Al (as in AL)
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The reason I ask is because, like most culture wars bullshit, it is just that - culture wars bullshit that was pre-arranged. Nothing organic about it
Everything you see and hear around this needs to be questioned and verified
Everything you see and hear around this needs to be questioned and verified
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The reason I ask is because, like most culture wars bullshit, it is just that - culture wars bullshit that was pre-arranged. Nothing organic about it
Everything you see and hear around this needs to be questioned and verified
Everything you see and hear around this needs to be questioned and verified
But, you know ‘globalise the intifada’ is hateful or some such thing…
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
December 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
But, you know ‘globalise the intifada’ is hateful or some such thing…
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Now I can post this one.
The evidence/not evidence.
The evidence/not evidence.
December 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Now I can post this one.
The evidence/not evidence.
The evidence/not evidence.
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It's another extremely spicy night at TPUSA's AmFest, where Rob Schneider has just roundly lambasted Trump for bombing small boats from Venezuela and called Candace Owens retarded and the greatest gifted the world has ever known
December 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It's another extremely spicy night at TPUSA's AmFest, where Rob Schneider has just roundly lambasted Trump for bombing small boats from Venezuela and called Candace Owens retarded and the greatest gifted the world has ever known
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This is about all protest and all free expression, from here on out. Our establishment knows social discontent will only grow as the climate worsens, the slaughters continue, and the rich extract harder. They're not fixing anything, and they don't want you to be able to resist.
December 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This is about all protest and all free expression, from here on out. Our establishment knows social discontent will only grow as the climate worsens, the slaughters continue, and the rich extract harder. They're not fixing anything, and they don't want you to be able to resist.
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Cannot emphasise enough how intensely fascist / violent it is to criminalise the act of being publicly opposed to civilian murder on false pretences
It is not hyperbole at all to present these government actions as something that will cause serious harm in a bunch of different ways
It is not hyperbole at all to present these government actions as something that will cause serious harm in a bunch of different ways
Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Cannot emphasise enough how intensely fascist / violent it is to criminalise the act of being publicly opposed to civilian murder on false pretences
It is not hyperbole at all to present these government actions as something that will cause serious harm in a bunch of different ways
It is not hyperbole at all to present these government actions as something that will cause serious harm in a bunch of different ways
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Here's me. "Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children"
Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children - The Shot
Breathe, slowly. It helps. Cry if you need to. All of this hurts. But please understand, before we go any...
theshot.net.au
December 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Here's me. "Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children"
Dare to dream
#sarina_russo_in-gaol_2026
#sarina_russo_in-gaol_2026
December 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dare to dream
#sarina_russo_in-gaol_2026
#sarina_russo_in-gaol_2026
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
Deadset legend. He even sells ciggies. Be sure to grab a pouch next time I’m there.
Ahmed, a Muslim, arrived in Australia in 2006 from Syria. The 44-year-old tobacco shop owner is the father of two daughters aged five and six.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Ahmed, a Muslim, arrived in Australia in 2006 from Syria. The 44-year-old tobacco shop owner is the father of two daughters aged five and six.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Hero who wrestled gun from terrorist says he’d do it again despite being ‘riddled with bullets’
Despite Ahmed al Ahmed being in a lot of pain, according to his migration lawyer, he felt as if disarming the gunman at Bondi was an act for the community.
www.smh.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Deadset legend. He even sells ciggies. Be sure to grab a pouch next time I’m there.
Ahmed, a Muslim, arrived in Australia in 2006 from Syria. The 44-year-old tobacco shop owner is the father of two daughters aged five and six.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Ahmed, a Muslim, arrived in Australia in 2006 from Syria. The 44-year-old tobacco shop owner is the father of two daughters aged five and six.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Pack it up folks, we’re done, the worst take has been found
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Pack it up folks, we’re done, the worst take has been found
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This talks about problems with today's media and politics, but it's also called A Rare Win. So read all of it. To recognise the things that are wrong, but also feel relief at something briefly (?) going right.
New piece - about the media environment today and the troubling lack of scrutiny of government nickfeik.substack.com/p/a-rare-win
December 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This talks about problems with today's media and politics, but it's also called A Rare Win. So read all of it. To recognise the things that are wrong, but also feel relief at something briefly (?) going right.
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Musk will die EU zerstören. Politik, Länder, Kommunen, Institutionen, Privatleute –Wer jetzt immer noch auf der Plattform X des Faschisten Musk präsent ist, ist nolens volens Teil des Problems.
Man schwimmt nunmal nicht im Abflussbecken, ohne sich zu beflecken und ohne den Abwasserpegel zu erhöhen.
Man schwimmt nunmal nicht im Abflussbecken, ohne sich zu beflecken und ohne den Abwasserpegel zu erhöhen.
December 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Musk will die EU zerstören. Politik, Länder, Kommunen, Institutionen, Privatleute –Wer jetzt immer noch auf der Plattform X des Faschisten Musk präsent ist, ist nolens volens Teil des Problems.
Man schwimmt nunmal nicht im Abflussbecken, ohne sich zu beflecken und ohne den Abwasserpegel zu erhöhen.
Man schwimmt nunmal nicht im Abflussbecken, ohne sich zu beflecken und ohne den Abwasserpegel zu erhöhen.
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we're all thinking it
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
we're all thinking it
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David Pope in Canberra Times
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
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Sword of Donocles
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Sword of Donocles
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Here’s A Comic About Elon Musk & His Infinite Possibilities
November 26, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Here’s A Comic About Elon Musk & His Infinite Possibilities
Bond should die as Bond in every new Bond from here on in for four features culminating in four non Bonds
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Bond should die as Bond in every new Bond from here on in for four features culminating in four non Bonds