Quirkiest
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Signed. Every Australian should!
Save the CSIRO
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Signed. Every Australian should!
So what do we do about this? CSIRO is the greatest government science organisation in the world and costs peanuts to fund. Meanwhile we throw BILLIONS in AUKUS bribe money at Trump.
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...
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
So what do we do about this? CSIRO is the greatest government science organisation in the world and costs peanuts to fund. Meanwhile we throw BILLIONS in AUKUS bribe money at Trump.
Listen to the SCIENCE
Experts warn against signing up for autism therapies that are not evidence-based, as diagnoses rise.
Warnings as 'pseudo-science' oxygen therapy promoted as autism treatment
Experts warn against signing up for autism therapies that are not evidence-based, as diagnoses rise.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Listen to the SCIENCE
What the Frack?
We are a stupid country! Led by fools with short term agendas and far too few brain cells. I could cry. ##auspol #science #innovation www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at the CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
What the Frack?
Yep let’s be like the rest of the World where public health is a distant 2nd to “efficiency”. And yes someone will quote amazing standards some Scandinavian countriy or something - utterly unlike Australia. How about we waste a bit of money on “unnecessary tests” and save a life or two?
A new report recommends Australia’s public hospitals stop wasting money and adopt efficiency measures seen in other countries amid governmental tensions over a new funding deal.
Report reveals hospitals waste $1.2b a year as funding stoush simmers
A new report recommends Australia’s public hospitals stop wasting money and adopt efficiency measures seen in other countries amid governmental tensions over a new funding deal.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Yep let’s be like the rest of the World where public health is a distant 2nd to “efficiency”. And yes someone will quote amazing standards some Scandinavian countriy or something - utterly unlike Australia. How about we waste a bit of money on “unnecessary tests” and save a life or two?
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New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.
This stuff has an obviously criminal mens rea and should be a crime.
Both parties should support this. Using AI to generate a video of a candidate saying something he didn’t say should be illegal. Especially since many voters think it is real. I will condemn any candidate from either party who does this.
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
This stuff has an obviously criminal mens rea and should be a crime.
Goodbye LNP…
The Coalition would reduce emissions "year on year" considering the "real performance" of other developed countries and strip climate from the objectives of the nation's energy operator under a plan negotiated between the Liberals and Nationals.
Coalition plans to strip climate from energy operator's objectives
The Coalition would reduce emissions "year on year" considering the "real performance" of other developed countries and strip climate from the objectives of the nation's energy operator under a plan negotiated between the Liberals and Nationals.
www.abc.net.au
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Goodbye LNP…
That’s very efficient- abandoning both a climate policy and their election prospects in the one action.
Months of bitter infighting between Liberals over the party's climate policy could be drawing to a close, with MPs paving the way for net zero to be formally abandoned at a shadow ministry meeting on Thursday.
Liberals pave way to ditch net zero and settle infighting
Months of bitter infighting between Liberals over the party's climate policy could be drawing to a close, with MPs paving the way for net zero to be formally abandoned at a shadow ministry meeting on Thursday.
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
That’s very efficient- abandoning both a climate policy and their election prospects in the one action.
It’s going to be SUMMER here in 3 weeks. WTAF?
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It’s going to be SUMMER here in 3 weeks. WTAF?
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🚨 BREAKING: New large-scale review involving hundreds of thousands of pregnancies has concluded that Tylenol use during pregnancy is not linked to autism or ADHD in children
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🚨 BREAKING: New large-scale review involving hundreds of thousands of pregnancies has concluded that Tylenol use during pregnancy is not linked to autism or ADHD in children
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Lest we forget 👉🏼Americans seem to have a very short-term memory🤨👇🏼
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Lest we forget 👉🏼Americans seem to have a very short-term memory🤨👇🏼
Stupidly how f’ing stupid are people? Giving in to a bully - appeasement - NEVER WORKS. EVER. You’re all vassals now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Stupidly how f’ing stupid are people? Giving in to a bully - appeasement - NEVER WORKS. EVER. You’re all vassals now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Trump is deliberately starving 42 million Americans
He could’ve directed the USDA to release the emergency funds and finance the program
He refused
Now-despite the fact that a federal judge ORDERED the administration to pay for SNAP
He STILL said no
Then held a party for his billionaire donors
He could’ve directed the USDA to release the emergency funds and finance the program
He refused
Now-despite the fact that a federal judge ORDERED the administration to pay for SNAP
He STILL said no
Then held a party for his billionaire donors
November 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Trump is deliberately starving 42 million Americans
He could’ve directed the USDA to release the emergency funds and finance the program
He refused
Now-despite the fact that a federal judge ORDERED the administration to pay for SNAP
He STILL said no
Then held a party for his billionaire donors
He could’ve directed the USDA to release the emergency funds and finance the program
He refused
Now-despite the fact that a federal judge ORDERED the administration to pay for SNAP
He STILL said no
Then held a party for his billionaire donors
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It is now illegal to be anti-Trump. - per Dicktator Donnie.
November 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It is now illegal to be anti-Trump. - per Dicktator Donnie.
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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Happy Halloween 🎃 🚀
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Happy Halloween 🎃 🚀
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Breaking WaPo:
The White House just fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of Trump's construction projects, including his planned arch in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The White House just fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of Trump's construction projects, including his planned arch in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House fires arts commission expected to review Trump construction projects
The moves comes as President Donald Trump pursues efforts to build a White House ballroom and a triumphal arch in Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Breaking WaPo:
The White House just fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of Trump's construction projects, including his planned arch in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The White House just fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of Trump's construction projects, including his planned arch in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is jmetraux@motherjones.com and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is jmetraux@motherjones.com and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.
Wow. Just wow. 🤓 Science!!
Cyclist fitted with printed 3D face after drunk driver left him with third-degree burns
Cyclist fitted with printed 3D face after drunk driver left him with third-degree burns
Dave Richards, 75, who suffered full-thickness burns, given mimetic prosthetic by new NHS 3D medical centre
A cyclist who received severe third-degree burns to his head after being struck by a drunk driver has been fitted with a printed 3D face.
Dave Richards, 75, was given a 3D prosthetic by the NHS that fits the space on his face and mimics his hair colour, eye colour and skin. His face received full-thickness burns after a speeding drunk driver hit him while he was out cycling with friends. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Wow. Just wow. 🤓 Science!!
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That's no moon...
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
That's no moon...