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Richard Watts @richardthewatts.bsky.social · 3d
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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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 4d
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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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 4d
'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.'

www.deepcutnews.com/p/victorian-...
Victorian 'social cohesion' pledge will target multicultural communities, rights groups warn
New 'social cohesion commitment' goes against government's own advice
www.deepcutnews.com
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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 4d
Government policy champions youth arts, so why is funding slipping?
The benefits for young people are well documented, but leaders in youth arts say greater commitment is needed.
www.artshub.com.au
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 9d
A few thoughts on Sophie Hyde’s Jimpa, which opener the Adelaide Film Festival last night bit.ly/497Mm8b
Jimpa review: supple and rewarding cinema | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games
In Jimpa, director Sophie Hyde explores family dynamics with sensitivity and subtlety.
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 9d
Nazi dentist Ian Lomax -- one of Tom Sewell's flunkeys -- is (temporarily?) no longer working as a dentist.

And That's Official.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Dental board suspends Ballarat dentist after allegations of Neo-Nazi ties
Dental board suspends practitioner, who was allegedly photographed at a Neo-Nazi rally, while it investigates.
www.abc.net.au
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Richard Watts @richardthewatts.bsky.social · 10d
I would like to marry this sign.
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ʙᴜη ₊˚⊹⋆ @bun.is.a.cutie.fyi · 11d
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Richard Watts @richardthewatts.bsky.social · 10d
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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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 11d
It's Biblical in Rose City.
Three Portland frogs and: EXODUS 8:2-6 "But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs... The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."
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Richard Watts @richardthewatts.bsky.social · 11d
Intended to be unsettling, but the opening titles theme of ITV's 1976 childrens' series Children of the Stones is eerie as fuck.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVb4...
Children Of The Stones - Theme / Opening
YouTube video by Weliketvthemes
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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 18d
With TRON ARES about to hit, here’s a bit I wrote for @crooked-marquee.bsky.social on the original TRON and it’s fabulous composer, the amazing Wendy Carlos
Pixel Perfect: How Wendy Carlos Gave an Extra Dimension to Tron
How synthesizer innovator Wendy Carlos created a combination orchestral/synth score for Disney’s big-budget adventure ‘Tron.’
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20d
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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Save Meanjin @savemeanjin.bsky.social · 20d
"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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Richard Watts @richardthewatts.bsky.social · 22d
Vale Manchán Magan.

www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.
www.rte.ie
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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 24d
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

50,000 year old art. Oldest known representation of a human face. Industrial pollution WILL damage. "Private negotiations". Remediation delayed. As @adammorton.bsky.social argues here, these laws do NOT work.
Australia’s laws to protect the environment don’t work. Woodside’s 40-year greenlight proves it
Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve
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Torch Antifa Network @torchantifa.bsky.social · 28d
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.
Screenshot of a DHS report with the following text, followed by a censored photo of a flyer soliciting tips about ICE agents with Rose City Antifa's email listed. "Rose City Antifa also illegally doxed ICE officers, publishing their private information and home address online and on public flyers. Individuals associated with Antifa also sent death threats to ICE agents and DHS personnel."
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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 28d
“Police do not attend protests with the aim of using force, but it is always in response to the actions of protesters.” Great – now let's hear from the guard who always tells the truth?
‘Like being stabbed in the eye’: the risk of serious injury by police at protests is escalating, experts warn
Baton rounds and flash-bang devices – so-called ‘less lethal’ tools – are part of an increasingly dangerous use of force to crack down on protests across Australia, lawyers say
www.theguardian.com
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 28d
I always thought when it was time for a mid career change of profession there would be professions left.
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Dr Chris Jordan-Clark @chrisjordanclark.bsky.social · 29d
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.

www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
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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Fahad Ali @fahad-s-ali.bsky.social · 29d
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.
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Richard Watts @richardthewatts.bsky.social · Sep 23
Happy Bi Visibility Day / Celebrate Bisexuality Day to all my bi friends and familiy! #BiVisibilityDay #CelebrateBisexualityDay #BiPride
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Martyn @martynpedler.com · Sep 22
Triumph of the Shill.
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Martyn @martynpedler.com · Sep 22
If only Leni Riefenstahl was here to film the service!
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The White Rose Society (Australia) @whiterosesociety.bsky.social · Sep 20
Nepo baby Hugo Lennon cosplays as a “concerned centrist” online, but when he wanted to know which version of Mein Kampf to buy there was only one group he turned to. Today we reveal Auspill’s neo-Nazi connections. www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
‘Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet’: The great March for Australia deception
Anti-immigration rallies that have drawn tens of thousands of Australians are being secretly controlled by neo-Nazis – part of a co-ordinated “fraud on the public”.
www.theage.com.au
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