PlsUseYourBrain
@useyourbrain.bsky.social
humanism, secularism, realism, anti-theism, anti-superstition, anti-irrationalism, anti-supernaturalism, anti-fucking-stupidism.
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2025 was fucking grim.
2026 may well be too.
And it's all too easy to get caught up in the doomscrolling/posting, even here on Bluesky.
So, I'm planning to somewhat counter this by noticing and posting at least one postive moment from my day, every day this year.
Join me in celebrating #SmallJoys
2026 may well be too.
And it's all too easy to get caught up in the doomscrolling/posting, even here on Bluesky.
So, I'm planning to somewhat counter this by noticing and posting at least one postive moment from my day, every day this year.
Join me in celebrating #SmallJoys
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The risk of catching COVID from surfaces is very low. It’s a predominantly airborne virus. We need to #CleantheAir but wash our hands to protect ourselves from many other infections if we have COVID, we are more susceptible to other infections.
February 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM
The risk of catching COVID from surfaces is very low. It’s a predominantly airborne virus. We need to #CleantheAir but wash our hands to protect ourselves from many other infections if we have COVID, we are more susceptible to other infections.
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne.... #Auspol Get around her
Angus Taylor faces leadership test in Farrer byelection as independent vows to ‘finish what we started’ and oust Liberals
With backers including Climate 200, Michelle Milthorpe is confident she can win Sussan Ley’s south-western NSW seat
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne.... #Auspol Get around her
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The property I'm renting has been sold & I have to vacate by March 5, but I haven't been able to find a new property. The prospect of being homeless at 80 terrifies me. I am focussing on the Mornington Peninsula, but am willing to consider just about anywhere. If you are aware of something DM me.
February 14, 2026 at 4:21 AM
The property I'm renting has been sold & I have to vacate by March 5, but I haven't been able to find a new property. The prospect of being homeless at 80 terrifies me. I am focussing on the Mornington Peninsula, but am willing to consider just about anywhere. If you are aware of something DM me.
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Social cohesion can't be built on a bedrock of police violence, criminalising protest, silencing dissent and ignoring international law.
My Canberra Times column >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/917467...
My Canberra Times column >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/917467...
The beatings will continue until social cohesion improves
We must fight to protect our basic civil liberties.
www.canberratimes.com.au
February 14, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Social cohesion can't be built on a bedrock of police violence, criminalising protest, silencing dissent and ignoring international law.
My Canberra Times column >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/917467...
My Canberra Times column >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/917467...
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A stunning piece of science writing. Reads like horror fiction...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:46 PM
A stunning piece of science writing. Reads like horror fiction...
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" We're not there yet, but we're very close"
Unfortunately we are not doubling or tripling our efforts - which is what's required.
We should not vote for any politician who do not take the warning seriously
That means @australianlabor.bsky.social
www.commondreams.org/news/earth-h...
Unfortunately we are not doubling or tripling our efforts - which is what's required.
We should not vote for any politician who do not take the warning seriously
That means @australianlabor.bsky.social
www.commondreams.org/news/earth-h...
February 13, 2026 at 9:58 AM
" We're not there yet, but we're very close"
Unfortunately we are not doubling or tripling our efforts - which is what's required.
We should not vote for any politician who do not take the warning seriously
That means @australianlabor.bsky.social
www.commondreams.org/news/earth-h...
Unfortunately we are not doubling or tripling our efforts - which is what's required.
We should not vote for any politician who do not take the warning seriously
That means @australianlabor.bsky.social
www.commondreams.org/news/earth-h...
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They won't find ALL the hollows.
They won't be able to extract ALL the hollows.
Many hollows will break, while attempting to extract and relocate them.
Gliders won't use many of the relocated hollows.
Greater gliders WILL die.
This is a disgrace!
They won't be able to extract ALL the hollows.
Many hollows will break, while attempting to extract and relocate them.
Gliders won't use many of the relocated hollows.
Greater gliders WILL die.
This is a disgrace!
The utter sham of offsets, yet again...
“Destroying the equivalent of 40 MCGs worth of greater glider habitat and then attempting to relocate all hollows and claim this somehow offsets the harm to greater gliders is genuinely deluded, and contemptuous.” - me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“Destroying the equivalent of 40 MCGs worth of greater glider habitat and then attempting to relocate all hollows and claim this somehow offsets the harm to greater gliders is genuinely deluded, and contemptuous.” - me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Qld coalmine expansion approved by Albanese government will clear habitat and fuel climate crisis, scientists say
Conservationists estimate coal exported from expanded mine to release CO2 equivalent of about half Australia’s annual carbon footprint
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:15 AM
They won't find ALL the hollows.
They won't be able to extract ALL the hollows.
Many hollows will break, while attempting to extract and relocate them.
Gliders won't use many of the relocated hollows.
Greater gliders WILL die.
This is a disgrace!
They won't be able to extract ALL the hollows.
Many hollows will break, while attempting to extract and relocate them.
Gliders won't use many of the relocated hollows.
Greater gliders WILL die.
This is a disgrace!
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Here is my cartoon about Mr Jon Kudelka www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My friend Jon has died | First Dog on the Moon
Jon Kudelka loved his beautiful family and was fiercely intolerant of greed and hypocrisy
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Here is my cartoon about Mr Jon Kudelka www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New data out today shows that there are now more than 3400 bulk billing practices across the country – more than ever before. That includes 30 fully bulk billed clinics in our community, up from 17.
February 11, 2026 at 8:19 AM
New data out today shows that there are now more than 3400 bulk billing practices across the country – more than ever before. That includes 30 fully bulk billed clinics in our community, up from 17.
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Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol
Hard reality of reconciliation on apology anniversary.
There remains a long way to go for Indigenous reconciliation as racism continues to fester, almost two decades on from the apology to the Stolen Gen...
michaelwest.com.au/hard-reality...
Hard reality of reconciliation on apology anniversary.
There remains a long way to go for Indigenous reconciliation as racism continues to fester, almost two decades on from the apology to the Stolen Gen...
michaelwest.com.au/hard-reality...
Hard reality of reconciliation on apology anniversary - Michael West
There remains a long way to go for Indigenous reconciliation as racism continues to fester, almost two decades on from the apology to the Stolen Generations.
michaelwest.com.au
February 13, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol
Hard reality of reconciliation on apology anniversary.
There remains a long way to go for Indigenous reconciliation as racism continues to fester, almost two decades on from the apology to the Stolen Gen...
michaelwest.com.au/hard-reality...
Hard reality of reconciliation on apology anniversary.
There remains a long way to go for Indigenous reconciliation as racism continues to fester, almost two decades on from the apology to the Stolen Gen...
michaelwest.com.au/hard-reality...
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"The beatings will continue until social cohesion improves"
Poster seen in Sydney denouncing NSW Premier Chris Minns who ordered a brutal police attack on Palestine protesters this week, justified under the totalitarian mantra of "Social Cohesion".
via @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social
Poster seen in Sydney denouncing NSW Premier Chris Minns who ordered a brutal police attack on Palestine protesters this week, justified under the totalitarian mantra of "Social Cohesion".
via @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
"The beatings will continue until social cohesion improves"
Poster seen in Sydney denouncing NSW Premier Chris Minns who ordered a brutal police attack on Palestine protesters this week, justified under the totalitarian mantra of "Social Cohesion".
via @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social
Poster seen in Sydney denouncing NSW Premier Chris Minns who ordered a brutal police attack on Palestine protesters this week, justified under the totalitarian mantra of "Social Cohesion".
via @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social
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"A free society is loud, it is often controversial and offends some, and is frequently inconvenient for others and those in power. That is precisely why its protection is essential."
Read Jewish Council member, Stephen Heydt’s piece in full at: www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Read Jewish Council member, Stephen Heydt’s piece in full at: www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
February 12, 2026 at 3:59 AM
"A free society is loud, it is often controversial and offends some, and is frequently inconvenient for others and those in power. That is precisely why its protection is essential."
Read Jewish Council member, Stephen Heydt’s piece in full at: www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Read Jewish Council member, Stephen Heydt’s piece in full at: www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Today, under the cover of the Liberals tearing each other down, Labor has approved another coal mine extension.
Extending Middlemount to 2044 means Labor has now approved 35 fossil fuel projects.
In the middle of the climate crisis, they're approving more coal & gas.
Extending Middlemount to 2044 means Labor has now approved 35 fossil fuel projects.
In the middle of the climate crisis, they're approving more coal & gas.
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Today, under the cover of the Liberals tearing each other down, Labor has approved another coal mine extension.
Extending Middlemount to 2044 means Labor has now approved 35 fossil fuel projects.
In the middle of the climate crisis, they're approving more coal & gas.
Extending Middlemount to 2044 means Labor has now approved 35 fossil fuel projects.
In the middle of the climate crisis, they're approving more coal & gas.
BREAKING: Sussan Ley spits the dummy and refuses to fulfil her obligations to her electorate, instead choosing to follow the standard Liberal path of treating her constituents with contempt and betraying voter trust.
#Shameful
#AusPol
#Shameful
#AusPol
Liberal spills and by-elections
Sussan Ley to leave parliament and spark a by-election in Farrer.
caseybriggs.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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yes an @australianlabor.bsky.social leader crassly put his thumb on the scale here, and he not only fucked this up, he created further space for more labor leaders to fuck things up even harder
#auspol
#auspol
"If you create a special category of speech, in this case the speech of Palestinians, which is to be silenced before it’s even heard, then I think you make yourself ridiculous." www.theage.com.au/culture/book...
‘The logic of the mob’: Why Zadie Smith withdrew from Adelaide Writers’ Week
The acclaimed novelist explains her decision and why she believes writers have a duty to speak.
www.theage.com.au
February 13, 2026 at 12:03 AM
yes an @australianlabor.bsky.social leader crassly put his thumb on the scale here, and he not only fucked this up, he created further space for more labor leaders to fuck things up even harder
#auspol
#auspol
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The Australian government must announce a plan to phase out fossil fuels "way before" COP31, says @kuminaidoo.bsky.social.
"I think they would have no legitimacy to play the key coordinating role in Türkiye...if they don't do that." #auspol
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@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
"I think they would have no legitimacy to play the key coordinating role in Türkiye...if they don't do that." #auspol
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@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
The Australian government must announce a plan to phase out fossil fuels "way before" COP31, says @kuminaidoo.bsky.social.
"I think they would have no legitimacy to play the key coordinating role in Türkiye...if they don't do that." #auspol
🎧 theaus.in/46xvC8e
@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
"I think they would have no legitimacy to play the key coordinating role in Türkiye...if they don't do that." #auspol
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@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
"Despite the extensive evidence and comprehensive recommendations, the government is once again choosing to tinker around the edges, instead of committing to actual reform."
#WhoWouldaThunk
#AusPol
#WhoWouldaThunk
#AusPol
Government accused of "failing to meet the moment" on consultancy ethics after PwC scandal
The Albanese Government has been accused of being a “government of gestures” that has “failed to meet the moment” after responding to two parliamentary inquiries into the consultancy sector and its et...
thepoint.com.au
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 PM
"Despite the extensive evidence and comprehensive recommendations, the government is once again choosing to tinker around the edges, instead of committing to actual reform."
#WhoWouldaThunk
#AusPol
#WhoWouldaThunk
#AusPol
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This is the new leader of the Liberal Party.
He went to the election promising higher taxes for every taxpayer as well as bigger deficits and more debt.
He went to the election promising higher taxes for every taxpayer as well as bigger deficits and more debt.
February 12, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This is the new leader of the Liberal Party.
He went to the election promising higher taxes for every taxpayer as well as bigger deficits and more debt.
He went to the election promising higher taxes for every taxpayer as well as bigger deficits and more debt.
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Revolutionary change at Liberal HQ - Angus Taylor’s Kings School education and his work at global management consultants McKinsey should see a fresh focus on the needs of ordinary people
February 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Revolutionary change at Liberal HQ - Angus Taylor’s Kings School education and his work at global management consultants McKinsey should see a fresh focus on the needs of ordinary people
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It matters not , the issue is we’re a nation based on mutual obligation and rights , including the right to protest irrespective of the number of protesters/supporters and an obligation to do so peacefully
February 12, 2026 at 10:39 PM
It matters not , the issue is we’re a nation based on mutual obligation and rights , including the right to protest irrespective of the number of protesters/supporters and an obligation to do so peacefully
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‘the largest battery-electric ship ever built, cementing Incat’s position at the forefront of zero-emission maritime technology.
The Hobart shipbuilder has delivered high-speed catamarans to operators worldwide for more than four decades.’
pulsetasmania.com.au/news/worlds-...
The Hobart shipbuilder has delivered high-speed catamarans to operators worldwide for more than four decades.’
pulsetasmania.com.au/news/worlds-...
World’s largest battery-electric ferry tests safety systems in Hobart
Three slides were deployed from the world’s largest battery-electric ferry…
pulsetasmania.com.au
February 12, 2026 at 11:45 AM
‘the largest battery-electric ship ever built, cementing Incat’s position at the forefront of zero-emission maritime technology.
The Hobart shipbuilder has delivered high-speed catamarans to operators worldwide for more than four decades.’
pulsetasmania.com.au/news/worlds-...
The Hobart shipbuilder has delivered high-speed catamarans to operators worldwide for more than four decades.’
pulsetasmania.com.au/news/worlds-...
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Good to see the Israeli President’s non-political goodwill tour conclude with him telling protestors to go stand outside the Iranian embassy. He’ll be leaving us with so much unity and social cohesion we’ll all need a good lie down.
February 12, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Good to see the Israeli President’s non-political goodwill tour conclude with him telling protestors to go stand outside the Iranian embassy. He’ll be leaving us with so much unity and social cohesion we’ll all need a good lie down.