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Sista Cate Ruth ♿ @sistacatruthpurry.bsky.social · 18h

Australian friends, I know I'm amplifying a lot of American content at the moment. This is because 1) I feel, and worry for, our American friends and 2) What's happening in the US is also happening in the UK and AUS. We're just not quite as far into it as the US. Watch and learn. We're next.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 2h

mondoweiss.net/2025/10/40-y...

40 years after Jewish extremists murdered a Palestinian activist in California, no one has been held accountable

On October 11, 1985, Palestinian-American Alex Odeh was killed when a bomb destroyed his office. Despite suspicions that Jewish Defense League members carried out the attack, no charges have ever been...

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 7h

Replacing writers and artists with slop generators programmed by rich powerful men to say and do what they prefer is a fascist wet dream.

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 16h

Lucy Hamilton
lucyham29.substack.com?r=1ebayy&utm...

Lucy Hamilton | Substack

Doctoral candidate. Researching fossil fuel’s architecture of influence operations’ Christian Nationalism. Click to read Lucy Hamilton, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

lucyham29.substack.com

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 14h

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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Dumbe Blonde @dumbeblonde.bsky.social · 13h

Australians rejected Dutton so they didn’t get the Liberal Party and instead they got the Liberal Party

The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 15h

Warnings about how to avoid a paper trail that might later be accessed by an FOI request are part of the induction kit for new political staffers. Even the acronym has its own crude nickname in the ministerial wing: “FOI. Fuck Off Idiot.” satpa.pe/zPB9QFA

Inside Albanese’s FOI reforms: ‘He hates transparency’

Labor’s reforms to freedom of information laws are opposed by every public submission made to the Senate, with the government’s record on secrecy worse than Scott Morrison’s.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79

The Oscar-winner best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and The Book Club, has died Diane Keaton, one of the best-loved film stars of the past 50 years, has died at the age of 79 in California. The news was confirmed by People magazine. Further details are not available at this time, and her loved ones have asked for privacy, according to a family spokesperson. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 3h

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

Scientists who focused on other infectious diseases, like an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also were let go.

dlvr.it

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 10h

“Machado has long publicly supported the legal rationale the Trump administration uses to defend the mass deportations of Venezuelan migrants currently in the U.S. as part of her claims that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is the functional head of the Tren de Aragua”

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Samus is Here @samusishere.bsky.social · 10h

Thiel is perhaps the defining US Christian in that he has literally no understanding of Christianity but wants to yap and basically come up with his own religion.

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 11h

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10h

The Supreme Court of the United States is not a legitimate body.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 11h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 11h

A Black Mom who lost her job a few months ago is having a hard time making rent these past few months. She does on-demand delivery to get by but had to spend on car repairs, and this month she won’t make it. If we each give $1 she’ll reach her goal. We’ve helped 158 people so far, let’s keep going.

My name is Brittany and im a single mother of a 3yr old baby girl, I lost my job back in June and started doing amazon flex to make ends meet and make last months rent but this month just seems to be more difficult.

I drive a 2002 PT cruiser and (which is on its last leg but still getting us from A to B!) But I had to replace my tie rods and that blew a chunk out of my earnings! My rent is 1250.00 but im sure I can make a portion of it before the first.

Any and all donations and prayers are greatly appreciated and thank you to everyone in advance!

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Shane @incompleteness.bsky.social · 10h

Japan's Komeito party has quit its coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) over an 'inadequate' explanation by the LDP of its political funding scandal. (Reuters - Yuichi Yamazaki)

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: A Friday night massacre is reportedly underway at the CDC. Dozens of “disease detectives,” senior scientists, the entire Washington staff, and editors of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) have been RIFed and issued termination notices.

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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 14h

#Auspol @Albo Take note

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

With Larry Ellison in control of TikTok, we now have right-wingers or looney far-right wingers in control of most of the major social media platforms.

Right-Wing Moguls Dominate Social Media. One Legal Fix Can Help Stem the Tide.

Revising Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act would make outlets more accountable for the content they platform.

www.thenation.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Tom Sgouros @tsgouros.bsky.social · 20h

The 25th amendment did not anticipate a cabinet that would see the President's obvious disability as being to their advantage.

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 16h

Lucy Hamilton with a cogent insight into just how ****ed the US is:
@lucyham.bsky.social

substack.com/@lucyham29/n...

Stop crediting Trump for the US government

Authoritarians gain power by building a fearsome reputation. Trump is the face of a posse of people and groups. We must not strengthen him, or allow them to hide.

substack.com

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Heiko @todoheiko.bsky.social · 2d

Das Urteil weist Trumps Anspruch auf absolute Exekutivgewalt frontal zurück, es wird für das Regime zu einem großen Problem werden. Schon jetzt sprechen Juristen von einem Präzedenzfall – einem der wenigen in der Trump-Ära, der der Willkür Einhalt gebietet.
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Richter stoppt Trumps Haftwelle – Bundesgericht erklärt ICE-Festnahmen für illegal und trifft den Präsidenten ins Zentrum seiner Macht

Ein Bundesrichter in Chicago hat dem Exekutivdrang der Regierung Trump Grenzen gesetzt. In einem Urteil, das weit über Illinois hinaus Bedeutung hat, erklärte er die Verhaftung von 26 Menschen durch E...

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Imogen @imogenib.bsky.social · 17h

Quote: “Australia is in the thick of a crisis 30 years in the making. John Howard screwed us with his capital gains changes (which they knew in 2004 was causing massive problems), and the lack of action since then has compounded the problem.” - Amy Remeikis 🙌 #NoDiscountsOnCGT

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Imogen @imogenib.bsky.social · 17h

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

The#HousingCrisis is well and truly upon us. No action to date is addressing the incentivised hyperinflation of this market, and we now have the #HousingTrifecta for generational wealth to flourish. Too bad if you miss out? 😡 #AffordableHousingNow #auspol

When it comes to the housing crisis, we've hit the trifecta

The Australian housing crisis continues to bite as a new report shows the median rental value across our capital cities is now $702 a week.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 @michelle65sj.bsky.social · 20h

Words of #hope #identity #resilience and #truthtelling from #Palestinian activist and poet, Rafeef Ziadah. 🇸🇩

“Is anyone out there?

Will anyone listen?” 🍉 🕊️

www.rafeefziadah.net/js_videos/te...

We Teach Life (Original) - Rafeef Ziadah

The original live performance of We teach life, sir’, London, 12.11.1

www.rafeefziadah.net

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Gabriele J. ❤️‍🩹 @msniklaus.bsky.social · 20h

Oh good, I thought bluesky censored it. Thanks for sharing, Michelle. This poem brought me to tears and gave me the shivers.

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Gabriele J. ❤️‍🩹 @msniklaus.bsky.social · 21h

I just watched this posted from and the post has disappeared. @michelle65sj.bsky.social
www.rafeefziadah.net/js_videos/te...

We Teach Life (Original) - Rafeef Ziadah

The original live performance of We teach life, sir’, London, 12.11.1

www.rafeefziadah.net

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