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Andy Fleming
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Anarchist, cat-lover, and avid reader.

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Eliezer Yudkowsky recently published “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.” It seems to argue that we should never build ASI, and that human extinction would be very bad. But, in fact, Yudkowsky wants to build ASI asap, and has repeatedly expressed pro-extinctionist views. A 🧵
October 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I've been told that a flagwit is on a recruitment drive for *checks notes* 'March For White Australia' in the *checks notes* 'Coburg Mall' this afternoon.

Poor choice, in my view.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Housing in Australia is unaffiordable mainly because it has been the official and explicit policy of every government for a generation that dwelling prices must always rise www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Extraordinary' housing values crush home ownership dreams
Home prices have risen by almost 50 per cent in the past five years, with more than a decade now needed to save for a standard 20 per cent deposit for a house in most capital cities, according to a ne...
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
'“We consider this not necessarily as an award for us,” Clayton said. “We really see winning this award as a recognition of hardcore as a genre in Australia right now.'

www.smh.com.au/culture/musi...
Sydney hardcore punk band takes out Australia’s ‘most lucrative music award’
The group beat out Grammy nominees to take home a hefty cash prize – but it’s the glory of knowing they’ve broken into the mainstream that’s the real honour.
www.smh.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Epstein emails (2.5 GB)

Approximately 20,900 unredacted emails and file attachments sent and received by Jeffrey Epstein's [email protected] email address over nineteen years.

ddosecrets.com/article/epst...

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November 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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DOGE is disbanding after an estimated 600,000+ people died in other countries because of USAID cuts to lifesaving food and medication.

Elon Musk will go down as one of history's' most prolific mass murderers of children.

Anyone driving a Tesla is supporting a nazi.
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Read Male Fantasies.
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Labor has pledged to pass long-awaited environment laws this week. But the current reforms leave Australia open to legal challenge.
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.

s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
old jk is best jk
#BREAKING 🚨 The Senate has been suspended after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson wore a burka on the floor, repeating her 2017 stunt

It happened shortly after Hanson tried introduce a bill which would ban burkas in Australia
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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The Non Aligned Movement is back baby, wolf howl
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Interesting, but the author fails to acknowledge the magnificent victory the BIG unions in VIC won over *checks notes* 'a proposal to ban duck hunting'. In this essay, I will argue that, along with democracy, the right to shoot ducks has been a core principle of

labortribune.net.au/greenfields-...
Greenfields jailed but CFMEU construction union still in danger - Labor Tribune
Former CFMEU organiser Andrew Quirk, who blew the whistle on union corruption in 2014, outlines the three layers of failure that got us here.
labortribune.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Paul Ingrassia, a lawyer who previously represented Andrew and Tristan Tate before joining the White House, stepped in on their behalf during a federal investigation, saying the seizure of the Tates’ devices was not a good use of time or resources.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Some old-school Tibetan Buddhist advice on finding a teacher, erm, revolutionary party.

youtu.be/0bVAiGpSFL8
Buddhist Advice: 7 Years to Find A Revolutionary Party You Can Trust | Antifascist Dad Podcast
YouTube video by AntifascistDad
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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"...by 2050, Darwin residents can expect to swelter for over a third of the year with temperatures above 35°C, an increase of 92 days...Current climate and environmental policy in Australia is sacrificing the safety and survival of communities for corporate profits..."
I love Northern Australia, and it breaks my heart what's happening and is planned for this region. More people need to know why this place is so special and what's at risk, so I wrote about it. My first article for @australiainstitute.org.au's The Point. thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Northern Australia is extraordinary, and it’s under severe threat
Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North.
thepoint.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Apparently, possessing anarchist zines makes someone “antifa.” Further proof that this is just a war on the left. The administration is going for more radical and marginalized activists before it turns its attention on more mainstream ones.
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
'The murder of two police officers at a rural Australian property in 2022 was not a religious terror attack, Queensland's state coroner has found – despite authorities previously declaring it the first such case in the nation's history.'

Tom Sewell got heaps mAd.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Wieambilla ambush: Australian police murder not an act of religious terrorism, coroner finds
A trio of religiously fanatical conspiracy theorists launched a fatal ambush against police in 2022.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 AM
'Especially in relation to two of the most pressing, present preoccupations – “truth-telling” about First Nation dispossession and smouldering controversy over the annual intakes and ethnic origins of migrants – the history of the tropics has much to contribute.'

theconversation.com/heat-terror-...
Heat, terror and resistance: Henry Reynolds’ bold, new book takes a top-end view of Australian history
Australian history has often been written from a southern perspective. But a history of the tropical North sheds light on ‘truth telling’ and questions of race.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
'nuff said
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM