Blakandblack
@blakandblack.bsky.social
Enemy of the establishment. Friend to everyone else. Business owner. Rugby and boxing enthusiast. My view on life: party hard today, because tomorrow might never come 🇪🇺🇦🇺✡️
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A Panegyric to the God of Abraham
Pleased to meet you, mortals – I am HE, the cosmic con, Ringmaster for believers since the circus first came on. I moulded mud into a man, for company a rib –No genders, just slapstick, a punchline yo...
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Pleased to meet you, mortals – I am HE, the cosmic con,
Ringmaster for believers since the circus first came on.
I moulded mud into a man, for company a rib –
No genders, just slapstick, a punchline you still ad-lib.
blakandblack.com/2025/11/08/a...
Ringmaster for believers since the circus first came on.
I moulded mud into a man, for company a rib –
No genders, just slapstick, a punchline you still ad-lib.
blakandblack.com/2025/11/08/a...
The rule of law, the presumption of innocence, and the right to a fair trial. These are not just legal slogans or lines in textbooks. They are the scaffolding that supports ordinary lives when extraordinary things happen – when the power collides with the individual
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November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The rule of law, the presumption of innocence, and the right to a fair trial. These are not just legal slogans or lines in textbooks. They are the scaffolding that supports ordinary lives when extraordinary things happen – when the power collides with the individual
blakandblack.com/2025/11/13/the…
blakandblack.com/2025/11/13/the…
The Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment currently under debate, with its provisions for Home Affairs Minister to cease Centrelink payments to an accused who has not faced a trial is bad legislation and undermines the presumption of innocence
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The Presumption of Innocence: Origins of the Most Central of Legal Maxims
Imposing punishment on a.defendant before the accusation has been proved, such as proposed in current legislative review, fails to preserve this crucial legal tenet.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment currently under debate, with its provisions for Home Affairs Minister to cease Centrelink payments to an accused who has not faced a trial is bad legislation and undermines the presumption of innocence
blakandblack.com/2025/11/12/t...
blakandblack.com/2025/11/12/t...
The drums of was are getting louder … The nation’s spy boss has sounded the alarm on the threat of Chinese government hackers launching attacks on Australian critical infrastructure assets such as airports, telecommunications networks and the energy grid
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ASIO boss sounds alarm on ‘devastating, disruptive’ Chinese hacking threat — The Sydney Morning Herald
ASIO director-general Mike Burgess has warned that Australia has “now reached the threshold for high-impact sabotage”.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The drums of was are getting louder … The nation’s spy boss has sounded the alarm on the threat of Chinese government hackers launching attacks on Australian critical infrastructure assets such as airports, telecommunications networks and the energy grid
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apple.news/AeDvdLYyzQ_i...
Ghislaine Maxwell, the co-conspirator of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from President Donald Trump, a whistleblower has told House Democrats.
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Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell plans to seek commutation from Trump, whistleblower says
The whistleblower came forward with the information to Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell, the co-conspirator of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from President Donald Trump, a whistleblower has told House Democrats.
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Nazi’s parading in front of NSW Parliament … on this #RemembranceDay it’s important to remember … the Holocaust was orchestrated by ideologues with immense power—but it underscores a timeless warning: evil thrives in vacuums of inaction
Nazism is evil!
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Nazism is evil!
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Forgotten Lessons from the Nuremberg Trials
The lessons of Nuremberg are being forgotten as the world plunges into an age of self-indulgence.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Nazi’s parading in front of NSW Parliament … on this #RemembranceDay it’s important to remember … the Holocaust was orchestrated by ideologues with immense power—but it underscores a timeless warning: evil thrives in vacuums of inaction
Nazism is evil!
blakandblack.com/2025/11/11/f...
Nazism is evil!
blakandblack.com/2025/11/11/f...
‘Nothing Is Forever in Politics’: 3 Writers on the Collapse of the Trump Coalition
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Opinion | ‘Nothing Is Forever in Politics’: 3 Writers on the Collapse of the Trump Coalition
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
‘Nothing Is Forever in Politics’: 3 Writers on the Collapse of the Trump Coalition
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV documentary
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Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV documentary
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The United States Supreme Court said on Monday that it would hear a challenge to Mississippi’s counting of mail-in ballots received after Election Day, a case that could upend mail-in rules in dozens of states, creating chaos ahead of the 2026 elections.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Supreme Court to Hear Major Challenge to Mail-In Ballot Laws
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November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The United States Supreme Court said on Monday that it would hear a challenge to Mississippi’s counting of mail-in ballots received after Election Day, a case that could upend mail-in rules in dozens of states, creating chaos ahead of the 2026 elections.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
The United States Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago.
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Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
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November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The United States Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago.
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🎥
There are 22 key risks from #ClimateChange
But we have the solutions & tools 🔍🛠️⚖️ to take #ClimateAction
PL RP🩷💚💙
original graph by IPCC
@animales.lat @kipppi.bsky.social
@mariekedoorman.bsky.social
@jumpintraxjack.bsky.social @abmosa.bsky.social
@debwa.bsky.social @squaresquirrel.bsky.social
There are 22 key risks from #ClimateChange
But we have the solutions & tools 🔍🛠️⚖️ to take #ClimateAction
PL RP🩷💚💙
original graph by IPCC
@animales.lat @kipppi.bsky.social
@mariekedoorman.bsky.social
@jumpintraxjack.bsky.social @abmosa.bsky.social
@debwa.bsky.social @squaresquirrel.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🎥
There are 22 key risks from #ClimateChange
But we have the solutions & tools 🔍🛠️⚖️ to take #ClimateAction
PL RP🩷💚💙
original graph by IPCC
@animales.lat @kipppi.bsky.social
@mariekedoorman.bsky.social
@jumpintraxjack.bsky.social @abmosa.bsky.social
@debwa.bsky.social @squaresquirrel.bsky.social
There are 22 key risks from #ClimateChange
But we have the solutions & tools 🔍🛠️⚖️ to take #ClimateAction
PL RP🩷💚💙
original graph by IPCC
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@jumpintraxjack.bsky.social @abmosa.bsky.social
@debwa.bsky.social @squaresquirrel.bsky.social
The Federal Coffee Palace Melbourne … elegance and style … to 70s rubbish … to a glass monstrosity … this ain’t progress…
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Federal Coffee Palace Melbourne … elegance and style … to 70s rubbish … to a glass monstrosity … this ain’t progress…
Bring on Wokesocialunism
Vive la révolution ✊🏼
Vive la révolution ✊🏼
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Bring on Wokesocialunism
Vive la révolution ✊🏼
Vive la révolution ✊🏼
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Australian conservatives are running out of bones to rob from Menzies’ tomb, John Howard’s funeral will be the end of an era for them and I’m not looking forward to dealing with what private school boys they try to push into power after.
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Australian conservatives are running out of bones to rob from Menzies’ tomb, John Howard’s funeral will be the end of an era for them and I’m not looking forward to dealing with what private school boys they try to push into power after.
It’s a shit book, and there’s no way on God’s given earth that dumbo Eric Trump actually wrote it…
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It’s a shit book, and there’s no way on God’s given earth that dumbo Eric Trump actually wrote it…
Whether people accept reality or not … Australian society has moved beyond the Howard era … it’s moved well beyond the Menzies era … you can’t turn back time … to paraphrase Tolkien … the time of white dominance is passing … and the beginning of equality for all is here…
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Whether people accept reality or not … Australian society has moved beyond the Howard era … it’s moved well beyond the Menzies era … you can’t turn back time … to paraphrase Tolkien … the time of white dominance is passing … and the beginning of equality for all is here…
No black people;
No brown people,
No Muslim people;
No LGBTQ people;
No First Nations people.
Wanted in Trump’s American Dream … if you’re from any of the aforementioned groups and you voted for Trump … to be fair to y’all … Trump is a seasoned conman 🤦🏽
No brown people,
No Muslim people;
No LGBTQ people;
No First Nations people.
Wanted in Trump’s American Dream … if you’re from any of the aforementioned groups and you voted for Trump … to be fair to y’all … Trump is a seasoned conman 🤦🏽
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
No black people;
No brown people,
No Muslim people;
No LGBTQ people;
No First Nations people.
Wanted in Trump’s American Dream … if you’re from any of the aforementioned groups and you voted for Trump … to be fair to y’all … Trump is a seasoned conman 🤦🏽
No brown people,
No Muslim people;
No LGBTQ people;
No First Nations people.
Wanted in Trump’s American Dream … if you’re from any of the aforementioned groups and you voted for Trump … to be fair to y’all … Trump is a seasoned conman 🤦🏽
Echoes of Umberto Eco: How to Spot Fascist Tendencies in Trump’s America
My instinct as someone who reads history and political theory, is to look for frameworks that help us see patterns without collapsing complex phenomena into slogans…
blakandblack.com/2025/11/09/e...
My instinct as someone who reads history and political theory, is to look for frameworks that help us see patterns without collapsing complex phenomena into slogans…
blakandblack.com/2025/11/09/e...
Echoes of Umberto Eco: How to Spot Fascist Tendencies in Trump’s America
Heeding the lessons of history and defending the institutional protections of democracy including procedural fairness and civic responsibility, we can overcome tyranny.
blakandblack.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Echoes of Umberto Eco: How to Spot Fascist Tendencies in Trump’s America
My instinct as someone who reads history and political theory, is to look for frameworks that help us see patterns without collapsing complex phenomena into slogans…
blakandblack.com/2025/11/09/e...
My instinct as someone who reads history and political theory, is to look for frameworks that help us see patterns without collapsing complex phenomena into slogans…
blakandblack.com/2025/11/09/e...
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Pleased to meet you, mortals – I am HE, the cosmic con,
Ringmaster for believers since the circus first came on.
I moulded mud into a man, for company a rib –
No genders, just slapstick, a punchline you still ad-lib.
blakandblack.com/2025/11/08/a...
Ringmaster for believers since the circus first came on.
I moulded mud into a man, for company a rib –
No genders, just slapstick, a punchline you still ad-lib.
blakandblack.com/2025/11/08/a...
A Panegyric to the God of Abraham
Pleased to meet you, mortals – I am HE, the cosmic con, Ringmaster for believers since the circus first came on. I moulded mud into a man, for company a rib –No genders, just slapstick, a punchline yo...
blakandblack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Pleased to meet you, mortals – I am HE, the cosmic con,
Ringmaster for believers since the circus first came on.
I moulded mud into a man, for company a rib –
No genders, just slapstick, a punchline you still ad-lib.
blakandblack.com/2025/11/08/a...
Ringmaster for believers since the circus first came on.
I moulded mud into a man, for company a rib –
No genders, just slapstick, a punchline you still ad-lib.
blakandblack.com/2025/11/08/a...
Australia sits at a junction few countries face so starkly. It is a wealthy, energy-rich nation with an abundance of sunshine, wind and land that could power a clean energy revolution. It is also one of the world’s largest exporters of fossil fuels
blakandblack.com/2025/11/07/a...
blakandblack.com/2025/11/07/a...
Australia’s Fossil Fuel Dilemma: Labor’s Approvals and the Climate Cost
Prioritising fossil fuels for revenue by the Australian Government risks economic challenges as the rest of the world moves towards decarbonisation.
blakandblack.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Australia sits at a junction few countries face so starkly. It is a wealthy, energy-rich nation with an abundance of sunshine, wind and land that could power a clean energy revolution. It is also one of the world’s largest exporters of fossil fuels
blakandblack.com/2025/11/07/a...
blakandblack.com/2025/11/07/a...
BREAKING: The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued arrest warrants for 37 Israeli officials, including PM Netanyahu, Defence Minister Israel Katz, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, reports Turkish media.
@aljazeera.com
@aljazeera.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
BREAKING: The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued arrest warrants for 37 Israeli officials, including PM Netanyahu, Defence Minister Israel Katz, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, reports Turkish media.
@aljazeera.com
@aljazeera.com
Pleased to meet you, mortals – I am HE, the cosmic con,
Ringmaster for believers since the circus first came on.
I moulded mud into a man, for company a rib –
No genders, just slapstick, a punchline you still ad-lib.
blakandblack.com/2025/11/08/a...
Ringmaster for believers since the circus first came on.
I moulded mud into a man, for company a rib –
No genders, just slapstick, a punchline you still ad-lib.
blakandblack.com/2025/11/08/a...
A Panegyric to the God of Abraham
Pleased to meet you, mortals – I am HE, the cosmic con, Ringmaster for believers since the circus first came on. I moulded mud into a man, for company a rib –No genders, just slapstick, a punchline yo...
blakandblack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Pleased to meet you, mortals – I am HE, the cosmic con,
Ringmaster for believers since the circus first came on.
I moulded mud into a man, for company a rib –
No genders, just slapstick, a punchline you still ad-lib.
blakandblack.com/2025/11/08/a...
Ringmaster for believers since the circus first came on.
I moulded mud into a man, for company a rib –
No genders, just slapstick, a punchline you still ad-lib.
blakandblack.com/2025/11/08/a...
Pope Leo has called for "deep reflection" on how migrants are treated in the United States, where he said many people were deeply affected by the controversial policy of mass deportation.
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Pope Leo offers his strongest criticism of Trump yet
The Pope, who is American, called for "deep reflection" on how migrants are treated, and spoke against US bombing of Venezuelan vessels.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Pope Leo has called for "deep reflection" on how migrants are treated in the United States, where he said many people were deeply affected by the controversial policy of mass deportation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I lifted this from Van Bedham’s Facebook page … it’s about Twitter, now X, in the post Musk age … it’s worth reading in full…
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I lifted this from Van Bedham’s Facebook page … it’s about Twitter, now X, in the post Musk age … it’s worth reading in full…