@jayedrinkstea.bsky.social
She/her. Wadawurrung country. Voted Yes twice. Curious. Books. Music
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Be the reason your local independent bookstore stays in business.
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Be the reason your local independent bookstore stays in business.
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"Whitlam wasn’t perfect. But he was big. He was brave. But mostly, he was rational. He bulldozed his way through the incrementalist policy that kept Australians small, and scared and ill-educated and insular because he knew the evidence was on his side." - @amyremeikis.bsky.social for The Point
Whitlam’s legacy is one of possibility and hope. He showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.
Whitlam showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like. And 50 years later, you have to wonder – is it even possible to make Australia brave again?
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"Whitlam wasn’t perfect. But he was big. He was brave. But mostly, he was rational. He bulldozed his way through the incrementalist policy that kept Australians small, and scared and ill-educated and insular because he knew the evidence was on his side." - @amyremeikis.bsky.social for The Point
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10 November 1929 | A Czech Jewish woman, Helga Hošková-Weissová, was born in Prague.
Deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in Oct 1944. Her father was murdered in a gas chamber. Helga & her mother were moved to Freiberg & liberated in Mauthausen.
Today she turns 96. Happy Birthday!
Deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in Oct 1944. Her father was murdered in a gas chamber. Helga & her mother were moved to Freiberg & liberated in Mauthausen.
Today she turns 96. Happy Birthday!
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
10 November 1929 | A Czech Jewish woman, Helga Hošková-Weissová, was born in Prague.
Deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in Oct 1944. Her father was murdered in a gas chamber. Helga & her mother were moved to Freiberg & liberated in Mauthausen.
Today she turns 96. Happy Birthday!
Deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in Oct 1944. Her father was murdered in a gas chamber. Helga & her mother were moved to Freiberg & liberated in Mauthausen.
Today she turns 96. Happy Birthday!
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So here's the favour I want to ask: if this post crosses your feed, please take this chance to support the Gitxsan and Gitanyow by watching our latest HGA and passing it on.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
So here's the favour I want to ask: if this post crosses your feed, please take this chance to support the Gitxsan and Gitanyow by watching our latest HGA and passing it on.
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
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How much longer is this farce of a sideshow going to continue?
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Anti-corruption commission watchdog inquiring into NACC chief Brereton
The inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission is inquiring into the agency's head, Paul Brereton, in relation to several complaints including from a former employee.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
How much longer is this farce of a sideshow going to continue?
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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This is deplorable.
Koalas suffer and ecosystems are trashed, because the Victorian government won't take sufficient proactive measures to prevent koala starvation.
The issue has been known for months, and such crises are predictable and preventable.
www.theage.com.au/environment/...
Koalas suffer and ecosystems are trashed, because the Victorian government won't take sufficient proactive measures to prevent koala starvation.
The issue has been known for months, and such crises are predictable and preventable.
www.theage.com.au/environment/...
‘Horrific’ mass koala starvation hits Victorian island
Distressed locals have told of desperate koalas falling from trees and trying to eat vegetation such as pine needles.
www.theage.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This is deplorable.
Koalas suffer and ecosystems are trashed, because the Victorian government won't take sufficient proactive measures to prevent koala starvation.
The issue has been known for months, and such crises are predictable and preventable.
www.theage.com.au/environment/...
Koalas suffer and ecosystems are trashed, because the Victorian government won't take sufficient proactive measures to prevent koala starvation.
The issue has been known for months, and such crises are predictable and preventable.
www.theage.com.au/environment/...
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21 years ago we had stillborn twins. It still hurts. I cannot express in words the loathing I feel about these men. To suggest people would cash in on such excruciating loss says everything you need to know about these “moral conservatives.” Arseholes. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Hastie, Joyce ignite late-term abortion fight over paid leave for stillbirth law
Four Coalition MPs have renewed a debate over “late-term abortions” in federal parliament, raising concern that laws guaranteeing paid leave for parents of stillborn children will be used by mothers w...
www.smh.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
21 years ago we had stillborn twins. It still hurts. I cannot express in words the loathing I feel about these men. To suggest people would cash in on such excruciating loss says everything you need to know about these “moral conservatives.” Arseholes. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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David Pope in Canberra Times
October 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
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Crazy we are still looking at what the Coalition is doing when what matters is Labor’s choice
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Craven, ill-advised and now repeatedly wedged, it's too late for Ley
If there remains who believes Sussan Ley can pull the Liberal Party out of its dissent into the political abyss, please raise your hand.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
October 26, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Crazy we are still looking at what the Coalition is doing when what matters is Labor’s choice
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Here's an idea, Minister Watt, activate your heart and spine, respect the advice of environment, climate and conservation experts, and work with the Greens to get the EPBC Act reform package passed. Your job is to be Minister 'for' the environment, remember?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Coalition sours over proposed reform to 'broken' environment laws
Optimism that a deal can be found to amend Australia's environment laws fades, as the Coalition raises concerns over details just days after parts of the legislation were shared with stakeholders.
www.abc.net.au
October 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Here's an idea, Minister Watt, activate your heart and spine, respect the advice of environment, climate and conservation experts, and work with the Greens to get the EPBC Act reform package passed. Your job is to be Minister 'for' the environment, remember?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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Dear @MRowlandMP
You said #Robodebt was "a costly failure of public administration", it has cost taxpayers over a billion dollars in compensation
When will you instruct the DPP to initiate criminal prosecutions against the Ministers involved?
🐝
#auspol
www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...
You said #Robodebt was "a costly failure of public administration", it has cost taxpayers over a billion dollars in compensation
When will you instruct the DPP to initiate criminal prosecutions against the Ministers involved?
🐝
#auspol
www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...
Watch The People vs Robodebt
Watch The People vs Robodebt for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!
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September 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Dear @MRowlandMP
You said #Robodebt was "a costly failure of public administration", it has cost taxpayers over a billion dollars in compensation
When will you instruct the DPP to initiate criminal prosecutions against the Ministers involved?
🐝
#auspol
www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...
You said #Robodebt was "a costly failure of public administration", it has cost taxpayers over a billion dollars in compensation
When will you instruct the DPP to initiate criminal prosecutions against the Ministers involved?
🐝
#auspol
www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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This story encapsulates what's wrong with #auspol and media:
1. A principled Labor person speaks truth, after he's kicked out of Cabinet.
2. A PM without principles. Or spine.
3. Coalition members support One Nation.
4. Indies' and Greens' views not mentioned.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
1. A principled Labor person speaks truth, after he's kicked out of Cabinet.
2. A PM without principles. Or spine.
3. Coalition members support One Nation.
4. Indies' and Greens' views not mentioned.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Husic rebukes PM’s assertion ‘good people’ went to March for Australia rallies as Nampijinpa Price walks back immigration claim
Concern at anti-immigration sentiment targeting Indian community as Coalition politicians cross floor to support defeated Pauline Hanson motion
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This story encapsulates what's wrong with #auspol and media:
1. A principled Labor person speaks truth, after he's kicked out of Cabinet.
2. A PM without principles. Or spine.
3. Coalition members support One Nation.
4. Indies' and Greens' views not mentioned.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
1. A principled Labor person speaks truth, after he's kicked out of Cabinet.
2. A PM without principles. Or spine.
3. Coalition members support One Nation.
4. Indies' and Greens' views not mentioned.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Every single time I see a video clip from the tv series #TheWestWing featuring Dulé Hill as Charlie Young, I desperately want Aaron Sorkin to create a modern reboot with Charlie Young as the US President. Please. 🙏 #USPolitics
August 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Every single time I see a video clip from the tv series #TheWestWing featuring Dulé Hill as Charlie Young, I desperately want Aaron Sorkin to create a modern reboot with Charlie Young as the US President. Please. 🙏 #USPolitics
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Worth remembering that Terence Stamp was the son of a ship's stoker.
Stamp desperately wanted to act, after falling in love with movies as a kid, and it was a scholarship to Drama School that allowed him to walk that path.
Every time arts cuts are made, they rob us of more Terence Stamps.
Stamp desperately wanted to act, after falling in love with movies as a kid, and it was a scholarship to Drama School that allowed him to walk that path.
Every time arts cuts are made, they rob us of more Terence Stamps.
August 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Worth remembering that Terence Stamp was the son of a ship's stoker.
Stamp desperately wanted to act, after falling in love with movies as a kid, and it was a scholarship to Drama School that allowed him to walk that path.
Every time arts cuts are made, they rob us of more Terence Stamps.
Stamp desperately wanted to act, after falling in love with movies as a kid, and it was a scholarship to Drama School that allowed him to walk that path.
Every time arts cuts are made, they rob us of more Terence Stamps.
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An author is spruiking a 'what I reckon' menopause book claiming no other book tells you what to ask your GP, or tell your partner or is evidence-based. Mine (predated) does & has evidenced advice on hormones, medical, psychological help plus quotes chosen from survey of nearly 8k women. #harrumph
August 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
An author is spruiking a 'what I reckon' menopause book claiming no other book tells you what to ask your GP, or tell your partner or is evidence-based. Mine (predated) does & has evidenced advice on hormones, medical, psychological help plus quotes chosen from survey of nearly 8k women. #harrumph
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Billy Bob Dylan. Today’s @theage cartoon
August 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Billy Bob Dylan. Today’s @theage cartoon
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Callback to the splendour personified by the late, lovely Janey Godley protesting the last time Trump slimed into Scotland before this current trip.
July 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Callback to the splendour personified by the late, lovely Janey Godley protesting the last time Trump slimed into Scotland before this current trip.
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"None of you seem to realise"???
Louise Adler is a renowned intellect and well known Jewish citizen who I am very, very sure understands the meaning of 'semite' as does Jenna Price, the author of this piece, who is also Jewish and highly educated in the matter of semites.
Louise Adler is a renowned intellect and well known Jewish citizen who I am very, very sure understands the meaning of 'semite' as does Jenna Price, the author of this piece, who is also Jewish and highly educated in the matter of semites.
July 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"None of you seem to realise"???
Louise Adler is a renowned intellect and well known Jewish citizen who I am very, very sure understands the meaning of 'semite' as does Jenna Price, the author of this piece, who is also Jewish and highly educated in the matter of semites.
Louise Adler is a renowned intellect and well known Jewish citizen who I am very, very sure understands the meaning of 'semite' as does Jenna Price, the author of this piece, who is also Jewish and highly educated in the matter of semites.
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Australia was invited to this Hague group meeting of 30 nations seeking to end the genocide in Gaza, but has chosen not to attend. The Foreign Minister Penny Wong needs to explain to the Australian public why Australia rejected the invitation.
July 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Because she won't say I will. Ms Salt is hitting some pretty impressive records for #Gunnawah
On Amazon, the Audiobook is 👉
#4 Australia & Oceania literature
#6 Best seller in world literature THE WORLD!!
Congratulations @ronnisalt.bsky.social, so very, very well deserved
#BookSky
Because she won't say I will. Ms Salt is hitting some pretty impressive records for #Gunnawah
On Amazon, the Audiobook is 👉
#4 Australia & Oceania literature
#6 Best seller in world literature THE WORLD!!
Congratulations @ronnisalt.bsky.social, so very, very well deserved
#BookSky
July 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Because she won't say I will. Ms Salt is hitting some pretty impressive records for #Gunnawah
On Amazon, the Audiobook is 👉
#4 Australia & Oceania literature
#6 Best seller in world literature THE WORLD!!
Congratulations @ronnisalt.bsky.social, so very, very well deserved
#BookSky
Because she won't say I will. Ms Salt is hitting some pretty impressive records for #Gunnawah
On Amazon, the Audiobook is 👉
#4 Australia & Oceania literature
#6 Best seller in world literature THE WORLD!!
Congratulations @ronnisalt.bsky.social, so very, very well deserved
#BookSky
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You might’ve heard Joe has had 9 guitars stolen on Thursday night along with significant and sentimental items. If you hear anything about where they are please ring the police. And can you repost this please😎🙏Ian
July 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
You might’ve heard Joe has had 9 guitars stolen on Thursday night along with significant and sentimental items. If you hear anything about where they are please ring the police. And can you repost this please😎🙏Ian
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The world's richest Jeff was attacked by Venusians? No that's not right. But it sounds good! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The world’s richest Jeff had his wedding plans interfered with by Italian busybodies! Oh no! | First Dog on the Moon
Why do people hate vulgar displays of extreme wealth by people whose business interests are burning the planet to the ground?
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The world's richest Jeff was attacked by Venusians? No that's not right. But it sounds good! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labor have been in their second term for less than two months - and so far have approved one of the largest new fossil fuel projects in the world and are now directly war mongering with China.
Labor - what’s the use of you? #auspol
Labor - what’s the use of you? #auspol
June 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Labor have been in their second term for less than two months - and so far have approved one of the largest new fossil fuel projects in the world and are now directly war mongering with China.
Labor - what’s the use of you? #auspol
Labor - what’s the use of you? #auspol
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This is the stupidest policy ever. Aside from the grotesque inequity of it, it'd just encourage every taxpayer to send their kids private to minimise or eliminate their taxes. Imagine being able to send your kids to a $20- $50,000 school and having the fees deducted from your tax bill. Insane.
Private school fees are currently GST free, and now the Libs want to make them tax-deductible??
June 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This is the stupidest policy ever. Aside from the grotesque inequity of it, it'd just encourage every taxpayer to send their kids private to minimise or eliminate their taxes. Imagine being able to send your kids to a $20- $50,000 school and having the fees deducted from your tax bill. Insane.