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Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social · 19h

Cricket: a sport where waving gets you a demerit point, but not shaking hands has no consequences whatsoever 👀

www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/s...

Mlaba handed demerit point for waving at Deol

South Africa left-arm spinner's celebration of a wicket lands her in trouble

www.espncricinfo.com

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 1d

Andrew @tuttscorp.bsky.social has just explained "Cricket Central" to me and I'm very put out by this name. Call it Richie Benaud Oval and bang up the Ellyse Perry High Performance Centre, and for goodness sake put up a stand.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 5d

They are proud of committing genocide.

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 6d

Watch | Israeli occupation forces have released new drone footage from Gaza, revealing the mass destruction and the erasure of every means of life in the Strip.

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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 5d

De Brouwer made the exact same argument two years ago after the Robodebt Royal Commission report was delivered. This is how I treated it in Mean Streak: "Grow up."

Screenshot of the book Mean Streak by Rick Morton. The text reads:

for the past decade and half, when conclusive certificates were
discontinued, is counterproductive to the Parliament’s intent.
‘When it comes to deliberative material, FoI does not ensure
transparency (because advice is not being written) and it
undermines integrity (because advice is not being written).’
So officials don’t put things in writing because they might get
released under Freedom of Information laws, therefore the FoI
laws aren’t working?
Grow up.
De Brouwer is not alone in his views. Former secretaries have
been doing the rounds making exactly these kinds of noises, as if
the outcome of poor professional behaviour is the result of some
law and not … poor professional behaviour.

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 6d

Brisbane🏆🏆
Queenslanders do it better, hey?

Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 7d

I tasted blood and got shivers just reading your tweet

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 7d

When I got my wisdom teeth out I lay down for three straight days and it was a whole production
I was in distress if I had a flag it would have been upside down I was not receiving visitors my curtains were DRAWN

Courtney Nguyen @fortydeucetwits.bsky.social · 7d

Crazy. Amanda got her wisdom teeth out THE DAY SHE FLEW.

“I think when I'm not feeling my best physically or I'm facing a challenge, I think I pay so much attention to that that I actually play better 'cause I don't have as much pressure and I'm just seeing how far I can get.”

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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 7d

DFAT has now confirmed Australians and others have been abused by Israeli authorities after their abduction from the flotilla.

Assaulted and injured. Deprived of sleep and medication. Still illegally detained.

The PM and Foreign Minister must urgently demand their safe release.

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 13d

Yes. He's deleted it now, but my first post was in response to this ridiculous article saying that robodebt would not have gone the way it did with the addition of AI. Truly mind boggling stuff.

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Courtney Nguyen @fortydeucetwits.bsky.social · 13d

she WHAT??

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 13d

reposting because of this villain's insidious presence in tennis

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 15d

Not you Zorko I hate ya stinking guts

Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 15d

All for one and one for all up the Lions let's go Royboys Fitzroy to Carrara to Brisbane to the G allez davai kaman let's go vamosssssss #AFLGrandFinal

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 15d

I walk past a 90s Ford Laser Ghia hatchback most days and long for this kind of design
In a city overrun by giant twin cab utes and suburban 4wds they feel tiny and delicate

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 15d

I wouldn't put it past the crown to appeal either

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 15d

About time we got some good news though

Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 15d

Terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown out www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s... #FreeMoChara

Terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown out

Chief magistrate at Woolwich crown court rules that charge brought against musician is unlawful and ‘null’

www.theguardian.com

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 16d

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Gemma @glbastiani.bsky.social · 15d

Career-best four goals for Ellie Blackburn tonight, playing out of the midfield. #AFLWDogsPies

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 15d

That was terrific up the pups! ♥️🤍💙 #aflwDogsPies

Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 15d

I don't think robodebt was a mistake, I just think they thought they could get away with it. They gambled on their hatred of the poor being shared by the electorate. Maybe that reading is not as widely held as I had assumed.

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 15d

Imagining an LLM trained by Scott Morrison makes my blood run cold

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 15d

Robodebt was class terrorism by the Australian government and it worked exactly how it was supposed to: it made people afraid to access the social safety net, took from those who were least able to afford it, trapped in a loop of automation without recourse.

How are people not getting this?

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 15d

YEAH FITZ

Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 15d

Just take away the compulsory ID for voting. Australia has compulsory voting, no ID required. Give the state less control of you, not more.

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 15d

Right now we have the absurdity of compulsory ID for voting without a hassle free ID system. Madness and unfair to those least likely to have passports/driving licences etc- again, poorer people, younger people etc.

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