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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 5h

www.reuters.com/world/middle...
I find it a tad strange that Trump is demanding that gun owners in a foreign land (Hamas) disarm, while supporting the killing rights of shooters in the USA.

Trump says Hamas must disarm or be disarmed, perhaps violently

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had communicated to Hamas that the militant group must disarm or it will be forced to.

www.reuters.com

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goldingcartoons.bsky.social @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 12h

The peace plan. Today’s Age cartoon.

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Henry @maxiedoggie.bsky.social · 11h

Particularly that a phone call has just come to light between trump and netenyahu (ahead of US elections) with trump telling Netanyahu not to negotiate as would help Kamala
Harris with her election campaign… in other words- he helped prolong the genocide…
The turning factor was bombing of Qatar.

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 11h

Oh #smh - come off it!
Appalling front page

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 21h

Here, I reminded Google DeepMind's Tim Nguyen of some basic facts of life - or of Google, to be more precise www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dMI...

Big Tech vs Democracy | Yanis Varoufakis takes on Google's Tim Nguyen

YouTube video by The Institute of Art and Ideas

www.youtube.com

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 22h

The words & the work; Architect Angelo Candalepas explaining the development of the design of their winning scheme for the new wing of the National Gallery of Victoria.
Invoking masterpieces of architecture, working the form, seeking the spirit for such a major public work

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 23h

The people behind the inflated protests are performing a monumental service to democracy & peace in the US. The Regime wants riots, but these animal characters are not only an effective protest, grabbing attention & mocking ICE, they seem to reduce the risk of violent protests. It's perfect.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 22h

A feisty Wayne Swan laying it on thick in praise of Aust Super ‘industry’ (well he is chair of Cbus.
But who would buy the myth that “our industry funds exist for 1 reason, & 1 reason only, to give workers a better retirement”
All those Super profiteers & parasites, $ wasted in speculation & fees

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 1d

With the average new car at $50,000, let's look at the real costs of "freedom":

✅ Decades of debt
✅ Social isolation for every trip
✅ A leading cause of death & injury

Car dependency is a financially and socially crippling system, not a choice.

Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

Average U.S. New Car Price Surpasses $50,000—An All-Time High Amid Surging EV Sales

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

www.forbes.com

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

Haha
A low bar

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

Why rent a politician…
When you can own a whole party?

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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 2d

This is a choice we make as a society. What does that say about you and me?

Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 2d

🚨 BREAKING: Brand new @ACOSS report finds 1 in 7 Australians are living in poverty, including 757,000 children. Millions of families are struggling while our leaders sit on their hands and let it happen.

Poverty in Australia 2025: Overview – Poverty and Inequality

povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au

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The Hind Rajab Foundation @hindrajabfoundation.be · 5d

The @hindrajabfoundation.be welcomes the ceasefire in Gaza as a hopeful pause to the killing. Yet, genocide continues under blockade, starvation, and destruction. Mobilization must continue, justice is the only path to peace.

Full statement → http://bit.ly/3VWVmFr

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

The overt climates denialism of the LNP, still disciples of mad, bad Abbott…

But let’s not overlook the covert subsidisation of coal & gas by Labor…

All mainstream Aust politics anti-environment

#alanmoir (you can subscribe to his daily cartoons on line)

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d

No one will remember anything Linda Reynolds did in politics, but we will remember this forever. What a piece of sh#t.

Vaxatious Litigant 💉 @exposingnv.bsky.social · 2d

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins

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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 1d

It's on YouTube and isn't geoblocked AFAICT.
youtu.be/sij89ENvZqQ

Investigating how crypto is making the Trumps hundreds of millions | Four Corners Documentary

YouTube video by ABC News In-depth

youtu.be

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

What a mistake!
What about OS Australians??

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

For any USA followers, log on to ABCiview (Aust public broadcaster) & watch #4corners for more flagrant Trump corruption - this on his private profiteering on bitcoin & crypto currency.
Even to point of skewing US foreign policy.
Award winning ABC reporter John Lyons, who was attacked by Trump

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 2d

Remember the documentary Rats in the Ranks on machinations of old Leichhardt Council?
Albo was sent over in early 90’s as a party ‘factional fixer’.
Even then, he refused to be filmed or recorded on camera.
A ‘party man’ all the way

Rod Moffatt @politikarma.bsky.social · 3d

Albanese’s an insular, deeply institutionalised apparatchik who has spent his whole adult life in service to ‘The Party’.
ALP is his principal loyalty & focus - instead of people of Australia.
He is emblematic & stereotypical of the ‘political elite’ & lacks a scintilla of real world life experience

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 2d

💬 Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly once said: “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 2d

New Planning laws with no “parliamentary or public consultation, & communities are being kept in the dark, with Govt choosing not to promote anything non-housing related in legislation, but with Lib Party already enthusiastically on board, there is little chance of any potent parliamentary challenge

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 3d

#America, 2025

And the UK #Farage wants to create.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

This Is Fascism

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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 3d

The Knitting Nannas have gone global ... led by Aunt Tifa.

#AuntTifa #KnittingNannas #GrandmasUnite #UmbrellaSquad #IamAuntTifa

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

If you're worried about Climate Change, it's billionaires
If you're worried about Mass Extinction, it's billionaires
If you're worried about poverty, it's billionaires
If you're worried about Genocide, it's billionaires

Unite to deal with the cause of ALL the problems, Greed.

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 2d

Of course they could have just built of competition winning scheme (with #janeirwinlandscape & #paulberkemeier) for Barangaroo & got something even better (in exactly same place) 20 years earlier!!
Thwarted #publicsydney

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