Caitlin Welsh
@caitlinwelsh.bsky.social
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editor, writer, anxious DJ, snack wizard, the Ricky Bobby of pub trivia playlists etc @sydneymusic.net
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cameronwilson.bsky.social
I put in a request - haven’t heard anything
jasonandrade.bsky.social
I assume eleventy jillion journalists have asked you this already @jay.bsky.team but does BlueSky have a statement on the Australian age enforcement of social media (legislation) and how are you going to go about doing it for an entire country?

Or do you drop Australian access?
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taliajane.bsky.social
a fake quote being attributed to zohran mamdani is igniting the pro-palestine left.

he never said arresting netanyahu would make him a trumpian fascist. that phrase was posted by an account known for using extreme rhetoric to accuse mamdani of effectively saying that as a result of him softening.
image circulating claiming to attribute a fake quote to mamdani. text reads:
dec. 2024: “as mayor of nyc i would arrest benjamin netanyahu”
sept. 2025: “arresting netanyahu would make me a trumpian fascist.” - this second quote has in big letters over it the words “fake quote.” post from the originator of the phrase. text reads:

@zei squirrel
here you have it side by side. Zohran in December 2024, when he was running in the primary, pledging that he will definitely arrest Netanyahu. Then fast forward to Zohran in September 2025, after he won the primary, and suddenly arresting Netanyahu makes you a Trumpian fascist:
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marisakabas.bsky.social
A miracle they’re still alive. Elated for their families. Can’t help but think of all the hostages who would have also come home two years ago had Netanyahu chosen his own people over his thirst for war.
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ablum.bsky.social
We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Portland, you magnificent weirdos
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emilynussbaum.bsky.social
I’m happy that the big kooky liberated Portland frogs have emerged as an aesthetic backlash to the dank Pepes
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msbtterswrth.altgov.info
Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!
The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"
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internethippo.bsky.social
There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that
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floreani.bsky.social
even when writing makes me want to tear my eyeballs out of my skull, I still wouldn't want AI to take away this experience. the uncomfortable friction between what's in my brain (makes sense!) and what's on the page (does not make sense!) is where the good shit happens
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nberlat.bsky.social
saw someone arguing that MTG's anti Israel noises suggest that she's a more reliable moral voice longterm than most centrist Ds, and...like, people really need to acknowledge just how antisemitic she is and what role that plays in her approach to Israel policy. 1
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robdelaney.bsky.social
In all the horrible news Israel & the US generate when they work together, it is instructive that I learn that Israel’s strike on Qatar didn’t even kill the Hamas officials it was allegedly targeting *from an article about how Trump will personally profit from the ceasefire.*
mbazzi.bsky.social
An underreported aspect of the Gaza ceasefire: The business deals that Trump's family made with Gulf Arab states gave Trump a personal stake in restraining Netanyahu — my piece @theguardian.com | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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premthakker.bsky.social
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
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purplepingers.bsky.social
Nelson Alexander requiring tenants to use an AI chatbot to report urgent repairs. Reportedly this chatbot cannot differentiate between urgent and non-urgent repairs. Incredible.
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hels.bsky.social
This is canon now
sovietcola.bsky.social
"Tracy you can't fly anymore, remember?"
*cut to Tracy stood in a plane brandishing a box cutter. his expression is tense and angry but he is saying "If you do not all calm down I cannot teach you about knife safety" in Arabic*
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chelecajeleca.bsky.social
The best form of welfare (for the capitalist class) is coerced labour exploitation (for you)
antipovertycentre.org
Payman: Why are you maintaining a system that "The Labor *party* platform notes can be punitive, cause stress and anxiety, and can be a barrier to employment?"

Senator Jess Walsh responds by explaining that the Labor *government* believes the best form of welfare is a job 👍
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liamhogan.id.au
The difference between David Pocock and the rest of the Cwth Parliament is that as a professional athlete he was required to appreciate interest conflicts and integrity risks (especially re. gambling).

In Australia the federal level is unique in not doing this: States and Councils must handle risk
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brendelbored.bsky.social
This isn’t just “Charlie Brown had hoes” levels of wrong it’s “Charlie Brown never had a dog” levels of wrong
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beyerstein.bsky.social
Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.
Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls  while praying outside an ICE facility.
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scumbelievable.bsky.social
No shade to any of the Vertigo relaunch writers, but this is what the lineup looks like with me no longer in it, lol.