Charles Firth
@charlesfirth.bsky.social
Optics, Wankernomics, The Chaser
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"They asked about his mastery of the craft, so I assumed they meant nunchucks." chaser.com.au/general-news...
October 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"They asked about his mastery of the craft, so I assumed they meant nunchucks." chaser.com.au/general-news...
Only 691.7% per annum!
August 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Only 691.7% per annum!
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Also added Hooky Productions' Baby World and the comedy. including @misterabk.bsky.social, @robbotron.bsky.social (Dark Room + Play With his Audience), @showstoppermusical.bsky.social and Wankernomics (@charlesfirth.bsky.social).
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What’s worth watching: Edinburgh Fringe 2025
1902, 1984, Redheaded Coffee Shop, Flora MacDonald & Zombies, Day I got the horn, Lunchbox, Moon Team, Police Cops, Bite-Size, The Bush, Fit Prince, Gummy Bears’ war, Ben Manager, Waiting…
chrisontheatre.wordpress.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Also added Hooky Productions' Baby World and the comedy. including @misterabk.bsky.social, @robbotron.bsky.social (Dark Room + Play With his Audience), @showstoppermusical.bsky.social and Wankernomics (@charlesfirth.bsky.social).
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This marvellous book arrived to me today. Already horrified about how real it is.
@chaser.com.au @charlesfirth.bsky.social
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August 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This marvellous book arrived to me today. Already horrified about how real it is.
@chaser.com.au @charlesfirth.bsky.social
@chaser.com.au @charlesfirth.bsky.social
This guy gets it
I have pre-ordered my copy of Wankernomics, @charlesfirth.bsky.social.
Naturally I sought a print-based solution through an enterprise notorious for renting out sinking Renaissance city-states.
Will urinate in a plastic bottle in solidarity for the rest of the day.
Or just to be weird.
Naturally I sought a print-based solution through an enterprise notorious for renting out sinking Renaissance city-states.
Will urinate in a plastic bottle in solidarity for the rest of the day.
Or just to be weird.
July 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This guy gets it
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Here's me. "WMD 2.0 is so half-arsed, be embarrassed for people falling for it"
With two excellent new cartoons from @fionakatauskas.bsky.social. Peace.
With two excellent new cartoons from @fionakatauskas.bsky.social. Peace.
WMD 2.0 is so half-arsed, be embarrassed for people falling for it - The Shot
America and Israel are rolling out a rerun of old war propaganda, and it's embarrassing. Your media and government are again lying to you.
theshot.net.au
June 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Here's me. "WMD 2.0 is so half-arsed, be embarrassed for people falling for it"
With two excellent new cartoons from @fionakatauskas.bsky.social. Peace.
With two excellent new cartoons from @fionakatauskas.bsky.social. Peace.
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"The international community must act to stop civilian deaths by any means necessary"
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June 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"The international community must act to stop civilian deaths by any means necessary"
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Waheed Ali, Greg Sheridan and some hack from Stokes' paper. Yeah, nah. I enjoyed a Sunday Shot instead.
June 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Waheed Ali, Greg Sheridan and some hack from Stokes' paper. Yeah, nah. I enjoyed a Sunday Shot instead.
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June 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Here's me. 'Capitalism has already eaten democracy anyway'
Capitalism has already eaten democracy anyway - The Shot
If left unsupervised, capitalism will always eat democracy. And we are further on this arc than many of us want to believe.
theshot.net.au
May 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Here's me. 'Capitalism has already eaten democracy anyway'
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Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social! 'Is it over yet?'
Ronni and me with words on the same day. Michael earlier this week. Jo kicking butt on The Sunday Shot every week. John and Joel with ace contributions. Everyone around The Shot really put in through this shitshow of an election, you guys rule👏
Ronni and me with words on the same day. Michael earlier this week. Jo kicking butt on The Sunday Shot every week. John and Joel with ace contributions. Everyone around The Shot really put in through this shitshow of an election, you guys rule👏
Is it over yet? - The Shot
By the time you read this, the 2025 federal election campaign will mercifully have less than 24 hours left on...
theshot.net.au
May 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social! 'Is it over yet?'
Ronni and me with words on the same day. Michael earlier this week. Jo kicking butt on The Sunday Shot every week. John and Joel with ace contributions. Everyone around The Shot really put in through this shitshow of an election, you guys rule👏
Ronni and me with words on the same day. Michael earlier this week. Jo kicking butt on The Sunday Shot every week. John and Joel with ace contributions. Everyone around The Shot really put in through this shitshow of an election, you guys rule👏
Great correction by @nytimes.com today.
April 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Great correction by @nytimes.com today.
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“It’s tragic when someone suffers this fate” said a representative for the Vatican, referring to shaking Vance’s hand.
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April 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
“It’s tragic when someone suffers this fate” said a representative for the Vatican, referring to shaking Vance’s hand.
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Here's @marquelawyers.bsky.social. 'The craven crushing of campus dissent'
The path towards fascism looks like this.
The path towards fascism looks like this.
The craven crushing of campus dissent - The Shot
There isn’t a free society where universities aren’t havens for academic freedom. The Nazis knew this; Trump, and Australian Zionists, know this too.
theshot.net.au
April 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Here's @marquelawyers.bsky.social. 'The craven crushing of campus dissent'
The path towards fascism looks like this.
The path towards fascism looks like this.
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Today's #SundayShot is up, people! Get into it for illumination and insight from @punterspolitics.bsky.social and @crystaljane.bsky.social. Oh, and @davemilbo.bsky.social too. #auspol
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The Kids are Alright
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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March 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Today's #SundayShot is up, people! Get into it for illumination and insight from @punterspolitics.bsky.social and @crystaljane.bsky.social. Oh, and @davemilbo.bsky.social too. #auspol
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This is the angriest I've ever heard @charlesfirth.bsky.social. Very amusing, highly recommended
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Blood, Sweat, and Tariffs | The Chaser Report
The Chaser Report
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March 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This is the angriest I've ever heard @charlesfirth.bsky.social. Very amusing, highly recommended
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Here's me. 'Your rights are being eroded so Israel can commit genocide without criticism'
Your rights are being eroded so Israel can commit genocide without criticism - The Shot
Across the Western world, criticising Israel's genocide in Palestine is being stamped down. News laws and a culture of fear make it hard.
theshot.net.au
March 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Here's me. 'Your rights are being eroded so Israel can commit genocide without criticism'
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This morning's episode of the #SundayShot is up! @emmashortis.bsky.social & @andrewjfowler.bsky.social lead us through the disaster that is AUKUS & discuss whether a US-gone-rogue gives us a chance to walk it back.
Subscribe to our channel if you like what we do.
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Subscribe to our channel if you like what we do.
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Well, this is AUKUS - March 9.
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March 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This morning's episode of the #SundayShot is up! @emmashortis.bsky.social & @andrewjfowler.bsky.social lead us through the disaster that is AUKUS & discuss whether a US-gone-rogue gives us a chance to walk it back.
Subscribe to our channel if you like what we do.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uWA...
Subscribe to our channel if you like what we do.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uWA...
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lol, from UK satirical magazine Private Eye
March 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
lol, from UK satirical magazine Private Eye
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The ABC need to look at what true balance looks like - expertise, with views grounded in facts and analysis, not bad faith actors who are rusted onto their ideology, or politicians constrained by the party room #thesundayshot
Reminder: #TheSundayShot 9am with hosts @instanterudite.bsky.social & @davemilbo.bsky.social and guests @emmashortis.bsky.social & Abdrew Fowler plus an interview with Bruce Wolpe. #auspol #SundayShot youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
March 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The ABC need to look at what true balance looks like - expertise, with views grounded in facts and analysis, not bad faith actors who are rusted onto their ideology, or politicians constrained by the party room #thesundayshot
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Absolutely. The Sunday shot is the standard that ABC should be reaching.. anything else is not good enough
Well done @davemilbo.bsky.social @deniseshrivell.bsky.social and the rest of the shot team
Well done @davemilbo.bsky.social @deniseshrivell.bsky.social and the rest of the shot team
The ABC need to look at what true balance looks like - expertise, with views grounded in facts and analysis, not bad faith actors who are rusted onto their ideology, or politicians constrained by the party room #thesundayshot
Reminder: #TheSundayShot 9am with hosts @instanterudite.bsky.social & @davemilbo.bsky.social and guests @emmashortis.bsky.social & Abdrew Fowler plus an interview with Bruce Wolpe. #auspol #SundayShot youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
March 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Absolutely. The Sunday shot is the standard that ABC should be reaching.. anything else is not good enough
Well done @davemilbo.bsky.social @deniseshrivell.bsky.social and the rest of the shot team
Well done @davemilbo.bsky.social @deniseshrivell.bsky.social and the rest of the shot team
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Here's me.
'Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it'
'Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it'
Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it - The Shot
Capitalism and democracy, despite what you’ve been led to believe, are not the same thing. Capitalism eats democracy if unsupervised.
theshot.net.au
February 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Here's me.
'Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it'
'Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it'
Gigs are back, baby.
@charlesfirth.bsky.social's theory is that because of this, we'll enter a golden age of live events. Gigs are back.
February 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Gigs are back, baby.
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“I’m 54 now, and you look ahead and you think, am I forever going to be someone who has only ever owned twenty-six properties? That’s probably the reality for me now.
"So I definitely feel the pain of ordinary Australians trying to make their way through the housing crisis"
"So I definitely feel the pain of ordinary Australians trying to make their way through the housing crisis"
Housing Crisis Worsens As Peter Dutton Reveals He May Never Own His 27th Home — The Shovel
"I definitely feel the pain of ordinary Australians trying to make their way through the housing crisis"
theshovel.com.au
February 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
“I’m 54 now, and you look ahead and you think, am I forever going to be someone who has only ever owned twenty-six properties? That’s probably the reality for me now.
"So I definitely feel the pain of ordinary Australians trying to make their way through the housing crisis"
"So I definitely feel the pain of ordinary Australians trying to make their way through the housing crisis"
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“Statistically speaking, if I have enough kids, one of them has to like me right?” said Elon Musk
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February 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
“Statistically speaking, if I have enough kids, one of them has to like me right?” said Elon Musk
Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news...
Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news...