Mariana_Mi
@marianami.bsky.social
VaccinePlus; Clean Air, Voice.Treaty.Truth. Integrity in Govt. Work together for common good. Fighting for a world free of Trumpism & Murdoch
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Tim Snyder: “As corruption comes to seem normal, citizens lose trust in one another. As basic institutions are scorned and destroyed, people cease to believe in the law. The material which builds a nation -- moral, institutional, economic -- starts to give way.”
November 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Tim Snyder: “As corruption comes to seem normal, citizens lose trust in one another. As basic institutions are scorned and destroyed, people cease to believe in the law. The material which builds a nation -- moral, institutional, economic -- starts to give way.”
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Political historian @timothysnyder.bsky.social on the inevitable failure of Trump and Vance's attempt at an authoritarian state. What comes after them will either be rescue by the American people, or the collapse of the United States.
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The Grift Bubble
A Political Theory of American Collapse
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November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Political historian @timothysnyder.bsky.social on the inevitable failure of Trump and Vance's attempt at an authoritarian state. What comes after them will either be rescue by the American people, or the collapse of the United States.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
“Forget net zero, we need to talk about a jobs boom”
(But us ALP Govt listening?)
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
(But us ALP Govt listening?)
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Forget net zero, we need to talk about Australia's next jobs boom
If the past decade of climate politics in Australia was a fight over whether to act, the next one will be a fight over who benefits.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“Forget net zero, we need to talk about a jobs boom”
(But us ALP Govt listening?)
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
(But us ALP Govt listening?)
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
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Scott Ludlam wrote a few things a few years back on “state capture” and it really sums up Australia’s craven giveaway of fossil fuel resources to foreign corps
Australia Institute research shows the gas industry pays ZERO royalties on more than half the gas exported from Australia.
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Scott Ludlam wrote a few things a few years back on “state capture” and it really sums up Australia’s craven giveaway of fossil fuel resources to foreign corps
IMF analysis confirming the blatantly obvious that the supply chain blocks causing the inflation of 2022, are not solved by strategies to limit demand, such as interest rate hikes.
Gareth Hutchens reporting excellent as always.
Gareth Hutchens reporting excellent as always.
IMF economists say inflation-targeting central banks did not achieve better outcomes than others following the 2022 surge.
IMF economists say inflation targeting hasn't performed brilliantly in recent years
IMF economists say inflation-targeting central banks did not achieve better outcomes than others following the 2022 surge.
www.abc.net.au
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
IMF analysis confirming the blatantly obvious that the supply chain blocks causing the inflation of 2022, are not solved by strategies to limit demand, such as interest rate hikes.
Gareth Hutchens reporting excellent as always.
Gareth Hutchens reporting excellent as always.
TheTrump Admin continues to violate the law with impunity, latest being its refusal to release funds to support SNAP, while Republicans refuse to even turn up to work, the media acts like it’s business as usual
This 👇
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This 👇
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Nick Perri (@xplicitpolitix)
This is exactly how you answer such a stupid fucking question.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
TheTrump Admin continues to violate the law with impunity, latest being its refusal to release funds to support SNAP, while Republicans refuse to even turn up to work, the media acts like it’s business as usual
This 👇
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This 👇
substack.com/@xplicitpoli...
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Far too many critically important projects miss out on vital funding and far too many brilliant Australian scientists scramble to survive in their careers
This👇is VITALLY important and LONG overdue
This👇is VITALLY important and LONG overdue
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Far too many critically important projects miss out on vital funding and far too many brilliant Australian scientists scramble to survive in their careers
This👇is VITALLY important and LONG overdue
This👇is VITALLY important and LONG overdue
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add a home battery and an EV and most households would never need to pay a petrol bill ever again.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels
Labor announces ‘solar sharer’ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
add a home battery and an EV and most households would never need to pay a petrol bill ever again.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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"more than 90 per cent of the time we are indoors, be at home, office, school … so it is indoor air which is the most important for our health.
"This is the problem right now — we must establish indoor air quality standards, and mandate those standards."
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
"This is the problem right now — we must establish indoor air quality standards, and mandate those standards."
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
World expert in air quality and COVID wins Australia's top science prize
Lidia Morawska, an internationally renowned expert in air quality and its impact on human health, has won Australia's most coveted prize for scientific research.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"more than 90 per cent of the time we are indoors, be at home, office, school … so it is indoor air which is the most important for our health.
"This is the problem right now — we must establish indoor air quality standards, and mandate those standards."
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
"This is the problem right now — we must establish indoor air quality standards, and mandate those standards."
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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Yet another fallout from the privatisation decades ago of public services. Yet another Royal Commission needed when profit is put before people, and private business is put over public need.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australia's scandal-ridden childcare sector a legacy of 'golden age' of reform
The decision by past governments to push Australia's childcare industry in the direction of marketisation and corporatisation has left a lasting legacy.
www.abc.net.au
November 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Yet another fallout from the privatisation decades ago of public services. Yet another Royal Commission needed when profit is put before people, and private business is put over public need.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Me having a look at the increase in the electricity prices in the latest CPI figures #OffTheCharts #ThePoint
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The energy rebates have stopped, but the cost of fossil fuels keeps electricity prices rising
Electricity price were the biggest reasons for the unexpected jump in the inflation numbers out this week.
thepoint.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Me having a look at the increase in the electricity prices in the latest CPI figures #OffTheCharts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Mr. Albanese goes to Washington theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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
November 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Mr. Albanese goes to Washington theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
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Ongoing peer-reviewed evidence supports the safety and effectiveness of immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza during the 2025–2026 season. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 | NEJM
Changes in the vaccine advisory process in the United States have disrupted immunization guidance, which reinforces the need for independent evidence review to inform decisions regarding immunizati...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ongoing peer-reviewed evidence supports the safety and effectiveness of immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza during the 2025–2026 season. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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🚨 ANSWERED: Does COVID-19 Impact the Immune System?
A compilation of 45+ research studies showing the potential harms of COVID-19 on the immune system. Finally, we can put absurd claims of "immunity debt" to rest.
👇 READ, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE: www.panaccindex.info/p/answered-d...
A compilation of 45+ research studies showing the potential harms of COVID-19 on the immune system. Finally, we can put absurd claims of "immunity debt" to rest.
👇 READ, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE: www.panaccindex.info/p/answered-d...
ANSWERED: Does COVID-19 Impact the Immune System?
A Compilation of Medical Research (45+ Studies)
www.panaccindex.info
October 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🚨 ANSWERED: Does COVID-19 Impact the Immune System?
A compilation of 45+ research studies showing the potential harms of COVID-19 on the immune system. Finally, we can put absurd claims of "immunity debt" to rest.
👇 READ, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE: www.panaccindex.info/p/answered-d...
A compilation of 45+ research studies showing the potential harms of COVID-19 on the immune system. Finally, we can put absurd claims of "immunity debt" to rest.
👇 READ, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE: www.panaccindex.info/p/answered-d...
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"One of the biggest impediments to increasing the amount of people we have who could work is our incredibly low unemployment benefits
People can't afford to put money on their travel card, they can't go to the dentist & they can't have something to wear to go to the interview"
People can't afford to put money on their travel card, they can't go to the dentist & they can't have something to wear to go to the interview"
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"One of the biggest impediments to increasing the amount of people we have who could work is our incredibly low unemployment benefits
People can't afford to put money on their travel card, they can't go to the dentist & they can't have something to wear to go to the interview"
People can't afford to put money on their travel card, they can't go to the dentist & they can't have something to wear to go to the interview"
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Will Australian Public Health grasp this challenge, and avoid the evolution of BA.3.2.* into a more efficient form on their watch?
They could avoid the deaths of thousands of Australians, and millions more around the world. Will they act?
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They could avoid the deaths of thousands of Australians, and millions more around the world. Will they act?
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October 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Will Australian Public Health grasp this challenge, and avoid the evolution of BA.3.2.* into a more efficient form on their watch?
They could avoid the deaths of thousands of Australians, and millions more around the world. Will they act?
🧵
They could avoid the deaths of thousands of Australians, and millions more around the world. Will they act?
🧵
Where is the moral courage, esp from a *Labor* government, to end poverty? And the skills to sell it to an electorate raised on a toxic diet of Murdoch?
It can be done and should be done. If you can’t, step down and let someone else who can, do it
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
It can be done and should be done. If you can’t, step down and let someone else who can, do it
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Price of poverty hurts us all, yet research reveals an easy fix
In 2020, Australia massively increased welfare payments and conducted a live experiment in ending poverty, but when the subsidy was removed, many were thrown back into hardship. Leaving aside the mora...
www.abc.net.au
October 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Where is the moral courage, esp from a *Labor* government, to end poverty? And the skills to sell it to an electorate raised on a toxic diet of Murdoch?
It can be done and should be done. If you can’t, step down and let someone else who can, do it
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
It can be done and should be done. If you can’t, step down and let someone else who can, do it
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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@aoc at the rally for Mamdani Sunday in NYC.
“This city was built by the Irish escaping famine, Italians fleeing fascism, Black Americans fleeing slavery and Jim Crow, Latinos seeking a better life, Native people standing for themselves, Asian Americans coming together…”
So good!! 🔥
“This city was built by the Irish escaping famine, Italians fleeing fascism, Black Americans fleeing slavery and Jim Crow, Latinos seeking a better life, Native people standing for themselves, Asian Americans coming together…”
So good!! 🔥
October 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
@aoc at the rally for Mamdani Sunday in NYC.
“This city was built by the Irish escaping famine, Italians fleeing fascism, Black Americans fleeing slavery and Jim Crow, Latinos seeking a better life, Native people standing for themselves, Asian Americans coming together…”
So good!! 🔥
“This city was built by the Irish escaping famine, Italians fleeing fascism, Black Americans fleeing slavery and Jim Crow, Latinos seeking a better life, Native people standing for themselves, Asian Americans coming together…”
So good!! 🔥
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Sometimes I miss Scomo because at least you knew he wasn’t trying to hide being a massive cunt.
The dishonesty around the use of Robodebt in prosecuting the government’s Freedom of Information secrecy drive is galling in the extreme. I set out some facts that deflate the specious claims being used as cover. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
‘Absurdist leaps of logic’: Robodebt misused in FOI reforms
I am furious. Angry, certainly, about the federal government’s proposed freedom of information laws, which mock the very idea of transparency, but seething especially about the justification for them,...
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October 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Sometimes I miss Scomo because at least you knew he wasn’t trying to hide being a massive cunt.
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Chris Wallace on the many ways Linda Reynolds has used, and continues to use, the legal system following Brittany Higgins’s rape in her office: satpa.pe/zk0daYZ
Linda Reynolds’ defamation war
Linda Reynolds is demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the events that followed Brittany Higgins’s rape in her office. The following is a precis of the former minister’s actions over that time.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Chris Wallace on the many ways Linda Reynolds has used, and continues to use, the legal system following Brittany Higgins’s rape in her office: satpa.pe/zk0daYZ