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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 1d

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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Dew Droppin' Deity @freshwaterdeity.bsky.social · 1d

Please consider signing the petition for Clare's Law. There are a lot of flaws to this system but it could save a whole lot of women's lives.

www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 4h

#AusVotes2028

Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 23d

From today, JobSeeker will be indexed to $56.69 a day. That's 89 cents more - or what Labor calls "cost of living relief" 🫠

Claiming credit for an automatic inflation adjustment that keeps people in poverty tells you everything you need to know about the state of the ALP.

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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 1d

The Zionist lawsuits against @marykostakidis.bsky.social John Keane & Nick Riemer are a massive test for free speech in Australia, and costly. We check the claims. Keane kicks off in the morning.
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/zionists-v-k...

Zionists v Keane, Riemer, Kostakidis. Australia's massive test cases for free speech - Michael West

Zionist lawsuits against Mary Kostakidis and Sydney Uni academics John Keane and Nick Riemer are a mighty test case for free speech in Australia

michaelwest.com.au

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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 4h

Palestinians have been held without charge. How is that not the definition of 'hostage'? bsky.app/profile/pale...

The Palestine Project @palestineproject.bsky.social · 1d

Most media are glossing over Israel soon releasing 1,700 Palestinians it abducted and held without charge--in other words, hostages they kidnapped. And they're not releasing all of them.

Double Standard for Israeli and Palestinian Hostages

Most media are glossing over Israel soon releasing 1,700 Palestinians it abducted and held without charge--in other words, hostages they kidnapped. And they're not releasing all of them.

mitchellplitnick.substack.com

Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 4h

It's a genocide not 'war'. The Palestinians are hostages, too.

NPR @npr.org · 23h

Preparations were also underway Sunday for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. n.pr/4q5J3EF

Preparations begin to ramp up aid in Gaza as ceasefire brings hope for end to 2-year war

Preparations were also underway Sunday for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 5h

#AusVotes2028

Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 9h

The ALP might as well merge with the Minerals Council of Australia

Miners to get an early look at Labor’s new green laws

Tom Rabe
WA political correspondent
Oct 12, 2025 – 3.26pm

The Albanese government will give mining companies and other stakeholders draft extracts of its environmental protection laws before they go to parliament, as Environment Minister Murray Watt tries to rebuild trust after earlier negotiations on the reforms collapsed in acrimony.

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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 6h

Surprise, surprise. In his latest to-be-remaindered book "Australia: A History" Tony Abbott makes vague concessions about the horrors visited on Indigenous people while justifying white colonial rule and making sweeping unsubstantiated claims www.news.com.au/national/luc...

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 18h

"Slashdot: What's the reason OneDrive tells users this setting can only be turned off 3 times a year?

[Microsoft's publicist chose not to answer this question.]"

Microsoft's OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) - Slashdot

I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft's "OneDrive" file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. "OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos.....

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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 7h

It was a joke about using paint to prevent urination stains, not an indepth consideration of the mental health of men who choose to piss wherever they like, whenever they like.

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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 7h

#AusVotes2028

The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 13h

The Climate Council identifies another 38 new or expanded coal projects seeking federal government approval. Collectively, they would produce more than 5.7 billion tonnes of coal over their lifetimes, equivalent to more than 14 years of current production. satpa.pe/MqrUOcC

Labor’s slate for fossil fuel approvals

The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity.

satpa.pe

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 17h

#WATCH | Spy device disguised as a brick left by the Israeli army in Gaza.

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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 7h

The Altar of Confession at St Peter’s Basilica could use some of that paint www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

Pope Leo ‘shocked’ after man urinates on altar during Holy Mass

Pope Leo XIV is reportedly “shocked“ after footage emerged of a man urinating on an altar during holy mass at the Vatican City on Friday (local time).

www.stuff.co.nz

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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 8h

While it might be conceded that there are individuals in a govt who care, the forecast fallout of this flawed ban is of no consequence to political parties if the impact is on people they perceive as not part of the majority that elected them (or who can't yet vote). www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

LGBTQIA+ advocates say social media ban will 'cut off' regional queer teens

LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports ...

www.abc.net.au

Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 8h

It's a very curious situation. The history of how and why the UN HQ is located in NY would be enlightening, if it were possible to know all the machinations.

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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 12h

Watch reporter John Lyons’ story Chasing Trump’s Billions, on #4Corners ABC TV tonight 8.30 AEST & support public interest #journalism. Via YouTube for international viewers. This story famously led Donald #Trump to threaten John’s questions were “hurting Australia”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

As Trump's wealth skyrockets, accusations of conflicts of interest mount

Donald Trump's wealth has skyrocketed since his return to the White House nine months ago, leading to accusations that he is profiting from the presidency.

www.abc.net.au

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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 10h

It's only the bare-faced blatancy that separates him from every other corrupt politician in the world.

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Bill Bovingdon @williambovingdon.substack.com · 11h

Well there”s an achievement to be ashamed of
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Platypus vanish from river where Charles Darwin pondered evolution

Almost 190 years on, in the place where Charles Darwin first spotted a platypus, the egg-laying mammal seems to have disappeared.

www.abc.net.au

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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 2d

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 2d

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

A poster in green ink on off white paper. In the center is a woodcut style illustration of a protester wearing an inflatable frog costume standing up against two ICE agents. The text above and below reads:

VIVE LA
RIBBITSTANCE

Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 2d

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 2d

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 2d

This is enlightening bsky.app/profile/jone...

Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 2d

It gets worse ...

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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 2d

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 2d

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 2d

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor agree with me on this bsky.app/profile/sora...

Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 2d

"To put it bluntly, the most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating."

The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

www.theguardian.com

Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 2d

What doesn't seem to be recognised, yet, is that the lessons of history have been learned and those who are now in power are being more successful in reintroducing fascism because they know what went wrong, last time. They know dissent must be crushed and fear instilled to quell protest and revolt.

Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 2d

The UN kind of isn't 'based in New York' bc "[t]he whole area was converted into international territory and officially does not belong to the United States." eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/un2013/history

History — United Nations Headquarters

eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu

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