Sally D
@sallydickson.bsky.social
Semi retired and old enough to see changes in our climate and madness in the world.
No to AUKUS, yes to UBI and liveable jobseeker and pension wage levels. Tax the rich corporations as well.
No to AUKUS, yes to UBI and liveable jobseeker and pension wage levels. Tax the rich corporations as well.
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To be welcomed but we have a bigger problem. And it’s everywhere…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
To be welcomed but we have a bigger problem. And it’s everywhere…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We really have gone from one shit government to another
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
We really have gone from one shit government to another
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"[The Albanese Government] are now responsible for cuts to public science that exceed the Abbott government – cuts current Labor MPs rightly slammed at the time,” Tonks said.
This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
"[The Albanese Government] are now responsible for cuts to public science that exceed the Abbott government – cuts current Labor MPs rightly slammed at the time,” Tonks said.
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🚨 NEW: Sussan Ley has a favourability rating of minus 21% in the latest RedBridge polling, while Anthony Albanese is rated at minus 2%
More than a third of Australians have not heard of either Andrew Hastie or Angus Taylor, even as both are named as contenders for Liberal leadership
More than a third of Australians have not heard of either Andrew Hastie or Angus Taylor, even as both are named as contenders for Liberal leadership
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 AM
🚨 NEW: Sussan Ley has a favourability rating of minus 21% in the latest RedBridge polling, while Anthony Albanese is rated at minus 2%
More than a third of Australians have not heard of either Andrew Hastie or Angus Taylor, even as both are named as contenders for Liberal leadership
More than a third of Australians have not heard of either Andrew Hastie or Angus Taylor, even as both are named as contenders for Liberal leadership
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johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Forrest’s pivot to “real zero” reads less like a billionaire’s climate epiphany and more like a survival instinct. His company, Fortescue, has committed $6.2 billion to eliminate fossil fuels entirely from its operations by 2030. …”
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Forrest’s pivot to “real zero” reads less like a billionaire’s climate epiphany and more like a survival instinct. His company, Fortescue, has committed $6.2 billion to eliminate fossil fuels entirely from its operations by 2030. …”
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'A national humiliation': Australia at bottom of new renewables ranking
As the Coalition abandons net zero, Andrew Forrest has quietly moved on not just to net zero, but to real zero.
johnmenadue.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Forrest’s pivot to “real zero” reads less like a billionaire’s climate epiphany and more like a survival instinct. His company, Fortescue, has committed $6.2 billion to eliminate fossil fuels entirely from its operations by 2030. …”
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Forrest’s pivot to “real zero” reads less like a billionaire’s climate epiphany and more like a survival instinct. His company, Fortescue, has committed $6.2 billion to eliminate fossil fuels entirely from its operations by 2030. …”
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New Billboard just erected in Times Square:
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
New Billboard just erected in Times Square:
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Sanders: The wealthiest people on earth are pouring hundreds of billions into research and development for AI and robotics. You think they’re doing that because they’re thinking, “Oh man, this is going to be something that will improve life for working people, for low-income people.”?
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Sanders: The wealthiest people on earth are pouring hundreds of billions into research and development for AI and robotics. You think they’re doing that because they’re thinking, “Oh man, this is going to be something that will improve life for working people, for low-income people.”?
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Don Farrell, Labor’s special minister of state, has built a reputation as one of the most powerful people in parliament. His next target is expanding the size of parliament, something that has only happened twice since Federation, writes Jason Koutsoukis. satpa.pe/GTNKX22
‘More snouts in the trough’: The plan to expand parliament
For the first time in 40 years, Labor is developing a plan to increase the number of seats in the parliament – a move the Coalition fears will cement Labor’s majority.
satpa.pe
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Don Farrell, Labor’s special minister of state, has built a reputation as one of the most powerful people in parliament. His next target is expanding the size of parliament, something that has only happened twice since Federation, writes Jason Koutsoukis. satpa.pe/GTNKX22
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Being better than toddlers isn’t good government, it’s babysitting.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
No saving the Coalition – and that should be a warning to Labor
Labor is trying to present itself as the adult in the room, by pointing to the opposition's tantrums. That’s not governing, it’s babysitting.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Being better than toddlers isn’t good government, it’s babysitting.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Coalition plans to kill us and our children by heat-death so their fossil fuel donors can profit.
Coalition plans to strip climate from energy operator's objectives
Emissions reduction would no longer be an objective of Australia's energy operator under a Coalition plan endorsed by the Nationals and Liberals, prioritising affordability and reliability over climat...
www.abc.net.au
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Coalition plans to kill us and our children by heat-death so their fossil fuel donors can profit.
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Hurricane Melissa Points to Category 6 Storms as the ‘New Normal’ www.theenergymix.com/hurricane-me...
Hurricane Melissa Points to Category 6 Storms as the ‘New Normal’
As climate change fuels increasingly powerful storms, scientists say the 1–5 Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale no longer captures their true intensity.
www.theenergymix.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hurricane Melissa Points to Category 6 Storms as the ‘New Normal’ www.theenergymix.com/hurricane-me...
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Also, couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea... There's a link to the search tool.
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Also, couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea... There's a link to the search tool.
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“Historically, pathocracies led by malignant narcissists — are driven by death instinct that compels them to destroy all that's good and decent in society as they pursue their primitive goals.”
• Elizabeth Mika
www.rawstory.com/americans-ho...
• Elizabeth Mika
www.rawstory.com/americans-ho...
Americans 'horrified' as new image of Trump's White House 'wreckage' emerges
One new photo of the construction site of what used to be the East Wing of the White House is prompting outrage among Americans on social media.While on assignment for Getty Images, freelance photogra...
www.rawstory.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“Historically, pathocracies led by malignant narcissists — are driven by death instinct that compels them to destroy all that's good and decent in society as they pursue their primitive goals.”
• Elizabeth Mika
www.rawstory.com/americans-ho...
• Elizabeth Mika
www.rawstory.com/americans-ho...
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I hope you eat each other alive.
Trump turns on former ally Marjorie Taylor Greene as Epstein questions mount – live updates
President withdraws endorsement for Greene, who supports legislation to require full release of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I hope you eat each other alive.
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Across the country, voters support many of Zohran Mamdani's ideas, including:
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Across the country, voters support many of Zohran Mamdani's ideas, including:
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
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‘It was pantomime without consequence, unless you count the climate.’
And the ALP are just better actors.
#auspol
And the ALP are just better actors.
#auspol
This is about Australian Politics, but if you are into beautifully written prose, & the madness of Climate Denial, read it - urbanwronski.com/2025/11/13/s...
Stockholm Syndrome Sussan: How a $14m War Chest Killed Net Zero
Australia’s democracy is under siege—not by obvious force, but through dark money and corporate capture. While the Coalition squabbles in party rooms, mining magnates write the real script, turning…
urbanwronski.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
‘It was pantomime without consequence, unless you count the climate.’
And the ALP are just better actors.
#auspol
And the ALP are just better actors.
#auspol
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“The Far Right doesn’t stay within borders. It’s at work everywhere and it works in sync. The strength in one area magnifies the strength in another. It’s a global threat.”
The Far Right Hits The BBC
The assault on free media gathers pace
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
“The Far Right doesn’t stay within borders. It’s at work everywhere and it works in sync. The strength in one area magnifies the strength in another. It’s a global threat.”
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Australia’s aged care shame / sham. You get to your final years after having paid your dues, paid you taxes, only to then be discarded like a pair of old boots.
If only we’d tax billionaires, corporations and mining industry accordingly, we’d have the revenue to support our aged community.
If only we’d tax billionaires, corporations and mining industry accordingly, we’d have the revenue to support our aged community.
“This is what happens when you sell aged care off to corporations to make a profit.”
@australianlabor.bsky.social
No essential services should be privatised.
#Auspol
@australianlabor.bsky.social
No essential services should be privatised.
#Auspol
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Australia’s aged care shame / sham. You get to your final years after having paid your dues, paid you taxes, only to then be discarded like a pair of old boots.
If only we’d tax billionaires, corporations and mining industry accordingly, we’d have the revenue to support our aged community.
If only we’d tax billionaires, corporations and mining industry accordingly, we’d have the revenue to support our aged community.
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Garcia: The emails we released today are disturbing. They clearly suggest that Trump may have spent significant time with one of the victims. You have another email that discusses Trump possibly knowing what was happening with some of the girls. It’s really disturbing stuff.
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Garcia: The emails we released today are disturbing. They clearly suggest that Trump may have spent significant time with one of the victims. You have another email that discusses Trump possibly knowing what was happening with some of the girls. It’s really disturbing stuff.
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“... correlate those findings with data in commercial datasets from brokers such as LexisNexis Accurint and Thomson Reuters CLEAR along with government-owned databases" [Also feeding] “... directly into Palantir Technologies’ Investigative Case Management system…[re] ...immigration enforcement"
ICE is building a 24/7 social media monitoring program that would scan Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and dozens of other platforms. Private contractors would turn public posts into enforcement leads fed directly into government databases. buff.ly/gXCFJBl
Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation
ICE’s dragnet is expanding across social media, putting everyone’s digital lives into the realm of border and immigration enforcement.
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“... correlate those findings with data in commercial datasets from brokers such as LexisNexis Accurint and Thomson Reuters CLEAR along with government-owned databases" [Also feeding] “... directly into Palantir Technologies’ Investigative Case Management system…[re] ...immigration enforcement"
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The govt is spending billions to keep 100 asylum seekers on Nauru, a nation of 12 000 people the size of Tullamarine airport. Reports implicating the Finks bikie gang in those deals are deeply concerning. Public servants have risked their livelihoods to speak out.
‘Dirty deals’: Nauru rorting, bikie gang allegations to be referred to NACC
Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog.
www.theage.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The govt is spending billions to keep 100 asylum seekers on Nauru, a nation of 12 000 people the size of Tullamarine airport. Reports implicating the Finks bikie gang in those deals are deeply concerning. Public servants have risked their livelihoods to speak out.
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"Whitlam was a rarity in modern Labor leaders in that he was not afraid of power. Not of it and crucially, not of using it." @amyremeikis.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Whitlam’s legacy is one of possibility and hope. He showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.
Whitlam showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like. And 50 years later, you have to wonder – is it even possible to make Australia brave again?
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"Whitlam was a rarity in modern Labor leaders in that he was not afraid of power. Not of it and crucially, not of using it." @amyremeikis.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...