Richard Bailey
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random nobody in Katoomba. Omnes una manet nox.
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INBOX: Rep. Thomas Massie, who has enraged Trump for his insistence on blocking tariffs and releasing the Epstein files according to the law, just issued what is widely known among Chinese dissidents as "a declaration of no suicidal intent" (不自殺聲明), a sign of extreme distress.
February 13, 2026 at 11:17 PM
INBOX: Rep. Thomas Massie, who has enraged Trump for his insistence on blocking tariffs and releasing the Epstein files according to the law, just issued what is widely known among Chinese dissidents as "a declaration of no suicidal intent" (不自殺聲明), a sign of extreme distress.
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Thread:
So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...
So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...
February 5, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Thread:
So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...
So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...
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This is a truly timeless piece... harpers.org/archive/1941...
February 1, 2026 at 12:28 PM
This is a truly timeless piece... harpers.org/archive/1941...
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In what world would this be considered a “ceasefire” except the one where our prime minister calls for “social cohesion” then invites the leader of a state committing genocide to pop over for a visit whilst simultaneously arming them with weapons for that same genocide.
February 1, 2026 at 5:23 AM
In what world would this be considered a “ceasefire” except the one where our prime minister calls for “social cohesion” then invites the leader of a state committing genocide to pop over for a visit whilst simultaneously arming them with weapons for that same genocide.
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REVIEW | Melania Trump is a scowling void of pure nothingness in her ghastly film
Melania Trump is a scowling void of pure nothingness in her ghastly film – review
www.independent.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 5:03 PM
REVIEW | Melania Trump is a scowling void of pure nothingness in her ghastly film
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Really interesting and illuminating. The ABC doing its job.
How the right wing Atlas Network is shaping your life in Australia, even if you've never heard of it
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-2…
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-2…
January 25, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Really interesting and illuminating. The ABC doing its job.
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she mentions it in passing but look up 'Starlight Tours', this is a method Canadian police have used to kill indigenous men for decades
🚨"Theyr're dumping people in the woods" - Medical workers are flagging potential cases of federal agents releasing injured detainees in the most inhumane method possible. LIVE NOW⬇️
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 AM
she mentions it in passing but look up 'Starlight Tours', this is a method Canadian police have used to kill indigenous men for decades
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In Albo's new antisemitism bill, the definition of "hate crime", which underpins the new regime to proscribe "hate groups" like the Nazis, specifically excludes "advocating genocide". That is, advocating genocide is treated as not being a racist hate crime. Now, why would that be?
January 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM
In Albo's new antisemitism bill, the definition of "hate crime", which underpins the new regime to proscribe "hate groups" like the Nazis, specifically excludes "advocating genocide". That is, advocating genocide is treated as not being a racist hate crime. Now, why would that be?
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A disaster for our writers, readers, our reputation as a festival state & a massive economic blow to SA in a tough time for so many. Own goal for a Premier who - despite his denials - exerted pressure on a body legally established to be independent. Shocking failure of judgement.
January 13, 2026 at 4:02 AM
A disaster for our writers, readers, our reputation as a festival state & a massive economic blow to SA in a tough time for so many. Own goal for a Premier who - despite his denials - exerted pressure on a body legally established to be independent. Shocking failure of judgement.
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Holy shit, this way beyond the pale.
archive.is/ngaMG
archive.is/ngaMG
January 13, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Holy shit, this way beyond the pale.
archive.is/ngaMG
archive.is/ngaMG
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looks like they tapped a colleague from Western Australia in an unrelated portfolio (Resources and Northern Australia, natch) to send up the balloon. Calls for comment from Burke (as Arts Minister) must be crescendoing past the point he can no longer ignore.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Federal minister backs axing of Palestinian author from writers' festival
Resources Minister Madeleine King's comments come amid a growing furore over the decision that has led several board members to resign and dozens of writers to withdraw from the Adelaide literary even...
www.abc.net.au
January 12, 2026 at 4:58 AM
looks like they tapped a colleague from Western Australia in an unrelated portfolio (Resources and Northern Australia, natch) to send up the balloon. Calls for comment from Burke (as Arts Minister) must be crescendoing past the point he can no longer ignore.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide
January 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide
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When this blows over I might have to share some of the emails I’ve received over the days which really make me wonder why I am the one accused of hatred. There is deep unresolved trauma being spewed by some of these people and we cannot consent to living according to their warped reality.
January 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
When this blows over I might have to share some of the emails I’ve received over the days which really make me wonder why I am the one accused of hatred. There is deep unresolved trauma being spewed by some of these people and we cannot consent to living according to their warped reality.
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people are withdrawing from Adelaide writers week faster than can be reported. In addition to the names listed here are Ren Wyld, Emma Shortis, and Fiona Katsaukas. Important detail: the only creative, Stephen Page, has left the Adelaide Festival board.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Authors withdraw from festival after Palestinian Australian author dropped
After Randa Abdel-Fattah was dropped from Adelaide Writers' Week by the Adelaide Festival Board, a slew of authors, including Michelle de Kretser, have withdrawn from the event.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 6:28 AM
people are withdrawing from Adelaide writers week faster than can be reported. In addition to the names listed here are Ren Wyld, Emma Shortis, and Fiona Katsaukas. Important detail: the only creative, Stephen Page, has left the Adelaide Festival board.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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We are the shithole nation. From Caracas to Greenland to Minneapolis, we are the problem in the world, we are the source of the tragedy, we are the affront to all human dignity. This is the United States now. We are the evil.
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
We are the shithole nation. From Caracas to Greenland to Minneapolis, we are the problem in the world, we are the source of the tragedy, we are the affront to all human dignity. This is the United States now. We are the evil.
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Trump's approach to foreign policy:
January 4, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Trump's approach to foreign policy:
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90% of the press gallery would get done by a wallet inspector
December 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
90% of the press gallery would get done by a wallet inspector
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.