Marcus Mantscheff
@mmantscheffau.bsky.social
Local & Remote Area firey, father/ grandpa, omnivorous reader, latent gardener. Not good with short-cuts or sugar-coating. Living on Whiyabul land at Nimbin, NSW.
Pinned
"Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone.
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in your own.”
‘Ye Wearie Wayfarer’, Adam Lindsay Gordon
Two things stand like stone.
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in your own.”
‘Ye Wearie Wayfarer’, Adam Lindsay Gordon
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If only the government had acted earlier to let an unqualified, politically appointed anti-semitism Czar police the thoughts of university campuses, the government could have .. <checks notes> .. persuaded a father/son IS terrorist cell from terroristing.
<blink blink>
Are we really going there?
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Are we really going there?
December 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM
If only the government had acted earlier to let an unqualified, politically appointed anti-semitism Czar police the thoughts of university campuses, the government could have .. <checks notes> .. persuaded a father/son IS terrorist cell from terroristing.
<blink blink>
Are we really going there?
<blink blink>
Are we really going there?
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I know I'm failing. I knows it's my job to have the words, but I don't. Rob and Michelle Reiner's passing is tragedy enough, but the revelations about how they passed and who likely killed them is too much. I'm stunned and just want to hug the entire world right now. Be well, goodnight.
December 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I know I'm failing. I knows it's my job to have the words, but I don't. Rob and Michelle Reiner's passing is tragedy enough, but the revelations about how they passed and who likely killed them is too much. I'm stunned and just want to hug the entire world right now. Be well, goodnight.
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Everybody take a breath and wait.
Reacting to misinformation and guesses, and reacting to the ugly hypocrisy of fuckwits like Joyce, won’t serve any of us well.
#Bondi
Reacting to misinformation and guesses, and reacting to the ugly hypocrisy of fuckwits like Joyce, won’t serve any of us well.
#Bondi
December 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Everybody take a breath and wait.
Reacting to misinformation and guesses, and reacting to the ugly hypocrisy of fuckwits like Joyce, won’t serve any of us well.
#Bondi
Reacting to misinformation and guesses, and reacting to the ugly hypocrisy of fuckwits like Joyce, won’t serve any of us well.
#Bondi
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All those private meetings between Witkoff and Putin are really paying off for the Kremlin.
December 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
All those private meetings between Witkoff and Putin are really paying off for the Kremlin.
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Seven conclusions about what we've learned about Trumpism and the resilience of American democracy across 2025 — the big one: Donald Trump is losing. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump is losing.
Seven conclusions as 2025 winds down.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
December 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Seven conclusions about what we've learned about Trumpism and the resilience of American democracy across 2025 — the big one: Donald Trump is losing. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/donald-tru...
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Did the Mamdani-Trump meeting preview a new kind of “bottom vs top” politics? Does Marjorie Taylor Green transcend political labels? Is it time to move beyond "left vs right" entirely?
No! Organizer @blimpjuice.bsky.social on the only two sides there are: powermapmag.com/it-is-about-...
No! Organizer @blimpjuice.bsky.social on the only two sides there are: powermapmag.com/it-is-about-...
It Is About Left vs Right - Power Map Magazine
Stop falling for the oldest marketing trick in the book.
powermapmag.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Did the Mamdani-Trump meeting preview a new kind of “bottom vs top” politics? Does Marjorie Taylor Green transcend political labels? Is it time to move beyond "left vs right" entirely?
No! Organizer @blimpjuice.bsky.social on the only two sides there are: powermapmag.com/it-is-about-...
No! Organizer @blimpjuice.bsky.social on the only two sides there are: powermapmag.com/it-is-about-...
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From today's Melbourne Age.
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
From today's Melbourne Age.
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Here's @boganintel.bsky.social. "The death of bread and circuses"
The death of bread and circuses - The Shot
Iceland has become the fifth country to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest—following Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Slovenia—in the...
theshot.net.au
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Here's @boganintel.bsky.social. "The death of bread and circuses"
It stinks!
A young government staffer, who, two courts have now found, was raped by another government employee, at her workplace, has now been bankrupted by legal action by her boss at that workplace, a senior Australian Government minister, using disgraceful laws promulgated by that government...
What the Brittany Higgins ruling tells us about defamation in Australia
Former Western Australian senator Linda Reynolds has won her defamation case against former staffer Brittany Higgins over social media posts, a University of Melbourne legal expert
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
December 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It stinks!
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Can't stress enough how lax Grok's guardrails are here. We didn't use any deceptive prompting -- just fed it names and asked for addresses / where someone might live. The bot readily complied, often offering up whole lists of names and addresses.
Only *once* did it decline to provide an address.
Only *once* did it decline to provide an address.
![In response to prompts as simple as “[name] address,” we found Grok repeatedly offered up accurate, up-to-date home addresses of everyday people, while offering astonishingly scant pushback.
Out of 33 names of non-public figures we fed into Grok, a total of ten queries immediately returned correct and current residential addresses for the name provided. Seven prompts returned previously accurate but out-of-date addresses, while another four included accurate work addresses — perfect fodder for anybody looking to stalk a target at their workplace.
The bot is also likely to send a prowler after an unrelated person. In a dozen other instances, the chatbot returned addresses and other personal information, but not for the exact person we were searching for. Indeed, Grok often returned lists of people with similar names alongside their purported residential addresses, before then asking us to provide more information for a “more refined search.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fhnih5ovyd5w5pch254ordo2/bafkreihwj4d7n656vf3uxuqoorcbzew5lqzsbfiwlpw3rtirbb5kq4xudi@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Can't stress enough how lax Grok's guardrails are here. We didn't use any deceptive prompting -- just fed it names and asked for addresses / where someone might live. The bot readily complied, often offering up whole lists of names and addresses.
Only *once* did it decline to provide an address.
Only *once* did it decline to provide an address.
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And think
The republicans have managed to do this to us, to the world, in les than a year.
The republicans have managed to do this to us, to the world, in les than a year.
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
And think
The republicans have managed to do this to us, to the world, in les than a year.
The republicans have managed to do this to us, to the world, in les than a year.
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"Daddy, can't the social media platforms be regulated so that we are safe on them?"
"I'm afraid not. I'm sorry children, there's nothing more to be done. I'll have to tell you all to go outside and read a book"
Every Social Media Site Is Sacred
"I'm afraid not. I'm sorry children, there's nothing more to be done. I'll have to tell you all to go outside and read a book"
Every Social Media Site Is Sacred
December 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"Daddy, can't the social media platforms be regulated so that we are safe on them?"
"I'm afraid not. I'm sorry children, there's nothing more to be done. I'll have to tell you all to go outside and read a book"
Every Social Media Site Is Sacred
"I'm afraid not. I'm sorry children, there's nothing more to be done. I'll have to tell you all to go outside and read a book"
Every Social Media Site Is Sacred
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I stand with Francesca Albanese. No one should be punished for reporting the truth.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I stand with Francesca Albanese. No one should be punished for reporting the truth.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
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"We could force social media providers to regulate toxic algorithms,
ban addictive features,
and impose a duty of care on them.
But regulating billionaires is hard.
So let's just ban the kids!" #auspol
ban addictive features,
and impose a duty of care on them.
But regulating billionaires is hard.
So let's just ban the kids!" #auspol
The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"We could force social media providers to regulate toxic algorithms,
ban addictive features,
and impose a duty of care on them.
But regulating billionaires is hard.
So let's just ban the kids!" #auspol
ban addictive features,
and impose a duty of care on them.
But regulating billionaires is hard.
So let's just ban the kids!" #auspol
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Denied pregnancy care and threatened with prosecution: in the wake of widespread abortion bans, across the United States prosecutors have launched more than 400 cases charging people with crimes related to their pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth or birth.
'This was a wanted pregnancy': The mothers facing prosecution in Trump's America
Denied pregnancy care and threatened with prosecution: in the wake of widespread abortion bans, across the United States prosecutors have launched more than 400 cases charging people with crimes related to their pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth or birth.
www.abc.net.au
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Denied pregnancy care and threatened with prosecution: in the wake of widespread abortion bans, across the United States prosecutors have launched more than 400 cases charging people with crimes related to their pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth or birth.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Also coming into play is the Antarctic sudden stratospheric warming which occurred in September 2025.
La Niña declared days out from summer – what does this mean for Australia? www.weatherzone.com.au/news/la-nina...
La Niña declared days out from summer – what does this mean for Australia? www.weatherzone.com.au/news/la-nina...
La Niña declared days out from summer – what does this mean for Australia?
La Niña is underway in the Pacific Ocean. So, what does this mean for Australia's weather this summer?
www.weatherzone.com.au
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Also coming into play is the Antarctic sudden stratospheric warming which occurred in September 2025.
La Niña declared days out from summer – what does this mean for Australia? www.weatherzone.com.au/news/la-nina...
La Niña declared days out from summer – what does this mean for Australia? www.weatherzone.com.au/news/la-nina...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Barnlene no. 1
sorry not sorry
sorry not sorry
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Barnlene no. 1
sorry not sorry
sorry not sorry
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1/2. Max Blumenthal OBLITERATES US regime-change hypocrites on Piers Morgan.In just three minutes, Max Blumenthal did what no Western media host ever dares: he confronted the former US ambassador & CIA crowd with their own track record of coups, lies & hypocrisy all on liveTV.
t.me/geopolitics_...
t.me/geopolitics_...
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
1/2. Max Blumenthal OBLITERATES US regime-change hypocrites on Piers Morgan.In just three minutes, Max Blumenthal did what no Western media host ever dares: he confronted the former US ambassador & CIA crowd with their own track record of coups, lies & hypocrisy all on liveTV.
t.me/geopolitics_...
t.me/geopolitics_...
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What a shit show. Everyone could see this plan was written by the Kremlin. Adopted by Witkoff and Trump who demanded Ukraine accept it by this Thursday. After a firestorm of objections by Europe and Republican senators it appears Rubio wants to distance himself from it.
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
What a shit show. Everyone could see this plan was written by the Kremlin. Adopted by Witkoff and Trump who demanded Ukraine accept it by this Thursday. After a firestorm of objections by Europe and Republican senators it appears Rubio wants to distance himself from it.
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AOC's right about MTG, her actions speak louder than her words.
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
AOC's right about MTG, her actions speak louder than her words.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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Extreme wealth is a cancer on our world. No sum will ever be enough as their wealth has purchased them god like powers in recreating our world for self benefit alone. They are figures of moral rot who care not how much suffering they cause, driven only by an ever-increasing addiction to power.
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Extreme wealth is a cancer on our world. No sum will ever be enough as their wealth has purchased them god like powers in recreating our world for self benefit alone. They are figures of moral rot who care not how much suffering they cause, driven only by an ever-increasing addiction to power.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc