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What was already a great weekend for this state just got even better! 😂
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
What was already a great weekend for this state just got even better! 😂
Nothing screams "competent team ready for government" quite like keeping all the key roles for yourself.
New leader Jess Wilson to remain shadow treasurer under Victorian opposition reshuffle: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-30/jess-wilson-shadow-treasurer-coalition-reshuffle-unveiled/106083738
New leader Jess Wilson to remain shadow treasurer under Victorian opposition reshuffle
New opposition leader Jess Wilson will retain shadow treasurer responsibilities under a reshuffle, while also keeping multiple former opposition leaders in the fold.
www.abc.net.au
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Nothing screams "competent team ready for government" quite like keeping all the key roles for yourself.
Cops doing body searches of journalists at a rally where they also aggressively protect the far-right should give us a clue as to where their sympathies lie.
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Cops doing body searches of journalists at a rally where they also aggressively protect the far-right should give us a clue as to where their sympathies lie.
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I'm left with the report from The Age that anti-immigration folks and VicPol jointly (and roughly no less) removed counter protestors.
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I'm left with the report from The Age that anti-immigration folks and VicPol jointly (and roughly no less) removed counter protestors.
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Amazing The Age can publish this line about a right wing demo in Melbourne and it's ........ ok fine good stuff?
November 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Amazing The Age can publish this line about a right wing demo in Melbourne and it's ........ ok fine good stuff?
She seems like a good match for her husband. Which is nice for them.
I love seeing fascist power couples hanging out together.
I love seeing fascist power couples hanging out together.
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
She seems like a good match for her husband. Which is nice for them.
I love seeing fascist power couples hanging out together.
I love seeing fascist power couples hanging out together.
Quick, someone hit this mfer with some butter and sugar and turn him into a croissant
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Quick, someone hit this mfer with some butter and sugar and turn him into a croissant
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Theory of permanent revolution in praxis
one of my current cats, Trotsky, freaked out last time at the vet so badly he climbed up the walls! they had to bring in the special cat nabber device to catch him.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Theory of permanent revolution in praxis
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
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This is what happens when you kill all the dingoes
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is what happens when you kill all the dingoes
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What Australian outlets edited out of the opening of Kerry O'Brien's Walkley Awards speech on press freedom:
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What Australian outlets edited out of the opening of Kerry O'Brien's Walkley Awards speech on press freedom:
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
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The eyes of the world should today be on Giessen, Germany, where massive antifascist protests are being organised against the founding congress of the AfD's new far right youth organisation.
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The eyes of the world should today be on Giessen, Germany, where massive antifascist protests are being organised against the founding congress of the AfD's new far right youth organisation.
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For your #Noirvember viewing pleasure, here’s another post from the vault. My @crimereads.bsky.social piece from a couple of ago on under appreciated American neo-noirs of the first half of the 1970s. I still think this list is pretty solid.
crimereads.com/10-underappr...
crimereads.com/10-underappr...
10 Underappreciated American Neo-Noirs of the Early 1970s
The domestic blowback of the Vietnam War. The sleaze and corruption of Watergate. The incipient rollback of the counterculture and many gains of the 1960s. Economic recession. The upheaval and unce…
crimereads.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
For your #Noirvember viewing pleasure, here’s another post from the vault. My @crimereads.bsky.social piece from a couple of ago on under appreciated American neo-noirs of the first half of the 1970s. I still think this list is pretty solid.
crimereads.com/10-underappr...
crimereads.com/10-underappr...
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🚨Nine Jewish groups are urging the Government to reject Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report", saying it's an attack on Australia's "democracy" and "freedoms" – benefitting the state of Israel.
Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive...
theklaxon.com.au/22ti
Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive...
theklaxon.com.au/22ti
Segal “threatening Australia’s freedoms and democracy”, Jewish groups warn - The Klaxon
A group of Jewish organisations has labelled Envoy Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report" an attack on Australia's “democracy” and “freedoms”, and say it must be rejected.
theklaxon.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
🚨Nine Jewish groups are urging the Government to reject Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report", saying it's an attack on Australia's "democracy" and "freedoms" – benefitting the state of Israel.
Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive...
theklaxon.com.au/22ti
Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive...
theklaxon.com.au/22ti
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oh my god I have my own page on the official White House website because I pushed back on Kristi Noem's claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a “pedophilic illegal migrant gangbanger” and asked for evidence he'd been convicted of any of those crimes www.whitehouse.gov/media-bias-r...
Catherine Bouris Archives
www.whitehouse.gov
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
oh my god I have my own page on the official White House website because I pushed back on Kristi Noem's claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a “pedophilic illegal migrant gangbanger” and asked for evidence he'd been convicted of any of those crimes www.whitehouse.gov/media-bias-r...
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In the hubbub over EPBC laws, news of Santos making its biggest ever gas fracking play in the Beetaloo basin has flown under the radar
One to watch as @kirstyhowey.bsky.social notes that "not a single NT fracking project has been referred or assessed under federal environment laws, ever"
One to watch as @kirstyhowey.bsky.social notes that "not a single NT fracking project has been referred or assessed under federal environment laws, ever"
Fear Santos gas plan may start fracking rush that poses ‘major risk’ to NT water supply
Fossil fuel company plans to expand exploration in Beetaloo basin
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In the hubbub over EPBC laws, news of Santos making its biggest ever gas fracking play in the Beetaloo basin has flown under the radar
One to watch as @kirstyhowey.bsky.social notes that "not a single NT fracking project has been referred or assessed under federal environment laws, ever"
One to watch as @kirstyhowey.bsky.social notes that "not a single NT fracking project has been referred or assessed under federal environment laws, ever"
Michelle Grattan laundering the behaviour of Linda Reynolds, saying she has been hard done by & deserves a fair go (which includes stripping Higgins of her assets, dignity & future happiness) while lamenting the actions of other media is journalistic excellence.
theconversation.com/view-from-th...
theconversation.com/view-from-th...
View from The Hill: Two women intent on vindication ensure Higgins affair haunts Labor
The ongoing litigation resulting from one fateful night at Parliament House has inconvenient truths for all involved – including members of the government.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Michelle Grattan laundering the behaviour of Linda Reynolds, saying she has been hard done by & deserves a fair go (which includes stripping Higgins of her assets, dignity & future happiness) while lamenting the actions of other media is journalistic excellence.
theconversation.com/view-from-th...
theconversation.com/view-from-th...
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Reform UK’s barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don’t play the bully’s game
www.thenerve.news/p/reform-natio…
www.thenerve.news/p/reform-natio…
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Reform UK’s barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don’t play the bully’s game
www.thenerve.news/p/reform-natio…
www.thenerve.news/p/reform-natio…
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Well. That didn’t take long. Looks like the enshittificationod the entire internet is nearly complete.
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Well. That didn’t take long. Looks like the enshittificationod the entire internet is nearly complete.
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'These days, you can't even call Donald Trump “the most openly corrupt president in American history” without the politically-correct brigade' etc., etc., etc..
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
'These days, you can't even call Donald Trump “the most openly corrupt president in American history” without the politically-correct brigade' etc., etc., etc..
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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The Victorian ALP government will proudly open the new #StateLibrary underground train station with giant murals taken from its collections as clueless Library management is dismantling its public services & failing to properly research, protect, and tell the stories of our past & present. #fiasco
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The Victorian ALP government will proudly open the new #StateLibrary underground train station with giant murals taken from its collections as clueless Library management is dismantling its public services & failing to properly research, protect, and tell the stories of our past & present. #fiasco
If you maintain an active presence on X it is doing irreparable damage to your mind.
'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
If you maintain an active presence on X it is doing irreparable damage to your mind.
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"Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing" - Ken Henry
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing" - Ken Henry
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...