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ALP member. Social Democrat. Posts are mainly news, plus some history and general interest.

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Don Moynihan's avatar Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social
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The institutions have failed to defend themselves

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Andrew Elder 's avatar Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social
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UK politics junkies: polls close 10pm Thursday night, which is 8am Friday AEST. Strap on the headphones and get the latest on the boss' dime

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Tom Axe's avatar Tom Axe @tomaxe.bsky.social
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GeNDeR cRiTIcal Compact Magazine Editor Nina Power sued someone for calling her a fascist, she lost and had to pay court costs, and in discovery a ton of evidence that she is indeed a fascist were made public.
luketurner.com/Nina_Power/

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David Marler's avatar David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social
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A summary of the history between NATO & Australia. Some argue it's unnecessary. Outside the news cycle, the deputy PM attending the summit instead of the PM probably not the biggest item on people's minds. Anyway, for those interested. #auspol www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...

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David Marler's avatar David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social
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For those that have been following the saga of Townsville Mayor Troy Thompson. Still refusing to resign and has been restored to the chair. Cr Andrew Robinson said there had been legal advice for today but supported the prior no-confidence motion. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07...

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David Marler's avatar David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social
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ASIC a "tough cop on the beat" Treasurer Scott Morrison declared in 2016. No need for a royal commission into the banking sector. #auspol youtu.be/-HOviQ3td0g

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Leroy's avatar Leroy @leroylynch.bsky.social
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Financial Times: France’s leftist and centrist parties have pulled hundreds of candidates from Sunday’s high-stakes election in a co-ordinated attempt to keep the far-right Rassemblement National out of power. archive.is/B5fe0

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The privacy of Australian children is being violated on a large scale by the artificial intelligence industry, with personal images, names, locations and ages being used to train some of the world's leading AI models. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07... #auslaw

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Railmaps's avatar Railmaps @railmaps.bsky.social
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Today's historic pic: Exactly 35 years ago today, works tram 10W in Bourke Street, Melbourne, Vic, July 1 1989. Built in 1908 by Meadowbank for the NSWGT, it ran as Sydney K class number 763, then as scrubber 138s until it was withdrawn and sold to the M&MTB where it ran as Melbourne 10W until 2002.

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‘On the three major issues driving Iran’s steep decline – the collapsing economy, relations with the West and the state’s refusal to give women citizenship rights – none of the candidates has explicit solutions.’

New: Azadeh Moaveni on the Iranian elections:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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John Dellaporta's avatar John Dellaporta @johndellaporta.bsky.social
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The story of Election 2024 is obviously “will the villainous Trump return to destroy democracy once and for all?” Almost no one - Republicans included - denies this narrative. But the media’s refusal to participate makes it feel more out of “narrative integrity” than journalistic.

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John Dellaporta's avatar John Dellaporta @johndellaporta.bsky.social
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This was meant to explain how the media can believe they have a leftward slant - viewing Dems as their “heroes” - while simultaneously playing out a rightward bias by “bothsidesing” and pricing in low expectations for Republican humanity.

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John Dellaporta's avatar John Dellaporta @johndellaporta.bsky.social
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A few years ago, Jon Lovett floated a theory that media treats Democrats like protagonists - to be challenged, accounted, and forced to be behave in growth-oriented ways - while the GOP are treated like antagonists - immutable, expected to disrupt, thematic obstacles. Thinking about that a lot.

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Tom Gauld 's avatar Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social
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Beware of the book festivals! (My latest Guardian Books cartoon)

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Laura Helmuth's avatar Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social
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There are “no links whatsoever between the offshore wind development activity and especially the humpback whale mortalities. None. Zero.” But oil & gas & shipping interests sure want you to think wind energy is what's killing whales 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/whal...

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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very curious to see how political commentators metabolize a biden uptick in the polls if it shows up

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Hare 🍉's avatar Hare 🍉 @haredurer.bsky.social
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"Should we as a society be investing tens of billions of dollars, our precious electricity that could be used toward moving away from fossil fuels, and a generation of the brightest math and science minds on incremental improvements in mediocre email writing?"