Lou
@laenij.bsky.social
💜 she/they bisexual 💜
💜 mvfc arsenal hawthorn 💜
💜 it's not a phase 💜
💜 mvfc arsenal hawthorn 💜
💜 it's not a phase 💜
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#EXCLUSIVE: The brother of an Australian aid worker who was killed in an Israeli drone strike in Gaza is urging the prime minister to press for more action on her case during the Israeli President Isaac Herzog's state visit. #auspol
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Zomi Frankcom's brother seeks answers from Israel's president after she was killed in Gaza
Mal Frankcom says "missing puzzle pieces" remain in the investigation into the killing of his sister, aid worker Zomi Frankcom.
www.sbs.com.au
February 10, 2026 at 11:03 PM
#EXCLUSIVE: The brother of an Australian aid worker who was killed in an Israeli drone strike in Gaza is urging the prime minister to press for more action on her case during the Israeli President Isaac Herzog's state visit. #auspol
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Just discovered $3 billion in extra nuclear sub spending between May and December $15.4B → $18.6B
Where's the $3 billion going? Defence: "Take it on notice"
That's enough money to build 10,000s public homes but for Defence it's pocket change they lost down back of the couch.
Where's the $3 billion going? Defence: "Take it on notice"
That's enough money to build 10,000s public homes but for Defence it's pocket change they lost down back of the couch.
February 11, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Just discovered $3 billion in extra nuclear sub spending between May and December $15.4B → $18.6B
Where's the $3 billion going? Defence: "Take it on notice"
That's enough money to build 10,000s public homes but for Defence it's pocket change they lost down back of the couch.
Where's the $3 billion going? Defence: "Take it on notice"
That's enough money to build 10,000s public homes but for Defence it's pocket change they lost down back of the couch.
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I can’t stop laughing about “and from New Jersey”
February 10, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I can’t stop laughing about “and from New Jersey”
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Melbourne’s protest was peaceful.
"Sydney’s response points to a deeper failure of judgment about protest, power and democracy."
Or it points to deliberate efforts by an anti-democratic premier to enact repressive laws on behalf of his Zionist sponsors. #nswpol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
"Sydney’s response points to a deeper failure of judgment about protest, power and democracy."
Or it points to deliberate efforts by an anti-democratic premier to enact repressive laws on behalf of his Zionist sponsors. #nswpol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
When peaceful protest is allowed to work, democracy works
Melbourne’s mass protest against the visit of Israel President Isaac Herzog showed how large, diverse crowds can assemble peacefully when police exercise restraint and common sense. Sydney’s response ...
johnmenadue.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Melbourne’s protest was peaceful.
"Sydney’s response points to a deeper failure of judgment about protest, power and democracy."
Or it points to deliberate efforts by an anti-democratic premier to enact repressive laws on behalf of his Zionist sponsors. #nswpol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
"Sydney’s response points to a deeper failure of judgment about protest, power and democracy."
Or it points to deliberate efforts by an anti-democratic premier to enact repressive laws on behalf of his Zionist sponsors. #nswpol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
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I am absolutely not kidding
Discord's new age verification rules got you down? Allow me to suggest an alternative: Internet Relay Chat
Launched in 1988, IRC was created by and for computer nerds, and it won't hold your hand but it also doesn't want to see your face.
www.pcgamer.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I am absolutely not kidding
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Once thought to be extinct in NSW, the small, spotted, and highly photogenic western quoll is making a hard-fought comeback to the wild.
Western quoll joey born in the wild after conservation program success
Once thought to be extinct in NSW, the small, spotted, and highly photogenic western quoll is making a hard-fought comeback to the wild.
www.abc.net.au
February 10, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Once thought to be extinct in NSW, the small, spotted, and highly photogenic western quoll is making a hard-fought comeback to the wild.
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Why are people who villainize empathy bad at art? Gee, impossible to say.
From Melania to Kid Rock’s halftime show: why is Maga art so dreadful?
From Melania to Kid Rock’s halftime show: why is Maga art so dreadful?
As the right stokes culture wars, their alternatives to ‘woke’ Hollywood prove to be shoddily made and uninspired
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Why are people who villainize empathy bad at art? Gee, impossible to say.
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Laura Tingle on the money as always.
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich: "We will continue to kill the idea of a Palestinian state".
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich: "We will continue to kill the idea of a Palestinian state".
Israel undermines two-state solution while Herzog visits Australia
While Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Sydney, his government was taking concrete actions in the West Bank designed to "continue to kill the idea of a Palestinian state".
www.abc.net.au
February 10, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Laura Tingle on the money as always.
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich: "We will continue to kill the idea of a Palestinian state".
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich: "We will continue to kill the idea of a Palestinian state".
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We cannot ignore what we can see with our own eyes.
This was state violence.
And the blame lies with the NSW Labor government for attempting to shut down legitimate protest, and the federal Labor government who invited the head of a state committing genocide to our shores.
This was state violence.
And the blame lies with the NSW Labor government for attempting to shut down legitimate protest, and the federal Labor government who invited the head of a state committing genocide to our shores.
February 9, 2026 at 8:55 PM
We cannot ignore what we can see with our own eyes.
This was state violence.
And the blame lies with the NSW Labor government for attempting to shut down legitimate protest, and the federal Labor government who invited the head of a state committing genocide to our shores.
This was state violence.
And the blame lies with the NSW Labor government for attempting to shut down legitimate protest, and the federal Labor government who invited the head of a state committing genocide to our shores.
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Lads (gender neutral)
I'll be real.
If I see you posting shit about a Harry Potter TV show in the year 2026 I will just block you.
We're not doing it again, I'm not having 3 months of bullshit on my timeline again. I'm muting that term and if you bring it onto my dash anyway I'm muting you
I'll be real.
If I see you posting shit about a Harry Potter TV show in the year 2026 I will just block you.
We're not doing it again, I'm not having 3 months of bullshit on my timeline again. I'm muting that term and if you bring it onto my dash anyway I'm muting you
February 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Lads (gender neutral)
I'll be real.
If I see you posting shit about a Harry Potter TV show in the year 2026 I will just block you.
We're not doing it again, I'm not having 3 months of bullshit on my timeline again. I'm muting that term and if you bring it onto my dash anyway I'm muting you
I'll be real.
If I see you posting shit about a Harry Potter TV show in the year 2026 I will just block you.
We're not doing it again, I'm not having 3 months of bullshit on my timeline again. I'm muting that term and if you bring it onto my dash anyway I'm muting you
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wild AI story from the Olympics
ice dancers were told to use songs "in the style of the 1990s." One Czech pair tried using AI to pump out a song to skate to, but their AI bot fully plagiarized "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals and they had to change it
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
ice dancers were told to use songs "in the style of the 1990s." One Czech pair tried using AI to pump out a song to skate to, but their AI bot fully plagiarized "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals and they had to change it
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
February 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM
wild AI story from the Olympics
ice dancers were told to use songs "in the style of the 1990s." One Czech pair tried using AI to pump out a song to skate to, but their AI bot fully plagiarized "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals and they had to change it
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
ice dancers were told to use songs "in the style of the 1990s." One Czech pair tried using AI to pump out a song to skate to, but their AI bot fully plagiarized "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals and they had to change it
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
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This is on Musk and he should be held accountable.
HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Expert insight: U.S. withdrawal from WHO could affect global health - Western News
History professor Mitchell L. Hammond explains how the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization could affect global health and disease threats.
news.westernu.ca
February 10, 2026 at 1:35 AM
This is on Musk and he should be held accountable.
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“A bout 11,000 Palestinian cancer patients are still trapped in Gaza despite the reopening of the Rafah crossing last week. Doctors say cancer-related deaths have tripled in the territory since the war began, as Israel continues to hinder patients from leaving and restricts the entry of chemo drugs“
February 10, 2026 at 10:52 AM
“A bout 11,000 Palestinian cancer patients are still trapped in Gaza despite the reopening of the Rafah crossing last week. Doctors say cancer-related deaths have tripled in the territory since the war began, as Israel continues to hinder patients from leaving and restricts the entry of chemo drugs“
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Since when is the President of Israel the head of state of all Jews?
Look I am not a fan of this arrangement but isn't their head of state King Charles www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
February 10, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Since when is the President of Israel the head of state of all Jews?
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Fuck Israel and fuck everyone who defends it. Right now the president of this apartheid monstrosity is sitting down with Australia’s prime minister for a cozy dinner - fuck him, too.
February 10, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Fuck Israel and fuck everyone who defends it. Right now the president of this apartheid monstrosity is sitting down with Australia’s prime minister for a cozy dinner - fuck him, too.
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Something compelled me to make this
February 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Something compelled me to make this
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As a user affected by the Australian rollout: they're lying about pre-verification. Every Australian Discord user with whom I regularly interact is over 30, but we were still all required to verify
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
February 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM
As a user affected by the Australian rollout: they're lying about pre-verification. Every Australian Discord user with whom I regularly interact is over 30, but we were still all required to verify
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This is so horrific I am overwhelmed.
This is what the government of your current guest is doing, @albomp.bsky.social, the war criminal you're suppressing dissent over.
#gaza
#auspol
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
This is what the government of your current guest is doing, @albomp.bsky.social, the war criminal you're suppressing dissent over.
#gaza
#auspol
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:52 PM
This is so horrific I am overwhelmed.
This is what the government of your current guest is doing, @albomp.bsky.social, the war criminal you're suppressing dissent over.
#gaza
#auspol
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
This is what the government of your current guest is doing, @albomp.bsky.social, the war criminal you're suppressing dissent over.
#gaza
#auspol
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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"interaction with police" what are we doing here?
February 10, 2026 at 10:07 AM
"interaction with police" what are we doing here?
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He’s not wrong.
February 10, 2026 at 8:10 AM
He’s not wrong.
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"Social cohesion is a scam, a strategy employed by the powerful to delegitimise and suppress the voices of the less powerful... If you are othered by powerful groups, you become the victim of cohesion, not the beneficiary; what you get from social cohesion is a punch from an armed official."
Nothing says cohesion like a punch in the head: Violence of Minns' goons exposes the lie of 'social cohesion'
NSW Police's actions against protesters in in Sydney was about the powerful dictating the terms of free speech — through state-sanctioned violence if necessary.
www.crikey.com.au
February 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
"Social cohesion is a scam, a strategy employed by the powerful to delegitimise and suppress the voices of the less powerful... If you are othered by powerful groups, you become the victim of cohesion, not the beneficiary; what you get from social cohesion is a punch from an armed official."
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Video shows a man pinned to the ground as Australian police strike him repeatedly during an arrest. The man appears already subdued as blows continue. The incident occurred at protests in Sydney against Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
Video: Jared Kimpton via X (@jared_kimpton)
Video: Jared Kimpton via X (@jared_kimpton)
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Video shows a man pinned to the ground as Australian police strike him repeatedly during an arrest. The man appears already subdued as blows continue. The incident occurred at protests in Sydney against Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
Video: Jared Kimpton via X (@jared_kimpton)
Video: Jared Kimpton via X (@jared_kimpton)
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Philippines: Same-sex couples can co-own property, top court rules
Philippines: Same-sex couples can co-own property, top court rules
The landmark decision said "legitimate intimate relationships" must not be "legally invisible".
www.bbc.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Philippines: Same-sex couples can co-own property, top court rules