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Treatment. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Just had to get a filling replaced… and Cripes we need Dental in Medicare. If only there was a way to raise the money by taxing gas exports… if only.

being forced to use One Drive should be used as advanced interrogation techniques.

Premier Peter Malinauskas’ decision to overturn SA's ban on gas fracking is not only irresponsible, but also unnecessary. Australia doesn't have a gas shortage problem, we have a gas export problem. And fracking in vulnerable farming communities won't fix it. #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

Here's @boganintel.bsky.social. "As Aussie activists are brutalised, 'No one left behind' is a just a slogan for Albanese"

"For too long, many of the wealthiest Australians have used trusts to avoid paying their fair share," said Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO of The Australia Institute. Read the full media release 👇 https://theaus.in/3PvdWVF

“We’re in this ridiculous situation where as one of the biggest gas exporters in the world, we have the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax collecting less revenue than beer tax,” Senator Pocock said. “This needs to change." Read the full piece on The Point ➡️ https://theaus.in/3PCwdjF

"We don't have a gas supply problem. We have a gas export problem. “This is now the time to act.” – Nicolette Boele MP ✍ Sign the petition calling on the government to tax the gas industry its fair share! 👇 https://theaus.in/4uAU9Dp

Powerful art by artist James Hillier @nordacious.bsky.social of Australian Aboriginal activist Sam Woripa Watson, kidnapped by Israel. 🎨 #auspol #FreePalestine #GlobalSumudFlotilla

As it currently stands, more than half of the benefit of the capital gains tax discount go to the top 1%. People under 30 only got 2% of the benefit! 📻Senior Economist @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social on ABC Radio National #auspol

Pauline Swearing is the least of my issues with her.

Woodside wants you to think we need more of their gas to support the transition to renewables.... 🤔 Even though they export the vast majority of the gas they get from Australia...on top of getting most of it for free! @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

Go that man! Best way to treat her.

My daughter got full marks for her English assessment. A bit different from last year when she didn’t want to hand anything in.

The Santos CEO says the government's proposed gas reservation policy will kill gas companies... 🤔 Even though Santos' share price has gone up 3.4% since the policy was announced! 📈 @grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol

A few transphobes in the replies to add to your block lists.

"Now what am I supposed to do with 1000kg of crocodile testicles?" chaser.com.au/entertainmen...

ICYMI- Yesterday's #Gaza #SumudFlotilla cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com

'Great...now tax the gas!' The prime minister dismissed calls to implement a 25% gas export tax as a "social media campaign". Our research shows it could raise $17 billion a year that could fund vital services...and the PM's replies are lighting up about it. 🎧 theaus.in/4tPVYv7

So we had the amazing lamb shanks that my husband cooked yesterday for dinner this evening. I made garlic bread with the baguettes he brought home. I now reek of garlic. You can probably smell me from where you are. 🧄☺️🤞🦋

The fact that #TinkeringJim has to defend his tinkering as being too extreme indicates the blight on Australian politics. #Auspol.

They forever live at the back of my brain.

I’m eating this with my tea. Go on. Judge me.

The Australian Albanese Labor Govt has cut funding to two bodies that are critical to social cohesion: • $9M has been cut from the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) • $8M has been cut from the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). Seriously. A Labor Govt did this. #HumanRights #auspol

ice to eskimos as a service —

Hottest couple in town.

Dear PM @albomp.bsky.social, I'm wondering if Australians who served with the IDF in Gaza will be: a) investigated by the AFP for possible war crimes OR b) march in Anzac Day marches under the Israeli & Australian flags next year? 🤔 #auspol #GazaGenocide

Australia Institute research shows that Australians buy more clothes per person than any other country which is fuelling a fast fashion waste crisis. Read our research 👇 https://theaus.in/3PXxemC

Can I just congratulate @tonyinmarin.bsky.social on his recent embrace of alt text. Previously his images had none. Now perfectly detailed, descriptive alt text. Well done!

In case you needed some good news, here it is! Well done Wombats.

Good morning from Seven Hills, NSW, Australia, where at 8 a.m., on Friday, May 22, it is a beautiful 13°C. Sitting in Pathologists waiting to have a blood test, 5th in line and one Nurse on. Hope you all have a great day, take care and keep smiling. 😀

Dear AUS PM @albomp.bsky.social Silence is complicity. Murder of children. Murder of civilian men and women. Murder of doctors, nurses, medics. Murder of lecturers & teachers. Murder of journalists. Rape of prisoners. And your Govt refuses to sanction the rogue terrorist state of Israel. 😢 #auspol

My work connectivity was down this morning. Meant I couldn’t get in to Bluesky. Maybe on purpose. Got some stuff done.

I've read it — so good.

It’s a Tracy Chapman kind of afternoon.

If the return of John Howard to the Liberal Party leadership in 1995 was Lazarus Rising, surely Tony Abbott becoming the Liberal Party's Federal President in 2026 is the Zombie Apocalypse. #auspol

We’ve calmed down a bit. It’s Friday afternoon after all.

I’m the red haired girl’s mum.

Just blocked 4 pornbots. Not sure why they bother with me.

Oh this was my coffee this morning. I was talking to someone on the phone at the time.

@oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social ?

The funny thing is GenZ would respond the same way to one of these phones today.

"Someone has left a pile of plasticine on my desk." "I don't know what to make of it."

"It would be really scary if Politicians worked shiftwork." "There would be so many Night Mayors."

Ok. Footy’s done. Well done tiges. Off to read my book. Good night Bluesky. See you tomorrow. ☺️🤞🦋📖😴💤🛌

"Why can't you put a desk fan on its back?" "Well, you could, but it would blow up."

"My wife and my Banker have something in common." "Neither of them will give me credit."

“Why Don’t We All Just Get Stoned” by Mac Davies. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Se6t...

Ok Brisky. Where is a good place to stay for a fam of 2 adults and two teens in Brisvegas? Looking at you @nordacious.bsky.social Thanks!!

Now walking up the 4 floors back to my desk rather than taking the lift daily. Gotta shift this weight somehow.

Pornbot likes that insight. #Blocked.

Did you know that @scottyb63.bsky.social keeps adding to the #Xclub playlist even now? 110 hours +.

Now my daughter will be into Nick Cave.

To laugh at pain is a disgrace. Bella Hadid has denounced Israel’s far-right minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Instagram after he was filmed taunting activists from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla while they were being held by Israeli authorities and reportedly subjected to abuse. #IsraeliWarCrimes

"Why did the native American quit his job at the Marriot Hotel?" "He didn't like dealing with Reservations."

Ok so we’ve done our 10 concerts we’ve seen. What are the 10 you’d now like to see: 1. Last Dinner party 2. Amyl & the sniffers 3. Boom Crash Opera 4. Joshua Idehen 5. Lambrini Girls 6. Bruce Springsteen 7. Crowded House 8. Get Down Services 9. Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird 10. Sade.

Ok, so I threatened to do this months ago, but here it is - my updated version of Mac Davis’s 1982 “Why Don’t We All Just Get Stoned.” If anyone can do me up a backing track, shout out, and I’ll split the profits with you! 😂 m.youtube.com/watch?v=P-kW...

It’s like @birmo.bsky.social reaches into my brain, takes those jumbled thoughts and puts them on the page in a way that I never could.

Ok, so I threatened to do this months ago, but here it is - my updated version of Mac Davis’s 1982 “Why Don’t We All Just Get Stoned.” If anyone can do me up a backing track, shout out, and I’ll split the profits with you! 😂 m.youtube.com/watch?v=P-kW...

Florida school teacher, 63yo Karen Whitmire Savage, has been fired after having been filmed hanging a black doll with a cord around its neck in class! 😲 #USA #racism www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/u...

Insta problems. No wonder I don’t use it.

Don’t you mean Megan?

Dear PM @albomp.bsky.social, I'm wondering if Australians who served with the IDF in Gaza will be: a) investigated by the AFP for possible war crimes OR b) invited to march in Anzac Day marches under the Israeli & Australian flags next year? 🤔 #auspol #GazaGenocide

"Now what am I supposed to do with 1000kg of crocodile testicles?" chaser.com.au/entertainmen...