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@srh61.bsky.social
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🇨🇦 expat living in Oz 🇦🇺
Social democrat/Green
Living on Bidjigal country Always was, always will be
AI is NOT inevitable
#Deadline2025
#BigTechWalkout2025
https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/collectiveaction.html
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johnmenadue.com
Australia’s leaders seem to be hoping the safest Trump-era strategy is to keep our heads down and say as little as possible. Jack Waterford argues that silence isn’t strategy – and that Australians deserve clarity about risk, alliances and what comes next.
#auspol #foreignpolicy #AUKUS
Trump fills the great Albo silence
Australia’s leaders are trying to avoid becoming a target in a harsher, more coercive world. But silence and caution can’t substitute for strategy – or for honest leadership that levels with the public.
johnmenadue.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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jewishcouncilau.bsky.social
Always was, always will be Aboriginal land
January 23, 2026 at 4:53 AM
srh61.bsky.social
I just signed this open letter to the ABC.
It's outrageous that the ABC is being bullied yet again by the Jewish Lobby of Australia.

getup.to/2NJZvYsMC8YgsQ
ABC: Stand with your journalists
An independent movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into our democracy.
getup.to
January 15, 2026 at 1:18 PM
srh61.bsky.social
Thanks Mastodon!

assholocene.urbanup.com/17837426
Screenshot of the shared link Assholocene The current period of human history in which people in power tend to be assholes. Guido: Why is democracy tailing, inequality increasing, and the environment degrading? Rocco: Because we're in the Assholocene! by Sexxie Rexxie June 25, 2023 507 4 214 FLAG balace Get the Assholocene mug.
January 10, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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peterwmurphy1.bsky.social
Whatever you do, DO NOT buy "When The World Sleeps" by Francesca Albanese when it's released in April2026. Buying and reading this book would upset the Zionist lobby. And we don't want to upset the Zionist lobby bc that would be anti-Semitic. 😏 #BookSky #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine
January 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
srh61.bsky.social
Hey @kentparkskeet.bsky.social
Do you use a talk to text app?
If yes, is it AI free?
Checking for a friend with low vision whose Samsung Galaxy talk to text has gone to AI slop and is no longer usable.
January 10, 2026 at 7:10 AM
srh61.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

The NY Times gift article in Carole's blog is excellent too.

#Venezuela
#Kidnapping
#IllegalWar
Cartoon of map of North and South America. The state of of Florida is an elephant and its trunk is siphoning the oil from Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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saints-dragons.bsky.social
Inquiry needed into how the Police were infiltrated, & justice system perverted by the Israel lobby in Australia

The story of Andrew Brown prosecution (Bondi anti-Israel t-shirt man)
#auspol #FreeSpeech #media #minns #Herzog
michaelwest.com.au/how-zionist-...
How Zionist Lobby Groups are Weaponising our Court System to Shut down Free Speech | The West Report - Michael West
How the Israel lobby perverted the justice system. Police have dropped all charges against the man arrested at Bondi Beach for wearing an anti-Israel T shirt. After a year of court dates, strict bail ...
michaelwest.com.au
December 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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maranoagirl.bsky.social
Albanese's prioritising a Zionist US-Israeli Voice to Parliament & its potential to impose US Christofascist Zionist Colonial ideology into our institutions will not only silence First People but every citizen in Australia.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/austral...
Boot these bums out.
Australia Needs First Nations Truth-Telling Not Hasbara Hiding Israel’s Colonial Crimes
The Albanese government has reneged on its election promise of First Nations reform and is now adopting Israel’s program of disinformation about its ongoing atrocities.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au
December 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
srh61.bsky.social
I'm an AI hater, but this post from Signal founder Moxie is fascinating.
"conversations w/ an AI assistant should be as private as your conversations w/ a person. Not because you’re doing something wrong, but because privacy is what lets you think freely.
confer.to/blog/2025/12...
#Signal
#Privacy
Confessions to a data lake
I’ve been building Confer: end-to-end encryption for AI chats. With Confer, your conversations are encrypted so that nobody else can see them. Confer can’t read them, train on them, or hand them over ...
confer.to
December 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
srh61.bsky.social
Signed.
I have so much respect for the Jewish Council of Australia. They are a sound voice of reason.
shaynechester.bsky.social Shayne @shaynechester.bsky.social · Dec 22
Compare with the dignified, respectful way Muslims reacted to the NZ leadership after an Australian murdered 51 Muslims.
December 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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alangnixon.bsky.social
#Tactics against #Fascism, #Australia - #auspol
knitnannassyd.bsky.social Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · Dec 21
NSW Greens MP Kobi Shetty liked our knitted Xmas lights. But enough frivolity -they are back in Parliament tomorrow deciding on restrictions to our inalienable right to protest in our democracy. Rally tomorrow 5pm Town Hall for details.
December 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
srh61.bsky.social
"Intifada is what the kid is doing. Terrorism is what the tank is doing." -Palestine Action Group Sydney on IG

#israel #palestine #resistance #TERRORISM #intifada #genocide
"Intifada is what the kid is doing. Terrorism is what the tank is doing." -Palestine Action Group Sydney on IG - Lemmy
“Intifada is what the kid is doing. Terrorism is what the tank is doing.” -Palestine Action Group Sydney on IG Update: the image is of Faris Odeh, a Palestinian boy from the Israeli-occupied Gaza Stri...
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December 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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A very courageous person, who is absolutely right.

Doubt this clip makes MSM.
viktx.bsky.social Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · Dec 18
Absolutely shocking
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apriljoy.bsky.social April @apriljoy.bsky.social · Dec 16
Australian police removed a Jewish descendent of Holocaust victims from the Bondi Beach memorial laden with Israel flags because she wore a Palestinian scarf.

We do not have to accept our governments bowing to Netanyahu. We must stand up to them.
December 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
srh61.bsky.social
Email the Jewish Council's statement to your state and federal MPs.
Let them know incorporating any of the Jewish envoy's antisemitic measures is a very bad idea.
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
srh61.bsky.social
We need to speak up now, cause we can't protest!
Email your local and federal MPs with the relevant points in Drop Bear's post.
Incorporating the Jewish envoy's antisemitic measures is a very bad idea, and will not help to reduce racism in Australia.
drop-bear.bsky.social Drop Bear @drop-bear.bsky.social · Dec 18
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From the Jewish Council of Australia

#AusPol
#Bondi
#antisemitism
We are facing a pivotal moment right now. After the horrific attack at Bondi, many of us are grieving, shaken, and afraid. What we do next matters enormously. This should be a moment of unity and care, a moment to confront antisemitism in ways that genuinely make Jewish people safer without endangering anyone else. Instead, we are seeing our grief being weaponised to push for division and hate. The far-right have jumped on this moment to spread Islamophobia and push an anti-immigration agenda. The Antisemitism Envoy’s plan was dead in the water, but now she too is taking this moment as an opportunity to push her own divisive agenda. Her plan deepens division, pits communities against one another, and mirrors an authoritarian playbook that has failed everywhere it has been tried. Let’s be clear: 1 Empowering fear-based narratives only strengthens the far right — the very forces that thrive on racism and antisemitism. 2 Blaming this horrific act of violent antisemitism on peaceful protest against the actions of the Israeli government is dangerous and irresponsible. 3 Pushing divisive policies to censor universities, monitor media, and punish civil society, in the name of Jewish safety, will only make all of us less safe. We are already seeing the consequences. In addition to what we have been experiencing since Sunday, Muslim, Palestinian and Arab communities are all reporting surges in abuse. This is what happens when leaders abandon solidarity and choose scapegoating instead. There is another path. Effective action against antisemitism is solidarity-based, rights-protecting and system-focused. It reduces harm by strengthening democracy — not hollowing it out. That is why the Jewish Council of Australia is calling on the government to reject the Envoy’s divisive plan and act on measures that actually save lives and rebuild trust.
December 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Sending this to concerned friends and will email my federal and state MPs.
Thanks @maranoagirl.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
srh61.bsky.social
It's a very sad time for Australia.
The MSM is making me sick.

Antony Loewenstein articulates what I've been feeling.

antonyloewenstein.com/the-antony-l...

#Bondi
#Racism
The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: My Comments on the Bondi Attack - Antony Loewenstein
Recorded less than 24 hours after the horrific massacre in Bondi, Sydney this episode is a raw, urgent response to violence, fear, and the political weaponisation that has already followed. Speaking a...
antonyloewenstein.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
srh61.bsky.social
Typo: billionaire mind virus

Oh how I wish we could edit! Other fediverse platforms allow it …
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
srh61.bsky.social
"Billionaires are douchebags"

Marlene Englehorn's recent interview on Australian radio.

Wow! Impressive. A former billionaire without the billionaire virus 😂
Very insightful interview and worth a listen.

#SocialJustice
#TaxationJustice

www.abc.net.au/triplej/prog...
INTERVIEW: The rich heiress giving away all her money - triple j
When Marlene Engelhorn inherited tens of millions of dollars from her grandma, she felt she had two choices: do something about it, or confirm she was "full of shit".  Marlene lives in Austria and in...
www.abc.net.au
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
srh61.bsky.social
Love it!
Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year for 2025
AI SLOP
low-quality content created by generative AI, often containing errors, and not requested by the user.

May the world come to realise AI is simply a 'death tech' marketing scam.
www.macquariedictionary.com.au/macquarie-di...
Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year 2025
The votes are in and the winner of the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year for 2025 is...
www.macquariedictionary.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
srh61.bsky.social
I saw that melee from the start when the guy entered the park. The wanker attendee chose to walk right thru the park and into the protesters, instead of walking via another entrance. He was asking for it, and the cops over reacted.

Do the protesters have the right to sue the police for assault?
raven-murmur.bsky.social raven-mumur @raven-murmur.bsky.social · Nov 23
I got caught up in a melee when they walked an attendee through the park. Pig shot me in the eye about at about a hand span distance. I could have stepped off he path but thought 'fuk that, I'll look like a pussy'. Not even the dignity of a push, the prick.
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
srh61.bsky.social
Yep, seemed to me from my vantage point that the cops were pushing the crowd well back into the 'legal protest zone' and as far away from the festival wanker attendees as possible.
So much intimidation, cops continually shaking pepper spray bottles in readiness.
raven-murmur.bsky.social raven-mumur @raven-murmur.bsky.social · Nov 23
It was an ambush.
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"Festival of killing devices" aka weapons expo. "The scenes marked a heightened NSW Police Force response to a crowd of antiwar protesters"

#RightToProtest
#NSWPOL
#AUSPOL
#FreePalestine

www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/the-pol...
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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@david-bradbury.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM