Fran Murray
@franmurray.bsky.social
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I cannot emphasise enough how Australia's political and media class are destined to enact the worst outcomes (authoritarianism, race hate, violent suppression) to the Bondi terror attacks, even as the broad population generally supports the least-bad outcomes (community-building, gun control etc)
Australia’s most populous state will tighten security across Sydney following a deadly attack at Bondi Beach this month, with authorities leaving open the possibility of military support
Sydney Could See Army Patrols After Bondi Attack, Premier Says
Australia’s most populous state will tighten security across Sydney following a deadly attack at Bondi Beach this month, with authorities leaving open the possibility of military support as the country reassesses its counterterrorism posture.
bloom.bg
December 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I cannot emphasise enough how Australia's political and media class are destined to enact the worst outcomes (authoritarianism, race hate, violent suppression) to the Bondi terror attacks, even as the broad population generally supports the least-bad outcomes (community-building, gun control etc)
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We should be deeply alarmed that the Premier is talking about permanently arming the “Community Security Group”, a Mossad-linked Zionist organisation that runs paramilitary training camps in Israel. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
December 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
We should be deeply alarmed that the Premier is talking about permanently arming the “Community Security Group”, a Mossad-linked Zionist organisation that runs paramilitary training camps in Israel. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Christmas Day in Iceland set a new temperature record of 19.8°C, extraordinarily warm for winter and a marker of how far “normal” has drifted. And the consequences go far beyond the impacts on polar bears and penguins.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/more-th...
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/more-th...
More Than Polar Bears and Penguins: Why Polar Warming Is Everyone’s Problem
Christmas Day in Iceland set a new temperature record of 19.8°C, extraordinarily warm for winter and a marker of how far “normal” has drifted. Of course a single datapoint isn’t, by itself, a climate ...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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'World Literacy Foundation' issued NZ Press Release with at least half non-existent AI-invented titles; widely printed. Founded in Melbourne & 'reaching 115 million people', its website could be clearer on staff, board, offices. An inquiring reporter might find an interesting story here. #AIslop
I’ve done some catalogue searching and am fairly confident in saying that 5/10 titles in this list do not exist (1, 2, 4, 5 and 7).
Sloppy, unacceptable, and a real kick in the guts to real authors with real books they’d love people to buy and read!
Sloppy, unacceptable, and a real kick in the guts to real authors with real books they’d love people to buy and read!
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
'World Literacy Foundation' issued NZ Press Release with at least half non-existent AI-invented titles; widely printed. Founded in Melbourne & 'reaching 115 million people', its website could be clearer on staff, board, offices. An inquiring reporter might find an interesting story here. #AIslop
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You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
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December 26
<Antarctic explorer voice>
I’m going outside to the supermarket. I may be some time.
<Antarctic explorer voice>
I’m going outside to the supermarket. I may be some time.
December 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
December 26
<Antarctic explorer voice>
I’m going outside to the supermarket. I may be some time.
<Antarctic explorer voice>
I’m going outside to the supermarket. I may be some time.
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Alt text and Ponies 💛
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent horses and ponies I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Alt text and Ponies 💛
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HEY FRIENDS
For @thepointau.bsky.social, I decided to do the unthinkable and just actually check whether Australia's gas exports are being a magical climate solution and displacing shittonnes of Asian coal
You know what I found, but you will enjoy me saying it:
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
For @thepointau.bsky.social, I decided to do the unthinkable and just actually check whether Australia's gas exports are being a magical climate solution and displacing shittonnes of Asian coal
You know what I found, but you will enjoy me saying it:
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
HEY FRIENDS
For @thepointau.bsky.social, I decided to do the unthinkable and just actually check whether Australia's gas exports are being a magical climate solution and displacing shittonnes of Asian coal
You know what I found, but you will enjoy me saying it:
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
For @thepointau.bsky.social, I decided to do the unthinkable and just actually check whether Australia's gas exports are being a magical climate solution and displacing shittonnes of Asian coal
You know what I found, but you will enjoy me saying it:
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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I had an interesting exchange with the chatbot issued to students by my university about the advisability of using it—at a university. It thought this was a terrible idea.
December 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I had an interesting exchange with the chatbot issued to students by my university about the advisability of using it—at a university. It thought this was a terrible idea.
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Check out this gorgeous little gang gang cockatoo 😍
December 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Check out this gorgeous little gang gang cockatoo 😍
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Yeah, er, maybe don't "hand-pick" someone who is clearly going to make recommendations primarily about silencing criticism of Israel?
Or remove her from the role when you find out her husband's company donated $50k to Advance?
Or remove her from the role when you find out her husband's company donated $50k to Advance?
December 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Yeah, er, maybe don't "hand-pick" someone who is clearly going to make recommendations primarily about silencing criticism of Israel?
Or remove her from the role when you find out her husband's company donated $50k to Advance?
Or remove her from the role when you find out her husband's company donated $50k to Advance?
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This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
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linda reynolds bankrupted miss higgins over a fucking tweeet
December 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
linda reynolds bankrupted miss higgins over a fucking tweeet
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You've got to be joking. So these grifters are getting rich promoting misery and suffering, breaking up families through problematic gambling, and then have the gall to pretend they care about kids.
Scoop: the pro-teen social media ban lobby group 36 Months was funded & co-staffed by its co-founder's ad production firm that was simultaneously making gambling ads
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
You've got to be joking. So these grifters are getting rich promoting misery and suffering, breaking up families through problematic gambling, and then have the gall to pretend they care about kids.
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The Shovel has it right
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The Shovel has it right
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Ugh. Discordant message on the Sydney Harbour bridge photographed for the NYTimes story on social media ban for under-16s. Not just Lego green & ick flouro yellow but sanctimonious 'Let Them Be Kids' from a country which jails Indigenous kids & hasn't held the childcare industry to account.
December 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Ugh. Discordant message on the Sydney Harbour bridge photographed for the NYTimes story on social media ban for under-16s. Not just Lego green & ick flouro yellow but sanctimonious 'Let Them Be Kids' from a country which jails Indigenous kids & hasn't held the childcare industry to account.
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Just a reminder the media org that has been trumpeting that it cares about kids and their futures and wants social media banned is the same that worldwide has been running climate change disinformation and lies, ensuring the kids will live in a worse world
The November monthly temperatures have been released and 2025 looks set to be the 2nd hottest year on record.
Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?
That is more than 0.5C ago.
Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?
That is more than 0.5C ago.
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Just a reminder the media org that has been trumpeting that it cares about kids and their futures and wants social media banned is the same that worldwide has been running climate change disinformation and lies, ensuring the kids will live in a worse world
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*poisons the atmosphere with coal*
“LET THEM BE KIDS!”
“LET THEM BE KIDS!”
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
*poisons the atmosphere with coal*
“LET THEM BE KIDS!”
“LET THEM BE KIDS!”
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“Freeing them to grow up in a society that protects them.”
Wow that society sounds great, where is it?
Wow that society sounds great, where is it?
December 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
“Freeing them to grow up in a society that protects them.”
Wow that society sounds great, where is it?
Wow that society sounds great, where is it?
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And they will be correct, and their righteousness will be unbearable, and we'll need to own our shit
I foresee lots of teens in a while saying to their parents, “OMG put that thing down, can’t you see what it’s doing to you?!”
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
And they will be correct, and their righteousness will be unbearable, and we'll need to own our shit
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I wish the government would ban me from social media
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I wish the government would ban me from social media
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State funeral.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
State funeral.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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“Quiet Piggy!” Canadian TV show brutally mocks Donald Trump.
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“Quiet Piggy!” Canadian TV show brutally mocks Donald Trump.