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Jessie L

@jessielilley.bsky.social

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Creative Director, Writer, Broadcaster - host Spin Cycle on RRR plus podcast platforms. Living in Naarm. Baker of bread. Here we go again.

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · Aug 1

Listen back to Plestia Alaqad on Spin Cycle on RRR.

Programs: Spin Cycle – 31 July 2025, Spin Cycle — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio

An episode of Spin Cycle on 31 July 2025

www.rrr.org.au

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 10h

Dolly is a true gift.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 1d

I’m literally losing it. can’t sleep without my nightly drone concert. Two years of bzzz bzzz lullabies and now the sky’s on mute. Unbelievable

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 2d

honestly fu** you if you think gazans are only allowed to ask for help to cover their very basic necessities when they’re starving or being killed, calling a gazan a grifter for trying to secure her education proves that you don’t see gazans as humans who deserve to live equally.

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 1d

Love this❤️

Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 1d

Over 7000 Palestinian hostages will remain in Israeli prisons.

Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 1d

'There are more than 11,000 Palestinians in Israeli detention, according to data provided by the Israel Prison Service, 87 per cent of whom have never been charged or convicted.'

Sounds legit.

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

Israel publishes names of 250 Palestinian prisoners to be freed

Israel's Ministry of Justice provides the names of prisoners it will release in exchange for Israeli hostages, but Hamas says no agreement has been reached.

www.abc.net.au

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 1d

They are weak for that jawline

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 1d

True public service

Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 1d

Wong’s disdainful response to Pocock when he raised this exact point demonstrates how far through the looking glass this govt is.

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 1d

Too soft 🤷🏻‍♀️

Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 1d

lol. He literally included a ‘hasty in name only’ line. My dude, stop.

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 1d

AKA more far right discourse and immigration fear mongering with a willing media facilitating.

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 1d

💯 it’s a shame Hartcher seems immune from embarrassing himself. Full blown cringe.

Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t tell if that’s sarcasm 😂 I assume he’d be very happy with this construct of a stoic, principled leader in waiting. It’s almost as though he scripted it.

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 1d

The ageing fellas at the news desk have such a boner for a strong, young white man in politics they are going to will Hastie to the top of the pile whether we like it or not.

Opinion piece in the 9Papers:

Hastie's got the right stuff but one obsession may fast-track or derail his ambitions
By Peter Hartcher
October 11, 2025 - 5.00am
"The train coming down the tracks isn't the one that you expected. It's not the one advertised on the board," says actor Benedict Cumberbatch playing the role of a pro-Brexit strategist.
"Well, tough," he says. "It isn't even the one that I imagined. But I accept it. And you can't stop it," he says in the 2019 movie Brexit: The Uncivil War in the persona of the notorious Dominic Cummings, adviser to Boris Johnson.
"There is a new politics in town. One that you cannot control."

Article extract:

As he read his charter letter from his leader, Sussan Ley, setting out his duties as opposition home affairs spokesman, he realised he would have no part in immigration policy - opposition immigration spokesman Paul Scarr, not Hastie, would "lead" and "develop" the policy. Hastie practised his personal policy of a
48-hour cooling off before making any major decision.
At this point, a more typical politician would accept the ruling, but then begin a quiet campaign of leaking and undermining against the leader. Hastie did not.
He was careful to take counsel with a handful of trusted allies, including only two Liberal MPs, so that he couldn't be accused of "doing the
numbers" as a prelude to a leadership challenge.
He told the most trusted of his trusted circle, his wife, Ruth, that he'd have to take a 25 per cent pay cut if he went ahead with the resignation. She rejoined that the family budget would simply have to adjust.

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 1d

Good to know. Thanks.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s war on Portland has potentially done a great service to the city’s tourism. I’m loving the vibe more and more with every video I see. The only drawback is that I’d have to enter the US to get there.

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Donna Benenson @donnabenenson.bsky.social · 2d

"...the NPC’s list of sponsors reveals the problem. Among them are no less than ten firms with links to the arms industry that is profiting from Israel’s destruction of Gaza, including four of the very largest defence manufacturers in the world – BAE, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Thales."

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 2d

New:
Censorship by any other name.
The National Press Club cancelled a speaker, Chris Hedges, who planned to address the mass killing of journalists in Gaza. The mainstream press didn’t report it.
nickfeik.substack.com/p/censorship...

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 2d

My workplace has a social club. We go bowling. We don’t need corporate sponsors cos we all pay $5 once a fortnight

eggs @thewetmale.bsky.social · 2d

A lot of people in a lot of workplaces would partake in social sport to keep people that work together connected and appreciative of each other. Why the fuck does the federal parliament need corporate sponsorship to do this? (We all know why)

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Rachel Withers @rachelwithers.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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...

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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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 2d

Australian newspapers are reporting only the ceasefire, not Israel’s violation of it. The bombing hasn’t stopped but that’s an inconvenient truth.

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 2d

“A Sportsbet employee was among a small group of donors who attended the “boardroom dinner” with the minister for regional development, Kristy McBain, on Tuesday night. The dinner was organised by Labor’s fundraising vehicle.”

All they care about is being elected and staying in power.

Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry

Exclusive: Earlier that day, four crossbench MPs held a press conference calling on government to ignore lobbying from gambling industry

www.theguardian.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Palestinians moving back towards Gaza City are being fired upon.

Israeli forces say the ceasefire does not exist until the government votes for it.

At least 8 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn.

(🎥 Al Jazeera)

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