Stejwill
@stejwill.bsky.social
Twitter refugee. Atheist. Australian. Grandpa. Retired (almost) lawyer. No DMs. Religious posters blocked.
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Coincidence corner: Nigel Farage and crypto.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Coincidence corner: Nigel Farage and crypto.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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... someone is accused of a crime, maybe even bailed, but loses their payments or part-payment - they can't pay rent so lose their home, can't run their car to get to work ... what happens?
And what if they're found not guilty - do they get back pay, and a new place to live?
And what if they're found not guilty - do they get back pay, and a new place to live?
"Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone" - Kristen O'Connell & Maiy Azize
Rushed through last minute amendment.
Rushed through last minute amendment.
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
... someone is accused of a crime, maybe even bailed, but loses their payments or part-payment - they can't pay rent so lose their home, can't run their car to get to work ... what happens?
And what if they're found not guilty - do they get back pay, and a new place to live?
And what if they're found not guilty - do they get back pay, and a new place to live?
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She is so profoundly intellectually incurious that I find myself fascinated how she ever learnt how to *speak*.
Also the Romans literally had a welfare system that included cash transfers for poor children. (And subsidised grain for low income workers...).
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
She is so profoundly intellectually incurious that I find myself fascinated how she ever learnt how to *speak*.
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Clues Trump may have been plotting to help Bolsonaro escape and give him asylum in the US
Clues Trump may have been plotting to help Bolsonaro escape and give him asylum in the US
I just want to put up top that this story is about what it sounds like, which is fantastical and like something out of a spy thriller, and yet there’s nothing we can put past this administration. But it’s also about how The New York Times missed — or chose to ignore — a story staring it right in the...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Clues Trump may have been plotting to help Bolsonaro escape and give him asylum in the US
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The Supreme Court recently ruled that exclusively Christian Religious Education and collective worship in Northern Ireland is 'indoctrination'. We now need an urgent review of both from the Northern Ireland Executive. In NI? Write to your MLAs today and demand a review! humanists.uk/action/imple...
Tell your MLA: Respect the Supreme Court judgment on RE and collective worship
Ask your MLAs to call on the Education Minister to reform Religious Education (RE) and collective worship in light of the recent Supreme Court ruling. On 19 November, the Supreme Court unanimously ru...
humanists.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The Supreme Court recently ruled that exclusively Christian Religious Education and collective worship in Northern Ireland is 'indoctrination'. We now need an urgent review of both from the Northern Ireland Executive. In NI? Write to your MLAs today and demand a review! humanists.uk/action/imple...
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Kemi Badenoch is the Philomena Cunk of politicians, without the occasional accidental insight
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Kemi Badenoch is the Philomena Cunk of politicians, without the occasional accidental insight
Politicians will, quite literally, say anything with a straight face, no matter how utterly absurd it is.
"Whoever has two coats, let him give one to the one who has none. He who has food let him do likewise"
Luke 3.11
"Tough shit, loser"
Kemi 1.1
Luke 3.11
"Tough shit, loser"
Kemi 1.1
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Politicians will, quite literally, say anything with a straight face, no matter how utterly absurd it is.
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The opening page of 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens is always a treat.
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The opening page of 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens is always a treat.
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Just found out people don't like it when you say that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in US history."
Oops, sorry, I accidentally said it.
Oops, sorry, I accidentally said it.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Just found out people don't like it when you say that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in US history."
Oops, sorry, I accidentally said it.
Oops, sorry, I accidentally said it.
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Following the generous bribe Trump pardoned the bird, and also appointed it head of the Department of Agriculture, as well as the new US ambassador to Türkiye.
theshovel.com.au/2025/11/27/t...
theshovel.com.au/2025/11/27/t...
Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoned After Making $100 Mil Bribe to Donald Trump — The Shovel
As part of a timeless American tradition, a Thanksgiving turkey has received a pardon from the US President this week, following an unrelated $100 million bribe it made to one of Trump’s businesses. I...
theshovel.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Following the generous bribe Trump pardoned the bird, and also appointed it head of the Department of Agriculture, as well as the new US ambassador to Türkiye.
theshovel.com.au/2025/11/27/t...
theshovel.com.au/2025/11/27/t...
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US President Trump has used a traditional Thanksgiving White House event to pardon Türkiye, as well as a range of other totalitarian states, in a light-hearted ceremony at the White House today.
Full details: theshovel.com.au/2025/11/28/t...
Full details: theshovel.com.au/2025/11/28/t...
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
US President Trump has used a traditional Thanksgiving White House event to pardon Türkiye, as well as a range of other totalitarian states, in a light-hearted ceremony at the White House today.
Full details: theshovel.com.au/2025/11/28/t...
Full details: theshovel.com.au/2025/11/28/t...
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This man’s values are based in power, greed and division. They are so far removed from the values of the Australian people.
We need a government that has the courage to stand up to him, reject his racism, reject US bases and forge an independent peaceful path for Australia.
We need a government that has the courage to stand up to him, reject his racism, reject US bases and forge an independent peaceful path for Australia.
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This man’s values are based in power, greed and division. They are so far removed from the values of the Australian people.
We need a government that has the courage to stand up to him, reject his racism, reject US bases and forge an independent peaceful path for Australia.
We need a government that has the courage to stand up to him, reject his racism, reject US bases and forge an independent peaceful path for Australia.
The fucking irony:
Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.
Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The fucking irony:
Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.
Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.
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"We are in danger of being swamped by Black Friday sales"
Pauline Hanson Condemns Use of Term ‘Black Friday’, Saying ‘All Fridays Matter’ — The Shovel
"We're in danger of being swamped by Black Friday sales"
theshovel.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"We are in danger of being swamped by Black Friday sales"
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What a remarkable, piercing, and perfect assessment of these malignant moronic monsters.
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
What a remarkable, piercing, and perfect assessment of these malignant moronic monsters.
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So, Hungary, which MAGA loves, will qualify as a third-world country now, right?
Orban's policies have devastated the country's economy and its poor AF.
Right?
Orban's policies have devastated the country's economy and its poor AF.
Right?
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
So, Hungary, which MAGA loves, will qualify as a third-world country now, right?
Orban's policies have devastated the country's economy and its poor AF.
Right?
Orban's policies have devastated the country's economy and its poor AF.
Right?
We have sleepwalked into this mess. I can’t see there being an easy way out.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How Amazon turned our capitalist era of free markets into the age of technofeudalism | Yanis Varoufakis
Amazon Web Services owns the basic infrastructure for other businesses to operate online, turning even governments into its serfs, says the leader of MeRA25, Yanis Varoufakis
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
We have sleepwalked into this mess. I can’t see there being an easy way out.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I agree with @grogsgamut.bsky.social that these figures are horrific.But i think his diagnosis is wrong.
Its a problem for judicial system only if innocent people are being convicted. There is no evidence of that here.
Rather this is either (a) a policing problem or (b) socio-economic problem. 🧵
Its a problem for judicial system only if innocent people are being convicted. There is no evidence of that here.
Rather this is either (a) a policing problem or (b) socio-economic problem. 🧵
The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I agree with @grogsgamut.bsky.social that these figures are horrific.But i think his diagnosis is wrong.
Its a problem for judicial system only if innocent people are being convicted. There is no evidence of that here.
Rather this is either (a) a policing problem or (b) socio-economic problem. 🧵
Its a problem for judicial system only if innocent people are being convicted. There is no evidence of that here.
Rather this is either (a) a policing problem or (b) socio-economic problem. 🧵
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Fascism isn’t populism; it fuses leader-worship with organised violence to crush opposition entirely and decisively at roots | Prof Paul Kenny
The nature of fascism and why it differs from populism
Fascism isn’t populism; it fuses leader-worship with organised violence to crush opposition entirely and decisively at roots
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Fascism isn’t populism; it fuses leader-worship with organised violence to crush opposition entirely and decisively at roots | Prof Paul Kenny
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We should start a tradition that every year in October or November every country in the world except the USA gives thanks that they aren't the USA
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We should start a tradition that every year in October or November every country in the world except the USA gives thanks that they aren't the USA