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they_paved_paradise @treemuseums.bsky.social · Jun 25
"a man is 230 times more likely to be raped than to be falsely accused of rape."
www.channel4.com/news/factche...
FactCheck: Men are more likely to be raped than be falsely accused of rape
According to the best data available, a man is 230 times more likely to be raped than to be falsely accused of rape.
www.channel4.com
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lizthegrey.com
give this man membership of the Order of Australia. hell, give him the Victoria Cross.
December 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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whiterosesociety.bsky.social
Our thoughts are with all of the victims of today‘s horrific attack and their families.
December 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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lucyham.bsky.social
It’s all versions and variations of national conservatism. NatCon brings together the National Council for Policy (Christofascists incl Bannon) with Atlas Network (neofeudal “free market” incl Truss) into a coalition of plutocrat-serving & vengeful bigotry. (Truss tried to invent PopCon 🙄)
December 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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kimwingerei.bsky.social
Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol
Multiple people shot as gunmen open fire at Bondi Beach.
Police are responding to reports dozens of shots have been fired at Bondi Beach, with emergency services on site....
michaelwest.com.au/multiple-peo...
Multiple people shot as gunmen open fire at Bondi Beach - Michael West
Police are responding to reports dozens of shots have been fired at Bondi Beach, with emergency services on site.
michaelwest.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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junlper.beer
i’m sure it’s just a coincidence that donald trump also personally knew ghislaine maxwells dad, robert maxwell, too
December 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
charlottegarden.bsky.social Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 22h
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
“During the course of the debate, it was disclosed that it is now policy of the university to suspend any faculty member with pay against whom a student has lodged a complaint. The faculty member is suspended under the Title IX program,” Schmeltzer wrote. “This was new information to everyone in attendance.”
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social
MSM exacerbate the epidemic of violence against women in AUS by portraying perpetrators as victims & reinforcing the misogyny and profound entitlement of violent men
…especially privileged ones

This epidemic won’t end until we demand that violent men are held properly accountable
December 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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the-russell.bsky.social
Chalmers has had to cut government services to claw back $20B and keep the government's 'promises'.
At the same time, that same government is squandering $400B on 5 secondhand, beyond serviceable life, ready for scrapping, Virginia subs.
#FFS!
#AUKUS will #FAUKUS
#auspol
December 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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jimmytwohands.bsky.social
THEY DID THE MEME
THEY DID THE FUCKIN MEME
Wapo or something screencap, picture of dipshits in maga caps and I think one of them is that Nick Fuentes jagoff LETTERS TO THE EDITOR As a conservative, I'm beginning to wonder: Are we the bad guys? (Nicole Hester/AP)
December 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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johnmenadue.com
Would Donald Trump pass an Australian Values test? As the Coalition flirts with expanding the Character Test, the implications for visas, citizenship and fairness are significant – and politically fraught, writes @RizviAbul #AusPol #Immigration #AustralianValues
Would Donald Trump pass an Australian Values test?
As the Coalition considers adding an Australian Values test to the Character Test, Abul Rizvi asks a simple question: what happens when you apply it to someone whose behaviour is extensively documented – like Donald Trump?
johnmenadue.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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jessothomson.co.uk
Which views the BBC considers unacceptably political in its presenters is particularly telling, isn't it?
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 1d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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sifill.bsky.social
What a great piece! This just gets better and better as you read.

prospect.org/2025/12/11/s...
The Hit Hollywood Didn’t Want - The American Prospect
Ryan Coogler’s bloodsucker blockbuster is all about Black creative freedom. No wonder the industry saw it as a threat.
prospect.org
December 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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dumbeblonde.bsky.social
I just don’t want their children and their children’s children to have a habitable childhood because fossil fuel lobbyists are who I work for.
December 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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davemilbo.bsky.social
Last episode of Sunday Shot starts at 9.

Doug Cameron and Zoe Daniel join us on the panel, plus we reflect on 2025 with @ronnisalt.bsky.social, Grace Tame, Purple Pingers, @thomasmayo.bsky.social, Nasser Mashni, @amyremeikis.bsky.social, @cherylkernot.bsky.social and more
The Year That Was - December 14 - Doug Cameron, Zoe Daniel, and many more!
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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johnmenadue.com
The latest AUKUS review lands without public release, yet the signals are clear. Australia keeps funding US submarine capacity while gaining no real guarantees on sovereignty or delivery timelines, writes Binoy Kampmark.
#AUKUS #AusPol #ForeignPolicy
The Colby Review, AUKUS and lopsided commitments
The Colby review of AUKUS highlights how deeply Australia has tied itself to US strategic priorities while offering little clarity on what Canberra receives in return.
johnmenadue.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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piperformissouri.bsky.social
The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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walkerbragman.bsky.social
Tonight, I’m published in MSNBC—sorry, MS Now.

In this piece, I explain how the right-wing war on COVID mitigation measures and politicization of science led us to this moment.

www.ms.now/opinion/fda-...
Opinion | The FDA’s anti-vax turn came out of the right-wing backlash to the Covid pandemic
Walker Bragman: The Food and Drug Administration — like other HHS agencies overseen by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — is no longer moored to evidence-based reality.
www.ms.now
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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schooley.bsky.social
Don’t worry, CBS News is completely unaffected by the new change in management.
CBS News Erika Kirk has one word for Candace Owens, who's been peddling conspiracy theories... 2 days ago • CBS News Erika Kirk shares a "call to action" for parents to stop political violence 1 day ago CBS News Erika Kirk talks faith and grief, fields question from last person to speak to Charlie: How to... 9 hours ago CBS News Erika Kirk says Charlie shouldn't be "deteriorated to two sentences" from viral clips 1 day ago
December 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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flyingrodent.bsky.social
You might think this ludicrous situation would raise serious, urgent questions for the Atlanticist clowns of British politics who spent decades screaming abuse at anyone who said we maybe shouldn’t be so slavishly obsequious for Washington. Luckily, it does not www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump is pursuing regime change – in Europe | Jonathan Freedland
The US made it clear this week that it plans to help the parties of the European far right gain power. Keir Starmer and his fellow leaders have to face this new reality, writes Guardian columnist Jona...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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davelevitan.bsky.social
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?

Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
davelevitan.bsky.social Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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liberalcurrents.com
The right's definition of marriage "insists that a patriarchal structure, strict heterosexuality, and right-wing Christian principles are inalienable parts of that institution. Anyone who cannot conform to this sort of marriage is unworthy of marriage in the first place"
Marriage, Misogyny, and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Right Is Offering A Morally Barren Vision of The Family
Liberals cannot allow the right to monopolize the discourse on virtue and the good life or they will cede space to their rigid and hierarchical visions.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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azrww.bsky.social
Another first with the Meta sponsor just added to the Turning Point USA mega conference
Screenshot of AmericaFest sponsors Meta SaturateUSA Save the Storks Chairs Bible College
December 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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drsally.bsky.social
USA visa requirements

If you think you can just delete social media before visiting the USA read this 👇🏼 from Arnaud Bertrand
December 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM