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Steph (she/her)
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Librarian. Hooker. 20th century tragic. Ballarat/ Wadawarrung country
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houseofbast777.bsky.social
#Booksky
Do not mess with librarians. The inner strength required to meticulously care for history's greatest works of literature and then just let total strangers borrow them willy-nilly is Jedi level stuff.
May 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
stephmcg.bsky.social
For the love of Antony, can someone PLEASE fix the computer? #auspol
May 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
stephmcg.bsky.social
Voted today with my 20yr old son voting for the first time at his former primary school. We celebrated the occasion with a democracy sausage, served to us by one of his former teachers!
May 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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boatie.bsky.social
Indoctrination and political pressure in schools says the LNP.
I AGREE!
Stop funding private schools! They’re sending out how to vote emails ffs! What is a religious school if not an institution of indoctrination!
#AusPol
May 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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euanritchie.bsky.social
“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” - John Stuart Mill, 1867.

Welcoming people to Country* ain't the problem, white supremacists are.

*For the uneducated, this is _not_ welcoming you to Australia. We have libraries & the web, read.
April 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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smittermeier.bsky.social
Always reblog. Happy Easter!
April 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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christinemilne.bsky.social
Laudato si, published in 2015, was Pope Francis’s second encyclical. He condemned consumerism and environmental destruction of our common home and called on all people to take swift and unified action on global warming. #auspol
April 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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npr.org
The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.
Pope Francis, who reached out to the margins of society, has died at 88
The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
Absolutely disgusting story: a climate-denying councillor used allegation of "anti-semitism" towards a renewable energy community group to force the resignation of a board member with threats of cut funding.

She resigned: the funding was cut anyway.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
On February 12, BREAZE president Peta Guy met with Ms Wetherall at a local cafe for a "business-as-usual" meeting. Ms Guy said as the meeting drew to a close, she was presented with four A4 pieces of "barely legible" paper containing a series of retweets and thread comments made by Ms Debrett on X. "The way that it was presented and formatted did not give me a high degree of confidence that things were entirely accurate," she said. Those thread comments from Ms Debrett included the line "Israel is a stain on the planet" and a statement tagging Foreign Minister Penny Wong that said the IDF continued to "dehumanise and torment people of Gaza in similar style to the way Nazis dehumanised Jews during the holocaust". The tweets that prompted Ms Debrett's comments were not included in the document. Ms Debrett, whose X account has since been wiped, told the ABC she had been responding to posts about the "genocide committed by the Israeli government" in Gaza. "I was watching the live streaming of the obliteration of Gazan infrastructure and civilians, people pleading into the camera or via written comments and asking, 'Can you see me? Are you watching? Please don't look away. Please comment,'" she said. On February 20, Ms Debrett, who "vehemently denied the allegations", stepped down from the board because she "did not wish BREAZE to lose funding". Despite her resignation, council formally terminated BREAZE funding that same day. This was communicated via an email from Ms Wetherall that stated Ms Debrett's conduct on X risked damaging the image and reputation of council and was therefore just cause for termination. BREAZE was ordered to pay back any funding it had already received. In a statement, Ms Wetherall said the council's decision was a "regrettable" but "necessary action". "Our assessment of these posts determined that by association they may harm or risk harming the reputation of council or Ballarat as a destination as per a clause in the City Partnerships Program agreement," she said.
March 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
stephmcg.bsky.social
They are a pain to use especially if you have a vision impairment, like my husband! #borderforcefail #accessibilityfail
janecaro.bsky.social Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · Feb 9
I was in one of these horrendous queues at Sydney airport last year. It was embarrassing as an Australian to watch how useless & complicated our system was, & how chronically understaffed. It was the worst entry into a country I have ever experienced. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
‘Bali is more seamless’: The passport processing headache greeting Australian travellers
Long queues are forming at Australia’s airports thanks to a digital processing system that is riddled with faults.
www.smh.com.au
February 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
Never again?
My @smh @theage cartoon.
January 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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emergencybk.bsky.social
January 26th is not a day of celebration for Australian Indigenous communities; it marks the beginning of immense loss and trauma.
#ChangeTheDate
📸: @drtracywesterman.bsky.social
Map of Australia made up of in red black and yellow indigenous art. Underneath the words: Not a date to celebrate, referring to 26th January officially being ‘Australia Day’, the day first white settlers arrived. Logo: The Westerman Jilya Institute
January 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
stephmcg.bsky.social
antar.org.au/issues/survi...
Survival Day Events — ANTAR
Here is a summary of Survival Day events happening around Australia on 26 January 2024 – a way to mark the day respectfully.
antar.org.au
January 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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fakehistoryhunter.net
Dr. Jones illustrating the most important and rewarding part of being an archaeologist.
January 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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mylee.bsky.social
Ensuring the ongoing preservation of digital histories
Ensuring the Ongoing Preservation of Digital Histories
I’d like to share a link and some thoughts on an excellent essay on #DigitalHistory by Mike Jones and Alana Piper, published in the highly-regarded Australian Historical Studies Journal. This journal ...
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January 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Food for thought.
January 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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davelennon.bsky.social
there's much not to like about the current federal govt but the one that is really cutting through for me now is how many TV charity ads i'm seeing begging for money to mitigate crises in Australia which shouldn't be happening especially under a "no one left behind" ALP govt.
January 19, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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professorkiosk.wtf
back in the 80s every pop song featured a mandatory sax solo and we liked it that way
January 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
stephmcg.bsky.social
Sandy Point, South Gippsland, with Wilson's Prom in the distance
Sandy Beach with white tipped waves, with hills in the distance
January 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
stephmcg.bsky.social
We know that Trump's previous administration proposed cutting all federal library funding every year he was in office.

But what does federal funding pay for, and why does it matter?

You might be surprised!

bit.ly/3WkmIWG via @everylibrary.bsky.social
What Does Federal Funding for Libraries Pay For?
You'll be surprised!
bit.ly
January 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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drtracywesterman.bsky.social
We need to stop calling it Australia Day and just call it Jan 26 “celebrations”
Australia Day brings a country together

That’s not what Jan 26 does
January 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM