Megan
@mgznco.bsky.social
Informed contests of ideas.
Animals, environment, laughs, the arts.
Animals, environment, laughs, the arts.
Tell me again how unsightly a wind turbine is...🤔
Boral’s proposal to extend the life – and size – of Montrose quarry has alarmed the community and created a political minefield for Labor. #national #victoria
Life’s a blast in Montrose, but the locals just want peace and quiet
Boral’s proposal to extend the life – and size – of Montrose quarry has alarmed the community and created a political minefield for Labor. #national #victoria
www.theage.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Tell me again how unsightly a wind turbine is...🤔
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Good regulation is good for productivity growth. Lack of regulation is driving inefficiency.
Poorly regulated building markets led to debacles like the cracking in Opal Towers and flammable cladding being expensively replaced across the country
My column
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poorly regulated building markets led to debacles like the cracking in Opal Towers and flammable cladding being expensively replaced across the country
My column
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Good regulation is good for productivity growth. Lack of regulation is driving inefficiency.
Poorly regulated building markets led to debacles like the cracking in Opal Towers and flammable cladding being expensively replaced across the country
My column
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poorly regulated building markets led to debacles like the cracking in Opal Towers and flammable cladding being expensively replaced across the country
My column
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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If you're still on Twitter/X you're standing there, listening to Nazis.
I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
If you're still on Twitter/X you're standing there, listening to Nazis.
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Meanwhile in Australia the first Cricket Test has started against the dirty poms (English) - for friends in the US and Europe we will be not be making much sense for the Summer.
Good catch Marny, Carse thought fuck that I’m not hanging around here after copping one flush on the grill. 🏏 #Ashes
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Meanwhile in Australia the first Cricket Test has started against the dirty poms (English) - for friends in the US and Europe we will be not be making much sense for the Summer.
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Special Envoy, Jillian Segal, can appoint people now?
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Special Envoy, Jillian Segal, can appoint people now?
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There’s so much going on in this one. Just photo bombs the whole way.
Young divers today are probably going to be in the last generation or two to see healthy reefs. This is what we’re destroying.
🤿 #marinelife
Young divers today are probably going to be in the last generation or two to see healthy reefs. This is what we’re destroying.
🤿 #marinelife
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
There’s so much going on in this one. Just photo bombs the whole way.
Young divers today are probably going to be in the last generation or two to see healthy reefs. This is what we’re destroying.
🤿 #marinelife
Young divers today are probably going to be in the last generation or two to see healthy reefs. This is what we’re destroying.
🤿 #marinelife
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In a new poll of 2,045 people conducted by Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney, 54% said they were concerned about US interference in Australia, a jump of nearly 20 points since 2021. #auspol #USpolitics #China
Australians are markedly more worried about the US, but still wary about China
Australians' concerns and mistrust of China are easing, while doubts about the US are increasing.
johnmenadue.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
In a new poll of 2,045 people conducted by Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney, 54% said they were concerned about US interference in Australia, a jump of nearly 20 points since 2021. #auspol #USpolitics #China
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November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Christmas Day is tomorrow's Landfill Day. Don't give each other landfill for Christmas.
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Christmas Day is tomorrow's Landfill Day. Don't give each other landfill for Christmas.
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Just as well we approved that gas plant up at Barrow hey
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says he is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Just as well we approved that gas plant up at Barrow hey
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The last time I wrote about this I copped the biggest whinge fest from the then (Labor) minister’s office about how they weren’t cutting the budget lol
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 3:14 PM
The last time I wrote about this I copped the biggest whinge fest from the then (Labor) minister’s office about how they weren’t cutting the budget lol
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"get out the jar of gumption and pry open the jaws of Treasury to make sure that our national science agency is funded in the way that will be good for the country into the long term. If you want to find the money, you can find it.
I mean, we found $600m for a football team in Papua New Guinea."
I mean, we found $600m for a football team in Papua New Guinea."
‘Pry open the jaws of Treasury’ to fund CSIRO amid hundreds of job losses, Labor MP Ed Husic tells own party
Husic, who oversaw CSIRO cuts as the former science minister, said some in government see scientific agency funding as a ‘cost’ not an ‘investment’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"get out the jar of gumption and pry open the jaws of Treasury to make sure that our national science agency is funded in the way that will be good for the country into the long term. If you want to find the money, you can find it.
I mean, we found $600m for a football team in Papua New Guinea."
I mean, we found $600m for a football team in Papua New Guinea."
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So now Australia will be making F35 fighter jet parts for Saudi Arabia. A country that Amnesty says ignores people’s basic human rights, restricts their freedoms and inflicts severe punishment. The regime also kills dissenters. No one even asked us.
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So now Australia will be making F35 fighter jet parts for Saudi Arabia. A country that Amnesty says ignores people’s basic human rights, restricts their freedoms and inflicts severe punishment. The regime also kills dissenters. No one even asked us.
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The slow degradation of the CSIRO is music to the ears of fossil fuel industry groups.... the government works for them. not us.
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The slow degradation of the CSIRO is music to the ears of fossil fuel industry groups.... the government works for them. not us.
" BrInGiNg ThE WoRlD ToGeThER"
How very dare they...😡🤬
How very dare they...😡🤬
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
" BrInGiNg ThE WoRlD ToGeThER"
How very dare they...😡🤬
How very dare they...😡🤬
Funny how science comes in handy every now and then....
Looking at you, PM. 😡
Looking at you, PM. 😡
In recent weeks, at least 23 infants in the U.S. have been infected with botulism in an outbreak linked to ByHeart powdered infant formula
Experts Explain How Botulism Toxin Can End Up in Baby Formula
In recent weeks, at least 23 infants in the U.S. have been infected with botulism in an outbreak linked to ByHeart powdered infant formula
www.scientificamerican.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Funny how science comes in handy every now and then....
Looking at you, PM. 😡
Looking at you, PM. 😡
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Well, this is total garbage!
We need MORE R&D, not less, at this critical time... to be out front in innovation.
World leaders.
We have the smarts, the will and the energy.
WTF @albomp.bsky.social !!
We need MORE R&D, not less, at this critical time... to be out front in innovation.
World leaders.
We have the smarts, the will and the energy.
WTF @albomp.bsky.social !!
Who would think that at this point in Australia’s economic transition we should be spending more, not less, on research and development…
Imagine if we taxed the gas industry and pant more on R&D…crazy talk … #cliamte
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Imagine if we taxed the gas industry and pant more on R&D…crazy talk … #cliamte
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Well, this is total garbage!
We need MORE R&D, not less, at this critical time... to be out front in innovation.
World leaders.
We have the smarts, the will and the energy.
WTF @albomp.bsky.social !!
We need MORE R&D, not less, at this critical time... to be out front in innovation.
World leaders.
We have the smarts, the will and the energy.
WTF @albomp.bsky.social !!
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Such a great episode. The fake mosque story was completely outrageous 😱 and I see Sky News has wheeled out bacon lady (aka Freya Leach) to spread this equally vile crap
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Such a great episode. The fake mosque story was completely outrageous 😱 and I see Sky News has wheeled out bacon lady (aka Freya Leach) to spread this equally vile crap
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Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
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Jess Wilson’s history as the IPA-backed candidate for Young Liberal leader.
#Auspol #SpringSt
www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06...
#Auspol #SpringSt
www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06...
Turf wars and tussles within the Young Liberals
Divisions within the Victorian Young Liberals are rife, with the alleged dominance of the IPA continuing to ruffle feathers within the party's youth wing, writes Neil McMahon.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Jess Wilson’s history as the IPA-backed candidate for Young Liberal leader.
#Auspol #SpringSt
www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06...
#Auspol #SpringSt
www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06...
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I don't want AI generated art, I want AI emptied dishwasher
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I don't want AI generated art, I want AI emptied dishwasher
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There's an 11year old girl sitting in adult cells in Perth lockup because she got caught shoplifting a drink and a pastry from Coles.worth less than $10
'7NEWS can reveal the Adelaide teen accused over a sickening attack on a homeless woman at Hawthorn is the son of prominent business leaders. The Youth Court has been told the former private schoolboy was already on bail at the time of the alleged assault which was filmed and posted online.'
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
There's an 11year old girl sitting in adult cells in Perth lockup because she got caught shoplifting a drink and a pastry from Coles.worth less than $10
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I can’t watch it again but if you haven’t seen it, Black Cockatoo Crisis is on NITV now.
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I can’t watch it again but if you haven’t seen it, Black Cockatoo Crisis is on NITV now.