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Floyd, of the K floyds
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Communist, philosophy-interested, Anglican, Manx speaker....the usual (if you're me)
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'I hear you' = 'I've been waiting for you to stop talking'
“I get what you’re saying, but [total misrepresentation of what you’re saying].”
'Respectfully' at the beginning of a sentence is usually an indicator that the sentence will not, in fact, be respectful.
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“I get what you’re saying, but [total misrepresentation of what you’re saying].”
'Respectfully' at the beginning of a sentence is usually an indicator that the sentence will not, in fact, be respectful.
Greetings from an Australian insomniac. Entertain me
Wittgenstein reads CS Lewis
the lion does not concern himself with the witch and the wardrobe
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Ah yes, the Eureka Stockade, famously opposed to disruptive protests
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Ah, the two 2020s theft joke templates side by side.
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The world has been witnessing the dreadful toll of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and Trump’s ceasefire agreement has little resolution for lasting peace.

‘Any agreement that doesn’t include Palestinians is not a plan for lasting and genuine peace in the region.’

@emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol #gaza
Prediction; this pledge will either be useless or worse than because weaponised against perceived opponents by the sort of creeps who stay up all night trying to get Clementine Ford sacked, then are the starts of puff pieces about how hard they work from Chip le Grand.
'The Victorian government will soon require organisations that receive grant funding to sign a ‘social cohesion’ pledge, despite broad opposition from civil society and the government’s own multicultural advisory group.'

www.deepcutnews.com/p/victorian-...
Victorian 'social cohesion' pledge will target multicultural communities, rights groups warn
New 'social cohesion commitment' goes against government's own advice
www.deepcutnews.com
" basic principle of those who favour authoritarian rule is that everything is political"

Oh good oh. Also, everything *is* political
Albert Camus wrote that the struggle against totalitarianism lies in the ability to think and speak clearly. It’s a message that still feels urgent and relevant today.
This philosopher knew how authoritarians twist language into weapons
www.crikey.com.au
Suggest you contact her or LEAN directly, all I know is the spammy email I got
Your mates can easily wind up being spammed by the ALP like me if they like. I don't think Watts is going to hear any questions he doesn't like - the thing is probably broadcast only.
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The Imperial Propaganda Machine Is Failing In Unprecedented Ways

They’re on the back foot. This has never happened before.
We’ve got a real shot at winning this thing.

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-imperi...
The Imperial Propaganda Machine Is Failing In Unprecedented Ways
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
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Why are our media so incapable or properly covering Australia’s relationship with the US? Because they can’t understand the threat it poses to us, writes Bernard Keane.
Why the media so clearly fails at covering what Trump means for Australia
www.crikey.com.au
This article is well worth a read. It's a hoot and a holler.
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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This should be incredible, but given the Trump admin, it is very credible
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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On 3AW, Tom Elliott talking to Susssan Ley about 'how we can get the Libs back in power' (no longer even pretending this isn't the entire reason for 3AW's existence). This apparently involves convincing the voters that most immigrants are 'ISIS brides'.
Signed some Labor-supporting thing ages ago. My reward is a lifetime of matey emails from ALP hacks
*I just made up the Latin numerals, if there's something wrong with them don't let me know
The year is 2053. The Age has finally run out of suburbs to write twee 'My suburb' pieces about, so is starting again at the beginning as a way of promoting the sale of volumes I-XVIIX* of the collected 'Life in the burbs'.
They’re still doing it.
I just got invited to hear Murray Watt speak about the environment, by Sally Sitou, the member for Reid.
The rsvp page has a picture of Watt standing in front of some as yet not burned down trees to show that the environment is what he's into
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most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing
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For too long gas companies have been taking the absolute piss.

This is an excellent proposal by @australianunions.bsky.social
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Also families and businesses can tax millions of people, not to mention international trade, so it's a reasonable analogy
Sussan Ley today in a speech on the economy: "Government must live within its means, just as families and businesses do."

Cripes.

I guess no families or business hold any debt.

Save up for that home and only buy when you have it all in cash!!