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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ

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The whole world's mad c̶e̶p̶t̶ m̶e̶ &̶ t̶h̶e̶e̶, &̶ e̶v̶e̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶e̶'s̶ a̶ l̶i̶t̶t̶l̶e̶ o̶d̶d̶ Journeyman of Twitter, sojourned meanwhile in the wilds of the Fediverse Non-practicing ⚪ Me: https://relph.org Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/uxfnatuiQs7M2Pedf84l2k9P7LmWwaQqXW

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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · Jul 10

America

Once So Proud
now so piteous

Where to from here?

a fragging
a military coup
a civil war

Then where?

#uspol

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 3h

This image shows a stack of six lightning bolts nearly striking the same spot six time in only one minute of elapsed time! Mother nature really had it out for whoever was down there... #photography

A sculpted, layered LP supercell at night. The structure is illuminated by six lightning strikes hitting the ground to the right of the storm. A clear, starry night sky is on the left of the storm. A car's headlights can be seen in the distance.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 7h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 10h

It’s catching. No one in the Trump Regime understands percentages. According to Fake Dr Oz drugs will be free with a rebate of 650%? So a $10 script will get $6500 back? Wow. Pharmaceutical companies are gonna need a bigger truck. My 7 prescriptions will pay off my house. #ProudBlue

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · 39m

First computers I ever played with were //e & whatever came before the Mac, Lisa, but I always hated the "don't you bother your pretty little head about it, we'll decide what goes where" approach

Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · 3h

Carter, Callaghan & Hawke/Keating

John Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · 4h

This didn’t start with Trump.
Your freedoms were stolen by Bush, Blair and Howard under the guise of “the terrorisms”.
In Australia, the stripping of civil liberties happened with bipartisan support - Simon Crean being a notable exception.
Weazley Beazley was a disgrace.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

The cruelty is the point

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 12h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 9h

Corporate media is missing the point about Portland’s Mr. Frog. They are covering him and his menagerie as a humorous side show. In reality Mr Frog has seized the visual narrative by pointing out the absurdity of troops in Portland. In our visual media world. Mr Frog is winning the war. #ProudBlue

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 12h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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bkeithb @bkeithb.bsky.social · 4h

Max Blumenthal of thegrayzone.com

open.substack.com/pub/thegrayz...

The Nobel Prize goes to... war on Venezuela

Awarded by the Nobel Committee for advancing a "peaceful transition," US govt-sponsored politician Maria Corina Machado is a veteran coup leader who's called for Israel to invade Venezuela

open.substack.com

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 9h

The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.

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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · 3h

Aye, it seems so

I could probably do it as MySQL but I seem to have trouble keeping XAMPP running on my desktop

I go so long between database programs that I have to relearn whichever one I use from scratch.

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Living Safely With Covid @covidsafenz.bsky.social · 2d

#LongCovid “No one is immune to this”

Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of formerly healthy young Kiwis suffering with long Covid

The pandemic never ended, and we're all living proof of that.

www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/10/o...

Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid

A group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?

www.1news.co.nz

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Bill Bennett @billbennett.bsky.social · 7h

Have I got this right? We can't afford to fund the health system but we can build a Death Star.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

NZ defence strategy explores space weapons export potential

Defence Minister Judith Collins insists NZ-produced technology could compete internationally.

www.rnz.co.nz

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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 6h

"Why is my employer … making such absurd demands of their faculties and staff? The only explanation I can offer is the driving force behind most censorship: fear, " writes professor Richard Price.

Voices: I’m a professor. Censorship is threatening academic freedom.

"Why is my employer … making such absurd demands of their faculties and staff? The only explanation I can offer is the driving force behind most censorship: fear, " writes professor Richard Price.

www.sltrib.com

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 6h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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David @daverino.bsky.social · 5h

“Two British surveillance aircraft flew a 12-hour mission patrolling the Russian border. The UK planes were assisted by a refuelling aircraft from the US Air Force. The mission follows repeated Russian drone incursions into NATO airspace”

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

UK and US join forces to patrol NATO's border with Russia

Two British surveillance aircraft have flown a 12-hour mission alongside US and NATO forces to patrol the Russian border.

www.abc.net.au

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 7h

Fair comment.

Fiona Wallace @fiionawallace.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING

Prime Minister of South Africa:

“If international law means anything, Netanyahu must be arrested. Otherwise, the ICC is a Western puppet.”

#ICC #Netanyahu #NetanyahuWarCriminal #Justice

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 8h

People need to understand that Murdoch's News Corporation is not actually a news organisation.

It's a political organisation.

So its aim is not telling the truth. Its aim is to change how people vote, and influence elections.

#auspol

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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · 6h

If you can work out the odds on that you get a Nobel Prize for Statistics, or Politics

Gr0k3 @gr0k3.bsky.social · 8h

“Smart, talented people exist everywhere,” Yaghi emphasised. “We just need to unleash their potential through opportunity.” #auspol ping @mrjamesob.bsky.social

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Omar Yaghi: Refugee from Gaza wins 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Born in a one-room home on the outskirts of Amman, the son of illiterate Palestinian refugees from Gaza, Professor Omar Yaghi has risen from the hardships of displacement to the highest pinnacle of sc...

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 6h

Ya think

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 6h

"Sceptics are privately - and some now publicly - asking whether the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be, at least in part, the result of what they call 'financial engineering'. In other words - there are fears these companies are overvalued."

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

www.bbc.com

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Dave Lennon @davelennon.bsky.social · 6h

"you can't believe a word he says ..... but you can't ignore any words he says" the conundrum of electing a criminal psychopath .....

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

Imagine that

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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · 8h

Just a note on Twitter, it wasn't taken over by weight of right wing content, it was bought out by the richest Nazi in the world

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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · 8h

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 9h

Mass CDC cuts hit staff dealing with measles, Ebola and disease forecasting

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 10h

The Govt has spent $600K on lawyers to keep early warnings signals of further Snowy 2.0 cost blowouts from the public. With the matter now in the Full Federal Court, the price of this secrecy to the taxpayer will likely avalanche to >$1M 🤦‍♂️. #FOI #auspol

Snowy 2.0 legal cost avalanche - more public money spent hushing more public information - Michael West

The Government confessed to the Senate it spent $600K on lawyers to stop Snowy 2.0 cost and schedule blowouts from being made public.

michaelwest.com.au

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