Colleen Rowe
@colleenrowe.bsky.social
Humanist; OT. Passionate about what helps us live life well: good design of our environment; good access to knowledge; doing things differently to reclaim purpose & joy. https://www.workableliving.com.au/ she/her
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Summary of Peter Hartcher article in Nine
February 7, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Summary of Peter Hartcher article in Nine
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Good 💟
February 4, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Good 💟
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First vaccine targeting SARS virus family enters human trials
A new vaccine, GBP511, developed by UW Medicine, has entered clinical trials in Australia. It targets COVID-19 and related coronaviruses, including future threats, with trials led by South Korean pharmaceutical company SK Bioscience.
A new vaccine, GBP511, developed by UW Medicine, has entered clinical trials in Australia. It targets COVID-19 and related coronaviruses, including future threats, with trials led by South Korean pharmaceutical company SK Bioscience.
First vaccine targeting SARS virus family enters human trials – Institute for Protein Design
The computer-designed vaccine aims to protect against coronaviruses that haven't yet emerged, including pandemic threats
www.ipd.uw.edu
February 4, 2026 at 5:43 AM
First vaccine targeting SARS virus family enters human trials
A new vaccine, GBP511, developed by UW Medicine, has entered clinical trials in Australia. It targets COVID-19 and related coronaviruses, including future threats, with trials led by South Korean pharmaceutical company SK Bioscience.
A new vaccine, GBP511, developed by UW Medicine, has entered clinical trials in Australia. It targets COVID-19 and related coronaviruses, including future threats, with trials led by South Korean pharmaceutical company SK Bioscience.
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The NSW govt needs to elect a new public. Police say this one is not acceptable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
February 3, 2026 at 7:12 AM
The NSW govt needs to elect a new public. Police say this one is not acceptable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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Get this: the Israeli president’s visit will be so divisive, according to NSW Police, that the appropriate response is to ban all public assemblies while he’s here, rather than, say, him not coming.
February 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Get this: the Israeli president’s visit will be so divisive, according to NSW Police, that the appropriate response is to ban all public assemblies while he’s here, rather than, say, him not coming.
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If you ever wanted a working definition of structural racism, our structures are currently performing a textbook example.
First Nations leaders have urged governments to take stronger action in response to the alleged attack at an Invasion Day rally in Perth on Monday. Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss says failing to do so "sends a message that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not matter".
'Scared for our children': Stronger response urged on alleged rally attack
First Nations leaders have urged governments to take stronger action in response to the alleged attack at an Invasion Day rally in Perth on Monday. Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss says failing to do so "sends a message that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not matter".
www.abc.net.au
January 28, 2026 at 10:39 AM
If you ever wanted a working definition of structural racism, our structures are currently performing a textbook example.
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What things like the attempted terrorist attack in Perth and Scott's public Islamophobia speak to is the deep social division our governments and media have facilitated by the self-evident hypocrisy in how they've dealt with the past two years of domestic rupture arising from Israel/Gaza.
January 28, 2026 at 5:35 AM
What things like the attempted terrorist attack in Perth and Scott's public Islamophobia speak to is the deep social division our governments and media have facilitated by the self-evident hypocrisy in how they've dealt with the past two years of domestic rupture arising from Israel/Gaza.
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White racist literally threw a bomb at black people to kill them, apparently not a sufficient cause to have a moral panic, special envoy, national introspection, royal commission, terrorism declaration, new laws, 1,000 op-eds in The Australian. We're struggling to identify why that might be.
Device allegedly thrown into Invasion Day crowd designed to 'explode on impact', say police
A 31-year-old man is charged with making explosives in suspicious circumstances after a device was allegedly thrown into a crowd of hundreds of people attending an Invasion Day rally in central Perth ...
www.abc.net.au
January 28, 2026 at 4:57 AM
White racist literally threw a bomb at black people to kill them, apparently not a sufficient cause to have a moral panic, special envoy, national introspection, royal commission, terrorism declaration, new laws, 1,000 op-eds in The Australian. We're struggling to identify why that might be.
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"The Australian Centre for International Justice has formally requested the AFP investigate Israel's president for alleged incitement to genocide."
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Lawyers request AFP probe into Israeli president as Australian visit looms
The Australian Centre for International Justice has formally requested a police investigation into Israel's president for alleged incitement to genocide. He is expected to visit to Australia next mont...
www.abc.net.au
January 26, 2026 at 10:31 PM
"The Australian Centre for International Justice has formally requested the AFP investigate Israel's president for alleged incitement to genocide."
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Worth the read Australia 👇🏽
Australia’s leaders seem to be hoping the safest Trump-era strategy is to keep our heads down and say as little as possible. Jack Waterford argues that silence isn’t strategy – and that Australians deserve clarity about risk, alliances and what comes next.
#auspol #foreignpolicy #AUKUS
#auspol #foreignpolicy #AUKUS
Trump fills the great Albo silence
Australia’s leaders are trying to avoid becoming a target in a harsher, more coercive world. But silence and caution can’t substitute for strategy – or for honest leadership that levels with the public.
johnmenadue.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Worth the read Australia 👇🏽
What could possibly go wrong?
From the Post morning email, linked to theconversation.com/chatgpt-heal...
From the Post morning email, linked to theconversation.com/chatgpt-heal...
January 26, 2026 at 9:59 PM
What could possibly go wrong?
From the Post morning email, linked to theconversation.com/chatgpt-heal...
From the Post morning email, linked to theconversation.com/chatgpt-heal...
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Shared values, hey @albomp.bsky.social
“This is a difficult side-by-side to look at, but we must not look away. We must understand what is happening in the United States.”
#Auspol
“This is a difficult side-by-side to look at, but we must not look away. We must understand what is happening in the United States.”
#Auspol
January 25, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Shared values, hey @albomp.bsky.social
“This is a difficult side-by-side to look at, but we must not look away. We must understand what is happening in the United States.”
#Auspol
“This is a difficult side-by-side to look at, but we must not look away. We must understand what is happening in the United States.”
#Auspol
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The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.
January 24, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.
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Gun laws? Who said anything about gun laws?
Read the last few words of the lead: “in a suspected domestic violence attack”. I couldn’t be less surprised.
Any chance we could get some legislation about that sort of hate?
#AusPol
Read the last few words of the lead: “in a suspected domestic violence attack”. I couldn’t be less surprised.
Any chance we could get some legislation about that sort of hate?
#AusPol
January 22, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Gun laws? Who said anything about gun laws?
Read the last few words of the lead: “in a suspected domestic violence attack”. I couldn’t be less surprised.
Any chance we could get some legislation about that sort of hate?
#AusPol
Read the last few words of the lead: “in a suspected domestic violence attack”. I couldn’t be less surprised.
Any chance we could get some legislation about that sort of hate?
#AusPol
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The hate groups provisions in the hate speech bill are deeply flawed. They still exclude advocating genocide from the definition of hate crimes, and they will be open to misuse to target peaceful activist groups because of political influence. They shouldn't be passed into law in their current form.
January 20, 2026 at 2:24 AM
The hate groups provisions in the hate speech bill are deeply flawed. They still exclude advocating genocide from the definition of hate crimes, and they will be open to misuse to target peaceful activist groups because of political influence. They shouldn't be passed into law in their current form.
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
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I'd wager this is the angriest statement ever issued by the Nobel Peace Prize people...
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I'd wager this is the angriest statement ever issued by the Nobel Peace Prize people...
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Just noting that it’s currently illegal to do anything like this in NSW because of ‘social cohesion’
Thousands of people protesting throughout Denmark showing solidarity with Greenland and standing against the fascist MAGA regime. Couldn’t be prouder seeing this.
January 18, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Just noting that it’s currently illegal to do anything like this in NSW because of ‘social cohesion’
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Australia is rushing through legislation in which #auspol expects the public to accept ‘no procedural fairness’ in its application.
This deserves extra scrutiny, obviously.
Quite extraordinary, sneaky and dangerous, without including judicial oversight.
This deserves extra scrutiny, obviously.
Quite extraordinary, sneaky and dangerous, without including judicial oversight.
January 14, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Australia is rushing through legislation in which #auspol expects the public to accept ‘no procedural fairness’ in its application.
This deserves extra scrutiny, obviously.
Quite extraordinary, sneaky and dangerous, without including judicial oversight.
This deserves extra scrutiny, obviously.
Quite extraordinary, sneaky and dangerous, without including judicial oversight.
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Will there be calls for a Royal Commission into Islamophobia?
Will Grant Hackett get involved? Will community leaders blast the Albanese government for not listening to the Islamophobia envoy? Will Pauline Hanson be castigated by Sky for causing this, as Mehreen Faruqi was castigated over Bondi?
Will Grant Hackett get involved? Will community leaders blast the Albanese government for not listening to the Islamophobia envoy? Will Pauline Hanson be castigated by Sky for causing this, as Mehreen Faruqi was castigated over Bondi?
On Saturday, an imam and his wife were allegedly victims of a violent hate crime — forced off the road by another car, with attackers then getting out to assault the imam/threaten his wife.
ANIC put out a statement on Sunday arvo, noting rising islamophobia.
The media is just getting to it now.
ANIC put out a statement on Sunday arvo, noting rising islamophobia.
The media is just getting to it now.
January 11, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Will there be calls for a Royal Commission into Islamophobia?
Will Grant Hackett get involved? Will community leaders blast the Albanese government for not listening to the Islamophobia envoy? Will Pauline Hanson be castigated by Sky for causing this, as Mehreen Faruqi was castigated over Bondi?
Will Grant Hackett get involved? Will community leaders blast the Albanese government for not listening to the Islamophobia envoy? Will Pauline Hanson be castigated by Sky for causing this, as Mehreen Faruqi was castigated over Bondi?
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The cost of a fully-fitted out water bomber fleet suited to Australia’s needs is around $25m. We could fund that for 30 years with just one AUKUS sub down payment. Would come in handy on days like these.
January 9, 2026 at 4:02 AM
The cost of a fully-fitted out water bomber fleet suited to Australia’s needs is around $25m. We could fund that for 30 years with just one AUKUS sub down payment. Would come in handy on days like these.
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Where’s Tony Burke?
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
January 9, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Where’s Tony Burke?
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
There is still joy to be had. youtu.be/SFRR3wdmDqE?...
NEOJIBA - Orquestra Juvenil da Bahia - Tico Tico no Fubá (Realização: IDSM/Governo da Bahia/SJDHDS)
YouTube video by NEOJIBA
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January 7, 2026 at 12:26 PM
There is still joy to be had. youtu.be/SFRR3wdmDqE?...
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Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.