Jonathan Patten
@jonopatten.bsky.social
That’s some ceasefire you’ve got going there. But sure, let’s have the NSW and AUS govts advocate suppression of anyone that has a problem with genocide. #auspol
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Israeli troops kill six Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs
Attack brings total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 401 since October ceasefire took effect
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December 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
That’s some ceasefire you’ve got going there. But sure, let’s have the NSW and AUS govts advocate suppression of anyone that has a problem with genocide. #auspol
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We’re meant to believe protests from August are the problem. Just politicians showing their lack of originality again and again. We should all be worried about this kind of power. #auspol
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NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
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December 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We’re meant to believe protests from August are the problem. Just politicians showing their lack of originality again and again. We should all be worried about this kind of power. #auspol
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“It is heartbreaking to realise that our humanity becomes visible only when we are suffering, not when we are simply trying to move, to work and to simply exist.”
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Whether trapped inside Gaza or out, the world is shrinking for Palestinians | Plestia Alaqad
Sometimes I feel like the world is more afraid of me as a Palestinian refugee than it is afraid of the genocide and wars that create refugees in the first place
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December 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
“It is heartbreaking to realise that our humanity becomes visible only when we are suffering, not when we are simply trying to move, to work and to simply exist.”
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“Right now, Australia’s tax system works to give the wealthiest in society the smoothest of rides. These super changes will force them to go over a very small speed bump.”
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The super tax debate is divorced from reality – and more proof that Australia’s tax system is built for the rich | Greg Jericho
The proposal will affect only 0.5% of people with superannuation and yet you would think the government is about to seize the means of production
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May 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“Right now, Australia’s tax system works to give the wealthiest in society the smoothest of rides. These super changes will force them to go over a very small speed bump.”
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From @thesaturdaypaper.com.au editorial. Brutal! #auspol
May 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
From @thesaturdaypaper.com.au editorial. Brutal! #auspol
“Identity politics, important in its way, has obscured too much of the politics of class, including economic and educational inequality.”
I ❤️ the sentiment of this article and dearly want it to be true.
#auspol
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I ❤️ the sentiment of this article and dearly want it to be true.
#auspol
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As Australia’s election result reminds us, News Corp no longer has the power to sway voters | Margaret Simons
The declining power of the Murdoch press is part of the wider story of the waning influence of mainstream media
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May 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
“Identity politics, important in its way, has obscured too much of the politics of class, including economic and educational inequality.”
I ❤️ the sentiment of this article and dearly want it to be true.
#auspol
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I ❤️ the sentiment of this article and dearly want it to be true.
#auspol
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So apparently the Australian public are idiots…according to born with silver spoon Gina. Give me a fucking break. #auspol
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Gina Rinehart urges Liberals to stick with Trump-like policies in the wake of election loss
Billionaire tells Daily Mail ‘left media’ frightened party away from ‘anything Trump’ and calls on Liberals to adopt ‘commonsense and truth’ principles
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May 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
So apparently the Australian public are idiots…according to born with silver spoon Gina. Give me a fucking break. #auspol
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If only someone had of told all those Americans about to vote that he was full of s**t. #politics
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One hundred days in, Donald Trump faces a problem: he can rage, but he can’t govern | Jonathan Freedland
Americans are beginning to worry about their future amid a shrinking economy, warnings of empty shelves – and the president’s failed promises, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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May 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
If only someone had of told all those Americans about to vote that he was full of s**t. #politics
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“No one is there remaking our unequal school system. No one is pushing for a climate policy that cuts emissions with the urgency that is needed. No one is ready to radically reform the housing market.”
Don’t vote major parties. #auspol
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Don’t vote major parties. #auspol
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Change purse election
So this is it: a choice between a few dollars a week in tax cuts or a couple of cents off petrol for a year, an election fought in a change purse by two men with the charisma of loose coins.
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March 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“No one is there remaking our unequal school system. No one is pushing for a climate policy that cuts emissions with the urgency that is needed. No one is ready to radically reform the housing market.”
Don’t vote major parties. #auspol
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Don’t vote major parties. #auspol
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When your base is uneducated I guess it makes sense to attack education. An ill formed population won’t be a democratic one for long. #politics
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Education department slashed in half after Trump administration mass firings
More than 1,300 dismissals seem first step toward quashing US agency entirely as education secretary touts ‘efficiency’
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March 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
When your base is uneducated I guess it makes sense to attack education. An ill formed population won’t be a democratic one for long. #politics
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This is the 3rd article I’ve read this morning with a politician suggesting overly simplistic, utterly beside the point policy to deal with a problem. DON’T vote for major parties…they are morons. #auspol
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Road hogs: what is Australia’s love of big cars costing us all?
SUVs are now Australia’s most popular new car to buy. But while owners enjoy tax benefits and more powerful engines, society is paying in ways big and small
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March 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is the 3rd article I’ve read this morning with a politician suggesting overly simplistic, utterly beside the point policy to deal with a problem. DON’T vote for major parties…they are morons. #auspol
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I mean why would anyone do anything because Fifi Box told them to? If legislation is going to be determined by inane morning radio hosts then we should really pack up democracy because it’s failed. #auspol
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Victoria’s about-turn on bail laws reflects the age-old conflict between reform and reaction. How did we get here again? | Russell Marks
Stoking moral panics about youth crime has won reactionaries elections in the NT and Queensland, and the rest of Australia seems to be learning the lesson
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March 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I mean why would anyone do anything because Fifi Box told them to? If legislation is going to be determined by inane morning radio hosts then we should really pack up democracy because it’s failed. #auspol
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Gee…maybe bail laws aren’t the magic bullet to reducing crime. Don’t vote for lazy politicians who can’t identify that complex problems aren’t solved by simple solutions. #auspol
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NSW Labor divided over Chris Minns’ plan to extend controversial youth bail laws
Exclusive: MLC Stephen Lawrence tells party room government is putting state on ‘slippery slope’ to more punitive approach
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March 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Gee…maybe bail laws aren’t the magic bullet to reducing crime. Don’t vote for lazy politicians who can’t identify that complex problems aren’t solved by simple solutions. #auspol
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Gunshots and a surge of panic: footage shows last moments of boy, 12, killed in the West Bank
Gunshots and a surge of panic: footage shows last moments of boy, 12, killed in the West Bank
Two children a week are killed in the West Bank. Two cameras recorded the circumstances of one such death
The last time Nassar al-Hammouni talked to his son, Ayman, it was by telephone and the 12-year-old was overflowing with plans for the coming…
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March 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Gunshots and a surge of panic: footage shows last moments of boy, 12, killed in the West Bank
“In Australia, one in three big corporations pays no tax. $0 tax,” he will say.
“Meanwhile, public school parents are now paying over $1.2bn in public school fees each year, or $465 per public school child.
#auspol
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“Meanwhile, public school parents are now paying over $1.2bn in public school fees each year, or $465 per public school child.
#auspol
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Australian public school voluntary fees surge almost 40% in two years
Greens vow to abolish public school fees and accuse major parties of shifting costs on to families struggling with cost of living
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February 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“In Australia, one in three big corporations pays no tax. $0 tax,” he will say.
“Meanwhile, public school parents are now paying over $1.2bn in public school fees each year, or $465 per public school child.
#auspol
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“Meanwhile, public school parents are now paying over $1.2bn in public school fees each year, or $465 per public school child.
#auspol
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A vote for the Liberal Party is a vote for this complete moron #auspol #libfail
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‘They did not come to destroy’: Sussan Ley praises First Fleet and likens it to Elon Musk’s Mars mission
It’s the latest example of the Coalition appearing to echo or praise US president Donald Trump’s new administration
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January 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A vote for the Liberal Party is a vote for this complete moron #auspol #libfail
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January 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
So true. The political impotence of progressive governments around the world might just be the real existential threat. An impotence sowed decades ago when they abandoned the working class for the false promise of free market capitalism. #politics
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Trump is back. And the resistance has been humbled into near-impotence | Osita Nwanevu
Much remains uncertain about the path the next four years will take us down. But it’s crystal clear who’s going to come out ahead and who it’s all for
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January 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
So true. The political impotence of progressive governments around the world might just be the real existential threat. An impotence sowed decades ago when they abandoned the working class for the false promise of free market capitalism. #politics
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💙📚 a great book that raises a lot of important questions. Not least of which the benefits of broadening our exposure to culture beyond just the things we like that the algorithms will keep feeding back to us.
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Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
A history and investigation of a world ruled by algorit…
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January 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
💙📚 a great book that raises a lot of important questions. Not least of which the benefits of broadening our exposure to culture beyond just the things we like that the algorithms will keep feeding back to us.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
Why does the #AusOpen keep putting Zverev on the night session? Can only assume they’re hoping he has to play until 4am and destroys his chances of going too far 🤷♂️
January 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Why does the #AusOpen keep putting Zverev on the night session? Can only assume they’re hoping he has to play until 4am and destroys his chances of going too far 🤷♂️