Miles Ravenman
@milesravenman.bsky.social
Civilian. Twitter refugee.
Living in Wallumatta, Sydney, Australia.
Living in Wallumatta, Sydney, Australia.
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Miles Ravenman
@milesravenman.bsky.social
· Aug 12
IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING GAZA FUNDRAISING
Due to legal reasons, I will remove any and all fundraising messages purportedly from private individuals in Gaza which I receive on Bluesky.
Due to legal reasons, I will remove any and all fundraising messages purportedly from private individuals in Gaza which I receive on Bluesky.
We have not phoned our relatives in Hong Kong to ask them if they are okay.
Because they all live in skyscrapers; some of them would have witnessed the horrific spectacle of the fire IRL.
So obviously, they are grieving, angry, and above all, SH!T SCARED.
Because they all live in skyscrapers; some of them would have witnessed the horrific spectacle of the fire IRL.
So obviously, they are grieving, angry, and above all, SH!T SCARED.
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
We have not phoned our relatives in Hong Kong to ask them if they are okay.
Because they all live in skyscrapers; some of them would have witnessed the horrific spectacle of the fire IRL.
So obviously, they are grieving, angry, and above all, SH!T SCARED.
Because they all live in skyscrapers; some of them would have witnessed the horrific spectacle of the fire IRL.
So obviously, they are grieving, angry, and above all, SH!T SCARED.
Woe to those who use the Hong Kong fire as a pretext for partisan political attacks
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Woe to those who use the Hong Kong fire as a pretext for partisan political attacks
I have been a bit quiet here lately.
Expect me to be more active here after 10 December, when Australia's social media law comes into effect, possibly causing mayhem on all major social media platforms.
Expect me to be more active here after 10 December, when Australia's social media law comes into effect, possibly causing mayhem on all major social media platforms.
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I have been a bit quiet here lately.
Expect me to be more active here after 10 December, when Australia's social media law comes into effect, possibly causing mayhem on all major social media platforms.
Expect me to be more active here after 10 December, when Australia's social media law comes into effect, possibly causing mayhem on all major social media platforms.
TRIVIA: The last time a president of a republic declared himself a monarch 👑 was in 1976.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-B%...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-B%...
Jean-Bédel Bokassa - Wikipedia
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October 27, 2025 at 6:44 AM
TRIVIA: The last time a president of a republic declared himself a monarch 👑 was in 1976.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-B%...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-B%...
With the White House East Wing / Ballroom now on the news, it is interesting to compare it with this imitation Versailles, built on the order of 'Mad' King Ludwig II of Bavaria in the late 19th Century.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herrenc...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herrenc...
Herrenchiemsee - Wikipedia
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October 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
With the White House East Wing / Ballroom now on the news, it is interesting to compare it with this imitation Versailles, built on the order of 'Mad' King Ludwig II of Bavaria in the late 19th Century.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herrenc...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herrenc...
#PrinceAndrew will no longer be the #DukeofYork
And probably won't be a 'Guest of His Majesty' either
Let's send him to St Helena instead *hint hint*
www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...
And probably won't be a 'Guest of His Majesty' either
Let's send him to St Helena instead *hint hint*
www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...
Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after 'discussion with King'
In a statement, the prince says:
www.bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
#PrinceAndrew will no longer be the #DukeofYork
And probably won't be a 'Guest of His Majesty' either
Let's send him to St Helena instead *hint hint*
www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...
And probably won't be a 'Guest of His Majesty' either
Let's send him to St Helena instead *hint hint*
www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...
Reposted by Miles Ravenman
Yes … er, no: The Australian backflips after signing on to Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon reporting rules | Weekly Beast
Yes … er, no: The Australian backflips after signing on to Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon reporting rules | Weekly Beast
News Corp’s broadsheet was one of very few publications to agree to restrict reporting to authorised material before it changed its mind. Plus: a super blooper
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It was too restrictive for Murdoch’s Trump-friendly Fox News but The Australian newspaper broke ranks this week and signed on to the Pentagon’s prohibitive new press policy.
But after we asked The Australian’s editor-in-chief, Michelle Gunn, why her masthead’s correspondent agreed to the rules imposed by the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, when they had been roundly rejected by Fox News, the publication backflipped.
Sign up to get Guardian Australia’s weekly media diary as a free newsletter Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Yes … er, no: The Australian backflips after signing on to Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon reporting rules | Weekly Beast
Reposted by Miles Ravenman
Seems that once the Australian turned up to the first Pentagon briefing and only saw 14 other far right bloggers there they had some second thoughts
October 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Seems that once the Australian turned up to the first Pentagon briefing and only saw 14 other far right bloggers there they had some second thoughts
In the UK it is not unusual for recipients of orders of chivalry to return the insignia to the government as signs of protest.
Will recipients of the US Presidential Medal of Freedom do likewise, in protest of the posthumous award ot the said medal to Charlie Kirk?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Will recipients of the US Presidential Medal of Freedom do likewise, in protest of the posthumous award ot the said medal to Charlie Kirk?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of people who have declined a British honour - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
In the UK it is not unusual for recipients of orders of chivalry to return the insignia to the government as signs of protest.
Will recipients of the US Presidential Medal of Freedom do likewise, in protest of the posthumous award ot the said medal to Charlie Kirk?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Will recipients of the US Presidential Medal of Freedom do likewise, in protest of the posthumous award ot the said medal to Charlie Kirk?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
This reminds me why I (an ex-Hongkonger) rarely attend protests.
On Facebook the responses to this tiny protest were universally negative - not just the usual "you're pro-Hamas" copped by pro-Palestinian protesters in the West, but also "you're pro-CCP" and swear words too offensive to repeat here.
On Facebook the responses to this tiny protest were universally negative - not just the usual "you're pro-Hamas" copped by pro-Palestinian protesters in the West, but also "you're pro-CCP" and swear words too offensive to repeat here.
A group of Hong Kong activists marched in Tsim Sha Tsui on Tuesday to condemn Israel’s war on Gaza and to call for a ceasefire, marking two years since the latest conflict in the Palestinian territory began.
In full: buff.ly/9AMvHLf
Photos: James Lee/HKFP.
In full: buff.ly/9AMvHLf
Photos: James Lee/HKFP.
October 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
This reminds me why I (an ex-Hongkonger) rarely attend protests.
On Facebook the responses to this tiny protest were universally negative - not just the usual "you're pro-Hamas" copped by pro-Palestinian protesters in the West, but also "you're pro-CCP" and swear words too offensive to repeat here.
On Facebook the responses to this tiny protest were universally negative - not just the usual "you're pro-Hamas" copped by pro-Palestinian protesters in the West, but also "you're pro-CCP" and swear words too offensive to repeat here.
Reposted by Miles Ravenman
First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/w...
First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/w...
The lack of Women in History is bad enough in the UK, but it is even worse in China: there is simply no well-known Chinese female role model, with the exception of Mulan who was a FICTIONAL CHARACTER.
Thank you to @theguardian.com for covering our report into what’s taught in History lessons at Key Stage 3. Spoiler: mostly men. It’s time to end sexism in schools.
School history lessons minimise the role of women, report finds
Campaigners say key stage 3 curriculum plays to misogny and teaches a ‘false version of the past’
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The lack of Women in History is bad enough in the UK, but it is even worse in China: there is simply no well-known Chinese female role model, with the exception of Mulan who was a FICTIONAL CHARACTER.
Reposted by Miles Ravenman
Sex worker visibility will be front and centre in Darlinghurst from November, as the iconic and powerful statue Joy returns to her home neighbourhood.
September 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Sex worker visibility will be front and centre in Darlinghurst from November, as the iconic and powerful statue Joy returns to her home neighbourhood.
In response to the UN inquiry on the Palestinian Territory etc., Sussan Ley denies there is genocide in Gaza, saying there is a lack of 'intent' to commit genocide.
Yet the inquiry specifically says there is 'intent' to commit genocide.
Is Sussan Ley even paying attention?
#auspol
Yet the inquiry specifically says there is 'intent' to commit genocide.
Is Sussan Ley even paying attention?
#auspol
September 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
In response to the UN inquiry on the Palestinian Territory etc., Sussan Ley denies there is genocide in Gaza, saying there is a lack of 'intent' to commit genocide.
Yet the inquiry specifically says there is 'intent' to commit genocide.
Is Sussan Ley even paying attention?
#auspol
Yet the inquiry specifically says there is 'intent' to commit genocide.
Is Sussan Ley even paying attention?
#auspol
Is there a British flag which has not been usurped by Tommy Robinson's 'Unite the Kingdom' rally?
Australian counter-protesters have the Aboriginal Flag.
British counter-protesters have nothing.
Australian counter-protesters have the Aboriginal Flag.
British counter-protesters have nothing.
September 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Is there a British flag which has not been usurped by Tommy Robinson's 'Unite the Kingdom' rally?
Australian counter-protesters have the Aboriginal Flag.
British counter-protesters have nothing.
Australian counter-protesters have the Aboriginal Flag.
British counter-protesters have nothing.
People might have noticed that Australian neo-nazis sometimes wear shield-shaped Union Jack on the left arm.
Does that mean they are not Australian 'patriots' as they claim, but are loyal to UK, a foreign nation?
The truth is even more sinister than that.
historyguild.org/traitors-to-...
#auspol
Does that mean they are not Australian 'patriots' as they claim, but are loyal to UK, a foreign nation?
The truth is even more sinister than that.
historyguild.org/traitors-to-...
#auspol
Traitors to King and Country: Inside the British Free Corps, Hitler’s British Legion
Reading time: 11 minutes From the moment it took power, the Nazis ruled over a German state possessed of two armies. One was the inheritor of the imperial lineage of the First World War, and the secon...
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September 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
People might have noticed that Australian neo-nazis sometimes wear shield-shaped Union Jack on the left arm.
Does that mean they are not Australian 'patriots' as they claim, but are loyal to UK, a foreign nation?
The truth is even more sinister than that.
historyguild.org/traitors-to-...
#auspol
Does that mean they are not Australian 'patriots' as they claim, but are loyal to UK, a foreign nation?
The truth is even more sinister than that.
historyguild.org/traitors-to-...
#auspol
Reposted by Miles Ravenman
September 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Neo-nazi violence in Melbourne last Sunday is now being overtly glorified on X.
The Australian Government must immediately take drastic transnational actions to suppress this scourge of facscism.
#auspol
The Australian Government must immediately take drastic transnational actions to suppress this scourge of facscism.
#auspol
September 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Neo-nazi violence in Melbourne last Sunday is now being overtly glorified on X.
The Australian Government must immediately take drastic transnational actions to suppress this scourge of facscism.
#auspol
The Australian Government must immediately take drastic transnational actions to suppress this scourge of facscism.
#auspol
Evil intentions aside, the 'Gaza Riviera' plan's AI-generated graphics are so out of proportions that even fifth graders won't take it seriously.
Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing
Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing
Prospectus proposes forced displacement of entire population and puts territory into US trusteeship
A plan circulating in the White House to develop the “Gaza Riviera” as a string of high-tech megacities has been dismissed as an “insane” attempt to provide cover for the large-scale ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian territory’s population.
The Washington Post published on Sunday a leaked prospectus for the plan, which would see the forced displacement of Gaza’s entire population of 2 million people, and put the territory into a US trusteeship for at least a decade. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Evil intentions aside, the 'Gaza Riviera' plan's AI-generated graphics are so out of proportions that even fifth graders won't take it seriously.
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It would be a massive mistake for progressive folk to convince themselves the March for Australia was a bust, or can safely be ridiculed.
It was an alarming escalation of far-right action, and we need to reckon with it.
More thoughts (un-paywalled) here:
www.lamestream.com.au/how-mainstre...
It was an alarming escalation of far-right action, and we need to reckon with it.
More thoughts (un-paywalled) here:
www.lamestream.com.au/how-mainstre...
How mainstream media and politicians fuelled Australia's biggest far-right rally
Six takeaways from the March for Australia and why it should be a wake-up call.
www.lamestream.com.au
September 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
It would be a massive mistake for progressive folk to convince themselves the March for Australia was a bust, or can safely be ridiculed.
It was an alarming escalation of far-right action, and we need to reckon with it.
More thoughts (un-paywalled) here:
www.lamestream.com.au/how-mainstre...
It was an alarming escalation of far-right action, and we need to reckon with it.
More thoughts (un-paywalled) here:
www.lamestream.com.au/how-mainstre...
It is beyond reasonable doubt that the so-called 'March for Australia' yesterday was organised by neo-nazi sympathisers.
If the unnamed organiser kept to their words about distancing themself from neo-nazis, then why were neo-nazis among the speakers?
#auspol
If the unnamed organiser kept to their words about distancing themself from neo-nazis, then why were neo-nazis among the speakers?
#auspol
September 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
It is beyond reasonable doubt that the so-called 'March for Australia' yesterday was organised by neo-nazi sympathisers.
If the unnamed organiser kept to their words about distancing themself from neo-nazis, then why were neo-nazis among the speakers?
#auspol
If the unnamed organiser kept to their words about distancing themself from neo-nazis, then why were neo-nazis among the speakers?
#auspol
Far-right Australian Jewish 'media personality' Avi Yemeni joined the neo-nazi-led 'March for Australia', only to be assaulted by neo-nazis.
That made my day.
That made my day.
Well the NSN have now arrived at the March for Australia Rally in Melbourne, chanting “deport deport” at Avi Yemini & Rukshan Fernando
This was just after the NSN assaulted them
This was just after the NSN assaulted them
August 31, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Far-right Australian Jewish 'media personality' Avi Yemeni joined the neo-nazi-led 'March for Australia', only to be assaulted by neo-nazis.
That made my day.
That made my day.
Let me emphasise the point I made previously:
In the UK, anti-immigration protests are (arguably) not organised by nazis.
In Australia, the 'March for Australia' is probably organised by actual nazis.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In the UK, anti-immigration protests are (arguably) not organised by nazis.
In Australia, the 'March for Australia' is probably organised by actual nazis.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Lessons from an asylum hotel counter-protest: calling our opponents ‘fascist’ doesn’t work | David Renton
When anti-asylum demonstrations have so much support from the mainstream, a smarter, more tailored message is needed, says campaigner and barrister David Renton
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Let me emphasise the point I made previously:
In the UK, anti-immigration protests are (arguably) not organised by nazis.
In Australia, the 'March for Australia' is probably organised by actual nazis.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In the UK, anti-immigration protests are (arguably) not organised by nazis.
In Australia, the 'March for Australia' is probably organised by actual nazis.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...