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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 33m

Judge needs to throw this spurious vexatious nonsense out purely based on TAKING PHOTOS OF THE COMPUTER SCREEN crimes

omg they took a photo of a computer screen l o l

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 35m

e. The Saturday Paper “Owned By Zionists” Repost
54. On 28 October 2023, Dr Riemer reposted an Amy McQuire post as follows:11
55. As at about March 2024, the Saturday Paper “Owned by Zionists” Repost had about
102,000 views.
56. The Saturday Paper “Owned by Zionists” Repost had the following imputations:
a. Jewish people misuse their ownership of the media to conceal from the public the
genocide that Jewish people and Israeli people are engaging in Gaza;
b. the silence of Jewish people and Israeli people about that genocide will fail
because history will remember and record it.
57. By making those imputations, the “Owned by Zionists” Repost repeats and ampllifies the
well known antisemitic trope that the Jews control the media.

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 42m

I've seen some egregious misrepresentation in my time, but how many mules would have to kick you in the head to draw the imputation cited from Saleh's post?

On 7 October 2023 Dr Riemer reposted the following tweet on his Riemer X account:

Sarah Saleh:

"If you're upset/shocked by images of Zionist bodies bloody & attacked & never shown a fleck of concern for the thousands of Palestinians who are under attack daily & murdered in cold blood, some whose bodies are held hostage as bargaining chips by Israeli occupiers - SPARE ME"

45. As at about March 2024, Riemer’s 7 October repost had over 42,000 views.
46. The post (endorsed by the Repost) proceeds on the basis that the Jewish people and/or
Israeli people who had been murdered, maimed, kidnapped, raped or sexually abused
were Zionists by virtue of being Jewish and/or Israeli.
47. The 7 October repost had the following imputation:
a. There is no basis or reason for anyone to be upset or shocked by the murder,
maiming, kidnapping, rape and sexual abuse by Hamas of Jewish people and
Israeli people on 7 October 2023.

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 1h

Was thinking how funny it would be for ICE to disappear him then remembered Marles becomes Acting PM while he's gone

Anthony Albanese @albomp.bsky.social · 7h

I look forward to continuing Australia’s close partnership with the United States.

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 3h

EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING - HARD TO BE MOVED

I'm a simple chap, I see Edward Current and I click

EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING - HARD TO BE MOVED

YouTube video by Eddy Current Suppression Ring Official

www.youtube.com

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

ie take up sailing and retire binch?

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the thing, the whole point of 'sponsoring' these things is you don't have to directly lobby or strong-arm, the appeasement becomes tacit - see also the National Press Club quietly slurping cash from multiple weapons companies and fossil fuel climate crims

The Centre for Public Integrity’s executive director, Catherine Williams, said the club offered “an invaluable opportunity for monied interests to build relationships with members of parliament and their staff”.

“Let’s be real about it: if the access isn’t perceived to be valuable, why is it sold as a benefit of membership?” Williams said.

RWA’s chief executive Kai Cantwell said it did not use the club to lobby politicians.

“RWA’s work on regulation and harm reduction happens through the proper parliamentary and regulatory processes, not on the sporting field,” Kantwell said.

“Like other industries, we occasionally take part simply to enjoy exercise and socialising – something important for all Australians, particularly in high-pressure roles.”

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

They all need to slow the releases down, no respect for workloads and deadlines, but yes this one will be on the test

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

Westside Cowboy - Don't Throw Rocks

Newish Manchester quartet effortlessly rolling out ear-catching jittery alt-cntry flecked bangers; this latest has a Dick Diversque laconicness to the verses before the slide guitar kicks in and the bridge gloriously explodes

Westside Cowboy - Don't Throw Rocks (Official Video)

YouTube video by Westside Cowboy

www.youtube.com

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

Wait you're trying to tell me *this* guy is a rapey sleazy creep?

Rapist Andrew Tate and creepy sicko lawyer Paul Ingrassia

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

Fucking babies, gambling and fossil fuel lobbies clearly run this country and the most embarrassing part is how cheaply souls and favours are bought

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

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

R u sure? Felt real

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

Jerskin Fendrix - Sk1

The Fendrix album out today is *so* close to the kind of thing I would typically hate with fiery passion, yet it's actually a gripping work of art; striking opener Beth's Farm is the strongest but love the gloriously incongruous post-rock breakdowns shoehorned into this too

Jerskin Fendrix - Sk1 (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Jerskin Fendrix

www.youtube.com

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

Watching this now and wasn't expecting them to play it so straight, it really is an actual purely factual doco

The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person.

Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile today at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.

Only at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU.

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

Daily Toll - Time

Sometimes this lo-fi post-folk Sydney trio leans heavily into that Dadaist LWB scattergun sprechstimme, other times they slowly exhale in this languorous squeezebox somnambulism; either way they are a treasure

Time

YouTube video by Release - Topic

www.youtube.com

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

Life Without Buildings - Love Trinity (2025)

Technically not new and it appeared on their Live At The Annandale Hotel release, but this resurfaced and remastered swansong has 2025 right there in the title and it's an excuse to listen to the fleetingly ecstatic LWB so

Life Without Buildings - Love Trinity (2025)

YouTube video by Errol's Hot Wax

www.youtube.com

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, um,

Individuals should be free to marry and have children with whoever they want...'

Writer, Charles Amos, joins GB News to describe why he believes individuals should be free to form a relationship with anyone, including incestuous relationships with cousins or siblings.

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

(Except when I was an editor of course but that was an accident and folly)

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

every accusation etc

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

You really do have to be a cretin or a coward to fail your way up into editorial management in Australian newsrooms

The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 2d

Distinct Gulf of America vibes

www.smh.com.au/business/com...

SBS staff sworn off naming Palestine despite federal recognition

SBS staff remain unable to use the word Palestine in news reporting despite federal recognition of the state last month as tensions over reporting on the conflict in Gaza remain high.

www.smh.com.au

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

Social media is to blame for social cohesion issues across the globe, News Corp Australia’s executive chair, Michael Miller, has said, as he calls for media to present a united front against the platforms and AI companies seeking content for free.

Miller told the Melbourne Press Club on Wednesday social media was rife with “misinformation, disinformation [and] the rabbit holes [that] they drag you down.

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

It would really have helped if they had included (pejorative) after each line about violent pigs being klansmen etc

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

chicken soup

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 3d

Went back to it today and it really is as good as we remember

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 3d

One thing he does well* is find and quote the people who say out loud the things he thinks so he can write the things they say in his periodical as though it's simply reporting when actually it's just ventriloquised public journalling - we saw this in his transphobia work in particular

Pm says October 7 'not a day for demonstrations' ahead of anniversary rallies' by Chip Le Grand and Paul Sakkal

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