Sonans
@sojaya.bsky.social
🌻🌈 Nurse (past:emergency, present:pacu, future:pain) send me your facts, all the facts and maybe some fun. Lives on Larrakia land, Australia. She/her/me
Reason #372 why Australians should care about the USA change of regime.
We need to increase our intake health checks for people/products from the USA asap
#auspol #publichealthau
We need to increase our intake health checks for people/products from the USA asap
#auspol #publichealthau
I had the opportunity to review the work experience and skills of numerous people who were laid off or fired from public health jobs by Donald Trump.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Reason #372 why Australians should care about the USA change of regime.
We need to increase our intake health checks for people/products from the USA asap
#auspol #publichealthau
We need to increase our intake health checks for people/products from the USA asap
#auspol #publichealthau
Looks like my mermaid is holding the plant, cute #gardening
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Looks like my mermaid is holding the plant, cute #gardening
Legends. Sharing space is key for all the things
“"As a kid you have to sit and listen so as not to scare the animals away, and just listen to the land. That is our culture."
“"As a kid you have to sit and listen so as not to scare the animals away, and just listen to the land. That is our culture."
An all-Aboriginal team from Alice Springs wins a national award for its unique culture of listening to reduce high suicide rates in the Northern Territory.
Team wins national award for suicide prevention work in Alice Springs
An all-Aboriginal team from Alice Springs wins a national award for its unique culture of listening to reduce high suicide rates in the Northern Territory.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Legends. Sharing space is key for all the things
“"As a kid you have to sit and listen so as not to scare the animals away, and just listen to the land. That is our culture."
“"As a kid you have to sit and listen so as not to scare the animals away, and just listen to the land. That is our culture."
Ancient crocs didn’t just hunt in water – some may have dropped out of trees to catch their prey.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/55-mill...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/55-mill...
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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the deliberate conflation of a nazi rally with “protest” is designed to manufacture consent for more violent policing of people who are protesting against genocide and rolling, mounting climate catastrophes.
November 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
the deliberate conflation of a nazi rally with “protest” is designed to manufacture consent for more violent policing of people who are protesting against genocide and rolling, mounting climate catastrophes.
“Climate change is increasingly lethal, though critics say… it is not.” Or, “Israel is murdering journalists in Gaza at historically unprecedented rates, though critics say… it is not.” Or, “Trans people claim to be real, though critics say…”
#abcaustralia #bbc #auspol
#abcaustralia #bbc #auspol
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“Climate change is increasingly lethal, though critics say… it is not.” Or, “Israel is murdering journalists in Gaza at historically unprecedented rates, though critics say… it is not.” Or, “Trans people claim to be real, though critics say…”
#abcaustralia #bbc #auspol
#abcaustralia #bbc #auspol
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Mockery of human rights. High Court rules indefinite detention of refugees unlawful. Govt packs refugees back to Nauru indefinitely. Janet Pelly reports #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/nauru-refuge...
michaelwest.com.au/nauru-refuge...
Nauru refugees. Indefinite detention a definite breach of High Court ruling - Michael West
Despite High Court ruling declaring indefinite detention of refugees unlawful, the Government is sending refugees back to Nauru.
michaelwest.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Mockery of human rights. High Court rules indefinite detention of refugees unlawful. Govt packs refugees back to Nauru indefinitely. Janet Pelly reports #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/nauru-refuge...
michaelwest.com.au/nauru-refuge...
It’s just cos i live in Darwin, and next door to Pine Gap
But ya know, sometimes the conspiracy peeps are right right?!
Literally follow the money and think about how we are killing people with our current tech.
Of course we are a target
But ya know, sometimes the conspiracy peeps are right right?!
Literally follow the money and think about how we are killing people with our current tech.
Of course we are a target
November 7, 2025 at 6:09 AM
It’s just cos i live in Darwin, and next door to Pine Gap
But ya know, sometimes the conspiracy peeps are right right?!
Literally follow the money and think about how we are killing people with our current tech.
Of course we are a target
But ya know, sometimes the conspiracy peeps are right right?!
Literally follow the money and think about how we are killing people with our current tech.
Of course we are a target
“This is more meaningless than my terrible jokes about gauche ducks.”
I need an australian bluesky thread for some sanity in these trying times #auspol doesn’t cut
It.
Is there a “everybody but the USA” group?!!
I need an australian bluesky thread for some sanity in these trying times #auspol doesn’t cut
It.
Is there a “everybody but the USA” group?!!
I've no doubt that my ramblings about ducks, the meaninglessness of a trillion dollars, and the latest corporate demand for compensation for being told not to be evil, will draw immense readership to my blog. No doubt at all.
If you'd like to read that, here you go:
If you'd like to read that, here you go:
Ducks in a row
I was told once that it's rather gauche to make bilingual puns about ducks. But I think that's a terrible canard.
And, anyway, Zohran Mamdani has just shown that it's no longer gauche to be left!
Ye...
in-between-days.ghost.io
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
“This is more meaningless than my terrible jokes about gauche ducks.”
I need an australian bluesky thread for some sanity in these trying times #auspol doesn’t cut
It.
Is there a “everybody but the USA” group?!!
I need an australian bluesky thread for some sanity in these trying times #auspol doesn’t cut
It.
Is there a “everybody but the USA” group?!!
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Australia's de facto online gambling regulator stops accepting gifts from betting companies, for now (& we're banning 16s & under from social media because it could cause them harm?) WTA2-facedF?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Gambling regulator stops accepting gifts from betting companies, for now
The announcement comes six months after the ABC first reported the Northern Territory Racing and Wagering Commission chair had accepted corporate hospitality from bookmakers.
www.abc.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Australia's de facto online gambling regulator stops accepting gifts from betting companies, for now (& we're banning 16s & under from social media because it could cause them harm?) WTA2-facedF?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Covid is still here because we chose not to do enough.
The climate is changing because we chose not to do enough.
And democracy? We can’t afford to just wait and see.
The climate is changing because we chose not to do enough.
And democracy? We can’t afford to just wait and see.
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Covid is still here because we chose not to do enough.
The climate is changing because we chose not to do enough.
And democracy? We can’t afford to just wait and see.
The climate is changing because we chose not to do enough.
And democracy? We can’t afford to just wait and see.
“On 1st December 1961, the new national flag of West Papua was raised for the first time, an occasion that is still commemorated among the West Papuan diaspora and illegal to commemorate in West Papua itself.”
Support groups detailed towards the end of this detailed essay, check them out #auspol
Support groups detailed towards the end of this detailed essay, check them out #auspol
West Papuans are resisting decades of Indonesian settler-colonialism, challenging power in the Asia-Pacific and fighting for their land, culture, and freedom. From Organize Aotearoa.
Read more temokalatimag.substack.com/p/overview-o...
#WestPapuq #Pacific #colonialism
Read more temokalatimag.substack.com/p/overview-o...
#WestPapuq #Pacific #colonialism
Overview of the West Papuan independence struggle
Bernard M. of Organise Aotearoa writes on the West Papuan struggle against Indonesian settler-colonialism, and how the West Papuan struggle fits in the politics of the Asia-Pacific.
temokalatimag.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“On 1st December 1961, the new national flag of West Papua was raised for the first time, an occasion that is still commemorated among the West Papuan diaspora and illegal to commemorate in West Papua itself.”
Support groups detailed towards the end of this detailed essay, check them out #auspol
Support groups detailed towards the end of this detailed essay, check them out #auspol
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The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for briefings conducted by the press secretary or President Trump. n.pr/43W4f6r
Judge orders White House to use American Sign Language interpreters at briefings
The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for briefings conducted by the press secretary or President Trump.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for briefings conducted by the press secretary or President Trump. n.pr/43W4f6r
This i know to be true, my ex was ex-ADF with 13 years service. And she had casual stories that would break your heart.
No one reported anything.
No one reported anything.
When the ADF’s culture of bullying and harassment results in thousands of unreported sexual assaults, it shouldn’t take a class action for survivors to receive justice.
ADF leadership and Minister Marles are missing in action and women and young recruits are paying the price.
ADF leadership and Minister Marles are missing in action and women and young recruits are paying the price.
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
This i know to be true, my ex was ex-ADF with 13 years service. And she had casual stories that would break your heart.
No one reported anything.
No one reported anything.
Whoot! 2030 before we can get our hands on it tho
This, combined with the new ability to turn ANY BLOOD into O type blood, and we are at the dawn of a special new age in surgery.
www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainmen...
www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainmen...
Japanese Scientists Develop Artificial Blood
Japanese scientists have developed a new type of artificial blood that can be used in patients of any blood type.
www.tokyoweekender.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Whoot! 2030 before we can get our hands on it tho
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#OreCup R1M2 is a matchup of extremely shiny and geometrically-distinctive ore minerals for #Molybdenite vs #Tetrahedrite.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
www.mineralcup.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
#OreCup R1M2 is a matchup of extremely shiny and geometrically-distinctive ore minerals for #Molybdenite vs #Tetrahedrite.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Streisand effect do your thing
Kinda fun how i was literally eating watermelon on my lunch break just now for extra solidarity 🍉🌻🫶🏼✊🏼
Kinda fun how i was literally eating watermelon on my lunch break just now for extra solidarity 🍉🌻🫶🏼✊🏼
Jillian Segal and @albomp.bsky.social hate watermelons because watermelons are terrorists, witches, and devil worshipers. Many of them are also left handed communists.
#thoughtsandprayes #crusades #whitejesus #whitegod #whitesheet #whitehoods #australia #auspol #booksarebadmkay #trumpbibletho
#thoughtsandprayes #crusades #whitejesus #whitegod #whitesheet #whitehoods #australia #auspol #booksarebadmkay #trumpbibletho
Library mascot Pip the Watermelon caught in censorship row
Public Libraries Victoria restricts use of mascot for children's reading challenge, citing "political" connotations
www.deepcutnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Streisand effect do your thing
Kinda fun how i was literally eating watermelon on my lunch break just now for extra solidarity 🍉🌻🫶🏼✊🏼
Kinda fun how i was literally eating watermelon on my lunch break just now for extra solidarity 🍉🌻🫶🏼✊🏼
Everytime I am mad at humanity and think “yeah just junk this experiment”, I learn things like this and re-realise that there is such a spectrum of human ability and potential for cooperation. Sigh, back to working for some kinda survival
25 Years of the International Space Station: What archaeology tells us about living and working in space 🧪 🏺 🔭 #SpaceArchaeology
25 Years of the International Space Station: What archaeology tells us about living and working in space
Archaeologists have studied how astronauts use the International Space Station to improve its potential future successors.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Everytime I am mad at humanity and think “yeah just junk this experiment”, I learn things like this and re-realise that there is such a spectrum of human ability and potential for cooperation. Sigh, back to working for some kinda survival
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Repeal the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978.
Disabled NT man died naked in cell wearing spit hood and cuffs, inquest told
Wayne Hunt was kept in detention after a seizure instead of being taken to hospital, coroner hears
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Repeal the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978.
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Trump having a Great Gatsby party while the country has a Grapes of Wrath party
November 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Trump having a Great Gatsby party while the country has a Grapes of Wrath party
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These are also abject petro-state #ffagenda climate change global warming deniers. Motivated by Trump, far-RW politics to be more extreme. Anti-science except when it comes to using various forms of tech to inflict abuse, hate and violence within communities. Very anti #renewables of course #auspol
Neo-Nazis Are Launching the White Australia Party to Run in the Next Federal Election
The NSN recently held a recruitment drive meet in Sydney, and it's getting close to the numbers needed to register
👇
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/neo-naz...
#auspol #nazis
The NSN recently held a recruitment drive meet in Sydney, and it's getting close to the numbers needed to register
👇
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/neo-naz...
#auspol #nazis
Neo-Nazis Are Launching the White Australia Party to Run in the Next Federal Election
The National Socialist Network is establishing a political party called White Australia, which could see neo-Nazis running for parliament in the next election.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au
November 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
These are also abject petro-state #ffagenda climate change global warming deniers. Motivated by Trump, far-RW politics to be more extreme. Anti-science except when it comes to using various forms of tech to inflict abuse, hate and violence within communities. Very anti #renewables of course #auspol
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Here is Lucky shutting your computer and telling you to log off and pay attention to your animal if you have one.
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Here is Lucky shutting your computer and telling you to log off and pay attention to your animal if you have one.
Sad but long read with background info and ideas for ally activists globally
We will continue to be in the West Bank, despite reduced impact
This is a sobering account of the diminishing impact of “protective presence” and the determination of so many, like this activist, to continue to show up in solidarity.
https://is.gd/Qk4wNZ
@vashtimedia.bsky.social
1/3
This is a sobering account of the diminishing impact of “protective presence” and the determination of so many, like this activist, to continue to show up in solidarity.
https://is.gd/Qk4wNZ
@vashtimedia.bsky.social
1/3
November 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Sad but long read with background info and ideas for ally activists globally
I am worried that my response was an automatic fantasy of physically expressing how deeply offensive I found this.
In other words, i was driving home and literally punched the roof of the car as if it was the Temu-nazi-gobshites face.
This is not me. And it was such a visceral response.
In other words, i was driving home and literally punched the roof of the car as if it was the Temu-nazi-gobshites face.
This is not me. And it was such a visceral response.
This is the protest march that an Australian court just ruled 'inoffensive'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
October 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I am worried that my response was an automatic fantasy of physically expressing how deeply offensive I found this.
In other words, i was driving home and literally punched the roof of the car as if it was the Temu-nazi-gobshites face.
This is not me. And it was such a visceral response.
In other words, i was driving home and literally punched the roof of the car as if it was the Temu-nazi-gobshites face.
This is not me. And it was such a visceral response.
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Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos.
By @eltragon.bsky.social
By @eltragon.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos.
By @eltragon.bsky.social
By @eltragon.bsky.social