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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 20h

I am fairly confident this was a (well deserved) message to Trump.

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RevDaniel 🇨🇦 @revdaniel.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Peace Prize goes to lMaria Corina Machado opposition leader to Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro widely believed to have stolen the election in 2024.

Prize committee states "When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist”.

Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize | CBC News

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, it was announced Friday at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.

www.cbc.ca

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 1d

Nice little shot across the road evangelical now there. About time.

Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 1d

Are we all sure he’s not a standup comedian who just missed the exit ramp from an increasingly surreal skit?

Check Tan @chequers7.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the ffing theories to come out from the whale carcass consuming idiot, I did not expect this
Of course, the dementia idiot why does not (cannot) read ‘researched’ this and supports this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS9D...

SHOCK CLAIM: RFK Jr. Says Children Circumcised Early Have Twice The Autism Rate Due To Tylenol Use

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

www.youtube.com

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, that’s how it’s done: increase the sentence. If he was “trapped”, he should have gone to the police. You know, rather than sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. Pathetic.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Gisele Pelicot was dragged back into court this week because one of her convicted rapists decided he didn’t want to “bear the burden” of being labelled a rapist.

He appealed and made her re-live the horrific crime.

The court denied his appeal and handed him a longer sentence.

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

www.bbc.com

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 1d

If you challenged me to produce an ordered list of everything incorrect and frankly delusional with this, I wouldn’t know where to begin.

Bella Allen @msbellaf.bsky.social · 2d

RFK medical book

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 3d

Let me be clear: the only way we will get to zero road deaths is by removing human drivers. But having a reckless sociopath like Musk making life critical engineering decisions, as evidence shows he did, is not the way to go about this.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 3d

Nine years ago MobileEye, the company which provided the processors which Tesla vehicles used to understand the world around them, dumped them because “Tesla was pushing the envelope in terms of safety." Musk’s recklessness and sociopathy writ large. arstechnica.com/cars/2016/09...

Mobileye spills the beans: Tesla was dropped because of safety concerns

Now we know who ended the relationship.

arstechnica.com

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds to me like an admission from the CDPP that their judgement is so poor that continuing in the role is untenable.

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 4d

Having charged Richard Boyle for 66 offenses, tied up the courts for 6 years, spent $339,703 on external legal fees, chilled whistleblowing - with the Court refusing to convict - it’s mind-blowing the CDPP still thinks his prosecution was in the public interest. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️ #auspol

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 3d

So AWS and NU are choosing to defend the indefensible (using public money), rather than admit to this error and fixing it? Seems to be something of an organisational reflex in Australia in the 2020s, and surely an indicator of leadership failure & ethical corruption. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Careers in limbo after graduates discover university courses were never accredited

Students have been left with HECS debts and careers that are "non-existent" after completing degrees that were not accredited. Class actions have been launched against two Australian universities.

www.abc.net.au

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 4d

It’s been a couple of years since I visited Melbourne and actually walked the city, but I was left with the distinct impression yesterday that the number of people living rough in central Melbourne has significantly increased. Are we really okay as a country with people unsupported like this?

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 4d

"intractable systemic problems" is far too vague and polite.

Carbon offsets don't work because it's shit policy.
Put in place by governments who are in the pockets of big polluters and the fossil fuel lobby, and want to distract from taking real action on the #ClimateCrisis. #auspol

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4d

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, he was definitely one I was thinking of, but hardly the only example.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 4d

I would like to think so, but I also know that many senior police and intel officers reflexively see right wing commentary sympathetically, even if it’s violent. Note the absence of public response to VicPol members flashing “white power” hand signs at marching Nazis last year.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 4d

I am very curious to hear when normal tourist and business visa holders start to get denied entry to the U.S. because of their online views. So far it’s sporadic and seems mostly limited to student visas and work schemes. But that will change.

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Wolfie Rankin @wolfierankin.bsky.social · 4d

Older Aussies said "Nestles" rather than "Nes-lay".

It all changed when the CEO visited and found out.

Milky Bar (Australian ad) 1990

YouTube video by retrooldcommercials

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 4d

I observe some “conservative” politicians have attended and received qualifications from supposedly credible organizations. If I were those organizations, I would be assessing how and publicising changes to ensure their own integrity. The Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford especially.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 4d

Treating them as mentally ill is risky for the officers engaging with them. They should be treated as possible terrorists, presumed armed, and tracked by ASIO and state police as threats.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 4d

The building standards in Moscow need a serious overhaul. So many totally random people fall to their deaths from them. Clearly a design safety issue! I’m sure it’s a total coincidence that they all seem to be disliked by Putin.

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𝖼𝗋𝗄Ⓥ @crk5.bsky.social · 5d

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 4d

When you think you’ve seen every single way regulatory failure can happen in Australia, this… www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Gambling regulator's alleged 'cosy relationship' with $50b betting industry

Four Corners has uncovered allegations of conflicts of interest and pro-industry bias at the country's part-time regulator responsible for Australia's biggest betting companies.

www.abc.net.au

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 4d

Or that they attended but it made no difference to their intellectual state.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 4d

Well said. I doubt any board wants her, and honestly, I wouldn’t deal with any company who choose Reynolds for their board.

It has been amusing to see how few of the Morrison rump have found the gainful employment they think they deserve. Business knows what they are.

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