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Tim Dunlop

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Writer in Melbourne, Australia Author of 4 books on media, politics, technology and work Advocate for bottom-up democracy beyond the two-party system https://tdunlop.substack.com/

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · May 3

Can we just spare a thought, too, for the official end of News Corp as a political force. No one outside an aging political class pays any attention to them.

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 1d

Worth a read for more detail on the #npc cancellation.

www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-na...

The communications obtained by Lamestream make it clear that Hedges was not only a confirmed speaker at the NPC, contradicting the organisation’s public statement, but that he was dropped because the NPC believed they had booked too many speakers “in favour” of the Palestinian cause.

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 1d

It reads more like a fob, I think, a big middle finger, a roughly cobbled excuse, and they don't care whether it's true or not. Arrogance in the other words: the house style.

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 1d

These elites of Australian journalism do their industry no favours. Then again, most of our political class have forgotten what it is to be, not just accountable, but transparent and professional too.

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 1d

Andrew Hastie's dull attempt to put beetroot on a Maga burger. Or something.

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I suppose we have to think about Andrew Hastie now, sigh

Okay, but let's be clear on what the real problem is

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 1d

I suspect you are right. It's probably the real issue.

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 1d

Ha, yes, it was a little homage to my wife's mum: she was the main person I knew who used it. It kinda works!

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 2d

Unlike fascism

Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 2d

Autism Is Not a Single Condition and Has No Single Cause, Scientists Conclude www.wired.com/story/autism...

Autism Is Not a Single Condition and Has No Single Cause, Scientists Conclude

Research reveals that those diagnosed with autism early show distinct genetic and developmental profiles from those diagnosed later.

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 2d

Could that be because the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism?

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 2d

This is not a surprise to anyone on Bluesky. "A survey of more than 500 political scientists finds that the vast majority think the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism." www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism

Most — but not all — political scientists are deeply troubled by the president's attempts to expand executive power, according to a national survey.

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 4d

Only too well

Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 4d

Such cowards. Just what you want in a press corps....

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 4d

What a pathetic decision.

Miriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 4d

Christopher Hedges: journalist, war reporter, Presbyterian minister

Revered in the industry, a powerful campaigner for the professional safety of Palestinian journalists

Never have so many been reporters been killed in a war

Cancelled by our National Press Club

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The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israeli lobby, Cancels My 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.

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 5d

Only the goodest English aloud

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 5d

But you have to watch out for reds under the MedBeds

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 5d

Lol. His are the sort that are visible from the moon.

Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 6d

Brain absence syndrome

Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 6d

Why isn't this idiot sanctioned by the Senate for this dangerous nonsense?

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 6d

It won't be about charisma. It will be about the willingness to deploy violence.

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 6d

Little reminder that what comes after Trump is much, much worse.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

Stephen Miller tells law enforcement in MEMPHIS: “You are unleashed”

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 6d

If they really want a "tactical retreat" for "white people", I hear America is nice at the moment. Off you go.

Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 6d

'A former deputy head of the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, McInerney has also argued the White Australia Policy did not go far enough and that white Australians may need to live in separate neighbourhoods as a form of “tactical retreat”.'

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The far-right figures teaching students at a Sydney college

The dean of studies says the country will need political parties for white Australians. A senior lecturer wants an Anglo-Celtic club to inspire fear in “leftist thugs”.

www.smh.com.au

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 7d

Exactly what he is doing, imho

Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 7d

I don't think he wants to own the libs. He wants to kill them.

Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 7d

"The standard you walk past is the standard you accept. That goes for all of us, but especially those, who by their rank, have a leadership role."
--David Morrison

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump to generals: "America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform you can take them out."

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 8d

The church of the poisoned mind, as St George of Boy once said.

Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 8d

I like how he links to an Oz editorial and a letter to the Oz to support his case.

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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 9d

Airforce Grunge. Amirite, Latika?