Floyd, of the K floyds
@floydthek.bsky.social
Communist, philosophy-interested, Anglican, Manx speaker....the usual (if you're me)
The other Newman's experience
December 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The other Newman's experience
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Not an exclusively American phenomenon either. I was on RN this morning talking about the 'pub test' and how the imagined average person at the heart of it is really a cypher for wildly unrepresentative view of 'authentic' Australian identity.
a belief that liberals are not in spiritual communion with the white working class, which is held as the virtuous repository of american identity.
December 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Not an exclusively American phenomenon either. I was on RN this morning talking about the 'pub test' and how the imagined average person at the heart of it is really a cypher for wildly unrepresentative view of 'authentic' Australian identity.
People whose entire job is politics accusing the government of politicizing a political thing shock gasp
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
People whose entire job is politics accusing the government of politicizing a political thing shock gasp
An apology that entailed doing things, how very non palatable. no wonder the Coalition couldn't support it.
December 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
An apology that entailed doing things, how very non palatable. no wonder the Coalition couldn't support it.
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An investigation into British malfeasance in NI resulted in nobody from the security state being prosecuted or held to account in any way? Gosh, no, that can't possibly be right, it's so out of character.
MI5 impeded inquiry into Stakeknife agent who murdered for IRA, says official report
MI5 impeded inquiry into Stakeknife agent who murdered for IRA, says official report
Nine-year investigation paints highly critical picture of MI5’s handling of double agent
Britain’s security services allowed a top agent inside the IRA to commit murders and then impeded a police investigation into the affair, according to a damning official report.
MI5 helped the double agent known as Stakeknife to evade justice from a perverse sense of loyalty that outlasted Northern Ireland’s Troubles, the police investigation known as Operation Kenova said on Tuesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
An investigation into British malfeasance in NI resulted in nobody from the security state being prosecuted or held to account in any way? Gosh, no, that can't possibly be right, it's so out of character.
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“Perhaps it is unsurprising, then, that anti-Arab sentiment and xenophobia are not confined to the past, or to Cronulla.”
Megan McElhone addresses revisionist histories of the Cronulla Riots, twenty years on.
Megan McElhone addresses revisionist histories of the Cronulla Riots, twenty years on.
Contending with Cronulla Riots revisionism, twenty years on - Overland literary journal
Rather than writing revisionist histories of the Cronulla Riots, we need to contend with the racism and xenophobia the riots were founded upon. The mob ultimately achieved its aim, with Middle Eastern...
overland.org.au
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“Perhaps it is unsurprising, then, that anti-Arab sentiment and xenophobia are not confined to the past, or to Cronulla.”
Megan McElhone addresses revisionist histories of the Cronulla Riots, twenty years on.
Megan McElhone addresses revisionist histories of the Cronulla Riots, twenty years on.
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A Melbourne council is under fire for scrubbing a teenager from its magazine and website after receiving complaints about the child's Palestine-flag necklace
www.deepcutnews.com/p/melbourne-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/melbourne-...
Melbourne council scrubs teenage volunteer from website over Palestine necklace
Child left in tears as APAN slams anti-Palestinian racism
www.deepcutnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A Melbourne council is under fire for scrubbing a teenager from its magazine and website after receiving complaints about the child's Palestine-flag necklace
www.deepcutnews.com/p/melbourne-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/melbourne-...
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“These are full-grown adults, and I’m a teenage girl,” she says. “If you explained this situation to any normal, sane person, they would tell you this is crazy.”
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“These are full-grown adults, and I’m a teenage girl,” she says. “If you explained this situation to any normal, sane person, they would tell you this is crazy.”
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In a meeting which left the teenager in tears, Council staff told her "my necklace was ‘political’ and they couldn’t promote anyone’s political agenda"
December 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In a meeting which left the teenager in tears, Council staff told her "my necklace was ‘political’ and they couldn’t promote anyone’s political agenda"
Or you can read The Age three days later...
A Melbourne council is under fire for scrubbing a teenager from its magazine and website after receiving complaints about the child's Palestine-flag necklace
www.deepcutnews.com/p/melbourne-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/melbourne-...
Melbourne council scrubs teenage volunteer from website over Palestine necklace
Child left in tears as APAN slams anti-Palestinian racism
www.deepcutnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Or you can read The Age three days later...
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The longtime author of an
annual report into Australian antisemitism has come under fire for sharing anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian content on social media.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/author-of-...
annual report into Australian antisemitism has come under fire for sharing anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian content on social media.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/author-of-...
Author of ECAJ antisemitism report shared content calling Palestinians “bloodthirsty hyenas”
Researcher’s reposts “unashamedly hateful”, says APAN
www.deepcutnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The longtime author of an
annual report into Australian antisemitism has come under fire for sharing anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian content on social media.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/author-of-...
annual report into Australian antisemitism has come under fire for sharing anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian content on social media.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/author-of-...
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Amazing performances by Raygun and Nikki Webster, sorry if you missed them
LIVE: Sydney Harbour Bridge lights up for social media ban youtube.com/live/rNYIlly...
LIVE: Sydney Harbour Bridge lights up for social media ban
YouTube video by Reuters
youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Amazing performances by Raygun and Nikki Webster, sorry if you missed them
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Australia will not get a permanent advisory body on artificial intelligence as promised, with the federal government abandoning the plan despite growing calls for stronger AI oversight www.innovationaus.com/govt-abandon...
Govt abandons plan for external AI Advisory Body
Australia will not get a permanent advisory body on artificial intelligence as promised, with the federal government abandoning the plan despite growing calls for stronger AI oversight. The Department...
www.innovationaus.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Australia will not get a permanent advisory body on artificial intelligence as promised, with the federal government abandoning the plan despite growing calls for stronger AI oversight www.innovationaus.com/govt-abandon...
3 days before near identical The Age story which doesn't acknowledge it
A Melbourne council is under fire for scrubbing a teenager from its magazine and website after receiving complaints about the child's Palestine-flag necklace
www.deepcutnews.com/p/melbourne-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/melbourne-...
Melbourne council scrubs teenage volunteer from website over Palestine necklace
Child left in tears as APAN slams anti-Palestinian racism
www.deepcutnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
3 days before near identical The Age story which doesn't acknowledge it
The Age cheerfully running a Deepcut story with no acknowledgement today
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The Age cheerfully running a Deepcut story with no acknowledgement today
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
I was today years old when I learned that the Courier Mail thinks Australia = humanity
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I was today years old when I learned that the Courier Mail thinks Australia = humanity
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Great that SBS has also been focussing on this appalling abuse and exploitation of PALM workers - PALM is a state sanctioned modern slavery scheme complete with vile bastard plantation owners
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
December 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Great that SBS has also been focussing on this appalling abuse and exploitation of PALM workers - PALM is a state sanctioned modern slavery scheme complete with vile bastard plantation owners
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Were I in a govt that really cared about kids, I’d be banning new coal and gas mines with rather more fervour than the current ban on social media.
Probably wouldn’t get the same boasting front pages in the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph though…
Probably wouldn’t get the same boasting front pages in the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph though…
The November monthly temperatures have been released and 2025 looks set to be the 2nd hottest year on record.
Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?
That is more than 0.5C ago.
Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?
That is more than 0.5C ago.
December 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Were I in a govt that really cared about kids, I’d be banning new coal and gas mines with rather more fervour than the current ban on social media.
Probably wouldn’t get the same boasting front pages in the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph though…
Probably wouldn’t get the same boasting front pages in the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph though…
Marina continues her new hobby of punching down on the ignorant not-Marina progressive mob
Truly embarrassing piece...
I haven't seen anyone yet making Polanski a hero or adulating him
On the other hand, I've seen lots of super clever pundits adulating the likes of masterminds such as McSwinney and Cummings. Talk about engaging your brains...
I haven't seen anyone yet making Polanski a hero or adulating him
On the other hand, I've seen lots of super clever pundits adulating the likes of masterminds such as McSwinney and Cummings. Talk about engaging your brains...
Make a political hero of Zack Polanski if you want. Just don’t forget to engage your brain | Marina Hyde
December 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Marina continues her new hobby of punching down on the ignorant not-Marina progressive mob
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In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically.
rdcu.be/dbFbB
rdcu.be/dbFbB
Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution — we need to change the narrative
Drastically reduce emissions first, or carbon dioxide removal will be next to useless.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2024 at 11:15 AM
In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically.
rdcu.be/dbFbB
rdcu.be/dbFbB
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Too young for Instagram, not too young for an ankle monitor...
The legislation removes the requirement for either the child, or their parent or guardian, to consent to wearing the device.
Children as young as 10 to be fitted with ankle monitors under proposed laws
The legislation removes the requirement for either the child, or their parent or guardian, to consent to wearing the device.
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Too young for Instagram, not too young for an ankle monitor...
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I repeatedly asked the Federal Government if the UN torture inspectors’ visit was on track and if the they would gain full access to all prisons and watch houses. They said yes when the truth was no. The Commonwealth funds 80% of all NT government, including its brutal jails. Open them.
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I repeatedly asked the Federal Government if the UN torture inspectors’ visit was on track and if the they would gain full access to all prisons and watch houses. They said yes when the truth was no. The Commonwealth funds 80% of all NT government, including its brutal jails. Open them.
This guy's kid in the future:
"My dad taught me solid American values like grovelling to wealthy bullies"
"My dad taught me solid American values like grovelling to wealthy bullies"
random farmer to Trump on what his child said to him: "He said, 'Daddy, I don't want Santa Claus to come to our house for Christmas, I want President Trump.' I think you brought Christmas to farmers with this bridge payment."
December 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This guy's kid in the future:
"My dad taught me solid American values like grovelling to wealthy bullies"
"My dad taught me solid American values like grovelling to wealthy bullies"
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I don’t care who’s in it. I have to agree with these two.
December 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I don’t care who’s in it. I have to agree with these two.