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@commonmanmartin.bsky.social

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Grandfather, dad, husband. Humanist, (but I struggle). Facts over beliefs. Love science, art, kindness, family, woke people. Born 314.8 On Boonwurrung land: I wish it was by invitation

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Yelling at Clouds @commonmanmartin.bsky.social · May 30

What if Darwinian evolution had built a human species in which the pig-ignorant actually realised they were indeed that and would all STFU in response.
That might allow their brains to actually consider, rationalise and learn.
What might we be as a species then!

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Yelling at Clouds @commonmanmartin.bsky.social · 6h

And Murray Watt?

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 7h

I’m losing count of how many industries own @albomp.bsky.social

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Margaret Rose @margaretrose.bsky.social · 6h

They have totally messed up Universities. It’s criminal. I was waiting for the ALP to act on the mess but all I’m seeing is the ALP following Liberal party policies. Gough would be disgusted with the current crop of Parliamentarians.

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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 6h

The New International World Order & its endless wars & brutality will be run by American real estate developers, property investors, religious organisations, resource & mining prospectors, media magnates & assorted richlings from now on, with AU paying an AUKUS tithe to it. What could go wrong?

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Yelling at Clouds @commonmanmartin.bsky.social · 6h

I am so distressed that after decades of being an @australianlabor.bsky.social supporter, I cannot stomach this piss-weak RW bunch of grifters.
And let's not mention, #genocide enablers.
I will vote for a cane toad before I vote Labor ever again.
*the amphibian, not the Pauline

Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 7h

To paraphrase Groucho Marx as the Albanese Cabinet:

'Here are our principles on protecting the public from gambling harm.

If you don't like them, we don't give a fuck.
We are busy playing touch footy with our mates from the gambling lobby.'

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Peta from Oz @petsam.bsky.social · 7h

This 👇👇👇

Rachel Withers @rachelwithers.bsky.social · 7h

Imagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby.

To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?

Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 8h

Making his point for him -- just asking about the power of the gambling lobby gets Senator David Pocock booted from sports club the Prime Minister heads. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Phteven @2fbs.bsky.social · 11h

Give the Nobel Peace Prize to Greta Thunberg and watch his head explode in glorious 4K

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Daryl Maguire’s tractor @daryltractor.bsky.social · 10h

Anyone else see Albo’s presser just now where he laughed off Pocock’s concerns re SportsBet access, dismissed news re Brereton secretly consulting 11 times whilst heading up the NACC, and tried to segue into how he had frozen beer excise?

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 20h

We may have reached the point where they aren't going to let us leave

Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 20h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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John Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · 1d

We had a period in Australia when only men could vote.
That didn’t work.
So we’ve tried everyone having the vote for the last 58 years.
That hasn’t worked.

Maybe it’s time to try only women get to vote.

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Von Karajan @hubertelski.bsky.social · 1d

An ER medic reported injuries were grouped. Kids one day being shot in the middle of the forehead. Next day it might be the crotch, next day elesewhere.

These groupings could not be coincidental. He described it as "the gamification" of killing ie the IDF snipers did this for fun.

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Ellie 🇨🇦 @ellieatmoore.bsky.social · 1d

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Yelling at Clouds @commonmanmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Australians of the Year?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

They wed amidst the bombs of war-torn Gaza. Now they're hoping for a new start

Mohammed Mustafa and Nour Dalloul got married while bombs exploded around them. Now their war-torn love, forged in the emergency rooms of a Gazan hospital, has found a home in Australia.

www.abc.net.au

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 2d

THIS is what you're defending, justifying and complicit in,
@albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social.

THIS.

How dare you lecture us about Hamas displaying a lack of humanity, in the face of Israel's blatant and constant barbarity and inhumanity. #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust

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RIDGE @1av8ter.bsky.social · 3d

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RIDGE @1av8ter.bsky.social · 2d

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RIDGE @1av8ter.bsky.social · 2d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Portland Cop Confronts ICE GOON
Threatens Arrest After Attempt to Drive Through Protest Crowd. ICE Worker Dismisses Safety Concerns, Says 'Not Many Protesters, It Won't Be Messy’.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 7d

you know what we really need though? a new stadium

#politas

A screenshot of a pulse article talking about tas TAFE arts courses facing a 5000% fee hike

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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 3d

The Premier & the Opp Leader would build the stadium against the advice of every expert & the will of a majority of the community. And it’s our children & their children who will have to pay for it. Want a corflute? Go here nonewstadium.au/getasign/ #politas #auspol

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 2d

The bottom line is this. There is no disrespect in Australians hitting the streets today and using social media to ask our community to reflect on what October 7 means for two groups of people. @BarnsGreg #auspol #Oct7 #israel #Gaza #genocide

7 October not a day to abuse protesters

When it comes to the domestic political fallout from the Gaza conflict, there are no more reliable and uncritical friends of Israel than Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan and her New South Wales counterpart Chris Minns.

johnmenadue.com

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 2d

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GoughWhitlam'sGhost™️ @vincentsworkisdone.bsky.social · 2d

It's now officially begun.

Deb Cares 4 Iowa @debcares4iowa.bsky.social · 2d

Today the governor of Texas has sent troops to invade and occupy Illinois against the wishes of the People of IL & its governor. This will be the first time since 1865 that troops from the former Confederacy make an incursion into a Northern state.

Are we really beginning the SECOND US Civil War?

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