Gordon d’Venables
@gvenables.bsky.social
Retired on Wadandi Noongar country. Formerly a lawyer, teacher (Law at University), and soldier. Now a writer. Foodie. Like a drop of red. Politically progressive. Don’t like misogynists, racists, hypocrites. Love Aussie Rules football.
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One third of the country supported the January 6 2021 attempted take over the government & are the same ones who voted him back in. They are traitors in my book.
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
One third of the country supported the January 6 2021 attempted take over the government & are the same ones who voted him back in. They are traitors in my book.
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😏😏😏
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
😏😏😏
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
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This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.
This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.
This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!
October 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.
This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.
This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!
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This is the Epstein files shutdown.
October 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is the Epstein files shutdown.
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I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us
October 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us
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The Second Wave is on route, 9 boats including The Conscience which is the largest ship in the history of the Flotilla. Filled with humanitarian aid, medics and journalists.
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October 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The Second Wave is on route, 9 boats including The Conscience which is the largest ship in the history of the Flotilla. Filled with humanitarian aid, medics and journalists.
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In today’s completely unsurprising news, the ICE officer very briefly, taken off duty for shoving a woman to the ground in New York is back on the job not even a week later.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...
ICE officer seen on video pushing woman to ground has returned to duty
An ICE officer who was initially relieved of his duties after being captured on video pushing a woman to the ground has been returned to duty, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter told CBS News...
www.cbsnews.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
In today’s completely unsurprising news, the ICE officer very briefly, taken off duty for shoving a woman to the ground in New York is back on the job not even a week later.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...
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Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
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Thanks to Australian, Hamish Paterson, part of #GlobalSumudFlotilla & member of the Maritime Union Australia-Sydney Branch, who proudly support him & the flotilla.
Due in Gaza ~this Thurs, 2 Oct, the MAU & Hamish ask @albomp.bsky.social for sanctions & more on Israel.
Keep up the pressure✌🏽🇵🇸
Due in Gaza ~this Thurs, 2 Oct, the MAU & Hamish ask @albomp.bsky.social for sanctions & more on Israel.
Keep up the pressure✌🏽🇵🇸
September 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Thanks to Australian, Hamish Paterson, part of #GlobalSumudFlotilla & member of the Maritime Union Australia-Sydney Branch, who proudly support him & the flotilla.
Due in Gaza ~this Thurs, 2 Oct, the MAU & Hamish ask @albomp.bsky.social for sanctions & more on Israel.
Keep up the pressure✌🏽🇵🇸
Due in Gaza ~this Thurs, 2 Oct, the MAU & Hamish ask @albomp.bsky.social for sanctions & more on Israel.
Keep up the pressure✌🏽🇵🇸
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the fact that a sitting US president is talking about antifascism being terrorism should tell you a lot about what he thinks his own government represents
September 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
the fact that a sitting US president is talking about antifascism being terrorism should tell you a lot about what he thinks his own government represents
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Awesome that people are speaking up to protect free speech from Trump's fascist tyranny. Although, we should recognize that this isn't a new fight for Black communities. They have long struggled to exercise free speech, unlike white people. Free speech is a privilege denied to many. Keep fighting.
September 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Awesome that people are speaking up to protect free speech from Trump's fascist tyranny. Although, we should recognize that this isn't a new fight for Black communities. They have long struggled to exercise free speech, unlike white people. Free speech is a privilege denied to many. Keep fighting.
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Happy 400th🥳🍾 thank-you @deniseshrivell.bsky.social all the independent media involved & #TrueNorth 👊🗞️💜
I love my ~4pm email ding each weekday of the days #Auspol & world news from, reliable, independent sources.
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TrueNorth sends its 400th newsletter on Monday!
Every weekday for close to 2 years I've shared articles & commentary from Australia's excellent independent news publishers & commentators
To help me improve TrueNorth please share your views through the survey link #auspol >
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Every weekday for close to 2 years I've shared articles & commentary from Australia's excellent independent news publishers & commentators
To help me improve TrueNorth please share your views through the survey link #auspol >
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September 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Happy 400th🥳🍾 thank-you @deniseshrivell.bsky.social all the independent media involved & #TrueNorth 👊🗞️💜
I love my ~4pm email ding each weekday of the days #Auspol & world news from, reliable, independent sources.
If you haven’t already signed up… do it now! Link👇
I love my ~4pm email ding each weekday of the days #Auspol & world news from, reliable, independent sources.
If you haven’t already signed up… do it now! Link👇
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Love it 👏👏👏👏
September 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Love it 👏👏👏👏
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Charlie Kirk wasn’t a political activist.
He was a hate-monger masquerading as an activist.
Wanting gays to be stoned to death isn’t a political position - it’s hate.
Saying George Floyd had it coming and Derek Chauvin should be pardoned, isn’t a conservative position - it’s hate
(1/5)
He was a hate-monger masquerading as an activist.
Wanting gays to be stoned to death isn’t a political position - it’s hate.
Saying George Floyd had it coming and Derek Chauvin should be pardoned, isn’t a conservative position - it’s hate
(1/5)
September 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Charlie Kirk wasn’t a political activist.
He was a hate-monger masquerading as an activist.
Wanting gays to be stoned to death isn’t a political position - it’s hate.
Saying George Floyd had it coming and Derek Chauvin should be pardoned, isn’t a conservative position - it’s hate
(1/5)
He was a hate-monger masquerading as an activist.
Wanting gays to be stoned to death isn’t a political position - it’s hate.
Saying George Floyd had it coming and Derek Chauvin should be pardoned, isn’t a conservative position - it’s hate
(1/5)
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"Some men improve the world
only by leaving it."
Oscar Wilde
only by leaving it."
Oscar Wilde
September 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"Some men improve the world
only by leaving it."
Oscar Wilde
only by leaving it."
Oscar Wilde
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"[T]he message that Israel is sending out is also quite clear: that it is not interested in any peace deal, but is, rather, deeply committed to destabilising the region."
Israel’s deadly attack on Hamas in Qatar draws global condemnation
Israel’s attack that killed 6 in Doha draws criticism from across the world as Israeli troops continue to bombard Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"[T]he message that Israel is sending out is also quite clear: that it is not interested in any peace deal, but is, rather, deeply committed to destabilising the region."
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Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
September 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.