Frith
@pluckyloser.bsky.social
australian rules, cricket, football, politics, tennis
Free Palestine & Toitū te Tiriti
https://bdsmovement.net/
Free Palestine & Toitū te Tiriti
https://bdsmovement.net/
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hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
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I sometimes wonder what the world would look like if a generation of tech, science, and business reporters hadn't decided that the press release was the news
February 8, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I sometimes wonder what the world would look like if a generation of tech, science, and business reporters hadn't decided that the press release was the news
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Australian politicians spending more than two years effectively co-signing Israel's genocide of Palestinians is exactly why we need to globalise the intifada until Palestine is free from the river to the sea you pissweak fucks
'Under the new legislation, public use of the controversial phrases "globalise the intifada" and "from the river to the sea" to cause menace, harassment or offence will be banned, with a maximum penalty of two years in prison.'
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
New Queensland hate speech laws to ban slogans and symbols
The laws to be introduced in parliament this week will ban the phrases "globalise the intifada" and "from the river to the sea", as well as offensive symbols.
www.abc.net.au
February 8, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Australian politicians spending more than two years effectively co-signing Israel's genocide of Palestinians is exactly why we need to globalise the intifada until Palestine is free from the river to the sea you pissweak fucks
I don't know if I've ever watched women's ice hockey before but I'm watching Germany v Japan and I love it now
February 7, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I don't know if I've ever watched women's ice hockey before but I'm watching Germany v Japan and I love it now
Calling BDS strategies "attacks" to make the performer seem violent while objecting to his language naming Israeli war crimes is a perfect encapsulation of Zionist tactics in the arts
February 7, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Calling BDS strategies "attacks" to make the performer seem violent while objecting to his language naming Israeli war crimes is a perfect encapsulation of Zionist tactics in the arts
I want a Czech tracksuit so bad
February 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I want a Czech tracksuit so bad
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WINTER OLYMPICS: LILLEHAMMER '94
TIERTEX 1994
SEGA GENESIS
TIERTEX 1994
SEGA GENESIS
February 7, 2026 at 12:09 AM
WINTER OLYMPICS: LILLEHAMMER '94
TIERTEX 1994
SEGA GENESIS
TIERTEX 1994
SEGA GENESIS
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Toussaint Louverture removed from Haitian uniforms for being "political". Seems a bit much, I can't help but think if the US uniform had George Washington on it, this wouldn't have been the outcome.
February 7, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Toussaint Louverture removed from Haitian uniforms for being "political". Seems a bit much, I can't help but think if the US uniform had George Washington on it, this wouldn't have been the outcome.
Oh I looooove the cream wool cloaks in Cortina gorgino
February 7, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Oh I looooove the cream wool cloaks in Cortina gorgino
I'm watching the opening ceremony on replay and it's such a feelgood antidote to AI slop
You can't prompt this beautiful chaos you have to throw your whole self into it
You can't prompt this beautiful chaos you have to throw your whole self into it
February 7, 2026 at 12:11 AM
I'm watching the opening ceremony on replay and it's such a feelgood antidote to AI slop
You can't prompt this beautiful chaos you have to throw your whole self into it
You can't prompt this beautiful chaos you have to throw your whole self into it
It's like the eye of Sauron had a baby with a biblically accurate angel and honestly I love it
February 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
It's like the eye of Sauron had a baby with a biblically accurate angel and honestly I love it
Wait bring back the big head ravers what was that
(I just woke up)
(I just woke up)
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Wait bring back the big head ravers what was that
(I just woke up)
(I just woke up)
That was lovely, Sakamoto is lovely 💙 #MilanoCortina2026
February 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM
That was lovely, Sakamoto is lovely 💙 #MilanoCortina2026
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there is no ethical use of ai
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
there is no ethical use of ai
Alyssa Liu is breathtaking #MilanoCortina2026
February 6, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Alyssa Liu is breathtaking #MilanoCortina2026
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The Winter Olympics that opens tonight, on the 6 February 2026, in Milano Cortina, Italy. View a delightful clip from our Ford Heritage archive of a Ford Cortina Mk1 being driven down the bobsleigh run at Cortina d'Ampezzo, scene of the 1956 by, among others, racing driver Jim Clark bit.ly/3Zhl35l
February 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM
The Winter Olympics that opens tonight, on the 6 February 2026, in Milano Cortina, Italy. View a delightful clip from our Ford Heritage archive of a Ford Cortina Mk1 being driven down the bobsleigh run at Cortina d'Ampezzo, scene of the 1956 by, among others, racing driver Jim Clark bit.ly/3Zhl35l
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i love how i'm like wow that's so cool and the commentators are like they fumbled that turn oh dear they've got a mountain to climb now
February 6, 2026 at 9:57 AM
i love how i'm like wow that's so cool and the commentators are like they fumbled that turn oh dear they've got a mountain to climb now
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this is a lovely newsletter for all the tennis sickos out there
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February 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
this is a lovely newsletter for all the tennis sickos out there
I'm not a source fundamentalist
I don't insist you adhere to the text you are adapting - I think reinterpretation and play are great creative forces
But they've turned Heathcliff into a co branded açai bowl and I think Emerald Fennell is my sworn enemy now
I don't insist you adhere to the text you are adapting - I think reinterpretation and play are great creative forces
But they've turned Heathcliff into a co branded açai bowl and I think Emerald Fennell is my sworn enemy now
February 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
I'm not a source fundamentalist
I don't insist you adhere to the text you are adapting - I think reinterpretation and play are great creative forces
But they've turned Heathcliff into a co branded açai bowl and I think Emerald Fennell is my sworn enemy now
I don't insist you adhere to the text you are adapting - I think reinterpretation and play are great creative forces
But they've turned Heathcliff into a co branded açai bowl and I think Emerald Fennell is my sworn enemy now
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A new systematic review has found that trans women on HRT have the same level of fitness as cis women and don't retain any advantage in sports.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:22 PM
A new systematic review has found that trans women on HRT have the same level of fitness as cis women and don't retain any advantage in sports.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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Three more #kakapo nests found on Pukenui/Anchor Island yesterday. Here's Konini with her two eggs. We have found nests for 26 out of the 36 adult females on the island, with more to come in the next few days. It's a big year! #conservation #kakapo2026 A
February 5, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Three more #kakapo nests found on Pukenui/Anchor Island yesterday. Here's Konini with her two eggs. We have found nests for 26 out of the 36 adult females on the island, with more to come in the next few days. It's a big year! #conservation #kakapo2026 A
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Reminder, Aussie Sci-Fi nerds, the 2008 remastered Fritz Lang Metropolis is coming to SBS on Demand from tomorrow.
February 5, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Reminder, Aussie Sci-Fi nerds, the 2008 remastered Fritz Lang Metropolis is coming to SBS on Demand from tomorrow.
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it's also not doomerism to admit you *don't currently know how to proceed* and don't trust someone else's plans to work because they look too much like the plans that got us into this mess in the first place (see the amount of people talking about voting as their main strategy)
February 5, 2026 at 3:35 AM
it's also not doomerism to admit you *don't currently know how to proceed* and don't trust someone else's plans to work because they look too much like the plans that got us into this mess in the first place (see the amount of people talking about voting as their main strategy)
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Exclusive | The Albanese government is handing access to Australians’ biometric data and ID documents to US agencies like ICE, and not telling anyone. @keanebernard.bsky.social reports.
Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians' biometric data, ID documents
www.crikey.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Exclusive | The Albanese government is handing access to Australians’ biometric data and ID documents to US agencies like ICE, and not telling anyone. @keanebernard.bsky.social reports.
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...