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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 41m

How very Pocockian. The only parliamentarian to have captained an elite national sports team got expelled from the parliamentary sports club for expressing principles about the sinister cavortings of the gambling industry.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1h

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 Independent ACT senator David Pocock – a former Wallabies captain – been banned from attending parliament house’s social sports club after raising concern about its sponsorship by the gambling industry. The former rugby star was on Thursday night told he was no longer welcome at Australian Parliament Sports Club events, and accused of politicising the organisation. He has been removed from group chats discussing its events. Continue reading...

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1h

Another reminder - because far too many people don't seem to know it - this guy tried to *PREVENT* war crimes investigations. The only whistle he tried to blow was his own.

Why some of you held him up as some kind of heroic figure makes my brain bleed.

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1h

The former military lawyer was sentenced to five years and eight months in jail after sharing classified material with journalists in a case that has raised debate about whistleblower laws.

David McBride loses last-ditch effort to overturn conviction

The former military lawyer was sentenced to five years and eight months in jail after sharing classified material with journalists in a case that has raised debate about whistleblower laws.

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 14h

Do they still make kaleidoscopes? I want a kaleidoscope.

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niko @nschultz.net · 14h

There should be classes on how to make your own kaleidoscope...

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niko @nschultz.net · 14h

Pot. Kettle. Black.

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 14h

I still haven't shared all my photos from Boolcoomatta.
Here are some more yellow-footed rock-wallabies.
Can you see the baby in the pouch? 🧡

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Kimberley Crofts 🍉 @ktcita.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah I dunno, maybe if I was creating a government document I might hide the fact I’d used ChatGPT to find the information.

Screenshot of a page from the Explanation of Intended Effect document from the Port Kembla Land Transformation project. There is a paragraph of text relating to “Local Contributions” and then a URL at the end where they’ve not taken off the UTM source, in this case ChatGPT.

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 17h

The thousands of hostages we never hear about.

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Mister Bailey OAM @misterbailey.bsky.social · 16h

This here's the wattle,
The emblem of our Land.
You can stick it in a bottle,
You can hold it in your hand.

#ThrowbackThursday

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 17h

WTF #ABC730 you get this offensive Israeli propagandist Minister on again to slander all Palestinians as Hamas terrorists and deny the human carnage they have wrought in revenge. Piss off.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 23h

The girlfriends who founded Antifa.

The famous photo of three rifle-wielding women partisans walking down Via Brera, Milan, on 26 April 1945.

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P. Dominikus Kraschl OFM @dominikuskraschl.bsky.social · 1d

The elegance of autumn.

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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 23h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 1d

Goddamn, Slow Horses is fun. Gary Oldman is just having the time of his life

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niko @nschultz.net · 1d

16 maybe a little young I think , but in a couple years he gets to make his own decisions, but anyhoo, you seemed to have raised a good kid!

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1d

The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to ban the use of meat-related terms including "burger" and "steak" to market plant-based foods, in a win for disgruntled farmers ➡️ u.afp.com/Smms

File photo shows burgers made with meat substitute at the headquarters of Swiss group Firmenich, one of the world's leading flavour, in Satigny near Geneva on June 30, 2021

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 1d

These costumes really ruin the optics of the propaganda videos the far right wants to make, which is what they're there for.

ICE will eventually target them and brutalize them to try to run them off, so they can get useful propaganda video. I hope they're prepared for that.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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goldingcartoons.bsky.social @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Optus sent two emails to an incorrect address at the Department of Communications, alerting it of the Triple Zero outage on September 18
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

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Michael @fount8.bsky.social · 1d

Got all my ducks in a row at last…

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MsPraxis @mspraxis.bsky.social · 1d

Your job, for the moment, is to boost at least 2 lovely posts each day - you know, the people who post beautiful birds, animals, nature, etc. so everyone gets something nice in their TLs, since there's so much awful stuff out there. Thank you for your cooperation with this community effort.

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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · 2d

How many trillions of dollars have been invested into this technology so far?

Google search for "austria hungary in space"

Google excitedly tells you about the 1889 orbital flight, and that by 1908 there was a Mars research output with 30 people.

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