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Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 21h

Is she arrogant and deliberately uncooperative, or just not very bright?

Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 21h

Genghis Khan says Attila the Hun is a bad man! 😂
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

News Corp Australia chair says social media platforms are ‘true monsters’ and ‘torment our children’

Michael Miller also says media must unite against second ‘big steal’ by tech companies seeking changes to copyright law to access content for free

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 1d

"It was not until Othniel Antwi had finished his masters and was looking for work that he realised his degree was not accredited."
This is horrendous from public unis - *I sold you this great car for your commute, but oopsie you can't drive it on a public road, sorry.* www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Careers in limbo after graduates discover university courses were never accredited

Students have been left with HECS debts and careers that are "non-existent" after completing degrees that were not accredited. Class actions have been launched against two Australian universities.

www.abc.net.au

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Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 1d

I don't believe a word Penny Wong says any more. She has zero credibility in my opinion.

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Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 1d

The 26% who were ‘unsure’ should have their driver’s licences suspended immediately. They clearly cannot see.

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aliciablackgirl.bsky.social @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 1d

Greta Thunberg will be in history books. never stop Greta. you are a beacon of hope. More guts than every leader in this world.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 13d

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 2d

Any sentence that begins with ‘Scott Morrison says’ isn’t worth printing, let alone reading.

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Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 3d

MPs opposing the NACC look like they have something to hide.

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Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe the govt could crack down on the causes—like doing something about the live-streamed genocide.

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 4d

This is a truly excoriating and well-deserved take-down of the National Press Club @PressClubAust by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges.

You really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 should read it. His words cut like a hot knife into butter. #auspol #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Hedges Report: NPC Australia caves to Israel Lobby, cancels talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists

The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.

johnmenadue.com

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Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 4d

"Intellectual"? Yeah, when I think of intellectual heavyweights like Christopher Hitchens, Tony Abbott is the obvious next name…😂

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 5d

My latest article in The Shot

"The largest contributors to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia are the governments of Australia, practising a privileged fuck-you version of democracy that makes its own rules & caters for those within the club"

#pffft
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

The myth of 'social cohesion' - do as they say, not as they do - The Shot

There’s an established principle in law: he who comes looking for equity must come with clean hands. The clean hands...

theshot.net.au

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 7d

“Where in the world is this allowed to happen?”

From on the ground in Gaza, UNICEF Spokesman James Elder tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the worst things he’s seen — including children targeted by quadcopters and shot at American aid sites.

Watch: zeteo.com/p/unicef-gaz...

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Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 11d

a shit-ton and no

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Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 11d

he’s a long way from his roots—morally, I mean

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Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 13d

fighting over deck chairs on the Titanic

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Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 16d

'matched'? You get bet Albo was at the back of the queue

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Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 16d

I don't blame Trump, he's a moron. I blame the grifters who enable him. The guy on the right is supposed to be a Dr.

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Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 17d

Australia would be a vastly better country if Murdoch’s control were ended.

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Mark @mtsyd.bsky.social · 17d

a gargantuan gravy train for grifters

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Adam Mockler @adammockler.com · 19d

imagine if newsom walked around looking like this and expected us to take him seriously

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 18d

In other words, 94% of those killed in Gaza since March 25 were civilians - up from 83% in the first 1.5 years of this genocidal war.
Another symptom of stage 2 of the Gaza Genocide under Trump: fewer casualties so far, but targeting almost entirely civilians.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Civilians made up 15 of every 16 people killed by Israel in Gaza since March, data suggests

Report from independent conflict tracker Acled indicates one of the highest civilian death rates since start of war

www.theguardian.com

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