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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 13h

- Grim that media barons are buying up mainstream media and making them fascism-enabling propaganda engines

- ULTAGRIM that so many of the big-name journalists escaping that fire are voluntarily leaping directly into a completely separate newsletter website trap set by the same fascists

Substack’s “Nazi problem” won’t go away after push notification apology

Substack may be legitimizing neo-Nazis as “thought leaders,” researcher warns.

arstechnica.com

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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 13h

In the Trump era, this is terrifying. Apparently criticising capitalism 🥴🤣 is terrorism now in the US.
#Auspol

Australian Federal Police ®
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The AFP has set up new National Security Investigations (NSI) teams to target groups and individuals causing high levels of harm to Australia's social cohesion.
The NSI teams will work closely with state and territory police, law enforcement and national security partners to provide a coordinated, consistent and intelligence-led response to security threats, and also work on a global level through operations, capabilities and relationships with the international law enforcement intelligence community.
There are current and emerging groups dispersed across Australia and in some cases, overseas, who are eroding our country's social fabric by advocating hatred, fear, and humiliation. While many of these crimes may not meet the threshold of terrorism, the AFP has identified concerning behaviours which could escalate to politically-motivated violence or hate crimes, which seriously put the Australian community at risk.
There is no place for hate or violence in our communities and the AFP will defend and protect Australia and Australia's future from these threats.
Anyone with information about possible threats to the community or suspicious activity should make a report to the National Security Hotline on 1800 123 400. In an emergency or life-threatening situation, contact Triple

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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 18h

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172K views · 2.2K reactions | Good news! The government has continued to do what it has done for the last 20 years... Let banks and the property lobby decide their housing policy 👍 can't wait to see t...

Good news! The government has continued to do what it has done for the last 20 years... Let banks and the property lobby decide their housing policy 👍 can't wait to see the billions extra in profits.....

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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 18h

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Punter's Politics on X: "Good news! The government has continued to do what it has done for the last 20 years... Let banks and the property lobby decide their housing policy 👍 can't wait to see the billions extra in profits these bludgers are going to make from these policies https://t.co/69QeeIsNsO" / X

Good news! The government has continued to do what it has done for the last 20 years... Let banks and the property lobby decide their housing policy 👍 can't wait to see the billions extra in profits these bludgers are going to make from these policies https://t.co/69QeeIsNsO

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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 19h

“The Albanese government claims to be committed to transparency while refusing to release the complete incoming government brief even in redacted form."
Analysis by the Centre for Public Integrity this year showed secrecy has actually increased under Labor compared with the previous Morrison govt.

The Albanese government is tying itself in knots to keep this document secret

A long-running quest to obtain a departmental brief hit another wall yesterday.

www.crikey.com.au

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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 20h

Not surprising that Pulitzer prizewinner, Chris Hedges' speech on the Israeli killing of Journalists in Gaza at the National Press Club was cancelled.

Three of the biggest arms dealers in the world are corporate members of the club!

All doing business with Israel.

How is this acceptable?

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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 1d

Raytheon is the world's 2nd largest military company. It is a major supplier to Israel.

It is also a major corporate sponsor of the National Press Club of Australia. As are other large weapons companies, Thales, & BAE.

Raytheon's shares have pretty much doubled in price since October 2023.

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 2d

Powerful words from Greta Thunberg, on her arrival in Greece, condemning the world's inaction to prevent or to take action to stop Israel's genocide in Gaza. Video: Independent #Israel #Gaza #GretaThunberg #GazaGenocide

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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 2d

Whether you like it or not, this is our painful truth in America.

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Jen G Lambie @jenglambie.bsky.social · 2d

UTTER COWARDICE - no one is asking you to put your life at risk. Rather, just stand up for the goddamn truth.

An Australian doctor volunteering in Gaza encapsulated a 2 year long holocaust. "Southern Gaza is slaughterhouse" & northern Gaza "is the world's largest graveyard"

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livesarah.bsky.social @livesarah.bsky.social · 2d

I kept wondering how on earth this guy manages to maintain a career as a psychiatrist, helping people, while simultaneously being a despicable genocide supporter. Turns out, he doesn’t have a career helping people- he has ties to the Howard government and works for insurance companies.

"A threat to civilisation" says doctor against hospital's Children and War event - Michael West

Civilisation is under attack from Australian doctors, warns pro-Israel psychiatrist Doron Samuell. Royal Children's Hospital agrees.

michaelwest.com.au

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 2d

Vehicle emissions, most particulate-ly (see what I did there?) from diesel and older petrol engines still dominant urban source of air pollutants including particulates, PM2.5, ultrafines, black carbon, NOx

Yes, other elements of car pollution shared, but EVs elements much less polluting than ICE

Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · May 26

Particulates can be deadly to those of us that breathe air

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🤚Hands up if you breathe air✋
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A thread from me
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+ this from @nature.com

#science 🧪

Nature @nature.com · May 23

A US laboratory that has been instrumental in documenting the impact of air pollution on human health is being shut down by the Trump administration. Scientists are rallying to save it.

https://go.nature.com/45lzHww

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

They are proud of committing genocide.

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 2d

Watch | Israeli occupation forces have released new drone footage from Gaza, revealing the mass destruction and the erasure of every means of life in the Strip.

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Alice K @coalisdead.bsky.social · 2d

"We must stop expecting carbon offsetting to work at scale" Stephen Lezak, Oxford "We have assessed 25 years of evidence and almost everything up until this point has failed"
@albomp.bsky.social + @australianlabor.bsky.social = #Fail
#auspol

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 2d

If you are confused as to why a Jewish man like Stephen Miller is a central figure in the US Christian Nationalist project, it helps to see how pivotal Israeli Jewish Nationalists are in steering the religio-ethnonationalist movement. Using religion as a placeholder for “race”, ethnonationalists…

NatCon was formed around the work of Yoram Hazony, an Israeli Jewish-Nationalist, inspired by the beliefs of extremist Meir Kahane (but, he says, without the violence).
Hazony penned a "heartfelt farewell" to Kahane. Hazony co-founded the Atlas Network partner, the Shalem Center. (He also tried to explain why Hitler isn't a nationalist on John Anderson's YouTube channel.
Anderson is the co-founder of ARC.) You will see Hazony's name amongst the NatCon drafters below.
Atlas Network Directory 2021 Published.xlsx
NatCon is religio-ethnonationalism. It uses religion as a placeholder for race, although race is implicit in the three nationalist movements involved. Christian Nationalism and Israeli Jewish-Nationalism are core to the project. Hindutva Nationalism is also key but not foundational. The three movements depict Muslims as the enemy. (This fits smoothly into the Christian Nationalist movement because a Christian and Jewish

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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 2d

One year in, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum is so popular, even opposition voters overwhelmingly approve of her performance:

Might it be due to socialism in her policies?

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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 2d

And equally, is the Epstein game a distraction from turning the USA into a police state?

There can’t be this much damage to Trump from releasing them, given his people don’t care.

Maybe it’s the inverse.

Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 2d

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 2d

Australia’s housing market isn’t a ladder, it’s a Ponzi scheme.

The new “first home buyer” plan just feeds the property lobby while renters queue in Bondi.

End negative gearing. Scrap CGT perks. Tax Airbnb rorts. Everyone knows how to fix it. No one’s got the guts.

#auspol #housingcrisis

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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 2d

When will both major parties wake up to the dangers of believing the myth that 'the market' solves problems best?

The Review findings have identified market failures caused by a bargaining power imbalance between growers and processors.

Without change, rices will rise

Review finds chicken meat market 'more concentrated than the supermarkets'

It is the most consumed protein in the country, but an independent review of Australia's chicken meat industry has found the market is failing, threatening supply and prices.

www.abc.net.au

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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 2d

Shame on Deloitte.

Bigger shame on Government.

If both major parties didn't keep squandering our public money on the Big 4 accounting firms, we could have a healthy public service do the work like in the past.

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