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Glengyron @glengyron.bsky.social · 17h

It will always be the energy source of the future...

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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 11h

If Israel gets their hostages back, the West is going to turn away again and ignore what happens afterwards

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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 11h

Yes. Speers is just useless; Uhlmann is knowingly malign

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Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social · 13h

Articles like this prove the failure of political journalism, not the failure of the citizenry

Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 13h

“The primary responsibility of any citizen is to pay attention – only then can informed decisions be made and change occur.”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Adopting a ‘she’ll be right’ attitude to Australian politics may be seductive, but it certainly isn’t guaranteed | Julianne Schultz

Australians are rightfully proud of their robust election process, yet surveys suggest very few fully understand it

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 12h

They're very coy on the website about who is running the show, aren't they.
And the mass produced "protest placards" is always an Astroturf giveaway

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Drop Bear @drop-bear.bsky.social · 14h

Astroturf, anyone? 'Grassroots', it ain't.

Adopting the problematic IHRA definition of antisemitism raises red flags.
www.neveragainisnow.com.au/what_is_anti...
If you attend, then bear in mind that it's a Zionist event. That is to say, far from Jewish.
#AusPol
#Zionism
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 21h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Dave Lennon @davelennon.bsky.social · 20h

"you can't believe a word he says ..... but you can't ignore any words he says" the conundrum of electing a criminal psychopath .....

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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 21h

Is Bolt still a thing?

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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · 22h

Just a note on Twitter, it wasn't taken over by weight of right wing content, it was bought out by the richest Nazi in the world

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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 22h

ICE officers would

Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 22h

He and Kennett should form a club - I'm sure Mark Latham would be keen to join

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Gumby Screens @gumbyscreens.bsky.social · 22h

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 22h

“Privately, Labor MPs acknowledge there is a need to scrap the entire system.“

As your MP if they’re one of them. And if yes, what are they doing about it?

💜 phonakins 🍉 @phonakins.com · 23h

Yay was kinda quoted in this article by @amyremeikis.bsky.social !
"“Single JobSeeker [payment] just hit $400 a week. Let me know how you’d go if you were getting that little and were randomly not paid.”

www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Shame and harm at every JobSeeker turn – and now added AI slop

The system is so convoluted and stacked against people that even if it worked as intended, it would still be not just harmful, but useless.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

Discworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic

"‘You run away a lot,’ said one of the voices. ‘That is good. You are a survivor.’

‘Survivor? I’ve nearly been killed dozens of times!’

‘Exactly.’"

Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods

That's why it's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all is truth beauty and is beauty truth, and does a falling tree in the forest make a sound if there's no one there to hear it, and then just when you think they're going to start dribbling one of 'em says, incidentally, putting a thirty-foot parabolic reflector on a high place to shoot the rays of the sun at an enemy's ships would be a very interesting demonstration of optical principles.

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TomP @tommersonp.bsky.social · 1d

the far left terror continues 🤭

#Portland outside an #ICE #Facility:

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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 1d

That's a lot of hostages

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Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 2d

"He has the heart of a humanitarian."

Along with various other people's body parts, it's buried under the pavers of the former Rose Garden.

From The Guardian:

White House slams Trump’s perceived Nobel peace prize snub as ‘politics over peace’
President has ‘heart of humanitarian’, spokesperson says after unsuccessful bid for prize amid Gaza ceasefire deal

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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 2d

cool except he hasn't stopped a fucking thing

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2d

In the tragic arc of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Donald Trump may have closed the latest — and most violent — chapter.

Trump deserves credit for stopping the fighting, but his key claim is overblown

In the tragic arc of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Donald Trump may have closed the latest — and most violent — chapter.

www.abc.net.au

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 2d

Best thing about retirement is waking up and wondering what day it is and then remembering you’re retired and couldn’t give a hoot.

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Overlizard @aitch-el.bsky.social · 1d

Ordinary people who cheer the cutting of government jobs are like spoilt babies who think they control the world, b/c everything is provided for them.
Baby brain has no comprehension of the complex systems behind the delivery of goods and services: babbies think they are independent; the boss.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 1d

Despite all rhetoric to the contrary, plutocrats will always be happy with a "smaller pie" if they're getting a bigger slice

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Anthony Morgan @admorgan.bsky.social · 1d

“Put simply, only the extremely wealthy appear to be benefiting from all of this.”

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, his lips to god's ear

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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pieist.xenoplasm.com @pieist.xenoplasm.com · 1d

I love how each ink cartridge contains more computing power than was owned by NASA between 1963 and 1985 but almost no ink.

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