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Milo Kei

@milokei.bsky.social

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Associate Lecturer #Sociology at the University of Newcastle (NSW). I study #Class, #Youth, political participation, #Protest, #Resistance and #SocialMovements. PhD thesis on School Strike for Climate in Australia ORCID: 0000-0001-6945-5570

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Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 14h

That sounds like the chant is 'fascist' go home. That's what I hear anyway. Either works I guess.

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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 16h

Day161 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

John(H. sapiens) with Busycon carica. K-college educators left with similar prizes from PRI's teacher resource day today, supplying 40+ teachers
#savePRI ⚒️ 🧪

John oliver holding a large fossil whelk in a checked shirt in front of a green background

Crowded room of teachers sorting through long rows of tables covered in free specimens. Mostly of mollusks, but also publications, fossils, minerals and chemistry labware.

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 18h

Great run-down of the mutual obligations system — both it's current unlawful administration, and it's rotten ideological underpinnings that destroys lives — by @amyremeikis.bsky.social here: www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

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Marns🌿🍉 @marnshibski.bsky.social · 20h

As Australia begins to mirror America’s erosion of responsible freedom, with militarised policing, corporate capture, and shrinking space for dissent, citizens must stay alert. If we remain silent, we risk inheriting the same divisions, injustices, and state overreach that plague the U.S.

Longtail News @longtail.news · 21h

Feed: "The Australian Independent Media Network"
By: AIMN Editorial on Saturday, October 11, 2025

Why Anti-Protest Laws in Australia are Silencing Democracy

By Denis Hay Description Anti-protest laws in Australia threaten the principles of freedom of speech and democracy. Discover how citizens can protect their rights to peaceful protest. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? [...]

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Professor Dan Woodman @drdanwoodman.bsky.social · 17h

My latest on ABC Life Matters
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Social Studies: Why do we still bother with weddings? - ABC listen

Recently, 600 couples from the South American nation of Paraguay were married simultaneously in a gym. Is this a genius way to get around the financial strain of throwing a wedding? Or is it somehow ...

Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 17h

This is nauseating hagiography in real time. Remember the surf life saving double spreads of Abbott after he knifed Nelson by one vote and then again in 2010? It may not have been Hartcher but it was Fairfax as much as Newscorp. They cannot help but be players rather than witnesses.

Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 18h

I'm actually quite moved at your reflective sentimentality. It's nice to have solid civic events as a party of our identity. It's a binding force and something to be shared. The grand final(s), grand slams, ANZAC, Archibald's etc make us culturally richer (Bellah, 1960)

Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 1d

Thank fuck. I mean, good Sudo. Yes, quite.

Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 1d

Wait. I just realised you might not be making the Linux joke I thought you were.

You'll have to look it up if not, and congratulate me if you were. My jokes are the best jokes. You had to be there. Honestly

Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 1d

Nuclear Armageddon privilege?

Sudo, fetch!

Sudo, roll!

Sudo rm -rf /

<fin>

Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 1d

Does it come with certain privileges?

Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for the link! This is all pretty damning and I'm so pleased the senate had led this inquiry process with solid recommendations. It's painful it's been this long in coming however. All of these revelations have been aired ad nauseum by those inside. Hope this results in needed change

The senators' report
acknowledges pockets of good
practice across the sector. Its
conclusions overall, however, are
vithering: "This inquiry Ias
xposed what lies beneath the tip
of the governance failure iceberg-
overpaid and arrogant
management and their largesse,
paque, unaccountable, and top-
down decision-making, and
governance bodies stacked with
corporate appointees.

The inquiry is now calling for
sweeping changes
to both the
structure and operations of
university councils. The politics of
his will not necessarily be
traightforward. This is because

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 2d

Ba-dum, tish!

Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 2d

Death by a thousand micro aggressions and ego-driven petty backbiting

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Rising Tide Australia @risingtideaus.bsky.social · 3d

🪑 Armchair activists, assemble! 😜

We need YOU to sign our petition to the Port to stop coal ships during the Blockade.

The Port calls itself “a global leader in sustainability” — let's pressure them to live up to that claim.

risingtide.nationbuilder.com/stop_the_coa...

Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations! Well done!

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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 3d

Epic gaslighting by Labor - the Coalition is irrelevant, so choosing to negotiate with it is just political cover for failing to do the right thing

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 4d

The messenger somewhat dilutes the message.

Sure, we've been doing truly heinous stuff to innocent people whilst destroying democracy for decades, but these vampires over here are stealing our advertising money!!!!!

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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · 4d

News Corp Australia chairman says social media platforms are monsters and torment kids but I guess hacking the phone of a murdered schoolgirl is ok though.

Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 4d

Oof, Glen. Too raw.

Glen Le Lievre @lelievre.bsky.social · 4d

Girl trouble

Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 5d

This is hilarious. Gold kissed bonkers from the Seppo. Anglo's! Bet that went down like a cup of warm sick.

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 5d

This whole thread is absolutely peak Bluesky. Dear Americans, not everything is about you.

NYCNAFOFELLA. 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇭🇷🏳️‍🌈🇺🇲 Militant Centrist, Bill Maher aligned @nycnafofella.bsky.social · 5d

Announcing this on a board where Americans are in the fight of their lives against a fascist takeover may be a pointer....

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 5d

~ ermahgerd ~

Seems v much like the NPC was not truthful about its cancellation of Hedges' scheduled appearance on OCT 20.

'Statement on Cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National Press Club of Australia'

www.afopa.com.au/blog/2025/10...

Statement on Cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National Press Club of Australia — Australian Friends of Palestine Association

AFOPA is responding to the Statement published on 4 October 2025 by the National Press Club of Australia ( NPC) in relation to their cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National ...

www.afopa.com.au

Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 6d

This is more serious than at first glance. Since when can affected individuals not provide govt agencies with hectares of personal data? For that to be farmed out to private sector without guards against abuse destroys trust. Trust in govt agencies ability to help

#Auspol #NSWpol #DataBreach

Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 6d

Breach? Sounds like people gave their data to the government on a promise of disaster support, the government gave their data and our money to a contractor on a promise of service provision, and the contractor gave their data to a tech business on a promise of slop.

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

Major data breach as up to 3,000 flood victims' details loaded to ChatGPT

The NSW Reconstruction Authority says the breach occurred in March and involved the personal data of applicants to the Northern Rivers Resilient Homes Program.