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Omar Sakr
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Proud Baba. Author of four poetry collections and a novel. Now: The Nightmare Sequence (UQP, 2025). https://linktr.ee/OmarjSakr
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my 75yo mother told me last night that she’s planning to delete Instagram and Facebook because she’s sick of not being able to tell what’s AI and what’s not, and I genuinely don’t think tech companies have reckoned with this kind of move as an actual possibility
January 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.

Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
kashana.blacksky.app Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 19h
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
drewmagary.bsky.social Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 1d
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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Mossad Minns hard at work. Seems the only thing keeping me from prison right now is the fact that I’m in hospital or caring for my son pretty much 24/7, otherwise I would be in the streets wearing or waving something that says Globalise the Intifada.
Woman wearing 'globalise the intifada' jacket among three arrested at Sydney protest against About 300 people turned out in Sydney despite NSW police prohibition on public demonstrations, as protests across Australia condemn US actions Stephanie Convery, Caitlin Cassidy and AAP Mon 5 Jan 2026 15.41 AEDT
January 6, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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We've seen again the conflation of Israel with Jewish people, which is Zionism's aim, and the conflation of Palestinian rights with antisemitism generally, which is far more insidious and frankly evil. There is also the conflation of Muslim with Palestine. These three reductions serve the imperial agenda. This had nothing to do with Palestine whatsoever. The killers were not Palestinian, not advocates for human rights, not organisers of rallies - they re random assholes with known links to terrorists from as early as 2019, the father purchased his weapons in September 2023, before any of the protests or chants that are currently being blamed, and not only that, they are apparently affiliated with ISIS who are ideologically opposed to Hamas, and to Palestinian liberation. The attempt to link this attack, in this specific way, is no more than a sickening retrospective justification for the mass murder of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, the ongoing colonisation of their land, and genocide.
December 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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My latest article addresses this point comprehensively.
A great deal of Zionist rhetoric has been aimed at our education system, at artists and journalists, at universities for the "student encampments", at our freedom of speech, at our freedom of assembly, at our freedom to teach, at our freedom to wear clothes and accessories (no kheffyehs, no pins, no watermelons, no reference whatsoever to Palestinian existence), at our healthcare system. No one who objects to the Zionist murder of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians is safe. Total obedience and total erasure is required, and it will be demanded in the most emotional and sensational way possible so as to override critical reasoning. And yet, looking at Segal's plan, looking at the demands, there is not a single thing that, having been enacted, would have prevented the Bondi terrorist attack. It wasn't carried out by a uni grad, or artist, or activist - it was carried out by a bricklayer and his unemployed loser father who somehow gained access to weapons they should never have had. What's more, the Muslim community warned police about the extremist preacher the terrorist was connected to, over a decade ago, and were told authorities wanted it kept open because "it was a good source of intel".
December 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Excellent article by Alana Lentin. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/unde...
“Zionism is fascist because it is the tip of the spear of European, western, white supremacist racialism, settler colonialism, and imperialism in the current conjuncture. But it is not unique in that regard. In the context out of which it emerged and of which it is a product - European civilizational suprema-cism, driving colonialism and imperialism - it is no surprise that Zionists admired and emulated fascism and continue to do so, building ever stronger ties to fascist movements globally, from Trump to Millei and Orban. It is also no surprise that Zionism embodies the ambitions of white supremacist nationalists everywhere.”
December 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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I wrote a follow-up to my essay on the Bondi shooting. sakr.substack.com/p/arming-the...
In my original piece, Globalise the Intifada, I wrote a little about Albanese's response to the terrorist shooting, and the media's unprecedented move - in concert with the Liberal Party - to pin him with the blame for it, echoing Netanyahu quite literally. The unanimous and unfounded claim was that he had not done enough to stop the manifestation of antisemitism anywhere. This is an absurd position, but conservatives absolutely love to create a war on sentiment, on feeling itself - from the war on terror, to now the war on antisemitism, and coincidentally, I'm sure, both require the mass murder and ethnic cleansing of millions of brown and black Muslims, both require the theft of land and territory on a massive scale, both require the rapacious extraction of resources, both require an ever-tightening set of controls and surveillance of domestic and non-domestic populations, both require the mass media to resolutely pump out an astonishing amount of hysterical propaganda, both are wars on concepts and feelings therefore they have no definitive end, though while abstract, they are tied negatively and concretely to the figure of the Arab and the figure of the Muslim. In short, the message to Albanese is: you are not showing us a sufficient level of obedience, or control of the unruly masses. Remember, the focus in the aftermath of the attack was not terrorism or the prevention thereof so much as it was the totally unrelated yet historically popular protests which Zionists insist must be forcefully ended.
January 4, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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This sums it all up quite nicely. Please read.
omarsakr.bsky.social Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · 2d
I wrote a follow-up to my essay on the Bondi shooting. sakr.substack.com/p/arming-the...
In my original piece, Globalise the Intifada, I wrote a little about Albanese's response to the terrorist shooting, and the media's unprecedented move - in concert with the Liberal Party - to pin him with the blame for it, echoing Netanyahu quite literally. The unanimous and unfounded claim was that he had not done enough to stop the manifestation of antisemitism anywhere. This is an absurd position, but conservatives absolutely love to create a war on sentiment, on feeling itself - from the war on terror, to now the war on antisemitism, and coincidentally, I'm sure, both require the mass murder and ethnic cleansing of millions of brown and black Muslims, both require the theft of land and territory on a massive scale, both require the rapacious extraction of resources, both require an ever-tightening set of controls and surveillance of domestic and non-domestic populations, both require the mass media to resolutely pump out an astonishing amount of hysterical propaganda, both are wars on concepts and feelings therefore they have no definitive end, though while abstract, they are tied negatively and concretely to the figure of the Arab and the figure of the Muslim. In short, the message to Albanese is: you are not showing us a sufficient level of obedience, or control of the unruly masses. Remember, the focus in the aftermath of the attack was not terrorism or the prevention thereof so much as it was the totally unrelated yet historically popular protests which Zionists insist must be forcefully ended.
January 4, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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itsafronomics.bsky.social
This man don’t miss.
brian-goldstone.bsky.social Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d
This should exist in every city in the country.
Screenshot of a press release with the headline: “Mayor Mamdani Announces Formation of ‘Rental Ripoff’ Hearings.” Subhead reads: “‘Rental Ripoff’ hearings in all five boroughs will offer New Yorkers a microphone to share poor conditions, unconscionable business practices that City will act on.” Body text reads: “NEW YORK, NY — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani today signed an executive order directing the Department of Housing Preservation & Development, the Department of Buildings, the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, in coordination with the new Office of Mass Engagement, to hold ‘Rental Ripoff’ hearings across the five boroughs within the first 100 days of the administration. At these hearings, working New Yorkers will be able to speak about the challenges they face — from poor building conditions to hidden fees on rent payments. Following these hearings, the Mamdani administration will publish a summary and report detailing common themes and areas of opportunity, and the testimony shared at these hearings will directly inform policy interventions to take on these ripoff tactics. Details about the hearings will be available at nyc.gov/RentalRipoff.”
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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simonrosenberg.bsky.social
ICYMI, must read from Omar Sakr.
And bonus points for "Mossad Minns".
January 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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New: Trump admin officials tell Zeteo that Trump is “very interested” in secret plans drawn up last year to send US Special Forces into Mexico.

One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
After Trump’s Venezuela Invasion, Mexico Could Be Next
Officials tell Zeteo that Trump remains ‘very interested’ in the idea of sending US Special Forces into Mexico, as the president threatens Colombia and Cuba, too.
zeteo.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Ultimately no form of identification will be sufficient, and this is deliberate, in order to smooth the way to internment and exportation of any US citizen they decide is undesirable.
January 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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This is excellent and required reading.
omarsakr.bsky.social Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · 2d
I wrote a follow-up to my essay on the Bondi shooting. sakr.substack.com/p/arming-the...
In my original piece, Globalise the Intifada, I wrote a little about Albanese's response to the terrorist shooting, and the media's unprecedented move - in concert with the Liberal Party - to pin him with the blame for it, echoing Netanyahu quite literally. The unanimous and unfounded claim was that he had not done enough to stop the manifestation of antisemitism anywhere. This is an absurd position, but conservatives absolutely love to create a war on sentiment, on feeling itself - from the war on terror, to now the war on antisemitism, and coincidentally, I'm sure, both require the mass murder and ethnic cleansing of millions of brown and black Muslims, both require the theft of land and territory on a massive scale, both require the rapacious extraction of resources, both require an ever-tightening set of controls and surveillance of domestic and non-domestic populations, both require the mass media to resolutely pump out an astonishing amount of hysterical propaganda, both are wars on concepts and feelings therefore they have no definitive end, though while abstract, they are tied negatively and concretely to the figure of the Arab and the figure of the Muslim. In short, the message to Albanese is: you are not showing us a sufficient level of obedience, or control of the unruly masses. Remember, the focus in the aftermath of the attack was not terrorism or the prevention thereof so much as it was the totally unrelated yet historically popular protests which Zionists insist must be forcefully ended.
January 4, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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Elves? Privileged pointy eared people who are nothing like everyone else? And this is supposed to be *helpful*?
omarsakr.bsky.social Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you Keith Budge, Tech Leader for creating a fantasy scenario using a famous fantasy as a metaphor. Yes, Jews are the elves of the Middle-earth. Just incredible stuff. 10/10 no notes.
Bondi shooting If Jews flee in fear, none of us will feel safe Like Middle-earth after the elves depart, Australia would still function, still thrive in many ways. But we would be poorer in spirit, narrower in memory, and less luminous. Keith Budge Tech leader
January 4, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
bnonews.com BNO News @bnonews.com · 2d
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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It's a tough call, but I think my personal favourite is Nova Peris, 'elected as a director of Hockey Australia just weeks after sharing a comment on social media from an anonymous account that called Muslims “Satan worshipping cockroaches that need to be eradicated”.'
bastardsheep.com Sheepie @bastardsheep.com · 2d
Ha! The “sports stars” petition for an Antisemitism Royal Commission was signed by Sam Newman.

Yes, this guy, who platformed Nazis.
Ex AFL player Sam Newman flanked by Australia’s most well known Nazis and White Nationalists Blair Cottrell (right) and Tom Sewll (left).
January 4, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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Successive Australian Govts have shown a disdain for human rights. Albo is just the latest.

A country that locks up illegal immigrants, ships them to some 3rd world country and throws away the key or sends them back to a country where death awaits them has nil regard for human rights.
January 4, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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nickfeik.bsky.social
Grant Hackett calling for a royal commission?! Because values?!
Accused of domestic violence, smashed his house up, lost in the casino out of control drunk, groped a fellow passenger’s nipple on a plane, too dangerous for his own family …that Grant Hackett?
January 4, 2026 at 5:27 AM
omarsakr.bsky.social
While my Substack post is very long, I will forever be glad I wrote it because it led me to look again at this spread. One of these is not like the others. Zoom in for a surprise.
FINANCIAL REVIEW OPINION Bondi shooting Albanese's Bondi shooting royal commission excuses are implausible The reasons put forward by the government for rejecting such an inquiry are the same they used with COVID-19. It all reeks of political protection, writes Phillip Coorey. Bondi shooting If Jews flee in fear, none of us will feel safe Like Middle-earth after the elves depart, Australia would still function, still thrive in many ways. But we would be poorer in spirit, narrower in memory, and less luminous. Kelth Budge Tech leader Bondi shooting I survived Bondi. Now a royal commission is critical The prime minister has spoken often about social cohesion and national unity. This is the moment for leadership to match rhetoric, writes Arsen Ostrovsky. Albanese has no moral authority- he must call antisemitism royal commission The belated admissions and half-hearted apologies for not doing more by the prime minister and other senior ministers are not nearly enough. The AFR Vlew Editorial Newsfeed Bondi shooting As leaders of universities, we demand an antisemitism royal commission The call for a royal commission made by former chief justice of the High Court of Australia, Robert French, is not only reasonable, but necessary. Diane Smith-Gander and Amit Chakma Contributor Bondi shooting After Bondi, we all must shatter Australia's antisemitism silence I'm withdrawing my energy from those who find my perspective too uncomfortable. From people who spread conspiracy and blood libel that's turned Australia toxic. Jessica Bowker Writer
January 4, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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nickfeik.bsky.social
The News Corp campaign for a royal commission is like pushing on a string - the other media just following their lead and Labor too cowed to push back. No rationale, no questions, no interrogation of the problems. The whole thing is genuinely stupid.
January 4, 2026 at 6:06 AM
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daryltractor.bsky.social
Won’t sleep until I hear where Marilyn from Home and Away stands on a royal commission
January 4, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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I wrote a follow-up to my essay on the Bondi shooting. sakr.substack.com/p/arming-the...
In my original piece, Globalise the Intifada, I wrote a little about Albanese's response to the terrorist shooting, and the media's unprecedented move - in concert with the Liberal Party - to pin him with the blame for it, echoing Netanyahu quite literally. The unanimous and unfounded claim was that he had not done enough to stop the manifestation of antisemitism anywhere. This is an absurd position, but conservatives absolutely love to create a war on sentiment, on feeling itself - from the war on terror, to now the war on antisemitism, and coincidentally, I'm sure, both require the mass murder and ethnic cleansing of millions of brown and black Muslims, both require the theft of land and territory on a massive scale, both require the rapacious extraction of resources, both require an ever-tightening set of controls and surveillance of domestic and non-domestic populations, both require the mass media to resolutely pump out an astonishing amount of hysterical propaganda, both are wars on concepts and feelings therefore they have no definitive end, though while abstract, they are tied negatively and concretely to the figure of the Arab and the figure of the Muslim. In short, the message to Albanese is: you are not showing us a sufficient level of obedience, or control of the unruly masses. Remember, the focus in the aftermath of the attack was not terrorism or the prevention thereof so much as it was the totally unrelated yet historically popular protests which Zionists insist must be forcefully ended.
January 4, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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thedescenters.bsky.social
all of these statements read exactly the same is the alarming thing
omarsakr.bsky.social Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · 2d
"We urge all parties to support dialogue and diplomacy"? What kind of nonsense statement is this? The US just bombed them with no cause, kidnapped their president and his wife, and declared that they would be running the country in order to secure its oil for themselves.
Anthony Albanese v @AlboMP The Australian Government is monitoring developments in Venezuela. We urge all parties to support dialogue and diplomacy in order to secure regional stability and prevent escalation. Australia has long held concerns about the situation in Venezuela, including the need to respect democratic principles, human rights and fundamental freedoms. We continue to support international law and a peaceful, democratic transition in Venezuela that reflects the will of the Venezuelan people.
January 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
the main thing to know about the maduro arrest is there are hundreds of thousands of epstein files we still haven’t seen
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed
January 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM