Alyosha
@mediocremensch.bsky.social
Australian republican, democracy-enjoyer, internationalist
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Alyosha
@mediocremensch.bsky.social
· Jan 9
Australia should ditch AUKUS and join NATO.
The Newsom Freakout
February 16, 2026 at 7:47 AM
The Newsom Freakout
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small brain: "the elves frown upon human-elf relationships because they are hidebound reactionaries"
large brain: "any elf that has sex with a human under the age of 100 is a disgusting pervert"
large brain: "any elf that has sex with a human under the age of 100 is a disgusting pervert"
February 16, 2026 at 4:27 AM
small brain: "the elves frown upon human-elf relationships because they are hidebound reactionaries"
large brain: "any elf that has sex with a human under the age of 100 is a disgusting pervert"
large brain: "any elf that has sex with a human under the age of 100 is a disgusting pervert"
I got to be the one to do the bedtime routine for my nephew and I'll tell you, there's nothing like having a tiny child spot things in a 'Where's Bluey' book before falling asleep in your arms.
February 14, 2026 at 12:39 PM
I got to be the one to do the bedtime routine for my nephew and I'll tell you, there's nothing like having a tiny child spot things in a 'Where's Bluey' book before falling asleep in your arms.
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247 years ago today, the people of Hawai’i said “Live, Love, Land Back” by executing Captain James Cook for his crimes.
Mahalo i ke kānaka maoli! Happy Captain Cooked Day 🥰💕
Mahalo i ke kānaka maoli! Happy Captain Cooked Day 🥰💕
February 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
247 years ago today, the people of Hawai’i said “Live, Love, Land Back” by executing Captain James Cook for his crimes.
Mahalo i ke kānaka maoli! Happy Captain Cooked Day 🥰💕
Mahalo i ke kānaka maoli! Happy Captain Cooked Day 🥰💕
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Choose your fighter
February 14, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Choose your fighter
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This is incredible. You couldn’t make this up. Literally saying that the most powerful thing you could do in electoral politics is to act exactly like a person who is only vaguely aware of who Donald Trump is.
February 14, 2026 at 4:16 AM
This is incredible. You couldn’t make this up. Literally saying that the most powerful thing you could do in electoral politics is to act exactly like a person who is only vaguely aware of who Donald Trump is.
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Cool. Doing a frame by frame analysis to check whether 6 cops beating up a 76-year-old man is ok or not
Video shows protestor's violent arrest began with a hand on a shoulder
New video obtained by ABC NEWS Verify shows in vivid detail the arrest of a 76-year-old man, who was later released without charge.
www.abc.net.au
February 12, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Cool. Doing a frame by frame analysis to check whether 6 cops beating up a 76-year-old man is ok or not
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When your name is all over the Epstein files, but you don’t want your reputation tarnished by being associated with Glinner
February 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
When your name is all over the Epstein files, but you don’t want your reputation tarnished by being associated with Glinner
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It also almost certainly made pro Palestinian politics more mainstream in general. Likewise the Trump administration's attempts to kidnap and disappear Khalil and Ozturk for speech have only reinforced in many liberal minds that "pro Israel = anti free speech".
the Palestine Action ban really was a classic Starmer govt move: a hysterical overreaction that won them zero plaudits from the right, cost them badly to the left, and which got shot down in the end anyway.
February 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
It also almost certainly made pro Palestinian politics more mainstream in general. Likewise the Trump administration's attempts to kidnap and disappear Khalil and Ozturk for speech have only reinforced in many liberal minds that "pro Israel = anti free speech".
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rod dreher is not that interesting. he is a guy very clearly filled with self hatred tied to repressed feelings related to his gender and sexuality, and rather than deal with them, he blames “modernity” and “secularism” for why he’s unhappy. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Rod Dreher Thinks the Enlightenment Was a Mistake
The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including the vice president—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
rod dreher is not that interesting. he is a guy very clearly filled with self hatred tied to repressed feelings related to his gender and sexuality, and rather than deal with them, he blames “modernity” and “secularism” for why he’s unhappy. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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This is so true and has been for 10 years. Stop taking him on one at a time and join together to do it en masse. You’ll all be better off and so will the country.
February 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM
This is so true and has been for 10 years. Stop taking him on one at a time and join together to do it en masse. You’ll all be better off and so will the country.
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We will never live down this shame
February 13, 2026 at 2:36 AM
We will never live down this shame
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Posting about the perfidious western media complex demonizing Iranians while you have a twitter blue subscription is honestly an incredible bit
Parts of the Palestinian activist movement in the US have unfortunately been overtaken by campist politics that have utilized Palestine for broader ideological projects. This is the co-founder of Palestine Action US. (1)
February 12, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Posting about the perfidious western media complex demonizing Iranians while you have a twitter blue subscription is honestly an incredible bit
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Skeleton racer Heraskevych's father, Mykhailo, sitting near the start house, broke down in tears when the IOC disqualified his son from Olympics minutes before his first run. The decision was made as the athlete refused to remove a helmet bearing portraits of Ukrainian athletes killed in war.
February 12, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Skeleton racer Heraskevych's father, Mykhailo, sitting near the start house, broke down in tears when the IOC disqualified his son from Olympics minutes before his first run. The decision was made as the athlete refused to remove a helmet bearing portraits of Ukrainian athletes killed in war.
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Inviting division
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Inviting division
Limerance without character collapse
February 11, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Limerance without character collapse
Love going to the profile page of an insanely aggressive misanthrope to block them and reading 'fix your hearts or die'.
February 11, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Love going to the profile page of an insanely aggressive misanthrope to block them and reading 'fix your hearts or die'.
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America is starving Cuba
Cuban government has informed airlines that they only have about 24 hours worth of fuel left for planes.
Beyond the obvious damage that suddenly shutting down any country's air travel would have, a not at all small % of food and medicine in Cuba comes by luggage on airlines
efe.com/economia/202...
Beyond the obvious damage that suddenly shutting down any country's air travel would have, a not at all small % of food and medicine in Cuba comes by luggage on airlines
efe.com/economia/202...
Cuba comunica a las aerolíneas que en 24 horas se queda sin combustible para aviones - EFE
El Gobierno de Cuba advirtió a las aerolíneas internacionales que operan en la isla que a partir de este lunes el país se queda sin combustible para aviación.
efe.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:49 PM
America is starving Cuba
Not fair. At all.
Jon Kudelka, much-loved Australian political cartoonist, dies aged 53
Jon Kudelka, much-loved Australian political cartoonist, dies aged 53
Award-winning Tasmanian artist’s work was published by The Australian, The Saturday Paper and The Hobart Mercury
Jon Kudelka, the Australian political cartoonist, has died at the age of 53.
His wife Margaret Kudelka announced the news in a statement on Tuesday: “We are sad to tell you that our beloved, brilliant Jon Kudelka died peacefully in South Hobart on Sunday afternoon, surrounded by his family and friends.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Not fair. At all.
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Yeesh. The Oz justifying it's anti-trans coverage. Kinda don't think it's speaking truth to power to try to roll back access to trans healthcare and rights personally.
February 7, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Yeesh. The Oz justifying it's anti-trans coverage. Kinda don't think it's speaking truth to power to try to roll back access to trans healthcare and rights personally.
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Minns seems to have a view shared by much of Australia's political and media class that calling out genocide/racism is a much greater sin than committing genocide/racism.
Minns: "I think they are crazy to invite that author when you think about how divisive it is, and how difficult it would be for the organisation as a result of the notoriety."
& what exactly does he imagine inviting Herzog is doing to 🇦🇺national & state government credibility & the "Labor brand"❓
& what exactly does he imagine inviting Herzog is doing to 🇦🇺national & state government credibility & the "Labor brand"❓
Writers festival 'crazy' to invite Randa Abdel-Fattah, NSW premier says
The festival's director said Dr Abdel-Fattah was invited in August last year and denied the state government pressured her to remove the writer.
www.abc.net.au
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Minns seems to have a view shared by much of Australia's political and media class that calling out genocide/racism is a much greater sin than committing genocide/racism.
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So, there are only four roots of names for Greece, three of which come from Greek, and the fourth is just a Georgian name for Greece.
February 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
So, there are only four roots of names for Greece, three of which come from Greek, and the fourth is just a Georgian name for Greece.