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PeteSig 🇨🇴 🇸🇩 🇦🇺 @padreilpadrone.bsky.social · 12h

Typical financial abuse by the Zionist cycling team!
Sanction Israel NOW! No Zionists in international sports.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'Weighed heavily on my conscience': Cyclist faces $54m 'damages' bill

Canadian cyclist Derek Gee terminates his contract with Israel-Premier Tech due to a "safety and personal-belief" standpoint, but says the team is seeking damages worth 30 million Euros ($54 million) ...

www.abc.net.au

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Anne Rafferty @annerafferty.bsky.social · 9h

Wow they sound really good and the drummer...all class🍸
Does anybody know the name of the band?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h

Presented without comment, the current scene outside Union Station in DC as I got off the train.

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 10h

Excellent that NSW Police have investigated alleged antisemitic attacks over last 2 years…& found they were overstated.
But why were they so wrongly recorded in 1st place?
& why did NSW Premier Chris ‘knee jerk’ Minns then bring in draconian laws, on wrong numbers?
www.theage.com.au/politics/nsw...

Revealed: NSW Police ‘significantly’ overstated antisemitic attacks

An internal review of Operation Shelter found a “significant number” of cases had been mischaracterised as motivated by anti-Jewish sentiment.

www.theage.com.au

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Sista Cate Ruth ♿ @sistacatruthpurry.bsky.social · 1d

I should bloody-well think so. Time for Australia to follow suit and outlaw IDF service for Israeli-Australians. Pick a passport and stick to it. Either you're Australian, or you're an IDF psychopath. You can't be both.

Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 1d

www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

British citizens serving in the IDF can now be tried for war crimes in the UK

Now that the UK has recognised Palestine as a state, this opens legal routes for British members of the IDF to be charged in the UK

www.thecanary.co

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 13h

Tens of thousands of Mexican citizens lived in this territory and had been promised American citizenship. Increasing demand for labor for agriculture and the building of railroads in the Southwest also brought a significant influx of immigrants, as did the violence of the Mexican Revolution. /3

Mexican immigrants working in the fields in the 1920s.

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Anne Rafferty @annerafferty.bsky.social · 12h

I saw a post reckons Albos reinstated David, is this true?

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 4d

A big four consultancy firm has used AI in a report that had several errors, and charged the Australian taxpayer with the bill. I am livid.

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Anne Rafferty @annerafferty.bsky.social · 13h

Haha cheers

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 22h

Hedge fund Alden Global Capital gobbles up newspapers & guts them. Journalist Julie Reynolds investigates. Her findings trigger journalist rebellions at Alden-owned newspapers nationwide. Watch the battle to save and rebuild local journalism in America, free until 10/31:

www.pbs.org/show/strippe...

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 23h

Good morning from Greenbelt, Md.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorneys will argue in federal court for his release from immigration detention. Now feds want to send Abrego to Ghana.

Reporting live.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 22h

Bringing together stories of environment and Empire, genocide and ecocide, war and peace – Sunil Amrith's The Burning Earth is a razor-sharp study of accountability for the climate crisis.

The Burning Earth is shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize. Learn more here https://bit.ly/3WsTunW

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 1d

Palestinians displaced to southern Gaza begin journey home as ceasefire comes into effect.

Thousands walk north along coastal road after Israel-Hamas agreement puts stop to fighting for first time in six months. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Palestinians displaced to southern Gaza begin journey home as ceasefire comes into effect

Thousands walk north along coastal road after Israel-Hamas agreement puts stop to fighting for first time in six months

www.theguardian.com

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SJ McGee @susansjmcgee.bsky.social · 1d

youtube.com/shorts/BSkDJ...

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised. #dailyshow

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Mickey Blue @poornhonest.bsky.social · 1d

@albomp.bsky.social you & every Labor politician should be required to watch this:-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsXm...

Indeed every Australian should watch it, many times, til they understand the full meaning & import of the important words, spoken by a great First National. Take time to watch it!

In Full: Noel Pearson remembers Gough Whitlam

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

www.youtube.com

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 1d

The gambling industry is predatory and insidious.

I quit the Parliamentary Sports Club a few weeks ago, when I discovered it had registered as a lobbyist group and was sponsored by the gambling peak body.

The industry will do anything to wield influence on pollies, and hates being called out.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 1d

We have reclaimed the humble frog from the right

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Miki Perkins @mikiperkins.bsky.social · 1d

This is desperately sad. Professor John Woinarski breaks the news for @aunz.theconversation.com that Australia's next animal - the tiny Christmas Island Shrew - has officially been declared extinct.

theconversation.com/and-then-the...

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.

theconversation.com

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 1d

The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽

Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.

That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.

Just utterly unbelievable.

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Alex Mascarell Llosa @mascarell.bsky.social · 1d

🧪🪶🌍🕊 25 Critically Endangered Birds
All of these species are on the brink of extinction.
A poster to raise awareness and inspire action. Every effort counts. ✨