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Linda Reynolds is demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the events that followed Brittany Higgins’s rape in her office. The following is a precis of the former minister’s actions over that time. satpa.pe/uxLYTpa
Linda Reynolds’ defamation war
Linda Reynolds is demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the events that followed Brittany Higgins’s rape in her office. The following is a precis of the former minister’s actions over that time.
satpa.pe
October 25, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Linda Reynolds is demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the events that followed Brittany Higgins’s rape in her office. The following is a precis of the former minister’s actions over that time. satpa.pe/uxLYTpa
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Fuckin Peter V’Landys in Alabanese’s ear about keeping the gambling ad money tap on. What a huckster. More disappointing behavior from @australianlabor.bsky.social and @albomp.bsky.social #4Corners
October 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Fuckin Peter V’Landys in Alabanese’s ear about keeping the gambling ad money tap on. What a huckster. More disappointing behavior from @australianlabor.bsky.social and @albomp.bsky.social #4Corners
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This history was just shoved down the memory hole, but it's very illuminating today.
While the strategy of propping up Hamas may have gone up in smoke on October 7, its central tenet remains in place today: Hamas is still how Israel denies Palestinian statehood.
This history was just shoved down the memory hole, but it's very illuminating today.
While the strategy of propping up Hamas may have gone up in smoke on October 7, its central tenet remains in place today: Hamas is still how Israel denies Palestinian statehood.
The inconvenient history of Netanyahu and Hamas
How Israel propped up the perfect villains to deny Palestinian statehood
nickfeik.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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This history was just shoved down the memory hole, but it's very illuminating today.
While the strategy of propping up Hamas may have gone up in smoke on October 7, its central tenet remains in place today: Hamas is still how Israel denies Palestinian statehood.
This history was just shoved down the memory hole, but it's very illuminating today.
While the strategy of propping up Hamas may have gone up in smoke on October 7, its central tenet remains in place today: Hamas is still how Israel denies Palestinian statehood.
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"Calling for two states while one of those states is inherently genocidal – and always has been – and stipulating that the other state, the victims of genocide, surrender weapons and the ability to resist, simply ensures the extermination continues until there is no more Palestine."
August 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Calling for two states while one of those states is inherently genocidal – and always has been – and stipulating that the other state, the victims of genocide, surrender weapons and the ability to resist, simply ensures the extermination continues until there is no more Palestine."
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"Voters—with an incrementalism Albanese should admire—have been sending a compounding message to the political class for decades; that they are in the mood for something different. Something better. That message should be music to a Labor politician’s ear."
tdunlop.substack.com/p/politics-o...
tdunlop.substack.com/p/politics-o...
Politics obscura
Blind or willfully blind?
tdunlop.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"Voters—with an incrementalism Albanese should admire—have been sending a compounding message to the political class for decades; that they are in the mood for something different. Something better. That message should be music to a Labor politician’s ear."
tdunlop.substack.com/p/politics-o...
tdunlop.substack.com/p/politics-o...
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The California senator had a blunt two-word remark for the president. Then he followed up with a demand.
Adam Schiff’s On-Air Message To Trump Had Colbert’s Audience Cheering. Then He Went Further.
The California senator had a blunt two-word remark for the president. Then he followed up with a demand.
www.huffpost.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The California senator had a blunt two-word remark for the president. Then he followed up with a demand.
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"Eventually, though, I stopped reading every day. And then I just stopped reading. Part of that was parenthood. All parents are time-poor & exhausted, sometimes for years. But it was also during this time that I shifted from inhaling four or five books a week to the endless scroll..."
Small moments of joy
I smashed the buy button on a book the other day, the second in a series I've been reading.
open.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:38 AM
"Eventually, though, I stopped reading every day. And then I just stopped reading. Part of that was parenthood. All parents are time-poor & exhausted, sometimes for years. But it was also during this time that I shifted from inhaling four or five books a week to the endless scroll..."
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The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. At the Tipping Points conference in Exeter yesterday, I spoke about the likelihood of food system collapse: a massive existential threat few people's radar. If you want a handle on the issue, here'...
skywriter.blue
July 3, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
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The end of US democracy johnquigginblog.subs...
The end of US democracy
I’ve held off posting this in the hope of coming up with some kind of positive response, but I haven’t got one.
johnquigginblog.substack.com
June 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The end of US democracy johnquigginblog.subs...
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A very interesting and sharp post by Robert Manne about the pro-Israel lobby and its attacks against other Jews.
Manne is always necessary reading to me. (Obviously I thank him for his kind words.)
Manne is always necessary reading to me. (Obviously I thank him for his kind words.)
The Lattouf Affair and the Jewish Critics of Israel-in-Gaza
Thermidor is a sub-stack seeking to understand the backlash against the great Antinomian Revolution of the 1960s and beyond that overturned conventional values of centuries and is now increasingly und...
robertmanne.substack.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
A very interesting and sharp post by Robert Manne about the pro-Israel lobby and its attacks against other Jews.
Manne is always necessary reading to me. (Obviously I thank him for his kind words.)
Manne is always necessary reading to me. (Obviously I thank him for his kind words.)
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Remember this? #MAGA like their bibles, but they fail to read them - Matthew 7:15, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves".
June 22, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Remember this? #MAGA like their bibles, but they fail to read them - Matthew 7:15, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves".
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Israel has been claiming Iran nuclear weapons are imminent for decades. Nick Feik’s excellent article should embarrass many other journalists reporting on the attacks.
Pre-emptive attack is self-defence. Bombing for peace.
On Israel and America's unprovoked attacks on Iran
nickfeik.substack.com
June 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Israel has been claiming Iran nuclear weapons are imminent for decades. Nick Feik’s excellent article should embarrass many other journalists reporting on the attacks.
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This cartoon was drawn 8 years ago.
It seems the right time for it to be reshared.
(✍️ Carlos Latuff)
It seems the right time for it to be reshared.
(✍️ Carlos Latuff)
June 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
This cartoon was drawn 8 years ago.
It seems the right time for it to be reshared.
(✍️ Carlos Latuff)
It seems the right time for it to be reshared.
(✍️ Carlos Latuff)
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Can't believe Leaders' debate
1% of Australians own 25% of property market & neither can see a problem
Best comment I heard about the debate was that one of them will lose. There will be a new leader for one party. Who will probably still not be great, but hey one uninspiring one will be gone.
1% of Australians own 25% of property market & neither can see a problem
Best comment I heard about the debate was that one of them will lose. There will be a new leader for one party. Who will probably still not be great, but hey one uninspiring one will be gone.
April 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Can't believe Leaders' debate
1% of Australians own 25% of property market & neither can see a problem
Best comment I heard about the debate was that one of them will lose. There will be a new leader for one party. Who will probably still not be great, but hey one uninspiring one will be gone.
1% of Australians own 25% of property market & neither can see a problem
Best comment I heard about the debate was that one of them will lose. There will be a new leader for one party. Who will probably still not be great, but hey one uninspiring one will be gone.
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Here’s how your body might respond when you turn your clock back an hour on Saturday night.
Daylight saving time ended Sunday. Why do we change our clocks? And how does it affect our bodies?
theconversation.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Here’s how your body might respond when you turn your clock back an hour on Saturday night.
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Trump-like.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
April 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trump-like.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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The amount households could expect to save varies significantly according to where they are located – and how often they drive.
We calculated how much Dutton’s excise cut would save you on fuel – and few will save as much as promised
theconversation.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The amount households could expect to save varies significantly according to where they are located – and how often they drive.
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As an opposition spokesperson, Jacinta Price is paid between $280,000 & $292,054 a year, along with various allowances & super.
But that didn’t stop her being investigated for 14 breaches of misuses of expenses, 13 of which she was found to have improperly have claimed from the Tax payer.
#auspol
But that didn’t stop her being investigated for 14 breaches of misuses of expenses, 13 of which she was found to have improperly have claimed from the Tax payer.
#auspol
Jacinta Price being investigated for 14th potential misuse of expenses
The Coalition senator has had to repay expenses she improperly claimed from the taxpayer 13 times totalling almost $11,000.
www.smh.com.au
March 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
As an opposition spokesperson, Jacinta Price is paid between $280,000 & $292,054 a year, along with various allowances & super.
But that didn’t stop her being investigated for 14 breaches of misuses of expenses, 13 of which she was found to have improperly have claimed from the Tax payer.
#auspol
But that didn’t stop her being investigated for 14 breaches of misuses of expenses, 13 of which she was found to have improperly have claimed from the Tax payer.
#auspol
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Justin Trudeau just tweeted this video by Canadian actor/comedian Jeff Douglas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...
We Are Canadian
YouTube video by Jeff Douglas
www.youtube.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Justin Trudeau just tweeted this video by Canadian actor/comedian Jeff Douglas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...
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Car soup season in the Northern hemisphere is officially here.
Another must watch from @weareyellowdot.bsky.social
youtu.be/x90ics9powY?...
Another must watch from @weareyellowdot.bsky.social
youtu.be/x90ics9powY?...
All this happened in the last two weeks! The #ExtremeWeather Report, March 6
YouTube video by Yellow Dot Studios
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Car soup season in the Northern hemisphere is officially here.
Another must watch from @weareyellowdot.bsky.social
youtu.be/x90ics9powY?...
Another must watch from @weareyellowdot.bsky.social
youtu.be/x90ics9powY?...