Surlysimon
@surlysimon.bsky.social
Retired,grew up from Menzies to Whitlam, still maintaining the rage comrade, grew up in Canberra but escaped to Melbourne. 40 years working in technical publications
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"—when an official has championed a genocide for two years, ignored pleadings of the UN & int'l humanitarian agencies in relation to Gaza—& said nothing about sexual violence committed by the IDF against Palestinians, it makes you wonder what’s really at play."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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US foreign policy and Sudan: hypocrisy, incoherence and self-interest
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent remarks on Sudan appear empathetic – but they may reveal more about strategic positioning than genuine concern.
johnmenadue.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"—when an official has championed a genocide for two years, ignored pleadings of the UN & int'l humanitarian agencies in relation to Gaza—& said nothing about sexual violence committed by the IDF against Palestinians, it makes you wonder what’s really at play."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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See this thread here for a compilation of our reporting & why it matters.
We are still seeing the press & politicians minimising the importance of this case even while a police investigation is ongoing & there are so many qs outstanding.
bsky.app/profile/then...
We are still seeing the press & politicians minimising the importance of this case even while a police investigation is ongoing & there are so many qs outstanding.
bsky.app/profile/then...
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
See this thread here for a compilation of our reporting & why it matters.
We are still seeing the press & politicians minimising the importance of this case even while a police investigation is ongoing & there are so many qs outstanding.
bsky.app/profile/then...
We are still seeing the press & politicians minimising the importance of this case even while a police investigation is ongoing & there are so many qs outstanding.
bsky.app/profile/then...
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Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
This is the Observer's coverage of the Reform Russian Spie Scandal... 600 words on page 22 of the printed newspaper.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
More MEPs investigated in Russian bribe probe | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
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Since the implementation of the ceasefire in Lebanon, the IDF has murdered 338 men, women and children They have wounded hundreds more.
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Since the implementation of the ceasefire in Lebanon, the IDF has murdered 338 men, women and children They have wounded hundreds more.
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MARJORIE "THREE BRAIN CELLS" GREENE IS HAVING A BIG SAD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF ALL THE "TOXIC" IN POLITICS. BOO FUCKING HOO. FUCK OFF STRAIGHT INTO THE SEA, MARGE, BECAUSE YOU STARTED IT. NO ONE THOUGHT A POST LIKE MINE WAS POSSIBLE. READ IT, BECAUSE IT'S SEDITION IF YOU DON'T! LINK: bit.ly/4ofLMcC
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
MARJORIE "THREE BRAIN CELLS" GREENE IS HAVING A BIG SAD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF ALL THE "TOXIC" IN POLITICS. BOO FUCKING HOO. FUCK OFF STRAIGHT INTO THE SEA, MARGE, BECAUSE YOU STARTED IT. NO ONE THOUGHT A POST LIKE MINE WAS POSSIBLE. READ IT, BECAUSE IT'S SEDITION IF YOU DON'T! LINK: bit.ly/4ofLMcC
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Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
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If you still have a Twitter account, today is a great day to delete it.
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
If you still have a Twitter account, today is a great day to delete it.
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Jeez, I can't wait to see the next open architectural competition
i just reviewed 50+ applications for an arts award and most of them were written by chatgpt. And then the other reviewers said they put them into Gemini to rank them. At a certain point, if everyone is giving their thinking entirely over to AI, why are we even bothering with any of this anymore?
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Jeez, I can't wait to see the next open architectural competition
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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As millions of Americans struggle to stay afloat, Trump throws lavish state dinners for billionaires and foreign tyrants.
He's more out of touch than he's ever been.
He's more out of touch than he's ever been.
November 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
As millions of Americans struggle to stay afloat, Trump throws lavish state dinners for billionaires and foreign tyrants.
He's more out of touch than he's ever been.
He's more out of touch than he's ever been.
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Right wing troll who pretends to live in places he does not is upset with Twitter for revealing his actual location. How's he supposed to con people if it does that? So not fair!!!
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Right wing troll who pretends to live in places he does not is upset with Twitter for revealing his actual location. How's he supposed to con people if it does that? So not fair!!!
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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"Hey, look America, I just pulled 'Many legal scholars' out of my butt."
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"Hey, look America, I just pulled 'Many legal scholars' out of my butt."
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Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
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Hang onto these pictures because Hegseth will have the offending sign removed as soon as he sobers up today.
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hang onto these pictures because Hegseth will have the offending sign removed as soon as he sobers up today.
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"Quiet, Piggy"
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Quiet, Piggy"
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By putting them on?
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
By putting them on?
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ICYMI - POPE LEO: “When people are living good lives for 10, 20 years… (Trump) is treating them in a way that’s extremely disrespectful, violent — We have to look for ways to treat people humanely and with dignity.” (H/T @CBSNews)
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
ICYMI - POPE LEO: “When people are living good lives for 10, 20 years… (Trump) is treating them in a way that’s extremely disrespectful, violent — We have to look for ways to treat people humanely and with dignity.” (H/T @CBSNews)
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It was TRANSLATED by the US from Russian into English, not authored by the US.
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It was TRANSLATED by the US from Russian into English, not authored by the US.
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Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
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The semiliterate people who use chatgpt like to point to calculators as a precedent of assistive technology but the thing is: calculators actually calculate.
A calculator really does let you outsource calculation. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and marketed as doing, reproducibly.
A calculator really does let you outsource calculation. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and marketed as doing, reproducibly.
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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“It may not seem like much at first; little more than raindrops tapping on a glass window. But every day, 10s of 1000s of people join our ranks […] & no one ever joins the other side.”
“The water level is rising. Today may not be THE day, but I see a day coming soon, very soon, where the dam breaks
“The water level is rising. Today may not be THE day, but I see a day coming soon, very soon, where the dam breaks
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“It may not seem like much at first; little more than raindrops tapping on a glass window. But every day, 10s of 1000s of people join our ranks […] & no one ever joins the other side.”
“The water level is rising. Today may not be THE day, but I see a day coming soon, very soon, where the dam breaks
“The water level is rising. Today may not be THE day, but I see a day coming soon, very soon, where the dam breaks
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After Charlie Kirk’s death, Donald Trump condemned “political violence.” So what—exactly—is calling for the murder of members of Congress who don’t share his politics?
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
After Charlie Kirk’s death, Donald Trump condemned “political violence.” So what—exactly—is calling for the murder of members of Congress who don’t share his politics?
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The more you know 👇
George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm, is often cited by conservatives as one of their favorite authors
He was a Democratic Socialist who volunteered to fight fascists in Spain
He was a Democratic Socialist who volunteered to fight fascists in Spain
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The more you know 👇