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Victoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social · 1h

Spot on. The Republicans have radicalised a generation of young men to turn their resentment and insecurity into hate and often violence, in the interest of billionaires. So grateful to hear AOC say it!

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3h

Results or resignations required stat

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 5h

New:
The NACC has over two hundred employees and an annual budget of over $60m, but has yet to land a single major finding from over 5,000 referrals.
The pressure is rising.

Does the NACC have any hope of regaining public trust?

The NACC has over two hundred employees and an annual budget of over $60m, but has yet to land a single major finding from over 5,000 referrals.

www.crikey.com.au

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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 2h

What new crap is this?

🦄)))🕊️🎗️✡️🐇 #VoteYesOnCAProp50 @melisandra01.bsky.social · 8h

Dearest Black and Jewish Alliance

The Christofascists and Islamofascists have agreed with China and RuZZia that Black and Jewish people are globally expendable. They’re angry because the Black and Jewish world is getting up on her his feet. They see strength. Just reporting in.

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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 3d

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Bad Choices Make Good Stories @badchoices.us · 7d

Trump wants to arrest Democrats.

What scares me the most is not just that history is repeating itself, but how many Americans can’t see that history is repeating itself.

Hitler put Democrats in concentration camps even before he put Jews in concentration camps.

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Bad Choices Make Good Stories @badchoices.us · 3d

School prayer will create a lot of new atheists.

Every day, every student will pray for no more school shootings.

And every day there will be more school shootings.

Because prayer doesn’t work. They’ll learn that in school now.

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Bad Choices Make Good Stories @badchoices.us · 3d

Fascism is violent nationalism.

In America, fascism is called Americanism.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2h

An unexpected unemployment rate rise puts the RBA odds-on to cut the cash rate – but it’s a headache for Jim Chalmers

A resilient labour market is the jewel in Labor’s crown when it comes to its economic record. Is this month’s data a blip, or the start of something bigger? * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Hear that? That’s the sound of the jobs market creaking, if not cracking. Australia’s unemployment rate unexpectedly jumped to a four-year high of 4.5% in September, up from 4.3% the month before. Continue reading...

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Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · 2h

Great work BZE
Beyond Zero Emissions 🙌
‘Powering Up Gladstone, delivers a comprehensive evaluation of the region's capacity to become a clean commodities hub, using evidence-based indicators from the National Action Plan.’
#EnergyTransition #auspol
www.bze.org.au/research/rep...

Research: Powering Up Gladstone | Energy

Our new insights paper, Powering Up Gladstone, delivers a comprehensive evaluation of the region's capacity to become a

www.bze.org.au

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 3h

As an Australian taxpayer, I continue to resent paying the 6-figure salary of the conflict of interest-riddled Special Envoy Jillian Segal

Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 9h

Earlier this year (January 2025) Special Envoy Jillian Segal confirms the US govt lobbied and convinced the Aust Govt to get her position established.

www.c-span.org/clip/public-...

User Clip: Jillian Segal

US applies pressure on Australia to introduce Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism.

www.c-span.org

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 22h

If you are watching the Reform Party controlled Councils with their endless mishaps, resignations, fallouts, scandals, mismanagement and sheer comedic idiocy, but still thinking of making these clowns a national government, representing the UK on the global stage, you are literally insane.

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Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 3h

The climate crisis is fuelling extreme fires across the planet

In the past year, an area of land over 3.7 M km², larger than India, was burned worldwide. >100 M people were affected by these fires, and homes and infrastructure worth US$215 billion were at risk.

theconversation.com/the-climate-...

The climate crisis is fuelling extreme fires across the planet

It’s clear – climate change is supercharging the world’s wildfires in unpredictable and devastating ways.

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JayMarkBoomer @fkx-boomer.bsky.social · 2h

And.. Exactly WHEN TFk is America going to throw this TRAITOR out?

Deport Melania and her 'kid' as well 😠

AnnieOakleyinGA @annie1x.bsky.social · 9h

#Pinks #ProudBlue
Trump is going after Jack Smith, Andrew Weissman, Lisa Monaco and Adam Schiff for investigating his illegal activities. He wants anyone who has tried to hold him accountable locked up. The Republican Senators are all complicit.
newrepublic.com/post/201828/...

Trump Makes Clear No One Can Rule Against Him as He Threatens Enemies

Donald Trump is now calling himself the “chief law enforcement officer.”

newrepublic.com

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MsPraxis @mspraxis.bsky.social · 2h

I've met the most wonderful man! We met online, through a dating app, and we're totally in love!

TITLE: You've been kidnapped
Body of text: Your kidnappers allow you to keep posting on social media to pretend everything is alright. What would you post that would alarm your followers, without the kidnappers knowing you're asking for help?

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Dr Gemma Hughes @gemhughes.bsky.social · 2h

Sharp observations

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable | Van Badham

Despite the relentless insistence of tech’s grifters, AI is not industrially inevitable – or even sustainable. Which is why it is time to push back

www.theguardian.com

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2h

That $400 million could have tripled the QLD’s $100 Back to School Boost payment for primary school students or paid for a year’s worth of free school lunches.

For more information:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/adani-s...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2h

New Australia Institute research reveals that QLD has missed out on almost $400 million after Adani sold discounted coal to Indian companies.

‘It’s time Australian governments started charging for Australian resources and stopped giving them away for free.’

@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 2h

This Friday, Crikey will attempt to set a world record for the most freedom of information requests filed in a day. A marathon protest against government secrecy.

Join Crikey as it sets a world record for filing freedom of information requests, live!

www.crikey.com.au

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Martin @ampule2.bsky.social · 6h

His "cone of silence" is a failure. Now the void will be filled with Whistleblowers. Rookie mistake Pete🤣🤣

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Larry Seff @lseff.bsky.social · 6h

Yes capitulation and collaboration is the road to death blood and nihilism.

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TJ Notes @vintage1867.bsky.social · 6h

The White House press corp needs to do this too

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afox27.bsky.social @afox27.bsky.social · 4h

Even Fox. Can you believe it? Credit where it's due 👍🏼

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Hansel Krankepantzen @krankepantzen.bsky.social · 5h

Interesting. So OANN, "One America" "News" Network was the only "news" outlet that agreed to set aside doing real reporting, real journalism, in favor of being a propaganda outlet for conservatives, Republicans? All the others demurred? Nice. Wasn't their motto, "The Truth is Verboten!"

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Carolyn @txcsd.bsky.social · 5h

The conservative cable channel One America News Network (OANN) appears to be the only outlet that has so far come forward publicly to say it signed the Pentagon policy.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Five major broadcast networks say they won't sign new Pentagon media policy

The policy says reporters could have their press passes revoked if they publish information the Pentagon hasn't been authorized for release.

www.nbcnews.com

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Blackbird ✨🐦‍⬛💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🇲🇽🇨🇦🇬🇱 @hometreez.bsky.social · 6h

They should all cover Virginia Guiffre’s book instead! I just read the excerpt they released and oh my god. These people need to be in prison. I’m guessing some of these men are still hurting kids now.

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