DuchessFrida aka Deb
@duchessfrida.bsky.social
Grannie & retired Senior Lecturer in Women's Ed. #ChronicPain #CRPS #Politics #IndependentMedia #HumanRights. #WokeAF #Feminist #auspol #Climate #left_leaning
Married 51 yrs.
Buandig land - South Australia
Married 51 yrs.
Buandig land - South Australia
Pinned
This Week in Democracy – Week 42: Trump Pardons Crooks, Ignores Courts, and Threatens War
Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.
substack.com
As the world watches Trump & his appalling ‘administration’, this @zeteo.com list of the past week’s activities reads like something out of a fascist handbook for incompetents.
#Trump is cruel & seriously off with the pixies.
The USA is a very dangerous place!
substack.com/@teamzeteo/n...
#Trump is cruel & seriously off with the pixies.
The USA is a very dangerous place!
substack.com/@teamzeteo/n...
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The federal government only wanted to help South Australia with the algal bloom if it did not require new funding despite being briefed that an estimated 250k marine animals had been killed, new documents obtained through FOI reveal.
New from me in @thepointau.bsky.social.
New from me in @thepointau.bsky.social.
‘Not an eligible disaster’: FOI reveals Commonwealth resisted new aid for SA after algal bloom killed 250,000 marine animals
The documents, obtained under Freedom of Information, show Australia’s lack of preparedness for unexpected and extreme events driven by climate change and the limits of existing support programs.
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The federal government only wanted to help South Australia with the algal bloom if it did not require new funding despite being briefed that an estimated 250k marine animals had been killed, new documents obtained through FOI reveal.
New from me in @thepointau.bsky.social.
New from me in @thepointau.bsky.social.
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The family of two Aboriginal children left frightened of police officers after experiencing more than 150 home bail checks in just under two years, have filed a racial discrimination case in the Federal Court www.canberratimes.com.au/story/910904...
'Disruptive' bail checks left brothers scared of police
Life was happy for an Aboriginal family until police subjected them to more than 150 bail checks in...
www.canberratimes.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The family of two Aboriginal children left frightened of police officers after experiencing more than 150 home bail checks in just under two years, have filed a racial discrimination case in the Federal Court www.canberratimes.com.au/story/910904...
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“taxpayer funds lining the pockets of companies owned by bikie gangs to provided security services, and millions of dollars on insurance payments for fast cars, art and a luxury yacht owned by govt contractors are just some red flags”
#NACC - do your job. #auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
#NACC - do your job. #auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Wong, Burke admit to secret meetings with Nauru president
Wong’s office said she “raised recent media reports” with Nauru President David Adeang on Monday, but not until after he was photographed entering Parliament House on Tuesday.
www.theage.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“taxpayer funds lining the pockets of companies owned by bikie gangs to provided security services, and millions of dollars on insurance payments for fast cars, art and a luxury yacht owned by govt contractors are just some red flags”
#NACC - do your job. #auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
#NACC - do your job. #auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog as more disturbing evidence emerges of Australia’s secretive offshore detention regime in Nauru.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
‘Dirty deals’: Nauru rorting, bikie gang allegations to be referred to NACC
Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog.
www.theage.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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“During launch, Solar Citizens CEO Heidi Lee Douglas and National Advocacy Lead Charlie Rodrick revealed our roadmap to double rooftop solar — by:
Unlocking Solar for Renters
Unlocking Solar for Big Roofs (commercial & industrial sites)
Enabling Battery Empowered Homes
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NOCS...
Unlocking Solar for Renters
Unlocking Solar for Big Roofs (commercial & industrial sites)
Enabling Battery Empowered Homes
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NOCS...
Raise The Roof Launch Webinar - 6 November 2025
YouTube video by Solar Citizens
m.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
“During launch, Solar Citizens CEO Heidi Lee Douglas and National Advocacy Lead Charlie Rodrick revealed our roadmap to double rooftop solar — by:
Unlocking Solar for Renters
Unlocking Solar for Big Roofs (commercial & industrial sites)
Enabling Battery Empowered Homes
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NOCS...
Unlocking Solar for Renters
Unlocking Solar for Big Roofs (commercial & industrial sites)
Enabling Battery Empowered Homes
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NOCS...
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I hate the fact that Australia is a cowed vassal state of the failing US Empire. I find it deeply disturbing that the USA is a vassal state of Zionist Israel. #auspol #USPolitics #IsraeliTerrorism
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I hate the fact that Australia is a cowed vassal state of the failing US Empire. I find it deeply disturbing that the USA is a vassal state of Zionist Israel. #auspol #USPolitics #IsraeliTerrorism
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For those who don't have time to sit through the full #SundayShot today, do check out our report from @punterspolitics.bsky.social dinner on Tuesday featuring @davidpocock.bsky.social, @fatimapayman.bsky.social, @helenhainesindi.bsky.social and more!
Fun was had.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Gn...
Fun was had.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Gn...
The Sunday Shot goes to dinner with @punterspolitics!
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
For those who don't have time to sit through the full #SundayShot today, do check out our report from @punterspolitics.bsky.social dinner on Tuesday featuring @davidpocock.bsky.social, @fatimapayman.bsky.social, @helenhainesindi.bsky.social and more!
Fun was had.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Gn...
Fun was had.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Gn...
Women's pain inquiry finds Victorians' suffering worsened by male-centred healthcare system
#ChronicPain
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#ChronicPain
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Women's pain inquiry finds male-centred health system causing suffering
A Victorian inquiry has found a dismissive and disrespectful healthcare system centred around men is contributing to poorer outcomes for women and girls.
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Women's pain inquiry finds Victorians' suffering worsened by male-centred healthcare system
#ChronicPain
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#ChronicPain
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Some young patriots yesterday, confused about how the existence of Indigenous Australians fits with their anti-immigration white supremacist philosophy, seek to reconcile the problem with all of the brain cells at their disposal.
September 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Some young patriots yesterday, confused about how the existence of Indigenous Australians fits with their anti-immigration white supremacist philosophy, seek to reconcile the problem with all of the brain cells at their disposal.
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This post is over the top in hyping up Carney, but separate from that it is significant that this is a real statement made by a Canadian Prime Minister, and there is no real basis to challenge its accuracy.
PM Mark Carney was talking about attracting foreign investment to Canada and listed reasons Canada is a good place to invest. A reporter pointed out that the U.S. has those things, too. What sets Canada apart?
PM Carney: "Well, we have rule of law."
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
PM Carney: "Well, we have rule of law."
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This post is over the top in hyping up Carney, but separate from that it is significant that this is a real statement made by a Canadian Prime Minister, and there is no real basis to challenge its accuracy.
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“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
Don Moynihan on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
"Instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities."
www.publicnotice.co
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
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As the world watches Trump & his appalling ‘administration’, this @zeteo.com list of the past week’s activities reads like something out of a fascist handbook for incompetents.
#Trump is cruel & seriously off with the pixies.
The USA is a very dangerous place!
substack.com/@teamzeteo/n...
#Trump is cruel & seriously off with the pixies.
The USA is a very dangerous place!
substack.com/@teamzeteo/n...
This Week in Democracy – Week 42: Trump Pardons Crooks, Ignores Courts, and Threatens War
Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
As the world watches Trump & his appalling ‘administration’, this @zeteo.com list of the past week’s activities reads like something out of a fascist handbook for incompetents.
#Trump is cruel & seriously off with the pixies.
The USA is a very dangerous place!
substack.com/@teamzeteo/n...
#Trump is cruel & seriously off with the pixies.
The USA is a very dangerous place!
substack.com/@teamzeteo/n...
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Earlier this year, US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on the Australian territories of Heard and McDonald Islands. So remote, no human has been there for 10yrs. Yet, somehow penguins managed to export $1.4m worth of machinery & electrics to the US in 2022. www.investopedia.com/penguins-and...
Don't Laugh—Here's How Penguins Waddled Into Trump's Trade War
When Trump's 2025 tariff list included the remote Heard and McDonald Islands—home only to penguins and seals—it raised eyebrows worldwide. Discover how these Antarctic residents became unwitting playe...
www.investopedia.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Earlier this year, US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on the Australian territories of Heard and McDonald Islands. So remote, no human has been there for 10yrs. Yet, somehow penguins managed to export $1.4m worth of machinery & electrics to the US in 2022. www.investopedia.com/penguins-and...
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When I was first elected, evidence showed it would take 193 years to bring London's air pollution within legal limits.
Due to our policies, we've done it in 9.
In Brazil this week, we showed that cities are giving the world reason to hope when it comes to tackling the climate emergency.
Due to our policies, we've done it in 9.
In Brazil this week, we showed that cities are giving the world reason to hope when it comes to tackling the climate emergency.
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
When I was first elected, evidence showed it would take 193 years to bring London's air pollution within legal limits.
Due to our policies, we've done it in 9.
In Brazil this week, we showed that cities are giving the world reason to hope when it comes to tackling the climate emergency.
Due to our policies, we've done it in 9.
In Brazil this week, we showed that cities are giving the world reason to hope when it comes to tackling the climate emergency.
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"There’s a direct link between the poverty Gates claims to care so much about and the wealth he fails to mention.
...the ultra-rich thrive on impoverishing other people." #inequality #ClimateCrisis
...the ultra-rich thrive on impoverishing other people." #inequality #ClimateCrisis
This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"There’s a direct link between the poverty Gates claims to care so much about and the wealth he fails to mention.
...the ultra-rich thrive on impoverishing other people." #inequality #ClimateCrisis
...the ultra-rich thrive on impoverishing other people." #inequality #ClimateCrisis
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How much longer is this farce of a sideshow going to continue?
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Anti-corruption commission watchdog inquiring into NACC chief Brereton
The inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission is inquiring into the agency's head, Paul Brereton, in relation to several complaints including from a former employee.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
How much longer is this farce of a sideshow going to continue?
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Inside the heavily guarded, aseptically cool halls of the Indo-Pacific International Maritime Exposition, Australia’s defence minister, Richard Marles, describes it as, for some in the room, “a kind of Disneyland … the happiest place on Earth”.
WTF? 🤬 #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
WTF? 🤬 #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
At Sydney’s mighty arms convention, weapons are sold as ‘solutions’. No one mentions the people they will target
As protesters outside condemn war, inside the Indo-Pacific International Maritime Exposition the defence minister praises the ‘beautiful, menacing and extremely cool’ technology on show
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Inside the heavily guarded, aseptically cool halls of the Indo-Pacific International Maritime Exposition, Australia’s defence minister, Richard Marles, describes it as, for some in the room, “a kind of Disneyland … the happiest place on Earth”.
WTF? 🤬 #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
WTF? 🤬 #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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When your presidency runs on manual transmission.
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
When your presidency runs on manual transmission.
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A reminder of how big a trillion is.
1 trillion seconds = 31,546 years
1 trillion seconds = 31,546 years
Musk gets his $1 trillion compensation package approved by Tesla shareholders.
Shareholders in the room chant "Elon, Elon, Elon!"
Shareholders in the room chant "Elon, Elon, Elon!"
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A reminder of how big a trillion is.
1 trillion seconds = 31,546 years
1 trillion seconds = 31,546 years
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