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Tony Watts

@wattsburger.bsky.social

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Twitter refugee. Expat wombat and coconut farmer. Recovering media type. Don't blame me for the kakistocracy - I don't get to vote.

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Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · Sep 9

I think we're at the stage where the right wing (nuts) think that facts are 'woke', and that they're willing to sacrifice their children to preventable diseases and climate change to prove it.

All I can say is that they have no business being even close to the levers of power.

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Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · 1h

Forget about interrupting them, not even election results put them off.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

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Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · 23h

Seen fruitcakes less nutty than this bloke. Seriously. Tax these f&*kers. And for goodness sake, don't listen to them or you risk brain damage

Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair, he is a moron

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

These guys have gotten incredibly rich by fleecing the government with subpar tech that was designed for rentseeking rather than performance. A smart Dem agenda item would be to build internal tech capacity. The fact that it would punish these guys is just a silver lining.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 1d

Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.

Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Seann with two Ns @jinglespigtails.bsky.social · 1d

went out on my patio to document the hellscape

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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 1d

It's the topic everyone in Canberra is talking about and now thanks to ChaserBet, you can win big on this bizarre story!

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justicetoall.bsky.social @justicetoall.bsky.social · 1d

The man who ask the other man to stop killing in Ukraine, and falls all over himself to thank him for flattery. Sick!!! 😱
Played him like a fiddle. ( by Siegfried Woldhek)

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Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · 1d

They're so good at covering up terrorism that there's literally no evidence of terrorism!

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

give me a prize for how peaceful i am or i'm going to fucking destroy you

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 2d

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · 1d

Bank of England states the blindingly obvious. Well, blindingly obvious to everyone but shareholders apparently...

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee

www.theguardian.com

Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · 1d

Seems he struck a nerve. Good work, I reckon. We need more Pococks in parliament.

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Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · 2d

Hate to point this out to the jernalists at The UnAustralian that "Trump's presence" is hardly making Taiwanese sleep well at night. FFS

thehill.com/opinion/nati...

thehill.com

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 3d

As it happens, both my grandmas were girlfriends of antifa (my grandfathers fought in WWII)

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 3d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · 2d

Quelle surprise!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine that.

www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · 2d

Bankrupt baroque

Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · 2d

"...the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer [sic]" may, IDK, have read the play? 🤷‍♂️

Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · 3d

"social media [is] rife with “misinformation, disinformation [and] the rabbit holes [that] they drag you down"?

Newscorpse isn't?

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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · 3d

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.

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Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · 3d

The big social media companies took the Newscorpse model of ensuring their users are permanently outraged and supercharged it by having more users. World's smallest violin for the company that replaced actual journalists with op-ed writers.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 4d

The least we can do is to ensure that Jane Goodall's dying wish is fulfilled.

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 4d

Take a moment to listen to the inimitable Jane Goodall. RIP. ❤️✊🏽

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

Cartoon by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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