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The DILETTANTE
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Once described in HuffPost as “one of the brightest minds on the planet”… (true) but I’m pretty sure that journo was high. (also true).

Founder MiVote | Global Democracy Activist | Author | Dilettante polymath

📍Bunurong, Turrbal and Yuggera Country.
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Vote like your best mate is indigenous, your daughter is gay, your uncle is on NDIS, your brother is on the poverty line, your neighbour is an immigrant and your kids have to live on this planet for decades after you leave.
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another way to think of it is "idiot who was too creepy for the wealthy child rape club is pumping more money into keeping politicians who will help him steal more money from the american people."
February 1, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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Abolishing ICE is not enough, says Illinois Congressmember Delia Ramirez. "The entire agency of DHS needs to be dismantled."
Abolish ICE: Rep. Delia Ramirez Calls for Defunding DHS & Defends Rep. Ilhan Omar After Attack
We speak with Congressmember Delia Ramirez following an attack on her colleague, Congressmember Ilhan Omar, who was sprayed with an unknown foul-smelling liquid while speaking at a town hall event in ...
www.democracynow.org
February 1, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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No Ice in Milano!
February 1, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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What's most amazing about this is the fact that the WSJ needed a “study” to figure it out.
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Reframe: world’s richest pedo pours millions into protecting poorer pedo’s to keep kidnapping brown people and shooting Americans of all ages and colours.
February 1, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself into slavery.
January 30, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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I recorded this today, in Portland, Oregon, at a huge march to the ICE facility in SW. The crowd was full of cyclists who had ridden there in memory of Alex Pretti; members of several labor unions; and ordinary citizens of every age, including this little girl. So of course ICE deployed tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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It's embarrassing that motivations are always so selfish...

*Past a certain comfort level we should all be thinking about the greater good
February 1, 2026 at 12:26 PM
What’s with Woodbridge’s Bovino haircut?
February 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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S'truth!
February 1, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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Suspect we saw the first man to win 25 slams on the court tonight. And it wasn’t the one who already has 24. #AusOpen
February 1, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Alcaraz d. Djokovic 2-6 6-2 6-3 7-5

Carlos becomes the youngest man in history to complete the Career Grand Slam

He is also the first player to EVER beat Novak in an Australian Open final

✅7th Slam
✅1st AO title

22 years old

What a player he’s becoming

What a career we’re witnessing

🇪🇸
February 1, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Ding dong the witch is dead #AusOpen
February 1, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Such a time of mediocre people feathering their own nests.
In 50 years time when they study this period at universities one of the key take aways will be the role the media played in normalising criminality and abandoning their social contract.
February 1, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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“That was fun, see you in 3 weeks”

AND

“Ahhh…. Aaa.. um… he was introduced to me to do my ahhh… taxes”.

#EpsteinFiles
February 1, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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Now you know why Melania chose her Director. She knew him from the Epstein Sex Trafficking ring.
January 31, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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I am giving the game away.
Wondered if Palantir had any thing going in Singapore
And look what old 5 eyes is looking for
February 1, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Musetti’s groin coming into its own now #AusOpen
February 1, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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I found out from someone’s VPN in Singapore that local age verification is now required. I will ask them to check NZ. UK + Europe think it’s a good idea. It will be weaponised by grok to keep track of who is a likely subversive by the content they consume. It was a substack about epstein.
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Yes, Texas! 🗳
February 1, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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I think Labor are entrenching IDEOLOGY in a way this country and voters will have enormous difficulty seeing, understanding or ever getting out of

bsky.app/profile/gekk...
Australia faces a sovereignty crisis as Labor outsources national security, policy, and social services to foreign corporations and the US/Israel.

𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 - 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

tinyurl.com/GekkoPodcast5
February 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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The most interesting thing in this to me (don’t find anything with ON interesting) is the 16% Trump thing. If this wasn’t from a group I really trust (Kos Samaras etc) I’d question did Trump end up there cuz he was simply mentioned or was he a choice (and why)? Not sure if it’s quirky or disturbing.
February 1, 2026 at 9:49 AM
In 50 years time when they study this period at universities one of the key take aways will be the role the media played in normalising criminality and abandoning their social contract.
February 1, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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The 16% that voted for Trump should be found and closely monitored.
February 1, 2026 at 9:29 AM