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One of the most damaging and enduring aspects of the Dismissal, fifty years ago today, was its poisoning of the electorate against the Whitlam government, ensuring that it would lose the subsequent election and creating fear of progressive government.
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#auspol
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November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
One of the most damaging and enduring aspects of the Dismissal, fifty years ago today, was its poisoning of the electorate against the Whitlam government, ensuring that it would lose the subsequent election and creating fear of progressive government.
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#auspol
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#auspol
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As someone who has been there, may I just say this entire song is one magnificently ethereal, powerful, lyrical "fuck you" and I love Lily Allen for it.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqRN...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqRN...
Lily Allen - Pussy Palace (Visualiser)
YouTube video by Lily Allen
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
As someone who has been there, may I just say this entire song is one magnificently ethereal, powerful, lyrical "fuck you" and I love Lily Allen for it.
❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqRN...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqRN...
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POV: Someone (white woman blue maga liberal named krystal ball) who used to cohost a show with an ex-CIA officer is telling you it's no big deal if a blackwater mercenary and closet nazi, in a bourgeois imperialist party, has a literal nazi tattoo. American blue maga love their nazis, hahaha! Wtf?!!
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
POV: Someone (white woman blue maga liberal named krystal ball) who used to cohost a show with an ex-CIA officer is telling you it's no big deal if a blackwater mercenary and closet nazi, in a bourgeois imperialist party, has a literal nazi tattoo. American blue maga love their nazis, hahaha! Wtf?!!
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'After drones...appeared near Belgian military bases & airports...Defense Minister Theo Francken said some...were “deliberately mapping infrastructure...That’s espionage, likely carried out by professional pilots on behalf of countries like Russia”' www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Europe Is in a Gray Zone Between War and Peace
The continent’s leaders suspect Russia of being behind an intensifying barrage of increasingly disruptive attacks.
www.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
'After drones...appeared near Belgian military bases & airports...Defense Minister Theo Francken said some...were “deliberately mapping infrastructure...That’s espionage, likely carried out by professional pilots on behalf of countries like Russia”' www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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Israel's Ben Gvir hands out sweets after death penalty bill for Palestinians advances - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ben-gvir-distributes-sweets-after-preliminary-approval-prisoner-execution-law
Israel's Ben Gvir hands out sweets after death penalty bill for Palestinians advances
Legislation passes first of three parliament readings by a majority of 39 members out of 120
www.middleeasteye.net
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Israel's Ben Gvir hands out sweets after death penalty bill for Palestinians advances - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ben-gvir-distributes-sweets-after-preliminary-approval-prisoner-execution-law
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Thank you to the Irish Independent for this article and this is why so many folks are off sick. Sadly now six of my friends have long covid. This is a national crisis behind closed doors. www.independent.ie/life/health-...
Long-Covid is still here. I can’t walk, cook, work, socialise or live independently – and I am not alone
The country, and the rest of the world, was in the grip of a global pandemic, so when Lydia Fischer Dooley, developed a dry cough, fatigue, weakness and lack of appetite at the start of 2022, she righ...
www.independent.ie
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Thank you to the Irish Independent for this article and this is why so many folks are off sick. Sadly now six of my friends have long covid. This is a national crisis behind closed doors. www.independent.ie/life/health-...
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As #COP30 gets underway, people in the Philippines are reeling from back-to-back typhoons. And demanding #MakePollutersPay for climate loss and damage.
"We deserve a future where safety and security is a way of life— not one where a wave of casualties and destruction is just another Monday morning”
"We deserve a future where safety and security is a way of life— not one where a wave of casualties and destruction is just another Monday morning”
Typhoon Uwan underscores urgent call for climate justice as COP30 opens – Greenpeace - Greenpeace Philippines
Greenpeace urged world leaders and the Philippine delegation at COP30 this week to take a strong stance in making fossil fuel companies pay for climate damages. These calls came just days after a Typh...
www.greenpeace.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As #COP30 gets underway, people in the Philippines are reeling from back-to-back typhoons. And demanding #MakePollutersPay for climate loss and damage.
"We deserve a future where safety and security is a way of life— not one where a wave of casualties and destruction is just another Monday morning”
"We deserve a future where safety and security is a way of life— not one where a wave of casualties and destruction is just another Monday morning”
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Shameless Hillary Clinton & Condoleezza Rice said that if Palestinians truly want their own state and sovereignty, then it’s on Palestinians to start teaching their children differently
To stop teaching them, supposedly, that there’s no Israel, or that the future is without Israel
I'm sorry, what?
To stop teaching them, supposedly, that there’s no Israel, or that the future is without Israel
I'm sorry, what?
R Qureshi (@robinaqureshi)
On Condoleezza Rice, Colonial Arrogance, and What Palestinian Children Really Learn
I want to respond to a CBS interview with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, sitting beside another former...
substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Shameless Hillary Clinton & Condoleezza Rice said that if Palestinians truly want their own state and sovereignty, then it’s on Palestinians to start teaching their children differently
To stop teaching them, supposedly, that there’s no Israel, or that the future is without Israel
I'm sorry, what?
To stop teaching them, supposedly, that there’s no Israel, or that the future is without Israel
I'm sorry, what?
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Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
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This is a truly disturbing moment
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This is a truly disturbing moment
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Israeli warplanes conduct two air strikes on Khan Younis in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-warplanes-conduct-two-air-strikes-khan-younis-gaza
Israeli warplanes conduct two air strikes on Khan Younis in Gaza
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli warplanes on Tuesday conducted two air strikes east of Khan Younis city in Gaza, local media reported. </p>
<p>The Gaza media office on Monday said Israel has so far violated the 10 October ceasefire deal 282 times, during which it has killed 242 Palestinians, and wounded 620.</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Israeli warplanes conduct two air strikes on Khan Younis in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-warplanes-conduct-two-air-strikes-khan-younis-gaza
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The U.S. empire dropped the pretense. The “rules-based order” talk, the humanitarian cover stories, the moral posturing — all stripped away
What’s left is raw coercion: sanctions, coups, proxy wars, and financial blackmail
It’s not that the mask slipped; it rotted off
substack.com/@futuredude/...
What’s left is raw coercion: sanctions, coups, proxy wars, and financial blackmail
It’s not that the mask slipped; it rotted off
substack.com/@futuredude/...
William Murphy (@futuredude)
The U.S. empire dropped the pretense. The “rules-based order” talk, the humanitarian cover stories, the moral posturing — all stripped away. What’s left is raw coercion: sanctions, coups, proxy wars, ...
substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The U.S. empire dropped the pretense. The “rules-based order” talk, the humanitarian cover stories, the moral posturing — all stripped away
What’s left is raw coercion: sanctions, coups, proxy wars, and financial blackmail
It’s not that the mask slipped; it rotted off
substack.com/@futuredude/...
What’s left is raw coercion: sanctions, coups, proxy wars, and financial blackmail
It’s not that the mask slipped; it rotted off
substack.com/@futuredude/...
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Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
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@colessupermarkets.bsky.social I need to add DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS for a del tomorrow. Your 'Instructions' page is useless.
Plse advise how I do it.
NOTE ILLUSTRATION OF YOUR INSTRUCTIONS, BELOW.
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Plse advise how I do it.
NOTE ILLUSTRATION OF YOUR INSTRUCTIONS, BELOW.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
@colessupermarkets.bsky.social I need to add DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS for a del tomorrow. Your 'Instructions' page is useless.
Plse advise how I do it.
NOTE ILLUSTRATION OF YOUR INSTRUCTIONS, BELOW.
🙄
Plse advise how I do it.
NOTE ILLUSTRATION OF YOUR INSTRUCTIONS, BELOW.
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If you missed this mid-year, you should watch it. Jeremy Corbyn was destroyed by the Israel lobby with a parade of lies and mischaracterisations so that the UK would not have a leader who saw Palestinians as people deserving respect. youtu.be/IETxE7VErPA?...
Why Labour REALLY Supports Genocide
YouTube video by Double Down News
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
If you missed this mid-year, you should watch it. Jeremy Corbyn was destroyed by the Israel lobby with a parade of lies and mischaracterisations so that the UK would not have a leader who saw Palestinians as people deserving respect. youtu.be/IETxE7VErPA?...
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What an $800 per week rental looks like in sydney these days
youtube.com/shorts/5AiFS...
youtube.com/shorts/5AiFS...
What $800 per week gets you in sydney rentals these days
YouTube video by PurplepingersTV
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
What an $800 per week rental looks like in sydney these days
youtube.com/shorts/5AiFS...
youtube.com/shorts/5AiFS...
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The controversy engulfing the #BBC underscores the powerful forces that seek to undermine public broadcasting & that have also weakened the ABC. Pandering to those forces never works.
Extract below from Working for the Brand.
Extract below from Working for the Brand.
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The controversy engulfing the #BBC underscores the powerful forces that seek to undermine public broadcasting & that have also weakened the ABC. Pandering to those forces never works.
Extract below from Working for the Brand.
Extract below from Working for the Brand.
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Homo Sapiens emerged about 300,000 years ago.
Imagine you gave an early Sapiens $9,000. And they looked at you and said “the fuck is this?”
But anyway, you piled up $9,000 Every Single Day since the first Sapiens walked the Earth.
You still wouldn’t have a trillion dollars.
Capitalism is fucked
Imagine you gave an early Sapiens $9,000. And they looked at you and said “the fuck is this?”
But anyway, you piled up $9,000 Every Single Day since the first Sapiens walked the Earth.
You still wouldn’t have a trillion dollars.
Capitalism is fucked
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Homo Sapiens emerged about 300,000 years ago.
Imagine you gave an early Sapiens $9,000. And they looked at you and said “the fuck is this?”
But anyway, you piled up $9,000 Every Single Day since the first Sapiens walked the Earth.
You still wouldn’t have a trillion dollars.
Capitalism is fucked
Imagine you gave an early Sapiens $9,000. And they looked at you and said “the fuck is this?”
But anyway, you piled up $9,000 Every Single Day since the first Sapiens walked the Earth.
You still wouldn’t have a trillion dollars.
Capitalism is fucked
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Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
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A statistic that concentrates the mind: In the first 6 months of 2025, China installed 250 GW of solar power capacity. This is around 150% of France's aggregate electricity production...
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A statistic that concentrates the mind: In the first 6 months of 2025, China installed 250 GW of solar power capacity. This is around 150% of France's aggregate electricity production...
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"Thomas Hobbs writes about late Detroit beatmaker J Dilla’s unparalleled genius and how he inspired generation-after-generation of producers to move at their own pace."
J Dilla’s Music Will Always Sound Like the Future:
J Dilla’s Music Will Always Sound Like the Future:
J Dilla’s music will always sound like the future
On what would have been the late Detroit beatmaker’s 50th birthday, Thomas Hobbs writes about J Dilla’s unparalleled genius and how he inspired generation-after-generation of producers to move at their own pace
mixmag.net
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"Thomas Hobbs writes about late Detroit beatmaker J Dilla’s unparalleled genius and how he inspired generation-after-generation of producers to move at their own pace."
J Dilla’s Music Will Always Sound Like the Future:
J Dilla’s Music Will Always Sound Like the Future:
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The half-crazy von der Leyen is now verging to full blown madness setting up her own Brussels-grown CIA... www.ft.com/content/b8a3...
EU to set up new intelligence unit under Ursula von der Leyen
Body to collate material from national agencies and improve its operational use
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The half-crazy von der Leyen is now verging to full blown madness setting up her own Brussels-grown CIA... www.ft.com/content/b8a3...
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Opinion | If there is not a legal principle that Nazis have no rights, it’s time we created it, writes Michael Bradley.
It's no accident that Nazis rallied in Sydney. Police waved them through — and now Minns wants to punish us all
The existing law in NSW is more than adequate to have avoided the images of Nazis outside state parliament over the weekend.
www.crikey.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Opinion | If there is not a legal principle that Nazis have no rights, it’s time we created it, writes Michael Bradley.
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Optics is a contender for an AACTA award! So if you're an AACTA member, vote for Optics!
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Optics is a contender for an AACTA award! So if you're an AACTA member, vote for Optics!
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Since the ceasefire began on 11Oct25, Israel has launched 125 attacks on Gaza, killing 211 people (mostly women and children). After each attack, Israel announces it is "resuming the ceasefire". Western news media says very little. 😠 #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Since the ceasefire began on 11Oct25, Israel has launched 125 attacks on Gaza, killing 211 people (mostly women and children). After each attack, Israel announces it is "resuming the ceasefire". Western news media says very little. 😠 #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide