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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 11h

What a mealy mouthed joke from the ABC. Their homes have been bombed

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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 11h

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

What a mealy mouthed joke from the ABC. Their homes have been bombed

Palestinians walk to their homes in north Gaza as ceasefire begins

Thousands of Palestinians sheltering in southern Gaza rush to the north, hopeful the ceasefire will hold long enough for them to return home.

www.abc.net.au

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Dancer (The) @dancerv.bsky.social · 15h

Most days I can't tell if he's a fascist arsehole lying through his teeth, or a tragic gullible senile doddering old man, unable to distinguish reality from the lies his staff are feeding him.

Or maybe a bit of both.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Paul Beckwith @paulhbeckwith.bsky.social · Jul 26

Human Brains are Now 99.5% Human and 0.5% Plastic

That is 7 grams of plastic. The weight of a plastic spoon or fork: has increased 50% in only 8 years.

As AI becomes more human-like, our brains become more plastic.

How many forks will kill us?

youtu.be/hZpSBn6ORBw?...

Human Brains are Now 99.5% Human and 0.5% Plastic

YouTube video by Paul Beckwith

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Independent Australia @independentaus.bsky.social · 25d

As gross government debt nears $1 trillion, the numbers reveal a confronting truth — most of it was racked up by Coalition governments.

The $1 trillion truth: Coalition to blame for Australia’s soaring debt
~ @thekouk.bsky.social

independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

The $1 trillion truth: Coalition to blame for Australia’s soaring debt

As gross government debt nears $1 trillion, the numbers reveal a confronting truth — most of it was racked up by Coalition governments.

independentaustralia.net

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-scary dr. booty @justbrady.bsky.social · 5d

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 16h

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TheFinnigans @finnigans.bsky.social · 15h

Oh dear. Mein Trumf just got another Piss Prize. He discovered almost 80% of US Military Hardware need Chinese Rare Earth Minerals

youtu.be/pWieCsMcHcM?...

Trump Is FURIOUS: 78% of America’s Military Runs on CHINESE Minerals as China BANS Rare Earth Export

YouTube video by World Affairs In Context

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MColvinMcKenzie @mcolvinmckenzie.bsky.social · 14h

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 14h

It gets worse ...

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Captain Nemo - Local Hero & Devil-May-Care-Flying-Fool. ✅ @flyingfool.bsky.social · 14h

Trump claims that María Corina Machado telephoned him and said she was accepting the Peace Prize on his behalf because he deserved it. meanwhile, in an anteroom Karoline Leavitt sniggers and puts the phone down after just putting on her best Venezuelan accent ever. 😂

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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 11h

There is enough shit in the world without the police doing the work of their political masters.

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weatherboard.bsky.social @weatherboard.bsky.social · 14h

“Anti-Palestinian graffiti and verbal abuse of pro-Palestine protestors incorrectly recorded as antisemitism in figures government cited to defend restrictions on protests”

Yes you read that right: “in figures government cited to defend restrictions on protests”.

Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 15h

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

NSW police wrongly categorise ‘significant’ number of incidents as antisemitic

Anti-Palestinian graffiti and verbal abuse of pro-Palestine protestors incorrectly recorded as antisemitism in figures government cited to defend restrictions on protests

www.theguardian.com

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JoyT @purpleminutes.bsky.social · 13h

This years winner has rendered it worthless by dedicating it to trump 🤢

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 20h

Idiocracy……..

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Dikkii 🔱 @dikkii.bsky.social · 16h

Peter Thiel is utterly bananas. But you can see the germination of an idea forming where religion and right wing politics is weaponised against opponents of Silicon Valley.

Dara Kerr @darakerr.bsky.social · 21h

We got the audio from Peter Thiel's off-the-record antichrist lectures and... my brain hurts.

But please read what we wrote, it's long, weird, and has Thiel's take on everyone from Musk to Netanyahu to Mamdani. (With @jmbooyah.bsky.social & Nick Robins-Early)

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Dikkii 🔱 @dikkii.bsky.social · 15h

What's the bet she uploads the responses to ChatGPT and asks it to make all of the recommendations regarding firings?

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 14h

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Google blocked STI awareness ads as ‘adult content’, Senate estimates hears

Search engine added ‘STI testing’ to list of sensitive topics in November, censoring important public health campaign, Greens leader says

www.theguardian.com

Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 14h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Chicago TV journalist pushed to ground and arrested during Ice raid

Witnesses call arrest of video editor Debbie Brockman, a US citizen, by masked federal agents, ‘absolutely horrifying’

www.theguardian.com

Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 14h

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Stephen Miller is the most dangerous man in the Trump administration | Judith Levine

In the White House deputy chief of staff, we see that Maga will not simply end with Trump. We must keep our eyes on Miller

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 14h

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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 14h

Trump sets the military against his own people and bombs fishermen. He is not a peace prize winners arsehole. To give him a peace prize is to render all pass prizes worthless

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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 14h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump sets the military against his own people and bombs fishermen. He is not a peace prize winners arsehole. To give him a peace prize is to render all pass prizes worthless