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Doug
@dougincanberra.bsky.social
Interested in public policy, irregular theology, Geelong Cats, Green politics. Also found on @Dougincanberra
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"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."

An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
How Fossil Fuel Money Made Climate Change Denial the Word of God
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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“People don’t understand what it does to you,” she tells me over the phone, her voice careful, measured. “It’s not just the money. It’s knowing that at any moment, the thing keeping you alive can just… stop. And there’s nothing you can do about it.”
www.kingaroy.org/invisible-ca...
The Invisible Casualties: How Australia's Debt Machine Targets Its Most Vulnerable
Over 2.6 million welfare payment suspensions in 13 months—more than five every minute. This feature investigation reveals the psychological toll on people with disabilities and Indigenous Australians ...
www.kingaroy.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Good convo here between @jemartisby.bsky.social @kkdumez.bsky.social @robertpjones.bsky.social about reporters & how they cover Christian Nationalism. It was sparked by 2 NYT religion reporters sating they do not use the label "CN"

How reporters write about CN is important
youtu.be/kO6GigXCRL8?...
Religion Reporters Don't Understand Christians
YouTube video by The Convocation Unscripted
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November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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<<This is what the collapse of constitutional governance costs. Not abstract erosion of democratic norms but real blood from real people…Sarah died because Trump treats the National Guard like personal security detail, because he confuses constitutional authority with personal power…>>
November 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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For millions of Indigenous Americans, Thanksgiving is tied to a history of invasion, displacement, and devastation as settlers took over the land that is now the US aje.io/bb1ezw
Thanksgiving: A story of celebration and pain, in maps
It's a day to give thanks. But for millions of Indigenous Americans, it also serves as a reminder of loss.
aje.io
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Quick explainer on some of the main features of the new nature laws, noting some details remain to be seen
Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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“Ban all immigrants seeking refuge from persecution” is just a perfectly spot-on GOP Thanksgiving message
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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The artist has expertly captured Malcolm expounding, in trademark declaratory-plaintive fashion, on his favourite subject (Malcolm being right.)
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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A truly amazing public health result.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.

This is the power of vaccines.

The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.

Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Why “Peter Beinart in Israel” was a Good Thing
open.substack.com/pub/shaulmag...
Why “Peter Beinart in Israel” was a Good Thing
Reflections on Jewish schisms and why we need to face them
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The Uninvited Guest at Your Thanksgiving Table: Gaza's Genocide
ahmadibsais.substack.com/p/the-uninvi...
The Uninvited Guest at Your Thanksgiving Table: Gaza's Genocide
While You are Carving Turkey, Gaza is Being Carved
ahmadibsais.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM