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Richard Watts
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Very much looking forward to the opening night of the Irish Film Festival (@irishfilmfestau.bsky.social) in Melbourne tomorrow night: hoping for plenty of laughs from mocumentary FRAN THE MAN, plus the pre-film party is always great craic!

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Irish Film Festival 2025 Trailer | 9 Oct - 10 Nov
YouTube video by Irish Film Festival Australia
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2/ “On the face of it the contents of the pledge itself are anodyne. But every mechanism of this kind is only as effective as the good faith with which it is applied, and as insidious as the misuse it allows for,” Evelyn Araluen, co-editor of @overlandjournal.bsky.social told Deepcut.'
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'The Victorian government will soon require organisations that receive grant funding to sign a ‘social cohesion’ pledge, despite broad opposition from civil society and the government’s own multicultural advisory group.'

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Victorian 'social cohesion' pledge will target multicultural communities, rights groups warn
New 'social cohesion commitment' goes against government's own advice
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I would like to marry this sign.
Circus Centre Melbourne, originally designed as a home for Circus Oz, has reopened as a home for the broader contemporary circus and physical theatre sectors – a space where circus artists can meet, create, train and perform: www.artshub.com.au/news/news/ci...
Circus Centre Melbourne opens its doors
Envisaged as a creative hub for circus development and training, the new Circus Centre Melbourne opened on Monday and is already in demand.
www.artshub.com.au
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Intended to be unsettling, but the opening titles theme of ITV's 1976 childrens' series Children of the Stones is eerie as fuck.

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Children Of The Stones - Theme / Opening
YouTube video by Weliketvthemes
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Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven
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"It took more than an hour after the story broke, and was covered by several mastheads, to receive official notice from MUP; a group email confirming Meanjin’s immediate closure." ~Emma Sutherland, Archives Editor at Meanjin in @artshub.bsky.social this weekend.
www.artshub.com.au/news/opinion...
I was the Archives Editor at Meanjin – its closure is baffling
As Archives Editor, Emma Sutherland had ‘read everything’ in Meanjin's past, but was unprepared for its troubled present.
www.artshub.com.au
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Today's statement about "Fighting Back Against Antifa Violence" from the DHS contains a false conspiracy theory about our member crew Rose City Antifa.

RCA has not doxed any ICE agents, a fact confirmed by going to the URL DHS conveniently censored from their photo.

RCA did not put up this flyer.
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I always thought when it was time for a mid career change of profession there would be professions left.
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Covid isn’t over. And each infection damages the brain. Especially the parts that manage empathy and decision making.
Once you know that it’s easy to see what is happening and it’s terrifying.

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newsGP - How COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain
Mounting research shows the disease can lead to an array of problems, including significant drops in IQ scores, writes Dr Ziyad Al-Aly.
www1.racgp.org.au
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Spain and Italy deploying their navy to escort the Gaza aid flotilla is a direct testament to the power of meaningful direct action and trade union intervention.

In Australia, trade unionist organising for Palestine has been dogged by factionalism and in-fighting. We must do better.
Happy Bi Visibility Day / Celebrate Bisexuality Day to all my bi friends and familiy! #BiVisibilityDay #CelebrateBisexualityDay #BiPride
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Triumph of the Shill.
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If only Leni Riefenstahl was here to film the service!