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Overlizard @aitch-el.bsky.social · 4h

Ordinary people who cheer the cutting of government jobs are like spoilt babies who think they control the world, b/c everything is provided for them.
Baby brain has no comprehension of the complex systems behind the delivery of goods and services: babbies think they are independent; the boss.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 2h

Despite all rhetoric to the contrary, plutocrats will always be happy with a "smaller pie" if they're getting a bigger slice

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Anthony Morgan @admorgan.bsky.social · 3h

“Put simply, only the extremely wealthy appear to be benefiting from all of this.”

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 21h

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 4h

I mean, his lips to god's ear

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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pieist.xenoplasm.com @pieist.xenoplasm.com · 3h

I love how each ink cartridge contains more computing power than was owned by NASA between 1963 and 1985 but almost no ink.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 4h

Dear techbros frantically nutting at each other over your own god-like brilliance for making the Five-Boobed-Lady-Picture-Machine: I would at this point settle for you applying your alleged technical genius to making a printer that works

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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 13h

"Sometimes"

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Phteven @2fbs.bsky.social · 15h

Not only not Trump...but a lady from Venezuela.

He is going to shit a chicken #NobelPeacePrize

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 15h

Maria Corina Machado of
Venezuela wins Nobel Peace Prize.

In related news, the defence forces of Venezuela and Norway on high alert.

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Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 16h

I’m shocked…
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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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 16h

If you can't think of anything to write for this week's column, first build a strawman..

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Patti @happy-traveller24.bsky.social · 17h

The "peace agreement " seems to be focused on Gaza, let's see what they continue to do on the west bank. Israel has not finished with the persecution of the Palestinian people. The Israeli govt is evil and carries out war crimes.

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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 16h

It's what the vikings called it when they first landed

Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 18h

That's an Antifa sub-committee

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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 18h

It's a real head scratcher, judging by that photo

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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 20h

Imho Albanese feels so threatened by Indies and Greens he will do anything he can to make the LNP look relevant, to him they are fellow club members who know how to play the game which is why he does nothing to harm their interests.

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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 18h

Geese of a feather step together

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Dumbe Blonde @dumbeblonde.bsky.social · 20h

When you do a better job of being Michaelia Cash than Michaelia Cash

Shayne @shaynechester.bsky.social · 21h

How pathetic is my cuntry?

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 19h

Reforming the NACC is some low hanging fruit shit. The simple political lines that "We created the first national corruption commission, it's done a god job, but we've seen where the rubber meets the road that it needs to be more robust. <insert actual reform>" Vote winner with easy Senate passage.

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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 23h

And that's why it has to be at a rate that is inadequate to survive

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 1d

Always noteworthy those journalists who even now are focusing all their energy on the Liberal Party.

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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · 1d

David Pope in Canberra Times

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

"left for dead on a Darwin road by a driver who did not stop to help, and then later sent text messages to his friends describing the victim as an "oxygen thief" and a "dog"."

This passes for justice, in the N.T. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'There's no justice': Outrage as Jake Danby walks after fatal hit-and-run

A fatal hit-and-run case in Darwin has exposed deep disparities in the NT’s justice system, say Aboriginal leaders, as the victim’s family speaks out.

www.abc.net.au

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Steve Hayes @sxh.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine you're driving vehicle. You're unlicensed, unregistered, you're speeding. You hit two pedestrians, one of whom is flung 7 metres and dies from their injuries. Then you flee the scene. Later you send odious text messages about the victim to yout friends.

Would you expect a prison sentence?

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

"left for dead on a Darwin road by a driver who did not stop to help, and then later sent text messages to his friends describing the victim as an "oxygen thief" and a "dog"."

This passes for justice, in the N.T. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'There's no justice': Outrage as Jake Danby walks after fatal hit-and-run

A fatal hit-and-run case in Darwin has exposed deep disparities in the NT’s justice system, say Aboriginal leaders, as the victim’s family speaks out.

www.abc.net.au

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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