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Don Incognito @shuadc.bsky.social · 15h

We need a bigger writing staff and more characters

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dwyerh76.bsky.social @dwyerh76.bsky.social · 15h

"We're working within a system that is actually over, expecting it to be able to solve the crises it created."

Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 16h

On noticing that the ground has slid away

My 2nd post at In Between Days is about how you can paper over cracks, but you can't paper over an abyss

We're over the cliff

We're in freefall

We have to live in this reality together

Because that's the only way to get from the no longer to the not yet

Yesterday I got so old...

On noticing that the ground has slid away It's like it was yesterday. 16 year old me bopping along to In Between Days at the back of the school bus, the jangly joy of the music jarring perfectly aga...

in-between-days.ghost.io

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 2d

Brandolini’s Law (also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle):

The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.

H/t @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social

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Whiskers @calledwhiskers.bsky.social · 1d

I forget who said it, but “the worst part about ai is it has fundamentally ruined the experience of looking at an image, any image. Where there used to be pure appreciation, there is now a lingering doubt” or something like that

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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 1d

Wish we could find a seperate planet for these arseholes …

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 1d

stop thinking right now

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Idea Monkey 🧨 💥 🐵 @ideamonkey.bsky.social · 1d

Weird moment of self reflection

I saw this link. Given a normal reality I'd have immediately clicked to learn

But my gut reaction was NOT to trust the ABC anymore

Not to trust the ABC anymore. At all.

Fuck

Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 1d

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

🚨🚨🚨 What you need to know about the Gaza ceasefire deal - ABC listen

Geraldine and Hamish were live on air on ABC Sydney when Donald Trump broke the news this morning that a deal had been reached on the 'first phase' of a Gaza ceasefire deal. They raced into another st...

www.abc.net.au

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 1d

'There are more than 11,000 Palestinians in Israeli detention, according to data provided by the Israel Prison Service, 87 per cent of whom have never been charged or convicted.'

Sounds legit.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Israel publishes names of 250 Palestinian prisoners to be freed

Israel's Ministry of Justice provides the names of prisoners it will release in exchange for Israeli hostages, but Hamas says no agreement has been reached.

www.abc.net.au

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Caitlin Welsh @caitlinwelsh.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my god they counted the Tele’s botched Cairo Takeaway sting as an “antisemitic attack“

Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 2d

www.smh.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.smh.com.au

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Wild Colonial Girl wants war criminals out of Canberra. @colonialgirl.bsky.social · 1d

'Our' ABC pushing billionaire-friendly opinion as fact in a headline.

Fuck these clowns.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 1d

looks like it’s working as expected

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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Lol lmao

Herald Sun
Steve Price
Abbott return is what Libs need

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 2d

there's a secret domestic terrorism watchlist if anyone cares
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/senator-wa...

Senator Warns of Trump's Secret Watchlist for Americans

NSPM-7 finally gets Congressional attention

www.kenklippenstein.com

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

The Climate Council identifies another 38 new or expanded coal projects seeking federal government approval. Collectively, they would produce more than 5.7 billion tonnes of coal over their lifetimes, equivalent to more than 14 years of current production. satpa.pe/3S4vDMi

Labor’s slate for fossil fuel approvals

The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity.

satpa.pe

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 1d

This shit is crazy because they're just straight up on video hitting a car that was blocked in the street. The extent as to which DHS now just brazenly puts out lies is utterly obscene.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3d

Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire in Gaza. @sandragathmann.bsky.social explains what we know about the deal ⤵️

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

"nearly killed me"

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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dwyerh76.bsky.social @dwyerh76.bsky.social · 2d

If they're kicking out legit athletes then it ain't about the sport

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Rachel Withers @rachelwithers.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby.

To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?

Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 2d

Making his point for him -- just asking about the power of the gambling lobby gets Senator David Pocock booted from sports club the Prime Minister heads. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 2d

Letitia James and James Comey have the best lawyers on earth and will almost certainly be fine. The fact that there’s a zillion stories about them and virtually none about NSPM-7 - which affects countless ordinary people - really says something about who the media writes for

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 2d

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dwyerh76.bsky.social @dwyerh76.bsky.social · 3d

Fair enough, I've never worn one of those earpieces. I think weird noise is more likely than accidentally uttering the secret word of power/secret signal too early.

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dwyerh76.bsky.social @dwyerh76.bsky.social · 3d

Ok,. you've provided evidence of what it isn't. Thanks for that, because I had fallen for the other stuff - which makes little sense given how blatant this lot are generally - self censorship is really not in character. So what's your theory to explain the pause, Matt?

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 3d

Regularly think of this all timer

Ayah
@carmela1161
Why do so many people romanticize the 1950's? Like calm down we still have milkshakes and racism
2/12/16, 10:01 PM
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Martin Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 3d

No one could have foreseen this happening.

Apart from all the people with rudimentary digital literacy skills who totally called it would happen of course, obvs.

Danny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social · 3d

Once again, I'm asking for governments and lawmakers to have the slightest idea about how the Internet does - and doesn't - work...

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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