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Australian, British and American background. Was a freelance TV director but sea-changed to coastal NSW to recover. Politics, environment, heritage, writing, reading, podcasts, poetry, music, dogs and beach walks with my beloved. Definitely a LEFTIE.
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Terrifying. Especially with the new anti-health secretary.

If, for various reasons, you find yourself with a tighter budget in the coming months/years (or just want to save/invest as much as possible), remember to take full advantage of your local library — and not just for books.

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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

Former Secretary of Transportation--who was not on The Real World or Road Rules--weighs in on the President's efforts to blame the fatal air traffic accident on DEI.

Donold’s approval rating has fallen sharply since being inaugurated. 👍

Thanks to George Conway for posting Caroline Kennedy's letter so everyone is informed about RFK Jr. Please repost far and wide.

Essential listening from the ballsy Alastair Cameron and Rory Stewart podcast, calling out the truth of how the US/ Trump/Musk mafia moves are being viewed by the rest of the world. Highly entertaining too.

WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7

Image projected onto Tesla's factory in Berlin

Could turn me (to God).

"Sometimes fire f**ks a tornado and makes a mockery of human infrastructure." Jon Stewart on why helping victims of natural disasters shouldn't be political

Here’s some truth for your socials.

Saying “no water system in the world could have handled the LA fires” may be accurate, but it sidesteps a larger issue. Water systems were never designed to address the challenges posed by today’s changing climate because, until now, they never needed to.

“We’re in a new era”, with yet more proof coming from the hellfires of LA. Given such graphic evidence, it continues to amaze how so many in US and Australia especially have turned climate change into a cultural/elite/woke wedge issue. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/c...

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www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11... Hipdang.

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birdlife.org.au/avian-influe... Something to be aware of as H5N1 avian flu is likely to arrive in Australia with this season’s bird migration. Good advice on what to do if you come across dead or clearly unwell birds, and how to report. No serious risk to humans at this stage.

Bluesky has grown by over 3M people in the last week — welcome! With every wave of growth naturally comes an increase in moderation reports. Here’s a status report on how the Trust & Safety team is handling it:

It's up!!!! My Explainer video for BlueSky beginners. I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette. Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...

I thought it was a landslide where everyone loved Trump and hated Democrats?

Petrifying.

We all know how this will end 😂

📦 THE NEWS PACK: For a quick start, filled with independent journalists, commentators, and well-known voices who post about US politics, justice, and current affairs.

As a nerd who loves numbers I keep looking at the rising numbers of Bluesky users on their open source log.....over a million NEW users today 💙💙 Love it bsky-users.theo.io

A poem from the brilliant Brian Bilston. Says it all.

www.rawstory.com/handmaid-s-t... No giving up.

Hello, I’m new here. Time to move over.