@Libraryadvocate.bsky.social
@librayadvocate.bsky.social
High school library worker, trying to encourage reading. Grandmother. Social justice. Living on Kaurna Land. LGTBIA rights. CIS female. Equity, equality and recognising that Western civilisation has a lot to answer for. Free Palestine
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People cite this stuff as "NIMBY" but - it's not their backyard or even close to it? If anything this is an example of a perfectly reasonable town not caring about a perfectly fine battery project built on shitty land - the real problem is the deeper, systemic issue of Australian society / media
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
People cite this stuff as "NIMBY" but - it's not their backyard or even close to it? If anything this is an example of a perfectly reasonable town not caring about a perfectly fine battery project built on shitty land - the real problem is the deeper, systemic issue of Australian society / media
Does anyone know anything about Dr (PHD in ecology)Nici Mcsweany? She's doing a talk in our school about the ethical and feminist driven use of AI. But apart from self promotion, and that Microsoft loves her, I can't find how she actually expects AI to be female friendly. Worried she's a transphobe
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Does anyone know anything about Dr (PHD in ecology)Nici Mcsweany? She's doing a talk in our school about the ethical and feminist driven use of AI. But apart from self promotion, and that Microsoft loves her, I can't find how she actually expects AI to be female friendly. Worried she's a transphobe
With everything going on, have we forgotten the Palestinians? Deliberate distraction or what?
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
With everything going on, have we forgotten the Palestinians? Deliberate distraction or what?
"Trump's Washington is totally self-interested and has downgraded partners and allied interests in a way not seen since in the United States before World War II. Yet large sections of Australia's political class, along with its think tanks, still refuse to acknowledge it"
Trump putting America first could be a priceless gift to Australia
Trump cares little for alliances. So his presidency could well offer a priceless gift to Australia: a rare moment when national self-interest can eclipse sentiment.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"Trump's Washington is totally self-interested and has downgraded partners and allied interests in a way not seen since in the United States before World War II. Yet large sections of Australia's political class, along with its think tanks, still refuse to acknowledge it"
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@caadcoalition.bsky.social has an overview of all the many ads big oil is buying for permitting reform.
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
@caadcoalition.bsky.social has an overview of all the many ads big oil is buying for permitting reform.
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
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An excellent article on the federal government's sneaky introduction of a measure reminiscent of Robodebt.
"Australia does not need new powers that punish people before they are found guilty of any crime."
"Australia does not need new powers that punish people before they are found guilty of any crime."
"Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone" Smashing column by @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org & @maiyazize.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
An excellent article on the federal government's sneaky introduction of a measure reminiscent of Robodebt.
"Australia does not need new powers that punish people before they are found guilty of any crime."
"Australia does not need new powers that punish people before they are found guilty of any crime."
"Think about it like this: capitalism has been without slave labour for a bit less than 200 years out of about 7,000 years of human commerce, so less than 3 per cent of the time."
Alan Kohler on humanoid robots providing a new era of labour that can be owned, not employed.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Humanoid robots will change work forever
There is now a global race to build humanoids that can walk, talk, reason, lift, carry, fetch, stack and generally operate in a human environment.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"Think about it like this: capitalism has been without slave labour for a bit less than 200 years out of about 7,000 years of human commerce, so less than 3 per cent of the time."
"The cost of bad regulation is measured not just in the tens of billions of dollars spent on repairs, remediation, legal disputes, insurance payouts and higher energy bills, but in hundreds of thousands of workers wasting time fixing problems that should never have been allowed in the first place."
Cutting red tape shows that when we ‘trust the market’ taxpayers usually end up footing the bill
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
"The cost of bad regulation is measured not just in the tens of billions of dollars spent on repairs, remediation, legal disputes, insurance payouts and higher energy bills, but in hundreds of thousands of workers wasting time fixing problems that should never have been allowed in the first place."
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The State Library of Victoria’s ‘major’ proposed cuts include slashing the number of reference librarians and free computers for public access. Some staff are shocked.
Proposed cuts at State Library of Victoria go against its mission – and will hurt the disadvantaged
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The State Library of Victoria’s ‘major’ proposed cuts include slashing the number of reference librarians and free computers for public access. Some staff are shocked.
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That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years.
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
CSIRO to slash hundreds of jobs in cost-saving drive
The staff association at the nation’s leading scientific research organisation says the latest round of cuts marks “a sad day for publicly funded science”.
www.smh.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years.
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
Those fossil fuel advocates with billions in their arsenals, will do everything they can to discredit clean energy
"Every component of my life was attacked:" How wind farm misinformation tore community apart reneweconomy.com.au/every-compon...
reneweconomy.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Those fossil fuel advocates with billions in their arsenals, will do everything they can to discredit clean energy
"The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) estimated that in 2024 Japan’s on-sold up to 812PJ of Australia’s gas that it imported. That amount was more than all the gas used in the eastern states of Australia (including South Australia)"
My column - Japan imports stonks of our gas for powering its electricity and yet Japan has cheaper electricity than Australia, what the?? #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...
Japan imports Australian gas yet has cheaper electricity than Australia?
The broken nature of Australia energy market has been highlighted by a report that Japanese households pay less for electricity than Australians do, despite Japanese electricity being reliant on Austr...
thepoint.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
"The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) estimated that in 2024 Japan’s on-sold up to 812PJ of Australia’s gas that it imported. That amount was more than all the gas used in the eastern states of Australia (including South Australia)"
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Pressed to outline how the LNP will reduce emissions with their new energy plan, Sussan Ley says they’ll rely on “breakthrough technologies” in about “25 years time”😳 - ones not invented yet & “we’re not talking about today”🤔
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Pressed to outline how the LNP will reduce emissions with their new energy plan, Sussan Ley says they’ll rely on “breakthrough technologies” in about “25 years time”😳 - ones not invented yet & “we’re not talking about today”🤔
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
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Is there any oversight ... at all ... where the ubiquitous sushi stalls in every shopping centre, mall, airport, etc. that offer only salmon, source their produce??
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Is there any oversight ... at all ... where the ubiquitous sushi stalls in every shopping centre, mall, airport, etc. that offer only salmon, source their produce??
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
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The Albanese government’s nature reforms would change biodiversity offsets policy, including by setting up a “restoration contributions” fund. Guardian Australia reporting exposed major failures with a similar scheme in NSW. Experts are warning the federal plan could repeat those mistakes
Biodiversity offsets failed to protect habitat in NSW. Now federal Labor is about to make the same mistakes, critics warn
Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Albanese government’s nature reforms would change biodiversity offsets policy, including by setting up a “restoration contributions” fund. Guardian Australia reporting exposed major failures with a similar scheme in NSW. Experts are warning the federal plan could repeat those mistakes
Fingers crossed we get to see it.
www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora
www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora
SWS - Aurora
www.sws.bom.gov.au
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Fingers crossed we get to see it.
www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora
www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora
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Sometimes a headline says all you need to know.
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Sometimes a headline says all you need to know.
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And, if you’d like to do something genuinely meaningful about the climate crisis, and building a new world of deep democracy and mutual aid and direct action, register for the @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade here
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025rego?r...
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025rego?r...
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 AM
And, if you’d like to do something genuinely meaningful about the climate crisis, and building a new world of deep democracy and mutual aid and direct action, register for the @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade here
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025rego?r...
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025rego?r...
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Heads up extreme wealth enthusiasts - do you know how much is a trillion dollars? No you don't nobody does! Read this cartoon to find out... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What do you need to do to ‘earn’ a trillion dollars in this economy? | First Dog on the Moon
Look at all those zeroes – look at them!
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Heads up extreme wealth enthusiasts - do you know how much is a trillion dollars? No you don't nobody does! Read this cartoon to find out... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They don't make 'em like this anymore. Fantastic!!!
Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
The Gillies Report Il Dismissale
YouTube video by NockturneSA
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 AM
They don't make 'em like this anymore. Fantastic!!!
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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.
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
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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Dear @AlboMP & @AnikaWells check it out:
Sportsbet false reporting of dividends paid, false reporting of related party transactions, false reporting of GST, inadequate disclosure of netting off gains and losses on betting activity
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/a-hot-mess-t...
Sportsbet false reporting of dividends paid, false reporting of related party transactions, false reporting of GST, inadequate disclosure of netting off gains and losses on betting activity
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/a-hot-mess-t...
A hot mess. The 'irregulation' of sneaky Sportsbet - Michael West
The accounts of Sportsbet are a hot mess. An independent analysis finds multiple breaches of accounting standards, ergo the laws of Australia.
michaelwest.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Dear @AlboMP & @AnikaWells check it out:
Sportsbet false reporting of dividends paid, false reporting of related party transactions, false reporting of GST, inadequate disclosure of netting off gains and losses on betting activity
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/a-hot-mess-t...
Sportsbet false reporting of dividends paid, false reporting of related party transactions, false reporting of GST, inadequate disclosure of netting off gains and losses on betting activity
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/a-hot-mess-t...
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Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza isolated in an underground jail where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food and barred from receiving news of their families or the outside world.
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse deprived of natural light since January, and teenager held for nine months
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza isolated in an underground jail where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food and barred from receiving news of their families or the outside world.
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The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Ksi Lisims & PRGT Pipeline
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.