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Small furry creature, lives in the garden. Always curious. she/her

Naarm, Wurundjeri land

#AutisticElder
#sociologist
Mostly at🐘

The map is not the territory. Where we look from & our #ToolsToThinkWith determine what we see. We can choose kindness 💜
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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3wombats.bsky.social
Please sign. This stupid decision needs reversing

actionnetwork.org/petitions/cs...
CSIRO needs urgent support
CSIRO is under attack. Sign the petition calling on the Albanese Government to act now to secure the future of CSIRO’s world-leading science and research.
actionnetwork.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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annetheriault.bsky.social
This week in Art I Am Obsessed With: this self-portrait by Suzanne Valadon. It looks so incredibly contemporary (I would literally wear that exact outfit on hot summer day) but it’s from 1923. Anyway, love a queen with flowy pants and a dangling cigarette!
Self-portrait of Suzanne Valadon that shows her smoking in bed while gazing off into the middle distance. She’s wearing a peach-coloured camisole and green and white striped pants cotton pants with a drawstring. Her bed and the curtains around her bed are blue with a pattern of white leaves.
November 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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emergeaustralia.bsky.social
If you’re living with #MECFS, #LongCOVID, or want to volunteer as a ‘healthy control’ for medical research studies, becoming an AusME Registry participant is the simplest way to get involved in research!

Sign up today and make a difference! zurl.co/KiZQs
Calling for people to sign up to the AusME registry. Person completing a form on a clipboard "Nobody knows ME/CFS and long COVID like those who live with it"
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
A reminder - governments *can* do things.
A progressive government *should* do things.
A better country is possible.
Governments *choose* what they do (or do not do).
#ThePoint #Gough
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Why not have a racial discrimination act that put the final stake through the heart of the White Australia policy, why not have no-fault divorce, why not end conscription, why not recognise China, why not ban sporting teams from apartheid South Africa, why not abolish the death penalty, why not introduce free healthcare, why not ratify the World Heritage Convention, why not have equal pay for women and welfare assistance for single mothers and maternity leave for Commonwealth employees, why not have free tertiary education, why not have a Law Reform Commission, a National Gallery, and a National Council for the Arts, why not recognise Indigenous land rights, why not lower the voting age to 18, why not ditch Imperial Honors and why not have a national anthem?
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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sighmonger.bsky.social
He was a vain, dishonest fool, too sexist and racist even for the likes of E.O. Wilson. Like many 'great' 20th-century scientists, his credulous and craven colleagues repeatedly forgave him for his shitty personality and vile opinions, all because he was associated with a much overblown 'discovery'.
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15d
James D Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s twisted-ladder structure, dies aged 97
James D Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s twisted-ladder structure, dies aged 97
Nobel prize winner shaped medicine, crimefighting and genealogy but later years marred by racist remarks James D Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to his former research lab. He was 97. The breakthrough – made when the brash, Chicago-born Watson was just 24 – turned him into a hallowed figure in the world of science for decades. But near the end of his life, he faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people were less intelligent than white people. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
Ketan Joshi's Irrational Climate Reset

I am calling for a return to the wild, unacceptable and unthinkably weird idea that we can decide not to live under the thumb of an expensive, deadly and ancient fossil fuel economy

No more hand-wringing about pragmatism. Be idealistic, and don't be sorry 🤜🏽
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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jeremypoxon.bsky.social
DEWR's annual report was tabled yesterday. Let's have a read:

$1.2b was spent on Workforce Australia (employment services) last year

You'll be shocked to see its again failed it's basic performance measure to put people into jobs www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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asherwolf.bsky.social
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said the ATO had failed to learn from the robodebt scandal by using strong-arm tactics against vulnerable people www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
ATO rebuked by tax watchdog for using debt collectors on people ‘doing the right thing’
Inspector general of taxation and ombudsman says she is receiving an ‘increasing number’ of complaints about tax office
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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asherwolf.bsky.social
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found the average age of death for people who've experienced homelessness is 55 - almost three decades younger than the general population www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... cc. @purplepingers.bsky.social
New data on links between early death and homelessness - ABC listen
The Institute of Health and Welfare has examined the link between death and homelessness.
www.abc.net.au
October 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
quackademic.bsky.social
Or media reporting the LibNat 🤡🎪 as if they were a credible opposition maintains a lazy narrative that positions the fictional ‘centre’ as the only game in town

Imagine if they gave equal time to greens & cross bench members whose views are not beholden to the fossil fuels industry

If only #AusPol
October 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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sesmith.lol
If you wrote for Bitch and are interested in participating in our reprint series, please reach out to us! flyteam at theflytrapmedia dot com.
theflytrapmedia.com The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · Oct 20
We were wondering... what Bitch Media pieces are you all eager to see republished? QT with your faves that have been lost into the ether--maybe we can rescue them!
illustration of a computer with the logos of Bitch and The Flytrap onscreen.
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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deniseshrivell.bsky.social
Not to be missed #SundayShot - here at 9am #auspol > youtube.com/@thesundayshot
October 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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johnmenadue.com
At a time when the value of research is being questioned, Richard Robson’s story is a powerful reminder of how scientific research leads to real-world impact. #auspol #NobelPrize
An Australian chemist just won the Nobel Prize. Here’s how his work is changing the world
The 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded for the development of metal-organic frameworks: molecular structures that have large spaces within them, capable of capturing and storing gases and other chemicals.
johnmenadue.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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stilgherrian.com
Today, Friday 26 September, is Stanislav Petrov Day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...

Also, Situational Awareness Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/nationa...

And it’s happy 66th birthday to professional racist Andrew Bolt. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_...
Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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chadywak.bsky.social
I have cystic fibrosis, and I don't know many others here on Bluesky, but I'd like to make cf friends. If you have the cfs, then comment and say hi.
September 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
For more analysis from @emmashortis.bsky.social and friends on the decline of the US, tune in to our podcast After America.

Latest episode ⤵️
The mindless menace of violence
Instead of trying bring Americans together after the latest act of political violence, the Trump administration is fanning the flames of division.
australiainstitute.org.au
September 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
"Have we reached the point where we can say the US is in a constitutional crisis? Has American democracy failed? Has the US descended into authoritarianism?

"If the answers to those questions weren’t clear already, they are now. Yes. It is happening. Right now."

theconversation.com/jimmy-kimmel...
September 18, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation is the latest sign we’re witnessing the end of US democracy

– @emmashortis.bsky.social, Director of International & Security Affairs Program at the Australia Institute.

Read:
theconversation.com/jimmy-kimmel...
September 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
"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
September 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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davidshoebridge.bsky.social
Full cartoon on how we are spending scandalous amounts of money on useless submarines is here www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We are spending scandalous amounts of money on useless submarines, but there is exciting news! | First Dog on the Moon
When our Aukus subs are finally (never going to be) delivered they will simply be big goofy underwater zeppelins
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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phonakins.com
My rent assistance is increasing $1.60 a week from next month
My rent's going up $30 a week in December
A social media graphic from "nobody deserves poverty." The main text reads: "Rent assistance only goes to 14% of welfare recipients and tops out at $107 a week." Below that, it says, "Couples get up to $101.50 a week between them." A table titled "Rent Assistance - for payments under the Social Security Act" lists different family situations and their maximum payments.
September 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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ronnisalt.bsky.social
Something to remember for you all as social media is swamped by people angry over a man they've never met - especially in Australia where that American white guy's killing is being fed out and manipulated by Advance and the Atlas group.

You're being played.

All of it is scripted agit-prop trash.
September 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Capitalism also depends on domestic labour' by See Red Womens Workshop, feminist silk-screen poster collective, UK (1970s-90s) #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Printed poster in brown and white showing a line of people exiting and entering a factory building, in the center of the line four women are attending to the workers needs by giving care, feedjng and providing services like providing clean clothes
September 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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strangerous.bsky.social
Dr Richard Denniss says the “obvious” ones to pay for damage from increased floods as per the latest climate report should be the Fossil Fuel co’s, as houses will become uninsurable
“The insurance industry will not help ppl in 20yrs time with their flooded houses”💯 #Estimates
September 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM