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Just some bloke from Hobart with an agenda. Mastadon: [email protected]

 Hobart, Tasmania
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Tasmania has rotated through three different leaders in a single week as Premier Jeremy Rockliff takes leave, leaving Guy Barnett holding the reins. Full breakdown of the state's leadership shuffle: themercury.com.au/news/tasma… #politas #themercury #tasmania #auspol
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MEAA calls out Tasmanian Police Minister Felix Ellis for online targeting of a journalist. themercury.com.au/news/tasma… #politas #themercury #auspol #tasmania #mediafreedom
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"When you combine how annoying these tours are with how insufferable Karl is, it will be unbearable."
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On hold with @ANZ_AU to reset my online banking password. 15 minutes and counting into a process that should take 15 seconds.
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8 children killed in Israeli strike while playing foozeball, CNN reports, showing, w/permission, faces and bodies of the dead & the cries of grieving parents. Every 10 min a child is killed or injured in Gaza, per reporter Jeremy Diamond.
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Don't look away. Don't look away. Don't look away.
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Israeli forces are threatening journalists before killing them. Why is there a resounding silence from media professionals on the systematic assassinations of their colleagues?
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Journalist Hossam Shabat, one of the few journalists covering the Israeli occupation massacres in the north of Gaza, reveals that he received a call from the Israeli forces ordering him to delete the content he published and to stop covering news about Israeli massacres and aggression on Gaza.
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I'm not saying the whole naughty/nice list is an exact science, but Santa seriously dropped the ball in 1943.
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As long as they don't promote it as "a real blast from the past", I suppose.
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'Oppenheimer' to screen in Japan next year after nuclear controversy reut.rs/3R7KNwx
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What’s it like being an Australian scientist during the biodiversity and climate change crises? A few of us share our personal and professional experiences. ‘Gagged and grief stricken, but not without hope’ abc.net.au/news/2023-10-24/o… By @jesskatedavis & @TyneTynelogan
Gagged and grief-stricken, yet defiant: Ecologists and climate scientists reveal devastating...

Gagged and grief-stricken, yet defiant: Ecologists and climate scientists reveal devastating...

The beauty and wonder of the natural world is what keeps scientists like Dana Bergstrom fighting to protect it. She's one of many who say speaking out comes at a cost but not speaking up can take an...

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A noted educator and anthropologist, Isabel Crook spent almost her entire life in China, where she was a committed friend of the Communist government. nyti.ms/3EjvCKr
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What a spot of bad luck.
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I did not see that coming.
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What job do you think this person has?
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And we are LIVE #politas @swegen31 @sam_ikin podcasts.apple.com/au/podcas…

Reassessing the reset

Podcast Episode · FontCast · 11 August 2023 · 47min

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@bj_stansfield10 Aug 2023
I’m back and so is #fontcast - new episode dropping tomorrow. The first parliamentary week after the winter break is over, and it’s been somewhat of a damp squib. So does that mean the Premier’s “reset” has worked? Plus much, much more. @swegen31 @sam_ikin #politas
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Meanwhile during a downpour in the Japanese city of Nara.. 😊
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Imagine dinosaurs posing with an asteroid
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New Fontcast is live! #politas @fontpr @DavidJKillick open.spotify.com/episode/00m… – at Hobart, Tasmania
The elephant in the room

The elephant in the room

FontCast · Episode

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