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far too many media orgs have been slow to learn that in the age of social media the headline IS the story
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
far too many media orgs have been slow to learn that in the age of social media the headline IS the story
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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The Greens are calling on APRA to step in & stop the skyrocketing property investor lending that is fueling the housing crisis. New ABS data shows investor lending has jumped by 12.3% while first-home buyer loans have risen by just 0.9%. Who's buying all the houses? Investors. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The Greens are calling on APRA to step in & stop the skyrocketing property investor lending that is fueling the housing crisis. New ABS data shows investor lending has jumped by 12.3% while first-home buyer loans have risen by just 0.9%. Who's buying all the houses? Investors. 🧵
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In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
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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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I realize this prediction wasn’t especially difficult. But yes, it got worse.
And it will continue to get worse. Vote every god damn enabler out of office.
And it will continue to get worse. Vote every god damn enabler out of office.
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I realize this prediction wasn’t especially difficult. But yes, it got worse.
And it will continue to get worse. Vote every god damn enabler out of office.
And it will continue to get worse. Vote every god damn enabler out of office.
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A Deloitte report warns that natural gas could crowd out renewables undermining the WA Government’s claim that LNG exports support Asia’s clean energy transition.
“The report was kept secret…it cost taxpayers $400,000 and didn't support the Government’s claims.”
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
“The report was kept secret…it cost taxpayers $400,000 and didn't support the Government’s claims.”
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A Deloitte report warns that natural gas could crowd out renewables undermining the WA Government’s claim that LNG exports support Asia’s clean energy transition.
“The report was kept secret…it cost taxpayers $400,000 and didn't support the Government’s claims.”
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
“The report was kept secret…it cost taxpayers $400,000 and didn't support the Government’s claims.”
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
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The most corrupt administration in American history.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The most corrupt administration in American history.
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I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
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Dear Bluesky
Zohran Mamdani showed the Democratic party exactly how to win, but I fear they will totally deny the lesson. Meanwhile, ballroom boy has already pivoted to affordability. Please don’t let the old guard lose yet another election due to corruption and incompetence.
Thanks,
God
Zohran Mamdani showed the Democratic party exactly how to win, but I fear they will totally deny the lesson. Meanwhile, ballroom boy has already pivoted to affordability. Please don’t let the old guard lose yet another election due to corruption and incompetence.
Thanks,
God
November 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Dear Bluesky
Zohran Mamdani showed the Democratic party exactly how to win, but I fear they will totally deny the lesson. Meanwhile, ballroom boy has already pivoted to affordability. Please don’t let the old guard lose yet another election due to corruption and incompetence.
Thanks,
God
Zohran Mamdani showed the Democratic party exactly how to win, but I fear they will totally deny the lesson. Meanwhile, ballroom boy has already pivoted to affordability. Please don’t let the old guard lose yet another election due to corruption and incompetence.
Thanks,
God
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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The real choice Democrats face is not between a continuing resolution that allows the government to function normally or a government shutdown.
Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down.
Democrats must not legitimize Trump's coup.
Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down.
Democrats must not legitimize Trump's coup.
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The real choice Democrats face is not between a continuing resolution that allows the government to function normally or a government shutdown.
Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down.
Democrats must not legitimize Trump's coup.
Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down.
Democrats must not legitimize Trump's coup.
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A new report finds corporations like Kroger and McDonald's are using digital loyalty programs to track your data and potentially charge you more.
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A new report finds corporations like Kroger and McDonald's are using digital loyalty programs to track your data and potentially charge you more.
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
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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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Bow to? How about *work with* the Greens and respect the carefully considered advice of environment and climate experts!
It's really not the hard, should @australianlabor.bsky.social want to do the right thing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
It's really not the hard, should @australianlabor.bsky.social want to do the right thing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor needs to bow to Liberals or Greens or its environment law revamp is dead
Albanese government will need to make major concessions to pass promised federal nature laws as Liberals attack ‘nature positive 2.0’
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Bow to? How about *work with* the Greens and respect the carefully considered advice of environment and climate experts!
It's really not the hard, should @australianlabor.bsky.social want to do the right thing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
It's really not the hard, should @australianlabor.bsky.social want to do the right thing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Times up.. We tried to play, nice.
Prepare now, it's going down, we are Shutting everything down!
Prepare now, it's going down, we are Shutting everything down!
October 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Times up.. We tried to play, nice.
Prepare now, it's going down, we are Shutting everything down!
Prepare now, it's going down, we are Shutting everything down!
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Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
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I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.
October 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.
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Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.
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Breaking: Today is officially one of the biggest days of protest in American history.
Over 7 million Americans turned out to No Kings events to stand up against MAGA fascism.
Over 7 million Americans turned out to No Kings events to stand up against MAGA fascism.
October 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Breaking: Today is officially one of the biggest days of protest in American history.
Over 7 million Americans turned out to No Kings events to stand up against MAGA fascism.
Over 7 million Americans turned out to No Kings events to stand up against MAGA fascism.
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Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.
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A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
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Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
October 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
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The ALP might as well merge with the Minerals Council of Australia
October 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The ALP might as well merge with the Minerals Council of Australia
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Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.
Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.
Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.
October 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.
Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.
Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.
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Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.
Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.
Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.
October 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.
Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.
Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.