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It's much nicer here than the other place.
Different pic and banner to old twitter account, same person.
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how it feels explaining early 2000s hipster history to young people
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."
October 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Let's talk a bit about the broader context of the DOJ's newly announced investigation of the Portland Police's arrest of "conservative" influencer Nick Sortor. For context, Sortor is one of over a dozen far right "citizen journalists" who has come to Portland. www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/u...
Arrest of conservative influencer Nick Sortor outside Portland ICE building now under federal investigation | CNN
A conservative influencer who this week posted videos of clashes outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, has been released without bond after he was arrested late...
www.cnn.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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The testimony submitted to the Oregon v Trump case includes a September 21 email by Portland Police Bureau Sergeant Andrew Braun describing the behavior of three right-wing "counterprotestors": Rhein Amacher, Chelly Bouferrache, and Katie Daviscourt.
October 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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'God, having kept a few of his belongings in the storage shed of my soul, turned the locker over to the sharks at Storage War$ and fled'. Writing about possibly the happiest/most stressful moment I've had since living in Paris. Newsletters can be fun! rick-morton.ghost.io/a-gladiator-...
A Gladiator Finds His Arena
The ball soared over the towering fence and landed right in front of me as I walked down a pedestrian only cobblestone street in Abbesses. It was the size of a football (soccer, if you're basic) but ...
rick-morton.ghost.io
September 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Good morning!!

Here's my latest for @crikey.com.au -> one of the reasons the CCA weakened its climate target suggestions is the possibility of uncontrolled data centre growth.

I found the lobbyists already working to sell them as 'climate solutions' in Aus ---->>>>>
How data centre lobbying is shaping Canberra's climate policy, right down to our timid emissions target
Hidden in the fine print on the Climate Change Authority's decision to pull back its emissions target? The role of artificial intelligence and data centres.
www.crikey.com.au
September 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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the only clash this guy has seen is in the pattern between his shirts and ties
September 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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University of Technology Sydney ordered a spreadsheet from KPMG targeting individual academics by research income, which might contravene the bargaining agreement. They repeatedly denied it even existed for several info requests. But that wasn't true. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
Exclusive: University sought secret KPMG staff spreadsheet
The University of Technology Sydney denied the existence of a KPMG spreadsheet ranking the research performance of academics, in breach of its EBA, until it was forced to release it.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
September 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Re-sharing this just for the pullquote, waking up in Paris early mornings and doing five interviews in a row before coffee leads to even less of a filter than usual
September 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Canberra, big jump in Covid. Be aware. 😷
#ausoik
#CovidIsNotOver
#LongCovid
AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 26 September 2025

ACT saw a big jump (+30.5%)

QLD down (–27.3%, 43 in hospital); WA down (–16.6%, 42/day in hospital); NSW down (–14.9%) and SA down (–5.2%, 6 deaths reported)

Aged care down (–39.4%) and 2 deaths reported

VIC & TAS report next: Oct 3
September 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Oh my word
Zali Steggall the only adult in the room #auspol
Grow up Bridget
Zali Steggall says before taking Donald Trump’s advice on “science & facts” let’s remember he’s “someone who advocated for ppl to drink bleach to deal with COVID”💥 Steggall schools & corrects host Stefanovic & warns Bridget McKenzie not to have her “head in the sand”🔥 #auspol
September 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Excellent piece from Ronni Salt.
You’re being played – your part in the culture wars theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
You’re being played – your part in the culture wars - The Shot
When Zack de la Rocha told you to rage against the machine, he didn’t mean take it literally. Agitprop. Fury bait. Yes, you feed it too.
theshot.net.au
September 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Why do these losers think they won’t get found out? www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
Australian War Memorial changes book prize rules to reject Ben Roberts-Smith exposé
When the judges announced acclaimed journalist Chris Masters as the winner, it proved a step too far for the institution.
www.smh.com.au
September 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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The Peacemaker
September 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Sole Far-Right Talking Point on Tyler Robinson Being a Leftist Obliterated; All Remaining Evidence Confirms Him As a Conservative and Possibly a Groyper

(Do not expect MAGAs to acknowledge this development.)
September 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Violence is at the heart of MAGA to a degree the average person cannot possibly comprehend.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Many thanks to those who wrote in here and elsewhere to note that Elon Musk is also calling for a civil war in the United Kingdom, now.

I just do not know where all this leads—but I have the same fear you all do.
September 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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America has officially entered its Dark Ages. God help us all—because there's no longer any reason to believe Congress or the courts or media will. We have lost our way to a degree I never thought possible, and I am not going to pretend to have any answers about how we find our way back. We may not.
September 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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CPI at 2.1%. The sound you heard is the RBA being very wrong and very stupid.
July 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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BREAKING!! Front page NYT!!!!
July 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Lordy, there are tapes…

We know he’s guilty. Trump knows he’s guilty. And he’s pretty disgusting talking about women and girls as if they are property.

If he weren’t in the Epstein files and if they actually exposed Democrats or his enemies, he would have demanded the release a long time ago.
July 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Believe it or not, the EU-US trade deal just got messier.

The White House has published a fact-sheet about the agreement with claims that directly contradict the European Commission's version of events.

Let's take a closer look.
Fact Sheet: The United States and European Union Reach Massive Trade Deal
MAKING GLOBAL HISTORY: Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump announced a trade deal with the European Union (EU), fundamentally rebalancing the economic
www.whitehouse.gov
July 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM