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@demwar.bsky.social
Once described in HuffPost as “one of the brightest minds on the planet”… (true) but I’m pretty sure that journo was high. (also true).
Done stuff | Seen things | Been Places | WAF |
ANTIFA | Dilettante polymath
📍Bunurong, Turrbal and Yuggera Country.
Done stuff | Seen things | Been Places | WAF |
ANTIFA | Dilettante polymath
📍Bunurong, Turrbal and Yuggera Country.
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@demwar.bsky.social
· Mar 31
Vote like your best mate is indigenous, your daughter is gay, your uncle is on NDIS, your brother is on the poverty line, your neighbour is an immigrant and your kids have to live on this planet for decades after you leave.
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
If you want an explanation about how we got here and how our politics has become so toxic reach out and I will send you a digital copy of my book Mythocracy which explains how politics and democracy are mutually exclusive - which is to say, they can not coexist.
January 8, 2026 at 7:45 AM
If you want an explanation about how we got here and how our politics has become so toxic reach out and I will send you a digital copy of my book Mythocracy which explains how politics and democracy are mutually exclusive - which is to say, they can not coexist.
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Another “breaking news” moment where media takes the gov word as “official” when a) video evidence shows exactly what happened and b) the gov lies every time it opens its mouth.
With all the good and important Big Media can and does do, its willingness to cling to “objectivity” is killing us.
With all the good and important Big Media can and does do, its willingness to cling to “objectivity” is killing us.
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Another “breaking news” moment where media takes the gov word as “official” when a) video evidence shows exactly what happened and b) the gov lies every time it opens its mouth.
With all the good and important Big Media can and does do, its willingness to cling to “objectivity” is killing us.
With all the good and important Big Media can and does do, its willingness to cling to “objectivity” is killing us.
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State Wide Fire Ban tomorrow.
For your survival, leave bushfire risk areas.
Your life may depend on the decisions you make, even before there is a fire.
Stay safe by going to a safer location early in the morning or the night before.
#Bushfires #Victoria
For your survival, leave bushfire risk areas.
Your life may depend on the decisions you make, even before there is a fire.
Stay safe by going to a safer location early in the morning or the night before.
#Bushfires #Victoria
January 8, 2026 at 1:46 AM
State Wide Fire Ban tomorrow.
For your survival, leave bushfire risk areas.
Your life may depend on the decisions you make, even before there is a fire.
Stay safe by going to a safer location early in the morning or the night before.
#Bushfires #Victoria
For your survival, leave bushfire risk areas.
Your life may depend on the decisions you make, even before there is a fire.
Stay safe by going to a safer location early in the morning or the night before.
#Bushfires #Victoria
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Where’s the Royal Commission into 45°C becoming a “normal” temperature across multiple states at once?
January 8, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Where’s the Royal Commission into 45°C becoming a “normal” temperature across multiple states at once?
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Where’s the Royal Commission into AUKUS?
January 8, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Where’s the Royal Commission into AUKUS?
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Trump moves to pull the US from bedrock climate treaty, UN IPCC and other int'l orgs & UN agencies. In doing so, the US becomes the only country to withdraw from this particular climate agreement dating back to 1992 (UNFCCC). www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/c...
Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so | CNN
The Trump administration is pulling the United States out of the bedrock treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with dozens of other global bodies.
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Trump moves to pull the US from bedrock climate treaty, UN IPCC and other int'l orgs & UN agencies. In doing so, the US becomes the only country to withdraw from this particular climate agreement dating back to 1992 (UNFCCC). www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/c...
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Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
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ABC24 has rolled Scott Prasser out to comment on the RC; he has just intoned that Virginia Bell's inquiry into Morrison's secret cabinet ministries found that "he did nothing wrong, by the way", which is .... uh .... not what her inquiry found. It's going to be a long 2026
January 8, 2026 at 6:46 AM
ABC24 has rolled Scott Prasser out to comment on the RC; he has just intoned that Virginia Bell's inquiry into Morrison's secret cabinet ministries found that "he did nothing wrong, by the way", which is .... uh .... not what her inquiry found. It's going to be a long 2026
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There can be no social cohesion while the gap between the well off and those barely surviving grows wider and wider.
January 8, 2026 at 6:52 AM
There can be no social cohesion while the gap between the well off and those barely surviving grows wider and wider.
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Where’s the Royal Commission into people struggling to live below the poverty line?
January 8, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Where’s the Royal Commission into people struggling to live below the poverty line?
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The RC we need and Shorten would have done it, is an investigation into the erosion of our democracy. From media, to lobbyists, the donations to campaign accountability, everything should be on the table.
Want to save Australia? This is the way.
Want to save Australia? This is the way.
How is it we all know that but Government refuse to speak the truth?
Time for a RC into why Governments lie ... or tell only 'selective truths'.
Time for a RC into why Governments lie ... or tell only 'selective truths'.
January 8, 2026 at 7:33 AM
The RC we need and Shorten would have done it, is an investigation into the erosion of our democracy. From media, to lobbyists, the donations to campaign accountability, everything should be on the table.
Want to save Australia? This is the way.
Want to save Australia? This is the way.
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Denmark has authorized its troops to shoot invaders if they attempt to attack Greenland. A shoot first ask questions later policy has been implemented. France is working on a contingency plan to counter invaders, it also has a nuclear shoot first ask questions later policy.
January 8, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Denmark has authorized its troops to shoot invaders if they attempt to attack Greenland. A shoot first ask questions later policy has been implemented. France is working on a contingency plan to counter invaders, it also has a nuclear shoot first ask questions later policy.
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Good lord.
Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
January 7, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Good lord.
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Extraordinary how much of Australia’s literary and cultural leadership more broadly are completely out of step with the writers and artists without whom they would not exist at all
January 8, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Extraordinary how much of Australia’s literary and cultural leadership more broadly are completely out of step with the writers and artists without whom they would not exist at all
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Where’s the Royal Commission for the frequent violent deaths of women in Australia?
January 8, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Where’s the Royal Commission for the frequent violent deaths of women in Australia?
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The Zionists flexed and Albanese caved
Jillian Segal speaking for Australia
There’s a RC into Bondi - and no change to gun laws … amazing
Jillian Segal speaking for Australia
There’s a RC into Bondi - and no change to gun laws … amazing
January 8, 2026 at 7:12 AM
The Zionists flexed and Albanese caved
Jillian Segal speaking for Australia
There’s a RC into Bondi - and no change to gun laws … amazing
Jillian Segal speaking for Australia
There’s a RC into Bondi - and no change to gun laws … amazing
The single greatest catalyst of anti semitism in the last three years is Zionism.
January 8, 2026 at 7:06 AM
The single greatest catalyst of anti semitism in the last three years is Zionism.
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Statement from @australiainstitute.org.au on Adelaide Festival.
January 8, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Statement from @australiainstitute.org.au on Adelaide Festival.
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What hope do we have when Trump comes for our previous and critical minerals and anything else he demands should be the property of his regime? Weak little man is Albo.
January 8, 2026 at 6:08 AM
What hope do we have when Trump comes for our previous and critical minerals and anything else he demands should be the property of his regime? Weak little man is Albo.
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I found this old message from the other place. Back in MiVote’s heyday I received this surprising direct message.
I have to say he impressed the hell out of me with his passion and knowledge of the state of global democracy.
I found this old message from the other place. Back in MiVote’s heyday I received this surprising direct message.
I have to say he impressed the hell out of me with his passion and knowledge of the state of global democracy.
January 8, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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I found this old message from the other place. Back in MiVote’s heyday I received this surprising direct message.
I have to say he impressed the hell out of me with his passion and knowledge of the state of global democracy.
I found this old message from the other place. Back in MiVote’s heyday I received this surprising direct message.
I have to say he impressed the hell out of me with his passion and knowledge of the state of global democracy.
The depth of Albanese’s cowardice has no limit.
#BREAKING 🚨 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a national royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion, which will be led by former High Court justice Virginia Bell
The PM says it strengthens what the government is already doing following the Bondi attack
The PM says it strengthens what the government is already doing following the Bondi attack
January 8, 2026 at 6:03 AM
The depth of Albanese’s cowardice has no limit.