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Dr nick nobody @nicknobody.bsky.social · 1h

Tony Blair should not be welcome anywhere

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1h

Hamas says Tony Blair not welcome in Gaza following ceasefire - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-says-tony-blair-not-welcome-gaza-following-ceasefire

Hamas says Tony Blair not welcome in Gaza following ceasefire

Gaza official rules out former British prime minister's involvement in ruling of enclave post-ceasefire

www.middleeasteye.net

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Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social · 3h

an ex was a field archaeologist and her job consisted of sitting in the shade at construction sites for 8 hrs while workers hollered at her inappropriately until they found something in the ground and she would walk over and touch it with her tongue and say "this is a rock" and go back to the shade.

Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 3h

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Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 20h

"They make a desert and call it peace.”

'They've destroyed everything': Palestinians return to devastation in Gaza City

Those returning say they are driven by desperation rather than confidence that it is safe.

www.bbc.com

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skms @skms4evah.bsky.social · 5h

the two uses

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 1d

Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel.
lithub.com/irish-noveli...

Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel.

Naoise Dolan, one of Ireland’s most acclaimed young novelists, was earlier today abducted and detained by Israeli forces after the aid flotilla on which she was traveling to Gaza was intercep…

lithub.com

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Jonas Algers @jonasalgers.bsky.social · 4h

Norway are facing Israel in the Football World Cup qualifiers today

The Oslo Tram Driver’s Union will be striking on the tram lines to the stadium in solidarity with the people of Palestine

www.nrk.no/stor-oslo/va...

Varsler kollektiv-streik i Oslo før Norge-Israel

Oslo Sporveiers Arbeiderforening varsler streik 11. oktober, samme dag som Israel og Norge spiller landskamp i fotball på Ullevaal Stadion. Hensikten er å vise støtte til Palestina. Én time før kampst...

www.nrk.no

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 6h

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

The tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 is now 39 species – far more than for any other country It’s official: the only Australian shrew is no more. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List, the world’s most comprehensive global inventory on extinction risk, has declared the Christmas Island shrew is extinct. This little animal is extremely common all over the island, and at night its shrill shriek, like the cry of a bat, can be heard on all sides. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Wanderfound @wanderfound.bsky.social · 6h

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 22h

There's a substantial risk that this might provoke the deadliest weapon in the Australian government's arsenal:

A slightly frowning Penny Wong.

Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 1d

An Australian woman who has not agreed to sign a waiver acknowledging she sought to 'illegally break Israel’s naval blockade' on Gaza will be “indefinitely detained” in Israel’s Ketziot prison unless she agrees to sign the waiver.

Australian woman on pro-Palestinian aid flotilla will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs waiver

Madeleine Habib, who captained the Conscience ship, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison

www.theguardian.com

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Wanderfound @wanderfound.bsky.social · 7h

Quarantine the USA.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Stephen Wright @mycommunistcat.bsky.social · 9h

If I had an ocean of contempt to drown Penny Wong in, it wouldn't be nearly enough.

Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 1d

Genocidal war criminal nominates his weapons dealer for the Nobel Peace Prize and our Foreign Minister fawns over it.

Embarrassing.

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Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 1d

Genocidal war criminal nominates his weapons dealer for the Nobel Peace Prize and our Foreign Minister fawns over it.

Embarrassing.

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 9h

via @cormacmccafe.bsky.social

[JUN 2022]:

www.gawkerarchives.com/culture/i-sh...

I Should Be Able to Mute America

The rest of the world should not have to know the name Bari Weiss

www.gawkerarchives.com

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Wanderfound @wanderfound.bsky.social · 10h

Thatcher Fucked the Kids

YouTube video by Frank Turner - Topic

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Wanderfound @wanderfound.bsky.social · 10h

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 15h

Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.

An easel sign reads, “UCLA
ATTENTION
No events are permitted in this area today. Per Policy 852, this location is NOT designated for public expression activities.
Individuals participating in an event or a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest.
Scan for policy information.”

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Wanderfound @wanderfound.bsky.social · 12h

The idea that this would be less wrong if the victim were a non-citizen or a non-veteran played a large part in creating the present disaster.

Americans do not see the rest of us as fully human, and their definition of “American” does not even cover everyone who lives in America.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

Wanderfound @wanderfound.bsky.social · 12h

“You may beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride”.

Cops routinely assault & arrest people that they know the courts will order them to release.

The cops don’t care; their aim was to inflict extrajudicial summary punishment, and that is already achieved long before anyone sees a courtroom.

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 13h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 12h

the family would simply have to make do with $240,000 plus allowances.

Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 14h

The ageing fellas at the news desk have such a boner for a strong, young white man in politics they are going to will Hastie to the top of the pile whether we like it or not.

Opinion piece in the 9Papers:

Hastie's got the right stuff but one obsession may fast-track or derail his ambitions
By Peter Hartcher
October 11, 2025 - 5.00am
"The train coming down the tracks isn't the one that you expected. It's not the one advertised on the board," says actor Benedict Cumberbatch playing the role of a pro-Brexit strategist.
"Well, tough," he says. "It isn't even the one that I imagined. But I accept it. And you can't stop it," he says in the 2019 movie Brexit: The Uncivil War in the persona of the notorious Dominic Cummings, adviser to Boris Johnson.
"There is a new politics in town. One that you cannot control."

Article extract:

As he read his charter letter from his leader, Sussan Ley, setting out his duties as opposition home affairs spokesman, he realised he would have no part in immigration policy - opposition immigration spokesman Paul Scarr, not Hastie, would "lead" and "develop" the policy. Hastie practised his personal policy of a
48-hour cooling off before making any major decision.
At this point, a more typical politician would accept the ruling, but then begin a quiet campaign of leaking and undermining against the leader. Hastie did not.
He was careful to take counsel with a handful of trusted allies, including only two Liberal MPs, so that he couldn't be accused of "doing the
numbers" as a prelude to a leadership challenge.
He told the most trusted of his trusted circle, his wife, Ruth, that he'd have to take a 25 per cent pay cut if he went ahead with the resignation. She rejoined that the family budget would simply have to adjust.

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 16h

It really does say something when an article about reactions to a coal power plant continuing to operate says nothing about climate change, the existential threat it poses and the need to phase out oil, gas and coal.

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 16h

Communities across Queensland have welcomed plans to keep coal and gas burning across the state, though some warn a lack of future planning could undermine short-term benefits.

Plan to extend life of coal-fired power stations sends 'mixed messages'

Communities across Queensland have welcomed plans to keep coal and gas burning across the state, though some warn a lack of future planning could undermine short-term benefits.

www.abc.net.au

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 23h

"Mark Bray was teaching courses on the early modern witch craze. Turning Point USA accused him of being a witch, which he denies."

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Wanderfound @wanderfound.bsky.social · 14h

Bunnycam.

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 15h

Canadian cyclist Derek Gee terminates his contract with Israel-Premier Tech due to a "safety and personal-belief" standpoint, but says the team is seeking damages worth 30 million Euros ($54 million) as a result.

'Weighed heavily on my conscience': Cyclist faces $54m 'damages' bill

Canadian cyclist Derek Gee terminates his contract with Israel-Premier Tech due to a "safety and personal-belief" standpoint, but says the team is seeking damages worth 30 million Euros ($54 million) as a result.

www.abc.net.au

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Wanderfound @wanderfound.bsky.social · 15h

Absolutely none of that would have happened.