Danielle Binks
@daniellebinks.bsky.social
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Danielle Binks
@daniellebinks.bsky.social
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Author • Agent • Creative-Writing Teacher • https://linktr.ee/DanielleBinks
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Soooooo ... I've started a Substack (y'know, in case the social media oligarchs and fascists get so bad that I have to delete some places)
I'll be discussing Books/Publishing/Culture/Me.
Hey - it could be worse; I could be starting a podcast! 😅 substack.com/@daniellebinks
I'll be discussing Books/Publishing/Culture/Me.
Hey - it could be worse; I could be starting a podcast! 😅 substack.com/@daniellebinks
Hannah Clarke was failed by police before she was murdered. It shouldn’t be up to whistleblowers to demand better #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Hannah Clarke was failed by police before she was murdered. It shouldn’t be up to whistleblowers to demand better | Regina Featherstone
From my first call with Elsie, I immediately understood the significance of what she was saying and the weight of her allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Hannah Clarke was failed by police before she was murdered. It shouldn’t be up to whistleblowers to demand better #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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"their kids are dead, our kids are on tiktok, guess which one is the real problem"
- sarah hurwitz
- sarah hurwitz
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"their kids are dead, our kids are on tiktok, guess which one is the real problem"
- sarah hurwitz
- sarah hurwitz
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Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz says Jewish students shouldn’t have smartphones until they finish high school — so they don’t see the “carnage” Israel and the U.S. have carried out in Gaza.
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz says Jewish students shouldn’t have smartphones until they finish high school — so they don’t see the “carnage” Israel and the U.S. have carried out in Gaza.
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
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Ofir Birenbaum, the creepy little zio is taking Cairo Takeaway to court. He turned up there with a news crew and tried to bait them into looking antisemetic. It backfired badly on Ofir because it was a creepy fucked up false flag thing to do and he's trying to blame the victims of his racism.
Support Cairo Takeaway via the link in my bio 🇵🇸
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ofir Birenbaum, the creepy little zio is taking Cairo Takeaway to court. He turned up there with a news crew and tried to bait them into looking antisemetic. It backfired badly on Ofir because it was a creepy fucked up false flag thing to do and he's trying to blame the victims of his racism.
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in a move criticised by human rights groups #SpringSt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in a move criticised by human rights groups #SpringSt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in a move criticised by human rights groups
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in a move criticised by human rights groups #SpringSt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in a move criticised by human rights groups #SpringSt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Oh yes, because it’s not like Vic Police haven’t just had their racist profiling and overreach exposed in a recent report or anything, so let’s give them MORE power: #SpringSt
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Oh yes, because it’s not like Vic Police haven’t just had their racist profiling and overreach exposed in a recent report or anything, so let’s give them MORE power: #SpringSt
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
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Victoria has just the police a blank cheque to search you and everybody else in the Melbourne CBD.
"Police officers and protective service officers (PSOs) are empowered to search a person and anything in the possession or control of the person, or a vehicle, for weapons under the Act."
"Police officers and protective service officers (PSOs) are empowered to search a person and anything in the possession or control of the person, or a vehicle, for weapons under the Act."
Wtf? Vic police have declared the entire CBD a designated area for a period of 6 months.
Definitely an overreach...
#VicPol
www.police.vic.gov.au/public-notic...
Definitely an overreach...
#VicPol
www.police.vic.gov.au/public-notic...
Public notice: Melbourne CBD - Sunday 30 November 2025 to Friday 29 May 2026
A public notice for Melbourne CBD and surrounds from Sunday 30 November 2025 to Friday 29 May 2026.
www.police.vic.gov.au
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Victoria has just the police a blank cheque to search you and everybody else in the Melbourne CBD.
"Police officers and protective service officers (PSOs) are empowered to search a person and anything in the possession or control of the person, or a vehicle, for weapons under the Act."
"Police officers and protective service officers (PSOs) are empowered to search a person and anything in the possession or control of the person, or a vehicle, for weapons under the Act."
Kick the entire embassy staff out of the country if they’re going to interfere in domestic affairs and dance to this xenophobic dog-whistle
📢 Diplomats at the US embassy in Canberra have been instructed to report on migrant-related crime as the State Department warns Australia against mass migration, particularly from “radically different cultures”.
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
Trump admin orders US embassy to collect data on migrant crime in Australia
www.theage.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Kick the entire embassy staff out of the country if they’re going to interfere in domestic affairs and dance to this xenophobic dog-whistle
The Trump administration and America generally can get fucked, then fuck off, by getting into their cars and heading to Fuck Outta Here. #AusPol
www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
Trump administration orders US embassy to collect data on migrant crime in Australia
In an intervention into domestic affairs, diplomats at the US embassy in Canberra have been instructed to report on migrant-related crime.
www.theage.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The Trump administration and America generally can get fucked, then fuck off, by getting into their cars and heading to Fuck Outta Here. #AusPol
www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
Overconsumption and Consumerism in Books
Are exclusive and special-editions at high-end price-points making it harder to be an emerging writer, and ethical reader?
daniellebinks.substack.com/p/overconsum...
Are exclusive and special-editions at high-end price-points making it harder to be an emerging writer, and ethical reader?
daniellebinks.substack.com/p/overconsum...
Overconsumption and Consumerism in Books
Are exclusive and special-editions at high-end price-points making it harder to be an emerging writer, and ethical reader?
daniellebinks.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Overconsumption and Consumerism in Books
Are exclusive and special-editions at high-end price-points making it harder to be an emerging writer, and ethical reader?
daniellebinks.substack.com/p/overconsum...
Are exclusive and special-editions at high-end price-points making it harder to be an emerging writer, and ethical reader?
daniellebinks.substack.com/p/overconsum...
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“The instructions for whistles are very very simple:
If you see ice in the area, blow short bursts on the whistle.
If they're actively snatching someone, long blows.”
If you see ice in the area, blow short bursts on the whistle.
If they're actively snatching someone, long blows.”
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“The instructions for whistles are very very simple:
If you see ice in the area, blow short bursts on the whistle.
If they're actively snatching someone, long blows.”
If you see ice in the area, blow short bursts on the whistle.
If they're actively snatching someone, long blows.”
Research by the Centre Against Racial Profiling found people perceived by police to be Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander were X15 more likely to be searched than white people in 2024, but less likely to be found with prohibited items, such as drugs or weapons www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
‘These rates are astonishing’: Victoria Police’s profiling problem laid bare in new report
Victoria Police says its officers are trained to respond to a person’s behaviour, not their background. The numbers tell a different story.
www.theage.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Research by the Centre Against Racial Profiling found people perceived by police to be Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander were X15 more likely to be searched than white people in 2024, but less likely to be found with prohibited items, such as drugs or weapons www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
Venezuela: A not-so-covert CIA disaster in the making
Venezuela doesn’t even produce fentanyl, but Washington is still going forward with regime change efforts in Caracas as part of its ‘war on drugs’. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Venezuela doesn’t even produce fentanyl, but Washington is still going forward with regime change efforts in Caracas as part of its ‘war on drugs’. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Venezuela: A not-so-covert CIA disaster in the making
Venezuela doesn’t even produce fentanyl, but Washington is still going forward with regime change efforts in Caracas.
www.aljazeera.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Venezuela: A not-so-covert CIA disaster in the making
Venezuela doesn’t even produce fentanyl, but Washington is still going forward with regime change efforts in Caracas as part of its ‘war on drugs’. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Venezuela doesn’t even produce fentanyl, but Washington is still going forward with regime change efforts in Caracas as part of its ‘war on drugs’. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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Out of 178 countries, only the US, Israel & Argentina opposed a UN Vote against the use of Torture.
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Out of 178 countries, only the US, Israel & Argentina opposed a UN Vote against the use of Torture.
Ex-Obama Aide Says Holocaust Education Is ‘Confusing’ Young People Into Sympathizing With ‘Weak, Skinny’ Palestinians www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Ex-Obama Aide Says Holocaust Education Is ‘Confusing’ Young People Into Sympathizing With ‘Weak, Skinny’ Palestinians
Former White House aide Sarah Hurwitz warned this week that Holocaust education was "confusing" young people into sympathizing with "weak, skinny Palestinians."
www.yahoo.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Ex-Obama Aide Says Holocaust Education Is ‘Confusing’ Young People Into Sympathizing With ‘Weak, Skinny’ Palestinians www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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these legal principles could and should protect the nurses who are charged for words about an imaginary Israeli patient that were made public in a similar (at least allegorically) way to Brown being paraded around by NSW Police and amplified by pro-Israel media outlets.
"Police want to drop charges against a man they arrested last year for wearing a F*** Israel F*** Zionism t-shirt. But Andrew Brown, wants his day in court."
#freespeech #auspol #antisemitism #Israel
michaelwest.com.au/anti-zionism...
#freespeech #auspol #antisemitism #Israel
michaelwest.com.au/anti-zionism...
Anti-zionism v antisemitism. Bondi Beach "F*** Israel" t-shirt man in court battle for freedom of speech - Michael West
Police want to drop charges against a man they arrested last year for wearing a F@#* Israel t-shirt. But Andrew Brown, wants a court battle.
michaelwest.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
these legal principles could and should protect the nurses who are charged for words about an imaginary Israeli patient that were made public in a similar (at least allegorically) way to Brown being paraded around by NSW Police and amplified by pro-Israel media outlets.
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Today is the day that Zohran Mamdani truly became president
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Today is the day that Zohran Mamdani truly became president
Wildly unsurprised that only DropSite News has deep-dived into Jeffrey Epstein's extensive links to Israel with very Mossad-like machinations ... no major News outlet is similarly looking into this from the already-released cache.
Israel is a terror state.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
Israel is a terror state.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
Jeffrey Epstein and the Mossad: How The Sex-Trafficker Helped Israel Build a Backchannel to Russia Amid Syrian Civil War
Hacked emails show how Jeffrey Epstein and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak tried to engineer a Russian-led solution to remove Bashar al-Assad.
www.dropsitenews.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Wildly unsurprised that only DropSite News has deep-dived into Jeffrey Epstein's extensive links to Israel with very Mossad-like machinations ... no major News outlet is similarly looking into this from the already-released cache.
Israel is a terror state.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
Israel is a terror state.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
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Mainstream news covered the Jeffrey Epstein emails related to ppl like Trump. Today, I want to take a look at Epstein's correspondence with prominent atheist and physicist Lawrence Krauss, who asked the pedophile's advice on responding to accusations of sexual assault skepchick.org/2025/11/so-i...
So I’m in the Epstein Files
Transcript: Look. I know that on this channel, I often criticize prominent people for actions that I find detestable: accepting dark money and failing to disclose it, producing propaganda for Big O…
skepchick.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Mainstream news covered the Jeffrey Epstein emails related to ppl like Trump. Today, I want to take a look at Epstein's correspondence with prominent atheist and physicist Lawrence Krauss, who asked the pedophile's advice on responding to accusations of sexual assault skepchick.org/2025/11/so-i...
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
Sarah Ferguson’s new children’s book ‘pulped’ after scrutiny over Jeffrey Epstein links
Copies of ‘Flora and Fern: Kindness Along the Way,’ which was set to be published in October, have been sent for recycling
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Copies of ‘Flora and Fern: Kindness Along the Way,’ which was set to be published in October, have been sent for recycling
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Sarah Ferguson’s new children’s book ‘pulped’ after scrutiny over Jeffrey Epstein links
Copies of Flora and Fern: Kindness Along the Way, which was set to be published in October, have been sent for recycling
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Sarah Ferguson’s new children’s book ‘pulped’ after scrutiny over Jeffrey Epstein links
Copies of ‘Flora and Fern: Kindness Along the Way,’ which was set to be published in October, have been sent for recycling
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Copies of ‘Flora and Fern: Kindness Along the Way,’ which was set to be published in October, have been sent for recycling
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
The refusal to acknowledge that Epstein’s victims were children, and the adultification of Palestinian children happening simultaneously … because everything is a circle and it’s all connected.
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The refusal to acknowledge that Epstein’s victims were children, and the adultification of Palestinian children happening simultaneously … because everything is a circle and it’s all connected.
‘Things happen’: Trump downplays journalist’s murder as he hosts Saudi leader
Donald Trump admonished a reporter for asking about Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 assassination: “You don’t have to embarrass our guest by asking question like that.”
www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
Donald Trump admonished a reporter for asking about Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 assassination: “You don’t have to embarrass our guest by asking question like that.”
www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
‘Things happen’: Trump downplays journalist’s murder as he hosts Saudi leader
Donald Trump admonished a reporter for asking about Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 assassination: “You don’t have to embarrass our guest by asking question like that.”
www.theage.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
‘Things happen’: Trump downplays journalist’s murder as he hosts Saudi leader
Donald Trump admonished a reporter for asking about Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 assassination: “You don’t have to embarrass our guest by asking question like that.”
www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
Donald Trump admonished a reporter for asking about Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 assassination: “You don’t have to embarrass our guest by asking question like that.”
www.theage.com.au/world/north-...