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  Whenever I see an image of a wind farm my mind shows me a coal mine & power plant sitting beside it. Makes those tall, elegant turbines even more beautiful. Well done Victoria. More renewables please. We can vote for the parties who would make this happen & against those who, captured by mining & fossil fuels industries, continue to distract & obstruct. Just saying. #renewables #energy #governance #victoria #election https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-15/warr...

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  I love every part of this. #companionship #quiet #reading #neurodivergent Reading alone, together is all the rage at book doofs and reading parties. What makes it social? https://theconversation.com/reading-alone-together-is-all-the-rage-at-book-doofs-and-reading-parties-what-makes-it-social-292683?utm_campaign=the-daily-39911&utm_content=the-daily-39911_au%7C1%7C39911%7C80919a95&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_term=Reading+alone%2C+together+is+all+the+ra...

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  We can afford billions for AUKUS but we can’t afford safe housing & support for our friends & neighbours who need it. Yeah right. #governance #policy #AusPol #homelessness https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/17/rough-sleepers-dying-a-stones-throw-from-luxury-waterfront-houses-victoria-homelessness?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  The bleeding wounds of colonisation. Important history. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #disposession #ignorance #vilification #plunder https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/17/that-bridge-almost-broke-our-mob-the-ngarrindjeri-warrior-women-and-the-fight-to-preserve-sacred-knowledge?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  Reclaiming appropriation. Healing work. #colonisation #Australia #ignorance https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/oct/17/artist-tony-albert-receives-2000-public-donations-aboriginalia-mca-exhibition-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  It’s not a political party, it’s ‘… a clutch of mining & corporate lobbyists in a trench coat’. We could make the same argument about Labor & the Libs / Nats. The job of One Nation is to move the Overton window by saying the quiet parts out loud. On that measure it’s working really well. #AusPol #StateCapture #polarisation #division #plunder #profit The corporate forces bankrolling One Nation's ‘anti-establishment’ surge https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-corporate-fo...

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  It’s as if ‘cost of living crisis’ is code for - & deflection from - ‘rapid acceleration of plunder’. Disaster capitalism is the business model. Who’d of thunk it. #AusPol #StateCapture #plunder #governance #FollowTheMoney https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2026/oct/22/cost-of-living-crisis-oil-company-profits-rba-interest-rates-australia?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  Dr Margaret Simons on the politics of mainstream media in Australia, in particular the ABC. #AusPol #media #ABC https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/24/the-abc-australias-trusted-public-broadcaster-margaret-simons-book-review?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  Moral squalor vs the common good. ‘Does this policy support the common good? is a useful question to ask in any political debate. Pay attention, #AusPol https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/23/trump-moral-squalor?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  Orlando as a graphic novel! Sounds delightful. #literature #queer #trans #joy Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, the ultimate shapeshifter, is now a madcap graphic novel https://theconversation.com/virginia-woolfs-orlando-the-ultimate-shapeshifter-is-now-a-madcap-graphic-novel-283698?utm_campaign=the-daily-40043&utm_content=the-daily-40043_au%7C1%7C40043%7C9b0b0008&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_term=Virginia+Woolf%E2%80%99s+Orlando%2C+the+ultimate+shapeshifter%2...

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  What an extraordinary opportunity to hear indigenous people in 1950 speak in language about their own displacement. And how unsurprising that no white folx at the time ever thought to listen. This is how histories are written, & histories erased. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #colonisation #history #erasure #film https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/25/aboriginal-extras-1950-film-bitter-springs-translation-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  Lessons from history: the biggest attraction of the far right? Violence. Chilling analysis from Phillip Ruch #fascism #violence #history https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/01/hitler-lazy-criminal-slept-until-noon-rise-nazis-wrong?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  Peckable architecture. What a great project. #birds #nesting Birds are building nests with our rubbish. Can we offer them something better? https://theconversation.com/birds-are-building-nests-with-our-rubbish-can-we-offer-them-something-better-292611?utm_campaign=the-daily-39763&utm_content=the-daily-39763_au%7C1%7C39763%7C9ba90858&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_term=Birds+are+building+nests+with+our+rubbish.+Can+we+offer+them+something+better%3F

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  Tax mega profits. Amy Remeikis #AusPol #tax Australian households in a world of pain – but there’s an obvious answer to our budget crisis | The Point https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/261001-australian-households-in-a-world-of-pain-but-theres-an-obvious-answer-to-our-budget-crisis

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  Buy into a speculative investment, inflate the price, sell out. Fork the punters. It’s a lucrative business model. #scam #plunder #SameOldSameOld #DataCentre #Tasmania #AusPol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/03/ai-datacentre-backlash-firmus-asx-float-tasmania-australia?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  Disaster capitalism is the business model. Yanis Varoufakis #profit #plunder #StateCapture #AusPol https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/04/yanis-varoufakis-australia-interest-rate-rise?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  Dr John Cooper Clarke on how stupid doing heroin was, & achieving his lifelong ambition: renumerative idleness. If you’re not familiar with his work, check it out. Try Salome Maloney, queen of the Ritz or Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt (featuring the art deco cocktail cabinet & his parental figures, Sheba & Rex). Much as I abhor the whole aesthetic of heroin & glamourising dickhead behaviour, IMO his punk period was his best. #poetry #punk #JohnCooperClarke...

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  Governance for the public good? Let’s move the Overton window, folks. #AusPol #policy #governance #poverty #inequality https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/06/greens-pitch-zohran-mamdani-style-251bn-plan-to-nationalise-200-coles-and-woolworths-supermarkets?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  Humiliating weaker men, subjugating women. It’s the business model. Patriarchy is effective politics. #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #politics https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/06/trump-cornell-misogyny-sexism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  ‘If not us, who? If not now, when?’ This is good news. #coal #plunder #catastrophe #resistance #community #AusPol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/08/retired-hunter-valley-couple-mach-energy-mount-pleasant-coalmine-high-court?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  Lazy clickbait media have lead us here. Good policy? Responsible governance? The common good? Nah. It’s about winning the day. #OvertonWindow #AusPol Australia’s ‘sensible centre’ is shifting radically right | The Point https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/261008-australias-sensible-centre-is-shifting-radically-right

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  What we protect as wilderness is the result of colonisation. Country that is cared for does not burn catastrophically. Important research from GunaiKurnai country in SE Victoria. #colonisation #fire #ClimateChange Colonisation, not climate change, first primed these forests to burn https://theconversation.com/colonisation-not-climate-change-first-primed-these-forests-to-burn-292997?utm_campaign=the-daily-39850&utm_content=the-daily-39850_au%7C1%7C39850%7C69b7efef&utm_medium=em...

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  We can no longer look to the past to predict the future. We need to pay attention, act strategically & adapt. #ClimateCatastrophe #AusPol Hoping for a ‘new normal’ climate is pointless. We must learn to adapt https://theconversation.com/hoping-for-a-new-normal-climate-is-pointless-we-must-learn-to-adapt-292221?utm_campaign=the-daily-39866&utm_content=the-daily-39866_au%7C1%7C39866%7C7a8f7392&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_term=Hoping+for+a+%E2%80...

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  Decline is not the only story. Important research on bright spots & how to enable them. #ClimateChange #empowerment Conservationists are discovering ‘bright spots’ around the globe. Here’s why they matter https://theconversation.com/conservationists-are-discovering-bright-spots-around-the-globe-heres-why-they-matter-289476?utm_campaign=the-daily-39850&utm_content=the-daily-39850_au%7C1%7C39850%7C69b7efef&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_term=Conser...

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  End times fascism: on how to understand it & how to resist. Review by Luke Munn of two books trying to make sense of it all #EndTimesFascism #NerdReich Naomi Klein’s new book calls out end times fascism. What is this – and what’s the role of big tech? https://theconversation.com/naomi-kleins-new-book-calls-out-end-times-fascism-what-is-this-and-whats-the-role-of-big-tech-290614?utm_campaign=the-daily-39562&utm_content=the-daily-39562_au%7C1%7C39562%7C2d31f308&utm_medium=email&...

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  This is interesting. As a self identified neurodivergent person I know that my sensory differences are a challenge when driving. I hate bright lights & am easily overwhelmed by sensory input. My poor proprioception means that in the car, as with my body, I don’t know where my edges are unless I can see them. Parking is really hard. I used to be ashamed of these difficulties. Now I recognise them as part of how I am, accept them & work within my limits. Never drive at night, avoid free...

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  How to prepare our kids for a future we know next to nothing about? At school: teach both (how to solve problems using AI & how to solve problems without it). Test both. When choosing a career: follow your interests. Sounds like sound advice to me. Excerpt from new book by Daniel Susskind #AI #teaching #kids #careers https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/06/daniel-susskind-father-studies-ai-artificial-intelligence-what-parents-need-know?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  Golly. Turns out these AI agents will cheat, lie & steal in order to achieve their programmed goals. They appear to embody the ethical frameworks that enabled the plundering classes that funded their development to accrue their vast wealth. What a surprise. Are we afraid yet? #AI #ethics #plunder https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/05/openai-anthropic-models-went-rogue-cybersecurity-test-ai-security-institute?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  ‘For most of Australia’s history, the two-party system entrenched the belief that “the lesser evil” was all we could aspire to at the ballot box. The major parties had flanked us, narrowing the Overton window to ensure we say thank you for the crumbs – while the banquet is served behind locked doors.’ The comfy system, supported by lazy journalism, endless distraction & clickbait team sports, that has had me voting all my life for minor amelioration as the only alternative to undisguise...

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  Lost experiments revisited. Fascinating. #forestry #conservation #research We revisited a forest experiment that lay forgotten for 30 years. What we found was astounding https://theconversation.com/we-revisited-a-forest-experiment-that-lay-forgotten-for-30-years-what-we-found-was-astounding-288105?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Inside%20the%20murky%20world%20of%20peptides%20-%203892839644&utm_content=Inside%20the%20murky%20world%20of%20peptides%20-%203892839644+CID_03b93633d8d84...