@dr-ian.bsky.social
Ngunnawal and Dharawal county. Once was scientist. Once was public servant. Retired. Woke, with dogs. No fleas.
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September 19, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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“The Coalition has announced a plan to rewrite the national curriculum, slashing units on Indigenous history and culture, sustainability, and engagement with Asia.”
#auspol
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
#auspol
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Pride in flag, Western culture, and soldiers in schools: Coalition unveils education plan
Opposition education spokesman Julian Leeser said Indigenous history and cultural studies must be pared back as test results fall.
www.smh.com.au
September 19, 2026 at 6:46 AM
“The Coalition has announced a plan to rewrite the national curriculum, slashing units on Indigenous history and culture, sustainability, and engagement with Asia.”
#auspol
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
#auspol
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Paul Keating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnr_...
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Former Australian PM: Stop Letting America Use Australia
YouTube video by Global Insight Hub
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September 18, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Paul Keating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnr_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnr_...
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Disturbing admissions from US Republican Congressman pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
So ….Australia “joins” EU in same form as Canada ….Trump ceases all trade with Australia , AUKUS is dead …and we “save one Trillion Dollars” …..someone point out the downside to me ..🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
So ….Australia “joins” EU in same form as Canada ….Trump ceases all trade with Australia , AUKUS is dead …and we “save one Trillion Dollars” …..someone point out the downside to me ..🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Disturbing admissions from US Republican Congressman
US submarines at HMAS Stirling, B-52 rotations through Tindal and deepening military integration are tying Australia ever more closely to US strategic priorities – including the prospect of war with C...
pearlsandirritations.com
September 18, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Disturbing admissions from US Republican Congressman pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
So ….Australia “joins” EU in same form as Canada ….Trump ceases all trade with Australia , AUKUS is dead …and we “save one Trillion Dollars” …..someone point out the downside to me ..🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
So ….Australia “joins” EU in same form as Canada ….Trump ceases all trade with Australia , AUKUS is dead …and we “save one Trillion Dollars” …..someone point out the downside to me ..🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
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RFK Jr: "We are also looking at chemtrails"
September 17, 2026 at 6:20 PM
RFK Jr: "We are also looking at chemtrails"
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The thing about the Howard-era ministers is that they've never realised how much their own instinct for technocratic cruelty influenced the national attitude to migrants and refugees, leaving a lasting residue of nastiness.
September 17, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The thing about the Howard-era ministers is that they've never realised how much their own instinct for technocratic cruelty influenced the national attitude to migrants and refugees, leaving a lasting residue of nastiness.
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We in other countries just don’t understand you couldn’t see what we saw.
September 17, 2026 at 7:25 AM
We in other countries just don’t understand you couldn’t see what we saw.
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“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
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I can not argue with this.
September 17, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I can not argue with this.
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Yesterday the Senate agreed to my motion that calls on the government to fix our broken lobbying laws.
It's time for politics to work for Australians, and that starts with lobbying reform. This is a great first step.
Go to www.fixlobbying.com.au and join my call for lobbying reform.
It's time for politics to work for Australians, and that starts with lobbying reform. This is a great first step.
Go to www.fixlobbying.com.au and join my call for lobbying reform.
September 17, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Yesterday the Senate agreed to my motion that calls on the government to fix our broken lobbying laws.
It's time for politics to work for Australians, and that starts with lobbying reform. This is a great first step.
Go to www.fixlobbying.com.au and join my call for lobbying reform.
It's time for politics to work for Australians, and that starts with lobbying reform. This is a great first step.
Go to www.fixlobbying.com.au and join my call for lobbying reform.
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The price of diesel hit another record high today and is expected to climb higher — along with the surging cost of gasoline — as fallout from Trump’s ongoing Iran war continues to restrict global oil supplies.
Diesel now costs an average of $6.40 a gallon nationally. Gas rose to $4.44 a gallon.
Diesel now costs an average of $6.40 a gallon nationally. Gas rose to $4.44 a gallon.
Diesel and gas prices are spiking and hitting record levels. Experts say it’s going to get worse
The price of diesel hit another record high Thursday morning and is expected to climb higher — along with the surging cost of gasoline — as fallout from Preside
newswav.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The price of diesel hit another record high today and is expected to climb higher — along with the surging cost of gasoline — as fallout from Trump’s ongoing Iran war continues to restrict global oil supplies.
Diesel now costs an average of $6.40 a gallon nationally. Gas rose to $4.44 a gallon.
Diesel now costs an average of $6.40 a gallon nationally. Gas rose to $4.44 a gallon.
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Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional.
This is the first suit of its kind.
19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
This is the first suit of its kind.
19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
19thnews.org
September 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional.
This is the first suit of its kind.
19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
This is the first suit of its kind.
19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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I don’t believe the U.S. taxpayer should continue to arm Netanyahu’s government with deadly military equipment.
I believe Netanyahu is a war criminal and that his government has committed genocide in Gaza.
This doesn't make me antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
I believe Netanyahu is a war criminal and that his government has committed genocide in Gaza.
This doesn't make me antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
Trump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in years
The pending transfer of the 2,000-pound munition, involved in scores of incidents resulting in civilian casualties, sets
www.washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2026 at 9:45 PM
I don’t believe the U.S. taxpayer should continue to arm Netanyahu’s government with deadly military equipment.
I believe Netanyahu is a war criminal and that his government has committed genocide in Gaza.
This doesn't make me antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
I believe Netanyahu is a war criminal and that his government has committed genocide in Gaza.
This doesn't make me antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
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Latest news from the grifters and spivs party - Hanson tried to bat away Sarah Martin’s very pointed questioning at the NPC - now we get to understand why…
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pauline Hanson’s daughter Lee working for a NSW One Nation senator remotely from Tasmania without ministerial approval
Exclusive: Lee Hanson also appears to be regularly campaigning for party during work hours, social media shows
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Latest news from the grifters and spivs party - Hanson tried to bat away Sarah Martin’s very pointed questioning at the NPC - now we get to understand why…
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The perfection of Ed Sheeran as a metaphor: white, bland, inoffensive neutrality, protesting that "I'm not complicit"...
September 15, 2026 at 11:18 PM
The perfection of Ed Sheeran as a metaphor: white, bland, inoffensive neutrality, protesting that "I'm not complicit"...
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You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?
The Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract shows
The Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM
You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?
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Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news...
September 11, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news...
Late afternoon beach walk. Stanwell Park, New South Wales.
September 11, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Late afternoon beach walk. Stanwell Park, New South Wales.
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The world has gone mad! Folks getting arrested under the UK Terrorism Act for holding a sign that said "I oppose genocide" 🇬🇧 That is fucked up! The majority of those arrested have been pension aged women, often with disabilities. Do these folks look like terrorists? Shame on you England. #Free 🇵🇸
September 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
The world has gone mad! Folks getting arrested under the UK Terrorism Act for holding a sign that said "I oppose genocide" 🇬🇧 That is fucked up! The majority of those arrested have been pension aged women, often with disabilities. Do these folks look like terrorists? Shame on you England. #Free 🇵🇸
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Trump prepared to offer bribes to voters, engages in war, attacks allies, dismantles democratic checks and balances and uses his office for personal gain while funding genocide and ethnic cleansing by Israel.
Labor continues to pretend we have shared values and funds AUKUS, Why?
Labor continues to pretend we have shared values and funds AUKUS, Why?
September 10, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Trump prepared to offer bribes to voters, engages in war, attacks allies, dismantles democratic checks and balances and uses his office for personal gain while funding genocide and ethnic cleansing by Israel.
Labor continues to pretend we have shared values and funds AUKUS, Why?
Labor continues to pretend we have shared values and funds AUKUS, Why?
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One of the two firemen who saved Donald Trump from the rubble of 9-11.
September 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
One of the two firemen who saved Donald Trump from the rubble of 9-11.
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It wasn’t enough that a targeted campaign was used to defame and damage me by deliberately mischaracterising one cartoon. Now those same obsessive bullies are using other people’s posts about that cartoon to destroy their careers. Are we living under the Stasi now?
September 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
It wasn’t enough that a targeted campaign was used to defame and damage me by deliberately mischaracterising one cartoon. Now those same obsessive bullies are using other people’s posts about that cartoon to destroy their careers. Are we living under the Stasi now?
Between rain showers dog walk, Stanwell Park, New South Wales.
September 9, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Between rain showers dog walk, Stanwell Park, New South Wales.