Jen
@jennmelb.bsky.social
I like e-biking, cities and parks, vegan lifestyle, and nature where we live. Literature teacher. Naarm / Melbourne. Learning 🇵🇱
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11/ It's a pity that nobody reads my blog, but it's actually the most comprehensive acct of the recent history of the AUS far-right that I know of online.
slackbastard.anarchobase.com?p=52995
slackbastard.anarchobase.com?p=52995
A Brief Guide To The Australian Far Right (July 2025 Edition)
Strewth. It’s been four years since I last cast an increasingly-weary eye over some of the main (formal, organised and chiefly extra-parliamentary) expressions of far-right ideology in Austra…
slackbastard.anarchobase.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:15 AM
11/ It's a pity that nobody reads my blog, but it's actually the most comprehensive acct of the recent history of the AUS far-right that I know of online.
slackbastard.anarchobase.com?p=52995
slackbastard.anarchobase.com?p=52995
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And then there’s this shameless garbage from Albanese, repeating the tired line that “people don’t want conflict brought here” while literally inviting the president of the “conflict” here. The utter contempt these people have for Australians is so glaring.
January 31, 2026 at 3:21 AM
And then there’s this shameless garbage from Albanese, repeating the tired line that “people don’t want conflict brought here” while literally inviting the president of the “conflict” here. The utter contempt these people have for Australians is so glaring.
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“It sends a message that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not matter…”If it were any other community, it would have been front page news, it would have been everywhere.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
First Nations people say 'silence' on alleged Perth bomb attack weighs heavily
Underwhelming public responses in the wake of the alleged attack on an Invasion Day rally in Perth leave First Nations people across Australia feeling their "pain matters less".
www.abc.net.au
January 31, 2026 at 3:45 AM
“It sends a message that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not matter…”If it were any other community, it would have been front page news, it would have been everywhere.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Re Herzog visit
Cabinet to meet next week to consider backbenchers request to cancel Herzog's visa in the interests of social cohesion
Ring your local ALP member
Please email or ring as soon as you can
Cabinet to meet next week to consider backbenchers request to cancel Herzog's visa in the interests of social cohesion
Ring your local ALP member
Please email or ring as soon as you can
January 29, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Re Herzog visit
Cabinet to meet next week to consider backbenchers request to cancel Herzog's visa in the interests of social cohesion
Ring your local ALP member
Please email or ring as soon as you can
Cabinet to meet next week to consider backbenchers request to cancel Herzog's visa in the interests of social cohesion
Ring your local ALP member
Please email or ring as soon as you can
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Microsoft stock plunges as Wall Street questions AI investments https://aje.news/452j76
January 30, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Microsoft stock plunges as Wall Street questions AI investments https://aje.news/452j76
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Israel has now said it accepts Hamas' estimate of the Gaza death toll, 71,000+, after years of insisting it was inflated. We're about to welcome the head of that state as an official guest.
January 29, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Israel has now said it accepts Hamas' estimate of the Gaza death toll, 71,000+, after years of insisting it was inflated. We're about to welcome the head of that state as an official guest.
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Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
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I want to take a moment to honour this bloke.
He is absolute decency at every turn. Even now facing a health crisis of his own, he's worrying about what the closure of VicHealth will mean for his community.
Strength and healing to you, Tim. You are a very good one.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
He is absolute decency at every turn. Even now facing a health crisis of his own, he's worrying about what the closure of VicHealth will mean for his community.
Strength and healing to you, Tim. You are a very good one.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
MP battling cancer says condemned health agency could have saved him
Victorian Greens MP Tim Read reveals he will retire from politics at this year's election after he was diagnosed with metastatic cancer — but not before one last political fight.
www.abc.net.au
January 29, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I want to take a moment to honour this bloke.
He is absolute decency at every turn. Even now facing a health crisis of his own, he's worrying about what the closure of VicHealth will mean for his community.
Strength and healing to you, Tim. You are a very good one.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
He is absolute decency at every turn. Even now facing a health crisis of his own, he's worrying about what the closure of VicHealth will mean for his community.
Strength and healing to you, Tim. You are a very good one.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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David Pope in Canberra Times
January 29, 2026 at 9:21 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
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Layoffs over the last year:
UPS: 48,000
Amazon: 32000
Intel: 27,159
Microsoft: 15,387
Nestle: 16000
Verizon: 15000
Google: 12000
Chevron: 8000
Paramount: 7000
Walmart: 7000
P&G: 7000
Estée Lauder: 7000
Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts don’t create jobs, they create profits.
UPS: 48,000
Amazon: 32000
Intel: 27,159
Microsoft: 15,387
Nestle: 16000
Verizon: 15000
Google: 12000
Chevron: 8000
Paramount: 7000
Walmart: 7000
P&G: 7000
Estée Lauder: 7000
Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts don’t create jobs, they create profits.
January 29, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Layoffs over the last year:
UPS: 48,000
Amazon: 32000
Intel: 27,159
Microsoft: 15,387
Nestle: 16000
Verizon: 15000
Google: 12000
Chevron: 8000
Paramount: 7000
Walmart: 7000
P&G: 7000
Estée Lauder: 7000
Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts don’t create jobs, they create profits.
UPS: 48,000
Amazon: 32000
Intel: 27,159
Microsoft: 15,387
Nestle: 16000
Verizon: 15000
Google: 12000
Chevron: 8000
Paramount: 7000
Walmart: 7000
P&G: 7000
Estée Lauder: 7000
Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts don’t create jobs, they create profits.
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11 countries but not Australia. I suppose it would be strange to express any opposition to Israel’s illegal violations at this point given we are rolling out the red carpet for Isaac “there are no innocents in Gaza” Herzog, a chief architect of the genocide. Total capitulation.
January 28, 2026 at 9:56 PM
11 countries but not Australia. I suppose it would be strange to express any opposition to Israel’s illegal violations at this point given we are rolling out the red carpet for Isaac “there are no innocents in Gaza” Herzog, a chief architect of the genocide. Total capitulation.
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Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
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Nearly half of all Germans are swapping cow’s milk for plant-based alternatives, new research by Danone Germany and INNOFACT reveals. 🥛🌱
#plantmilk #oatmilk #soymilk #plantbased #milk
#plantmilk #oatmilk #soymilk #plantbased #milk
New Survey Shows Plant-Based Milks Going Mainstream in Germany
Nearly half of the people surveyed in Germany now consume plant-based milk alternatives, according to new research commissioned by Danone Germany in collaboration with the Düsseldorf-based market…
veganfta.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Nearly half of all Germans are swapping cow’s milk for plant-based alternatives, new research by Danone Germany and INNOFACT reveals. 🥛🌱
#plantmilk #oatmilk #soymilk #plantbased #milk
#plantmilk #oatmilk #soymilk #plantbased #milk
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A female red-tailed black cockatoo (inland subspecies) at Sunset Strip, Menindee, New South Wales.
These beautiful birds are listed as vulnerable in NSW.
These beautiful birds are listed as vulnerable in NSW.
January 28, 2026 at 10:18 AM
A female red-tailed black cockatoo (inland subspecies) at Sunset Strip, Menindee, New South Wales.
These beautiful birds are listed as vulnerable in NSW.
These beautiful birds are listed as vulnerable in NSW.
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If you ever wanted a working definition of structural racism, our structures are currently performing a textbook example.
First Nations leaders have urged governments to take stronger action in response to the alleged attack at an Invasion Day rally in Perth on Monday. Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss says failing to do so "sends a message that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not matter".
'Scared for our children': Stronger response urged on alleged rally attack
First Nations leaders have urged governments to take stronger action in response to the alleged attack at an Invasion Day rally in Perth on Monday. Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss says failing to do so "sends a message that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not matter".
www.abc.net.au
January 28, 2026 at 10:39 AM
If you ever wanted a working definition of structural racism, our structures are currently performing a textbook example.
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I’ve been in north-west Victoria reporting on the heatwave, but this one is a bit more personal
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Smothering, bullying, stabbing: how it feels to be in one of the hottest places on Earth
Everything felt like it was swelling, and despite my diligent consumption of water and Hydralyte, I couldn’t quite escape the persistent, low-level nausea. Even thinking took longer
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:12 AM
I’ve been in north-west Victoria reporting on the heatwave, but this one is a bit more personal
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Racism is so entrenched in Australia that when someone throws a bomb into a peaceful protest, of 2000 First Nations Peoples and their allies, that we call it unacceptable instead of what it actually is, terrorism.
January 27, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Racism is so entrenched in Australia that when someone throws a bomb into a peaceful protest, of 2000 First Nations Peoples and their allies, that we call it unacceptable instead of what it actually is, terrorism.
“Calls for his identification have of course been limited, with large portions of the media and political landscape just not being too fussed about a radicalised young man attempting to kill Australians in broad daylight apparently.” Only some kinds of Australians deserve that attention it seems.
January 28, 2026 at 4:26 AM
“Calls for his identification have of course been limited, with large portions of the media and political landscape just not being too fussed about a radicalised young man attempting to kill Australians in broad daylight apparently.” Only some kinds of Australians deserve that attention it seems.
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This is a real questionnaire from a US company about what to do with employees who resist adopting "AI". @olivia.science @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @bcmerchant.bsky.social @prietschka.bsky.social
The "correct" answer is the 3rd option.
The "correct" answer is the 3rd option.
January 27, 2026 at 5:10 PM
This is a real questionnaire from a US company about what to do with employees who resist adopting "AI". @olivia.science @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @bcmerchant.bsky.social @prietschka.bsky.social
The "correct" answer is the 3rd option.
The "correct" answer is the 3rd option.
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Alex Pretti’s most immediate legacy is galvanizing the country against tyranny. We should do what we can to see to it that his other legacy is reclaiming the public meaning of masculinity from the whiny, sadistic freaks responsible for his murder. www.offmessage.net/p/alex-prett...
Alex Pretti, MAGA, And The Public Meaning Of Masculinity
If you'd rather be like them than like him, it's time to take a look in the mirror...
www.offmessage.net
January 27, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Alex Pretti’s most immediate legacy is galvanizing the country against tyranny. We should do what we can to see to it that his other legacy is reclaiming the public meaning of masculinity from the whiny, sadistic freaks responsible for his murder. www.offmessage.net/p/alex-prett...
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Invasion Day in Perth was targeted with a homemade explosive device yesterday. Aboriginal communities are under threat from neo-Nazis, racists and white supremacists. Yet politicians don't write special laws to combat hatred and violence against them. thewest.com.au/news/perth/i...
Cops say potential explosive device thrown into Oz Day crowd
WA Police are investigating what they’ve called a ‘very, very serious’ incident at Perth’s Invasion Day rally in which a potential explosive device was thrown into a crowd.
thewest.com.au
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Invasion Day in Perth was targeted with a homemade explosive device yesterday. Aboriginal communities are under threat from neo-Nazis, racists and white supremacists. Yet politicians don't write special laws to combat hatred and violence against them. thewest.com.au/news/perth/i...