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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 7h

Well he would, wouldn't he?
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7h

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court to testify in his corruption trial, days after US President Trump called for him to be pardoned. Protesters outside the court demanded the trial continue as a test of Israel’s democracy. Netanyahu denies all charges.

Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 7h

<sub>At no time in any country's history has it had "responsible media".<sub>

Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 7h

The evident self-satisfaction in the final 10 seconds. Some people never learn.

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 10h

Israel's idea of a ceasefire is "We shoot them, they don't shoot back. But if we do take a break from shooting at them, we'll use the time to shoot at someone else."

Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 15h

Seriously?

Home in Place would not say why it had not taken the landlord to the Residential Tenancies Authority, the government agency that can enforce tenancy law.

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 16h

It was funding to provide for legal representation before the NACC itself. Nothing to do with any of his other legal misadventures.

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 16h

I'd go with Muppets' Der Ring des Nibelungen, myself.
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👻 ZH0000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.online · 17h

After the Usuals, clearly I am going to free the Muppets from their Horrible Oppressors at Disney in exchange for One Favor

Thats right.

THE MUPPETS' ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Jul 17

The thing about these guys forming relationships with chatbots is that they will start treating actual women like the chatbots.

And when real women don't fawn, don't glaze them the way these digital yes men do, express opinions, they will view them as *defective* chatbots.

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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 23h

mondoweiss.net/2025/10/pale...
Read this article about further Israeli bastardry
Palestinians will never be treated with humanity under this regime

Palestinians freed from Israeli prison denied reunion with families as Trump claims a ‘forever’ peace

Palestinians gathered in the West Bank to reunite with loved ones set to be released as part of the prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas. But many were devastated to learn that Israel had deport...

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 19h

If Biden had been serious about wanting peace he wouldn't have continued arming Israel for another 14 months after that.

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 20h

Those would be the hostages released during Biden's Thanksgiving ceasefire of 2023, wouldn't they?
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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 20h

Well, that explains a few things...
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Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social · 20h

Wait, isn't that Dave Hughes?

Chris Somerville @chrisomerville.bsky.social · 1d

Jair Bolsonaro hospitalised again after drinking contaminated ground water

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 20h

What? And throw away a historic third term?

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 21h

Nothing shouts giving up [what remains of] our national sovereignty louder than #AUKUS. #auspol

Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 21h

In case you were curious as to who has sovereign control over #AUKUS, this overnight (Washington) response from Minister Pat Conroy says it all. 1/2 #auspol

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 20h

ABC News really need to do something about their sub-editing.

But why should anyone be thanking the president?

Instead, they should be asking: why are the remaining hostages only coming home now, when there was a ceasefire he helped broker at the start of the year that saw dozens of hostages released?

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 20h

I have lent books to people like Nick. But never twice.

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 1d

Just found my "My Aged Care" assessment while tidying up. Funny thing - I have no recollection of an in person visit from the assessor, but it's written as if they'd actually seen where I live. Hmmm.
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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 16d

"My Aged Care" is nothing of the kind.

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Floyd, of the K floyds @floydthek.bsky.social · 1d

Two lots of hostages were released yesterday. One group was called 'prisoners'. Their emotional reunions with loved ones received zero attention in the Nine papers because they're Palestinian.

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of people appear to have forgotten who the US President was who supported Israel's genocide in Gaza for sixteen months.
Hint: it wasn't Donald Trump.

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 2d

I checked the report - hadn't run at a surplus for several years. NFP in name only.

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 2d

Think I'm going to make "Trump supplied the weapons that Israel used on the Palestinians" a blocking offence. Until January this year it was Joe Biden providing the weapons, with the complicity of the US Congress.

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 2d

My own most recent experience with My Aged Care.
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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 16d

"My Aged Care" is nothing of the kind.

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 2d

The system is working as intended. Designed by managers, for managers.

FoxtrotFoxtrotSierra @maggiedawitch.bsky.social · 2d

Today I started down the My Aged Care rabbit hole.First phone call advised me an assessor would be in touch within the next few weeks,then said help might take up to 18 months or more. The person said, & I quote: "The system is broken".I will be documenting my experiences here.
#AgedCareAustralia

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FoxtrotFoxtrotSierra @maggiedawitch.bsky.social · 2d

Today I started down the My Aged Care rabbit hole.First phone call advised me an assessor would be in touch within the next few weeks,then said help might take up to 18 months or more. The person said, & I quote: "The system is broken".I will be documenting my experiences here.
#AgedCareAustralia

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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 5d

Where "peace" equals the complete expulsion or extermination of the indigenous population.
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Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 5d

Genocidal war criminal nominates his weapons dealer for the Nobel Peace Prize and our Foreign Minister fawns over it.

Embarrassing.

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