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Nigel Bell 🍉
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Still alive - HA - take *that* body! Recovering caricaturist. Gaza, the West Bank & Lebanon are all expressions of Ethnic Cleansing. iZrael is an unfettered Apartheid state. DoB: 318.99ppm (CO₂) Residing currently on Yugara land.
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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 3h
Laugh. Cry. Another cracker from @thejuicemedia.com.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-yj...
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3h
The World Fantasy Convention will be meeting in Brighton at the end of the month and I hope they’ll be considering Trump’s health report released after his six-monthly annual examination yesterday.
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 3h
From @michaelspicer.bsky.social.

yes... well. 😐

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Stop Thinking Right Now!
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 3h
oh, I've often heard that the climate/weather of Cape Town was lovely... (or is that what you're saying?) 🤔
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 4h
and that's why, between 8am and 8pm, you visit the library - c'mon, Ed, I thought that was obvious. 😦

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David @daverino.bsky.social · 8h
"the 3 underlying trends — the consolidation of media into a handful of outlets, the increasing control of the media by the ultra-rich, & the growing primacy of shareholder interests — have made it far easier for Trump & his lackeys to do their dirty work"
robertreich.substack.com/p/why-has-th...
Why has the media become so vulnerable to Trump, and what can we do about it?
Even after Disney's reversal on Jimmy Kimmel, the vulnerability remains — unless we change the rules.
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 7h
Given the current presidency, it's easy to blame Trump for this turgid parochial stupidity from NPR... but,

the President who did his best to castrate both the NPR & PBS was William Jefferson 'Bill' Clinton who I believe was a Democrat.

America's duopoly has been a toxic farce for A LONG time.
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Gregg Levine @greggjlevine.bsky.social · 7h
And yet just five hours after this story was published, NPR ran a puff piece about a uranium reprocessing scheme Thiel is backing. smdh
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Gregg Levine @greggjlevine.bsky.social · 14h
That @npr.org runs a piece describing Third Way as a “left of center” “think tank” is enough to tar the entire editorial enterprise, but to then have that 3rd Way flak regurgitate pro-uranium enrichment claptrap from the nuclear industry right after the story fluffs some Thiel-funded contractor is 🤮
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 7h
Given the current presidency, it's easy to blame Trump for this turgid parochial stupidity from NPR... but,

the President who did his best to castrate both the NPR & PBS was William Jefferson 'Bill' Clinton who I believe was a Democrat.

America's duopoly has been a toxic farce for A LONG time.
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 7h
The gods couldn't bring up that timeline, yes? no? 🤔
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 9h
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 7h
In The Time of Madness.
Interview with Richard Lloyd Parry & the election of Japan's first female prime minister. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 7h
Sadly, this particular clusterfudge goes back to the 1700s, and the generational winners keep reinforcing the status quo that keeps them and their descendents, and only them and their descendents, winning.
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Karmadog's Krappy Kartoons and Bawdy Doodles @the-white-rose.bsky.social · 8h
Ultimately, I think it comes down to this. This is the lesson we must learn.
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Ben @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 1d
Israel highlighting how many 100s of aid trucks they will now allow into Gaza is a tacit admission that they were using aid as a weapon of war, by the way. seems weird not to talk about this
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d
The latest Dollars & Sense pod is up, talking housing and corporate tax.
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Housing affordability to get worse as big corporates do annual tax magic
Renting a place to live is getting more expensive and house price rises are tipped to accelerate.
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 7h
(OhGodWhatTheF*ckNow?)

Wake me up when we get to the 'breathing causes autism' phase, yeah?

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Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social · 15h
Circumcision Causes Autism?
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 7h
A wander through 'my' library this afternoon.

Brisbane is already *Brisbane* (ie. bloody hot) in mid-Spring, so Summer's going to be awful, I suspect.

That said, it's all lovely, lovely aircon. in the here 'n now.

So, this is a very brief photo essay: The Library, Staying in Looking Out.

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The early childhood area where activities can take place. A little beyond those windows (facing East) is the main road, and while vibration is unavoidable, the soundproofing is pretty good. The early childhood area where some Islander fellow with drums *Rocks Out*, bro. He is beloved by his young fans! Facing North, this window looks to a small tree'd park. The Study Area in the Northwest corner has 2 (it had 3 - grumble'grumble) 'upsie-downsie' tables - my back lurrrvs these tables. At this point, the library backs on to the Scrubby Creek wetlands. Apart from simply being an idyll of a backdrop (esp. with the aircon. on), every so often some bird- or bat- life will show itself - that, or a gentle helical dance of butterflies. Looking out the western window, to the Southwest, to the walk/run/ride path down beside the Scrubby Creek wetlands.
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 11h
Gosh gee whiz who would’ve guessed www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW police wrongly categorise ‘significant’ number of incidents as antisemitic
Anti-Palestinian graffiti and verbal abuse of pro-Palestine protestors incorrectly recorded as antisemitism in figures government cited to defend restrictions on protests
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 11h
And also with you.

(blimey, that was a reflexive throwback to my upbringing!) 😄
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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 11h
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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 13h
apparently billionaire-built digital slop machine output is being posted to billionaire-built digital platforms in an effort to create and spread misinformation as widely and harmfully as possible ikr.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
AI-generated misinformation about 4yo Gus prompts tech and legal concerns
The thought of a missing boy lost in the outback is indescribably harrowing — but what's almost as disturbing is the realisation that some on social media have seized on the disappearance of four-year...
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 11h
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Now that ain't workin', that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya, these bears ain't dumb
Maybe choose a pickly pear an' get a prickle
Maybe choose a pawpaw that's yum

Sung to the tune of Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing"
[Apol.s to Knopfler, Sumner, & a nod to Gilkyson]

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I literally laughed out loud when I played this video. Oh Amy. Such a cute bear.
YouTube video by Orphaned Wildlife Center
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 12h
Okay, (grumble'grumble), you've won this round!
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 14h
Indeed, given he's missed this year's Nobel Peace Prize
... (which went to a woman!) 😦
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 14h
Kev', daughter's significant other, a little way off from a small specimen... only 20+ feet/6+ metres.
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A snorkeling swimmer (Kev) a little way off from a small Whale Shark specimen. The shark is approx. 20+ feet/6+ metres long.
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 14h
Why no, as a person with both a humanist worldview & a political memory, I'm not a fan.

Why do you ask? 🤔
A screenshot of a post by Zachary Foster commenting on an embedded screenshot of Foster responding to Barack Obama's post regarding iZrael & the Palestinians 'equal' responsibility to "achieve a lasting peace". Foster's final comment: This @BarackObama tweet will be taught in genocide studies courses as a case study of what dehumanization looks like. In the embedded email: Barack Obama wrote: After two years of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza, we should all be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight; that those hostages still being held will be reunited with their families; and that vital aid can start reaching those inside Gaza whose lives have been shattered. More than that, though, it now falls on Israelis and Palestinians, with the support of the U.S. and the entire world community, to begin the hard task of rebuilding Gaza – and to commit to a process that, by recognizing the common humanity and basic rights of both peoples, can achieve a lasting peace. Foster responded: 1. Israelis have families, but Palestinians apparently don't. 2. Israelis are named as Israelis, but Palestinians are just "people". 3. It's apparently a conflict, not an occupation, siege or genocide. 4. Israeli soldiers enforcing a murderous siege on Gaza are apparently hostages, not prisoners of war. 5. Bothsiding the perpetrators and victims of a genocide. You are toxic, Mr Obama, one of the greatest disappointment of our generation. Graphic: Text above a cut-off head of Barack Obama sitting off the bottom of the image. Text: Obama in a practical sense - a policy sense - was merely a black Ronald Reagan. And as inconsistent and 'war-ry' as his predecessor (GB Jr) was, it was Obama who launched drones as a weapon of terror abroad and, at home, went hard on whistleblowers, regardless of merit. How good was he at home? 1. ask the progressive African American organisations that were told to shut up & not make waves, 2. he enabled the Tea-partyists (pre-Trumpists) to speak & spread their utter BS unchallenged, & 3. in the wake of the GFC, actively did nothing to hold the Fed to account nor to reform it. A good speaker, this apparently makes up for a lack of decency & scruples.
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