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Rhys Parton
@rhysparton.bsky.social
Dad. Wiradjuri (Australian First Nations) man. Nerdy, creative, actor, political. Join your union. He/Him
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I don’t know which men need to hear this but: women don’t owe you or me anything.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:12 PM
There is no post credit scene at the end of Melania, but it does include a little message that says:

Donald will return in The Epstein Files.

That is currently stuck in coverup hell.
January 28, 2026 at 11:51 AM
London-born Tony Abbott thinks Australia has too many migrants.
January 28, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It’s overwhelmingly female MPs and Senators calling out the Invasion Day terrorist attack.

Not surprised, just noting.
January 28, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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The sheer nerve of Scott-I-don’t-hold-a-hose-Morrison demanding accountability from anyone is breathtaking.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 AM
One of the reasons why I was in Melbourne/Naarm was because my boy @shaeganvishal.bsky.social invited me to a gig.

Three bands sharing the stage, friends and music lovers in the audience, and a chance to nab a few photos.

Here are shots taken by me, edited by Shaegan.

Band one: The Frud.
January 28, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Or daily, if we’re too mouthy for some of these racist losers.
The reason we hate opening emails and messages around Invasion Day. 👇🏾
Just received this lovely email- just another day in Aust being abused for being an Aboriginal person.

It’s being reported to the police. Every email we receive automatically captures their IP address.
There are some truly disturbing people among us.
January 28, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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The reason we hate opening emails and messages around Invasion Day. 👇🏾
Just received this lovely email- just another day in Aust being abused for being an Aboriginal person.

It’s being reported to the police. Every email we receive automatically captures their IP address.
There are some truly disturbing people among us.
January 28, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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No.

It’s unproven, unregulated, owned by unaccountable billionaires, has already polluted online info with stolen data and hallucinations, risks creating a tsunami of unemployment and is an environmental catastrophe.

I won’t participate in this madness.
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Reiterating a point until it sinks in:

Gina Rinehart’s father Lang Hancock wanted to “dope the water” to sterilise Aboriginal people and solve the “Aboriginal problem.

Gina inherited his wealth and donates it to the sorts of politicians who push the most racist anti-Aboriginal narratives possible.
January 28, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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A white guy threw a homemade bomb into a crowd protesting colonialism in Australia and the media have broadly reframed it in more gentle terms, eg this describing it as a "device" that was 'designed to explode'.
Device allegedly thrown into Invasion Day crowd designed to 'explode on impact', say police
A 31-year-old man is charged with making explosives in suspicious circumstances after a device was allegedly thrown into a crowd of hundreds of people attending an Invasion Day rally in central Perth ...
www.abc.net.au
January 28, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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BREAKING! WORLD FIRST! 🔥Australia's public broadcaster publishes extended #AtlasNetwork explainer by Gareth Hutchens. When I went on ABC radio 3 years ago to talk about the global Atlas network of 550+ orgs, no one had heard of it. Atlas HQ wanted to keep it that way.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
January 25, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I know it’s said quite often, because there are often many reasons for it, but check in with your First Nations friends. I can almost guarantee they’re not okay.
January 28, 2026 at 7:37 AM
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Terroir, in fact.
It’s only terrorism if it’s from the terror region of France, otherwise it’s known as sparking violent intent.
January 28, 2026 at 7:15 AM
It’s only terrorism if it’s from the terror region of France, otherwise it’s known as sparking violent intent.
January 28, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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The Invasion Day rally in Boorloo/Perth was targeted and attacked with an explosive device.

The silence from the right has been deafening.

The same politicians who have spent the last month politicising violence are now nowhere to be found.
January 28, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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the @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social calls on Albanese to rescind the initiation to Isaac Herzog
January 27, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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how can you not love this guy?
Sam Raimi tell us how to make the perfect mixture for fake blood.

“A good thick mix of caramel syrup, red food coloring, a little blue to give it that unaerated look, and a bit of coffee to make it dark... I don’t mean to brag but hello, I’m here, I know how to throw blood.”
January 28, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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"Identifying those ideological motivations is critical to separating terrorism from other events just designed to cause fear."

I don't understand how a professional journalist can unironically write such a stupid sentence.
January 28, 2026 at 3:11 AM
“… here’s why”

Because in this country it’s considered worse to call somebody racist than it is to be racist. So authorities won’t even call the like who bombed the Aboriginal gathering a terrorist because it labels him racist.
Perth's Invasion Day rally 'explosives' scare hasn't been declared terrorism. Here's why
Identifying ideological motivations behind attacks is critical to separating terrorism from other events just designed to cause fear, an extremism expert told the ABC.
www.abc.net.au
January 28, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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January 28, 2026 at 2:43 AM
There were other gatherings that day.

It’s the Blak one that was targeted.

Let’s not philosophise it.
January 28, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.

I don’t let bullies win.

Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM