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@nogravitasatall.bsky.social

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🦘A bemused Australian skippy currently on Anaiwan country. Becoming more of a fan of parliamentary constitutional monarchy once the crown is excised from any power. Because it avoids presidential overreach and diffuses power.

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🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 2h

It’s bed time here. If only the USA could take two Panadol and wake up feeling better.

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Jay @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 19h

Serious questions for white folks who were fired up about attending your local #NoKings gatherings yesterday:

Why aren’t you marching today? Or tomorrow? Next week?

You realize Project 2025 fully anticipates the occasional mass nuisance and indeed, permits them as a way to appease the woke masses?

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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 3h

Its amazing how special interest groups in the USA have the US population fighting each other while they take over the country, with no regard for Americans, America, or even the rule of law as long as they gain more wealth and power and can enforce their religious theocracy

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🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 3h

Liverpool plains.

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 4h

In 1999 australia tried it. Not yet, we said (≈6m against republic/5m for)

People liked Liz. Now I expect we look at presidents and think, maybe not yet on that too.

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 5h

And I respect your gentle correction. I forgot to ask my wife how to spell it. *shakes fist at autocorrect*

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 5h

Where the fuck are the Democratic Party?

Are all the arseholes leaving their powder dry for some imaginary Presidential Election?

Someone let me know they care.

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 5h

sorry, I meant to say:

oh, and go get fucked too.

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 5h

i think an easy goal is repeatability. Keep smashing the button. Make it a carnival. Make it an obligation. Make like fucking church and shame people for not going. (no idea how but…)

AND do everything else.

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 6h

And this country has nukes. SMH.

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Jasmine @jasminerobinson90.bsky.social · 1d

It’s good that people are protesting, but it’s another example of “closing the barn door after the horse has run away.”
In 2017, there was the Women’s March & now it’s “No Kings,” but it would’ve been nice to see this much energy last November when we could’ve won the presidency & flipped the House.

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🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 7h

Some partners are grateful for the latter. YMMV

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 9h

Is the population decreasing faster than from “normal” mortality and emigration?

Because that will stuff up their tax base.

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 10h

The Aussies are, largely, anti-Trump. Because we can, generally, spot a dickhead a mile away.

And the world is small.

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 13h

I know people who say Barnaby is an idiot but he helped them personally.

Politics.

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 13h

… still, taking away people’s fun is what repealed the prohibition constitutional amendment.

Total, total respect intended.

I’ll go away now 🫥

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 13h

I will defer to your experience.

I hope that a coalition builds in some way that defeats the bastards, who generate engagement with hate.

Whatever generates engagement to oppose the evils, I support.

(from 12,000km away, with little personally at stake)

Good luck.

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 14h

Keeping it fun.

I think the fun is the key.

People love fun and it’s energising and maybe a better fuel than the MAGA hate.

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 15h

Israel says it has resumed enforcement of the Gaza ceasefire plan after it was "violated" by Hamas following a wave of Israeli strikes that killed 26 people.

Israel says ceasefire and aid to resume after airstrikes kill 26 in Gaza

Israel says it has resumed enforcement of the Gaza ceasefire plan after it was "violated" by Hamas following a wave of Israeli strikes that killed 26 people.

www.abc.net.au

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 15h

Memo to the climate change denying idiot of the National party Michael McCormack, coal mines ruin arable land in the regions not renewables. #rnbreakfast

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🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 15h

I hope @nicollewallace.bsky.social
mentions it. Will look tomorrow.

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 15h

Foreigner says:

This makes it looks like politics can be fun. Keep it fun. Keep the people engaged. People like to join in on fun things.

That’s what Trump did with his rallies. People had fun.

(AND do it again and again and do the other stuff, but add more fun).

All I’ve got. Good luck.

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 1d

Are they saving their effort for the Presidential election… that might not happen.

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 1d

Dad, is that you?

🦘 Markedly @nogravitasatall.bsky.social · 1d

missed me by oh 3,000km.