Amira Lightstone
@houseofcards101.bsky.social
Human rights, the environment, universal healthcare and animal welfare. Diversity is strength - in both genetics and our community. No to billionaires while there are people starving and homeless. And still no after that 🇦🇺 🌏 ❤️
And Flinders uni cutting researchers examining causes of algal bloom that has left 87000 animals dead. Are we actively trying to become stupider?
. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue, while some of its activities will be relocated elsewhere within the CSIRO.
They include: climate intelligence and advice; unlocking net zero; waste; and valuing and restoring biodiversity, nature and healthy ecosystems.
Insane
They include: climate intelligence and advice; unlocking net zero; waste; and valuing and restoring biodiversity, nature and healthy ecosystems.
Insane
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
And Flinders uni cutting researchers examining causes of algal bloom that has left 87000 animals dead. Are we actively trying to become stupider?
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More than 100 leaders have signed an open letter calling on the Albanese Government to back the COP30 Mutirão roadmap to phase out fossil fuels.
With over 80 nations already on board, Australia must choose: lead with integrity or fall further behind as the world moves on from coal and gas.
With over 80 nations already on board, Australia must choose: lead with integrity or fall further behind as the world moves on from coal and gas.
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
More than 100 leaders have signed an open letter calling on the Albanese Government to back the COP30 Mutirão roadmap to phase out fossil fuels.
With over 80 nations already on board, Australia must choose: lead with integrity or fall further behind as the world moves on from coal and gas.
With over 80 nations already on board, Australia must choose: lead with integrity or fall further behind as the world moves on from coal and gas.
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Smart countries don’t cut funding to their world-leading science and technology research organisations.
The Albanese government has to step up and provide adequate support for research and development in Australia - it has to invest in our future.
The Albanese government has to step up and provide adequate support for research and development in Australia - it has to invest in our future.
CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Smart countries don’t cut funding to their world-leading science and technology research organisations.
The Albanese government has to step up and provide adequate support for research and development in Australia - it has to invest in our future.
The Albanese government has to step up and provide adequate support for research and development in Australia - it has to invest in our future.
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Do they think economy-wide emissions are like water from a kitchen tap and you can just turn the handle a bit to adjust flow whenever you feel like it? Childish garbage they should be called on.
The Coalition would reduce emissions "year on year" considering the "real performance" of other developed countries and strip climate from the objectives of the nation's energy operator under a plan negotiated between the Liberals and Nationals.
Coalition plans to strip climate from energy operator's objectives
The Coalition would reduce emissions "year on year" considering the "real performance" of other developed countries and strip climate from the objectives of the nation's energy operator under a plan negotiated between the Liberals and Nationals.
www.abc.net.au
November 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Do they think economy-wide emissions are like water from a kitchen tap and you can just turn the handle a bit to adjust flow whenever you feel like it? Childish garbage they should be called on.
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Editorial: In almost 30 years Pauline Hanson has never built a proper party structure. Politics is a business for her and she sells to the lowest common denominator. She has stuck with a winner on immigration, trading Asians for Muslims as the market required. satpa.pe/coRqUCR
The rise and rise of Pauline Hanson
Late last week, Pauline Hanson was a guest at Donald Trump’s Halloween party. She went as herself.
satpa.pe
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Editorial: In almost 30 years Pauline Hanson has never built a proper party structure. Politics is a business for her and she sells to the lowest common denominator. She has stuck with a winner on immigration, trading Asians for Muslims as the market required. satpa.pe/coRqUCR
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Migrants to Australia pay more in taxes than they claim in welfare, and their consumption and spending supports the country’s growth, writes Emily Barrett. The challenge for our leaders is to tell that story clearly. satpa.pe/o4AVt7a
Everything that’s wrong with this immigration debate
As anti-immigration sentiment is politicised around the world, new arrivals to Australia are being portrayed as detrimental to the economy – when in fact the opposite is true.
satpa.pe
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Migrants to Australia pay more in taxes than they claim in welfare, and their consumption and spending supports the country’s growth, writes Emily Barrett. The challenge for our leaders is to tell that story clearly. satpa.pe/o4AVt7a
I genuinely don't understand how 6 months the LNP lost so many seats, they think that doubling down on climate scepticism, nuclear, culture wars and support for a genocidal war is a winning strategy. What frightens me is that they'll use whatever means they can to grow the audience for this message
Ley writes to Republicans on Gaza ahead of Albanese's UN address
In an unorthodox move, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley writes to a group of Republicans reassuring the Coalition would withdraw recognition of Palestine, ahead of a major United Nations address to be del...
www.abc.net.au
September 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I genuinely don't understand how 6 months the LNP lost so many seats, they think that doubling down on climate scepticism, nuclear, culture wars and support for a genocidal war is a winning strategy. What frightens me is that they'll use whatever means they can to grow the audience for this message
Wouldn't it be refreshing for our political leaders to acknowledge that AUKUS is the worst deal in history and that Australia shouldn't be tied to what is fast becoming a fascist state, led by a demented criminal who might just decide to set off a nuke because someone hurt his feelings?
"These submarines will lock us into the warlike activities of nuclear weapon states.
"It is a complete repudiation of decades of Australian anti-nuclear weapons policy."
- The Hon. Doug Cameron, former Senator for NSW
#auspol @dncameron.bsky.social
"It is a complete repudiation of decades of Australian anti-nuclear weapons policy."
- The Hon. Doug Cameron, former Senator for NSW
#auspol @dncameron.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Wouldn't it be refreshing for our political leaders to acknowledge that AUKUS is the worst deal in history and that Australia shouldn't be tied to what is fast becoming a fascist state, led by a demented criminal who might just decide to set off a nuke because someone hurt his feelings?
Machiavellian antics in the LNP are irrelevant. Start asking questions about why the government approved the NW shelf expansion when they had the national climate risk assessment in their back pockets. Why did they allow a massive carbon bomb then tell us we have to cut emissions?
To journalists various: the issue is not whether the coalition tears itself apart over climate denialism… the issue is whether we do what we can to save our home.
Stop reporting the goddam horse race.
Stop reporting the goddam horse race.
September 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Machiavellian antics in the LNP are irrelevant. Start asking questions about why the government approved the NW shelf expansion when they had the national climate risk assessment in their back pockets. Why did they allow a massive carbon bomb then tell us we have to cut emissions?
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Probably the best analysis of the Kirk shooting I’ve heard so far. From Mark Kenny
on ABC Insiders this morning.
on ABC Insiders this morning.
September 14, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Probably the best analysis of the Kirk shooting I’ve heard so far. From Mark Kenny
on ABC Insiders this morning.
on ABC Insiders this morning.
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"These marchers did not march for Australia. They marched against Australians. Against the refugee child in Bankstown. Against the nurse from Manila. Against the Yolŋu elder who speaks for 65,000 years of wisdom"
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
The speech we are still waiting for Anthony Albanese to deliver
Last week, rallies were held under the banner of “March for Australia.”
johnmenadue.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"These marchers did not march for Australia. They marched against Australians. Against the refugee child in Bankstown. Against the nurse from Manila. Against the Yolŋu elder who speaks for 65,000 years of wisdom"
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
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Seacliff beach this morning - but it could be Bondi. Our oceans are on fire. Dead marine life all over the beach. Scientists warned us. Now we are in it. End new fossil fuels. Stop subsidising coal and gas. Our world is on fire and our kids will cop it big time.
September 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Seacliff beach this morning - but it could be Bondi. Our oceans are on fire. Dead marine life all over the beach. Scientists warned us. Now we are in it. End new fossil fuels. Stop subsidising coal and gas. Our world is on fire and our kids will cop it big time.
This is how we sultanas in the pudding defeat the AI
August 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This is how we sultanas in the pudding defeat the AI
Is it too much to ask for an information service that just reports facts without censorship and editorial bias?
Israel has used US bombs in attacks on schools sheltering displaced civilians in Gaza, Human Rights Watch reports. If you search "HRW" on the Australian ABC News website you get lots of articles re HRW reports on China. None re HRW reports on Israel. 🤔 aje.io/z7dpdc #IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide
August 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Is it too much to ask for an information service that just reports facts without censorship and editorial bias?
Let's help people get their first house, not their fifth, tenth and beyond. Australia needs to do everything it can to reduce wealth disparity. We've seen what tax policies that preference billionaires over everyday people looks like - and we should loudly reject it
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Welfare groups join push to tackle negative gearing, CGT concessions
The Australian Council of Social Services has thrown its weight behind calls to wind back property investor tax breaks, setting up a potential housing flashpoint ahead of the government's economic rou...
www.abc.net.au
August 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Let's help people get their first house, not their fifth, tenth and beyond. Australia needs to do everything it can to reduce wealth disparity. We've seen what tax policies that preference billionaires over everyday people looks like - and we should loudly reject it
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Really, NYT?? 'art of the deal'?? When someone demands money so that your business won't get burnt down, it used to be called a 'protection racket'. Wonder which way the trading 'partners' are seeing this?
August 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Really, NYT?? 'art of the deal'?? When someone demands money so that your business won't get burnt down, it used to be called a 'protection racket'. Wonder which way the trading 'partners' are seeing this?
When ambition and power become primary motivators, instead of the common good, a political party is lost. The coalition should go home and rethink their role in australian politics - i hope Australians build on their contempt for divisive politics - we're all seeing the results of that in Trumpland
There is no coherent vision for Australia in their ranks – only ambition, entitlement and resentment. They’re out of touch with younger Australians, with working families, with the future itself. In place of policy, they offer culture wars.
theaimn.net/why-the-lnp-...
theaimn.net/why-the-lnp-...
Why the LNP Coalition will never amount to anything
The LNP Coalition – the Liberal and National parties – are a movement in permanent decline. They once claimed to be the party of aspiration, enterprise and strong economic management. But today, they ...
theaimn.net
July 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
When ambition and power become primary motivators, instead of the common good, a political party is lost. The coalition should go home and rethink their role in australian politics - i hope Australians build on their contempt for divisive politics - we're all seeing the results of that in Trumpland
I can't even watch this. How can anyone with power such as you @albomp.bsky.social not feel compelled to do something? Sanction Israel now. Join with other world leaders and get food through to these people. And say the word genocide!
@albomp.bsky.social if you could see this video I think it wld reduce you to tears as it has me. This tiny girl is begging for food & when she's unsuccessful she drops her pot, and crouches down, crying, creating the most heart-breaking image I have ever seen. I am in yr Electorate, I voted 4 you...
July 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I can't even watch this. How can anyone with power such as you @albomp.bsky.social not feel compelled to do something? Sanction Israel now. Join with other world leaders and get food through to these people. And say the word genocide!
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July 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The level of unhinged thinking, of cognitive dissonance, is frightening. Manipulation, lies, bending realities to suit a narrative has led to a population unable to think straight. Reality is out the window - this is how cult leaders get their followers to the cordial.
Pro-MAGA host Jack Posobiec argued that backlash against a CEO who was caught having an affair at a Coldplay concert was an attack on "straight white" people.
MAGA host slams kiss cam scandal as attack on 'white people': 'Leftists hate CEOs'
Pro-MAGA host Jack Posobiec argued that backlash against a CEO who was caught having an affair at a Coldplay concert was an attack on "straight white" people.During an interview with Human Events editor Kenny Cody on Monday, Posobiec likened the ousting of Astronomer CEO Andy Byron to the plans of D...
bit.ly
July 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The level of unhinged thinking, of cognitive dissonance, is frightening. Manipulation, lies, bending realities to suit a narrative has led to a population unable to think straight. Reality is out the window - this is how cult leaders get their followers to the cordial.
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Richard Flanagan: “The lessons of the ghetto are not exclusive property of Israel. And no nation-state has the right to mass murder and then expect of other peoples that they not speak of it. If we agree to that the same evil raining down on corpse-ridden sands of Gaza begins to poison us as well.”
July 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Richard Flanagan: “The lessons of the ghetto are not exclusive property of Israel. And no nation-state has the right to mass murder and then expect of other peoples that they not speak of it. If we agree to that the same evil raining down on corpse-ridden sands of Gaza begins to poison us as well.”
Wow! Nature is incredible
Moths in Australia use the Milky Way to navigate up to 1,000 km to escape Summer heat in cool caves they've never visited before and also to return to their southern breeding grounds in Autumn. On cloudy nights they navigate by the earth's magnetic field.
Report here.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Report here.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night - Nature
Every spring, Bogong moths use the starry night sky as a compass to navigate up to 1,000 km towards their alpine migratory goal.
www.nature.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Wow! Nature is incredible
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July 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This perfectly articulates everything that is wrong with the appointment of a special envoy for antisemitism, and with the appointment of this particular envoy. Thank you @jennaprice.bsky.social and please take notes @albomp.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This perfectly articulates everything that is wrong with the appointment of a special envoy for antisemitism, and with the appointment of this particular envoy. Thank you @jennaprice.bsky.social and please take notes @albomp.bsky.social
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It’s alleged that First Nations man Mr Robert Barnes been kept in solitary confinement in SA’s Yatala Labour Prison for 800 days. (The UN prohibits solitary for more than 15). Cultural support has been denied. His well being is on the line. Time for an Inquiry that gives us some answers Premier.
July 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
It’s alleged that First Nations man Mr Robert Barnes been kept in solitary confinement in SA’s Yatala Labour Prison for 800 days. (The UN prohibits solitary for more than 15). Cultural support has been denied. His well being is on the line. Time for an Inquiry that gives us some answers Premier.