Curious of Coburg
@coburgcuriosity.bsky.social
Just curious. history. politics. social justice matters. vegetarian. sustainability. green. giraffes. on Wurundjeri land. #auspol
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A telling stat...date rape drugs are a biggish component of the narco snugging business.. think of that!
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A telling stat...date rape drugs are a biggish component of the narco snugging business.. think of that!
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Interesting line drawn between the destructive refusal of the LNP to engage with Whitlam policies and the persistent refusal right up to now, of LNP oppositions to engage with Labor's government policies #thesundayshot
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Interesting line drawn between the destructive refusal of the LNP to engage with Whitlam policies and the persistent refusal right up to now, of LNP oppositions to engage with Labor's government policies #thesundayshot
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Bill Bryson has updated one of my favourite books of all time: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. Awesome. He's also touring Australia and New Zealand in February 2026 with a live show 'The Best of Bill Bryson.'
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Bill Bryson: ‘Ever since I was a little boy, I have pretended to be able to vaporise people I don’t like’
The American British author on pet peeves, the perils of fantasy dinner parties, and revisiting The Short History of Everything two decades later
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Bill Bryson has updated one of my favourite books of all time: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. Awesome. He's also touring Australia and New Zealand in February 2026 with a live show 'The Best of Bill Bryson.'
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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On "government by billionaire", US poverty, desecration of the social contract, and the shrinking middle class #sundayshot
November 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
On "government by billionaire", US poverty, desecration of the social contract, and the shrinking middle class #sundayshot
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Sunday Shot is on now. Jo and I are joined by the editors of Deepcut News and Meanjin, to talk about the news of the week and doing media in and around Zio bullshit. @antounissa.bsky.social and Esther Anatolitis.
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The Sunday Shot - November 16
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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November 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Sunday Shot is on now. Jo and I are joined by the editors of Deepcut News and Meanjin, to talk about the news of the week and doing media in and around Zio bullshit. @antounissa.bsky.social and Esther Anatolitis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r_0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r_0...
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This is spot on. Unless we challenge the architecture of influence breaking our shared facts, we’re all screwed. Climate, work, home, affordability. Everything is on the line.
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This is spot on. Unless we challenge the architecture of influence breaking our shared facts, we’re all screwed. Climate, work, home, affordability. Everything is on the line.
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betootaadvocate
" Authorities in Victoria have today confirmed that a child who is not mature enough to run a TikTok account without government supervision is, however, considered mature enough to be tried in an adult court and sentenced to up to 25 years non-parole if they act out on impulse."
" Authorities in Victoria have today confirmed that a child who is not mature enough to run a TikTok account without government supervision is, however, considered mature enough to be tried in an adult court and sentenced to up to 25 years non-parole if they act out on impulse."
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
betootaadvocate
" Authorities in Victoria have today confirmed that a child who is not mature enough to run a TikTok account without government supervision is, however, considered mature enough to be tried in an adult court and sentenced to up to 25 years non-parole if they act out on impulse."
" Authorities in Victoria have today confirmed that a child who is not mature enough to run a TikTok account without government supervision is, however, considered mature enough to be tried in an adult court and sentenced to up to 25 years non-parole if they act out on impulse."
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Good on the Guardian for this. I'm astonished at how many journalists at other organisations don't seem to know this or think that it's important to mention. Coalition politicians keep claiming it's net zero causing rising costs without any pushback
The Coalition claims pursuing net zero will increase power bills – but in the real world the opposite is true.
Are we surprised?
#AusPol
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Are we surprised?
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The Coalition claims pursuing net zero will increase power bills – but in the real world the opposite is true
The International Energy Agency, once known for an anti-renewables bias, now says a more ambitious transition will lower prices
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Good on the Guardian for this. I'm astonished at how many journalists at other organisations don't seem to know this or think that it's important to mention. Coalition politicians keep claiming it's net zero causing rising costs without any pushback
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"I cannot think of an occasion on which anyone at the BBC has had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger. But the appeasement of the right never ends, and nor will it ever be satisfied.
In this media climate, it’s not surprising that governments are retreating from climate action."
In this media climate, it’s not surprising that governments are retreating from climate action."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"I cannot think of an occasion on which anyone at the BBC has had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger. But the appeasement of the right never ends, and nor will it ever be satisfied.
In this media climate, it’s not surprising that governments are retreating from climate action."
In this media climate, it’s not surprising that governments are retreating from climate action."
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Prehistoric crocodiles leaping out of trees onto the heads of innocent passers-by? In this economy? oh my! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Drop crocs! Everyone loves drop crocs! Or do they? | First Dog on the Moon
It certainly sounds like fun until you walk under a tree and…
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Prehistoric crocodiles leaping out of trees onto the heads of innocent passers-by? In this economy? oh my! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
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This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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with Treaty-led curriculum, Dan says we can no longer say we didn’t know. Now every kid will know. #SundayShot Dan comes from “a line of people left in the ashes with only the embers to pick up and they did it with tremendous dignity, for future generations to take a fire forward”.
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
with Treaty-led curriculum, Dan says we can no longer say we didn’t know. Now every kid will know. #SundayShot Dan comes from “a line of people left in the ashes with only the embers to pick up and they did it with tremendous dignity, for future generations to take a fire forward”.
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incredibly beautiful tribute to his ancestors from Yorta Yorta man Dan James. He cites William Cooper in the 1930s speaking up for Jews in Germany and the sesquicentenary Day of Mourning here #SundayShot
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
incredibly beautiful tribute to his ancestors from Yorta Yorta man Dan James. He cites William Cooper in the 1930s speaking up for Jews in Germany and the sesquicentenary Day of Mourning here #SundayShot
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on substantive change, Dan says dozens of great Aboriginal organisations around the country are under skew-whiff power arrangements because they are funded by governments, whereas under Treaty the arrangements become negotiations between equals #SundayShot
November 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
on substantive change, Dan says dozens of great Aboriginal organisations around the country are under skew-whiff power arrangements because they are funded by governments, whereas under Treaty the arrangements become negotiations between equals #SundayShot
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Cash for access. Corruption in the corridors.
Lobbyists need to be banned from parliament.
We need Change
#Auspol #SundayShot
Lobbyists need to be banned from parliament.
We need Change
#Auspol #SundayShot
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Cash for access. Corruption in the corridors.
Lobbyists need to be banned from parliament.
We need Change
#Auspol #SundayShot
Lobbyists need to be banned from parliament.
We need Change
#Auspol #SundayShot
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"I don't remember anyone in Canberra at the time who trusted Kerr, beyond Gough. He was widely disliked"
Excellent recollections from @mariecolemanao.bsky.social , who was around when it all happened. #TheDismissal #SundayShot #auspol
Excellent recollections from @mariecolemanao.bsky.social , who was around when it all happened. #TheDismissal #SundayShot #auspol
Thie #SundayShot is up! @mariecolemanao.bsky.social & @mrdtjames.bsky.social give great insight into the Dismissal & Victorian Treaty...& I had a lot of fun at @punterspolitics.bsky.social dinner.
Throw a few dollars our way so I can claim my bus fare to Canberra!
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Throw a few dollars our way so I can claim my bus fare to Canberra!
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Big Picture Politics - Nov 9 - Marie Coleman and Daniel James (plus Punters Politics)
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"I don't remember anyone in Canberra at the time who trusted Kerr, beyond Gough. He was widely disliked"
Excellent recollections from @mariecolemanao.bsky.social , who was around when it all happened. #TheDismissal #SundayShot #auspol
Excellent recollections from @mariecolemanao.bsky.social , who was around when it all happened. #TheDismissal #SundayShot #auspol
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During an Oval Office presser, a man collapsed. Everyone present turned and offered the man assistance. Trump said nothing, gazed down at the collapsed man with bored disinterest for a few seconds, then turned back to the gathered press as if nothing had happened. #USPolitics
November 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
During an Oval Office presser, a man collapsed. Everyone present turned and offered the man assistance. Trump said nothing, gazed down at the collapsed man with bored disinterest for a few seconds, then turned back to the gathered press as if nothing had happened. #USPolitics
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"Palestinians have been treated as though they do not exist, or are incapable of governing themselves, an arrogance which remains part of a centuries old colonial mind set—Israeli perpetrators of a genocide have been chosen to rebuild what they have destroyed."
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Palestine’s future: Australians are outraged
At an Australia-wide webinar on 31 October, David Spratt paid tribute to the late Ali Kazak, Palestine’s first ambassador to Australia.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"Palestinians have been treated as though they do not exist, or are incapable of governing themselves, an arrogance which remains part of a centuries old colonial mind set—Israeli perpetrators of a genocide have been chosen to rebuild what they have destroyed."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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Dr Assal Rad—
“They’re trying to erase what happened and stop coverage of Gaza under the guise of a “ceasefire,” while Israel continues its occupation and blocks aid.
“The genocide didn’t end and you can’t erase the horrors we’ve seen for the last two years.”
“They’re trying to erase what happened and stop coverage of Gaza under the guise of a “ceasefire,” while Israel continues its occupation and blocks aid.
“The genocide didn’t end and you can’t erase the horrors we’ve seen for the last two years.”
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Dr Assal Rad—
“They’re trying to erase what happened and stop coverage of Gaza under the guise of a “ceasefire,” while Israel continues its occupation and blocks aid.
“The genocide didn’t end and you can’t erase the horrors we’ve seen for the last two years.”
“They’re trying to erase what happened and stop coverage of Gaza under the guise of a “ceasefire,” while Israel continues its occupation and blocks aid.
“The genocide didn’t end and you can’t erase the horrors we’ve seen for the last two years.”
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Monique Ryan urges Australia to fast track medical innovation funding as Trump guts research
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Monique Ryan urges Australia to fast track medical innovation funding as Trump guts research
‘Releasing MRFF funds not only secures the future of Australia’s research sector; it delivers better health outcomes’, Kooyong MP says
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Monique Ryan urges Australia to fast track medical innovation funding as Trump guts research
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Why the anger with Billie Eilish? Because it’s against the rules to say what we all know about billionaires
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Why the anger with Billie Eilish? Because it’s against the rules to say what we all know about billionaires | Zoe Williams
The singer is giving away millions – but the parameters for criticising the super-rich are very narrow, and hardly anyone qualifies, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Why the anger with Billie Eilish? Because it’s against the rules to say what we all know about billionaires
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Some say Mamdani may implement Sharia Law. He might. At the heart of Sharia is social justice, welfare, fairness, charity and community cohesion. Most Muslim countries operate a hybrid of Sharia and civil law, are slowly reforming and abandoning unethical practices despite the west’s portrayal.
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Some say Mamdani may implement Sharia Law. He might. At the heart of Sharia is social justice, welfare, fairness, charity and community cohesion. Most Muslim countries operate a hybrid of Sharia and civil law, are slowly reforming and abandoning unethical practices despite the west’s portrayal.
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Obama 2004: “There is no red America or blue America, there is just the United States of America.”
Mamdani 2025: “To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us.”
Mamdani 2025: “To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us.”
November 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Obama 2004: “There is no red America or blue America, there is just the United States of America.”
Mamdani 2025: “To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us.”
Mamdani 2025: “To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us.”
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Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.