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This is a once-and-for-all eye-opener to what we are doing to the planet with our uncontrolled use and disposal of plastics. And, more frightening because they're invisible - microplastics ... Please find the time to watch it. #plastics #microplastics youtu.be/CDWrsgX4syc?si

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Lord Howe Island seabirds dying in the forest. Scientists found the ribcages full of plastics. Sometimes stomachs were so full of plastics that don't break down, there was no room for food. The Science Show report from ~3.40 mins: abc.net.au/listen/progr... #plastics

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Hint: NOAA Trump’s cuts could affect Australia’s capacity to predict storms - by Bianca Hall #weather www.theage.com.au/environment/...

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What gets me is that there's someone pushing the delete button, at NASA, Defense, everywhere, just following orders or should I say, 'Executive Orders'. There are actual people at work doing this.

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No amount of “404 Not Found” will wipe their bravery and achievement off the record. They were the Women Airforce Service Pilots and they will not be forgotten.

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'The program will cover an area larger than New Zealand, and help Australia meet global commitments to restore at least 30% of the Earth’s land and water by 2030, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said Saturday in a statement.' #environment

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Wonderful news: the dynamic, charming (et française) Maud Page has been named the Art Gallery of NSW's new director. 👏👏👏 Also wonderful: she is the first woman appointed to the post in the gallery's 154 years of existence. www.smh.com.au/culture/art-...

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Wonderful news: the dynamic, charming (et française) Maud Page has been named the Art Gallery of NSW's new director. 👏👏👏 Also wonderful: she is the first woman appointed to the post in the gallery's 154 years of existence. www.smh.com.au/culture/art-...

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'As war resumes, so does the death sentence for Gaza’s children. The UK must not be an ally to further atrocities' I spoke to children in Gaza this week and here’s what they told me: they just want to live - by Shaima Al-Obaidi #Gaza #children www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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No matter how many times this is said ... #Israel #Gaza

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'Former special forces soldier made enemies after disagreements with far-right factions in Netanyahu government' Who is Ronen Bar, the sacked chief of Israel’s Shin Bet security service? - by Jason Burke www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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'Defence minister issues threat as IDF intensifies offensive with ‘non-stop’ overnight attacks across territory' Israel to ‘seize more ground’ and warns Hamas it will annex parts of Gaza - by Lorenzo Tondo and Jason Burke in Jerusalem #Israel #Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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If you're an Australian writer or illustrator that has had work pirated by LibGen and used by Meta to train AI, ASA is collating a list of stolen works to advocate to the government on our behalf. Form here, with link to database search tool > docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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'The Consumer Technology Association, which counts Sony, Microsoft, Dell, Adobe and Samsung among its members, lodged the submission' US consumer tech joins winemakers, film studios and drug companies in urging Trump to target Australia #trade www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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This Paul Weiss capitulation is the most disgraceful action by a major law firm in my lifetime, so appalling that I couldn’t believe it at first. Any lawyers at that firm—partners or associates—who don’t promptly resign will defile their moral and professional reputations beyond repair.

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Please don't let this be another Qatar ...

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A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The firm reportedly agreed to disavow the use of diversity, equity and inclusion considerations in its hiring and promotion decisions and to dedicate the equivalent of $40m in free legal services to support Trump administration policies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Miriam Margolyes brands Israel 'an embarrassment' as she calls on Jews to 'beg for ceasefire' #Israel #Jews youtu.be/xZzBf_9A5j4

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Glasser's analyses are always worth reading: 'What does it mean to have a President who views his time in office as the biggest, bestest Andrew Lloyd Webber theatrical ever?' Donald Trump, Producer-in-Chief - by Susan B. Glasser #USPolitics www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

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A former Australian defence force chief, retired admiral Chris Barrie, has warned “the vandals in the White House” are no longer reliable allies and urged the Australian government to reassess its strategic partnership with the United States.

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Britain's Heathrow Airport said it would be closed all of Friday after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out power, disrupting flight schedules around the world. Follow our live coverage: reut.rs/41NUWnp

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Advance is not a movement, it’s not a community group, it’s a cut and paste astro-turf disinformation machine funded by the global fossil fuel industry. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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The outright racism coupled with a really remarkable degree of pettiness is a dreadful indication of where the US is heading. Or maybe not heading. It seems to have flicked a switch and simply arrived. #USPolitics

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For god's sake, every day a new shock. He's getting access to WHAT? Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China #USPolitics #China #military #security www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

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'The files, released this week, revealed covert CIA agents and operations that the agency kept secret for decades.' CIA secrets and exposed agents: See unredacted details from the JFK files @washingtonpost #USPolitics #JFK wapo.st/41KIdlj

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'The federal government Tuesday night released tens of thousands of pages on President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. It’s unclear how much light they’ll shed.' What’s new in the JFK files? 5 things to know about the assassination records. #USPolitics #JFK wapo.st/4ikzSMk

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This from Michael Brand, who has been a wonderful director of the Art Gallery of NSW for the past 13 years, just now on Instagram ... #Sydney #art

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Just how much do foreigners realise that women in Afghanistan now have NO rights. ZERO. They must be invisible and inaudible outside the home. And strictly obedient - physical discipline by husbands carries no punishment - inside it. #Afghanistan #women

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What an ironic name now for that law ... #Afghanistan #women #rights

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"I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist… I believe it because I was a waitress." We need real people to govern us, not billionaires. 💙💯 @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov #HumanRights

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Well, I found the Icelandic thriller, Icebreaker (SBS), which was slow and mesmerisingly creepy, and I ended up binge-watching all six episodes hardly moving from my chair!

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🌍 Happy #Equinox! On 20 March 2025 at 09:01 GMT/10:01 CET, just a few moments ago, the Sun appeared directly above Earth's equator - with our planet neither tilting towards nor away from the Sun! (pic: @eumetsat.int, processed by ESA/S. Proud) See flic.kr/p/2qT1ZUu

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Trump urged to target ‘coercive and discriminatory’ Australian media laws by Musk’s X, Apple, Google and Meta - by Natasha May #USPolitics #Australia #media www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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My response to the Liberals negative advertising campaign.

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Woodside’s bid to expand a huge gas project is testing both major parties’ environmental credentials - by Melissa Haswell #auspol #wapol #fossilfuels theconversation.com/woodsides-bi...

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If nothing else will convince the deniers, most of whom are RW and market-oriented, what about the fact so many insurers have climate scientists on staff and that they're all pricing in climate risk? #climatechange

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And just a reminder, if anyone needs it. After Richard Flanagan's book 'Toxic', which changed my diet, this is essential reading: Govts have protected Tasmania’s foreign-owned salmon industry, and the imminent loss of the Maugean skate exposes the price of that www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/m...

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In desperate need of therapy and intervention

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"Germany did destroy itself almost a century ago. It almost destroyed civilization itself. That didn’t happen because Germany took in too many migrants. It happened because the German people fell for arguments uncomfortably close to JD Vance’s."

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In the middle of a disease-related mass mortality event, while rotting salmon fat is washing up on TAS beaches, …

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