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I know we all love a dose of hopium, especially now. But the take, which I see all across here, that the far right was defeated in Germany tonight because 80% of Germans voted for other parties is very misleading and unhelpful. Understanding this really matters. 🧵

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An officer in the Australian Army has been stripped of his security clearance because Asio believes he is more loyal to Israel than Australia, and at risk of being exploited by the Mossad. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Legends in Canberra protested at the NGA today

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Hey, what's up with books having sprayed edges these days? LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY! I was there! Thread: 1/13

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🚆Want to catch the Albury line today? Nope, sorry, all completely booked out. More people catching V/Line trains is good, but more capacity and more services are needed to meet demand. #MoreServicesNow

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YouGov's final MRP of the 2025 German election shows a clear lead for the Christian Democrats, with gains for the AfD and The Left CSU/CSU: 220 seats (+23 from 2021) AfD: 145 (+62) SPD: 115 (-91) Greens: 94 (-24) The Left: 55 (+16) BSW: 0 (New) FDP: 0 (-91)

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I missed this whole thing about a so-called "trad wife" account being a fraud. www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

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It's unbelievable that Avalon has no public transport access at all from Geelong. There's an airport, and a big jobs precinct, but nobody in the government thought to provide a bus for people to access them. The incompetence and neglect is astounding. abc.net.au/news/2025-02…

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DOGE has been sending their mass emails from a misconfigured server, causing DOGE emails to fail SPF (Sender Policy Framework) validation. This means that agencies are probably marking DOGE emails as spam.

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How many DOGE staffers is it going to take to read 3 million emails explaining what each US federal employee did last week?

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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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This is a Koch shill. The right has done their best to destroy Amtrak by defunding it over the years, all in service of the fossil fuel industry. Then their paid attack dogs cry crocodile tears about how bad it is, and demand it be privatized. Dishonest and despicable. There needs to be reckoning.

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Shutting down already-installed infrastructure in the name of government "efficiency" while also harming business competitors of a government official who just happens to have his own network of EV chargers.

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📢 Alert for all cycling, PT, walking, and urbanism advocates in Sydney. The NSW government is reviewing the Roads Act. Make your voice heard! https://www.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/roads-act-1993 #Auspol #NSWpol #urbanism

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This is how it’s done.

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✅ “If decarbonisation targets are to be met, people will need to use public transport far more in future” Electrification is vital AND we also need a proper plan to reduce the need for motorised travel and shift more journeys to public transport & active travel

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Just a reminder the Oz media were doing it all again last year with their breathless reporting on Elle Macpherson refusing chemo for breast cancer, instead choosing a ‘holistic’ treatment approach - while spruiking her own line of vitamins. Australia loves a health grift.

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If you're watching Apple Cider Vinegar on Netflix, it's worth learning about the role of commercial media in Aus in failing to vet or investigate Gibson's story www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...

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"Young Australian women are moving sharply to the left. But unlike in many other countries, young Australian men are also shifting left, just at a slower pace" theconversation.com/i-looked-at-...

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Big Gas is taking the piss. Help us spread the word, and share this. 👇 90% of WA’s gas is exported. Big Gas takes 73% the gas for free. To add insult to injury, these gas exporters have never paid resources tax. Add your name to make them pay their fair share: theaus.in/collect_gas_... #auspol

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it is concerning that both the leader of the Liberal Party and the federal Nationals director have both pedaled the claim that Labor is speeding up giving citizenship to immigrants because they'll vote for them. This is dangerously close to Great Replacement theory imo

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Very disappointing to see Standards Australia dismissing many of the almost 1,200 public comments on their proposal to expand the standard size of parking spaces in Australia and New Zealand, with no attempt to engage the substance of those comments

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The former director of the ACCC Gas Inquiry is calling for a limit on gas exports. 80% of Australia’s gas is exported. They are draining the system to the point we need to start importing gas, and they price gouge us for the remaining 20%. Calling a duck a duck. #auspol

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Elon’s busy schedule today is claiming astronauts were left in the ISS for political reasons, getting corrected by an ISS astronaut, throwing a fit where he calls the astronaut a slur, then complaining that we should deorbit the ISS

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Saving you a click: they aren't trained to hunt fossil fuel company CEOs

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This whole saga has, I think, demonstrated very well my contention that American political journalists believe that they deserve all of the respect and deference that comes with filling a vital societal role, while rejecting the idea that holding such a position also entails duties and obligations.

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Finally there is good news about the Kororoit Creek Trail. From being a potential shared path from as long ago as 1984, today funding the final stages was announced by the Federal Government in conjunction with Hobsons Bay Council.

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“put it on his fucking gravestone”

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Having a poor run on the trains today. V/Line train reduced to 3 carriages this morning. Big Cranbourne/Pakenham line delays in the Loop, so missed my usual V/Line home. The next V/Line is also reduced to 3 cars, and is so full it's not picking up passengers at Footscray or Sunshine! Good times :/

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National Gallery of Australia literally had Pacific Indigenous art collective SaVĀge K’lub cover up the Palestinian flag in their work days before the opening of their exhibition. This racist censorship is rife throughout the arts in Australia, it is disgusting! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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EXCLUSIVE: Two Palestinian flags on a tapestry on display at the National Gallery of Australia have been concealed with white fabric, in what the artists have described as an act of censorship they only agreed to reluctantly.

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Glad we had a lazy $4.6bn spare to send to the UK for AUKUS...

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"There was a protest at a gas conference, and the next day, the South Australian Parliament changed the law. The next day they criminalised protest. "If protest was ineffective, why would they do that?" - Executive Director @richarddenniss.bsky.social at our #ClimateIntegrity Summit 2025 #auspol

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I would like it very much if an Australian journalist challenged our treasurer to find a single landlord in the country who passes the rate cut on by reducing rent for their tenant. Just one.

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A bit of a strange article containing no real insight about plans (or not - I’m not sure) for rail to Gold Coast airport. At least the Queensland need to (and I quote) ‘Get one over Melbourne’ remains strong. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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Making green iron in Australia is a critical part of driving global emissions down to zero - quick thread on why given the developments in Whyalla this week. First up - Each year Australia pulls almost 1bn tonnes of iron ore out of the ground - 39% of total annual production.

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Just went to an "AI in Teaching" panel and one of the panelists told us very proudly about a math prof who made an AI assistant for calc students that was right 80% of the time. Tech-brained beyond repair to not be wildly embarrassed at the prospect of endorsing that as a "resource" to students.

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you love to see it. gov hochul comes out strong.

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This is just to say I have fired the bureaucrats throughout your government Even the ones that were probably keeping planes in the air Forgive me I am not very smart So efficiency Much savings

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MTA to Feds: Drop dead

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Feds just announced #alto. High speed rail from Toronto to Quebec City, with stops in Peterborough, Ottawa, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières. This will be a game changer if/when it is built. altotrain.ca/en/

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Coles corporate HQ is moving to where there's more public transport👍 “Being located in or around the Melbourne CBD has access to a talent pool around four times larger than an employer located in or near Hawthorn East due to greater access to public transport networks" www.commercialreales...

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"Almost all of the terrorist plots Asio disrupted last year involved minors, Burgess said in his speech. All were attempted by lone actors or small groups and none of the attacks or plots were directly inspired by the conflict in Gaza." www.theguardian.com/...

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‘The road is stuffed’ ‘It was never designed for this’ ‘Pissed off at relentless dust, noise’ ‘at least 17 trucks travelling through Mount Magnet every hour - many are multi-quads’ And yet, the only fix many can even conceptualise is to spend $225m on this road. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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These barely-sentient people who believe deranged stuff like “we should make Canada the 51st state so they can vote for us” must be purged from the Democrat party.

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Love it! Doug is a fantastic wildlife photographer who I had the privilege of meeting at the opening of the 2024 Victorian duck season - a season that should never have gone ahead. Here's the article for those who want to have a read: au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-homeo…

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