Creative Catjk
@creativecatjk.bsky.social
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Creative, artistic, theatrey, engaged in the world people are my tribe. Reformed analyst.
Love and solidarity to you all (to quote Mona Eltahawy - it's her line, but the sentiment can be shared)
Creative, artistic, theatrey, engaged in the world people are my tribe. Reformed analyst.
Love and solidarity to you all (to quote Mona Eltahawy - it's her line, but the sentiment can be shared)
Lexx Luthor also wins a Nobel Peace Prize. (He is not stupid, though)
The Nobel thing reminds of one of those origin stories for an impossibly stupid but disproportionately damaging Batman villain who only shows up in one issue in the '70s.
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Lexx Luthor also wins a Nobel Peace Prize. (He is not stupid, though)
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The easiest way to encourage social cohesion is to creat a society that welcomes all and offers financial security to all.
Equal education, health and infrastructure for all.
Legislate that.
#AusPol
Equal education, health and infrastructure for all.
Legislate that.
#AusPol
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The easiest way to encourage social cohesion is to creat a society that welcomes all and offers financial security to all.
Equal education, health and infrastructure for all.
Legislate that.
#AusPol
Equal education, health and infrastructure for all.
Legislate that.
#AusPol
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950,000+ kids living in poverty.
$380 BN on subs we will never see.
Budgets reveal your values. The ALP and LNP have none.
$380 BN on subs we will never see.
Budgets reveal your values. The ALP and LNP have none.
Australia has had a rise of 237,000 children living in poverty. Which brings the total up to 950,100 which means this year we are at risk of it surpassing 1 million bcec.edu.au/media/anothe...
Another 237,000 Australian children in poverty in four years - BCEC
Almost a quarter of a million children have been plunged into poverty in just four years - a 33 per cent increase.
bcec.edu.au
January 17, 2026 at 5:51 AM
950,000+ kids living in poverty.
$380 BN on subs we will never see.
Budgets reveal your values. The ALP and LNP have none.
$380 BN on subs we will never see.
Budgets reveal your values. The ALP and LNP have none.
In Australia, the Albanese government wants to investigate people for being critical of Israel and genocide. #auspol
What is it with western democracies who investigate people protesting against human rights abuses, instead of the abusers?
What is it with western democracies who investigate people protesting against human rights abuses, instead of the abusers?
This is insanity. They are being investigated for *making statements* critical of ICE.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
January 17, 2026 at 12:20 PM
In Australia, the Albanese government wants to investigate people for being critical of Israel and genocide. #auspol
What is it with western democracies who investigate people protesting against human rights abuses, instead of the abusers?
What is it with western democracies who investigate people protesting against human rights abuses, instead of the abusers?
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I’ve got my watch zones set for all of the Sydney Basin, Blue Mountains as far as Lithgow, and the area where my brother lives.
Flood warnings for Narrabeen & Manly lagoons. Narrabeen is evacuate orders. #SydneyWeather
Flood warnings for Narrabeen & Manly lagoons. Narrabeen is evacuate orders. #SydneyWeather
January 17, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I’ve got my watch zones set for all of the Sydney Basin, Blue Mountains as far as Lithgow, and the area where my brother lives.
Flood warnings for Narrabeen & Manly lagoons. Narrabeen is evacuate orders. #SydneyWeather
Flood warnings for Narrabeen & Manly lagoons. Narrabeen is evacuate orders. #SydneyWeather
We could invest in research and science instead of imaginary submarines?
“We’re at constant risk of losing medical researchers who have put 10 years into their careers because they didn’t get a grant in the latest round, which had a success rate of one in 10. It’s hard to emphasise the sense of crisis.”
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au
January 17, 2026 at 12:02 PM
We could invest in research and science instead of imaginary submarines?
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
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This is a crucible moment. If this killing is allowed to pass, not because it has been fully investigated & found justified, but because it has been waved away, it will be a grave injustice to Good but also the nation.
A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
I worked on the Rodney King case. Here’s how I see the Good Case.
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
This is a crucible moment. If this killing is allowed to pass, not because it has been fully investigated & found justified, but because it has been waved away, it will be a grave injustice to Good but also the nation.
A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
Irony. Not quite dead.
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Irony. Not quite dead.
Perhaps we could vote for more Greens and Independents next election?
Thank goodness the Greens are sensible. Now let's have the long overdue Murdoch Royal Commission instead of pursuing critics of genocidal #Israel. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... #auspol
Labor to cut racial vilification offence from hate speech bill after Greens signal opposition
The Albanese government will separate laws tightening gun control from its proposed hate speech reforms after the omnibus bill failed to secure the support of the Coalition and the Greens.
www.abc.net.au
January 17, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Perhaps we could vote for more Greens and Independents next election?
Priorities.
While the police forces & British courts pursue prosecutions relating to Palestine Action, an actual proscribed terror group is operating freely in N. Ireland and the police are covering up and downplaying white supremacist terror, violence and mass forced displacement of racial & ethnic minorities.
‘We want to go away from here’: Roma family tells of fear after UDA thugs attack Belfast home
The teenage daughter of a Roma family whose home was attacked by paramilitary thugs just days after Christmas has refused to return to school out of fear for her safety.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Priorities.
Watched Blow-Up with the Beloved. Fascinating.
January 17, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Watched Blow-Up with the Beloved. Fascinating.
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"For a hundred years, the night parrot was believed to be extinct (until discovered in) 2013.
Last year, the Albanese government approved 6198 hectares of night parrot habitat for clearing. ...estimates (at the time) put the parrots’ population at as few as 50 birds."
🤬 albomp@bsky.social !!!🤬
Last year, the Albanese government approved 6198 hectares of night parrot habitat for clearing. ...estimates (at the time) put the parrots’ population at as few as 50 birds."
🤬 albomp@bsky.social !!!🤬
Editorial: The Albanese government approved the clearing of 57,199 hectares of threatened species habitat last year. Double the rate of approved clearing in the previous year and five times the rate of approvals the year before that. satpa.pe/5auYhXb
Dead parrot sketch
It is difficult to know which numbers are the more appalling, the very large ones or the ones that are tragically small. Is it the scale of the destruction of threatened species habitat approved by the Albanese government, or is it the fact that the surviving population of night parrots could be counted by most children under 10?
satpa.pe
January 17, 2026 at 2:37 AM
"For a hundred years, the night parrot was believed to be extinct (until discovered in) 2013.
Last year, the Albanese government approved 6198 hectares of night parrot habitat for clearing. ...estimates (at the time) put the parrots’ population at as few as 50 birds."
🤬 albomp@bsky.social !!!🤬
Last year, the Albanese government approved 6198 hectares of night parrot habitat for clearing. ...estimates (at the time) put the parrots’ population at as few as 50 birds."
🤬 albomp@bsky.social !!!🤬
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"Every 25 mins a football field of threatened species habitat is cleared in Australia. More than 1/2...is for mining."
"Plibersek...was replaced by a man who immediately began extending the life of fossil fuel projects. The land clearing continues. Scores of species are pushed closer to extinction."
"Plibersek...was replaced by a man who immediately began extending the life of fossil fuel projects. The land clearing continues. Scores of species are pushed closer to extinction."
"For a hundred years, the night parrot was believed to be extinct (until discovered in) 2013.
Last year, the Albanese government approved 6198 hectares of night parrot habitat for clearing. ...estimates (at the time) put the parrots’ population at as few as 50 birds."
🤬 albomp@bsky.social !!!🤬
Last year, the Albanese government approved 6198 hectares of night parrot habitat for clearing. ...estimates (at the time) put the parrots’ population at as few as 50 birds."
🤬 albomp@bsky.social !!!🤬
Editorial: The Albanese government approved the clearing of 57,199 hectares of threatened species habitat last year. Double the rate of approved clearing in the previous year and five times the rate of approvals the year before that. satpa.pe/5auYhXb
January 17, 2026 at 2:49 AM
"Every 25 mins a football field of threatened species habitat is cleared in Australia. More than 1/2...is for mining."
"Plibersek...was replaced by a man who immediately began extending the life of fossil fuel projects. The land clearing continues. Scores of species are pushed closer to extinction."
"Plibersek...was replaced by a man who immediately began extending the life of fossil fuel projects. The land clearing continues. Scores of species are pushed closer to extinction."
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Here's the data showing that Victorian policies to deter investors have reduced rents. Here are all the real estate industry bullshitters to try to claim that what would really help is more investors (like the other states with rents continuing to skyrocket).
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
How did Australia's 'most liveable' capital city become the most affordable for renting a house?
Only one capital city in Australia has seen the cost of renting a house go down over the last 12 months.
www.sbs.com.au
January 16, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Here's the data showing that Victorian policies to deter investors have reduced rents. Here are all the real estate industry bullshitters to try to claim that what would really help is more investors (like the other states with rents continuing to skyrocket).
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Amazing support for the legal fund for Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah
$68k out of $100k raised in just over 24hrs. Almost 1000 supporters. Give if you can. Share if you cant.
#auspol
$68k out of $100k raised in just over 24hrs. Almost 1000 supporters. Give if you can. Share if you cant.
#auspol
Randa Abdel Fattah Legal Fund
This fundraiser is being run for Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah by Readers and Writers Against the Genocide. RWAG is a community of readers and writers who believe in the power of literature to enable us to sp...
chuffed.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Amazing support for the legal fund for Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah
$68k out of $100k raised in just over 24hrs. Almost 1000 supporters. Give if you can. Share if you cant.
#auspol
$68k out of $100k raised in just over 24hrs. Almost 1000 supporters. Give if you can. Share if you cant.
#auspol
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very important concerns🔥🔥🔥
January 16, 2026 at 2:56 AM
very important concerns🔥🔥🔥
Remember when he said he was going to 'build a wall' and lots of people said: oh, he doesn't mean that literally...?
He says that he'll take Greenland 'the hard way'.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho....
He says that he'll take Greenland 'the hard way'.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho....
How Denmark views Trump's threats to take over Greenland
Crucial talks are due to take place in Washington between Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland. President Trump has coveted the Da...
www.pbs.org
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Remember when he said he was going to 'build a wall' and lots of people said: oh, he doesn't mean that literally...?
He says that he'll take Greenland 'the hard way'.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho....
He says that he'll take Greenland 'the hard way'.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho....
stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
January 15, 2026 at 12:19 PM
stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
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The Albo government's antisemitism bill is a rushed hatchet job. Nobody has proper time to consider it carefully enough, and it will have all sorts of unintended consequences if passed. It is the worst kind of law-making: moral panic induced, pandering to powerful lobby groups' demands.
January 13, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The Albo government's antisemitism bill is a rushed hatchet job. Nobody has proper time to consider it carefully enough, and it will have all sorts of unintended consequences if passed. It is the worst kind of law-making: moral panic induced, pandering to powerful lobby groups' demands.
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We'll say it again: "social cohesion", when uttered by the holders of political and social power and privilege, means simply the maintenance of the dominant culture and silencing of any challenge to it.
January 15, 2026 at 6:12 AM
We'll say it again: "social cohesion", when uttered by the holders of political and social power and privilege, means simply the maintenance of the dominant culture and silencing of any challenge to it.
'Let’s be very, very clear, this long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement,” Walz added. “Instead, it’s a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government.”' - people don't want to be complicit so they are getting involved.
January 15, 2026 at 12:08 PM
'Let’s be very, very clear, this long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement,” Walz added. “Instead, it’s a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government.”' - people don't want to be complicit so they are getting involved.
Finished watching 'The Beast In Me'. I had read a non-spoiler review that said the wallpaper deserved an award - the setting and aesthetics were amazing, it's true. I wished that there was more of a 'twist' at the end - but the Beloved and I both enjoyed it. #streaming
January 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Finished watching 'The Beast In Me'. I had read a non-spoiler review that said the wallpaper deserved an award - the setting and aesthetics were amazing, it's true. I wished that there was more of a 'twist' at the end - but the Beloved and I both enjoyed it. #streaming
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I am so very tired. Here’s more on the debacle that tanked Adelaide Writers Week, and the staggering racism involved. sakr.substack.com/p/resignatio...
Resignations, Racism, and Resistance
Zionist Australia's cultural apartheid continues & according to Labor, it's good to be genocidal, bad to be Palestinian
sakr.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I am so very tired. Here’s more on the debacle that tanked Adelaide Writers Week, and the staggering racism involved. sakr.substack.com/p/resignatio...