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Tomorrow on 'Yeah Nah Pasaran!' on @3crmelbourne.bsky.social, @sexenheimer.bsky.social & I talk to regular correspondent @jasonaw.bsky.social about All Things Epstein.

4.30pm, Thurs FEB 19 /// 855AM, digital, streaming, Community Radio+ app, podcats 🐈

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Yeah Nah Pasaran #279 w Jason Wilson on The Epstein Files : February 19, 2026
This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! we talk to regular correspondent Jason Wilson [Bluesky], who’s been digging into and thinking about The Epstein Files. See also : ‘The smart, the rich, the powe…
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slackbastard.bsky.social
Dissent is a crime against Social Cohesion™.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Bar declared crime scene as ACT police seize 'clearly satirical' posters under new hate laws
Police have seized five posters on display in the window of a Canberra bar, declaring a "crime scene" while they investigate the artworks under new Commonwealth hate laws.
www.abc.net.au
February 19, 2026 at 4:41 AM
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sexenheimer.bsky.social
Coming up at 4.30pm
February 19, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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australia.theguardian.com
KPMG asks Sydney writers’ festival to delete its name from website after Randa Abdel-Fattah confirmed as speaker
KPMG asks Sydney writers’ festival to delete its name from website after Randa Abdel-Fattah confirmed as speaker
Festival confirmed writer and academic would appear in two sessions in 2026 following disinvitation from Adelaide event * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Global accounting giant KPMG has distanced itself from the Sydney writers’ festival, requesting its name be removed from the event’s website where it was listed as a corporate partner. The move follows the festival scheduling Palestinian Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah to speak at two sessions in this year’s event. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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theshufflediary.bsky.social
As a show that covers Australia's media, it's selective amnesia, and the concrete effects that can have, the recent surge of One Nation is very much our concern, so tonight is going to be a deepdive about the long, cosy relationship between PHON and Oz media.
jessielilley.bsky.social Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 1d
Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we go all in on One Nation, looking at the role the media has played in their continued, now strengthened, presence on our political landscape. Stefanovic voodoo dolls at the ready. Ramadan Mubarak to all who observe! 7pm with @theshufflediary.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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"Nationals senator Matt Canavan said that until this inquiry he had never heard of the Atlas Network.

That was interesting, because Senator Canavan has been a regular speaker at events held by CPAC Australia, which is part of the Atlas Network ecosystem"
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Climate disinformation, the Atlas Network and Dr Karl
The scourge of AI-slopaganda, viral disinformation campaigns and online attacks against individuals and institutions is going to get far worse before it gets better, if the latest public hearings on t...
www.abc.net.au
February 18, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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ledbydonkeys.org
These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.

*one voice altered to disguise identity
February 18, 2026 at 11:36 AM
slackbastard.bsky.social
Tomorrow on 'Yeah Nah Pasaran!' on @3crmelbourne.bsky.social, @sexenheimer.bsky.social & I talk to regular correspondent @jasonaw.bsky.social about All Things Epstein.

4.30pm, Thurs FEB 19 /// 855AM, digital, streaming, Community Radio+ app, podcats 🐈

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Yeah Nah Pasaran #279 w Jason Wilson on The Epstein Files : February 19, 2026
This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! we talk to regular correspondent Jason Wilson [Bluesky], who’s been digging into and thinking about The Epstein Files. See also : ‘The smart, the rich, the powe…
slackbastard.anarchobase.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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dfertl.bsky.social
"‘It was terrifying’: #Australia faces reckoning over brutal #police crackdown on pro- #Palestine protests
Police in #Sydney are being investigated by a state watchdog over their response to protests of #Israel president #IsaacHerzog ’s visit"
#auspol #nswpol
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Australia faces reckoning over brutal police crackdown on pro-Palestine protests
Police in Sydney are being investigated by a state watchdog over their response to protests of Israel president Isaac Herzog’s visit. Namita Singh talks to witnesses and rights groups about an inciden...
www.independent.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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@aurelmondon.com ...
February 18, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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No prizes for guessing.
thesaturdaypaper.com.au The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 2d
The Albanese government has sat for more than three years on the climate risk assessment it commissioned from the ONI. All attempts to use FOI and parliamentary procedures to access the documents have been unsuccessful. satpa.pe/BtbgPEl
Government continues to withhold climate risk report
As allies share their national risk assessments for climate breakdown, the Albanese government refuses to release its ‘frankly terrifying’ report from 2022.
satpa.pe
February 18, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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slackbastard.bsky.social
'Because those who are too quick to admire and who are suddenly convinced are rarely the salt of the earth.'

~ B. Traven
Black & white portrait photograph of B. Traven.
September 7, 2024 at 1:08 PM
slackbastard.bsky.social
The Pope is dope.
PM AbL0 wears a t-shirt with the slogan 'Turn The Temperature Down!' while preparing to throw a Molotov cocktail in the shape of a fire-breathing Isaac Herzog.
February 18, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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freedompress.bsky.social
The ‘terrorism’ trap
Analysis, Feb 18th
Governments are gearing up to define any popular protest as violent and legitimise institutional repression
~ Tiziano Antonelli, Umanità Nova ~
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/02/18/t...
The 'terrorism' trap - Freedom News
Governments are gearing up to define any popular protest as violent and legitimise institutional repression ~ Tiziano Antonelli, Umanità Nova ~ Th…
freedomnews.org.uk
February 18, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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benjamino.bsky.social
Pauline Hanson is a ███ing ███ who deserves to ███ but she isn't saying anything about Lakemba we didn't already hear from Tim Blair and the Daily Telegraph a decade ago - our racist media doesn't just pump her tyres they are in complete goosestep the entire way
Mayor responds to Hanson's 'unwelcoming' western Sydney suburb claim
It comes as Pauline Hanson faces a backlash over anti-Muslim remarks.
www.sbs.com.au
February 18, 2026 at 5:53 AM
slackbastard.bsky.social
Bad News for Nazis & the March For White Australia as nazi blabbermouth goes to jail.

'The 31-year-old was sentenced to 12 months behind bars, and will be eligible to apply for parole in October.'

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Sydney man jailed for antisemitic speech in bid 'to deter others'
Brandan Koschel is jailed after pleading guilty to inciting hatred on the grounds of race during an Australia Day protest in Sydney.
www.abc.net.au
February 18, 2026 at 5:54 AM
slackbastard.bsky.social
'The group was celebrating a significant milestone yesterday. The state upper house had just passed the Vicarious Liability Act unopposed, effectively reversing a High Court decision that meant churches in VIC cannot be sued for the actions of one of its priests.'

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Catholic church can now be sued for paedophile priests' actions in Victoria
A bill reversing a High Court decision that found the Catholic Church could not be sued for the actions of a priest passes unopposed through Victoria's upper house.
www.abc.net.au
February 18, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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harshawalia.bsky.social
Since declaring war in the Caribbean Sea & Pacific Ocean, US has killed at least 145 people in lethal strikes on boats.

These never-ending & interchangeable wars (war on drugs, war on terror, and war on migrants) by US Southern Command no longer even have to specify what org they are targeting!
The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
theintercept.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:42 AM
slackbastard.bsky.social
I'm disappointed that Jillian Segal isn't speaking, but I also wonder why Bishop Tony Percy is blessing this bizarr0, 'conservative' (far-right) event.

www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
Obama conspiracy theorist to address Australian conservative summit
American filmmaker and Infowars regular Joel Gilbert is speaking this week at Advance’s new conference in Sydney along with former prime minister Tony Abbott and Victorian MP Moira Deeming.
www.smh.com.au
February 18, 2026 at 1:28 AM
slackbastard.bsky.social
'"But it will be alleged that the attacker was radicalised by online, hateful and racist ideology," Mr Cook said.'

so many c00ked units on anti-social media eh

still, as long as the rich are happy

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Man who allegedly threw homemade bomb into Invasion Day rally crowd named
The man accused of throwing a bomb at Invasion Day protesters in an alleged terrorism act attack in Perth can be named as Liam Alexander Hall.
www.abc.net.au
February 17, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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En plus d’être royaliste et fémonationaliste, Quentin D. était aussi un fervent adepte des marches néonazies organisées par le C9M.

Bientôt, on va découvrir qu’il faisait partie des Active Clubs et qu’il n’était pas du tout non violent.
carto de la marche du C9M 2025.
February 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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dodonatien.bsky.social
Quentin D., le militant tué à Lyon, était présent au défilé néonazi du Comité du 9-Mai, le 10 mai 2025, à Paris, au côté du groupuscule de Bourgoin-Jallieu Allobroges. Le voici ici photographié, en pantalon beige (photos @pixel-archiv.bsky.social). www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
Quentin D. dans les rangs du défilé néonazi du Comité du 9-Mai, le 10 mai 2025, à Paris. Quentin D. dans les rangs du défilé néonazi du Comité du 9-Mai, le 10 mai 2025, à Paris.
February 15, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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bristolantifascist.bsky.social
On the attempted far right attack on an East Bristol pub.

Yesterday, 25-30 members of Bristol Patriots attacked our fundraiser at the Red Lion in Easton.

They arrived together in vans and cars and tried to force their way into the pub. Due to the quick thinking of people there, they were shut out.
February 16, 2026 at 11:18 PM
slackbastard.bsky.social
Meet Richard Hell: former punk scourge, avowed nihilist, and genteel man of letters.

www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/177...
Not Another Rock ’n’ Roll Poet
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
www.poetryfoundation.org
February 17, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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cameronwilson.bsky.social
NEW: Australia's Department of Defence Cyber Warfare division has quietly signed the agency's biggest ever contract with controversial tech company Palantir.

www.crikey.com.au/20...
February 17, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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lucyham.bsky.social
🧵Note #Auspol. We now have as Shadow Treasurer someone who was not only an Atlas Network partner actor, and also on the Mont Pelerin Society, but someone who was shortlisted for the top 🌎 Atlas Network prize for betraying Australia for fossil fuel. He led a team rewarded for killing the carbon price
=9 Crikey. Tips and Rumours: Freedom Boy to the rescue. The IPA is up for a very prestigious prize. CRIKEY • SEP 4, 2015 • 1 MIN READ → Share 口O We've always known that the IPA freedoms harder than anyone else could freedom, but now they are in the running to prove that they really do freedom more than anyone else. The free-marketeers at the Institute of Public Affairs are in the running for a $100,000 grant because their marketing strategy in opposition to the carbon tax was just that good. The IPA has been nominated as a finalist for the Templeton Freedom Award for its "20 Years" of work on the tax, the group;s nomination statement says: "The IPA was the loudest consistent voice against the carbon tax in a time when there were very few dissenting voices in Australia." The Atlas Network website praises the IPA's campaign, writing: =Q Crikey. 66 "As the only major organization in Australia to publicly and consistently oppose the tax, the IPA's work against the carbon tax was instrumental in fostering sentiment against the tax, which, in addition to its economic drawbacks, wouldn't have achieved any environmental goals." 99 Freedom Boy Tim Wilson even gets a special mention for attending climate conferences all over the world (looks like he was a jet-setter before becoming Human Rights Commissioner): 66 "Wilson attended every international climate conference between 2009 and 2013, including conferences in Durban, Doha, Copenhagen, and Warsaw, and was able to effectively communicate to the Australian public the lack of consensus over pricing carbon that existed among experts." 99 The IPA will find out the results on November 12. Tim Wilson listed as an MPS member the last time the list was linked.
February 17, 2026 at 9:23 AM