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davemilbo.bsky.social
I reckon if we deem you responsible and mature enough to face a 25 year jail sentence you're probably also mature and responsible enough to be able to use fucking tiktok
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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davemilbo.bsky.social
Your choice is quite literally a bipartisan cabal of pedophilic drone-wielding genocidal oligarchs that suck each other off in depraved games of domination and blackmail, or, socialism and a habitable planet, and you're struggling with that choice?! Dafuq is wrong you?
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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wyld.bsky.social
Beach walking at sunset is not very calming when the local beach has 100000s of dead and dying fish. The impact of the algae bloom in South Australia continues to be devastating for marine life 😿
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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slackbastard.bsky.social
What a cheeky fella.
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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youranona.bsky.social
Newly released emails reveal Steve Bannon treating Jeffrey Epstein like his personal travel agent, chartering jets and swapping Brexit gossip amid Oxford protests. #EpsteinFiles
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
With Prospect’s Ben Clark discussing my latest book, RAISE YOUR SOUL revisiting the last century through the eyes of 5 remarkable women, their story of resisting authoritarianism & whether the left can still speak to young men impressed by the manosphere. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...
Yanis Varoufakis on Mamdani, hope and resistance
The Greek former Minister of Finance reflects on anti-fascism for the 21st century
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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simonrosenberg.bsky.social
Most western media are too gutless to ask this question of any of their political leaders.
middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 28d
Video: UK foreign secretary avoids question on use of rape as war weapon by Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/video-uk-foreign-secretary-avoids-question-use-rape-war-weapon-israel
Video: UK foreign secretary avoids question on use of rape as war weapon by Israel
<article data-history-node-id="431051" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/video-uk-foreign-secretary-avoids-question-use-rape-war-weapon-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/video-uk-foreign-secretary-avoids-question-use-rape-war-weapon-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Video: UK foreign secretary avoids question on use of rape as war weapon by Israel</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper avoided giving a direct response to a question about the sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons at a conference in Bahrain on Saturday.⁠<br> ⁠<br> Instead, Cooper referred to global commitments under UN Resolution 1325, which she said aims "to protect women and girls from the horrors of war."⁠<br> ⁠<br> Since the genocidal war on Gaza began in October 2023, Israeli prison authorities and the military have been widely accused of abusing Palestinian detainees, including through rape, starvation, torture and the denial of medical treatment.⁠<br> ⁠<br> In March, the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory found evidence of the systematic use of sexual violence by Israeli officers against Palestinians since the start of the war.⁠<br> ⁠<br> The commission said it had documented cases of rape and sexual assault of male detainees.⁠<br> ⁠<br> Criminal investigations against Israeli soldiers rarely result in prosecutions in Israel.&nbsp;</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQoPS7SgWoj/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style=" background:#FFF; 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November 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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antipovertycentre.org
The cops have provided an embarrassing response to the ABC.

They & @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social are utterly failing to engage with the concerns about the clear risk of unintended consequences raised by welfare, family violence survivors, disability, First Nations & legal advocates.
Fears fugitive welfare cut-off will capture innocent people
Fugitives wanted for some of the most serious crimes and sexual offences could soon be stripped of their welfare payments.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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nicknobody.bsky.social
Note the framing "fugitives on the run" "serious crimes" "sexual offences" - to spin removing the presumption of innocence & giving police powers to penalise people without a trial. As if that extra judicial power would be reasonable. #auspol
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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raven-murmur.bsky.social
Of all the shithouse-rat betrayals by Albo and his thugs, this is by far the worst. #auspol
andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 28d
Aus is supposed to be a country where the rule of law & natural justice applies. The Gov’s sneaky attempt to strip welfare from people before they’ve been convicted of any crime is a fundamental breach of these principles. We may as well dissolve the court system. #auspol #politas
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Missed this form earlier this week. By @skyelark.bsky.social "The Federal Government spends more on shredders than FOI training"
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
The Federal Government spends more on shredders than FOI training
The Federal Government has spent $2.3 million on shredders over the last five years, almost double the $1.3 million spent on freedom of information training over the same period.
thepoint.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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grugstan.bsky.social
Disgusting comments from the Deputy Premier just days after kids died from tainted pills.

Victoria, NSW and ACT are all exploring pill testing because it’s a proven and safe harm minimisation programme that saves hundreds of young people’s lives.
mattdennien.bsky.social Matt Dennien @mattdennien.bsky.social · Oct 15
Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie asked yesterday about young people's drug use ahead of schoolies, via Courtney Kruk

"Only the commies in Victoria support pill testing. They are illegal for a reason – they kill you."
Dangerous drug alert issued after second Queensland death in a week
As Schoolies and festival season approach, experts fear the proliferation of synthetic opioids will claim more lives.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
October 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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junlper.beer
this is the list of ideological identifiers laid out in the NSPM-7 that would predict violence, and are all of course, incredibly reasonable positions or just ridiculous framing, like “extremism on gender” which is just being pro-trans:
October 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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australiainstitute.org.au
Listen to the full episode of Dollars & Sense here, or wherever you listen to podcasts ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/housing...
Housing affordability to get worse as big corporates do annual tax magic
Renting a place to live is getting more expensive and house price rises are tipped to accelerate.
australiainstitute.org.au
October 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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nickfeik.bsky.social
They are so pathetic. There isn't a business lobby in existence they can't cave to.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Treasurer announces rework of stalled superannuation tax increase plan
Treasurer Jim Chalmers announces the federal government's stalled superannuation tax increases will be reworked after criticism over the plan.
www.abc.net.au
October 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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gwenoc.bsky.social
Australia's deliberately punitive unemployment "relief" system must end.

JobSeeker: Shame, and now with added AI slop

www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Shame and harm at every JobSeeker turn – and now added AI slop
The system is so convoluted and stacked against people that even if it worked as intended, it would still be not just harmful, but useless.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
October 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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pauleric70.bsky.social
Meryl Streep's speech at the AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony honoring Diane Keaton

Vale Diane 😢💙👏
October 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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kels316.bsky.social
If I was doing the shit Albanese's government is doing under the banner of a "workers party" I'd be keeping it a big fucken secret too.
davidpocock.bsky.social David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · Oct 11
The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.
October 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall
October 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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ronnisalt.bsky.social
A massive shout-out and thanks and much love to the woman juggling things behind the scenes today on this, @deniseshrivell.bsky.social

Denise helps our democracy in so many ways, every day. She is there helping behind the scenes on so many issues

She is a quiet, impactful giant

Thanks Denise 🙏🏽
October 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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picketer.bsky.social
We desperately need to stop treating rich people like they are smart because they are rich. Just gibberish. (This bloke just fell arse-backwards into a fortune from a firm clipping the ticket on payment processing.) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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damo1954.bsky.social
Potatoes now cost a $1.30 each where I shop.10kms away they dig them up and grow them for maybe 2cents Capitalism sucks
October 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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davidgilbert.bsky.social
BREAKING:

"Just landed."

Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US
Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.
www.wired.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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coalisdead.bsky.social
The stench coming out of Canberra is so putrid, I can smell it 300km south

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club
Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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mementomorty.bsky.social
Who up having babies in their placenta
October 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM