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Shelley McNicholl

@shell3070.bsky.social

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Twitter refugee. 🏳️‍🌈 A collision of politics - #Auspol and US, music, pop culture, books, birds and football (St Kilda). Progressive ALP (SL). Occasional lawn bowls content. Lover of the Oxford comma.

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Shelley McNicholl @shell3070.bsky.social · Dec 2

Reposting this from the other place in a blatant attempt to make new friends. Video shot during lockdown in South Gippsland.

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Shelley McNicholl @shell3070.bsky.social · 21h

Best wishes to the 18 people who are going to watch this steaming pile of shit.
#Auspol

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Shelley McNicholl @shell3070.bsky.social · 18d

That’s a fair point.

Shelley McNicholl @shell3070.bsky.social · 18d

I like that sentiment but this photo will haunt him.

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Shelley McNicholl @shell3070.bsky.social · 18d

Genuinely, what the fuck was he thinking?
#Auspol

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · Sep 2

The first story I did for Crikey back in 2021 was reporting on a leaked neo-nazi manual showing how "media baiting" — aka tricking journalists into writing about them — was a major strategy for them.

www.crikey.com.au/20...

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Shelley McNicholl @shell3070.bsky.social · Sep 2

She said ‘literally so performative’ without the slightest hint of self awareness. Marvellous work.

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Shelley McNicholl @shell3070.bsky.social · Sep 2

Also, has he seen the polls???????

Shelley McNicholl @shell3070.bsky.social · Sep 2

FFS, the so called 'silent majority' - if only Kennett was one of them. #Auspol #SpringStreet

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RandomWhiteGuy @thereelrandom.bsky.social · Aug 31

Brilliant

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Shelley McNicholl @shell3070.bsky.social · Aug 30

It was good enough for Elvis.

Royal Chant @royalchant.bsky.social · Aug 30

To what lengths will they go in order to conceal the fact if he died on the toilet?

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LisaZed 👩🏻‍🎨 🌏 🐨🌳 @lisazed.bsky.social · Aug 30

Tim Wilson's appalling campaign behaviour: verbal abuse of volunteers, threats of extreme violence, death threats against opposition candidates, not condemning them, vandalism & intimidation, “standover tactics at post-election scrutineering, misogynistic slurs, and stalking!
#vicpol
#auspol

What Mark Dreyfus' Parliamentary Address Reveals About Tim Wilson's Campaign Conduct

How to Lobby for Change: Engaging Parliamentary Committees to Reform Our Democracy By Sue Barrett When a seasoned politician like Mark Dreyfus, Australia’s former Attorney-General and a parliamentaria...

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John Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · Aug 30

The good news is RFK jr is in charge of Trump’s medical care…

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Shelley McNicholl @shell3070.bsky.social · Aug 30

Given the age of Murdoch and John Howard this is a rookie mistake.

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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · Aug 11

I love it that Sussssan Ley and the rest of the Opposition are wedged! #auspol

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Shelley McNicholl @shell3070.bsky.social · Aug 12

Maybe that’s why you only have 6 and a half members of parliament.
#Auspol

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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · Jul 15

Alright so criticising a woman for, I dunno, pretending to not know her husband donated $50k to a far right organisation is misogynistic. Bit like criticising Israel is anti-semitic. Nice one Labor government.