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A Melburnienne - design, architecture, politics, Arcadian delights
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Slavery is white history, how we survived it is Black history. - Malcolm Jamal Warner Pic of the day
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âSure Angus is presentable, a great CV. But does he have the rhetorical skills, the interpersonal skills, or the strategic vision to get a team in the right direction?â one Liberal insider said. âThe last 13 years are not encouraging on any of those fronts.â
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Who is Angus Taylor? Long touted as a Liberal leader, some colleagues see only style and no substance
âThe problem with Angus is that he does not actually do anything,â one colleague says of the former minister with a glossy CV
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/12/angus-taylor-liberal-leader-profile-biography-opinions?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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James Paterson's stark warning: Almost 5 million Australians voted for us. Over the last 9 months, 2.1 million of those people have deserted the Coalition. That's more than 200k votes a month. If it goes on, there'll be nothing left of the Libs by the next election.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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How did Sussan Ley find herself on the chopping block?
Sussan Ley has had much less than a year to try to prove herself. So how did the Liberals' first female leader find herself on the canvas so quickly and dramatically?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-13/sussan-ley-liberals-leadership-spill/106325896?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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Dick Smith, Graham Marr and Richard Barnes were the only three Australians among the nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires who signed an open letter last month calling on all governments to increase taxes on the super rich.
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Three Australian millionaires say the nationâs super-rich should face higher taxes
Dick Smith, Graham Marr and Richard Barnes are the only Australians among 400 millionaires and billionaires globally to sign an open letter calling for higher taxes on the super rich
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/11/australian-millionaires-super-rich-higher-taxes?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Jett
3 days ago
And Iâm afraid weâre deluding ourselves if we think we have not gone past the point of no return here in the former freedom loving America. Elections wonât save us. The midterms wonât save us. Only a nationwide, painful, extended strike by the working class and thatâs just a maybe now.
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Jan Rosenow
4 days ago
Using hydrogen as a fuel to replace natural gas has been strongly promoted by vested interest groups. Many including myself raised serious concerns about scalability, cost and efficiency. The more time passes, the more it looks like those concerns were well-founded.
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Thank you! All your hard work & successes are much appreciated, I am grateful to The Guardian every day for its balanced and considered coverage.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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Lenore Taylor resigns as Guardian Australia editor after 10 years of leadership
Australiaâs longest-serving editor credited with transforming a fledgling news organisation into the fourth most-read news website
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/10/lenore-taylor-resigns-as-guardian-australia-editor-after-10-years-of-leadership?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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David Milner
5 days ago
We've shut down the busiest pedestrian intersection in Naarm/Melbourne because our government invited a genocidal war criminal to our country
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Progressive News Service
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Ghislaine Maxwell helped launch Clinton Global Initiative, donated $1 million. "She... attended Chelsea Clintonâs 2010 wedding.... Ms. Maxwell told the [DoJ]... that she last saw Mr. Clinton sometime between 2016 & 2018, when... they had dinner together in L.A.â
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...
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Epstein Files Reveal Scope of Ghislaine Maxwellâs Role in Clinton Circle
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/us/politics/epstein-clintons-maxwell.html
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Roxane Gay
10 days ago
The WaPo cuts are devastating. And to cut the Books section entirely makes the already bleak critical landscape even more bare. This was all preventable but Bezos, who could find the post I perpetuity without noticing it, is hellbent on destroying the Post. And for what?
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Roxane Gay
8 days ago
1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isnât sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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Chris Murphy
5 days ago
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. Heâs referenced 38,000 times.
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7 days ago
Dude, on behalf of myself and all other SA survivors, please don't use the word "diddling". No, seriously, it's ABUSE - rape, assault, pedophila. It's not some cute little word like that. Please.
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How mens' attitudes to tofu reflect their attitudes to women
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Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUZN_UFkh7i/?igsh=MW14c205d2hqb2ZnNw==
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jennifer uncoolidge
8 days ago
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistâbecause the person felt she did didnât deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00254-z
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The Tennessee Holler
10 days ago
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Erin O'Brien
12 days ago
Here's at least some of the ones we know about. "Thirty-two people died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in 2025 â making it the agencyâs deadliest year in more than two decades"
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2025 was ICEâs deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody
The deaths came as the Trump administration ramped up immigration enforcement, detaining a record number of people
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/04/ice-2025-deaths-timeline
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George Conway âď¸đşđ¸
12 days ago
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
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Mehdi Hasan
12 days ago
âElon Musk Asked Jeffrey Epstein to Invite Him to the âWildest Partyâ on His Islandâ Prem, for Zeteo, on how the Tesla & Twitter boss lied about his relationship with the pedophile financier, according to new emails released by the Department of Justice.
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Elon Musk Asked Jeffrey Epstein to Invite Him to the âWildest Partyâ on His Island
The Tesla and Twitter boss lied about his relationship with the pedophile financier, according to new emails released by the Department of Justice.
https://zeteo.com/p/elon-musk-jeffrey-epstein-files-island
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Mitchy Mitch
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Angry
13 days ago
In case you missed it, a Republican in *checks notes* ⌠Texas â who Trump endorsed â just underperformed Trump by 30 points and lost a special election. The panic is going to be delicious.
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mizbeck
14 days ago
Again. The way you conduct yourself with women is quite clear. It's misogynist. And yes, misogyny is not only unpleasant, it's unacceptable. So, again - - do some reflecting. The other women you conduct yourself with will surely thank you.
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14 days ago
Alex Pretti's parents have retained Steve Schleicher, a former prosecutor who helped convict George Floyd's murderer. Schleicher is taking on the Pretti case PRO BONO.
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Greg Jericho
14 days ago
Every accusation is a confession, Chapter 3,527.
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Solar met the majority of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm in the past week as much of the country cranked air conditioners.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Australiaâs grid now relies on renewable energy as much as coal. Those who doubted it look foolish
Solar met the majority of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm in the past week as much of the country cranked air conditioners
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/31/australias-grid-now-relies-on-renewable-energy-as-much-as-coal-those-who-doubted-it-look-foolish?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The Purple Pimpernel
18 days ago
Why do we still call them the Epstein files? Heâs dead. We want the Trump files to be released. In full.
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Admirable Women
18 days ago
Edith Clarke, the first female electrical engineer in the US, invented a calculator (the Clarke calculator) to solve electric power transmission problems, a precursor to modern smart grid technology. It was patented in 1925.
#WomenInSTEM
It's International Day of
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Christopher Webb
19 days ago
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan. Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a âmassacre.â
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Matt Gaetzâ Diaper Change Account
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MeidasTouch
20 days ago
Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
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George Conway âď¸đşđ¸
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"Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict the accounts of federal officials, who said Mr. Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to 'massacre' them. Video footage shows Mr. Pretti stepping between a woman and an agent who is pepper spraying her. ...
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Osita Nwanevu
20 days ago
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
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Alt National Park Service
22 days ago
The US has officially terminated its partnership with the World Health Organization.
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Footnotes by Jemar Tisby
about 1 month ago
ICE Is What Happens When America Refuses to Learn from Black History ⢠The tragic case of Renee Good and the lessons we missed
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ICE Is What Happens When America Refuses to Learn from Black History
The tragic case of Renee Good and the lessons we missed
https://jemartisby.substack.com/p/ice-is-what-happens-when-america
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Charlotte Clymer
24 days ago
"This is the diplomatic equivalent of a wronged spouse telling their partner: No, I am not asking for a break or a trial separation. Itâs time to move on."
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Canada Announces Divorce from America
And rightly so.
https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/canada-announces-divorce-from-america
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Mueller, She Wrote
26 days ago
Men who defend Jonathan Ross for murdering Renee Good are not safe to be around. End those relationships.
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Hallo âď¸đ¨ď¸âď¸
25 days ago
Norway is one of the largest foreign investors in the United States, shall we sell out? Denmark supplies 74% of U.S. insulin imports, 100% of Ozempic, and handles 15% of all container traffic. Want it to stop? That's just 2.. Nobody can isolate on an island; the world knocks anyway...
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Trump's USA entrenching racism at every level.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Monkey Sounds, âWhite Powerâ and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Departmentâs civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that âpeople impacted by racial discriminat...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-education-department-civil-rights-racial-harassment
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Kat Tenbarge
about 1 month ago
Jacob Frey told ICE agents to get the fuck out of Minneapolis, a hugely popular viral moment, and the media has been browbeating him over it ever since. Trump flipped a guy off and told him fuck you and itâs barely acknowledged.
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Indivisible Hawaiâi Statewide Network
28 days ago
Prof. Timothy Snyder is clear: when the state normalizes violence, our responsibility sharpens. We answer brutality with disciplined, non-violent resistanceâand we deny authoritarians the chaos they crave.
#ChoosePeaceNotChaos
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The LNP is incompetent at federal level & at state level. Why can't the Liberals attract talented, competent politicians? One obvious reason is the penchant by the pale, stale, male party members for pale, stale, male candidates. This is terrible for democracy.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Liberal election autopsy delayed after Dutton suggests report defamatory
The report, co-authored by Liberal grandees Pru Goward and Nick Minchin, has now been sent to a legal team to ensure it is watertight while the party decides what step to take next.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-18/peter-dutton-election-loss-liberal-party-report-delayed/106240876?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
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Washington State Standard
30 days ago
A bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus in Washington advanced out of the state's House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday.
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Washington may ban sales of farmed octopus ⢠Washington State Standard
A bill to ban the possession and sale of farmed octopus in Washington advanced out of a House committee on Wednesday.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/washington-may-ban-sales-of-farmed-octopus/
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Krassensteins
about 1 month ago
BREAKING: TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record." "Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
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Bodach (baw-ditch)
about 1 month ago
Thatâs simply not true. We should call out other menâs sexism and be examples for other men and boys by showing respect and assuring opportunities wherever possible. We should also acknowledge the predacious nature of many men and help assure womenâs safety in response to those men. Be an ally.
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Study links men with higher intelligence to fewer abusive relationship behaviors
www.psypost.org/study-links-...
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Study links menâs higher intelligence to fewer abusive relationship behaviors
New research indicates that men with higher general intelligence are less likely to engage in insults, sexual coercion, or manipulative tactics. The findings suggest cognitive ability may help buffer ...
https://www.psypost.org/study-links-mens-higher-intelligence-to-fewer-abusive-relationship-behaviors/
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