Sarah Steel
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I was curious about the point mentioned towards the end, went looking and found this from July...
The Bulwark: Is an ‘Orgasm Cult’ Tycoon Looking for a Trump Pardon?
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The Bulwark: Is an ‘Orgasm Cult’ Tycoon Looking for a Trump Pardon?
archive.is/wO612
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November 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I was curious about the point mentioned towards the end, went looking and found this from July...
The Bulwark: Is an ‘Orgasm Cult’ Tycoon Looking for a Trump Pardon?
archive.is/wO612
The Bulwark: Is an ‘Orgasm Cult’ Tycoon Looking for a Trump Pardon?
archive.is/wO612
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Ellen Huet’s investigative reporting (speaking with survivors rather than focusing on the orgasmic meditation practice alone) helped blow the lid on the harms of OneTaste. I really enjoyed this chat with Ellen about her work and her new book, Empire of Orgasm www.ltaspod.com/empire-of-or...
Let's Talk About Sects - Interview Episode: OneTaste, Empire of Orgasm with Ellen Huet
Special Guest: Ellen Huet
Ellen Huet is an award-winning investigative journalist who currently writes for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek. She's the author of Empire of Orgasm, a book about...
www.ltaspod.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ellen Huet’s investigative reporting (speaking with survivors rather than focusing on the orgasmic meditation practice alone) helped blow the lid on the harms of OneTaste. I really enjoyed this chat with Ellen about her work and her new book, Empire of Orgasm www.ltaspod.com/empire-of-or...
“The leaders of extremist religious sect the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church this week tightened their grip over every aspect of their members’ lives and finances, while rejecting the prime minister’s accusation that they’re a cult.” – Michael Bachelard for The Age
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‘We’re not a cult’ and a call for $250 million: Inside Exclusive Brethren’s rallying call to members — The Age
Leaked recordings reveal the church’s leadership swinging back at the prime minister labelling it a cult and how it plans to deal with a tax office probe.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“The leaders of extremist religious sect the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church this week tightened their grip over every aspect of their members’ lives and finances, while rejecting the prime minister’s accusation that they’re a cult.” – Michael Bachelard for The Age
apple.news/AZ2EEBG_TTei...
apple.news/AZ2EEBG_TTei...
Ellen Huet’s investigative reporting (speaking with survivors rather than focusing on the orgasmic meditation practice alone) helped blow the lid on the harms of OneTaste. I really enjoyed this chat with Ellen about her work and her new book, Empire of Orgasm www.ltaspod.com/empire-of-or...
Let's Talk About Sects - Interview Episode: OneTaste, Empire of Orgasm with Ellen Huet
Special Guest: Ellen Huet
Ellen Huet is an award-winning investigative journalist who currently writes for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek. She's the author of Empire of Orgasm, a book about...
www.ltaspod.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ellen Huet’s investigative reporting (speaking with survivors rather than focusing on the orgasmic meditation practice alone) helped blow the lid on the harms of OneTaste. I really enjoyed this chat with Ellen about her work and her new book, Empire of Orgasm www.ltaspod.com/empire-of-or...
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Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
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Resource Minister Madeleine King told Japanese businesses Australia “will not be doing anything that…jeopardises Japan’s energy security.”
That’s great for Japan but how come Australia’s energy security isn’ as much of a priority for her as Japan’s? #climate
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That’s great for Japan but how come Australia’s energy security isn’ as much of a priority for her as Japan’s? #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Why does the Albanese Government treat Japan’s energy security as more important than our own?
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Resource Minister Madeleine King told Japanese businesses Australia “will not be doing anything that…jeopardises Japan’s energy security.”
That’s great for Japan but how come Australia’s energy security isn’ as much of a priority for her as Japan’s? #climate
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That’s great for Japan but how come Australia’s energy security isn’ as much of a priority for her as Japan’s? #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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How much money do you think a private school linked to Scientology should get from the NSW Government?
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
How much money do you think a private school linked to Scientology should get from the NSW Government?
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
You forgot about disgust
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
You forgot about disgust
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Update on the inquiry posted on the Victorian Parliamentary website. So good to hear survivor voices are being heard.
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/news/society...
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/news/society...
Understanding the coercive practices of high-control groups - Parliament of Victoria
www.parliament.vic.gov.au
November 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Update on the inquiry posted on the Victorian Parliamentary website. So good to hear survivor voices are being heard.
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/news/society...
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/news/society...
‘The title sounds benign: “The ‘vibe shift’ in middle England”. This set of activists is not benign: they code switch to suit an audience. They intend to radicalise those audiences, one step at a time.’
Last month The Australian platformed two players in the nasty NatCon space as if they were just urbane nostalgics for a better Britain before “indiscriminate” immigration. You need to see who these men are.
#Auspol
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#Auspol
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"The Australian": feeding national conservatism to Australia's power elites
National conservatism is the ideology that surrounds Trump. It is the faux intellectual dressing for MAGA.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
‘The title sounds benign: “The ‘vibe shift’ in middle England”. This set of activists is not benign: they code switch to suit an audience. They intend to radicalise those audiences, one step at a time.’
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"PM Albanese’s culture of secrecy, in three charts"
Damning work by @skyelark.bsky.social on this govt's secrecy
#OffTheCharts #ThePoint
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Damning work by @skyelark.bsky.social on this govt's secrecy
#OffTheCharts #ThePoint
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PM Albanese’s culture of secrecy, in three charts
If he doesn’t change course, the Prime Minister may end up leading exactly the kind of 'shadow government' that he derided his predecessor for.
thepoint.com.au
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"PM Albanese’s culture of secrecy, in three charts"
Damning work by @skyelark.bsky.social on this govt's secrecy
#OffTheCharts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Damning work by @skyelark.bsky.social on this govt's secrecy
#OffTheCharts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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This clinical narrative that unemployment needs to be higher in order to cut inflation is so offensive when the government so persistently abuses the unemployed www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Why interest rates will not fall again until someone pays the price
And until someone — redundant workers, big business, the RBA or government — foots the bill, interest rates are unlikely to budge from here.
www.abc.net.au
November 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This clinical narrative that unemployment needs to be higher in order to cut inflation is so offensive when the government so persistently abuses the unemployed www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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As the Trump Administration slides further and further into authoritarianism, it becomes increasingly clear Australia needs to escape the disastrous AUKUS deal.
Two-thirds of Australians support a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS.
Add your name to the call. ✍️⤵️ #auspol
Two-thirds of Australians support a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS.
Add your name to the call. ✍️⤵️ #auspol
October 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
As the Trump Administration slides further and further into authoritarianism, it becomes increasingly clear Australia needs to escape the disastrous AUKUS deal.
Two-thirds of Australians support a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS.
Add your name to the call. ✍️⤵️ #auspol
Two-thirds of Australians support a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS.
Add your name to the call. ✍️⤵️ #auspol
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Australian artists, journalists, authors and researchers create the stories and knowledge that shapes who we are as a nation.
If AI companies want access to their work, they should have to negotiate with copyright holders like anyone else.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
If AI companies want access to their work, they should have to negotiate with copyright holders like anyone else.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Artists rejoice as Labor rules out copyright carve-out for AI
Labor has ruled out changing copyright laws to give tech giants free rein to train artificial intelligence models on creative works, after the proposition was met with widespread backlash from artists...
www.abc.net.au
October 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Australian artists, journalists, authors and researchers create the stories and knowledge that shapes who we are as a nation.
If AI companies want access to their work, they should have to negotiate with copyright holders like anyone else.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
If AI companies want access to their work, they should have to negotiate with copyright holders like anyone else.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
All of this and also worth noting the incredible feat of editing in creating something so compelling with basically terrible video and audio (body worn camera footage). Devastating doco, very worth watching.
i’m watching this netflix documentary THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR and it is one of the most infuriating and heartbreaking things i have seen in a long time
October 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
All of this and also worth noting the incredible feat of editing in creating something so compelling with basically terrible video and audio (body worn camera footage). Devastating doco, very worth watching.
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Governments can stop this. They can legislate identity and reputational protection and against hate content, but they won’t without intense public pressure.
At some point it has to become clear that this tech exists is to create a more toxic society and enrich its owners. These uses are not aberrations but rather the entire purpose.
OpenAI's Sora 2 Can Generate Videos of Celebrities Appearing to Shout Racial Slurs
OpenAI's Sora 2 video generation model can be exploited to push misinformation and depict public figures behaving badly despite promised guardrails.
www.rollingstone.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Governments can stop this. They can legislate identity and reputational protection and against hate content, but they won’t without intense public pressure.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
In great company with cult-run Epoch Times there too
A reporter from the Australian is one of the group of signatories to the Pentagon's new press corps rules which prompted a universal walk-out from credible news outlets.
October 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
In great company with cult-run Epoch Times there too
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Anti-racist rallies all over on October 19, in response to the next round of these 'Marches for Australia'. Get to your one. It's your opportunity not only to stand up, but to start meeting and making plans with other anti-racists. Your presence matters. Share it around.
October 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Anti-racist rallies all over on October 19, in response to the next round of these 'Marches for Australia'. Get to your one. It's your opportunity not only to stand up, but to start meeting and making plans with other anti-racists. Your presence matters. Share it around.
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NSW premier Chris Minns had Australia believe antisemitic hate was running rampant. Police data has shown that claim to be grossly exaggerated.
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Chris Minns exaggerated the scale of antisemitism in NSW – and won't apologise
The NSW premier had Australia believe antisemitic hate was running rampant. Police data has shown that to be false.
www.deepcutnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
NSW premier Chris Minns had Australia believe antisemitic hate was running rampant. Police data has shown that claim to be grossly exaggerated.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/chris-minn...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/chris-minn...
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So glad to see the future of relationships is wanking alone to prompts from a chatbot that will raise your electricity and water prices send all your private responses to Sam Altman for unsafekeeping
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
So glad to see the future of relationships is wanking alone to prompts from a chatbot that will raise your electricity and water prices send all your private responses to Sam Altman for unsafekeeping
Amazing how each of the major parties does a complete about-face on FOI when they enter and exit power
The Xbench opposes the Government’s attempt to weaken Freedom of Information laws.
Good to see the Opposition recognise these deep flaws - the bill should not pass.
We need more transparency, not less & I'll keep fighting for your right to know.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908628...
Good to see the Opposition recognise these deep flaws - the bill should not pass.
We need more transparency, not less & I'll keep fighting for your right to know.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908628...
October 13, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Amazing how each of the major parties does a complete about-face on FOI when they enter and exit power
“We will know they [network of operatives working to engineer a Trump-like takeover of Australian politics] are getting somewhere when One Nation and the Coalition merge.”
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October 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
“We will know they [network of operatives working to engineer a Trump-like takeover of Australian politics] are getting somewhere when One Nation and the Coalition merge.”
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Imagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby.
To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?
To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?
Making his point for him -- just asking about the power of the gambling lobby gets Senator David Pocock booted from sports club the Prime Minister heads. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club
Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Imagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby.
To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?
To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?