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trixycat.bsky.social
@trixycat.bsky.social
I’m Australian living rurally on the land of the Taungurung people. Believe in science, love all types of music, love my family and grateful for all of the authentic, decent, kind and caring people in my life. I don’t post much
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This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Maybe, and I'm spitballing here, women don't like waiting in hospital parking lots until they are near death to have life-saving abortions. Maybe they enjoy having a bank account and jobs and voting rights. Maybe they don't want a court judge to decide if they deserve a divorce. Wow, what a mystery.
November 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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This should alarm everyone.

On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.

THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Neo Nazis were allowed to protest outside of Parliament on the Government’s watch. That the Minns Labor Govt uses their own failure to justify harsher anti-protest laws is an utter disgrace.
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Some extremely strong words on the gas industry by Mike Rann speaking at the @australiainstitute.org.au’s Hugh Saddler Memorial Lecture

thepoint.com.au/news/251116-...
Gas lobby using tobacco tactics, former SA Premier warns
The fossil fuel sector is using “tobacco industry tactics” to maintain a bipartisan commitment to supporting gas expansion in Australia, former South Ausralian Labor Premier Mike Rann has said.
thepoint.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Good column by Sean Kelly on the ALP needing to not waste the idiocy of the Libs

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
You thought climate was a Coalition problem, but Albanese may rue his enemy’s low ebb
Before Labor becomes too smug, it should heed the warning of its president, Wayne Swan: Complacency is “the handmaiden of decline”.
www.smh.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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It was great to finally see a Hoopoe for the first time, I caught this one flicking up cockroaches to swallow!

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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"Australia’s bottom-tier ranking reflects decades of bipartisan policy failure: reliance on extraction rather than production; property speculation, not innovation; privatisation over public investment; and political capture by fossil capital." #renewables #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
'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 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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I have been writing my latest newsletter update for a week and trying to get it finished. It is sprawling, perhaps even unreadable, but I will have it ready by tomorrow morning AEDT. If you want to subscribe, it's free! rick-morton.ghost.io
Nervous Laughter
Life, writing and other tragedies
rick-morton.ghost.io
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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👇👇
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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An important force for social cohesion:
Australia’s public libraries are thriving as the cost of living rises. We can’t afford to lose them theconversation.com/australias-p...
Australia’s public libraries are thriving as the cost of living rises. We can’t afford to lose them
A new report shows that visits to Australian public libraries are up 10% – though funding is down. They provide everything from books and internet to help with CVs.
theconversation.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Michael Che with the joke of the night on SNL's Weekend Update.
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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“Loving too much, and possibly too young:” #SNL
Epstein White House Briefing Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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A willie wagtail at Boolcoomatta.
That eye stripe always makes them look super angry 😆
November 16, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Metallica took to the stage before a roaring crowd organisers described as “just shy of the attendance you’d see at a typical inspection for a two-bedder in Marrickville”
Huge Crowd at Sydney Metallica Gig Almost As Big as Average Rental Inspection for Two Bedder — The Shovel
Organisers described the massive crowd as “just shy of the attendance you’d see at a typical two-bedder rental inspection in Marrickville”.
theshovel.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Maybe they could devote a wing of the new stadium
More than 90 Tasmanians who have been medically cleared to leave hospital are not able to because they are waiting for an aged care place or NDIS support. Premier Jeremy Rockliff says it's "not good enough" and is calling on the federal government to increase hospital funding.
More than 90 patients 'stranded' in Tasmanian hospitals
More than 90 Tasmanians who have been medically cleared to leave hospital are not able to because they are waiting for an aged care place or NDIS support. Premier Jeremy Rockliff says it's "not good enough" and is calling on the federal government to increase hospital funding.
www.abc.net.au
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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No expense will be spared to launder @australianlabor.bsky.social's terrible record on climate & the fact they refuse to include a climate trigger as part of environmental law reforms. So much for transparent government, @albomp.bsky.social & @senatorwong.bsky.social!

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Wong won't put price tag on COP31 as final host decision looms
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has refused to say how much it would cost Australia to hold the COP31 climate conference, as negotiations over hosting rights enter the final stages.
www.abc.net.au
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Lies, gaslighting and shonky numbers underpin the Coalition's climate and energy 'policy'.

Thank you, Adam Morton @australia.theguardian.com for providing what too few in Australian media do: the facts. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost
As Liberals join Nationals in abandoning a 2050 emissions target, we unpick some of the opposition’s talking points
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Thousands of protesters are marching in the streets of DC demanding the resignation of President Trump today.
#EpsteinFiles #Trump
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Wow.
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Pressed to outline how the LNP will reduce emissions with their new energy plan, Sussan Ley says they’ll rely on “breakthrough technologies” in about “25 years time”😳 - ones not invented yet & “we’re not talking about today”🤔
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM