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FactCheck: Men are more likely to be raped than be falsely accused of rape
According to the best data available, a man is 230 times more likely to be raped than to be falsely accused of rape.
www.channel4.com
"a man is 230 times more likely to be raped than to be falsely accused of rape."
www.channel4.com/news/factche...
www.channel4.com/news/factche...
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Cotality Housing Affordability Report shows 'extraordinary rise' in home values
Values have risen by 47.3 per cent since the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Values have risen by 47.3 per cent since the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Extraordinary' housing values crush home ownership dreams
Home prices have risen by almost 50 per cent in the past five years, with more than a decade now needed to save for a standard 20 per cent deposit for a house in most capital cities, according to a ne...
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Cotality Housing Affordability Report shows 'extraordinary rise' in home values
Values have risen by 47.3 per cent since the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Values have risen by 47.3 per cent since the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented. Hear more on today's episode of "The Daily." nyti.ms/480eqtm
The Autism Diagnosis Problem
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
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#astro 🔭 it’s been a while, but I was blessed with some clear sky last week and managed to capture 6hr of SHO on SH2-171 aka the Cosmic Question Mark and or Teddy Bear nebula. Skywatcher 72ed with ZWO 2600 mm pro and ZWO AM5. 2hrs on each filter.
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
#astro 🔭 it’s been a while, but I was blessed with some clear sky last week and managed to capture 6hr of SHO on SH2-171 aka the Cosmic Question Mark and or Teddy Bear nebula. Skywatcher 72ed with ZWO 2600 mm pro and ZWO AM5. 2hrs on each filter.
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The Albanese government has signed up to a commitment to phase out fossil fuels…and to achieve that goal….it says we need more fossil fuels…FFS
Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australia’s gas bonanza is for corporate super-profits, not climate superheroes
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Albanese government has signed up to a commitment to phase out fossil fuels…and to achieve that goal….it says we need more fossil fuels…FFS
Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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The Albanese government has signed up to a commitment to phase out fossil fuels…and to achieve that goal….it says we need more fossil fuels…FFS
Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australia’s gas bonanza is for corporate super-profits, not climate superheroes
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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72% of Australians support a total ban on gambling ads.
It’s been 881 days since the Murphy Report recommended that Parliament ban gambling advertising.
30% of Australian children aged 12 to 17 gamble - they lose nearly $20 million every year.
It’s been 881 days since the Murphy Report recommended that Parliament ban gambling advertising.
30% of Australian children aged 12 to 17 gamble - they lose nearly $20 million every year.
Gambling ad ban would pass parliament with conscience vote, Labor MP says
Macarthur MP Mike Freelander believes the multi-partisan support for restricting gambling advertising means the reforms will "get there" eventually.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
72% of Australians support a total ban on gambling ads.
It’s been 881 days since the Murphy Report recommended that Parliament ban gambling advertising.
30% of Australian children aged 12 to 17 gamble - they lose nearly $20 million every year.
It’s been 881 days since the Murphy Report recommended that Parliament ban gambling advertising.
30% of Australian children aged 12 to 17 gamble - they lose nearly $20 million every year.
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“Men are in trouble. Unchallenged private sphere domination over women and children is a solution.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Men are in trouble. Unchallenged private sphere domination over women and children is a solution.”
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“The real conspiracy theory around Trump and Epstein is that multiple apparently unconnected women lied, and continue to lie, about Trump’s behavior. This with nothing to gain, and much to lose, by speaking out about his misdeeds.”
I love seeing a shred of accountability for Trump as much as anyone, but it's pretty striking that most people are prepared to believe a man who's a convicted serial rapist-sex trafficker and NOT ALL THESE WOMEN katemanne.substack.com/p/the-actual...
The Actual Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Trump and Epstein
It’s not what you think it is.
katemanne.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
“The real conspiracy theory around Trump and Epstein is that multiple apparently unconnected women lied, and continue to lie, about Trump’s behavior. This with nothing to gain, and much to lose, by speaking out about his misdeeds.”
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“She was, is, real. And it’s time we stopped swallowing the line fed to us that her story is a hoax—a line fed to us, ultimately, by those attempting to protect Trump and get him elected.“
The National Enquirer tried to catch and kill the Katie Johnson story. Then they got ahead of it in an attempt to discredit her. And many of us bought it—hook, line, and sinker katemanne.substack.com/p/they-tried...
They Tried to Bury the Katie Johnson Story
And we, the public, let them convince us it was bogus.
katemanne.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“She was, is, real. And it’s time we stopped swallowing the line fed to us that her story is a hoax—a line fed to us, ultimately, by those attempting to protect Trump and get him elected.“
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In 2016, I got death threats when I posted about Katie Johnson on Twitter.
Johnson is the woman who says she was raped by Trump when she was only 13 years old.
I watched the entirety of her video testimony and found it credible, which I say as someone who has worked with CSA survivors for decades.
Johnson is the woman who says she was raped by Trump when she was only 13 years old.
I watched the entirety of her video testimony and found it credible, which I say as someone who has worked with CSA survivors for decades.
The National Enquirer tried to catch and kill the Katie Johnson story. Then they got ahead of it in an attempt to discredit her. And many of us bought it—hook, line, and sinker katemanne.substack.com/p/they-tried...
They Tried to Bury the Katie Johnson Story
And we, the public, let them convince us it was bogus.
katemanne.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In 2016, I got death threats when I posted about Katie Johnson on Twitter.
Johnson is the woman who says she was raped by Trump when she was only 13 years old.
I watched the entirety of her video testimony and found it credible, which I say as someone who has worked with CSA survivors for decades.
Johnson is the woman who says she was raped by Trump when she was only 13 years old.
I watched the entirety of her video testimony and found it credible, which I say as someone who has worked with CSA survivors for decades.
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The National Enquirer tried to catch and kill the Katie Johnson story. Then they got ahead of it in an attempt to discredit her. And many of us bought it—hook, line, and sinker katemanne.substack.com/p/they-tried...
They Tried to Bury the Katie Johnson Story
And we, the public, let them convince us it was bogus.
katemanne.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The National Enquirer tried to catch and kill the Katie Johnson story. Then they got ahead of it in an attempt to discredit her. And many of us bought it—hook, line, and sinker katemanne.substack.com/p/they-tried...
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We don’t need to wait for the Epstein files—we just need to listen to the survivors and believe them. #BelieveWomen
She Says Trump Raped Her When She Was a Child
The Andy Borowitz Show
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
We don’t need to wait for the Epstein files—we just need to listen to the survivors and believe them. #BelieveWomen
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@ronanfarrow.bsky.social included this story in Catch and Kill. @katemanne.bsky.social and @borowitzreport.bsky.social discuss Katie Johnson's (a pseudonym) credible allegation that Trump raped her when she was 13. Content warning for child rape.
We don’t need to wait for the Epstein files—we just need to listen to the survivors and believe them. #BelieveWomen
She Says Trump Raped Her When She Was a Child
The Andy Borowitz Show
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
@ronanfarrow.bsky.social included this story in Catch and Kill. @katemanne.bsky.social and @borowitzreport.bsky.social discuss Katie Johnson's (a pseudonym) credible allegation that Trump raped her when she was 13. Content warning for child rape.
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MEN RUIN WOMEN’S LIVES AND END THEM, in the workplace and beyond. This is the only conversation we should be having in this vicinity www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/w...
20-year-old woman killed in attack by male coworker because he said he 'did not like her': Pros.
A 20-year-old Minnesota woman was reportedly killed in an attack prosecutors said was carried out by a male coworker who said he "did not like her."
www.nbcchicago.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
MEN RUIN WOMEN’S LIVES AND END THEM, in the workplace and beyond. This is the only conversation we should be having in this vicinity www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/w...
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Google's AI ("Gemini") happily entertains questions about Biden impeachment but not Trump impeachment:
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Google's AI ("Gemini") happily entertains questions about Biden impeachment but not Trump impeachment:
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EVERYTHING LNP touch turns to crap:
BOM, NBN FTTP, NDIS, Robodebt, AUKUS, ABC, CSIRO, public education, universities, TAFE, renewable energy rollout, agedcare, childcare, refugees, workers’ rights & pay, carbon price, water, MDBA, GBR, First Nations, VAW & DV, Snowy 2.0, the arts…
#LNPNeverAgain
BOM, NBN FTTP, NDIS, Robodebt, AUKUS, ABC, CSIRO, public education, universities, TAFE, renewable energy rollout, agedcare, childcare, refugees, workers’ rights & pay, carbon price, water, MDBA, GBR, First Nations, VAW & DV, Snowy 2.0, the arts…
#LNPNeverAgain
November 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
EVERYTHING LNP touch turns to crap:
BOM, NBN FTTP, NDIS, Robodebt, AUKUS, ABC, CSIRO, public education, universities, TAFE, renewable energy rollout, agedcare, childcare, refugees, workers’ rights & pay, carbon price, water, MDBA, GBR, First Nations, VAW & DV, Snowy 2.0, the arts…
#LNPNeverAgain
BOM, NBN FTTP, NDIS, Robodebt, AUKUS, ABC, CSIRO, public education, universities, TAFE, renewable energy rollout, agedcare, childcare, refugees, workers’ rights & pay, carbon price, water, MDBA, GBR, First Nations, VAW & DV, Snowy 2.0, the arts…
#LNPNeverAgain
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This is great; may also be related the unprecedented public hostility that right-wing politicians have been emboldened to muster against science. Anything "female coded"--including science and university education--is easily scapegoated.
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is great; may also be related the unprecedented public hostility that right-wing politicians have been emboldened to muster against science. Anything "female coded"--including science and university education--is easily scapegoated.
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Sounds funny today, but not long ago, the use of bicycles by women was considered *extremely* radical & dangerous--to be discouraged, even by supporters of women's right to vote.
All bc bicycles allowed women a tiny bit of freedom & mobility, without needing things a male guardian could withhold.
All bc bicycles allowed women a tiny bit of freedom & mobility, without needing things a male guardian could withhold.
Suffragist and educator Frances Willard riding her bicycle, Gladys (because it made her glad).
“I learned to bicycle when 50... and I think it is one of the best things I ever did. What pleases me is to see other worn-out women take it up, and find a new lease of health and life thereby."
“I learned to bicycle when 50... and I think it is one of the best things I ever did. What pleases me is to see other worn-out women take it up, and find a new lease of health and life thereby."
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Sounds funny today, but not long ago, the use of bicycles by women was considered *extremely* radical & dangerous--to be discouraged, even by supporters of women's right to vote.
All bc bicycles allowed women a tiny bit of freedom & mobility, without needing things a male guardian could withhold.
All bc bicycles allowed women a tiny bit of freedom & mobility, without needing things a male guardian could withhold.
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Love to see the King of the Manosphere discovering feminist theory from 1983:
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Love to see the King of the Manosphere discovering feminist theory from 1983:
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‘Inventions used by women – like cradles and bras – are rarely seen as technologies, and when women invent things men have tended to get the credit.’
Tess Little on how the ‘rape kit’ changed the prosecution of sexual assault.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tess Little on how the ‘rape kit’ changed the prosecution of sexual assault.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tess Little · Nutshell Crime Scenes: The Rape Kit
The rape kit is a cardboard box containing ordinary items anyone might own: envelopes, combs, swabs, nail clippers....
www.lrb.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
‘Inventions used by women – like cradles and bras – are rarely seen as technologies, and when women invent things men have tended to get the credit.’
Tess Little on how the ‘rape kit’ changed the prosecution of sexual assault.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tess Little on how the ‘rape kit’ changed the prosecution of sexual assault.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Again, it's artists & musicians w the courage & conscience to stand up & speak truth to institutions
“We understand the importance of how stories are told, but just as significantly, we understand the importance of where stories are told[..] Stories told in places of power and influence[..] matter”
“We understand the importance of how stories are told, but just as significantly, we understand the importance of where stories are told[..] Stories told in places of power and influence[..] matter”
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Again, it's artists & musicians w the courage & conscience to stand up & speak truth to institutions
“We understand the importance of how stories are told, but just as significantly, we understand the importance of where stories are told[..] Stories told in places of power and influence[..] matter”
“We understand the importance of how stories are told, but just as significantly, we understand the importance of where stories are told[..] Stories told in places of power and influence[..] matter”
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"The 'ceasefire' is a diplomatic sham – a cover for the continuing extermination, displacement and erasure of the Palestinian people in Gaza and a distraction for the international public and the media."
— #AJOpinion by @yarahawari.bsky.social ⤵️ aje.io/p14911
— #AJOpinion by @yarahawari.bsky.social ⤵️ aje.io/p14911
No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire'. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.
aje.io
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"The 'ceasefire' is a diplomatic sham – a cover for the continuing extermination, displacement and erasure of the Palestinian people in Gaza and a distraction for the international public and the media."
— #AJOpinion by @yarahawari.bsky.social ⤵️ aje.io/p14911
— #AJOpinion by @yarahawari.bsky.social ⤵️ aje.io/p14911
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Microsoft Excel also does not understand jokes
Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies
Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies
Can’t tech a joke: AI does not understand puns, study finds
Researchers say results underline large language models’ poor grasp of humour, empathy and cultural nuance
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Microsoft Excel also does not understand jokes
Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies
Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies
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"the Gov is trying to give itself the power to cut that income off before a person has been found guilty.
It is punishment without conviction. It has no place in a fair society."
Great piece by @maiyazize.bsky.social & @antipovertycent.bsky.social Kristin O'Connell
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
It is punishment without conviction. It has no place in a fair society."
Great piece by @maiyazize.bsky.social & @antipovertycent.bsky.social Kristin O'Connell
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"the Gov is trying to give itself the power to cut that income off before a person has been found guilty.
It is punishment without conviction. It has no place in a fair society."
Great piece by @maiyazize.bsky.social & @antipovertycent.bsky.social Kristin O'Connell
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
It is punishment without conviction. It has no place in a fair society."
Great piece by @maiyazize.bsky.social & @antipovertycent.bsky.social Kristin O'Connell
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...