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Andy Fleming

@slackbastard.bsky.social

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 2h

‘Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet’ : March For White Australia : October 19, 2025

~ some notes on the forthcoming stoopid ~

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‘Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet’ : March For White Australia : October 19, 2025

See : ‘Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet’: The great March for Australia deception, Sherryn Groch and Rachael Dexter, The Age, September 20, 2025. They’re back! Following the Smash Hit! (…

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Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 12m

Chris Rufo is here to tell us how to fight bigotry

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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 16h

We’re enraged and heartbroken by the rising deaths in ICE custody. Huabing Xie, from China, died Sept 29 after being held at Imperial Regional Detention Facility. At least 20 people have died since Trump took office as he moves to triple ICE detention by the end of this year. #CommunitiesNotCages

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 1h

'Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims.'

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Netpol @netpol.org · 1h

A guest post on the Netpol website by Medb McDaid: news that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has been involved in arrests at a London protest should be a matter of public concern. The PSNI has no business in Ireland, let alone Britain netpol.org/2025/10/08/t...

PSNI officers involved in the Metropolitan Police’s mass arrest of opponents of the ban on Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square, London, 4 October 2025

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 1h

"Faith in the AI boom has recently been rattled by research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which showed that 95% of organisations are getting zero return from their investments in generative AI"

Maybe this is why we need journalism and analysis rather than "faith" in tech oligarchs

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 2h

I honestly can’t bring myself to read this but I do think it’s very important for people in the US to remember that this is happening right now because of our government.

Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 2h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 1h

Nullifalicious

Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 10h

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 1h

Wow. This would be a hoot.

An email advert for the CPAC Christmas party, which would be less fun that hammering a nail into your kneecap

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 1h

The Supersoldiers answered the call.

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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 7h

Distressed to hear Madeleine Habib’s boat has been intercepted & boarded by IDF. Yet another breach of int law by Israel. I’m in Canberra & liaising now with the PM’s office. Israel must immediately release all on board including our brave Tasmanian Madeleine #auspol #politas

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 1d

I begged @spiegel.de to translate Jörg Schindler's excellent reporting on America's fall into theocracy and they did. As I keep saying, German journalists are doing a better job covering America's fall than American journalists. 1/
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Trump's Crusaders: Christian Nationalists Are Gaining a Solid Foothold in Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump has opened the doors of power to far-right Christian nationalists. Their goal: an American theocracy. The separation of church and state in America is at risk.

www.spiegel.de

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 2h

no.

way.

Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 2h

‘Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet’ : March For White Australia : October 19, 2025

~ some notes on the forthcoming stoopid ~

slackbastard.anarchobase.com?p=53533

‘Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet’ : March For White Australia : October 19, 2025

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3h

If you ever end up recording a final message, ensure you dedicate a good chunk of it to roasting your nemeses, like Jane Goodall did

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In an interview for a new Netflix documentary filmed months before her death, famed British primatologist Jane Goodall called for billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to be blasted into space.

“Absolutely, there are people I don’t like,” she told interviewer and TV writer Brad Falchuk, “and I would like to put them on one of Musk’s spaceships and send them all off to the planet he’s sure he’s going to discover.”

When asked if she would like Musk to be on the spacecraft alongside them, she sounded off.

“Oh, absolutely, he’d be the host,” she said. “Along with Musk, it’d be [president Donald] Trump and some of Trump’s real supporters.”

“Put them all on that spaceship and send them off,” she concluded.

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 3h

FTR:

Terra nullius is sound legal doctrine, appropriate to the construction of a glorious nation-state (& its creation of a federal police force);

No politically-motivated violence or hate emanates from the state;

Capitalism is both ace & grouse;

Trump is Very Smart, & a great ally of Australia.

Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 3h

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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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 3h

'Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war.'

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www.dropsitenews.com/p/david-frum...

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 4h

Long-standing tradition?

Berlin police have been going hog-wild for some time.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

Ireland intervenes after Gaza activist national beaten by German police

Kitty O'Brien attended a Berlin demonstration last week to protest against Israel's targeted killing of Palestinians.

www.aljazeera.com

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 4h

via WearThePeace

'A pro-Palestine protester in Berlin where they are known for their abusive cops flips one over before he’s arrested.'

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 1d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 6h

Read @sarahschwartz.bsky.social personal letter in The Guardian today | When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz

Not speaking would go against everything I was taught to honour: the righteous among the nations – those who refused to be bystanders to injustice

www.theguardian.com

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 5h

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 6h

These costumes really ruin the optics of the propaganda videos the far right wants to make, which is what they're there for.

ICE will eventually target them and brutalize them to try to run them off, so they can get useful propaganda video. I hope they're prepared for that.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 9h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 6h

Not one government has told Israel to stop kidnapping their citizens in international waters and let them bring baby formula to starving babies. What a shameful time to be alive

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h

Israel intercepts another Gaza aid flotilla amid criticism over treatment of activists

Israeli foreign ministry confirms interception and says those on board will be deported A new Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been intercepted by the Israeli army, days after the detention of activists on board vessels bound for the war-torn territory caused international outrage and widespread protests. The Israeli military was jamming signals with at least two boats being boarded, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition said on Instagram. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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The Provost / سيدة الفتنة @msentropy.bsky.social · 1d

Please amplify, those with a bigger platform than me.

It’s horrifying that the person running the US Homeland Security Twitter uses — and clearly knows — the exact same aesthetics, memes, and propaganda from fashwave, accelerationist, and Nazi Telegram.

It says everything about where we are.

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 7h

TLDR : CFMEU (VIC) vs. AWU (SA).

www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...

CFMEU workers walk off West Gate Tunnel and other sites amid dispute in South Australia

The work stoppages come as building giant John Holland reached a deal with the CFMEU’s main rival for a separate project in South Australia.