MC
@mcaqua.bsky.social
Addicted to Alan Alda Clear + Vivid, hopelessly driven to exercise intensively, read, explore, learn. Having a sauna and ice fjord plunge daily (if I could) is my idea of a good time.
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The live Epstein press conference is being streamed by Reuters here and it is devastating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1bx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1bx...
LIVE: Members of Congress and Epstein victims hold news conference
YouTube video by Reuters
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The live Epstein press conference is being streamed by Reuters here and it is devastating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1bx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1bx...
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Obviously, everyone will focus on Trump’s F-bomb. But the agressive “do you understand that?” spat towards the female reporter reveals more about this piece of shit than anything.
June 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Obviously, everyone will focus on Trump’s F-bomb. But the agressive “do you understand that?” spat towards the female reporter reveals more about this piece of shit than anything.
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Trump showed a screenshot of a video taken in the Congo as part of what he falsely presented as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans. In fact, the video showed humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma, filmed after deadly battles with Rwanda-backed rebels.
Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa
U.S. President Donald Trump showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely presented on Wednesday as evidence of mass killings of white South...
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May 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Trump showed a screenshot of a video taken in the Congo as part of what he falsely presented as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans. In fact, the video showed humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma, filmed after deadly battles with Rwanda-backed rebels.
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Whiplash anyone? The #SundayShot has assembled the big guns to put the Coalition chaos in context & assess likely scenarios & implications.
@frankbongiorno.bsky.social, @juliannes.bsky.social & Judith Brett join us + a chat with @tonywindsor.bsky.social.
Watch us @ www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
@frankbongiorno.bsky.social, @juliannes.bsky.social & Judith Brett join us + a chat with @tonywindsor.bsky.social.
Watch us @ www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
May 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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This is wise and thoughtful from @margaretsimons.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As Australia’s election result reminds us, News Corp no longer has the power to sway voters | Margaret Simons
The declining power of the Murdoch press is part of the wider story of the waning influence of mainstream media
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is wise and thoughtful from @margaretsimons.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here's me. 'Capitalism has already eaten democracy anyway'
Capitalism has already eaten democracy anyway - The Shot
If left unsupervised, capitalism will always eat democracy. And we are further on this arc than many of us want to believe.
theshot.net.au
May 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Here's me. 'Capitalism has already eaten democracy anyway'
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Instead of obsessing about Climate 200's crowdfunding to support candidates committed to saving our planet, maybe the media could focus more on Atlas Network's funding of individuals and organisations to promote climate denialism and undermine democracy to benefit the (very) privileged few?
A vote for the Liberal Party of Australia is a vote for the #AtlasNetwork and the destructive and noxious actions, values and beliefs held by individuals, politicians, governments, organisations aligned with it.
#VoteAtlasOutOfAustralia
youtu.be/reKQTQ2TWOE
#VoteAtlasOutOfAustralia
youtu.be/reKQTQ2TWOE
How the Atlas Network Destroys Democracy
YouTube video by Daily MindBrew
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May 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Instead of obsessing about Climate 200's crowdfunding to support candidates committed to saving our planet, maybe the media could focus more on Atlas Network's funding of individuals and organisations to promote climate denialism and undermine democracy to benefit the (very) privileged few?
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After reading the introduction to the deceptive cabal that is Advance in today's @sydmorningherald.bsky.social, watch last week's #SundayShot to learn more about its ties to the Atlas Network & their toxic brand of Christo-fascist White supremacist hyper-capitalism.
www.youtube.com/live/bIpLPbs...
www.youtube.com/live/bIpLPbs...
Gettin' Scared - April 13
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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April 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
After reading the introduction to the deceptive cabal that is Advance in today's @sydmorningherald.bsky.social, watch last week's #SundayShot to learn more about its ties to the Atlas Network & their toxic brand of Christo-fascist White supremacist hyper-capitalism.
www.youtube.com/live/bIpLPbs...
www.youtube.com/live/bIpLPbs...
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April 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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"Within the lifetime of most Australians, large parts of south and south-east Asia will simply become unlivable due to unbearable heat, as will parts of northern Australia.
Crop yields will fall, and so will some states."
-Canberra Times, Admiral Chris Barrie (Retd)
Crop yields will fall, and so will some states."
-Canberra Times, Admiral Chris Barrie (Retd)
April 4, 2025 at 6:52 AM
"Within the lifetime of most Australians, large parts of south and south-east Asia will simply become unlivable due to unbearable heat, as will parts of northern Australia.
Crop yields will fall, and so will some states."
-Canberra Times, Admiral Chris Barrie (Retd)
Crop yields will fall, and so will some states."
-Canberra Times, Admiral Chris Barrie (Retd)
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“...research shows that up to 80 percent of autistic females may initially receive an inappropriate diagnosis – of social anxiety, or an eating disorder, or borderline personality disorder – before it is recognised that they are autistic.”
The missing women of autism are differently different | Aeon Essays
Long believed to be particularly associated with males, new research is revolutionising our understanding of autism
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April 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“...research shows that up to 80 percent of autistic females may initially receive an inappropriate diagnosis – of social anxiety, or an eating disorder, or borderline personality disorder – before it is recognised that they are autistic.”
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OMGee
Independent MP Andrew Gee has been caught doing an “Angus Taylor” by replying to a Facebook post from his own account, thanking himself for being “the good guy”.
MP Andrew Gee praises himself as ‘the good guy’ in Facebook fail
Independent MP for Calare caught doing an ‘Angus Taylor’ by replying to a Facebook post from his own account
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
OMGee
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••••MEASLES ALERTS••••
1. Fueled primarily by the surging epidemic in western Texas, the number of confirmed measles cases in the United States has risen to 523.
Reported in less than three months, these 523 cases represent the second-highest annual total America has experienced in a…
1. Fueled primarily by the surging epidemic in western Texas, the number of confirmed measles cases in the United States has risen to 523.
Reported in less than three months, these 523 cases represent the second-highest annual total America has experienced in a…
March 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
••••MEASLES ALERTS••••
1. Fueled primarily by the surging epidemic in western Texas, the number of confirmed measles cases in the United States has risen to 523.
Reported in less than three months, these 523 cases represent the second-highest annual total America has experienced in a…
1. Fueled primarily by the surging epidemic in western Texas, the number of confirmed measles cases in the United States has risen to 523.
Reported in less than three months, these 523 cases represent the second-highest annual total America has experienced in a…
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Donold is now classifying protests at Tesla dealerships as ‘domestic terrorism.’
Protest at a Tesla dealership and you get arrested as a terrorist.
But attack the Capitol and you get a pardon.
Protest at a Tesla dealership and you get arrested as a terrorist.
But attack the Capitol and you get a pardon.
March 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Donold is now classifying protests at Tesla dealerships as ‘domestic terrorism.’
Protest at a Tesla dealership and you get arrested as a terrorist.
But attack the Capitol and you get a pardon.
Protest at a Tesla dealership and you get arrested as a terrorist.
But attack the Capitol and you get a pardon.
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Trump never had a peace plan for Ukraine. He had a plan for Ukraine's surrender, with a colonial resource grab. As Zelenskyy rightly refused it, or to cooperate in Trump's TV spectacular, the US has now cut Ukraine off.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
March 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Trump never had a peace plan for Ukraine. He had a plan for Ukraine's surrender, with a colonial resource grab. As Zelenskyy rightly refused it, or to cooperate in Trump's TV spectacular, the US has now cut Ukraine off.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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Zelenskyy is giving a live press conference right now and can I just say: YES.
February 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Zelenskyy is giving a live press conference right now and can I just say: YES.
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Thanks to @mrhenrymorris.bsky.social, I’ve seen the next incisive issue of The PNG Courier
February 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Thanks to @mrhenrymorris.bsky.social, I’ve seen the next incisive issue of The PNG Courier
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How about that NACC?
Are we going to get to the election without them delivering a single successful corruption investigation?
Are we going to get to the election without them delivering a single successful corruption investigation?
February 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
How about that NACC?
Are we going to get to the election without them delivering a single successful corruption investigation?
Are we going to get to the election without them delivering a single successful corruption investigation?
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This is huge. HUGE. Oral contraceptive pills to be added to PBS for first time in decades. Funding for IUDs, long lasting contraception, and menopause supports. This is one for the history books. Seriously, BIG.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Labor pledges $573 million for women's health, including long-term contraceptives
The election pitch also includes new measures for women in menopause, including efforts to lift support and care provided by GPs.
www.abc.net.au
February 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is huge. HUGE. Oral contraceptive pills to be added to PBS for first time in decades. Funding for IUDs, long lasting contraception, and menopause supports. This is one for the history books. Seriously, BIG.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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Just re-upping this again because the Temu Trumps in the LNP insist on bringing every culture war here: the Morrison govt spent $20.8bn on consultants in its final year - the equivalent of 54,000 FT public servants. The private sector benefits with govt cuts. No one else.
January 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Just re-upping this again because the Temu Trumps in the LNP insist on bringing every culture war here: the Morrison govt spent $20.8bn on consultants in its final year - the equivalent of 54,000 FT public servants. The private sector benefits with govt cuts. No one else.
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Sometimes you just have to giggle. What do you think made me a radical extreme communist? Working as a corporate lawyer? Advising Australia’s biggest companies at BCG? A strategic role at Australia’s then biggest employer, Wesfarmers? The actual radical extreme communists must be horrified! #auspol
January 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Sometimes you just have to giggle. What do you think made me a radical extreme communist? Working as a corporate lawyer? Advising Australia’s biggest companies at BCG? A strategic role at Australia’s then biggest employer, Wesfarmers? The actual radical extreme communists must be horrified! #auspol
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This is why I wrote this book. Even among people who followed Royal Commission there is a collective response to it that goes like: I knew it was bad but I didn't know it was THIS bad. Perfectly understandable given the buckets of bullshit that surrounded it, but important to see it all lined up.
@squigglyrick.bsky.social OMG - I’m reading ‘Mean Streak’. I knew #Robodebt was bad - but I had no idea how venal & vicious the protagonists were.
Only about 1/5 of the way through the book & I can’t get my jaw off the floor. Fuck!
Key qn: How are they all not in prison?
Only about 1/5 of the way through the book & I can’t get my jaw off the floor. Fuck!
Key qn: How are they all not in prison?
January 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is why I wrote this book. Even among people who followed Royal Commission there is a collective response to it that goes like: I knew it was bad but I didn't know it was THIS bad. Perfectly understandable given the buckets of bullshit that surrounded it, but important to see it all lined up.
