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mark_melbin, 10 days ago to random

The jurors in #Trump’s #NewYork criminal trial include two lawyers.

This is bad news for Trump in a case that seems complicated for many.

#TrumpTrial #TrumpTrials #LockHimUp

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/18/jurors-trump-hush-money-trial-jury

mark_melbin, 10 days ago to abc

The #ABC's Justin Stevens:
"Laura Tingle's remarks... lacked the context, BALANCE and supporting information of her work for the ABC and would not have met the ABC's editorial standards"

I've got 100s of examples of ABC right-wing bias that go unpunished.

#journalism #auspol

mark_melbin, 19 days ago to nuclear

“#Nuclear option costs ‘six times more’ than #renewables”.

#LNP #Dutton #energy #ClimateChange #auspol

https://reneweconomy.com.au/nuclear-option-costs-six-times-more-than-renewables-study-finds/

mark_melbin, 1 month ago to uk

Daily Mail: "#AstraZeneca admitted in February that the vaccine can, in very rare cases, cause Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome - which has been linked to more than 80 deaths in (#UK) (from 50 million doses)".

6.5 million lives saved in 1st year?

#COVID19 #vaccines

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mark_melbin, 1 month ago to TaylorSwift

Right-wing media outlets are terrified of Taylor Swift, terrified of her huge fan base, desperate to drag her down.

#TaylorSwift #TTPD #misogyny #TallPoppies

mark_melbin, 1 month ago to auspol

Peter Dutton after Bruce Lehrmann was found to have raped Brittany Higgins in Linda Reynold's office:
"Well, I think Linda Reynolds has absolutely been vindicated".

Vile. It's time for a #LibSpill.

#BrittanyHiggins #rape #auspol

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/politics/peter-duttons-8-word-reaction-to-lehrmann-verdict/news-story/e738d210f2cb757eb465c6cfefe8d88c

mark_melbin, 1 month ago to Energy

Queensland researchers create power generator that consumes #CO2.

#energy #science #renewables #ClimateChange #auspol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/qld-uq-researchers-develop-carbon-capture-device/103736758

mark_melbin, 1 month ago to Energy

Queensland researchers create power generator that consumes #CO2.

#energy #science #renewables #ClimateChange #auspol

mark_melbin, 2 months ago to Israel

There's one word conspicuous in its absence in these articles about an Australian aid worker killed in Gaza. The killer.

#Israel

#journalism #auspol

mark_melbin, 2 months ago to Israel

Australia has no greater friend than... wait...

Australian among four aid workers killed in #Gaza strike by #Israel.

(Notice how Israel isn't mentioned in the chyron?)

#journalism #auspol

mark_melbin, 3 months ago to random

New York: Judge #Engoron has ordered Donald #Trump to pay $354 million for #fraud.

#TrumpTrials #TrumpOrganization #TrumpCrimeFamily #FAFO

mark_melbin, 3 months ago to journalism

Australian journalists have demanded that we remember Labor's 'broken promise' on the #Stage3 tax cuts until the next election, but they never remember the corruption scandals of the LNP.

Angus Taylor ⬇️

#insiders #journalism #auspol

mark_melbin, 4 months ago to abc

Australia's right-wing controlled media is a huge problem.

#Murdoch #Costello #ABC #journalism #propaganda #auspol

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mark_melbin, 4 months ago to auspol

Jan 24, Patricia Karvelas, ABC:
"I suspect that the Liberal Party is already designing their advertisement campaigns of...'My word is my bond'. Isn't that game over politically speaking?"

Richard Denniss injects some sanity.

#Stage3 #taxes #auspol

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mark_melbin, 4 months ago to auspol

#Dutton: "Interest Rates are higher in our country than in the G7 nations."

This #gaffe should lead to a #LibSpill, eh Fran?

🇦🇺 Australia: 4.35%

G7 nations:
🇯🇵 Japan: -0.1%
🇩🇪 Germany: 4.5%
🇫🇷 France: 4.5%
🇮🇹 Italy: 4.5%
🇨🇦 Canada: 5%
🇬🇧 UK: 5.25%
🇺🇸 USA: 5.5%

#insiders #auspol

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mark_melbin, 4 months ago to science

"This is the most accurate image of an atom". #Science
https://news.sci-nature.com/2023/02/this-is-most-accurate-image-of-atom.html

mark_melbin, 4 months ago to auspol

The lines are now open for Australian of the Year 2024. Get your vote in. #auspol

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mark_melbin, 4 months ago to journalism

#Dutton #Murdoch #journalism #auspol

mark_melbin, 4 months ago to auspol

Peter #Dutton calls for a boycott of #Woolworths after they stop selling the Temu Head Scraper.

Woolworths can fix this with a Gina Rinehart-sized donation to the LNP. #auspol

mark_melbin, 5 months ago to random

#Trump vs Adolf Hitler.

#DictatorDon #fascism #Nazis #GOP #Trump2024

mark_melbin, 5 months ago to Health

#vapes #health

mark_melbin, 5 months ago to random

"How Journalists Covered the Rise of Mussolini and Hitler"

Hitler:

• "nonsensical" screecher of "wild words"
• "countenance is a caricature."
• "voluble" as he was "insecure"
• "impressionable voters" duped by "radical doctrines and quack remedies"

#Trump

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-journalists-covered-rise-mussolini-hitler-180961407/

mark_melbin, 5 months ago to Israel

"Civilians make up 61% of #Gaza deaths from airstrikes, Israeli study finds"

"Civilian proportion of deaths is higher than the average in all world conflicts in 20th century".

What's the word for targeting civilians for political purpose?
Ah yes. #Terrorism. #Israel

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/09/civilian-toll-israeli-airstrikes-gaza-unprecedented-killing-study?CMP=soc_568

mark_melbin, 5 months ago to random

Right-wing heads explode as new President of Argentina Javier Milei backflips on pledge to withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement. ClimateChange

mark_melbin, 5 months ago to auspol

Shelves stripped bare as Queensland prepares for tropical cyclone #Jasper.

#CycloneJasper #auspol