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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney: "We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we must never forget the lessons. We have to look out for ourselves and take care of each other." How many other world leaders are thinking the same thing?

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Has anyone asked ALP, Indies and LNP if Australia will ramp up to make the vaccines here that RFK Jnr won't approve to be released/made there, or the contraception & menopause meds with supply chain problems?

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Trump awoke the sleeping giant of Canadian nationalism

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It looks like the Canadian conservative leader may lose his seat. #Dickson, you know what to do. #AusPol

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FDOM nails it again #auspol

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BREAKING THREAD: 1. Cost of living’s at forefront of #auspol election, so 4 Corners did deep dive into the PM & Opposition Leader’s finances. Analysing complicated document maze, we found Peter Dutton failed to declare to parliament he was beneficiary of family trust. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

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Good morning

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A challenge in decolonising linguistics #lingcomm #linguistics

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88% of people who read The Australian and respond to polls

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Neo Nazis disrupt a welcome to country ceremony during a dawn service on ANZAC Day. news.com.au's response is to run an online poll where 88% of respondents vote for reducing or dropping welcome to country ceremonies. Ozzy Man provides a more appropriate response to the incident youtu.be/1aebXelCvs4

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Appreciating this celebration of a beautiful moment. Captured from #FremantleFC's facebook posts 💜 Dockers Indigenous players #afldockerscrows

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On a Day of Remembrance in Australia let's not forget this. Actually not ever #auspol #neverlnp

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It's about regulating industry and having standards. Once again I bang the old drum: a civil society is not to be taken for granted. Maintaining it involves hard and often thankless work

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Surgeon Greg Malham. Surgeon Greg Malham. Let the name (and role, which many consider to fall into the domain of social responsibility and elevated ethics) be broadcast far and wide

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Subtext: We failed because Zelensky wouldn't sell out his people to Russia like Trump did. #auspol #USpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

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100%

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WTAF is up with this bureaucratic skirmish #canada? This Canucko-Ozzie is not happy (Jan)! (Although must confess not a vegemite fan...promite always for this happy little yeast-based-brewery-by-product) #straya #vegemite

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You’d think that at some point a party of government might try identifying a problem with our society and working out a way of actually reducing that problem then explain it clearly. That would be a fine thing.

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Spoiler: in my read, Gina earned $850.00, while a childcare worker earned $00.08 #auspol

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Just gonna leave this here In case, you know, anyone is wondering about the values of #millionairepeterdutton #auspol

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PLESE KNOWE ICH WILL BE GLAD TO BE A LANGUAGE CONSULTANTE FOR FILMES YN MIDDEL ENGLISSHE

submitted 17 days ago • 9 comments

"you saved some results from the magic google image search" is really the best way to explain "ai art"

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Whole thread. So many questions

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Powerful "If you think AI is ‘helping you’ I hope you are able to articulate what you believe you are releasing yourself from when you use it, and to consider whether that sacrifice is worth it."

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I'm not going to use generative AI. I don't see any legitimate role for it in unis. It's OK if you like it! I won't let students use it, and I won't read synthetic text if I can knowingly avoid it. Here's my personal policy, drafted with help from colleagues. bravenewwords.info/my-policy-on...

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here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘

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Why, a quarter of the way through the 21st century, are we able to launch a network of satellites that can tell my phone exactly where in the world it is located at any given moment, but I cannot attach a comment to a footnote in Microsoft Word?

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Corker of a comment on my FB page today… #auspol

submitted 26 days ago • 17 comments

Drawing of the Day: Trump Tariffs Tank Economy

submitted 26 days ago • 5 comments

#Linguistics bsky, does anyone know what this other pronunciation of "pony" is? I am burning with curiosity

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This is a part of a debate strategy known as a "Gish Gallop," in which a whole load of claims are made quickly and there is no way they can all be debunked in a reasonable amount of time. (Listen to the Unbiased Science Podcast, it's great) linktr.ee/unbiasedscie...

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

A lovely thread. Read from the top

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Also your daughter’s best friend is trans

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Using language, right?

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Elections Canada is launching a new online tool — dubbed "ElectoFacts" — that lists and debunks inaccurate information that is swirling online. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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30 mars 1958 : Le doubleur canadien Maurice LaMarche est né à Toronto.

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What!? Tiramisu is younger than my dad? Also the 1940s saw great additions to our cuisine. Weird how young ciabatta is! Fun chart shows several foods that were invented surprisingly recently. Source: buff.ly/nvQgUns

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Watching the #afleaglesdockers replay now that it’s safe to do so. Posting this as an experiment testing engagement of bluesky and who might be out there watching. HARLEY IS A LIABILITY. This is about mainstream media. (Will remove post if it is ignored)

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Yes. This is a little triggering. Being beaten up gets tiring when your gig is basically to sustain a civil society #auspol

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If Australia was still the nation of a 'fair go', this would be a big election issue. #auspol

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Cooperation is the very foundation of human survival - we need to undo damaging 20th-century ideology about competition scitechdaily.com/rewriting-hu...

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