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Preston Towers @prestontowers.bsky.social · 21h

One of the best cartoons at summarising Albanese’s approach to government

Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 21h

Weekend at Menzies'. #auspol

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Terry Talks Movies @terrytalksmovies.bsky.social · 1d

New video. Imprint's new releases are a total nostalgia blast. youtu.be/s99ud5llBGs

Imprint September 2025 - All Our Childhood Favourite Movies On Blu Ray

YouTube video by Terry Talks Movies

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Kerrie B @wheels002.bsky.social · 1d

Is Australia prepared to do this? I certainly hope so!

Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 1d

www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

British citizens serving in the IDF can now be tried for war crimes in the UK

Now that the UK has recognised Palestine as a state, this opens legal routes for British members of the IDF to be charged in the UK

www.thecanary.co

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The Auto-Matt @matomattic.bsky.social · 1d

Not on your bippy, sadly.

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The Auto-Matt @matomattic.bsky.social · 1d

Let's face it, adherence to rules and facts aren't bug with the Maga crowd.

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The Auto-Matt @matomattic.bsky.social · 1d

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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 1d

how the fuck is this sort of idiotic bullshit being published? The person who wrote this should be bullied into destitution.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 1d

recruiting is a wasteland, fucken NO ONE is joining. They've thrown so much fucking money at this and cannot fix it because they spent 25 yrs feeding kids into a woodchipper to suck off John Howard. Reap what you sow, cunts.

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 1d

The military’s target audience are in two demographics: 16-to-24-year olds, and 24-to-35-year-olds.

www.crikey.com.au

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The Auto-Matt @matomattic.bsky.social · 1d

Why does the idiot wing always win? Inherited wealth and inbreeding I guess.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1d

The bemusing part of this is even though the Qld coal fleet is youngest in the country, they won't last to the 2040s. The Qld government knows this - but throwing red meat to their idiot wing and their donors is an aesthetic I suppose.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Australia's Queensland reverses policy, pledges to keep using coal power reut.rs/42BhtoJ

Australia's Queensland reverses policy, pledges to keep using coal power

Australia's Queensland state government said on Friday it would run coal power plants at least into the 2040s, reversing a previous plan to pivot rapidly to renewables and in turn making national emissions reduction targets harder to achieve.

reut.rs

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steve O))) @aspeedingcar.bsky.social · 1d

Antifa? I'm Antifam
Anti Friday Afternoon Meetings

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Kerrie B @wheels002.bsky.social · 1d

I still have a spare watermelon brooch to giveaway if anyone is interested and am happy to post anywhere in Australia.

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Cressida Dunnart @cdunnart.bsky.social · 1d

You didn’t know you needed this, did you?
Well you did

Follow Annie

Annie Parker @annieparker.bsky.social · 13d

Look at those little legs paddling…especially tiniest duckling 🥹🥰🥹
#TinyDucklings #FarmLife #LittleFarm

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Cressida Dunnart @cdunnart.bsky.social · 1d

She’s correct
Do read it when you have a moment
If you somehow think that this country can’t descend into the morass that America is atm, then you are not paying attention to the signs

Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 6d

This is a truly excoriating and well-deserved take-down of the National Press Club @PressClubAust by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges.

You really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 should read it. His words cut like a hot knife into butter. #auspol #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Hedges Report: NPC Australia caves to Israel Lobby, cancels talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists

The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.

johnmenadue.com

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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 2d

its very insane there doesn't seem to be a media outlet in that country that will point out 'antifa' is an imaginary villain. It literally does not exist.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 3d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 3d

America finding out what it's version of 'Christianity' has been all along.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Terry Talks Movies @terrytalksmovies.bsky.social · 3d

New video. Some halloween horror flicks to enjoy and be appalled by. youtu.be/W-x-gjUbum0

Checking Out Very Different Horror Movies For Spooky Season 1

YouTube video by Terry Talks Movies

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The Auto-Matt @matomattic.bsky.social · 4d

My son appeared on DOA and he still calls it his greatest achievement. His mum was shocked by the language

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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 4d

this guy's vocal style is giving "18yo bogan girl"

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen Miller: "Eventually elections don’t carry the day because violence beats votes… When we see a muscular response from the federal government, it’s because we’re not going to let violence beat votes."

Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?

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Terry Talks Movies @terrytalksmovies.bsky.social · 4d

New video. I visit the white side of Melbourne. youtu.be/FZwk1T14vGw #mjthemusical

Southland Tales - Bougie Shopping Centre Exploration

YouTube video by Terry Travels

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The Auto-Matt @matomattic.bsky.social · 5d

Two "journalists" had to report this guff?

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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 6d

100,000 people could end it right now by knocking down the fucking wall. Who would stop them?

Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 7d

BREAKING: Over 100,000 people in Tel Aviv are protesting war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu and his illegal genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

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Preston Towers @prestontowers.bsky.social · 6d

Maiden has been finding toxic, destructive politicians "interesting" for a long time. Indicates why it's bad to have the same people as journalists in Canberra. They get so bored that they lose perspective. First it was Abbott, then Morrison, then Dutton, now Hastie.

Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 6d

FFS. Maiden attempting to tell us that denying climate change and xenophobia makes Andrew Hastie an ‘interesting cat’. Seriously. This is what passes for political comment on our ABC in 2025. #insiders

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Sally (MAGG) @maggdesigns.bsky.social · 6d

It's Spooktober, which means the start of the new monthly hashtag! As always, it is opened to all crafts and hobbies. Share your image on Instagram, tag me @magg_sally and I'll showcase your image at the end of my monthly completed pages and projects video.

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Preston Towers @prestontowers.bsky.social · 6d

I am inclined to agree with a lot of what is said in this piece about Albanese. There's a lot of instant, often performative rage in response to everything he does. Not a lot of calm, considered analysis. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Albanese's groundwork is starting to come to fruition

This week feels like it's time to officially add Albanese Derangement Syndrome to the diagnostic and statistical manual of political disorders.

www.abc.net.au

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