating posts. Here’s my favourite three slides from your Elon post.
Tax the rich.
The existence of a #trillionaire is obscene and a low point for the world.
Tax the rich.
The existence of a #trillionaire is obscene and a low point for the world.
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Tomorrow's #SundayShot has @mariecolemanao.bsky.social on the Dismissal, @mrdtjames.bsky.social on the Victorian Treaty...and I went to @punterspolitics.bsky.social's dinner in Canberra.
Tune in (and like, subscribe and donate!).
www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
Tune in (and like, subscribe and donate!).
www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Tomorrow's #SundayShot has @mariecolemanao.bsky.social on the Dismissal, @mrdtjames.bsky.social on the Victorian Treaty...and I went to @punterspolitics.bsky.social's dinner in Canberra.
Tune in (and like, subscribe and donate!).
www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
Tune in (and like, subscribe and donate!).
www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
Jazz aficionados and history buffs might be interested in this 1938 edition of Charles Delaunay’s HOT Discography.
Not sure what I’ll do with it yet.
#jazzhistory #jazzmusic #jazz #music
Not sure what I’ll do with it yet.
#jazzhistory #jazzmusic #jazz #music
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Jazz aficionados and history buffs might be interested in this 1938 edition of Charles Delaunay’s HOT Discography.
Not sure what I’ll do with it yet.
#jazzhistory #jazzmusic #jazz #music
Not sure what I’ll do with it yet.
#jazzhistory #jazzmusic #jazz #music
This might interest history buffs of the Australian Labor Movement. Songbook edited by Clive Holding and C.Watson in 1956.
@australianlabor.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This might interest history buffs of the Australian Labor Movement. Songbook edited by Clive Holding and C.Watson in 1956.
@australianlabor.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social
Unpacking book boxes held in storage for a very long time - current box full of my musician father’s old music books and journals.
But this periodical caught my eye, love the name! We need more colourful names for our journals etc.
We need more colourful names on our journals!
#music #folk
But this periodical caught my eye, love the name! We need more colourful names for our journals etc.
We need more colourful names on our journals!
#music #folk
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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If Australia's higher education institutions simply can't stop themselves from investing in weapons manufacturers, let's get Senator @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social's End Dirty Uni Partnerships) Bill 2024 to do the job
(read ALL her 🧵)
(read ALL her 🧵)
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
If Australia's higher education institutions simply can't stop themselves from investing in weapons manufacturers, let's get Senator @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social's End Dirty Uni Partnerships) Bill 2024 to do the job
(read ALL her 🧵)
(read ALL her 🧵)
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"It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers" @richarddenniss.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers
The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.
thepoint.com.au
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers" @richarddenniss.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Phew, finally done with my last essay for the year: ‘Can anthropology ever be autonomous of state influence?’
- and submitted with time to spare!
#study #anthropology
- and submitted with time to spare!
#study #anthropology
November 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Phew, finally done with my last essay for the year: ‘Can anthropology ever be autonomous of state influence?’
- and submitted with time to spare!
#study #anthropology
- and submitted with time to spare!
#study #anthropology
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The latest sharp take from @theshot.net.au's superstar contributor @ronnisalt.bsky.social.
Here's Australia's current #1 bestselling novelist, @ronnisalt.bsky.social. 'Mr. Albanese goes to Washington'
Mr. Albanese goes to Washington - The Shot
Albanese’s pilgrimage to pay homage at the feet of our lords and masters, the United States of America, is over...
theshot.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The latest sharp take from @theshot.net.au's superstar contributor @ronnisalt.bsky.social.
Is this the future you really want?
If not you must get involved and actively resist. Tell your politicians, local representatives, state/federal govts again and again.
If not you must get involved and actively resist. Tell your politicians, local representatives, state/federal govts again and again.
October 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Is this the future you really want?
If not you must get involved and actively resist. Tell your politicians, local representatives, state/federal govts again and again.
If not you must get involved and actively resist. Tell your politicians, local representatives, state/federal govts again and again.
Wow! Our domestic concerns, especially climate change and its devastating effects on everything from environmental loss, liveability to food supply should be a primary focus over a relationship with a corrupt foreign administration.
#auspol @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
#auspol @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
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 6:41 AM
Wow! Our domestic concerns, especially climate change and its devastating effects on everything from environmental loss, liveability to food supply should be a primary focus over a relationship with a corrupt foreign administration.
#auspol @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
#auspol @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
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The Sunday Shot starts at 9am with me, @instanterudite.bsky.social, @sarahschwartz.bsky.social, Scott Burchill, and an interview with Pulitzer prize winning war correspondent Chris Hedges.
SUNDAY SHOT - OCT 19 - CHRIS HEDGES, SARAH SCHWARTZ, SCOTT BURCHILL
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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October 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Sunday Shot starts at 9am with me, @instanterudite.bsky.social, @sarahschwartz.bsky.social, Scott Burchill, and an interview with Pulitzer prize winning war correspondent Chris Hedges.
Excellent interview with Chris Hedges by Dave Milner for #TheShot
I interviewed Pulitzer Prize winning war correspondent Chris Hedges for an hour about the Western media betrayal of Palestinian journalists, the National Press Club of Australia, fascism and a violent empire in decline.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...
Chris Hedges talks with Dave about journalism, censorship and empire
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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October 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Excellent interview with Chris Hedges by Dave Milner for #TheShot
‘AI, no worries it’ll be great’ & ‘Digital ID? Nothing to worry about!’
How’s that going?
So many breaches, so many compromises. We keep galloping ahead before we fully understand what it is we’re doing. It wouldn’t hurt take a step back for once.
@albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
How’s that going?
So many breaches, so many compromises. We keep galloping ahead before we fully understand what it is we’re doing. It wouldn’t hurt take a step back for once.
@albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
‘AI, no worries it’ll be great’ & ‘Digital ID? Nothing to worry about!’
How’s that going?
So many breaches, so many compromises. We keep galloping ahead before we fully understand what it is we’re doing. It wouldn’t hurt take a step back for once.
@albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
How’s that going?
So many breaches, so many compromises. We keep galloping ahead before we fully understand what it is we’re doing. It wouldn’t hurt take a step back for once.
@albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
Hey @albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
When are you going to start charging these corporate cowboys and their ilk tax?! Every company with even a toehold in this country should be paying tax - enough is enough!
When are you going to start charging these corporate cowboys and their ilk tax?! Every company with even a toehold in this country should be paying tax - enough is enough!
October 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Hey @albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
When are you going to start charging these corporate cowboys and their ilk tax?! Every company with even a toehold in this country should be paying tax - enough is enough!
When are you going to start charging these corporate cowboys and their ilk tax?! Every company with even a toehold in this country should be paying tax - enough is enough!
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We have agreed that attempting to maintain a habitable planet is not in shareholders' interests.
Global banking climate alliance folds four years after launch
- ‘Net zero’ financial sector group votes to cease operations after losing members under political pressure
#climatechange
Story by @kenzabryan.ft.com
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.ft.com/content/841f...
- ‘Net zero’ financial sector group votes to cease operations after losing members under political pressure
#climatechange
Story by @kenzabryan.ft.com
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.ft.com/content/841f...
Global banking climate alliance folds four years after launch
‘Net zero’ financial sector group votes to cease operations after losing members under political pressure
www.ft.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We have agreed that attempting to maintain a habitable planet is not in shareholders' interests.
