Andrew Elder
@awelder.bsky.social
Media criticism and other things. Yeah but why
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If the last three days demonstrate one thing, it's that the right (via the media) controls the narrative in this country.
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
December 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If the last three days demonstrate one thing, it's that the right (via the media) controls the narrative in this country.
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
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I like how every six months or so we get a big "This Obscure Fasicst Thinker Is Key To Understanding The Modern Right" and without fail every one of those is the biggest loser you've ever heard of writing the stupidest articles you've ever read for Racism Monthly
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I like how every six months or so we get a big "This Obscure Fasicst Thinker Is Key To Understanding The Modern Right" and without fail every one of those is the biggest loser you've ever heard of writing the stupidest articles you've ever read for Racism Monthly
Lumping all Jews in with the current government of Israel is the root cause of the rise in antisemitism over the last two years. Decouple the atrocities in Gaza from those nice people who own a deli or who celebrate Hanukkah with their families and watch antisemitism vanish
The idea that changing a definition to include criticism of Israel as being anti-Semitic and cracking down even further on anti-genocide protests would have in any way made anyone safer is madness. That the Coalition have so comprehensively jumped to blame here is insanity. Who is this speaking to?
December 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Lumping all Jews in with the current government of Israel is the root cause of the rise in antisemitism over the last two years. Decouple the atrocities in Gaza from those nice people who own a deli or who celebrate Hanukkah with their families and watch antisemitism vanish
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I've never been more convinced Australia has the worst mainstream journalists in the world. Simple, thick, racist, ahistorical, bootlicking dipshits that lie and screech more than they think and feel. This weaponisation of a tragedy against anti-genocide voices is grotesque.
December 17, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I've never been more convinced Australia has the worst mainstream journalists in the world. Simple, thick, racist, ahistorical, bootlicking dipshits that lie and screech more than they think and feel. This weaponisation of a tragedy against anti-genocide voices is grotesque.
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I'm interested to understand the mechanism here: which specific antisemitism-focused policies does Howard think would have prevented the Bondi attack?
John Howard calls push to tighten gun laws an 'attempted diversion'
Former prime minister John Howard, whose gun reforms fundamentally reshaped Australia, says he would support further tightening, but it cannot be made into a distraction or an "excuse" not to tackle antisemitism.
www.abc.net.au
December 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I'm interested to understand the mechanism here: which specific antisemitism-focused policies does Howard think would have prevented the Bondi attack?
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Before the machinery arrived, seabed was brimming with animal life, despite absence of light and a severe lack of nutrients
After mining had shredded the seabed, the change was stark
Animal numbers dropped by 37% within machine’s tracks, while species diversity fell by 32%
After mining had shredded the seabed, the change was stark
Animal numbers dropped by 37% within machine’s tracks, while species diversity fell by 32%
December 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Before the machinery arrived, seabed was brimming with animal life, despite absence of light and a severe lack of nutrients
After mining had shredded the seabed, the change was stark
Animal numbers dropped by 37% within machine’s tracks, while species diversity fell by 32%
After mining had shredded the seabed, the change was stark
Animal numbers dropped by 37% within machine’s tracks, while species diversity fell by 32%
They would, wouldn't they
Israeli politicians have blamed Anthony Albanese for the devastating massacre in Bondi.
Bondi's antisemitic massacre highlights global political challenge
Israeli politicians have blamed Anthony Albanese for the devastating massacre in Bondi.
www.abc.net.au
December 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
They would, wouldn't they
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a friend reminded me of the existence of Conor Court publishing and after twenty minutes on the website I discovered it: the perfect Christmas gift for young and old, friend or foe
December 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
a friend reminded me of the existence of Conor Court publishing and after twenty minutes on the website I discovered it: the perfect Christmas gift for young and old, friend or foe
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ALL you need to know about the situation We The People are in.
December 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
ALL you need to know about the situation We The People are in.
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America, you do not like home break-ins. But what if selling stolen goods is the way to restart the retail industry?
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
America, you do not like home break-ins. But what if selling stolen goods is the way to restart the retail industry?
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The government had intended to simply ignore Segal's "plan" instead of binning it, and now it's cornered by its own failure to be upfront about the reality that her plan was really just a lobbyist's wish list.
December 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The government had intended to simply ignore Segal's "plan" instead of binning it, and now it's cornered by its own failure to be upfront about the reality that her plan was really just a lobbyist's wish list.
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“They got quite a rousing response from the crowd here. They were pretty popular item.”
- ABC News reporting on Pauline and Barnaby’s visit to the Bondi memorial
- ABC News reporting on Pauline and Barnaby’s visit to the Bondi memorial
December 16, 2025 at 4:17 AM
“They got quite a rousing response from the crowd here. They were pretty popular item.”
- ABC News reporting on Pauline and Barnaby’s visit to the Bondi memorial
- ABC News reporting on Pauline and Barnaby’s visit to the Bondi memorial
Side bangs, corner bangs,
Please ignore the likely to be an enormous bruise on the side of my head, I was rocking out to one of my songs super hard and I accidentally banged my head into the corner of a wall with epic force
December 16, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Side bangs, corner bangs,
Too cosy with the perpetrators to release the story in the first place
@pcheung630.bsky.social: “Journalism will stop relying on exposure to hold the powerful accountable."
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/jour...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/jour...
December 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Too cosy with the perpetrators to release the story in the first place
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Again, with Trump it's not "surely such and such will bring him down." You chip away. Groceries are sky high, nobody's hiring, and nobody likes kids and old ladies roughed up. But more than that, we're at the equivalent of '19. People are tired of thinking about the president.
December 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Again, with Trump it's not "surely such and such will bring him down." You chip away. Groceries are sky high, nobody's hiring, and nobody likes kids and old ladies roughed up. But more than that, we're at the equivalent of '19. People are tired of thinking about the president.
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Oh!
I thought he received his inculcation at the harbour bridge peace rally and the sandstone university courses they were never enrolled in
I thought he received his inculcation at the harbour bridge peace rally and the sandstone university courses they were never enrolled in
Bondi gunmen underwent 'military-style training' in Philippines
Father-son gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram travelled to the Philippines to receive "military-style training" in the month before they killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, security ...
www.abc.net.au
December 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Oh!
I thought he received his inculcation at the harbour bridge peace rally and the sandstone university courses they were never enrolled in
I thought he received his inculcation at the harbour bridge peace rally and the sandstone university courses they were never enrolled in
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I feel sorry for Natasha Bita having to put her name to a piece like this. But you take Murdoch's coin and pay in self-respect
2/2
2/2
October 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I feel sorry for Natasha Bita having to put her name to a piece like this. But you take Murdoch's coin and pay in self-respect
2/2
2/2
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Australia didn’t ‘confiscate all guns’. That’s just a simplification for people who don’t read.
They reduced access, bought back weapons, tightened licensing… and mass shootings basically vanished.
They reduced access, bought back weapons, tightened licensing… and mass shootings basically vanished.
December 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Australia didn’t ‘confiscate all guns’. That’s just a simplification for people who don’t read.
They reduced access, bought back weapons, tightened licensing… and mass shootings basically vanished.
They reduced access, bought back weapons, tightened licensing… and mass shootings basically vanished.
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Old 2016 cartoon but more relevant with each passing day ...
December 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Old 2016 cartoon but more relevant with each passing day ...
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Reminder that pearl clutching Pauline Hanson's One Nation party secretly sought millions of dollars in political donations from the NRA to weaken Australia’s strict gun laws.
December 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Reminder that pearl clutching Pauline Hanson's One Nation party secretly sought millions of dollars in political donations from the NRA to weaken Australia’s strict gun laws.
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There's a sucker born every minute as the saying goes. People who bet on the president's meme coins being their ticket to riches have been sorely disappointed. $TRUMP is down 92% since its peak and $MELANIA was down 99%.
At this point, you can only blame yourself if you fell for this grift.
At this point, you can only blame yourself if you fell for this grift.
Donald and Melania Trump’s Terrible, Tacky, Seemingly Legal Memecoin Adventure
No one wants to claim credit for helping the first couple launch cryptocurrencies that plummeted more than 90% from their peak.
www.bloomberg.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
There's a sucker born every minute as the saying goes. People who bet on the president's meme coins being their ticket to riches have been sorely disappointed. $TRUMP is down 92% since its peak and $MELANIA was down 99%.
At this point, you can only blame yourself if you fell for this grift.
At this point, you can only blame yourself if you fell for this grift.
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Peter Brookes @BrookesTimes on #bondibeachattack #bondibeach #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #Antisemitism @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Peter Brookes @BrookesTimes on #bondibeachattack #bondibeach #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #Antisemitism @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
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December 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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I don’t use social media to argue about politics with strangers.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I don’t use social media to argue about politics with strangers.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.