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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · Mar 31

Vote like your best mate is indigenous, your daughter is gay, your uncle is on NDIS, your brother is on the poverty line, your neighbour is an immigrant and your kids have to live on this planet for decades after you leave.

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 7h

And didn’t that ear heal up well…..

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 7h

He’ll probably have ICE raid them for the photo negative

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

They showed his neck vagina. That’s what he’s really upset about.

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HildaBewildered @hildabewildered.bsky.social · 7h

I actually cried when I read about this. After all she has endured, for this poor young woman to be bankrupted is vile. Who on earth could do that.

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Tomm Gabbard @tommgabb.bsky.social · 7h

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 7h

I for one and shocked..SHOCKED.. that a permanently drunk wife beating white supremacist doesn’t want to be transparent.

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 11h

"His ratings are terrible".... Trump about everyone else but him.

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 7h

Oh no does that mean Musk is staying on this planet?

Reuters @reuters.com · 22h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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enrich12 @enrich12.bsky.social · 7h

Seventy percent of people in ICE detention have NO CRIMINAL RECORD. SEVENTY PERCENT! 😳

I HATE this administration. #FuckThem

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20h

On Saturday, we wear yellow. ❌👑

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 9h

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 13h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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ᑕ ᕼ ᓰ ᗷ 〇 ᒪ 乇 @chibole.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine getting hit by the bill and the ambulance

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

The NYT, Atlantic, WaPo, CNN, Guardian and others have all refused to sign Pete Hegseth new rules on reporting from the Pentagon. As far as I can tell only OAN has signed it. I guess this is Hegseth waving goodbye to their access to the Pentagon and other DOD facilities.

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 1d

A consistent thing about Trumpists in power is how they want everyone else to believe that people only do things for money

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 1d

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against a young woman who a court of law found to have been raped in her office by a Linda Reynolds staffer

Vaxatious Litigant 💉 @exposingnv.bsky.social · 1d

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 14h

This is an alarming compression of the planetary destruction timeline: with the massive growth of the AI bubble, data centers are expected to consume up to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

www.cnn.com

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 10h

And

a cartoon dog is covering his mouth with his hand while smiling .

ALT: a cartoon dog is covering his mouth with his hand while smiling .

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah that was awesome

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They def were

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 10h

My three fave superheroes as a little kid were Mighty Mouse, Atom Ant and Fearless Fly

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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 10h

Sooo many meeces

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Philobie Tindle @philobiet.bsky.social · 10h

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Monday, everyone!

Here's our reminder that without far stronger environmental laws the wildlife and places we all know and dearly love will continue to be destroyed and disappear, forever.

theconversation.com/labor-is-clo... By @drphilmccormack.bsky.social @yungenchee.bsky.social and me.

Labor is close to a deal on environmental law reforms. There are troubling signs these will fall short

Labor is close to a deal on its environmental law reforms. Will they strong enough to protect nature?

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 11h

It would difficult to find a more loathsome creature than she who dares to put Hon in front of her name.

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Linda Reynolds pursues bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins after defamation win

Former Liberal senator launches claim in effort to obtain more than $1m in damages and legal costs

www.theguardian.com

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