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Andy Fleming

@slackbastard.bsky.social

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Anarchist, cat-lover, and avid reader. https://www.patreon.com/slackbastard

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 2d

‘Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet’ : March For White Australia : October 19, 2025

~ some notes on the forthcoming stoopid ~

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‘Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet’ : March For White Australia : October 19, 2025

See : ‘Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet’: The great March for Australia deception, Sherryn Groch and Rachael Dexter, The Age, September 20, 2025. They’re back! Following the Smash Hit! (…

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1h

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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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 57m

Are we on the brink of another catastrophic financial crisis? Quite possibly. In 2010, Maureen Tkacik combed through more than a dozen studies of the Great Recession, most of which read like the memoirs of people trying to make themselves feel less stupid.

Journals of the Crisis Year | Maureen Tkacik

A stemwinding survey of the literature that came out of the Great Recession.

thebaffler.com

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 1h

AKA 'Standard operating procedure'.

Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 1h

In direct contrast to coverage from right-wing media, Portland residents and officials have emphasized that it's actually federal agents who have been engaging in “violent tactics” against protesters.

Right-wing media say Portland is a war zone under siege. Local news paints a different picture.

Right-wing media claim that Portland’s protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement show a city “under siege” or “conquered by antifa,” but local news programs have reported the opposite. Mult...

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 1h

Not only is Trump’s use of the term “insurrection” a wild exaggeration of protests in Portland, but it’s also an obvious wink to the Insurrection Act, which can unlock great presidential powers. bit.ly/3IWUMED

There Is No Insurrection

Troops are for national defense, not displays of presidential power.

www.brennancenter.org

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 1h

Zap! Ka-pow!

Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 2h

There's a substantial risk that this might provoke the deadliest weapon in the Australian government's arsenal:

A slightly frowning Penny Wong.

Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 6h

An Australian woman who has not agreed to sign a waiver acknowledging she sought to 'illegally break Israel’s naval blockade' on Gaza will be “indefinitely detained” in Israel’s Ketziot prison unless she agrees to sign the waiver.

Australian woman on pro-Palestinian aid flotilla will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs waiver

Madeleine Habib, who captained the Conscience ship, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Tanuki @tomtanuki.bsky.social · 3d

My video on the March for Australia is back up on YouTube, fyi.

youtu.be/GLRoFdeI_5Y

How neo-Nazis captured the March for Australia.

YouTube video by Tom Tanuki

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 2h

Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” Trump is authorizing punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like. bit.ly/4330Su2

Trump’s Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition

Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 2h

I dunn0, but maybe using antisemitism as a political football is both inappropriate & counter-productive when it comes to Combating it.

www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

Revealed: NSW Police ‘significantly’ overstated antisemitic attacks

An internal review of Operation Shelter found a “significant number” of cases had been mischaracterised as motivated by anti-Jewish sentiment.

www.smh.com.au

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Miki Perkins @mikiperkins.bsky.social · 5h

This is desperately sad. Professor John Woinarski breaks the news for @aunz.theconversation.com that Australia's next animal - the tiny Christmas Island Shrew - has officially been declared extinct.

theconversation.com/and-then-the...

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.

theconversation.com

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 9h

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3h

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 3h

I love this interview: www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

www.wweek.com

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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 4h

Morddrohungen gegen US-Forscher: Antifa-Historiker flüchtet aus den USA nach Spanien: US-Forscher Mark Bray hat ein Buch über die Geschichte der Antifa geschrieben. Anhänger des ermordeten Rechtsextremisten Charlie Kirk hetzten gegen ihn. Vor seiner Flucht nach Europa hat der SPIEGEL mit ihm…

Morddrohungen gegen US-Forscher: Antifa-Historiker flüchtet aus den USA nach Spanien

US-Forscher Mark Bray hat ein Buch über die Geschichte der Antifa geschrieben. Anhänger des ermordeten Rechtsextremisten Charlie Kirk hetzten gegen ihn. Vor seiner Flucht nach Europa hat der SPIEGEL mit ihm gesprochen.

www.spiegel.de

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Murph @murphtracks.bsky.social · 14h

The Mark Bray situation is so completely fucked right now and if you're a journalist you need to start saying how it's fucked because you're fucking next. They won't stop at academics.

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 11h

Jillian Segal has kept shtum on the subject of nazis since yeah?

theklaxon.com.au/envoy-segal-...

Envoy Segal silent on neo-Nazis - The Klaxon

Far-right political lobby group “Advance” — bankrolled by the family of Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — spread anti-immigrant attack material ahead of the weekend’s racism-fuelled rallies.

theklaxon.com.au

Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 12h

The QLD organiser/promoter of the Brisbane March for White Australia.

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'Why did the Jews declare war on Germany in 1933 and accuse them of preparing to holocaust 6 million Jews?
This was 6 years before any of ww2 kicked off.
Has the validity of the "6 million died in the holocaust" ever really been tested or are we relying on the 86% Jewish owned media to dictate history?'

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 12h

😀👍

161 > 88

#FCKNZS /// #antifa

The White House on the tweets:

🚨 Make no mistake: Antifa is a radical terrorist organization that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the U.S. Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law.

Under the Trump Administration, Antifa's days are over.

MUST WATCH. ⬇️

[Image of Pam Bondi]

10:15AM Oct 10, 2025

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 12h

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 14h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 12h

🤔🙂🫡

Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 14h

via Not Krime

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 14h

'Hey friends, loved ones, and extended community,

We are reaching out to you with a humble request for support as our friends make a sudden move out of the country for their safety.'

Solidarity fund for Mark & family:

www.freefunder.com/campaign/hel...

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cam smith @sexenheimer.bsky.social · 15h

Last week @slackbastard.bsky.social & me had a chat with @jasonaw.bsky.social about the War on Anteefa. open.spotify.com/episode/3Ugb...

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 15h

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 21h

Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.

"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder

Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!

www.freefunder.com

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