Vin
@vin84.bsky.social
Usually pondering things I can never solve, while full of caffeine, on Awabakal land. Elder millennial that likes to go to bed at a sensible time. Data and dogs are cool, and sometimes a lil’ gaming ☕️ 🏳️🌈 🖖
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We knew from the moment we heard it that “social cohesion” would be one of those Orwellian terms which would be used to cover all manner of state sanctioned abuse and deprivation of civic freedoms.
It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.
It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.
February 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
We knew from the moment we heard it that “social cohesion” would be one of those Orwellian terms which would be used to cover all manner of state sanctioned abuse and deprivation of civic freedoms.
It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.
It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.
I just finished playing Cairn, and am feeling rather introspective and somber, it really is a near perfect game and I almost don’t want to play though again for fear of losing that emotion upon reaching the end. But I will, the gameplay and mechanics are so damn addictive.
February 10, 2026 at 8:46 AM
I just finished playing Cairn, and am feeling rather introspective and somber, it really is a near perfect game and I almost don’t want to play though again for fear of losing that emotion upon reaching the end. But I will, the gameplay and mechanics are so damn addictive.
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Police have charged a 31-year-old man with terrorism over the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day protest in Perth.
In a joint press conference on Thursday, WA premier, Roger Cook, said “we must call this what it is”.
In a joint press conference on Thursday, WA premier, Roger Cook, said “we must call this what it is”.
February 5, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Police have charged a 31-year-old man with terrorism over the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day protest in Perth.
In a joint press conference on Thursday, WA premier, Roger Cook, said “we must call this what it is”.
In a joint press conference on Thursday, WA premier, Roger Cook, said “we must call this what it is”.
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A white guy threw a homemade bomb into a crowd protesting colonialism in Australia and the media have broadly reframed it in more gentle terms, eg this describing it as a "device" that was 'designed to explode'.
Device allegedly thrown into Invasion Day crowd designed to 'explode on impact', say police
A 31-year-old man is charged with making explosives in suspicious circumstances after a device was allegedly thrown into a crowd of hundreds of people attending an Invasion Day rally in central Perth ...
www.abc.net.au
January 28, 2026 at 7:10 AM
A white guy threw a homemade bomb into a crowd protesting colonialism in Australia and the media have broadly reframed it in more gentle terms, eg this describing it as a "device" that was 'designed to explode'.
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I stand with Randa and everyone standing against hate, genocide, oppression and terror. In all its forms.
January 8, 2026 at 5:28 AM
I stand with Randa and everyone standing against hate, genocide, oppression and terror. In all its forms.
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I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
December 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
In this weather my morning sun plants are in afternoon sun and my afternoon sun plants are in the pit of hell.
December 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
In this weather my morning sun plants are in afternoon sun and my afternoon sun plants are in the pit of hell.
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There remains no explanation of any kind as to how protests somehow directly led to two jihadists buying six rifles and murdering innocent civilians at a beach.
Australian media is so packed with angry racists that they won't ever ask for one
Australian media is so packed with angry racists that they won't ever ask for one
www.news.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
There remains no explanation of any kind as to how protests somehow directly led to two jihadists buying six rifles and murdering innocent civilians at a beach.
Australian media is so packed with angry racists that they won't ever ask for one
Australian media is so packed with angry racists that they won't ever ask for one
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A timeline of Earth’s average temperature since the last ice age. Spoiler alert: It’s definitely getting warmer. And it’s happening increasingly, scarily fast. xkcd.com/1732/
Earth Temperature Timeline
xkcd.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A timeline of Earth’s average temperature since the last ice age. Spoiler alert: It’s definitely getting warmer. And it’s happening increasingly, scarily fast. xkcd.com/1732/
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"Thousands gather in Newcastle Harbour as Rising Tide flotilla blocks coal exports" #RisingTide 👇🏽
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
"Thousands gather in Newcastle Harbour as Rising Tide flotilla blocks coal exports" #RisingTide 👇🏽
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
Day for it. Exploring before the weather turns to hell soon.
September 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Day for it. Exploring before the weather turns to hell soon.
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Why hasn’t the media asked anyone in government where the fuck our special
envoy to tackle Antisemitism is?
envoy to tackle Antisemitism is?
August 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Why hasn’t the media asked anyone in government where the fuck our special
envoy to tackle Antisemitism is?
envoy to tackle Antisemitism is?
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If Naz1s are speaking at your rally then you’re at a Naz1 rally
August 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
If Naz1s are speaking at your rally then you’re at a Naz1 rally
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"People who attend the “March for Australia” rallies will almost certainly be marching alongside white supremacists and neo-Nazis,"
"Politicians from all sides should be at the counter-protests this weekend to demonstrate that neo-Nazis have no place in Australia." @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
"Politicians from all sides should be at the counter-protests this weekend to demonstrate that neo-Nazis have no place in Australia." @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
Who's going to stand up and make Nazis ashamed again?
A "March for Australia" rally sounds benign, but people who plan to attend the "March for Australia" rallies around the country on Sunday will almost certainly be marching alongside white supremacists...
australiainstitute.org.au
August 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
"People who attend the “March for Australia” rallies will almost certainly be marching alongside white supremacists and neo-Nazis,"
"Politicians from all sides should be at the counter-protests this weekend to demonstrate that neo-Nazis have no place in Australia." @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
"Politicians from all sides should be at the counter-protests this weekend to demonstrate that neo-Nazis have no place in Australia." @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
Just finished watching Star Trek Enterprise as I begin consuming this franchise in universe order - and I now need more T’Pols and Dr Phloxes in my life. The humans I can give or take tbh!
August 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Just finished watching Star Trek Enterprise as I begin consuming this franchise in universe order - and I now need more T’Pols and Dr Phloxes in my life. The humans I can give or take tbh!
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Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
August 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
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If you're interested, you can watch many thousands and thousands of fellow Australians right now marching across the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge for peace in Palestine
It's bucketing down rain, and still they keep coming, and still they keep marching
#MarchForHumanity #FreeGaza
webcamsydney.com
It's bucketing down rain, and still they keep coming, and still they keep marching
#MarchForHumanity #FreeGaza
webcamsydney.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
If you're interested, you can watch many thousands and thousands of fellow Australians right now marching across the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge for peace in Palestine
It's bucketing down rain, and still they keep coming, and still they keep marching
#MarchForHumanity #FreeGaza
webcamsydney.com
It's bucketing down rain, and still they keep coming, and still they keep marching
#MarchForHumanity #FreeGaza
webcamsydney.com
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What kind of shitehole country keeps 66,000 metric tons of food locked in a warehouse, and then destroys it to deprive 3.5 million people of food? The food is already paid for, why not give it to people in need?
July 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
What kind of shitehole country keeps 66,000 metric tons of food locked in a warehouse, and then destroys it to deprive 3.5 million people of food? The food is already paid for, why not give it to people in need?
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did they censure One Nation for turning their backs on welcome to country yesterday in the chamber or...?
July 23, 2025 at 5:46 AM
did they censure One Nation for turning their backs on welcome to country yesterday in the chamber or...?
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Massive landmark win for Antoinette Lattouf against the ABC, huge precedent for political opinion protection. Court finds she was sacked for her opinion opposing Israel's military campaign in Gaza. Banner day for workplace rights.
June 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Massive landmark win for Antoinette Lattouf against the ABC, huge precedent for political opinion protection. Court finds she was sacked for her opinion opposing Israel's military campaign in Gaza. Banner day for workplace rights.
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In all serious, this moment is more profound than the invasion of Iraq. What we appear to be watching is the end of a commitment by these nations, even token, to the "rules based international order" and an embrace of "might makes right" in defence of an illegal act of aggression.
Those load-bearing US State Department talking points are really getting a work out across the English speaking working.
June 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
In all serious, this moment is more profound than the invasion of Iraq. What we appear to be watching is the end of a commitment by these nations, even token, to the "rules based international order" and an embrace of "might makes right" in defence of an illegal act of aggression.
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Australian reporter shot with rubber bullet while covering anti-Ice protests in Los Angeles
Australian reporter shot with rubber bullet while covering anti-Ice protests in Los Angeles
Nine correspondent Lauren Tomasi was filming a piece to camera about LAPD ‘moving in’ on demonstrators when struck by bullet
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An Australian reporter has been shot with a rubber bullet while reporting on protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, with the incident caught live on camera.
US authorities, including the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and national guard troops, clashed with crowds of demonstrators on Sunday. They were protesting against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Australian reporter shot with rubber bullet while covering anti-Ice protests in Los Angeles
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Looks like Labor is about to approve the North West shelf gas expansion, which among bad news for the planet and WA energy costs is terrible for the nearby Murujuga rock art - which is so old, it has one of the first known depictions of the human face
australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...
Woodside's North West Shelf gas export project: a disaster on five fronts - The Australia Institute
Australia Institute analysis reveals Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export project is driving up WA energy prices, threatening the state's domestic gas reserves, paying even fewer royalties, corrodin...
australiainstitute.org.au
May 22, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Looks like Labor is about to approve the North West shelf gas expansion, which among bad news for the planet and WA energy costs is terrible for the nearby Murujuga rock art - which is so old, it has one of the first known depictions of the human face
australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...
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