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Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 10h

Flat out at the Antifa USA bunker with a giant excel spreadsheet, allocating the frog and unicorn mascot costumes to our elite commandos.

Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 10h

Seems like a good start. Then we can get to work on the grifters pushing it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 11h

Can’t watch the wiggles on YouTube, can learn new slurs on 4chan. Great work everybody.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 12h

4chan unlikely to be included in Australia’s under-16s social media ban, eSafety commissioner says

Julie Inman Grant says message board will need to comply with other codes which will also include age assurance for sites hosting violent and adult content * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The eSafety commissioner is not expected to block children from accessing 4chan as part of the under-16s social media ban, despite it being labelled one of the “darker” places on the internet. The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, was asked by independent senator Fatima Payman in Senate estimates on Wednesday night whether 4chan, the message board often referred to as the engine room of the internet, would be considered one of the sites required to prevent under-16s when the social media ban comes into effect from 10 December. Continue reading...

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15h

In some ways this is the government now

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I'm sick and tired of seeing these thugs terrorize big events and am worried that they will try to interrupt Limp Bizkit's set. My gf (F19) and I (M31) are going to our first Lollapalooza and are concerned about the growing threat around the city

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Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 12h

One thing that frustrates me in the workplace is when I come up with a list of compelling reasons not to do something – cost, risk, capacity etc – and without addressing any of them the decision is ‘let’s just give it a try’.

The Sydney Morning Herald (unofficial) @smhaustralia.nzcow.com · 14h

📢 The commissioner insists age verification can work, despite expert warnings of deep flaws with just over two months until the start of the ban.

‘No playbook’: eSafety boss backs social media ban despite expert warnings

www.smh.com.au

Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 13h

Australian journalism has dug its own grave and is lying in it waiting for someone to shovel the dirt in.

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 13h

Still nothing. Hilarious.
Imagine being a media reporter who can't/won't report on this.

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d

BTW this National Press Club story hasn't been reported in any major news outlet yet. Indies like Lamestream, We Used to Be Journos, Pearls and Irritations etc all over it.

Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 14h

Maybe it will happen in Egypt 🙏

Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 15h

why is labor

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 17h

Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 17h

Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 16h

That tells you everything you need to know.

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STABITHA🔪🔪🔪 @crabitha.slutmo.de · 15h

I'm wondering how close I can crop in before the automod catches it

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Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 1d

‘Shoplift as often as you can. Shopping centres factor shoplifting into their prices, so if you don't do it, it's like they're getting money for free.’
John Safran

Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 3d

Australians more accepting of theft as retail crime grows, new study finds www.monash.edu/news/article...

Australians more accepting of theft as retail crime grows, new study finds

www.monash.edu

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d

BTW this National Press Club story hasn't been reported in any major news outlet yet. Indies like Lamestream, We Used to Be Journos, Pearls and Irritations etc all over it.

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Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 1d

Probably still worth smoking him.

🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2d

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 2d

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 2d

NO DRAB GAB TUESDAY

SLUGGO IS IN HIS BEATNIK ATTIRE
BERET, SHADES AND A GOATEE

SLUGGO : AND I DON'T BLAB ANY DRAB GAB-I CHATTER HEP PATTER

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

The NPC has absolutely shamed itself.

Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 2d

~ ermahgerd ~

Seems v much like the NPC was not truthful about its cancellation of Hedges' scheduled appearance on OCT 20.

'Statement on Cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National Press Club of Australia'

www.afopa.com.au/blog/2025/10...

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 ...

www.afopa.com.au

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 2d

How many times a week do you think Bari Weiss opens her mail to find a test tube of Elon's sperm, a rose, and a weirdly fucked up grok-generated sonnet about her cranial measurements

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 3d

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

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Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 3d

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The New York Times has ruined this game.

Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 3d

None of these sailors deserve to remain in the navy. Dishonorable discharges for weak-ass losers.

Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 4d

I'm sure the record is very nice

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 5d

Think about all the massive, multigenerational damage being done right now by people who hung out with Epstein.

Arguably the worst and most fucked up friend group in modern history.

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Listening to The Cure and thinking about The Bomb @thewrongnoel.bsky.social · 5d

Are we doing this again?
Because I’m in. There’s no way we could possibly celebrate this too much.

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 5d

hold on just a second here

blue sky screen shot from Bill Kuchman saying "Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin" quote posted by Adam Weinstein saying "Only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency and securities." 31 USC 5114(b)

blue sky screen shot from Aaron Rupar saying
"Trump has not been seen in public since Tuesday and had no public events on his calendar today"

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