Flip
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By day, an Australian disability advocate juggling many roles while challenging civil norms.
By night, a onesie-clad artist slapping paint around by the glow of digital screens and ambient punk.
By night, a onesie-clad artist slapping paint around by the glow of digital screens and ambient punk.
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I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
When the US took over Iraq , they expected their and UK oil companies to divide the spoils. It's the reason why they went in, to control oil prices.
Except the new govt of Iraq told them to get stuffed.
Have a feeling Venezuela is going to be the same. The companies will be kicked out over time.
Except the new govt of Iraq told them to get stuffed.
Have a feeling Venezuela is going to be the same. The companies will be kicked out over time.
Another Republican war for oil. I feel like we’ve done this before just a little while ago. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
When the US took over Iraq , they expected their and UK oil companies to divide the spoils. It's the reason why they went in, to control oil prices.
Except the new govt of Iraq told them to get stuffed.
Have a feeling Venezuela is going to be the same. The companies will be kicked out over time.
Except the new govt of Iraq told them to get stuffed.
Have a feeling Venezuela is going to be the same. The companies will be kicked out over time.
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It's not that complicated. if I got paid like $10k/month posting macedonian culture war slop I'd be posting AI pics as a beautiful macedonian woman saying i can't walk around skopje anymore because of albanian crime
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It's not that complicated. if I got paid like $10k/month posting macedonian culture war slop I'd be posting AI pics as a beautiful macedonian woman saying i can't walk around skopje anymore because of albanian crime
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on this logic all the alleged rapists could be sacked without notice. So as to you know cut off their income based on “serious” allegations. Oddly nobody is proposing that employed rapists be punished without a guilty plea or guilty verdict.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
on this logic all the alleged rapists could be sacked without notice. So as to you know cut off their income based on “serious” allegations. Oddly nobody is proposing that employed rapists be punished without a guilty plea or guilty verdict.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Tabacco companies all over again.
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Tabacco companies all over again.
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Elon Musk is very explicitly altering the X algorithm to show people content that aligns with his far-right worldview.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Elon Musk is very explicitly altering the X algorithm to show people content that aligns with his far-right worldview.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
I seriously don't know what's happening in the UK. They were leaders in acceptance of LGBTQ in their community. A lot of countries followed them. I know they were well ahead of Australia for decades.
And now ...
And now ...
The UK is considering a policy that would effectively segregate trans people from society. It would bar trans people from "single sex spaces" even when they use the facility of their sex assigned at birth.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I seriously don't know what's happening in the UK. They were leaders in acceptance of LGBTQ in their community. A lot of countries followed them. I know they were well ahead of Australia for decades.
And now ...
And now ...
Don't be surprised if EU places restrictions on ads after public outcry.
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Don't be surprised if EU places restrictions on ads after public outcry.
Side note, this is what the GST is for. You know, the money that the Fed govt can't tell the states on what to spend on.
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Side note, this is what the GST is for. You know, the money that the Fed govt can't tell the states on what to spend on.
It's wrong, but I couldn't stop laughing at this.
"Children’s toymaker FoloToy says it’s pulling its AI-powered teddy bear “Kumma” after a safety group found that the cuddly companion was giving wildly inappropriate and even dangerous responses, including tips on how to find and light matches, and detailed explanations about sexual kinks"
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It's wrong, but I couldn't stop laughing at this.
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He gloated when 1st becoming PM he had no leadership ambitions, and he's been intent of proving it ever since.
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
He gloated when 1st becoming PM he had no leadership ambitions, and he's been intent of proving it ever since.
Putin is famous in allowing corruption within the Federal Assembly and armed forces. It allows him to control the individuals through threat of imprisonment. They will fight hard to keep him there if he's protecting them.
For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Putin is famous in allowing corruption within the Federal Assembly and armed forces. It allows him to control the individuals through threat of imprisonment. They will fight hard to keep him there if he's protecting them.
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🇦🇺 pays $1.5mil per person each year to detain people on Nauru.
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
‘Pouring money into a trough’: Senior public servant blows whistle on allegedly ‘corrupt’ millions
The Home Affairs assistant secretary claims money was spent on overinflated contracts or for services that were never provided.
www.smh.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🇦🇺 pays $1.5mil per person each year to detain people on Nauru.
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
"Values"... hmmm, looks at the history of the US.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
"Values"... hmmm, looks at the history of the US.
Hmmm, I wonder where I've heard this before ...
FOX NEWS: Do you believe that the number of people who came into the country illegally is one of the major factors that drove up housing prices?
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Hmmm, I wonder where I've heard this before ...
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this gets reposted a lot, but truth be told trump has never really wriggled out of anything. what actually happens is that other people passively or actively support him
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
this gets reposted a lot, but truth be told trump has never really wriggled out of anything. what actually happens is that other people passively or actively support him
I would add to that, it's a social housing crisis. There's not enough houses for women struggling with finances and forces women to stay in toxic relationships to survive.
Here’s your annual reminder that the housing crisis is a women’s issue.
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I would add to that, it's a social housing crisis. There's not enough houses for women struggling with finances and forces women to stay in toxic relationships to survive.
A musical palate cleanser, a cover of one of my favorite bands.
youtu.be/9EQq7ydALuE?...
youtu.be/9EQq7ydALuE?...
Where Is My Mind? - Pixies ('60s "Orbisonesque" Style Cover) ft. Allison Young
YouTube video by PostmodernJukebox
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November 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
A musical palate cleanser, a cover of one of my favorite bands.
youtu.be/9EQq7ydALuE?...
youtu.be/9EQq7ydALuE?...
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What we think of neo-nazis
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
What we think of neo-nazis
This has been going on for a while now. Every company with the contract has had shady dealings with the govt.
The Christmas Island detention centre had one family in it for 2 years and cost $50 million to run.
The Christmas Island detention centre had one family in it for 2 years and cost $50 million to run.
The Nauruan president has secretly arrived at Parliament House for talks with Australian officials just days after this masthead revealed allegations of corruption inside the federal government’s offshore detention regime.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Nauru president quietly arrives at Parliament House
David Adeang was photographed by the ABC entering Parliament House days after this masthead revealed allegations of corruption in the federal government’s offshore detention regime.
www.theage.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This has been going on for a while now. Every company with the contract has had shady dealings with the govt.
The Christmas Island detention centre had one family in it for 2 years and cost $50 million to run.
The Christmas Island detention centre had one family in it for 2 years and cost $50 million to run.
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/3 It’s increasingly difficult to blame anyone for not trusting institutions and institutionalism, or for expecting the worst result.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
/3 It’s increasingly difficult to blame anyone for not trusting institutions and institutionalism, or for expecting the worst result.
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Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
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Question for everyone getting excited about a “$2,000 tariff dividend check”: what did you spend that $5,000 stimulus check you were promised from DOGE on?
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Question for everyone getting excited about a “$2,000 tariff dividend check”: what did you spend that $5,000 stimulus check you were promised from DOGE on?
Looks like indentured servitude is coming back soon.
Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
November 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Looks like indentured servitude is coming back soon.
Most Australians work with or have family members who are not "white Australians". The older generation's English heritage is gone. Australia is multicultural and most Australians accept it as a benefit.
Whether people accept reality or not … Australian society has moved beyond the Howard era … it’s moved well beyond the Menzies era … you can’t turn back time … to paraphrase Tolkien … the time of white dominance is passing … and the beginning of equality for all is here…
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Most Australians work with or have family members who are not "white Australians". The older generation's English heritage is gone. Australia is multicultural and most Australians accept it as a benefit.