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alrad.bsky.social
“At a certain point of wealth, what is being pursued seems not to be wealth, but the ability to make other people suffer. What's being pursued is immunity from human decency; the ability and even the right to be depraved with impunity.”
juliusgoat.bsky.social A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10h
Today I wrote about the Epstein files, the abusiveness intrinsic to the billionaire mindset, and our culture's enabling instinct to permit depravity as a privilege of power.

"Where does it all end?" That's what's often asked. Rarely asked is "how do we end it?"

www.the-reframe.com/where-it-ends/
Where It Ends
Answering the enabler's constant question, and contemplating the depraved depths of the billionaire mindset.
www.the-reframe.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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skiles.blue
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.

Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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nickfeik.bsky.social
Labor: Welcome Mr President, we are proud to honour you
January 31, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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internethippo.bsky.social
Epstein is the most garish and harrowing manifestation of this but oligarchy makes life miserable in a thousand other ways. A core point of democracy is that no one should have so much power that they can make themselves everybody's problem. We should have a political party that believes that
markagee.bsky.social Mark Agee @markagee.bsky.social · 2d
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 31, 2026 at 9:55 PM
alrad.bsky.social
Seems normal
@upscrolled list of users with Hitler in their handle
January 30, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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alrad.bsky.social
Hey @upscrolled.bsky.social
Why can’t we have nice things?
Didn’t take long to run into a bunch of Nazis on #upscrolled
Might need to boost your moderation there if it’s got a chance of working
Upscrolled user @fascist with the kind of thing you’d expect someone with that handle to post Some of @fascist followers… include @HolocaustWasBased @WhitesOnly, What a lovely bunch
January 30, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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trans.bsky.social
update: UpScrolled increasingly sure seems to be a pro-nazi website.
cheesecakechik.bsky.social Samantha Burns @cheesecakechik.bsky.social · 3d
“Post without fear of cancellation”

And it’s just this shit
January 30, 2026 at 1:55 AM
alrad.bsky.social
Hey @upscrolled.bsky.social
Why can’t we have nice things?
Didn’t take long to run into a bunch of Nazis on #upscrolled
Might need to boost your moderation there if it’s got a chance of working
Upscrolled user @fascist with the kind of thing you’d expect someone with that handle to post Some of @fascist followers… include @HolocaustWasBased @WhitesOnly, What a lovely bunch
January 30, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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twitter-exile.bsky.social
An Aust app is now dangerously challenging #TikTok, after Jewish-American billionaire #LarryEllison bought Tik Tok & began mass censorship against #Israeli critics.
A massive number of users are now abandoning TikTok & jumping to #UpScrolled.

techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/s...

#AUSPOL #AussieMade
Social network UpScrolled sees surge in downloads following TikTok's US takeover | TechCrunch
UpScrolled is a social network that pledges to remain impartial to political agendas. It blends familiar features from Instagram and X, letting users share photos, videos, and text posts, discover new...
techcrunch.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:43 AM
alrad.bsky.social
Mucking around with #upscrolled
@upscrolled.bsky.social
Looks pretty good from the short time I’ve spent on it. Really hope this can scale to become an IG killer
share.upscrolled.com/en/post/35e0...
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Do you come here often?
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January 30, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
“ANZUS is all about the security of the state. It is totally uninterested in the security or the welfare of the people,” writes @emmashortis.bsky.social, International & Security Affairs Director at The Australia Institute.

Read Dr Emma Shortis’s full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/49MlI4H
January 29, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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dncameron.bsky.social
Reading “Complicit” - by Peter Oborne which exposes the role played by the UK govt, Herzog and the media in the genocide of Palestinians. How does his visit promote peace, security and civil order in Australia? Why are we welcoming this man to Australia?
January 29, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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slackbastard.bsky.social
'Australia has 48 billionaires who hold more wealth than the bottom 40 per cent of the population combined, a new report by Oxfam Australia has found.' [JAN 19]

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Calls to tax super-rich more as number of global billionaires hits record
Oxfam Australia is calling on the federal government to tax the super-rich to help tackle growing inequality, as billionaires grow their wealth by more than half a million a day on average.
www.abc.net.au
January 29, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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drsally.bsky.social
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/01/jewi...
Jewish Council calls on Albanese to rescind Herzog invitation
The President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, has confirmed today that he will visit Australia from 8 to 12 February and […]
www.jewishcouncil.com.au
January 29, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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ingridm.bsky.social
they missed the bit where Aly stated that foreign nationals were targets of the shooting. Our public figures refuse to talk about the Israelis because all but orthodox Jewish Israelis are conscripted into the Israeli military, who are committing genocide.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese defends Isaac Herzog’s Australia visit as federal MP joins calls to rescind invitation
Independent MP Sophie Scamps joins Labor’s Friends of Palestine group and Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi in objecting to Israeli president’s visit
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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cameronwilson.bsky.social
NEW: Australia’s sovereign wealth fund now owns more than $100 million worth of shares in Palantir, a controversial tech company that’s powering the Trump administration’s anti-immigration efforts.
Revealed: Australia's $100 million investment in controversial surveillance giant Palantir
Australia's Future Fund drastically increased its stake in Palantir in the year since Donald Trump took office, according to its latest figures.
www.crikey.com.au
January 29, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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chaser.com.au
News rooms urge caution around using the word 'terrorism' when talking about throwing a bomb at an Invasion Day protest, "it's not like something extreme happened like a uni student eating a slice of watermelon."
January 28, 2026 at 5:18 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
the @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social calls on Albanese to rescind the initiation to Isaac Herzog
Jewish Council calls on Albanese to rescind Herzog invitation The President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, has confirmed today that he will visit Australia from 8 to 12 February and will meet with members of the Australian Jewish community. The Jewish Council of Australia has expressed outrage that the Albanese Government would fuel the flames of division by inviting Herzog to visit Australia, warning that his trip is completely inappropriate and offensive and will rightly spark mass protests. President Isaac Herzog is directly implicated in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. He has made public statements, including that an “entire nation is responsible” for October 7, which have been cited by the International Court of Justice and other international bodies examining breaches of the Genocide Convention. This should be a moment for collective mourning, reflection and care. It is not a moment to host the head of a state which has been found to have committed a genocide in Gaza. “By inviting Herzog to visit, Albanese is using Jewish grief as a political prop and diplomatic backdrop,” said Sarah Schwartz, Executive Officer of the Jewish Council of Australia. “Inviting a foreign head of state who is implicated in an ongoing genocide as a representative of the Jewish community is deeply offensive and risks entrenching the dangerous and antisemitic conflation between Jewish identity and the actions of the Israeli state. This does not make Jews safer. It does the opposite.” Instead of proceeding with this visit, the Jewish Council urges the Government to pursue concrete actions, supported by over 60,000 Australians who have signed the Jewish Council’s petition, that address the root causes of violence, racism and impunity, and that uphold international law.
January 27, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.

In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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lawprofblawg.bsky.social
Damn.

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Neil Young Trashes Amazon, Gives His Complete Musical Catalog to Greenland for Free
Neil Young has escalated his way against Amazon due to Jeff Bezos' support of Trump, and is giving his music to the people of Greenland.
www.rollingstone.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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rowecartoon.bsky.social
then and now
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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amyremeikis.bsky.social
Excellent primer on the Atlas Network and it’s impact on Australia

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
www.abc.net.au
January 25, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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jeremyhammett.bsky.social
“Where’s the NRA!”

Bro the NRA got sold for parts a decade ago. They stripped the copper out of the walls so Wayne LaPierre’s Au Pair could get anal bleaching. All that’s left is a handful of racist boomers posting memes.
January 24, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
Absolute banger of a comment on r/military:

www.reddit.com/r/Military/c...
jaderemedy • 4h ago And now comes the most nauseating part of this whole goddamn mess: the hypocrisy. The same loud-mouthed idiots who spent years screaming about tyranny are suddenly dead fucking silent, or worse, cheering, now that it's their side doing it. "ThEy'Re cOminG fOr OuR gUnS!" "GoVerNMenT oVerReAch!" "ShAll nOt bE inFrinGeD!" All that chest-thumping bullshit evaporated the second armed federal agents started terrorizing people they don't like. Let me get this straight: a civilian gets shot dead by federal agents, and the only thing you brainless cunts can muster is "well, DHS says he had a gun"? THAT'S your red line? Guns are sacred when they're strapped to your waist, but magically become a death sentence when they're used as a post-hoc excuse by the government? Either the Second Amendment applies to everyone, or you never believed in it at all. Fucking pick one and own it. This is exactly what tyranny looks like, by the way. Not jackboots marching in formation, but armed agents roaming neighborhoods, stopping people, killing civilians, and then daring the public to question it. Tyranny is execution followed by a press release. Tyranny is labeling the dead a "threat" so the state doesn't have to explain why someone's life just ended in the street. Tyranny is demanding obedience while shredding due process and calling it order. And all you so-called "freedom lovers" are fucking fine with it, as long as it's brown people, immigrants, protesters, or anyone you've already dehumanized. Turns out "don't tread on me" actually meant "tread on them." You weren't afraid of tyranny. You were afraid of losing dominance. There's a difference, and this moment exposes it completely. "Just comply" isn't a principle. It's cowardice dressed up as common sense. It's the language of people who have already accepted that the state gets to decide who deserves rights and who doesn't. And once you make that deal, don't act shocked when the line moves, because it always fuckin…
January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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slackbastard.bsky.social
'Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism appointed Greg Craven to an audit role scoring universities on their implementation of a new definition of antisemitism.'

Here's #PellDefender Craven mashing his keyboard & getting all Schmittian in Unkle Rupert's zine:
'If you accept that we now are in a posture of defence – “defence of the realm” in old-speak – certain things follow. The most obvious is that the legislative weapons available are not just those of criminal law but measures typically used in times of war. We are not talking about conscription, martial law or internment here, although a couple of decades’ house arrest for Louise Adler is appealing. But it is entirely right that we are looking at carefully modulated restrictions on expression of hateful ideas and the suppression of hateful organisations. Remember that when we were in mortal combat during both world wars, there was heavy censorship and prohibition of a range of organisations. We are nowhere near that now, but reality calls. In the face of an armed and cynically murderous opponent, these types of measures – appropriately diluted – can be proportionately applied.'
January 24, 2026 at 6:49 AM