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peter_donnelly @peter-donnelly.bsky.social · 54m

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'There's no justice': Outrage as Jake Danby walks after fatal hit-and-run

A fatal hit-and-run case in Darwin has exposed deep disparities in the NT’s justice system, say Aboriginal leaders, as the victim’s family speaks out.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 59m

Plumes of smoke from Israeli attacks were seen rising over Gaza hours after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire plan, brokered by Donald Trump.

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peter_donnelly @peter-donnelly.bsky.social · 2h

So. Acting with rational self-interest.

Who could have foreseen that?

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 4h

A warm and sincere congratulations to the Australian government, who recently proudly awarded themselves these two achievements in their latest resources report

Congratulations @albomp.bsky.social and team, I know it wasn't easy!!

www.industry.gov.au/publications...

The report puts Aus at number one for metallurgical coal exports and number two for thermal coal exports, i have juvenile stickers like yolo, amazing, hugs and yeah! on top

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Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift article should show in full

We Tried to Reach Gazans We Interviewed Over Two Years of War. Here’s What Happened to Them. (Gift Article)

We kept wondering: Did they find their missing relatives? Were they even still alive?

www.nytimes.com

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 17h

The level of destruction and erasure in the Gaza Strip is simply incredible. North Gaza, before and after:

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Idea Monkey 🧨 💥 🐵 @ideamonkey.bsky.social · 5h

Oh wow

Fair admission, I was going to troll career ALP fanboy @ashleylahey about this. He vehemently argued it wasn't happening, then called me too stupid to understand global supply chains

Google him now and he doesn't even show up on Search

LaBor again

LIARS!

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Defence officials grilled over report F-35 fighter jet parts sent from NSW to Israel

Department of Defence officials distance themselves from F-35 fighter jet parts allegedly shipped from Australia to Israel, saying the material is the property of Lockheed Martin.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 9h

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peter_donnelly @peter-donnelly.bsky.social · 7h

The risk to Australian Jewish lives and property has clearly increased as a result of Israel committing a genocide while_purporting_to_be_the_physical_&_spiritual homeland_of_all_Jews_worldwide

So this is 100% on Israel

Nonetheless, those risks are being addressed in Australia as best they can be

benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 7h

Wild to me this guy can spend months drumming up a panic about protest movements and 'universities, the public broadcasters and the public service' being antisemitic hotbeds, then as soon as it's all shown to be utter horsehit and he was wrong all along just glide along without a moment's reflection

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Morry Frenkel speaks with Chip Le Grand, Chief Reporter for The Age newspaper, about the articles he has written since the recent arson attack on the East Melbourne Synagogue, the storming of the Israeli restaurant, Miznon, and the arson and graffiti attacks in Greensborough.

Chip talks about the implications of these events – and the rise in antisemitism in general – on the local Jewish and non-Jewish communities, and the need for Victoria Police to uphold the law. He is also critical of the campaign against Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal and her report, Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism, a policy-oriented framework for government and the Australian community. Chip argues that the strength of the report lies more in its findings of where the problems lie: in universities, the public broadcasters and the public service.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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peter_donnelly @peter-donnelly.bsky.social · 7h

No

It would invite revenge against Australia, which Trump would seek with 100% certainty. (Morrison vs China anyone? Pepperidge Farm remembers)

A more sensible approach would be to indefinitely drag out any obvious political extradition, so that no one in that category actually gets extradited

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 9h

Donald Trump is using his justice department and the FBI to destroy the rule of law in the US. And Australia is potentially a partner in that process, writes Bernard Keane.

Trump is killing the rule of law in the United States. We need to suspend our extradition agreement

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peter_donnelly @peter-donnelly.bsky.social · 8h

Calling Trump out before he is removed from office would be the stupidist possible thing an Australian government could do at the moment

Trump and MAGA are vindictive pieces of shit, and they can and would make Australia suffer big time

Revenge is a dish best served cold. His time will come.

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 12h

We are living in a Veep episode, specifically Season 5 Episode 3 in which Selina accidentally posts a sensitive tweet (she thinks she’s messaging Charlie Baird) and ultimately blames the Chinese.

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 12h

We are ruled by criminal morons

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peter_donnelly @peter-donnelly.bsky.social · 11h

To be fair, maintaining the pretense of normalcy until Trump is binned is the only sane approach for Australia to take

The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 11h

Albanese’s strategy since Trump’s return has been clear: accept his legitimacy as Australia’s key ally and avoid any criticism of the way in which he governs the US. In two weeks, with a visit to the White House, that approach will face its biggest test yet. satpa.pe/Xr2NTq2

Anthony Albanese’s seat at the periodic table

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peter_donnelly @peter-donnelly.bsky.social · 13h

It's always a good time to bring up Wilhoit's Law:

"There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect"

Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 13h

As the Supreme Court term begins, keep this framework in mind: Autocratic Legalism.

Instead of “rule of law” (law constrains the power), we get “rule by law” (law as a weapon for power).

Authoritarians usually have to install allies. Trump started his second term with that step already complete.

The only effective opposition is through the language of morality and documented harm—not legal technicalities that can be swept away with a 6–3 vote.” The text is centered on a neutral background, with “morality” and “documented harm” slightly emphasized to underscore the moral and empirical contrast with “legal technicalities.”

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peter_donnelly @peter-donnelly.bsky.social · 13h

that food looks evil

CNN @cnn.com · 13h

California made history by enacting the first law in the United States to define and ultimately ban unhealthy ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs, from meals served to over one billion California schoolchildren annually. https://cnn.it/4ofH9zD

peter_donnelly @peter-donnelly.bsky.social · 13h

He really is.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 16h

just talked to Gov. Pritzker who dared President Trump to “come and get me” after POTUS threatened him with arrest. But Pritzker said he thinks Trump will chicken out.

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Kim McCauley @kimischilling.bsky.social · 13h

It's so awesome how Microsoft only makes bad products that piss people off and is somehow still one of the 10 biggest and most successful companies on earth

Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 13h

Nobody needs Windows 11, and I shudder to think how much e-waste this pointless "upgrade" will generate

Windows 10 EOL could generate £1.8B of e-waste in UK alone • The Register www.theregister.com/2025/10/08/w...

Windows 10 EOL could generate £1.8B of e-waste in UK alone

: Recyclers reckon millions of obsolete PCs could yield a small fortune in precious metals

www.theregister.com

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peter_donnelly @peter-donnelly.bsky.social · 14h

Even if you hold the most powerful position in the world, it's impossible, in 2025, a time when computers, smartphones and the internet pervade every nook and cranny, to keep information secret, if enough people want it badly enough.

It's all coming out

Every last bit and byte

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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently Pam Bondi has seen pics of Trump & Epstein with half-naked teenagers

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1d

Why won’t MAGA Bondi answer about supposed photos in Epstein safe of Trump with half-naked young women?

(No wonder House has fled rather than face vote on Epstein files.)

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

Notice her non-answer.

This is explosive. Should be explosive. The US AG who said she had the Epstein files on her desk cannot say whether or not the FBI has pix of Trump with half-naked women, which one witness who knew Epstein has said he has seen.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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