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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 17h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 20h

"Which again, brings us back to the question: If $400 was all the money you could count on every week and it didn’t get paid, how do you think that would impact your life? How well do you think you could cope?"

New from @amyremeikis.bsky.social

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

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Seattle Dave in Boise @mcblah.bsky.social · 12h

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 18h

A system entirely designed around cruelty.

Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 20h

"Which again, brings us back to the question: If $400 was all the money you could count on every week and it didn’t get paid, how do you think that would impact your life? How well do you think you could cope?"

New from @amyremeikis.bsky.social

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

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Ryan McDiarmid @ryanmcdiarmid.com · 1d

Every underfunded school and library, every overfilled bus, every person sleeping and dying on the street, all for this.

Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 6d

A single Vancouver police officer made $397,258 last year, making $239,258 in overtime on top of their base pay of up to $158,000.
This is the wildest FOI I've seen in a long time. Well done Liam Britten for digging this up. #CBC
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

47 VPD officers made over $100K in OT last year — and one banked $239K, FOI data shows | CBC News

A single Vancouver police sergeant was paid $239,258 in overtime alone last year, on top of the rank's base pay of up to $158,000. The figure comes from a freedom of information request filed with the...

www.cbc.ca

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Laugh. Cry. Another cracker from @thejuicemedia.com.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-yj...

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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Bill Bennett @billbennett.bsky.social · 17h

Have I got this right? We can't afford to fund the health system but we can build a Death Star.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

NZ defence strategy explores space weapons export potential

Defence Minister Judith Collins insists NZ-produced technology could compete internationally.

www.rnz.co.nz

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 14h

LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 16h

Here's some of my rules of thumb:

> If its more than three paragraphs, make a dedicated PDF

> If its more than ten pages, make a covering letter

> If its more than twenty pages, make an executive summary, table of contents and recommendations list

> If its more than fifty pages, get an editor

Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 16h

I can’t stress enough that if you’re writing anything longer than a couple of paragraphs, spend time thinking about formatting, layout, readability and design.

The amount of work it takes to get to “compelling and professional advocacy” from “unhinged rant” is ten minutes of using a style sheet.

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camcantanything @camcantanything.bsky.social · 15h

Fuck the Salvation Army

They can do shit like this but give us barely a days worth of food for 2 people for the entire month at their food banks?

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 18h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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alex䷰trismegistus @technihilism.bsky.social · 16h

it's beyond fucking tiring that a party with an obsession for holding people accountable for every single cent of welfare payments is handing out "how to crime" guides to their fucking employees #auspol

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 20h

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.

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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 15h

Punitive, cruel, harmful. If $400 was all the money you could count on every week & didn’t get paid, how do you think that would impact your life? How well do you think you could cope?

We need total political, environmental & social change. #Auspol #Jobseeker

Picture of a lying spineless weasel, we need a government that leaves no one behind.

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 18h

“Privately, Labor MPs acknowledge there is a need to scrap the entire system.“

As your MP if they’re one of them. And if yes, what are they doing about it?

💜 phonakins 🍉 @phonakins.com · 19h

Yay was kinda quoted in this article by @amyremeikis.bsky.social !
"“Single JobSeeker [payment] just hit $400 a week. Let me know how you’d go if you were getting that little and were randomly not paid.”

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

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Steven Horry @stevenhorry.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited picnics.

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 2d

“Multiplying protest frogs” 🤣

Troops to Portland still on hold, multiplying protest frogs, fact-check on Trump claims: Get caught up

It’s not clear when the 9th Circuit panel will issue its ruling, but it will likely come before an Oct. 17 hearing

www.oregonlive.com

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Bin Chicken @binchicken9000.bsky.social · 18h

Amy Remeikis -
'Shame and harm at every JobSeeker turn – and now with added AI slop'

"the entire punitive job-seeker system is broken, and has been consistently revealed to be such, which is not because it is corrupted but because it was established that way"

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

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Chele @chelecajeleca.bsky.social · 2d

The best form of welfare (for the capitalist class) is coerced labour exploitation (for you)

Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 3d

Payman: Why are you maintaining a system that "The Labor *party* platform notes can be punitive, cause stress and anxiety, and can be a barrier to employment?"

Senator Jess Walsh responds by explaining that the Labor *government* believes the best form of welfare is a job 👍

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 1d

How many recommendations did the Robodebt Royal Commission make, again? And which one, specifically, did the government refuse to recognise, let alone commit to?

The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

Warnings about how to avoid a paper trail that might later be accessed by an FOI request are part of the induction kit for new political staffers. Even the acronym has its own crude nickname in the ministerial wing: “FOI. Fuck Off Idiot.” satpa.pe/zPB9QFA

Inside Albanese’s FOI reforms: ‘He hates transparency’

Labor’s reforms to freedom of information laws are opposed by every public submission made to the Senate, with the government’s record on secrecy worse than Scott Morrison’s.

satpa.pe

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Nate Cochrane @natecochrane.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian cyclist Derek Gee, 28, has terminated his contract with Israel-Premier Tech citing “safety & personal-belief” issues that “weighed heavily on my conscience”. His former Israeli backers now seek $A54m damages from him although it’s unclear why.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'Weighed heavily on my conscience': Cyclist faces $54m 'damages' bill

Canadian cyclist Derek Gee terminates his contract with Israel-Premier Tech due to a "safety and personal-belief" standpoint, but says the team is seeking damages worth 30 million Euros ($54 million) ...

www.abc.net.au

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

So refreshing to see someone challenge the smug, nasty Reform narrative

Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 2d

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Erika (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @erikasgarden.bsky.social · 1d

This

As a married woman, I'm fairly sure if I hid that fact from someone and slept with them and that fact would have made it so they wouldn't have consented, I would not be arrested for that. That would not be a crime. This is a law that applies to us exclusively.

trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 1d

I'd have not consented to having sex with a few ppl had I known what a prick they were behind lies and deception.

If I or any other woman took this to the cops we would be laughed at and called a slag for not being careful who we open our legs to.

Ciara Watkin is in prison for being transgender.

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