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Australia’s national broadcaster: moving out unaffordable? Decorate your old childhood bedroom so it can double as a work from home office!

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Star Wars and every single franchised release it generates is essentially an antifascist story, but do you reckon any current fascists know or care? Have a moment of "wait, is that me? Am I the asshole?" - no of course not. I'll be watching this regardless youtu.be/AE4wxt70aUM?... , I need the boost

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Late, partially or not at all www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

submitted 13 hours ago • 17 comments

Very well: 10 US Kindle copies of Eric, by Terry Pratchett, an early Discworld novel and a parody of Faust. I, personally, didn't care for it, but lots of people love it. Regardless, it is a pterry book. #KindleBookGiveawa #GNUTerryPratchett

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Ita Buttrose has savaged ABC managing director David Anderson in a remarkable letter to the ABC's lawyers. Here it is, in full.

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Want to get involved in our Senate campaign but don't know how to go about it? These campaign training sessions are for you. Hear from our campaign team about our policies, campaign activities you can help with, and techniques for maximising the effectiveness of your campaigning.

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Folks I am in the process of migrating to Pixelfed for photo sharing. Find me here: pixelfed.social/embilbie (for now I have privacy/screening switched on so there might be a delay as I moderate follows!) #FuckMeta

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American lobby groups have been astroturfing Australian politics for decades to the point where we now have a national abortion ‘conversation’ on top of a swell of pro firearms discourse - our right wing are copying rhetoric direct from the US rather than waiting 5-10 years like they used to.

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Insecurity nightmares, but at least no zombies Awoken from 3 hours of sleep, ugh it's still nasty out there and yep the neighbours are still grinding out the Terrible Dance Music hooray

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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

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Whether interest rates are going up or going down, landlords win. It's just how the entirely one-sided class war works in this country, with the active support of both major parties. It will remain so until our side gets organised and fights back.

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As one economist tells Crikey, "they fall well short of constituting ‘value for money’".

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Why does a grandpa living in the Arctic dedicate thousands of hours to Wikipedia? For Alan Sim, the answer lies in sharing knowledge about his region with a global audience. Read more ➡️ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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I want to retire and learn how to make bread

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That level of stress and anxiety that tells your body: you are under attack right now but you're not the tiger is watching you it isn't everything is awful and everyone is against you no, actually but you are indeed surrounded by lies and you're the source

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www.etsy.com/au/listing/1... Three new sets of handmade buttons are now available for #Australian knitters, crocheters, sewing enthusiasts! Great for those cardigan projects you might have about to start for Autumn and Winter ahead. #sewing #knitting #crochet #craft #handmadebuttons 🧶

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#GNUTerryPratchett

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Nice. So the NLA has cancelled all my #Trove API keys because of the work I did recently trying to help researchers & communities more easily use the rich collections of periodicals uploaded through the National eDeposit service (described here […]

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I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

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Thanks to everyone who came along this afternoon in Sydney for a forum on 'capitalism and housing crisis' with @purplepingers.bsky.social alongside local housing activists hosted by socialists at Sydney Uni. Good that these discussions are happening in Australia's housing crisis epicentre.

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This petition closes at midnight tonight (Wed 19 Feb) so PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE.

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la la laaaaaa #ClivePalmerIsAPieceOfShit la la laaaaaaaa

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What do you think is the answer?

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

Politicians love handing out investment tax breaks. Problem is, they don't actually work to encourage investment, write @keanebernard.bsky.social and Glenn Dyer.

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www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/... Hey all, did you know that disability payments are restricted by how much your partner earns? This means you won't have any independent income, which makes it very difficult to escape a problematic relationship. Please sign this govt petition to change it.

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The promised "chaos" at Sydney's train stations is just the latest example of overheated reporting on potential industrial action, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.

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Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

submitted 9 days ago • 990 comments

Thank you to everyone who has joined the resistance! Our ranks grow stronger every day.

submitted 10 days ago • 442 comments

Terry Pratchett's "Guards! Guards!", and the following accompanying City Watch books in his Discworld series is the most comforting re-read right now. On audiobook even better, the narrator captures perfectly the rage of a decent man in service to the rule of law, faced with fascism and complacency.

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I have rediscovered banjo eggs Thick white bread, spread both sides with real mayonnaise, punch out a hole Pop in a pan, crack in an egg, top with stuff (I've just used thyme, tarragon, and parmesan here) Flip and do other side after very closely monitored short time

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Get out of the way, Labor, I'm fucking done with you #DuckShooting #auspol

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