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Marcus@CrunchPoint
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It's getting really hard to maintain a positive mindset about humans.

Ngunnawal Country.

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michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
$12.9mil? Govt heavily redacts Jillian Segal FOIs
@sstephanietrann.bsky.social
reports. Docs attached
#auspol #antisemitism

Segal Secrets: docs reveal Antisemitism Envoy’s big pay day michaelwest.com.au/segal-secret... via
@MichaelWestBiz
Segal Secrets: docs reveal Antisemitism Envoy's big pay day - Michael West
Jillian Segal, Australia's controversial Antisemitism Envoy and Israel lobbyist procured an extra $12.9m funding from PM Anthony Albanese
michaelwest.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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profbillmcguire.bsky.social
"Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity"

The last fling of the parasitic elite - before they drag us all under

www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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profbillmcguire.bsky.social
Personally I think societal and economic collapse by 2050 is now all but inevitable - as increasing numbers of studies now predict

Any 'global transformation' is as far away as it ever was, and in many ways we are heading in the wrong direction

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’
UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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robertarnol.bsky.social
nit.com.au/09-12-2025/2...

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NT blocks UN prison inspectors amid accusations of hiding 'torture and abuse'
The Northern Territory's refusal to let United Nations inspectors enter its prisons has intensified nationwide concern over detention conditions, prompting Senator Lidia Thorpe to accuse the governmen...
nit.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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pauleric70.bsky.social
Footage from Oct 7 shows they were continuously and indiscriminately kiIIing their own people.

You can find countless testimony from IDF backing this up.

Barri Weiss, current head of CBS, had the person who posted this targeted and then kiIIed.🤬
December 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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3wombats.bsky.social
Seems a pointless exercise www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Linda Reynolds vows to fight until ‘bitter end’ to defend reputation in Brittany Higgins saga
Former Liberal senator says ‘justice is not cheap’ and ‘if I lose everything, it will have been worth it’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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australia.theguardian.com
Egypt and Iran ask Fifa to prevent LGBTQ+ Pride celebration at World Cup 2026 match
Egypt and Iran ask Fifa to prevent LGBTQ+ Pride celebration at World Cup 2026 match
* Egypt’s football body says Pride event would clash with values * Iran raises objections to plans organised by local Seattle group Egypt and Iran are calling on football’s governing body to intervene in the LGBTQ+ Pride celebration planned to coincide with their group stage match in Seattle at the 2026 World Cup. Egypt’s Football Association (EFA) said on Tuesday it had sent a letter to Fifa urging them to prevent any LGBTQ+ Pride-related activities during the national team’s match against Iran next June. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
crunchpoint.bsky.social
I can no longer distinguish reality from satire.

*Note: This is real
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17h
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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charleskeener.bsky.social
Stéphane Dujarric: “Police motorcycles, as well as trucks and forklifts, were brought in, and all communications were cut. Furniture, IT equipment and other property was seized, and the U.N. flag was pulled down and replaced by the Israeli flag. …
December 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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deepcutnews.bsky.social
The new social media ban for under-16s goes against the advice of experts, rights groups and kids themselves.

Its main backer? News Corp.

www.deepcutnews.com/p/how-news-c...
How News Corp drove Labor's rushed social media ban
Was it about kids? Or was it about a scare campaign and a federal election?
www.deepcutnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
State funeral.
My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Image: dancing girl in purple cabaret dress kicking leg and waving top hat riding coffin carried by pallbearers into a sandstone gothic arched doorway, to offstage on right of frame. Text: Oh, I’d really love a state funeral I think I deserve one, don’t you? All the games that I’ve played and the money I’ve made Make me worthy of filling those pews… In Town Hall or St Andrew’s Cathedral With establishment’s powerful elite Who’d pay heartwarming tribute To the colour I contribute Bring infamy on all those I meet Yes I think I deserve a state funeral Not for everyone - just for us few And the message subliminal As we honour our criminal: “They got away with it, and - so could you!”
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
Gizmodo has 2.5 MILLION followed on X, and this has been up for 14 hours.

All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
G Gizmodo @Gizmodo 250 Environmental Orgs Ask Congress for Moratorium on New Data Centers 250 Environmental Orgs Ask Congress for Moratorium on New Data Centers gizmodo.com 17:51 08 Dec 25 4,364 Views 1 Repost 2 Likes 1 Bookmark
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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hburlingame.bsky.social
Rosebank Engineering make uplock actuator systems – the critical parts that open the bomb-bay doors of F-35 fighter jets. It's the only factory in the world that makes them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O76u...
Anthony Albanese: Stop Arming Genocide
YouTube video by GetUp! Australia
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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aljazeera.com
In the last year, Israel averaged nearly two daily attacks on Syria and grabbed more land in the occupied Golan Heights.
Israel attacked Syria more than 600 times over the past year
In the last year, Israel averaged nearly two daily attacks on Syria and grabbed more land in the occupied Golan Heights.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
Why are electricity bills so high? The Coalition & fossil media say renewables. It's actually coal, gas and corporate profiteering. We look at the evidence
#auspol
youtu.be/efOyTFmiw80?...
Are Renewables Really Driving Energy Prices? | The West Report
YouTube video by The West Report
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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cultofjack.bsky.social
Not sure standing hip to hip with people credibly accused of committing war crimes is good for Australia, but these two centrist Tories are all for it. #auspol
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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jonchristian.net
Pretty infuriating: King Gizzard quit Spotify over ethical concerns -- and now Spotify is letting AI knockoffs of its music (with all the lyrics copied verbatim) proliferate on its platform

futurism.com/future-socie...
King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs
An impersonator appears to be using generative AI to poorly clone rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's iconic sound on Spotify.
futurism.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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3wombats.bsky.social
theaimn.net/manufactured...
Manufactured Narratives: A Century of Distortion and Dispossession in Palestine
A recent report criticising Palestinian schoolbooks has revived a persistent narrative: that Palestinian culture inherently teaches hatred. This framing is not merely inaccurate; it is the latest tool...
theaimn.net
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Trans kids won't disappear. Just like restricting abortions doesn't stop unwanted pregnancies. All it does is drive people to less safe care and ruin lives.

Never, ever fall for the line that transphobia is about protecting women. It is only about hate, it only ever has been about hate.
esqueer.net Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d
What did you think would happen when you restricted access to care?
“A screenshot of a news article from The Times website. The headline reads: ‘Children taking DIY cross-sex hormones before going to gender clinics.’ The subheadline states: ‘Hundreds of young trans people are buying puberty blockers, oestrogen and testosterone without prescription from websites and even recreational drug dealers.’ The page header includes navigation links, a log-in button, and a ‘Start trial’ button.”
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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aljazeera.com
The agency's commissioner-general condemns raid as a direct violation of international law.
Condemnation as Israel raids UNRWA HQ in East Jerusalem, removes UN flag
The agency's commissioner-general condemns raid as a direct violation of international law.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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kitykatz.bsky.social
www.middleeasteye.net/live/live-is...

Israel continues to attack Gaza and kill Palestinians in defiance of the formal ceasefire agreement, now entering its third month.

Israel doesn't want peace.

#SanctionIsrael #AusPol
Live: Gaza and West Bank hit by wave of Israeli raids and gunfire
Israeli troops raided towns, opened fire and deployed bulldozers in a fresh wave of escalation
www.middleeasteye.net
December 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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robmax4.bsky.social
www.livescience.com/health/neuro...
'Intelligence comes at a price, and for many species, the benefits just aren't worth it': A neuroscientist's take on how human intellect evolved
In his book "One Hand Clapping," Nikolay Kukushkin explores explanations for how consciousness evolved, and ultimately, what makes us human.
www.livescience.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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ronnisalt.bsky.social
It must also be said, that Sean Kelly writes like butter.

My review of Sean Kelly's latest piece in the Quarterly Essay.

The Good Fight 👇🏽

www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2025/1...
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
Ben Gvir and his Nazi faction members arrived at the Knesset today with a hanging rope pin, calling for the death penalty for terrorists (non-Jewish only).
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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timhollo.bsky.social
What the everloving fuck is this

They wonder why people think government is a sick joke

Nah, we won't stop funding fossil fuels, or stop gambling ads, or regulate AI. We'll do an unworkable and idiotic social media ban for kids...

Oh and here's a pile of cash for private equity because Tim Tams.
Government fund lends $45m to Arnott’s to help Tim Tams go global Patrick Commins The government’s National Reconstruction Fund has lent Arnott’s Group $45m to help support the Australian name to take Tim Tams worldwide. The money will be used to refinance $1.75bn in debt that comes due in 2026, which is earmarked for “planned future growth capital expenditure”. Tim Tams are already stocked in all major British supermarkets and are reportedly selling well – Brits have bought more than 5 million packets since the biscuits hit shelves in April 2024. The NRF has $15bn in taxpayer money to invest in the country’s manufacturing capability, and recently also lent $36m to the country’s biggest meat pie maker, Patties Food Group. Arnott’s has been around since 1865 and employs 2,500 people across five facilities. While Arnott’s is an iconic Australian name, the company is owned by American private equity giant KKR, which bought the company from Campbell Soup Company in 2019. Arnott’s has not been Australian owned since 1997.
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM