John Friend
@wjf55.bsky.social
I live on the Central Coast of NSW.
“Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!”:-)
“Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!”:-)
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These students became our nation’s conscience. They understood that the genocide in Gaza is intimately linked with the climate and justice movement, the rights of indigenous people, the wars of extraction and exploitation
December 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
These students became our nation’s conscience. They understood that the genocide in Gaza is intimately linked with the climate and justice movement, the rights of indigenous people, the wars of extraction and exploitation
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Nine hour drive from Canberra to Coffs Harbour - rained all the way so plenty of stops and no rushing - drove past the outskirts of Buladelah, ground still bearing the scars of last weekend’s bushfire which claimed the life of a local bloke, John Lohan, not even 60 - this can be a brutal country.
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Nine hour drive from Canberra to Coffs Harbour - rained all the way so plenty of stops and no rushing - drove past the outskirts of Buladelah, ground still bearing the scars of last weekend’s bushfire which claimed the life of a local bloke, John Lohan, not even 60 - this can be a brutal country.
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AUSSIES:
Bluesky just threatened me - that unless I, (unwarranted), hand over my personal details (scary) to an unknown(?) & unsafe(?) Company (?) On the WWWeb
Then, until I submit (Obedient)
I can No Longer Follow New People.
Anyway, if this account suddenly disapears - blame Bluesky
Keep Safe 🥺🥹
Bluesky just threatened me - that unless I, (unwarranted), hand over my personal details (scary) to an unknown(?) & unsafe(?) Company (?) On the WWWeb
Then, until I submit (Obedient)
I can No Longer Follow New People.
Anyway, if this account suddenly disapears - blame Bluesky
Keep Safe 🥺🥹
December 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
AUSSIES:
Bluesky just threatened me - that unless I, (unwarranted), hand over my personal details (scary) to an unknown(?) & unsafe(?) Company (?) On the WWWeb
Then, until I submit (Obedient)
I can No Longer Follow New People.
Anyway, if this account suddenly disapears - blame Bluesky
Keep Safe 🥺🥹
Bluesky just threatened me - that unless I, (unwarranted), hand over my personal details (scary) to an unknown(?) & unsafe(?) Company (?) On the WWWeb
Then, until I submit (Obedient)
I can No Longer Follow New People.
Anyway, if this account suddenly disapears - blame Bluesky
Keep Safe 🥺🥹
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🇨🇦 If you are a Canadian who still wants to travel to the US, you may want to put that thought aside.
The US Thought Police want your social/personal history for the last five years.
If you have said anything against Felon 47 you might be banned or jailed.
US Tourism is dead.
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
The US Thought Police want your social/personal history for the last five years.
If you have said anything against Felon 47 you might be banned or jailed.
US Tourism is dead.
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
December 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🇨🇦 If you are a Canadian who still wants to travel to the US, you may want to put that thought aside.
The US Thought Police want your social/personal history for the last five years.
If you have said anything against Felon 47 you might be banned or jailed.
US Tourism is dead.
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
The US Thought Police want your social/personal history for the last five years.
If you have said anything against Felon 47 you might be banned or jailed.
US Tourism is dead.
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
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I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.”
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.”
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
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Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
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If this is what Israeli "settlers" [aka terrorists] feel able to do to American citizens, no wonder they act with such genocidal impunity against Palestinians.
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
If this is what Israeli "settlers" [aka terrorists] feel able to do to American citizens, no wonder they act with such genocidal impunity against Palestinians.
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An embarrassment? When you spill soup on yourself when you’re meeting the in-laws, that’s an embarrassment.
ICE is the horrifying and dangerous arm of this government’s descent into fascist totalitarianism.
ICE is the horrifying and dangerous arm of this government’s descent into fascist totalitarianism.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
An embarrassment? When you spill soup on yourself when you’re meeting the in-laws, that’s an embarrassment.
ICE is the horrifying and dangerous arm of this government’s descent into fascist totalitarianism.
ICE is the horrifying and dangerous arm of this government’s descent into fascist totalitarianism.
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Top UN officials and the UN Security Council have described UNRWA as the backbone of the aid response in Gaza, where the two-year war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas unleashed a humanitarian catastrophe.
December 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Top UN officials and the UN Security Council have described UNRWA as the backbone of the aid response in Gaza, where the two-year war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas unleashed a humanitarian catastrophe.
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Israel is creating the perfect conditions for disease to spread. The list of ways Israel is killing people in Gaza goes on and on.
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Israel is creating the perfect conditions for disease to spread. The list of ways Israel is killing people in Gaza goes on and on.
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So the US just hijacked an oil tanker and the president casually says “I guess we keep the oil”
Is this not just theft
Is this not just theft
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
So the US just hijacked an oil tanker and the president casually says “I guess we keep the oil”
Is this not just theft
Is this not just theft
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OTD in 1994 the First Chechen War began. After incompetent initial assault that failed, Russian army turned to barbarism & crimes against humanity. It stopped when we signed a peace deal we would later violate.
None of this should sound familiar to you
None of this should sound familiar to you
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
OTD in 1994 the First Chechen War began. After incompetent initial assault that failed, Russian army turned to barbarism & crimes against humanity. It stopped when we signed a peace deal we would later violate.
None of this should sound familiar to you
None of this should sound familiar to you
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The biggest con trick Israel has managed to pull off over the past two years is imposing entirely phony parameters on a “debate” in the West about the credibility of the death toll in Gaza, now officially standing at just over 70,000.
December 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The biggest con trick Israel has managed to pull off over the past two years is imposing entirely phony parameters on a “debate” in the West about the credibility of the death toll in Gaza, now officially standing at just over 70,000.
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Convicted gang rapists getting their convictions overturned. Murderer getting their conviction overturned. What I notice these people have in common are that they're all men. #auspol #MVAW #MVAC
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Greg Lynn appeal: high country murder conviction overturned
Former Jetstar pilot will face a new trial after his conviction over the 2020 killing of camper Carol Clay was overturned
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Convicted gang rapists getting their convictions overturned. Murderer getting their conviction overturned. What I notice these people have in common are that they're all men. #auspol #MVAW #MVAC
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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⭕️ After 60 days of ceasefire in Gaza
The Israeli occupation's violations left 386 civilians killed
980 injured
43 arrested by occupation forces
Source: Government Media Office in Gaza
10, Dec
Official website -Hamas movement
The Israeli occupation's violations left 386 civilians killed
980 injured
43 arrested by occupation forces
Source: Government Media Office in Gaza
10, Dec
Official website -Hamas movement
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
⭕️ After 60 days of ceasefire in Gaza
The Israeli occupation's violations left 386 civilians killed
980 injured
43 arrested by occupation forces
Source: Government Media Office in Gaza
10, Dec
Official website -Hamas movement
The Israeli occupation's violations left 386 civilians killed
980 injured
43 arrested by occupation forces
Source: Government Media Office in Gaza
10, Dec
Official website -Hamas movement
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Meanwhile, a new report by Reporters Without Borders finds Israel has killed more journalists in 2025 than any other country — for the third year running. The report found Israel’s military liable for the deaths of 29 Palestinian journalists, among 67 journalists killed around the world this year.
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Meanwhile, a new report by Reporters Without Borders finds Israel has killed more journalists in 2025 than any other country — for the third year running. The report found Israel’s military liable for the deaths of 29 Palestinian journalists, among 67 journalists killed around the world this year.
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We are allied to pirates this is not good
December 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We are allied to pirates this is not good
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Dr Assal Rad—
"There is no ceasefire in Gaza, just ongoing GENOCIDE.
"Any news outlet that fails to report it this way is engaging in genocide denial and propaganda, not journalism."
"There is no ceasefire in Gaza, just ongoing GENOCIDE.
"Any news outlet that fails to report it this way is engaging in genocide denial and propaganda, not journalism."
December 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Dr Assal Rad—
"There is no ceasefire in Gaza, just ongoing GENOCIDE.
"Any news outlet that fails to report it this way is engaging in genocide denial and propaganda, not journalism."
"There is no ceasefire in Gaza, just ongoing GENOCIDE.
"Any news outlet that fails to report it this way is engaging in genocide denial and propaganda, not journalism."
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The so-called “war” with Venezuela was supposedly about stopping drugs… yet they’re out there seizing an oil tanker.
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The so-called “war” with Venezuela was supposedly about stopping drugs… yet they’re out there seizing an oil tanker.
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#GVerse #FuckICE detain U.S. citizen for "looking" Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
December 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#GVerse #FuckICE detain U.S. citizen for "looking" Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
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These are lies.
Marles will be working in the “defence industry” within this decade.
None of this serves Australians in any way.
#AusPol
#CancelAUKUS
Marles will be working in the “defence industry” within this decade.
None of this serves Australians in any way.
#AusPol
#CancelAUKUS
Hegseth praises Australia for 'stepping up' as Marles insists AUKUS is on track
The defence minister insists the AUKUS program is on track to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines in the next decade — despite the delays plaguing shipbuilding programs in both the US an...
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
These are lies.
Marles will be working in the “defence industry” within this decade.
None of this serves Australians in any way.
#AusPol
#CancelAUKUS
Marles will be working in the “defence industry” within this decade.
None of this serves Australians in any way.
#AusPol
#CancelAUKUS
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Israel’s military chief has told soldiers occupying the Gaza Strip that the “yellow line” dividing the Palestinian territory under President Trump’s ceasefire plan will become a “new border” for Israel.
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Israel’s military chief has told soldiers occupying the Gaza Strip that the “yellow line” dividing the Palestinian territory under President Trump’s ceasefire plan will become a “new border” for Israel.
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After the U.S. imposed sanctions, YouTube took down over 700 videos from prominent Palestinian human rights groups. Rights advocates say this censorship goes beyond Palestine and affects the future of international justice and accountability.
December 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
After the U.S. imposed sanctions, YouTube took down over 700 videos from prominent Palestinian human rights groups. Rights advocates say this censorship goes beyond Palestine and affects the future of international justice and accountability.