Ingram1941 (बॉब स्मिथ)
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I said this before: I'm pretty sure 2 Muslim terrorists with links to IS were not influenced by the Bridge March against genocide.
The conservatives forces using the Bondi Massacre to instigate a crackdown of freedoms of speech and the right to assembly are completely disgusting.
Protesting genocide and the actions of the Netanyahu Israeli govt are not antisemitic.
Protesting genocide and the actions of the Netanyahu Israeli govt are not antisemitic.
December 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I said this before: I'm pretty sure 2 Muslim terrorists with links to IS were not influenced by the Bridge March against genocide.
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The vast majority of Australians, everyone I've spoken to, my Jewish friends, my Muslim friends, want to just be good to one another in this moment, and avoid inflaming the endless blame cycle.
A loud minority want otherwise. Unfortunately they're among the loudest in the nation
A loud minority want otherwise. Unfortunately they're among the loudest in the nation
The press has an important role to play in stabilising the nation, by, eg., highlighting examples of unity and cooperation between the Jewish and Muslim communities. As it stands, they all seem to be beating the drums of racial tension. It is irresponsible and it must stop.
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The vast majority of Australians, everyone I've spoken to, my Jewish friends, my Muslim friends, want to just be good to one another in this moment, and avoid inflaming the endless blame cycle.
A loud minority want otherwise. Unfortunately they're among the loudest in the nation
A loud minority want otherwise. Unfortunately they're among the loudest in the nation
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Excellent reporting from Daniel on the Meanjin saga
This is the way #Meanjin ends — not with a bang but a whimper.
New FOI story from me for @crikey.com.au:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/17/m...
New FOI story from me for @crikey.com.au:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/17/m...
FOI docs reveal Meanjin axing never debated by Melbourne Uni. And why were all bids to save it rejected?
The University of Melbourne's finance committee didn't invite members to question the closure of the 85-year-old literary journal, instead only waving it through. Meanwhile, all external offers to sav...
www.crikey.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Excellent reporting from Daniel on the Meanjin saga
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The idea that massive crackdown on anti-genocide protests in universities, and refusing to support Palestinian statehood would have somehow prevented last Sunday's terror attack in Bondi has already infected Aus media so deep that they're taking it as a truism
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
December 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The idea that massive crackdown on anti-genocide protests in universities, and refusing to support Palestinian statehood would have somehow prevented last Sunday's terror attack in Bondi has already infected Aus media so deep that they're taking it as a truism
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Latest evidence is that Bondi massacre exposes a failure of Australia’s national and state security: shooters recently visited Phillipines (suspected IS terror training); ASIO discontinued monitoring in 2019; shooter was registered as a NSW gun owner in 2023. No shared intel.
December 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Latest evidence is that Bondi massacre exposes a failure of Australia’s national and state security: shooters recently visited Phillipines (suspected IS terror training); ASIO discontinued monitoring in 2019; shooter was registered as a NSW gun owner in 2023. No shared intel.
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If the conservatives in Australia don't pull back their culture war bullshit over this, the Australian public will blowback. I've been involved/done polling on how ostensibly foreign issues debated in Australia are politically perceived domestically for 30 years. (1/2)
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
If the conservatives in Australia don't pull back their culture war bullshit over this, the Australian public will blowback. I've been involved/done polling on how ostensibly foreign issues debated in Australia are politically perceived domestically for 30 years. (1/2)
The living ghost of John Howard: Pain hits, then opportunism strikes www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/17/j...
The living ghost of John Howard: Pain hits, then opportunism strikes
John Howard says the aftermath of the Bondi terror attack shouldn't 'degrade' into a gun law debate. With this, he risks hollowing out his own legacy.
www.crikey.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The living ghost of John Howard: Pain hits, then opportunism strikes www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/17/j...
Bondi exposed huge holes in our security framework. The right’s ‘distraction’ narrative will endanger all Australians www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/17/b...
Bondi exposed huge holes in our security framework. The right's 'distraction' narrative will endanger all Australians
We now know major flaws in our security framework contributed to the Bondi atrocity. Fixing them isn't a distraction — it's urgent.
www.crikey.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Bondi exposed huge holes in our security framework. The right’s ‘distraction’ narrative will endanger all Australians www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/17/b...
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The Lightning was supposed to define Ford's future. Now, it's being left in the past.
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The Ford F-150 Lightning EV Is Officially Dead
The Lightning was supposed to define Ford's future. Now, it's being left in the past as Ford pivots to EREVs.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Lightning was supposed to define Ford's future. Now, it's being left in the past.
insideevs.com/news/781883/...
insideevs.com/news/781883/...
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I’ve just blocked a bunch of people and this is why:
They participated in an attempt at a coordinated pile-on against me.
Pile-ons are malicious behaviour intended to harm. I am not willing to stay connected to people who take part in that.
I’m not open to debate about my own safety.
/end
They participated in an attempt at a coordinated pile-on against me.
Pile-ons are malicious behaviour intended to harm. I am not willing to stay connected to people who take part in that.
I’m not open to debate about my own safety.
/end
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I’ve just blocked a bunch of people and this is why:
They participated in an attempt at a coordinated pile-on against me.
Pile-ons are malicious behaviour intended to harm. I am not willing to stay connected to people who take part in that.
I’m not open to debate about my own safety.
/end
They participated in an attempt at a coordinated pile-on against me.
Pile-ons are malicious behaviour intended to harm. I am not willing to stay connected to people who take part in that.
I’m not open to debate about my own safety.
/end
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Statesman & Former Ausralian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull:
www.tiktok.com/@c4news/vide...
He also said that the gunmen do not represent Australia or Australians. Ahmed el Ahmed represents who and what we are.
This is also who Australia is: thenightly.com.au/australia/ns...
Please donate.
www.tiktok.com/@c4news/vide...
He also said that the gunmen do not represent Australia or Australians. Ahmed el Ahmed represents who and what we are.
This is also who Australia is: thenightly.com.au/australia/ns...
Please donate.
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says Benjamin Netanyahu should 'stay out of our politics', after the Israeli Prime Minister said Australia's support of a Palestinian state is inflami...
TikTok video by Channel 4 News
www.tiktok.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Statesman & Former Ausralian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull:
www.tiktok.com/@c4news/vide...
He also said that the gunmen do not represent Australia or Australians. Ahmed el Ahmed represents who and what we are.
This is also who Australia is: thenightly.com.au/australia/ns...
Please donate.
www.tiktok.com/@c4news/vide...
He also said that the gunmen do not represent Australia or Australians. Ahmed el Ahmed represents who and what we are.
This is also who Australia is: thenightly.com.au/australia/ns...
Please donate.
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I guess it is good to see a minister call it pollution, instead of pretending it is just normal winter fog. www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i...
'I apologise': Delhi minister as pollution chokes capital, admits it's 'impossible' to fix
Delhi environment minister Sirsa said the current government had inherited a “disease of pollution” and was working daily to address it.
www.hindustantimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I guess it is good to see a minister call it pollution, instead of pretending it is just normal winter fog. www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i...
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Tourists, businesspeople, diplomats. It is impossible to have a conversation about India these days without someone bringing up the everyday pollution and horrific winter smog. economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/ser...
Poor air quality may keep many tourists out of Delhi
Several countries including Singapore, UK and Canada have issued advisories for their citizens in India. Rising pollution levels in North India are causing concern among international travellers. Trav...
economictimes.indiatimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Tourists, businesspeople, diplomats. It is impossible to have a conversation about India these days without someone bringing up the everyday pollution and horrific winter smog. economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/ser...
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A IS-driven transnational terror plot, in other words, not some kind of spontaneous hate crime. The international reporting more accurate than the local.
The father and son duo suspected of carrying out a massacre at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach on Sunday were “driven by Islamic state ideology,” police say, as Philippines authorities confirmed the two recently traveled to a part of the country long known as a hotbed of extremism. https://cnn.it/3YBRn2d
December 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A IS-driven transnational terror plot, in other words, not some kind of spontaneous hate crime. The international reporting more accurate than the local.
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The first response by law enforcement and security of any failure is where they roll out the old thin blue line, through the usual suspects, where the line is always just wide enough to create a blindfold. The government should make it long enough to hang all the failures at once with.
Very few politicians are willing to state the obvious - a failure of Australia's intelligence apparatus.
Father/son terrorist attack, with long links to Islamic State characters and IS flags in the car?
Nothing to see here apparantly.
Father/son terrorist attack, with long links to Islamic State characters and IS flags in the car?
Nothing to see here apparantly.
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The first response by law enforcement and security of any failure is where they roll out the old thin blue line, through the usual suspects, where the line is always just wide enough to create a blindfold. The government should make it long enough to hang all the failures at once with.
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Mark Dreyfus, a Jewish Labor MP, seemed flabbergasted when asked on Radio National whether immigration is more of an issue than gun control in relation to the Bondi attack, writes Crystal Andrews.
Andrew Bolt instantly blamed Bondi atrocity on immigration. It follows a global right-wing script
While the predictable narrative is pushed by a small group of right-wing voices — regardless of context or relevance — it’s readily amplified to the masses by mainstream media.
www.crikey.com.au
December 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Mark Dreyfus, a Jewish Labor MP, seemed flabbergasted when asked on Radio National whether immigration is more of an issue than gun control in relation to the Bondi attack, writes Crystal Andrews.
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Will all their big data mining overreaching powers …. Why did ASIO’s machines not pick up a previous POI going to JI training in the Philippines?
What is the point of giving up civil liberties if they can’t even stop this?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
What is the point of giving up civil liberties if they can’t even stop this?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Bondi gunmen underwent 'military-style training' in Philippines
Father-son gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram travelled to the Philippines to receive "military-style training" in the month before they killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, security ...
www.abc.net.au
December 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Will all their big data mining overreaching powers …. Why did ASIO’s machines not pick up a previous POI going to JI training in the Philippines?
What is the point of giving up civil liberties if they can’t even stop this?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
What is the point of giving up civil liberties if they can’t even stop this?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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who wants to do this with me in 2026
December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
who wants to do this with me in 2026
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Now we live in a city that has experienced a racially targeted mass-casualty terror attack. There is a pervasive sadness and sense of something lost. The fall-out so far has been predictable and depressing. We'd prefer the focus to be on grief and reflection, not blame, but that's not how it goes.
December 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Now we live in a city that has experienced a racially targeted mass-casualty terror attack. There is a pervasive sadness and sense of something lost. The fall-out so far has been predictable and depressing. We'd prefer the focus to be on grief and reflection, not blame, but that's not how it goes.
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
'Empathy, patience and truth. Everything else is unhelpful.'
If you're scared this tragedy will by weaponised by those pushing hatred, division & control, same. It's a pattern that can change nations. We've already seen Netanyahu claim the Muslim who charged the shooters was Jewish. Empathy, patience and truth. Everything else is unhelpful
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
'Empathy, patience and truth. Everything else is unhelpful.'
More guns are definitely not the anwer.
Could all the American influencers pushing in tandem for more guns in Australian just Fuck. The. Hell. Off. Thank you.
December 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
More guns are definitely not the anwer.
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Have spent the day resolutely focused on all the people who helped, who risked their own safety to ensure the safety of others. It’s no small thing in all that horror. Hate is a sickness.
December 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Have spent the day resolutely focused on all the people who helped, who risked their own safety to ensure the safety of others. It’s no small thing in all that horror. Hate is a sickness.