Sean Bedlam
@seanbedlam.bsky.social
Melbourne's best Australian. Humorless coward.
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READ: Israel bombed the last hospital in northern Gaza. Again.
No evidence. No accountability. Just the usual excuse: “Hamas was there.” mondoweiss.net/2025/04/isra...
No evidence. No accountability. Just the usual excuse: “Hamas was there.” mondoweiss.net/2025/04/isra...
Israel just bombed the last operational hospital in northern Gaza — again
When the bombing of hospitals was still taboo in October 2023, Israel denied bombing al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. This time, Israel claims it targeted a Hamas command-and-control center at the…
mondoweiss.net
April 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
READ: Israel bombed the last hospital in northern Gaza. Again.
No evidence. No accountability. Just the usual excuse: “Hamas was there.” mondoweiss.net/2025/04/isra...
No evidence. No accountability. Just the usual excuse: “Hamas was there.” mondoweiss.net/2025/04/isra...
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National Socialist Network leader Joel Davis has boasted that neo-Nazi news site The Noticer is "literally one of our biggest weapons." Many federal election candidates or current and former political figures have engaged with Noticer content. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Neo-Nazis say this site is their 'biggest weapon' and candidates are spreading it
Federal election candidates and elected officials are sharing content from The Noticer, a news site regularly publishing articles promoting white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideologies.
www.abc.net.au
April 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
National Socialist Network leader Joel Davis has boasted that neo-Nazi news site The Noticer is "literally one of our biggest weapons." Many federal election candidates or current and former political figures have engaged with Noticer content. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
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Feeling helpless about Palestine? Start by confronting the self-censorship that silences you. That fear is the goal of a decades-long propaganda campaign—and as long as it works, it wins. You don’t have to let it. And you don’t have to compromise your personal beliefs or ethics to speak up.
April 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Feeling helpless about Palestine? Start by confronting the self-censorship that silences you. That fear is the goal of a decades-long propaganda campaign—and as long as it works, it wins. You don’t have to let it. And you don’t have to compromise your personal beliefs or ethics to speak up.
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If even posting support for the Palestinians’ right to armed self-defense makes us fear personal consequences, then what hope do Palestinians have? How can we demand peace while silencing ourselves in the face of injustice?
April 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
If even posting support for the Palestinians’ right to armed self-defense makes us fear personal consequences, then what hope do Palestinians have? How can we demand peace while silencing ourselves in the face of injustice?
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It is a campaign of erasure: the systematic extermination of an occupied people, not for defense, but annihilation. Every man woman & child is marked for death or exile, every home, school, hospital reduced to ash. Now, even shedding a tear for this horror has become a crime in the land of the free.
April 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It is a campaign of erasure: the systematic extermination of an occupied people, not for defense, but annihilation. Every man woman & child is marked for death or exile, every home, school, hospital reduced to ash. Now, even shedding a tear for this horror has become a crime in the land of the free.
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ooh look its me the writer. I put my bad dumb thoughts on paper because Im scared of being dead
April 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
ooh look its me the writer. I put my bad dumb thoughts on paper because Im scared of being dead
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Issue 59 of Baltimore Beat is live. April 19 will mark 10 years since Freddie Gray’s death. This issue looks back on that tumultuous time in our city’s history. Our cover was designed by Wide Angle Youth Media.
April 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Issue 59 of Baltimore Beat is live. April 19 will mark 10 years since Freddie Gray’s death. This issue looks back on that tumultuous time in our city’s history. Our cover was designed by Wide Angle Youth Media.
"Entering the US has become more fraught. Here’s what you need to know"
You're a fucking idiot. Enjoy your fucking idiot trip you fucking idiot.
You're a fucking idiot. Enjoy your fucking idiot trip you fucking idiot.
April 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
"Entering the US has become more fraught. Here’s what you need to know"
You're a fucking idiot. Enjoy your fucking idiot trip you fucking idiot.
You're a fucking idiot. Enjoy your fucking idiot trip you fucking idiot.
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Remember if you’re an American ally: no you’re not
As soon as May 20, thousands of Afghans living in the U.S. will lose a protection that shielded them from deportation and allowed them to work.
Trump administration ends temporary protected status for thousands of Afghans
As soon as May 20, thousands of Afghans living in the U.S. will lose a protection that shielded them from deportation and allowed them to work.
www.npr.org
April 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Remember if you’re an American ally: no you’re not
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What is fascinating about the replies to this are how many ostensibly liberal people are going “no! If you do this they won’t suffer! It’s the only way they’ll turn against Trump!” and idk man I don’t think that’s the right way to treat people
Axios: Top Senate Democrats plan to unveil legislation that would provide an emergency $200 monthly increase in Social Security benefits through the end of the year to account for potential tariff related cost increases www.axios.com/2025/04/10/c...
Scoop: Top Senate Dems propose emergency Social Security payment boost
The Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act is a brainchild of the caucus's Social Security War Room.
www.axios.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
What is fascinating about the replies to this are how many ostensibly liberal people are going “no! If you do this they won’t suffer! It’s the only way they’ll turn against Trump!” and idk man I don’t think that’s the right way to treat people
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Israel is an evil entity that must be stopped.
Israel has bombed one of Gaza’s only operational water desalination plants, which was supplying clean drinking water. Many Palestinians now fear dying of thirst before being killed by Israel's air attack. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
Gaza residents share fears of thirst after Israel destroys water resources
Israel has bombed one of Gaza’s only operational water desalination plants that was supplying people with clean water.
www.aljazeera.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Israel is an evil entity that must be stopped.
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Israel has again chased people out of tents and rubble-strewn former apartments, displacing 280,000 people -like rounding up St. Louis or Madison and forcing them out of their homes into the wilderness, while making sure they had no food or medical supplies. The scale of the sadism beggars belief.
April 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Israel has again chased people out of tents and rubble-strewn former apartments, displacing 280,000 people -like rounding up St. Louis or Madison and forcing them out of their homes into the wilderness, while making sure they had no food or medical supplies. The scale of the sadism beggars belief.
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“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates
"When mass protests broke out against his policy, Biden repeatedly condemned the activists as violent and antisemitic, responding to outlier actions that didn’t represent the movement. Biden’s slander helped splinter the Democratic coalition, giving Trump a potent wedge issue." shorturl.at/K4cPI
The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals
As with earlier Red Scares, Democrats laid the groundwork for the current crackdown on dissent.
www.thenation.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates
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#auspol
~30 years ago, Hanson was denounced by local Jewish community groups for her racism, xenophobia & the incorporation of antisemitic followers into her party; in 2025, the batshit AJA (a registered charity) is happy to jump into bed with her.
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~30 years ago, Hanson was denounced by local Jewish community groups for her racism, xenophobia & the incorporation of antisemitic followers into her party; in 2025, the batshit AJA (a registered charity) is happy to jump into bed with her.
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!['PAULINE HANSON PLEDGES TO RECOGNISE JERUSALEM
Last night during [at] an event with the Australian Jewish Association, One Nation Leader, Senator Pauline Hanson pledged to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel & support moving the Australian embassy there.
This position is amongst the most supportive of any political party in Australia.'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o2ggsnr4ihu4pjka6zd7rv27/bafkreibdirzyo6ekciq3xw7it5kacowsmxopla2ge6bofjkvb2ccqsoczm@jpeg)
April 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
#auspol
~30 years ago, Hanson was denounced by local Jewish community groups for her racism, xenophobia & the incorporation of antisemitic followers into her party; in 2025, the batshit AJA (a registered charity) is happy to jump into bed with her.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
~30 years ago, Hanson was denounced by local Jewish community groups for her racism, xenophobia & the incorporation of antisemitic followers into her party; in 2025, the batshit AJA (a registered charity) is happy to jump into bed with her.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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90 percent. They sent innocent people to a gulag so Trump could look like a tough guy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record
Trump administration officials have described the men deported to El Salvador prisons last month as “the worst of the worst,” suggesting they were gang members involved in murder, rape and kidnapping.
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
90 percent. They sent innocent people to a gulag so Trump could look like a tough guy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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A small but potentially decisive slice of American elites seem to think it is possible to have an authoritarian state regarding criticism of Israel and a free liberal democratic society on everything else. I think it is increasingly clear this is untrue. It is a package deal.
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
www.npr.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A small but potentially decisive slice of American elites seem to think it is possible to have an authoritarian state regarding criticism of Israel and a free liberal democratic society on everything else. I think it is increasingly clear this is untrue. It is a package deal.
Hey Trump's pissing on a little church. Cute.
April 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Hey Trump's pissing on a little church. Cute.
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Thread up and down, but this point in particular is key: all the relative luxury, safety, and functionality of modern society rests upon trust. We are social animals.
We did not evolve to be Mighty Warriors or to be led by Great Men.
We evolved to be neighbors. Neighborliness is our superpower.
We did not evolve to be Mighty Warriors or to be led by Great Men.
We evolved to be neighbors. Neighborliness is our superpower.
Underlying the assumptions, though, are thousands of implicit trust relationships. Imagine needing to carefully close read and understand every End User License Agreement before you clicked “I Agree”. You simply do not have the time or expertise.
April 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Thread up and down, but this point in particular is key: all the relative luxury, safety, and functionality of modern society rests upon trust. We are social animals.
We did not evolve to be Mighty Warriors or to be led by Great Men.
We evolved to be neighbors. Neighborliness is our superpower.
We did not evolve to be Mighty Warriors or to be led by Great Men.
We evolved to be neighbors. Neighborliness is our superpower.
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Hilarious account of a fight against a disaster:
"For more than 150 years... the grazing regime in the West has been a slow-moving environmental catastrophe, & there’s no sign of let-up. Conservation biologists have called it the 'most insidious & pervasive threat' to biodiversity on rangelands..."
"For more than 150 years... the grazing regime in the West has been a slow-moving environmental catastrophe, & there’s no sign of let-up. Conservation biologists have called it the 'most insidious & pervasive threat' to biodiversity on rangelands..."
Cattle tearing up public lands in the American West is a taxpayer subsidized environmental catastrophe driving wildlife to the brink of extinction.
Getting cattle out is the step 1 of Western ecological restoration.
Can you guess the next step?
thebaffler.com/salvos/wrenc...
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Getting cattle out is the step 1 of Western ecological restoration.
Can you guess the next step?
thebaffler.com/salvos/wrenc...
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Wrenching the Ranchers | Christopher Ketcham
In the American West, grazing by cattle has come at a devastating ecological cost. One man wants to upend it—at whatever cost.
thebaffler.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hilarious account of a fight against a disaster:
"For more than 150 years... the grazing regime in the West has been a slow-moving environmental catastrophe, & there’s no sign of let-up. Conservation biologists have called it the 'most insidious & pervasive threat' to biodiversity on rangelands..."
"For more than 150 years... the grazing regime in the West has been a slow-moving environmental catastrophe, & there’s no sign of let-up. Conservation biologists have called it the 'most insidious & pervasive threat' to biodiversity on rangelands..."
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There isn’t going to be some maga moment of clarity followed by a mea culpa. On X they’re selling the chaos as something that is *hurting people you hate more than it’s hurting you*. That’s always worked well for them and there’s no immediate reason to think that will change
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
There isn’t going to be some maga moment of clarity followed by a mea culpa. On X they’re selling the chaos as something that is *hurting people you hate more than it’s hurting you*. That’s always worked well for them and there’s no immediate reason to think that will change