@venus-as-a-boy.bsky.social
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Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.
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In Andrew Bolt's infamous 2018 "tidal wave of immigrants column", he specifically singled out Jewish communities as 'part of the problem'
The idea that the far-right, anti-immigration parties and xenophobe media are going to protect the Aus Jewish community is absurd
archive.ph/sDmhO#select...
The idea that the far-right, anti-immigration parties and xenophobe media are going to protect the Aus Jewish community is absurd
archive.ph/sDmhO#select...
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In Andrew Bolt's infamous 2018 "tidal wave of immigrants column", he specifically singled out Jewish communities as 'part of the problem'
The idea that the far-right, anti-immigration parties and xenophobe media are going to protect the Aus Jewish community is absurd
archive.ph/sDmhO#select...
The idea that the far-right, anti-immigration parties and xenophobe media are going to protect the Aus Jewish community is absurd
archive.ph/sDmhO#select...
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THREAD: While Jews mourn the deadliest antisemitic attack in Australian history, disinformation and justification narratives are spreading on the left, and progressive silence is enabling it.
December 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
THREAD: While Jews mourn the deadliest antisemitic attack in Australian history, disinformation and justification narratives are spreading on the left, and progressive silence is enabling it.
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I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
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This disastrous institution still abuses children. Of course they will try to escape.
It should have been shut down years ago.
It should have been shut down years ago.
Breaking: Seven youths break out of Tasmania's detention centre, steal car and flee
Police are searching for seven youths who escaped from the Ashley Youth Detention Centre last night.
www.abc.net.au
December 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This disastrous institution still abuses children. Of course they will try to escape.
It should have been shut down years ago.
It should have been shut down years ago.
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60 Minutes CECOT Segment Axed by Weiss (Aired in Canada)
YouTube video by JayyRodd
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Ten pickers who worked at Hallmark Cherries' orchard in NSW complain about poorly maintained accommodation and failure to pay an end-of-season bonus.
Pickers 'living in squalor' claim their end-of-season bonus was unfairly withheld
Ten pickers who worked at Hallmark Cherries' orchard in NSW complain about poorly maintained accommodation and failure to pay an end-of-season bonus.
www.abc.net.au
December 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Ten pickers who worked at Hallmark Cherries' orchard in NSW complain about poorly maintained accommodation and failure to pay an end-of-season bonus.
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The Catholic Church will go to any lengths to protect its wealth from compensation claims by adult survivors of child s_xual abuse committed by its clergy; the sooner this loophole closes, the better. ✊
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Grace Tame fights against a legal loophole frustrating abuse survivors
In every Australian state and the NT, churches cannot be held vicariously liable for historical child sexual abuse perpetrated by their priests. Grace Tame is leading the charge for change.
www.abc.net.au
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The Catholic Church will go to any lengths to protect its wealth from compensation claims by adult survivors of child s_xual abuse committed by its clergy; the sooner this loophole closes, the better. ✊
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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'The banning of protests will not stop antisemitism, and the premier is wrong to disgracefully link years of peaceful protest to such a horrific and unrelated event. The attack was antisemitic. The protests have not been.'
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
The NSW premier’s outrageous rhetoric on peaceful protests sows division in our community. It’s unbecoming of his office
The antisemitic attack in Bondi was an act of hate-fuelled violence. Rushing through regressive laws in such distressing times is poor leadership – and dangerous
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
'The banning of protests will not stop antisemitism, and the premier is wrong to disgracefully link years of peaceful protest to such a horrific and unrelated event. The attack was antisemitic. The protests have not been.'
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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everyone dislikes genai in games, but kids and story-focused players the most.
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
Gamers Are Overwhelmingly Negative About Gen AI in Video Games, but Attitudes Vary by Gender, Age, and Gaming Motivations.
Learn about how gender, age, and gaming motivations shape the perception of Gen AI in video games.
quanticfoundry.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
everyone dislikes genai in games, but kids and story-focused players the most.
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
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Anyway. This is the gaming industry's consumer base's view on a technology that a bunch of people in the industry insist relentlessly is "here to stay" and we "have to accept"
December 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Anyway. This is the gaming industry's consumer base's view on a technology that a bunch of people in the industry insist relentlessly is "here to stay" and we "have to accept"
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“This is a student who did nothing wrong on a campus that is already in mourning,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the "enraging" story of right-wing figures falsely claiming with zero evidence the Brown University gunman was a Palestinian student.
December 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“This is a student who did nothing wrong on a campus that is already in mourning,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the "enraging" story of right-wing figures falsely claiming with zero evidence the Brown University gunman was a Palestinian student.
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“Do you support ICE?”
“Not really.”
“Hell f*ckin’ nah.”
These two dudes drink for free on us if we ever run into them in Minnesota 🍻
“Not really.”
“Hell f*ckin’ nah.”
These two dudes drink for free on us if we ever run into them in Minnesota 🍻
December 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Do you support ICE?”
“Not really.”
“Hell f*ckin’ nah.”
These two dudes drink for free on us if we ever run into them in Minnesota 🍻
“Not really.”
“Hell f*ckin’ nah.”
These two dudes drink for free on us if we ever run into them in Minnesota 🍻
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A Victorian supreme court judge has strongly criticised police for the “idiotic” and “cruel” practice of unnecessarily waking up people in custody during the night under the guise of welfare checks. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Idiotic’ and ‘cruel’ Victoria police welfare policy leaves detainees too tired for a fair trial, judge says
Hourly night-time welfare checks left detainees so sleep deprived that it risked their right to a fair trial, supreme court judge found
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
A Victorian supreme court judge has strongly criticised police for the “idiotic” and “cruel” practice of unnecessarily waking up people in custody during the night under the guise of welfare checks. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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you already know what's up
(steam sale rec thread is what's up)
as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, and just plain weird games, as big name titles don't need the help.
so, onwards!
(steam sale rec thread is what's up)
as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, and just plain weird games, as big name titles don't need the help.
so, onwards!
December 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
you already know what's up
(steam sale rec thread is what's up)
as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, and just plain weird games, as big name titles don't need the help.
so, onwards!
(steam sale rec thread is what's up)
as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, and just plain weird games, as big name titles don't need the help.
so, onwards!
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@ronnisalt.bsky.social is one of Australia's most gifted writers. This is unarguably one of her most powerful and important pieces. Read it, share it, reflect upon it, and act for peace, compassion, empathy, and understanding.
Thank you, @ronnisalt.bsky.social.
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Thank you, @ronnisalt.bsky.social.
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Don’t look back in anger - The Shot
I’m angry. We’re all angry. Perhaps that’s part of the problem. At the moment, we’re angry at two twisted individuals...
theshot.net.au
December 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
@ronnisalt.bsky.social is one of Australia's most gifted writers. This is unarguably one of her most powerful and important pieces. Read it, share it, reflect upon it, and act for peace, compassion, empathy, and understanding.
Thank you, @ronnisalt.bsky.social.
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Thank you, @ronnisalt.bsky.social.
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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As a Jew, I find it bizarre that people are forcing a 'Palestine' narrative onto the Bondi Beach shooting. The shooter openly claimed inspiration from ISIS; an organization that actually despises Palestinian nationalism in favor of their own global caliphate.
Yeah, making it illegal to protest a genocide is going to help 🙄
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
As a Jew, I find it bizarre that people are forcing a 'Palestine' narrative onto the Bondi Beach shooting. The shooter openly claimed inspiration from ISIS; an organization that actually despises Palestinian nationalism in favor of their own global caliphate.
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The security failures leading up to Sunday’s attack were multifaceted with NSW police keeping a radical preacher the local community warned them about in place because his activities were “a source of intel”. Now police try to blame the community they refused to help 🤦🏻
Muslim community warned police about radical preacher linked to Bondi shooter
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Muslim community warned police about radical preacher linked to Bondi shooter
It can also be revealed Islamic leaders have been told of impending counterterrorism raids as investigations continue into Sunday’s attack.
www.smh.com.au
December 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The security failures leading up to Sunday’s attack were multifaceted with NSW police keeping a radical preacher the local community warned them about in place because his activities were “a source of intel”. Now police try to blame the community they refused to help 🤦🏻
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There is no gun "debate".
There are not two equal sides. It is almost everyone vs almost no one.
70% of Australians wanted tougher gun laws *before* Bondi.
More below, full results here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/polli...
There are not two equal sides. It is almost everyone vs almost no one.
70% of Australians wanted tougher gun laws *before* Bondi.
More below, full results here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/polli...
December 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
There is no gun "debate".
There are not two equal sides. It is almost everyone vs almost no one.
70% of Australians wanted tougher gun laws *before* Bondi.
More below, full results here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/polli...
There are not two equal sides. It is almost everyone vs almost no one.
70% of Australians wanted tougher gun laws *before* Bondi.
More below, full results here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/polli...
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"3.5% rule" "60% of nonviolent protests succeed"
You may have heard these cited as fact. But they stem from a single dubious source.
In the first in a series @thefreeradical.org debunks these, showing how they're propaganda to erase the power of militant, riotous revolt and peddle passive protest:
You may have heard these cited as fact. But they stem from a single dubious source.
In the first in a series @thefreeradical.org debunks these, showing how they're propaganda to erase the power of militant, riotous revolt and peddle passive protest:
Liberation is a Riot, Part 1: Debunking the Sanitized Nonviolence Myth
Based on shoddy research, bad history and outright lies, status quo propaganda portrays a sanitized version of ‘nonviolent’ protest as the only option, to damaging effect. It’s time to debunk it, and ...
transnews.network
December 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"3.5% rule" "60% of nonviolent protests succeed"
You may have heard these cited as fact. But they stem from a single dubious source.
In the first in a series @thefreeradical.org debunks these, showing how they're propaganda to erase the power of militant, riotous revolt and peddle passive protest:
You may have heard these cited as fact. But they stem from a single dubious source.
In the first in a series @thefreeradical.org debunks these, showing how they're propaganda to erase the power of militant, riotous revolt and peddle passive protest:
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The left: this event was horrific. Unequivocally one of the worst things that has happened in the modern history of this country. My heart is exploding with grief
The right [licking lips like the big bad wolf]: hey here’s why this event is a full-throated endorsement of every 1 of my fucked beliefs
The right [licking lips like the big bad wolf]: hey here’s why this event is a full-throated endorsement of every 1 of my fucked beliefs
December 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The left: this event was horrific. Unequivocally one of the worst things that has happened in the modern history of this country. My heart is exploding with grief
The right [licking lips like the big bad wolf]: hey here’s why this event is a full-throated endorsement of every 1 of my fucked beliefs
The right [licking lips like the big bad wolf]: hey here’s why this event is a full-throated endorsement of every 1 of my fucked beliefs
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abstract support is the best description.
“your trans? oh i support you living your truth!”
“oh, you’re transitioning and taking hormones and your body is changing? well now i am going to be quietly uncomfortable.”
“wdym you need my help because our government is trying to erase your existence?”
“your trans? oh i support you living your truth!”
“oh, you’re transitioning and taking hormones and your body is changing? well now i am going to be quietly uncomfortable.”
“wdym you need my help because our government is trying to erase your existence?”
There's a kind of "support" cis people will give trans people (and queer people more generally) that amounts to: "It's well and good for you people to be the way you are, but not MY kid. My kid is normal and if my kid ever the idea of being anything but normal, it's YOUR fault."
Abstract support.
Abstract support.
December 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
abstract support is the best description.
“your trans? oh i support you living your truth!”
“oh, you’re transitioning and taking hormones and your body is changing? well now i am going to be quietly uncomfortable.”
“wdym you need my help because our government is trying to erase your existence?”
“your trans? oh i support you living your truth!”
“oh, you’re transitioning and taking hormones and your body is changing? well now i am going to be quietly uncomfortable.”
“wdym you need my help because our government is trying to erase your existence?”
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Everyone knows about Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim migrant who took down one gunman. Another man, a Middle Eastern refugee, ran into a firefight and kicked the gun away from the other gunman. Police shot him, and bystanders kicked him in the head while he was down, thinking he was the terrorist.
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Everyone knows about Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim migrant who took down one gunman. Another man, a Middle Eastern refugee, ran into a firefight and kicked the gun away from the other gunman. Police shot him, and bystanders kicked him in the head while he was down, thinking he was the terrorist.
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This would not have passed if those chickenshit Dems Davis, Cellar, and Gonzalez had not voted for it. They voted to put the parents of trans youth in prison for ten years.
Primary them all.
Primary them all.
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This would not have passed if those chickenshit Dems Davis, Cellar, and Gonzalez had not voted for it. They voted to put the parents of trans youth in prison for ten years.
Primary them all.
Primary them all.