frank pires
@brimlad.bsky.social
domestic goddess; retirement is a beautiful thing :) formerly an Econometrician, Options trader and R language programmer.
Ngunnawal-Ngambri country
Ngunnawal-Ngambri country
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This is brilliantly done
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
TCM Remembers 2025 | TCM
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This is brilliantly done
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
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This story should be framed not so much about ABC management's 'defence' of Tingle and Ferguson.
But that the pro-Israel lobby and its proxies in politics and media continue to try to monster the public broadcaster into submission. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
But that the pro-Israel lobby and its proxies in politics and media continue to try to monster the public broadcaster into submission. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
ABC defends Laura Tingle and Sarah Ferguson amid ‘unfounded’ criticism of Bondi shooting coverage
Hugh Marks calls questions about media’s role in wake of mass tragedy ‘understandable’ but says reviews must be ‘factual and accurate’
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This story should be framed not so much about ABC management's 'defence' of Tingle and Ferguson.
But that the pro-Israel lobby and its proxies in politics and media continue to try to monster the public broadcaster into submission. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
But that the pro-Israel lobby and its proxies in politics and media continue to try to monster the public broadcaster into submission. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
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Get on board. The @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social is a great and important organisation
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SIGN ✍️ We will not be divided after Bondi
Add your name to the Jewish Council petition today
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December 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Get on board. The @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social is a great and important organisation
jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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Full media release here:
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/12/medi...
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/12/medi...
Media Release: Unity, safety and prevention — not fulfilling divisive pro-Israel wishlist — must guide the Government’s response to Bondi attack
In the wake of the horrific antisemitic attack in Bondi, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today made a series of announcements […]
www.jewishcouncil.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Full media release here:
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/12/medi...
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/12/medi...
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U.S. business activity growth hits 6-month low in December reut.rs/4p9pBW0
U.S. business activity growth hits 6-month low in December
U.S. business activity growth slowed in December to the weakest pace since June, with new orders sliding for both manufacturers and service providers to cap a year of volatility and uncertainty for the American economy, survey data showed on Tuesday.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
U.S. business activity growth hits 6-month low in December reut.rs/4p9pBW0
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"The power of one man in a white T-shirt coming between a terrorist and his victims is being shown around the world as an example of how Australia...conducts itself in the face of terror."
Yet Jillian Segal failed to mention this man's courage.
Or his name.
www.mamamia.com.au/ahmed-el-ahm...
Yet Jillian Segal failed to mention this man's courage.
Or his name.
www.mamamia.com.au/ahmed-el-ahm...
This is who we are. A man in a white T-shirt. Not a terrorist with a gun.
www.mamamia.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"The power of one man in a white T-shirt coming between a terrorist and his victims is being shown around the world as an example of how Australia...conducts itself in the face of terror."
Yet Jillian Segal failed to mention this man's courage.
Or his name.
www.mamamia.com.au/ahmed-el-ahm...
Yet Jillian Segal failed to mention this man's courage.
Or his name.
www.mamamia.com.au/ahmed-el-ahm...
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Too young for Instagram, not too young for an ankle monitor...
The legislation removes the requirement for either the child, or their parent or guardian, to consent to wearing the device.
Children as young as 10 to be fitted with ankle monitors under proposed laws
The legislation removes the requirement for either the child, or their parent or guardian, to consent to wearing the device.
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Too young for Instagram, not too young for an ankle monitor...
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There's a feeding frenzy over Anika Wells' expenses. But if we want women in parliament it needs to be more family-friendly | Sarah Martin
There's a feeding frenzy over Anika Wells' expenses. But if we want women in parliament it needs to be more family-friendly | Sarah Martin
The official justification of the allowance is to facilitate ‘the family life of the parliamentarian’. Yes, they are supported by the taxpayer to have one
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There’s nothing quite like the feeding frenzy in Canberra when there’s blood in the water.
Political journalists and every opposition staffer are currently scouring the records of the independent parliamentary expenses authority looking for a fresh angle to try to claim the scalp of the communications minister, Anika Wells. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
There's a feeding frenzy over Anika Wells' expenses. But if we want women in parliament it needs to be more family-friendly | Sarah Martin
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Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers
Portugal has modified its cybercrime law to establish a legal safe harbor for good-faith security research and to make hacking non-punishable under certain strict conditions.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
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Central bank body BIS warns of hedge fund leverage in government bond markets reut.rs/4ajw2BL
Central bank body BIS warns of hedge fund leverage in government bond markets
The new head of the Bank for International Settlements has said reining in hedge funds' ability to make highly leveraged bets in government bond markets should be a key priority for policymakers given rapidly increasing public debt levels.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Central bank body BIS warns of hedge fund leverage in government bond markets reut.rs/4ajw2BL
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Tech companies tap debt markets to fund AI and cloud expansion reut.rs/4acfz2i
Tech companies tap debt markets to fund AI and cloud expansion
The world's largest technology companies are tapping debt markets, raising almost $100 billion through recent bond offerings, as they seek to bolster their artificial intelligence infrastructure.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Tech companies tap debt markets to fund AI and cloud expansion reut.rs/4acfz2i
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If you identify as Jewish, please listen and sign up.
And listen anyway for confirmation that the anti-Zionist Jewish movement is growing in Australia. #FreePalestine
And listen anyway for confirmation that the anti-Zionist Jewish movement is growing in Australia. #FreePalestine
Sign on to our statement of core values to join a growing movement of Jewish people in Australia who stand for Palestinian freedom and justice - www.jewishcouncil.com.au/supporters#a...
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you identify as Jewish, please listen and sign up.
And listen anyway for confirmation that the anti-Zionist Jewish movement is growing in Australia. #FreePalestine
And listen anyway for confirmation that the anti-Zionist Jewish movement is growing in Australia. #FreePalestine
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Good on the Guardian for this. I'm astonished at how many journalists at other organisations don't seem to know this or think that it's important to mention. Coalition politicians keep claiming it's net zero causing rising costs without any pushback
The Coalition claims pursuing net zero will increase power bills – but in the real world the opposite is true.
Are we surprised?
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Are we surprised?
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The Coalition claims pursuing net zero will increase power bills – but in the real world the opposite is true
The International Energy Agency, once known for an anti-renewables bias, now says a more ambitious transition will lower prices
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Good on the Guardian for this. I'm astonished at how many journalists at other organisations don't seem to know this or think that it's important to mention. Coalition politicians keep claiming it's net zero causing rising costs without any pushback
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"Looking out for the underdog is, for me, part of Jewish values."
Hear more about why lawyer and writer, Josh Bornstein joined the Jewish Council Advisory Committee. If you haven't yet done so, head to the link below to sign up to our statement of values. www.jewishcouncil.com.au/supporters?u...
Hear more about why lawyer and writer, Josh Bornstein joined the Jewish Council Advisory Committee. If you haven't yet done so, head to the link below to sign up to our statement of values. www.jewishcouncil.com.au/supporters?u...
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"Looking out for the underdog is, for me, part of Jewish values."
Hear more about why lawyer and writer, Josh Bornstein joined the Jewish Council Advisory Committee. If you haven't yet done so, head to the link below to sign up to our statement of values. www.jewishcouncil.com.au/supporters?u...
Hear more about why lawyer and writer, Josh Bornstein joined the Jewish Council Advisory Committee. If you haven't yet done so, head to the link below to sign up to our statement of values. www.jewishcouncil.com.au/supporters?u...
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"Labor in opposition called Job Ready Graduates 'inequitable, perverse, and punitive' but in government they have been sitting on their hands for more than three years while students are being crushed under ever increasing debt"
Albanese has failed to undo Morrison's stupidity.
Priorities. #auspol
Albanese has failed to undo Morrison's stupidity.
Priorities. #auspol
As hundreds of thousands of high school seniors consider university, they are being warned that enrolling in humanities degrees will leave them with a debt close to $55,000.
'That's a house deposit': The cost dilemma facing university students
As hundreds of thousands of high school seniors consider university, they are being warned that enrolling in humanities degrees will leave them with a debt close to $55,000.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"Labor in opposition called Job Ready Graduates 'inequitable, perverse, and punitive' but in government they have been sitting on their hands for more than three years while students are being crushed under ever increasing debt"
Albanese has failed to undo Morrison's stupidity.
Priorities. #auspol
Albanese has failed to undo Morrison's stupidity.
Priorities. #auspol
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The issue here is not just Deloitte's dodgy practices,
but that the Albanese govt continues to give huge contracts to the Big Four consultancy firms after so much evidence of dodginess. #auspol
but that the Albanese govt continues to give huge contracts to the Big Four consultancy firms after so much evidence of dodginess. #auspol
Deloitte caught in false claim it owned up to AI in tainted report.
It told finance it had explained the cause of errors to DEWR.
False - initially it used the same snow job it tried on the media "oh just some errors in citation".
www.afr.com//politics/de...
It told finance it had explained the cause of errors to DEWR.
False - initially it used the same snow job it tried on the media "oh just some errors in citation".
www.afr.com//politics/de...
Deloitte caught in false claim it owned up to AI in tainted report
The employment department rebuked Deloitte for claiming it had owned up to artificial intelligence use, prompting correction from consultancy to another department.
www.afr.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The issue here is not just Deloitte's dodgy practices,
but that the Albanese govt continues to give huge contracts to the Big Four consultancy firms after so much evidence of dodginess. #auspol
but that the Albanese govt continues to give huge contracts to the Big Four consultancy firms after so much evidence of dodginess. #auspol
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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Coalition MPs called for an urgent inquiry into whether the PM’s teenage music choices constitute a national security threat. “What next? Will we discover that the PM scrawled the words ‘Sex Pistols’ on a pencil case in primary school? Where will it end?” Ley said.
theshovel.com.au/2025/10/30/p...
theshovel.com.au/2025/10/30/p...
"PM Advocating Political Violence", Sussan Ley Claims, After 1986 Photo Shows Albo in Dead Kennedys T-Shirt — The Shovel
Liberal leader Sussan Ley has accused the Prime Minister of “effectively endorsing violence and anarchism” after a recently unearthed 1986 photograph revealed a 23-year-old Albanese wearing a Dead Ken...
theshovel.com.au
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Coalition MPs called for an urgent inquiry into whether the PM’s teenage music choices constitute a national security threat. “What next? Will we discover that the PM scrawled the words ‘Sex Pistols’ on a pencil case in primary school? Where will it end?” Ley said.
theshovel.com.au/2025/10/30/p...
theshovel.com.au/2025/10/30/p...
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David Pope in Canberra Times
October 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
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Outrageous.
And a more accurate headline:
'Senator booted from parliamentary sports club for highlighting lobbyists' influence on politicians'.
When cosy relationships between gambling vested interests and politicians are assumed to be normal, it's no wonder we get such shit policy. #auspol
And a more accurate headline:
'Senator booted from parliamentary sports club for highlighting lobbyists' influence on politicians'.
When cosy relationships between gambling vested interests and politicians are assumed to be normal, it's no wonder we get such shit policy. #auspol
Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club
Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Outrageous.
And a more accurate headline:
'Senator booted from parliamentary sports club for highlighting lobbyists' influence on politicians'.
When cosy relationships between gambling vested interests and politicians are assumed to be normal, it's no wonder we get such shit policy. #auspol
And a more accurate headline:
'Senator booted from parliamentary sports club for highlighting lobbyists' influence on politicians'.
When cosy relationships between gambling vested interests and politicians are assumed to be normal, it's no wonder we get such shit policy. #auspol
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Given this is making some waves - here is the piece and you can judge for yourself.
(I'm fine, there are no issues - right wing ecosystem just doing what right wing ecosystem does).
Take care of you - it's rough out there! Ax
amyremeikis.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...
(I'm fine, there are no issues - right wing ecosystem just doing what right wing ecosystem does).
Take care of you - it's rough out there! Ax
amyremeikis.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...
Charlie Kirk died in the America he wanted
I mourn the loss of human life. I feel compassion, empathy and grief at an inexcusable killing. But I find nothing to lionise in his legacy.
amyremeikis.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Given this is making some waves - here is the piece and you can judge for yourself.
(I'm fine, there are no issues - right wing ecosystem just doing what right wing ecosystem does).
Take care of you - it's rough out there! Ax
amyremeikis.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...
(I'm fine, there are no issues - right wing ecosystem just doing what right wing ecosystem does).
Take care of you - it's rough out there! Ax
amyremeikis.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...
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Divided we stand.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
September 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Divided we stand.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.