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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 4h

Met my partner, got a book contract, found an audience, built a career, made countless friends, been endlessly delighted and educated by people smarter than myself. I'm not sure it makes up for the corrosion of democracy exactly, but I've personally had a pretty good time.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 9h

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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 1d

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 10h

And while the single most important thing right now is saving Palestinian life, Trump’s deal does nothing to address the root cause of injustice: Israel’s brutal military rule and oppression of Palestinians.

Read our full statement in the attached images or at jvp.org/ceasefire2025

First ceasefire, then Palestinian liberation

JVP's statement, after President Trump's announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of ceasefire agreement.

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 16h

"From dawn on Saturday, October 4, 2025, until the end of Sunday, October 5, 2025, the occupation carried out more than 131 air and artillery strikes... that resulted in the martyrdom of 94 civilians, including women & children, 61 of whom were killed in Gaza #City alone."

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Day 731 in Gaza: Bombardment and Shelling Continues Non-Stop

On Monday, October 6th, day 731 of Israel's ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued their relentless assault on the entire civilia ...

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 16h

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

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 16h

'Australian doctor Nada Abu Alrub reports from Al Aqsa Hospital in Gaza: “I had to leave my colleagues knowing that they’ll either be kidnapped or killed”.' (2/2)

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 15h

@albomp.bsky.social says #FOI costs the Govt too much. When I FOI’ed Treasury in 2023 for briefs it had provided Jim Chalmers on stage 3 tax cuts, the Govt spent $53K resisting public disclosure. They lost! The taxpayers lost! FOI is not costing too much - Govt secrecy is. #auspol

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Jill Favero @jillfavero.bsky.social · 9h

Free Dan Duggan chuffed.org/project/1091...

Free Dan Duggan

Help get Dan Duggan, Aussie citizen and father of six, home for Christmas.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10h

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Deranged Trump Lawyer Pam Bondi Says Americans Who Oppose Fascism Will Be Treated Exactly Like Foreign Narcoterrorists—Meaning That Summary Execution Via Domestic Military Strike Is on the Table

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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 10h

Also please remember while people wring their hands about the AI in the Deloitte report, and the $440k for it, the people whos payments really matter are the ones getting their up to $400 a week to live on taken off them illegally

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 11h

Now that the Deloitte report, about the government's unlawful administration of mutual obligations, is making international headlines, it's worth looking at what's actually in it (apart from AI slop) and WHY it was actually commissioned

A thread👇

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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 10h

So, they ship Laura Tingle overseas & she resigns her presidency of the National Press Club.
Within months, the NPC succumbs to lobbying by an interest group anxious to kill discussion about their 'alleged' war crimes.

Here's one for #MediaWatch, Linton Besser
@lintonbesser.bsky.social #auspol

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 2d

It looks very much like the National Press Club statement lied about their cancellation of Chris Hedges. His appearance WAS confirmed, and even listed on the website, according to this.
(Hedges believes his talk on Gaza was cancelled following pressure from the pro-Israel lobby):

Statement on Cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National Press Club of Australia — Australian Friends of Palestine Association

AFOPA is responding to the Statement published on 4 October 2025 by the National Press Club of Australia ( NPC) in relation to their cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National ...

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 10h

NSW Premier Chris Minns has rejected calls to light up the Sydney Opera House in the colours of the Palestinian flag as he did for Israel. Says it could be “inflaming the situation”
Palestinian flag is inflammatory? This man is an absolute disgrace.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 11h

Thread 🧵

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 20h

One of the earlier and most-viewed examples was an animation of Al Shifa Hospital, published in October 2023.

The “underground command room” was recycled from a 2022 IDF animation of an UNRWA school in Tel Al-Hawa; the street above was built from prefab @kb-3d.bsky.social storefronts

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 20h

These videos are produced in-house by a small animation cell in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, working mainly in After Effects + Blender

In a TikTok posted after Israel's June attacks on Iran, soldiers describe working weeks under “prime-minister-level secrecy” to prepare visuals

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 22h

A months-long investigation by The Ferret and a group of international journalists found there have been 40 propaganda animations produced by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the past two years – including several using the Scottish Maritime Museum’s 3D scans
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 20h

An analysis of dozens of 3D animations published by the Israeli army discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but rather from commercial libraries and content creators as far afield as Scotland and Port Orchard.

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How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 20h

"The capital of #Sudan 's North #Darfur is under siege. For over 500 days, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have encircled Al Fasher, leaving dozens killed and wounded this week alone.

The city is at the heart of Sudan's escalating conflict..."

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Sudan's Al Fasher under RSF siege for 500 days

YouTube video by TRT World

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Alice K @coalisdead.bsky.social · 14h

US bankrolled Israel's Gaza Genocide with $33bn in military aid. Fuck america #auspol

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US bankrolled Israel’s Gaza genocide with $33 bn in military aid, damning new report reveals

A new report released yesterday by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the Costs of War Project at Brown University has found that the US has provided at least $21.7 billion in mili…

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 16h

Scale.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Scale. On one side of scale, weighing heavily, a small gold weight marked “OCT 7 2023”. On the other side, much lighter, a huge bag (of sand?) marked “EVERY DAY SINCE.”

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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 13h

My My My, HOW could such a thing happen..🤔

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

Home Affairs Sec Stephanie Foster exposed as overly determined Not to Answer & take things ‘on notice’

Shoebridge “You’re taking on notice your failure to answer on notice, Q’s I asked u on notice, about Q’s that u responded on notice, to answers u haven’t given on notice”🤯ffs #Estimates

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 13h

Anas Al-Sharif would be the first to post about tne ceasefire and the celebrations of Gaza

Instead, Israel killed him along 250 other Journalists

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Andrew Gardiner @ajgardineresq.bsky.social · 14h

What's wrong with this picture?
#GazaHolocaust

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