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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.
Founder MiVote | Global Democracy Activist | Author | Dilettante polymath
📍Bunurong, Turrbal and Yuggera Country.
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@demwar.bsky.social
· Mar 31
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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For the record, the media downplaying AI to AI discussions about eradicating humans, having their own language we don’t understand, etc is profoundly irresponsible and concerning.
February 4, 2026 at 9:27 PM
For the record, the media downplaying AI to AI discussions about eradicating humans, having their own language we don’t understand, etc is profoundly irresponsible and concerning.
Just to be clear:
They had a deliberate strategy to put the relationship with our largest trading partner at risk.
They had a deliberate strategy that leads to more and more severe bushfires, floods, cyclones, etc
These are not serious people. They are dangerous people.
They had a deliberate strategy to put the relationship with our largest trading partner at risk.
They had a deliberate strategy that leads to more and more severe bushfires, floods, cyclones, etc
These are not serious people. They are dangerous people.
The billionaire “said all planning and execution of the campaign, which was dominated by anti-China and anti-climate change messages, was carried out in close consultation with then-finance minister Mathias Cormann.”
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Palmer admits he spoke to Trump strategist Bannon about 2019 campaign
Palmer, who told the ABC this week he had “never spoken to Bannon”, said on Wednesday he had received a short phone call from the former White House adviser.
www.smh.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Just to be clear:
They had a deliberate strategy to put the relationship with our largest trading partner at risk.
They had a deliberate strategy that leads to more and more severe bushfires, floods, cyclones, etc
These are not serious people. They are dangerous people.
They had a deliberate strategy to put the relationship with our largest trading partner at risk.
They had a deliberate strategy that leads to more and more severe bushfires, floods, cyclones, etc
These are not serious people. They are dangerous people.
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Clive Palmer as Liberal Party cut out. Who knew?
The billionaire “said all planning and execution of the campaign, which was dominated by anti-China and anti-climate change messages, was carried out in close consultation with then-finance minister Mathias Cormann.”
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Palmer admits he spoke to Trump strategist Bannon about 2019 campaign
Palmer, who told the ABC this week he had “never spoken to Bannon”, said on Wednesday he had received a short phone call from the former White House adviser.
www.smh.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Clive Palmer as Liberal Party cut out. Who knew?
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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul’s press office has entered the fray in the best way.
February 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul’s press office has entered the fray in the best way.
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"I'll go backstage before a show and everyone's getting dressed...I'm allowed to go in because I'm the owner of the pageant and therefore I'm inspecting it...they're standing there with no clothes...And you see these incredible looking women. And so I sort of get away with things like that.”
~Trump
~Trump
February 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
"I'll go backstage before a show and everyone's getting dressed...I'm allowed to go in because I'm the owner of the pageant and therefore I'm inspecting it...they're standing there with no clothes...And you see these incredible looking women. And so I sort of get away with things like that.”
~Trump
~Trump
If you have amassed a billion dollars and you have not delivered at least 100 times that in social and societal value then you don’t deserve your billion dollars.
February 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
If you have amassed a billion dollars and you have not delivered at least 100 times that in social and societal value then you don’t deserve your billion dollars.
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The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
I’d like to thank the billionaire class for validating claims that capitalism is the problem. Cheers fellas.
February 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I’d like to thank the billionaire class for validating claims that capitalism is the problem. Cheers fellas.
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
People are going nuts about the Washington Post job cuts but do you know any other piece of junk mail that used journalists?
You don’t need journalists if you don’t actually report on things.
You don’t need journalists if you don’t actually report on things.
February 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
People are going nuts about the Washington Post job cuts but do you know any other piece of junk mail that used journalists?
You don’t need journalists if you don’t actually report on things.
You don’t need journalists if you don’t actually report on things.
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And there it is
Steve Bannon: “You’re damn right we’re gonna have ICE surround the polls come November.”
February 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
And there it is
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That would make him the main character.
February 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
That would make him the main character.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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PAY ATTENTION AUSTRALIA!!! 🤯
Just Epstein and Peter Mandelson engaged in strategies for Australia on behalf of mining companies from the #EpsteinFiles
February 4, 2026 at 12:21 PM
PAY ATTENTION AUSTRALIA!!! 🤯
Say it with me….
LEGACY PARTIES DO NOT DESERVE MY VOTE
LEGACY PARTIES DO NOT DESERVE MY VOTE
February 4, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Say it with me….
LEGACY PARTIES DO NOT DESERVE MY VOTE
LEGACY PARTIES DO NOT DESERVE MY VOTE
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He also helped the campaign to scrap the minerals tax, that at least made the mining corps give a little something back in return for exploiting massive amounts of resource wealth?
I’m fucking pinning this thread. It is unbelievable how many of the most regressive moves since 2000 trace back to JE.
I’m fucking pinning this thread. It is unbelievable how many of the most regressive moves since 2000 trace back to JE.
Just Epstein and Peter Mandelson engaged in strategies for Australia on behalf of mining companies from the #EpsteinFiles
February 4, 2026 at 9:11 AM
He also helped the campaign to scrap the minerals tax, that at least made the mining corps give a little something back in return for exploiting massive amounts of resource wealth?
I’m fucking pinning this thread. It is unbelievable how many of the most regressive moves since 2000 trace back to JE.
I’m fucking pinning this thread. It is unbelievable how many of the most regressive moves since 2000 trace back to JE.
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Just Epstein and Peter Mandelson engaged in strategies for Australia on behalf of mining companies from the #EpsteinFiles
February 4, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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This email between Epstein and JD Vance’s tech oligarch benefactor Peter Thiel where they plan to “collapse” society to create investment opportunities for themselves seems… not great
(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)
(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)
February 4, 2026 at 5:31 AM
This email between Epstein and JD Vance’s tech oligarch benefactor Peter Thiel where they plan to “collapse” society to create investment opportunities for themselves seems… not great
(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)
(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)
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This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.