Rising Fuel Costs And Falling Demand Spur Canada’s Airlines To Cut US Routes Amid rising jet fuel prices and lower demand from Canadians to travel to the U.S., airlines are cutting back on flights between the two countries.

Amid rising jet fuel prices and lower demand from Canadians to travel to the U.S., airlines are cutting back on flights between the two countries.

Council adopts new EU-wide law to combat corruption New EU-wide rules set up a harmonised criminal law framework to prevent and fight corruption.

Important.
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Accurate.

The insanity is the American people, putting up with it.

If this isn’t insanity I don’t know what is.

See this @albomp.bsky.social ? #Auspol.

Democracies live and die on high expectations, and it is by design that we have been conditioned to expect low standards from our politicians. The lower the standard we expect, the less likely we are to hold them to account.

The death of Bikram Lama – Sydney’s ‘birdman’ of St James tunnel – has shaken me. What is happening to our city? | Brigid Delaney As individualistic as this place often is, I thought there still existed minimum standards when it came to how we see each other

Thought-provoking.
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The death of Bikram Lama – Sydney’s ‘birdman’ of St James tunnel – has shaken me. What is happening to our city? Brigid Delaney
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Man swept away in Wellington flood waters as New Zealand capital hammered by record heavy rain Wellington residents have shared stories of surviving landslides and rising flood waters caused by severe storm

Man swept away in Wellington flood waters as New Zealand capital hammered by record heavy rain

(Guardian staff describe Wellington as the city, which is known for its houses perched on hills - one way of putting it!)
www.theguardian.com/weather/2026...

Who else has been here for over a minute?

How Trumps war with Iran is going
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"That is not a gathering shaped by the values of welcome and humility. It is a gathering shaped by access and privilege."

Almost 100 faith leaders across the province have penned an open letter condemning Smith's elite "Christian Summit" that costs up to $650 a ticket.

#abpoli

Where was this energy when Tennessee Republicans stole Nashville’s seat, coach? Or when Republicans did it in Texas?

Between this and the weird West Bank “Judea and Samaria” you came here to push you continue to show your true colors - and they ain’t pretty.

You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

If Canada can do this, why can't Australia?

Breaking: GOP Senate Leader Facing Full MAGA Revolt Trump threatens companies over tariff refunds, Fed nominee won't tell the truth about the 2020 election, and MAGA man who threatened No Kings faces child porn charge

Breaking: GOP Senate Leader Facing Full MAGA Revolt
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Makes no sense that sex trafficker in chief would tell his creature (FBI) to provide relief to junior sex traffickers, says legacy media.

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

Experts say it’s highly unusual for the White House to tell agents to give up custody of potential evidence in an investigation, as it did with the Tates.

“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.

(Published Nov. 2025)

"Stephen Heydt’s reference to 'the six-word phrase which I can’t say' epitomises the extraordinary damage that is being inflicted on the public sphere by a political class as it seeks to buttress support for Israel." #qldpol #auspol

The Trump Cabinet is full of incompetent, dangerous fools.

Hegseth and RFK Jr are teaming up to ensure their destruction of the US goes just a little bit faster.

Join us again tomorrow Wednesday at Independence Ave and New Jersey by Longworth House Office building from 12-5pm.
The Ukraine Action Summit is visiting offices!
Call your members of Congress and tell them to support a just and lasting peace for Ukraine.
#CrimeaIsUkraine 🇺🇸🇺🇦

Australians are being played by Rinehart and Hanson, and the media is helping – Amy Remeikis Legacy media's refusal to scrutinise One Nation is going to hurt the country

"We very rarely see power examined in Australia, either as a concept, or in context of how it is being used. Instead, stories tend to appear in siloed vacuums, as if one doesn’t lead into the other." @amyremeikis.bsky.social

Legacy media doesn't do context.
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Bridget McKenzie, who resigned in disgrace over Sports Rorts, tells Sunrise that the NDIS will only survive if we “stop the rorting.”
Extraordinary hypocrisy. From the same party that left the NDIS without fraud protections for a decade. #auspol

NEW REPUBLIC: “Where Did Millions in Funding Go?”

$63 MILLION companies paid in *settlements* to Trump appears to have vanished (into his pocket) and @SenWarren wants answers.

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‘Something is fundamentally wrong:’ Detainees start hunger strike at Pa. ICE facility A hunger strike at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, by roughly 100 people, started Thursday, April 16th.

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20,000 short-hauls scrubbed; fuel doubles. #finsky

Slowing economic activity across the EU.
#tRumpisAnIdiot

Lufthansa to Scrub 20,000 Summer Flights to Save on Fuel Costs Deutsche Lufthansa AG will scrub 20,000 uneconomic short-haul flights from its European summer schedule to save on jet fuel, which has doubled in price since the start of the Iran war.

Lufthansa will scrub 20,000 uneconomic short-haul flights from its European summer schedule to save on jet fuel, which has doubled in price since the start of the Iran war.

US at risk of running out of missiles if another war breaks out after depleting stockpile in Iran operations | CNN Politics The US military has significantly depleted its stockpile of key missiles during the war with Iran and created a “near-term risk” of running out of ammunition in a future conflict should one arise in t...

⚠️ During the Iran War, the US military has used:

• At least 45% of its Precision Strike Missiles
• At least half of its THAAD missiles
• Almost 50% of its Patriot air defense interceptor missiles

This has created “near-term risk” of running out of ammunition in future conflict.

REPUBLICANS: "We are going to gerrymander the shit out of the next election!"

DEMOCRATS: "OK, so we will gerrymander back to level the playing field."

REPUBLICANS: "Whaaaaaa! Whaaaaaa! Not fair!!!!! You are beating us at our own game. So sneaky!"

If our subtle Subaru of the past gets this BlueSky account back, let me know.