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troutish @troutish.bsky.social · 1h

Everyone loves in a fantasy world.

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 17h

It looked like this 11 years ago.

A screencap from a story from Time. It's mostly a photo of a cop in full riot gear firing a tear gas launcher in a street. There's a giant flame coming from the barrel that flows to the right of the frame. Under the photo is a caption that reads "Police in Ferguson fire tear gas in the direction of bottle-throwing crowds on Aug 18, 2014. David Carson-St Louis Post Dispatch/Polaris.

The full story where this image was pulled from is at this link: https://time.com/3153326/inside-the-tragedy-of-ferguson/

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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 14h

Ransomware payment rates have dropped below 25% for the first time in history.

Coveware says cyber defenders, law enforcement, and legal specialists should take this as a validation of their efforts.

www.coveware.com/blog/2025/10...

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 4h

Speculative invoicing plays a huge role in how Australians engaging with Centrelink and the ATO end up owing debts

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El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 4h

'The Albanese government has not completed promised reforms to automated decision-making by federal agencies that the Robodebt royal commission said were urgently needed more than two years ago.'

www.innovationaus.com/robodebt-tec...

Robodebt tech reforms fade from focus

The Albanese government has not completed promised reforms to automated decision-making by federal agencies that the Robodebt royal commission said were urgently needed more than two years ago. Despit...

www.innovationaus.com

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troutish @troutish.bsky.social · 1h

Yeh, and people getting paid in cash so there was no record..

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troutish @troutish.bsky.social · 1h

I was coming to say this same thing. I think we SHOULD make it so people can both receive Centrelink and earn money up to the point of at very least the minimum wage.

That's said, we shouldn't be taxing people's income if they're not earning enough to cover living costs.

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Stormy Weather @stormzand.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for the heads up on this! I was able to go get her today and the cross-country Bluesky relay, Operation Reverse Oregon Trail a.k.a. The Great Mia-gration a.k.a Floof Ghost Coast-to-Coast, is starting tomorrow!

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1d

🎯🎯🎯

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

As Toni Morrison said, "the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work." But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked.

Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.

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troutish @troutish.bsky.social · 16h

At this moment they may be moving to bigger premises :/

troutish @troutish.bsky.social · 16h

Gotta find em

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 22h

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….”
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼

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troutish @troutish.bsky.social · 16h

I honestly don't know if it's been as bleak as it's about to be at any point since the Holocene began anyways.

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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 1d

The dishonesty around the use of Robodebt in prosecuting the government’s Freedom of Information secrecy drive is galling in the extreme. I set out some facts that deflate the specious claims being used as cover. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...

‘Absurdist leaps of logic’: Robodebt misused in FOI reforms

I am furious. Angry, certainly, about the federal government’s proposed freedom of information laws, which mock the very idea of transparency, but seething especially about the justification for them,...

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22h

It’s still hard to grasp that there aren’t 4 GOP Reps (who will otherwise be forgotten forever after retiring & likely defeated next year anyway) aren’t interested in going down in history as all-time 🇺🇸 heroes by caucusing with the Dems & giving them the majority to impeach Trump & save the Republic

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson has dissolved Congress. Why?

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troutish @troutish.bsky.social · 16h

The public of Australia has no appetite for constitutional change of any kind right now. You mention the words constitutional change and peoples eyes glaze over.

Near zero chance in the next few years. Maybe after the next world war or when fascism collapses in the US if that happens first.

troutish @troutish.bsky.social · 17h

Fuck me this is bleak.

Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 1d

As difficult as it is - as a parent - to look down the barrel of this future, it’s nothing compared to the horrors our kids are on track to live through.

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 1d

As difficult as it is - as a parent - to look down the barrel of this future, it’s nothing compared to the horrors our kids are on track to live through.

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troutish @troutish.bsky.social · 17h

Reverse psychology on ya parent, nice werk

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troutish @troutish.bsky.social · 17h

PROVE ME WRONG 😆

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troutish @troutish.bsky.social · 17h

Lol

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 20h

I keep seeing long threads where people do complex math to justify unmasking, calculating their own risk of illness 🧮

But almost never, "Hey what's the risk to the person beside me at the pharmacy?"

We’ve individualized public health to death

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troutish @troutish.bsky.social · 18h

lol fuck yes