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"One reason the United States has long been a magnet for long-term investment is the knowledge that, though policies can change over time, our fidelity to blind justice, institutional integrity and the rule of law does not. No more." That confidence is gone. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Trump's #G7 humiliation summarized. After a disastrous birthday with millions of people protesting him and a military parade with low turn out and mediocre marching, an embarrassed Donald Trump embarked to Canada for the Group of Seven summit.

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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks, Buddy 🙏🏻

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I'm teaching an intimate, online creative writing class through Varuna from 22 July. It's all about writing with humour and heart, the two great threads of life. It's not about being a comedian but having a zest for the incongruous. Apps close tomorrow! www.varuna.com.au/for-writers/...

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EXTREMELY ANNOYING The climate movement spent millions of $ over decades focusing on just transition, helping displaced workers, yet climate action still gets broadly criticised as causing 'job losses' Tech bros pop up saying "I WANT TO DESTROYJOBS ASAP" and get a glowing write-up in the NYT 🤨🧐🆒🗑️

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More leadership from the trenches Project McClintock Graduate students writing local op-eds [Gift link] www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...

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Very cool, the Liberal party has chosen a climate denier and a wind turbine syndrome believer to lead their election review

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No penalties but we wouldn’t get our money back 🙄 Add that to the French submarine bill and we’ve already paid 100s of millions for nothing

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So #Trump has ratted on meetings with 6 other world leaders as well as #AnthonyAlbanese. But fact is Trump usually rats on deals he makes at meetings anyway so I dont think much has been lost. Australia's future lies anywhere except #USA.

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How Indigenous peoples are leading the way in climate litigation: new paper www.croakey.org/how-indigeno... #publichealth

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VERY INTERESTING! Inside Dargan Shelter, the Blue Mountains cave home to artefacts linked to the Ice Age #archaeology Australia

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Imagine this.. backing greed and profiteering instead of an increase in climate ambition. Where are all eNGOs backing COP31? What do you say? Business bonanza, trade fair but reduced emissions- not so much. Neoliberalism on steroids- slow clap @UNFCCC. #auspol

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🙄 2 of Ukraine’s top officials have now publicly confirmed what many analysts long suspected: the US has asked Ukraine not to strike Russian oil & energy infrastructure. https://kyivinsider.com/ukraine-confirms-us-is-now-protecting-putins-oil-assets/

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The ABC is investigating “serious allegations” that its defence correspondent Andrew Greene filed a story about a German shipbuilder without disclosing that he had traveled to Germany courtesy of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, which is hoping to win Australian navy contracts

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Long Covid, only 5 years after the appearance of the virus now ranks #1 chronic illness in children. Eugenicists like to focus on the price of measures and forget about the price of "letting it rip". At the very least, we should clean the air in classrooms. www.thegauntlet.news/p/long-covid...

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🚨Great to see this published - led by Alice Faux Nightingale, our paper reporting a qualitative investigation of the significance of #diagnosis of #LongCovid in children & young ppl 👇👇👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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This is such an underrated point. Vaccines deliver immunity while REDUCING systemic risks. Infections deliver immunity while INCREASING systemic risks. This used to be obvious.

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This is fantastic by @juliadoubleday.bsky.social We owe it to our children to mitigate airborne infections and to vaccinate them effectively. Western countries abandoning kids due to lower PERCEIVED risk and a drive for normalcy is wholly irresponsible. #VaccinesPlus #LongCovidKids

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"Unfortunately, superannuation has become a vehicle for tax minimisation for the very wealthiest Australians," said @richarddenniss.bsky.social in the Aus. "Giving huge tax breaks to people with half a billion dollars in super does nothing to take pressure off the pension budget."

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Keating bang on target! #AUKUS #auspol

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Nice to see NZ's Deputy PM attack a highly respected, intelligent public health professional who has devoted decades of service to NZ I'm so angry I can't even describe this but suffice to say Dr Laking is an amazing person and more credentialed than Seymour's left toe nail hairline. #nzpol #kiwi

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Australian Government - Indoor Air Quality The messaging is clear! - COVID-19 is airborne - P2/N95 respirator masks are effective at reducing the spread of COVID-19 www.health.gov.au/topics/envir...

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"Craven appeasement of Netanyahu by Western media, political elites, has brought the world to the brink of war. Now Richard Marles says Australia joining a US war against China is a fait accompli" #auspol #AUKUS #Israel #Iran #Trump michaelwest.com.au/warmongering...

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'COVID-19 triggers metabolic signatures in kids that mirror adult heart risk' 'These insights underscore the need for further investigation into the lasting effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on pediatric health.' www.news-medical.net/news/2025061...

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Good thread that points to the Very Big Problems in Bill C-5.

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😐 Yeah, definitely going to be fun when we find out what Putin has on this clown.

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There is no nuclear weapons program. Fetterman’s pals in the Trump administration - including DNI Gabbard - have confirmed there is no nuclear weapons program. Fetterman is lying. Openly. Demonstrably. Shamelessly.

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From Helen Haines (@helenhainesindi.bsky.social): Australia has lost a towering figure in the law and in public life with the passing of the Honourable Stephen Charles AO KC. Stephen Charles was a man of immense intellect, principle and generosity. 1/ #auslaw #auspol

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"$3 million is an enormous amount of money to have in superannuation and all the government’s proposing is that people that are fortunate enough to have that much get slightly smaller tax concessions than they currently do,” said @richarddenniss.bsky.social. #auspol

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8 things you need to know about the new “Nimbus” and “Stratus” COVID-19 variants. "The NB.1.8.1 and XFG sub-variants are rapidly spreading and competing for global dominance." "COVID-19 may have faded from news headlines, but it hasn’t gone away – or stopped evolving."

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"Giving tax breaks to people who’ve got half a billion dollars in their self-managed super fund makes no economic sense and it doesn’t make a lot of political sense either.” @richarddenniss.bsky.social in Yahoo Finance ⤵️

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1/2 PMC COVID Dashboard, June 16, 2025 (U.S.) Current transmission (red line) closely tracks that of summer 2023 (yellow line). We expect to break 500k daily infections between July 9 and the end of July.

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Trump co-plotted the current Israeli war in Iran with Netanyahu. I’m currently furiously writing up the story. I hope to have it out in 24 hours—as I doubt there’s much more time before the US enters the war to take out Fordo. Stay tuned. If I can, this’ll be out by 10PM ET Tuesday.

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Key aspect was that 1 in 5 people thought the changes to tax concessions of super balances over $3m would affect them. In reality, it's about 1 in 200. Easy test: if you don't know how much is in your super you won't be affected (because people with $3m in their super sure as sh*t know it)

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“People were wrecking the climate 140 years ago - we just lacked the tech to spot it” | New article by @castelvecchi.bsky.social for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Carney is already proving to be much worse than I feared. chiefs-of-ontario.org/chiefs-of-on...

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Israel’s government, with tacit US support, is now operating with a level of impunity that suggests an upending of the post-1945 international legal order. theconversation.com/israel-iran-...

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Russia demands Ukraine scrap all foreign-supplied weapons for peace. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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This way all Mark Carney’s egregious legislation will be passed and if we don’t like it he will have passed all the laws to crush dissent: #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Australia’s three most powerful economic institutions are now led by women economists. In economics, this is not normal. But it certainly does matter. Wilkinson brings a steady, pragmatic hand: consultative, strategic and experienced. #auspol #treasury #womeninleadershi ...

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AUKUS ‘dream’ never realistic and likely to die www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

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It's #MythbustingMonday and today we're looking at 🧠🪱's claims of huge conflicts of interest among former ACIP members 🤜 Here's the fact: 5% of members, on average, had conflicts of interest over the last 10 years www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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As in 1925, we scientists, philosophers, writers, artists and citizens of the world, have a responsibility to denounce and resist the resurgence of fascism in all its forms. Those who value democracy can sign. #auspol #fascism #400scholars

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