Grant MacDonald
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Environment & Sustainability
Music (Classical and Jazz mainly)
Green politics
Nature
Science
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At my school a Vice P noticed that the internet was choked by kids on FB. She asked the IT staff to block it. Fine they said and the internet zoomed...for about 20 mins. Then the kids all fired up their dodgy free vpns.
Lesson there for the Oz internet ban.
🫤
Lesson there for the Oz internet ban.
🫤
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 AM
At my school a Vice P noticed that the internet was choked by kids on FB. She asked the IT staff to block it. Fine they said and the internet zoomed...for about 20 mins. Then the kids all fired up their dodgy free vpns.
Lesson there for the Oz internet ban.
🫤
Lesson there for the Oz internet ban.
🫤
The "But everyone else is doing it" defence. Every kids has tried this. It doesn't work. #trump #epstein #uspol
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Bondi announces investigation into Epstein ties to Trump’s Democratic adversaries
Move diverges from July memo negating need for further inquiries, and comes amid intense Trump campaign to block files
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The "But everyone else is doing it" defence. Every kids has tried this. It doesn't work. #trump #epstein #uspol
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Seems logical that it is not safe to eat farmed salmon!
#salmon #environment
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#salmon #environment
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Antibiotic approved for Tasmania's farmed salmon — but maybe don't eat fish caught nearby
The industry's use of the drug is in response to an "endemic" bacterial disease that caused the deaths of up to 15,000 tonnes of salmon from January to April, resulting in dead fish material washing u...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Seems logical that it is not safe to eat farmed salmon!
#salmon #environment
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#salmon #environment
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Only way back for #LibetalParty is to split the coalition and adopt centrist policies that appeal to urban Australia. Nats are left picking over the scraps of the far right vote.
#netZero #Auspol #LNP
Only way back for #LibetalParty is to split the coalition and adopt centrist policies that appeal to urban Australia. Nats are left picking over the scraps of the far right vote.
#netZero #Auspol #LNP
Australia news live: Nationals ‘proud’ to officially abandon net zero as Watt warns of ‘real test’ for the Liberal party
Follow the latest updates live
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Only way back for #LibetalParty is to split the coalition and adopt centrist policies that appeal to urban Australia. Nats are left picking over the scraps of the far right vote.
#netZero #Auspol #LNP
Only way back for #LibetalParty is to split the coalition and adopt centrist policies that appeal to urban Australia. Nats are left picking over the scraps of the far right vote.
#netZero #Auspol #LNP
Based on 1 Kings 7:23,24 the #Trump has issued an executive order that Pi will be exactly 3.0 from now on.
School curriculums will change to reflect this.
Don't laugh, it could happen.
School curriculums will change to reflect this.
Don't laugh, it could happen.
November 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Based on 1 Kings 7:23,24 the #Trump has issued an executive order that Pi will be exactly 3.0 from now on.
School curriculums will change to reflect this.
Don't laugh, it could happen.
School curriculums will change to reflect this.
Don't laugh, it could happen.
Nationals members vote to ditch net zero target from party platform www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Next resolution "Set pi to exactly 3". I mean that silly value we use just makes calculating areas harder.
Next resolution "Set pi to exactly 3". I mean that silly value we use just makes calculating areas harder.
Nationals members vote to ditch net zero target from party platform
Policy position diverging from senior Coalition partner expected to be formalised at Nationals partyroom meeting on Sunday morning
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Nationals members vote to ditch net zero target from party platform www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Next resolution "Set pi to exactly 3". I mean that silly value we use just makes calculating areas harder.
Next resolution "Set pi to exactly 3". I mean that silly value we use just makes calculating areas harder.
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AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
OK, so now that the Nobel Peace Prize is decided #Trump gets back to business as usual. #uspol
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Trump says US looking at land attacks in Venezuela after lethal strikes on boats – live
Trump also claims without evidence that every US strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat saves thousands of lives
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
OK, so now that the Nobel Peace Prize is decided #Trump gets back to business as usual. #uspol
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Looks like the #Nobel peace prize has been scammed. Can't take it seriously from now on?
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
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Nobel Peace laureate calls for US bombing of her country
Within hours of being named the Nobel Peace laureate for 2025, María Corina Machado called on President Trump to step up his military and economic campaign against her own country, Venezuela.
johnmenadue.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Looks like the #Nobel peace prize has been scammed. Can't take it seriously from now on?
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
These "Christian Nationalists" really need to study their Bible instead of just waving it around. I suggest they start with the parable of the good Samaritan. Luke 10:25-37
#uspol #ChristianNationalism
#uspol #ChristianNationalism
October 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
These "Christian Nationalists" really need to study their Bible instead of just waving it around. I suggest they start with the parable of the good Samaritan. Luke 10:25-37
#uspol #ChristianNationalism
#uspol #ChristianNationalism
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In Green Agenda, Simon Copland reviews Klein and Thompson's Abundance. The book sounds progressive but delivers repackaged trickle-down economics, blaming NIMBYs while ignoring corporate power and capitalist inequality. Read Simon's review at buff.ly/TbUwUzE
October 1, 2025 at 7:34 AM
In Green Agenda, Simon Copland reviews Klein and Thompson's Abundance. The book sounds progressive but delivers repackaged trickle-down economics, blaming NIMBYs while ignoring corporate power and capitalist inequality. Read Simon's review at buff.ly/TbUwUzE
Creating the first Christian Nationalist martyr. #USA heading ever closer to a theocracy.
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Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue
Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face fines
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Creating the first Christian Nationalist martyr. #USA heading ever closer to a theocracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Hooray, huzzah, happy days - it’s @australia.theguardian.com Bird of the Year poll time. Nominations open, voting following soon. As always I am on #teamganggang - nominate your favourite Australian bird now.
Hooray, huzzah, happy days - it’s @australia.theguardian.com Bird of the Year poll time. Nominations open, voting following soon. As always I am on #teamganggang - nominate your favourite Australian bird now.
Australian bird of the year 2025: nominate your favourite now
We want to hear which Australian birds you think should be shortlisted for the Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year poll next month
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Hooray, huzzah, happy days - it’s @australia.theguardian.com Bird of the Year poll time. Nominations open, voting following soon. As always I am on #teamganggang - nominate your favourite Australian bird now.
Hooray, huzzah, happy days - it’s @australia.theguardian.com Bird of the Year poll time. Nominations open, voting following soon. As always I am on #teamganggang - nominate your favourite Australian bird now.
Most of us living in democracies worry that our government is incompetent or that politicians are self-interested. Only in the USA do people seem to worry that their government is malevolent towards them and feel they need second amendment rights
September 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Most of us living in democracies worry that our government is incompetent or that politicians are self-interested. Only in the USA do people seem to worry that their government is malevolent towards them and feel they need second amendment rights
Seems that #MAGA equals isolationism. The rest of the world is just getting on with life and leaving the #USA alone.
#TrumpFail.
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#TrumpFail.
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Postal traffic into US plunges by more than 80% after Trump ends exemption
Dozens of operators have suspended service to the US until a solution is implemented on parcels worth $800 or less
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Seems that #MAGA equals isolationism. The rest of the world is just getting on with life and leaving the #USA alone.
#TrumpFail.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#TrumpFail.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
From the man who wants the Nobel Peace Prize!
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Trump plans to sign executive order to rename Pentagon to ‘Department of War’ – live
Order would authorize Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, to introduce legislation to revert to pre-1947 name
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
From the man who wants the Nobel Peace Prize!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Protests around Australia. Lots of very angry people. Some angry about innocent people being shot and blown up, another group angry about innocent people coming to Australia to live.
It is pretty obvious who has the higher moral ground
#anti-immigration #palestine #auspol
It is pretty obvious who has the higher moral ground
#anti-immigration #palestine #auspol
September 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Protests around Australia. Lots of very angry people. Some angry about innocent people being shot and blown up, another group angry about innocent people coming to Australia to live.
It is pretty obvious who has the higher moral ground
#anti-immigration #palestine #auspol
It is pretty obvious who has the higher moral ground
#anti-immigration #palestine #auspol
Where have I seen that face before?
August 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Where have I seen that face before?
US kids with relatives in Oz or EU are in for a lean Christmas.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia Post suspends parcel deliveries to US on eve of Trump’s new import tariff scheme
Gifts worth less than $150, letters and documents exempted from new rule, which will affect most businesses selling to US customers
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
US kids with relatives in Oz or EU are in for a lean Christmas.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...