Janet.
@lamentsky.bsky.social
Northerner of NSW. Interested in everything, almost.
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"Angus Taylor is preparing his new opposition leader’s office, with oil and gas lobbyist Sam Riordan set to be made his chief of staff.
Riordan has been with the Australian Energy Producers since August last year."
Riordan has been with the Australian Energy Producers since August last year."
Oil and gas lobbyist in line for Angus Taylor’s lead role
The Australian Energy Producers advisor Sam Riordan appears odds-on to head the opposition leader’s office.
www.afr.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:17 AM
"Angus Taylor is preparing his new opposition leader’s office, with oil and gas lobbyist Sam Riordan set to be made his chief of staff.
Riordan has been with the Australian Energy Producers since August last year."
Riordan has been with the Australian Energy Producers since August last year."
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“Consider when recently the Commonwealth Bank recorded a boom in profits [on the back of increased lending and deposit volumes]. If they are making profits out of those two things it means the people doing well out of the deal ain’t you."
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3ZJVPwI
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3ZJVPwI
February 19, 2026 at 2:00 AM
“Consider when recently the Commonwealth Bank recorded a boom in profits [on the back of increased lending and deposit volumes]. If they are making profits out of those two things it means the people doing well out of the deal ain’t you."
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3ZJVPwI
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3ZJVPwI
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7/ From Anomander.
So what does "social cohesion" actually mean today?
So what does "social cohesion" actually mean today?
February 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
7/ From Anomander.
So what does "social cohesion" actually mean today?
So what does "social cohesion" actually mean today?
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Read more: theshovel.com.au/2026/02/12/l...
February 12, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Read more: theshovel.com.au/2026/02/12/l...
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"Systemic change is needed 'from the cradle to the grave' of plastic production, use, and disposal," said one expert. "Much more ambitious action from governments and industry transparency is needed to curb this growing global plastics public health crisis."
Lancet: Plastics Could Cost Humanity 83 Million Years of Healthy Life
A study published in the Lancet Planetary Health highlights how humanity's continued reliance on plastics—which are primarily derived from planet-heating fossil fuels—is expected to harm global health over the next couple of decades.
www.commondreams.org
January 27, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"Systemic change is needed 'from the cradle to the grave' of plastic production, use, and disposal," said one expert. "Much more ambitious action from governments and industry transparency is needed to curb this growing global plastics public health crisis."
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I’ve seen too many Americans talk about how the USA used to be an example to other nations. Let me just tell you, yes it has been. It has been an example of what not to be.
Healthcare, education, law enforcement, military use, gun laws, social security etc…
But yeah you make some good movies.
Healthcare, education, law enforcement, military use, gun laws, social security etc…
But yeah you make some good movies.
January 25, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I’ve seen too many Americans talk about how the USA used to be an example to other nations. Let me just tell you, yes it has been. It has been an example of what not to be.
Healthcare, education, law enforcement, military use, gun laws, social security etc…
But yeah you make some good movies.
Healthcare, education, law enforcement, military use, gun laws, social security etc…
But yeah you make some good movies.
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Science teachers from Queensland Open Brethren schools told to teach students about vegetarian dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark
Science teachers from Queensland Open Brethren schools told to teach students about vegetarian dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark
Teachers who attended ‘compulsory’ creationist conference run by US-based fundamentalist group told radiometric dating techniques were flawed
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Teachers employed by a large group of Queensland Christian schools were told to teach creationism in science classes, including that vegetarian baby dinosaurs would have been taken aboard Noah’s Ark.
Last year, the Open Brethren organisation Christian Community Ministries (CCM) hosted a Christian science conference by the US-based fundamentalist group Answers in Genesis, which once built a replica of Noah’s Ark – with model dinosaurs included. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Science teachers from Queensland Open Brethren schools told to teach students about vegetarian dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark
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"Australia does not suffer from a lack of empathy. It suffers from selective empathy. .. nowhere is that clearer than in the way our political and media class decide who is allowed to mourn"
Andrew Brown on #Bondi #indigenous
#auspol #antisemitism
michaelwest.com.au/mourning-bon...
Andrew Brown on #Bondi #indigenous
#auspol #antisemitism
michaelwest.com.au/mourning-bon...
Mourning Bondi. Australia's hierarchy of grief - Michael West
Australia suffers from selective empathy. And nowhere is that clearer than in the way our political and media class decide who can mourn.
michaelwest.com.au
January 24, 2026 at 4:56 AM
"Australia does not suffer from a lack of empathy. It suffers from selective empathy. .. nowhere is that clearer than in the way our political and media class decide who is allowed to mourn"
Andrew Brown on #Bondi #indigenous
#auspol #antisemitism
michaelwest.com.au/mourning-bon...
Andrew Brown on #Bondi #indigenous
#auspol #antisemitism
michaelwest.com.au/mourning-bon...
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The US president has withdrawn an invitation for the Canadian prime minister to join the 'Board of Peace' just days after Mark Carney warned that the rules-based international order was over. ft.trib.al/ksNejda
January 23, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The US president has withdrawn an invitation for the Canadian prime minister to join the 'Board of Peace' just days after Mark Carney warned that the rules-based international order was over. ft.trib.al/ksNejda
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January 20, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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waking up to the Belgian PM quoting Gramsci at Davos re: Trump www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
January 20, 2026 at 1:09 PM
waking up to the Belgian PM quoting Gramsci at Davos re: Trump www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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"Verily, I say unto thee: Blessed is any money set aside to feed the lazy freeloading hungry and heal the lazy freeloading sick for it may be used instead for tax breaks so that you might buy your third or fourth homes and more luxurious transportation. Glory!"
17 Gospel of Republican Jesus 11-14
17 Gospel of Republican Jesus 11-14
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"Verily, I say unto thee: Blessed is any money set aside to feed the lazy freeloading hungry and heal the lazy freeloading sick for it may be used instead for tax breaks so that you might buy your third or fourth homes and more luxurious transportation. Glory!"
17 Gospel of Republican Jesus 11-14
17 Gospel of Republican Jesus 11-14
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‘…lifting people out of poverty (by giving them more money) is a policy choice…’ Successive governments instead choose to give $4 Billion a year ‘…to force people to do compulsory activities that don't get them jobs, cause harm and are operating unlawfully.’
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Price of poverty hurts us all, yet research reveals an easy fix
In 2020, Australia massively increased welfare payments and conducted a live experiment in ending poverty, but when the subsidy was removed, many were thrown back into hardship. Leaving aside the mora...
www.abc.net.au
October 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
‘…lifting people out of poverty (by giving them more money) is a policy choice…’ Successive governments instead choose to give $4 Billion a year ‘…to force people to do compulsory activities that don't get them jobs, cause harm and are operating unlawfully.’
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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Why are a small group of pro- Israel players at Victor Chang research institute being allowed to weaponise antisemitism in a way that stops researcher working on a publicly funded project? Wendy Bacon
michaelwest.com.au/heartless-vi...
michaelwest.com.au/heartless-vi...
Heartless. Victor Chang Cardiac Institute and the Israel lobby - Michael West
Professor Peter Macdonald returned to St Vincent’s Hospital, but the Victor Chang Laboratory is still excluding him from doing his research.
michaelwest.com.au
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Why are a small group of pro- Israel players at Victor Chang research institute being allowed to weaponise antisemitism in a way that stops researcher working on a publicly funded project? Wendy Bacon
michaelwest.com.au/heartless-vi...
michaelwest.com.au/heartless-vi...
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When idiot Ron Schneider was born in 1963, the infant mortality rate was 29/1,000. It is now close to 5/1,000. So, no, children were NOT healthier when he was a kid. And he was, clearly, dropped on his head.
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
When idiot Ron Schneider was born in 1963, the infant mortality rate was 29/1,000. It is now close to 5/1,000. So, no, children were NOT healthier when he was a kid. And he was, clearly, dropped on his head.
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End all funding every single private employment services provider.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?
Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?
Run by multiple departments and hundreds of private companies, advocates warn errors will continue to rock a system ‘in crisis’
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It’s a system designed to help Australians who most need it. Yet its created continuous scandals, with parts of it paused because the government can’t say if it’s operating legally.
Hundreds and thousands of Centrelink clients are affected by its frequent problems, being charged or overpaying debts incorrectly calculated as another class action is launched. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
End all funding every single private employment services provider.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
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Not just another flu, COVID-19 complacency risks lives
Former ABC medical reporter Sophie Scott warns that complacency about COVID has set in. Public health messaging has faded, yet large numbers are still catching COVID, being hospitalised, or dying — COVID hasn’t gone away.
archive.li/NccoV
Former ABC medical reporter Sophie Scott warns that complacency about COVID has set in. Public health messaging has faded, yet large numbers are still catching COVID, being hospitalised, or dying — COVID hasn’t gone away.
archive.li/NccoV
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Not just another flu, COVID-19 complacency risks lives
Former ABC medical reporter Sophie Scott warns that complacency about COVID has set in. Public health messaging has faded, yet large numbers are still catching COVID, being hospitalised, or dying — COVID hasn’t gone away.
archive.li/NccoV
Former ABC medical reporter Sophie Scott warns that complacency about COVID has set in. Public health messaging has faded, yet large numbers are still catching COVID, being hospitalised, or dying — COVID hasn’t gone away.
archive.li/NccoV
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What is humanity's purpose, if not its collective knowledge, collective creativity, and our capacity for both?
It's astonishing and devastating to watch our species destroy what make us unique as we mainline the predigested pap of AI, convinced by snake oil billionaires that it's good for us.
It's astonishing and devastating to watch our species destroy what make us unique as we mainline the predigested pap of AI, convinced by snake oil billionaires that it's good for us.
October 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
What is humanity's purpose, if not its collective knowledge, collective creativity, and our capacity for both?
It's astonishing and devastating to watch our species destroy what make us unique as we mainline the predigested pap of AI, convinced by snake oil billionaires that it's good for us.
It's astonishing and devastating to watch our species destroy what make us unique as we mainline the predigested pap of AI, convinced by snake oil billionaires that it's good for us.
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When my daughter eats, it is with joyful abandon. Her behaviour is helping me unlearn toxic standards for women | Léa Antigny
When my daughter eats, it is with joyful abandon. Her behaviour is helping me unlearn toxic standards for women | Léa Antigny
Watching my daughter’s strong sense of self has forced me to reflect on my own adolescence through the wildly misogynistic early 2000s
“Now there’s a girl who’s comfortable in her own skin,” my father-in-law said about my daughter, his granddaughter. She was about one year old and we were watching her bounce happily in her high chair, egg smeared across both cheeks as she shoved pieces of fritter into her mouth.
I realised with pride it was true: she was comfortable. My pride was followed quickly by unease. How long had it been since I could say I was comfortable with myself? Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
When my daughter eats, it is with joyful abandon. Her behaviour is helping me unlearn toxic standards for women | Léa Antigny
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bluesky got me hooked by showing me posts by people I like and follow on purpose
October 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
bluesky got me hooked by showing me posts by people I like and follow on purpose
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Pretty freaking wild to hear "actually AI is useful for climate change" constantly and from people who should know better when the people deciding how the massive resources it consumes are used are saying stuff like this
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
October 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Pretty freaking wild to hear "actually AI is useful for climate change" constantly and from people who should know better when the people deciding how the massive resources it consumes are used are saying stuff like this
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First there was the Opium Wars. Now we have the Cooking Oil War.
October 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
First there was the Opium Wars. Now we have the Cooking Oil War.
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Jfc this is dystopian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder
Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Jfc this is dystopian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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certifiable…
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
certifiable…