Billy
@billykan.bsky.social
Former teacher, current uni student, future full-time crafter
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Absolutely disgraceful.
The Adelaide Festival has cancelled Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from appearing.
The Adelaide Festival has cancelled Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from appearing.
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Absolutely disgraceful.
The Adelaide Festival has cancelled Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from appearing.
The Adelaide Festival has cancelled Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from appearing.
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"Between mid-October & the end of November, around 1.6m people – roughly 77% of the population analysed – faced crisis-level hunger (Phase 3) or worse. This included more than 500,000 people in emergency (Phase 4) and over 100,000 people in catastrophe (Phase 5)"
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Gaza famine pushed back, but millions still face hunger and malnutrition, UN says
Food security in Gaza has improved since the ceasefire declared in October, pushing back famine conditions, but the situation remains critical with more than three-quarters of the population still fac...
news.un.org
December 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"Between mid-October & the end of November, around 1.6m people – roughly 77% of the population analysed – faced crisis-level hunger (Phase 3) or worse. This included more than 500,000 people in emergency (Phase 4) and over 100,000 people in catastrophe (Phase 5)"
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
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He has said he has always been uncomfortable with multiculturalism, and had called for Asian migration to stop. He disagrees with people who say racism is a problem in Australia because that hasn’t been his experience. Why would anyone listen to him about social cohesion?!
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
He has said he has always been uncomfortable with multiculturalism, and had called for Asian migration to stop. He disagrees with people who say racism is a problem in Australia because that hasn’t been his experience. Why would anyone listen to him about social cohesion?!
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John Howard pushed for the invasion of Iraq, which was one of the dominoes which created the conditions for ISIS and caused untold human misery we are still dealing with today. He refused to acknowledge racism was a main driver of the Cronulla riots.
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
John Howard pushed for the invasion of Iraq, which was one of the dominoes which created the conditions for ISIS and caused untold human misery we are still dealing with today. He refused to acknowledge racism was a main driver of the Cronulla riots.
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BREAKING: At least 45 Palestinians have been killed and dozens injured by Israeli forces as they were waiting for aid in Khan Younis, says the Gaza Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/0jcx3m
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/0jcx3m
June 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
BREAKING: At least 45 Palestinians have been killed and dozens injured by Israeli forces as they were waiting for aid in Khan Younis, says the Gaza Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/0jcx3m
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/0jcx3m
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They have been literally targeting and openly slaughtering journalists in Gaza. Which is where they test techniques. It’s normalised now. Why would anyone expect a press jacket to protect you when the press has been silent on what has been happening to their colleagues in Gaza?
If anyone is having trouble following my (increasingly long) thread tracking incidents where police assaulted journalists at protests in Los Angeles this weekend, it's also in spreadsheet form here. This is the more organized version I've been sending to lawyers, agency chiefs, electeds, etc.
California Press Rights Tracking Doc (Consolidated)
docs.google.com
June 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
They have been literally targeting and openly slaughtering journalists in Gaza. Which is where they test techniques. It’s normalised now. Why would anyone expect a press jacket to protect you when the press has been silent on what has been happening to their colleagues in Gaza?
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Today marks the 77th anniversary of the Nakba—the violent catastrophe that started the expulsion, dispossession, displacement and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people by Israel.
The Nakba is not a history lesson, the Nakba has not ended.
The Nakba is not a history lesson, the Nakba has not ended.
May 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Today marks the 77th anniversary of the Nakba—the violent catastrophe that started the expulsion, dispossession, displacement and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people by Israel.
The Nakba is not a history lesson, the Nakba has not ended.
The Nakba is not a history lesson, the Nakba has not ended.
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Today on May 15, we mark the anniversary of the Nakba – the catastrophe.
77 years ago, over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced as the state of Israel was established on land historically recognised as Palestine.
77 years ago, over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced as the state of Israel was established on land historically recognised as Palestine.
May 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Today on May 15, we mark the anniversary of the Nakba – the catastrophe.
77 years ago, over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced as the state of Israel was established on land historically recognised as Palestine.
77 years ago, over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced as the state of Israel was established on land historically recognised as Palestine.
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Can’t wait for the founder of the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine to speak on this. Bet he’s going to really let it fly.
May 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Can’t wait for the founder of the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine to speak on this. Bet he’s going to really let it fly.
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On a day the Israeli government announces horrific new plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza, Labor MPs are bragging about how their “centrist” position won them votes.
May 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
On a day the Israeli government announces horrific new plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza, Labor MPs are bragging about how their “centrist” position won them votes.
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Remember when the stupidest people alive drew on screenshots to explain how Israel didn’t bomb a hospital?
BREAKING: Israel bombed a tent sheltering journalists at Nasser Medical Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza.
Footage shows the tents engulfed in flames — with a journalist trapped inside, burned alive.
Footage shows the tents engulfed in flames — with a journalist trapped inside, burned alive.
April 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Remember when the stupidest people alive drew on screenshots to explain how Israel didn’t bomb a hospital?
A thread of the many many things that I’ve forgotten Dutton has said
I've spoken to half a dozen LNP MPs who had no idea about the citizen 'referendum' policy Dutton is backing in who all think it is nuts - but that is not the point. None are willing to push back because party stability these days means blind obedience, not challenge.
March 19, 2025 at 5:43 AM
A thread of the many many things that I’ve forgotten Dutton has said
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If you’re looking for some poorly written drivel that apes Nabokov you can have my year 11 English workbook, it’s under a bunch of cockroach shit in my parents’ garage and I’d rather eat it than read a single word of AI “fiction”
The new OpenAI creative writing bot's "short story" has the phrase "democracy of ghosts". It's the sort of phrase that would make me stop and admire it, if I were reading a human author - which, it turns out, I was, because it's from Nabokov's 1957 novel "Pnin".
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
March 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
If you’re looking for some poorly written drivel that apes Nabokov you can have my year 11 English workbook, it’s under a bunch of cockroach shit in my parents’ garage and I’d rather eat it than read a single word of AI “fiction”
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Lots of talk about WFH & productivity in the Australian Public Service, handily UNSW did a 2024 report on it
It found APS productivity isn't impacted by hybrid work & giving employees more autonomy w/ flexibility led to sustained productivity + employee engagement
apo.org.au/node/326334
#auspol
It found APS productivity isn't impacted by hybrid work & giving employees more autonomy w/ flexibility led to sustained productivity + employee engagement
apo.org.au/node/326334
#auspol
apo.org.au
March 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Lots of talk about WFH & productivity in the Australian Public Service, handily UNSW did a 2024 report on it
It found APS productivity isn't impacted by hybrid work & giving employees more autonomy w/ flexibility led to sustained productivity + employee engagement
apo.org.au/node/326334
#auspol
It found APS productivity isn't impacted by hybrid work & giving employees more autonomy w/ flexibility led to sustained productivity + employee engagement
apo.org.au/node/326334
#auspol
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The ABC is now totally beholden to Zionists and supporters of genocide
"Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu presses for Gaza ceasefire extension"
Just get stuffed.
"Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu presses for Gaza ceasefire extension"
Just get stuffed.
March 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The ABC is now totally beholden to Zionists and supporters of genocide
"Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu presses for Gaza ceasefire extension"
Just get stuffed.
"Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu presses for Gaza ceasefire extension"
Just get stuffed.
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Congratulations on reaching the point where crimes against humanity are now inside the Overton window.
Well done journalism. You really did your job well. So fearless. Sleep well. (I mean, you have been asleep for decades now so that won't be an issue).
Well done journalism. You really did your job well. So fearless. Sleep well. (I mean, you have been asleep for decades now so that won't be an issue).
Oh joy, watching the ABC's flagship current affairs show where Sarah Ferguson ask s"Is there any proportion of the Palestinian people in Gaza who would welcome the chance to be relocated?"
How about no, because there is no such thing an ok proportion of ethnic cleansing? #730
How about no, because there is no such thing an ok proportion of ethnic cleansing? #730
February 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Congratulations on reaching the point where crimes against humanity are now inside the Overton window.
Well done journalism. You really did your job well. So fearless. Sleep well. (I mean, you have been asleep for decades now so that won't be an issue).
Well done journalism. You really did your job well. So fearless. Sleep well. (I mean, you have been asleep for decades now so that won't be an issue).
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This is fine 🫠
February 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is fine 🫠
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"What we do is we take considered positions when matters of international affairs are raised, & we do so in a manner that is consistent with Australia's values."
Ok but condemning violations of international law, eg forced displacement of Gaza's population, should be consistent w Australia's values
Ok but condemning violations of international law, eg forced displacement of Gaza's population, should be consistent w Australia's values
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has swerved questions about Donald Trump's extraordinary declaration he intends to forcibly relocate the people of Gaza and "level the site".
Albanese declines to comment on Trump plan for Gaza 'takeover'
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has swerved questions about Donald Trump's extraordinary declaration he intends to forcibly relocate the people of Gaza and "level the site".
www.abc.net.au
February 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
"What we do is we take considered positions when matters of international affairs are raised, & we do so in a manner that is consistent with Australia's values."
Ok but condemning violations of international law, eg forced displacement of Gaza's population, should be consistent w Australia's values
Ok but condemning violations of international law, eg forced displacement of Gaza's population, should be consistent w Australia's values
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Trump is explicitly proposing to carry out a policy of genocide and it is incumbent on all nations to say no to that. Australia has no other legal or moral choice.
If the Aust Govt does not denounce this immediately, we are complicit in approving ethnic cleansing of a historic level
Trump: The US will take over the Gaza Strip… we’ll own it
February 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Trump is explicitly proposing to carry out a policy of genocide and it is incumbent on all nations to say no to that. Australia has no other legal or moral choice.
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Look ma, I'm finally white.
Opinion | "My Asian, African and Aboriginal ABC colleagues are now on notice: complain about something to do with your race and it’s not beyond the realm of possibility the ABC will ask you to prove you have a race in the first place." @janfran.bsky.social
Read it: www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/04/a...
Read it: www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/04/a...
February 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Look ma, I'm finally white.
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Welcome home.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
January 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Welcome home.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.