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@demwar.bsky.social
Once described in HuffPost as “one of the brightest minds on the planet”… (true) but I’m pretty sure that journo was high. (also true).
Done stuff | Seen things | Been Places | WAF |
ANTIFA | Dilettante polymath
📍Bunurong, Turrbal and Yuggera Country.
Done stuff | Seen things | Been Places | WAF |
ANTIFA | Dilettante polymath
📍Bunurong, Turrbal and Yuggera Country.
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@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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A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE
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A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE
Activists are targeting the reputations of Home Depot, AT&T, and other businesses.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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On 05Mar2017, when Pauline Hanson was interviewed by Barrie Cassidy on #Insiders, she praised Russia's Vladimir Putin, saying she respected the man and that he was a patriot for his country. (This was after Russia's involvement in the downing of flight MH-17 in 2014.) #auspol #Russia #SlavaUkraine
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
On 05Mar2017, when Pauline Hanson was interviewed by Barrie Cassidy on #Insiders, she praised Russia's Vladimir Putin, saying she respected the man and that he was a patriot for his country. (This was after Russia's involvement in the downing of flight MH-17 in 2014.) #auspol #Russia #SlavaUkraine
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I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over ‘Kill Them All’ Orders
A follow-up missile allegedly killed survivors of a U.S. strike on a drug boat.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
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"My poll numbers have never been better."
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"My poll numbers have never been better."
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what the FUCK
Asylum seekers banned from taking taxis in new government crackdown
Asylum seekers banned from taking taxis in new government crackdown
Asylum seekers banned from taking taxis in new government crackdown
www.independent.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
what the FUCK
November 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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BREAKING: Albanese, the affirmed enemy of transparency and accountability, to set up yet another secretive body to cover for the government's shitfuckery.
#AusPol
#AUKUS
#AusPol
#AUKUS
Albanese and Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus – but Greens excluded
No more than seven government MPs will be appointed but Greens and independents will not be included
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned.
Peugeot 405 (1st car, gift from gran)
Nissan 350Z (2nd person in LA)
Fiat 500C
Jaguar XJR
Citroen C4
Peugeot 405 (1st car, gift from gran)
Nissan 350Z (2nd person in LA)
Fiat 500C
Jaguar XJR
Citroen C4
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned.
HK Kingswood 1968
HQ Monaro 1972 350 Chev
1963 EJ Station wagon
1979 Mazda 929 fitted with import rotary engine
Ford XR5 Turbo
I am no longer a redhead weirdly
HK Kingswood 1968
HQ Monaro 1972 350 Chev
1963 EJ Station wagon
1979 Mazda 929 fitted with import rotary engine
Ford XR5 Turbo
I am no longer a redhead weirdly
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned...I've only owned 3
79 Toyota Corolla (the transmission went)
80 Suzuki Swift (the rear axle snapped off in an accident)
88 Ford Capri (still going strong)
79 Toyota Corolla (the transmission went)
80 Suzuki Swift (the rear axle snapped off in an accident)
88 Ford Capri (still going strong)
November 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned.
Peugeot 405 (1st car, gift from gran)
Nissan 350Z (2nd person in LA)
Fiat 500C
Jaguar XJR
Citroen C4
Peugeot 405 (1st car, gift from gran)
Nissan 350Z (2nd person in LA)
Fiat 500C
Jaguar XJR
Citroen C4
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“ #AUKUS is a toxic deal, and the more the Australian public sees of it, the more they oppose it. Labor has responded to this challenge by leaning into secrecy and keeping as much as possible from the public.”
This closed shop committee won't provide any "scrutiny".
It's a rubber stamp. #auspol
This closed shop committee won't provide any "scrutiny".
It's a rubber stamp. #auspol
Albanese and Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus – but Greens excluded
Albanese and Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus – but Greens excluded
No more than seven government MPs will be appointed but Greens and independents will not be included
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The Aukus nuclear submarine deal and Australia’s involvement in military conflicts will be considered by a secretive new committee of federal parliament, dubbed a “closed shop” by the Greens over plans to exclude minor parties and independents.
Labor and the Coalition are preparing to pass legislation to establish a joint House and Senate committee on defence as soon as Thursday, with a makeup mirroring the powerful parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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🚨Nine Jewish groups are urging the Government to reject Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report", saying it's an attack on Australia's "democracy" and "freedoms" – benefitting the state of Israel.
Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive...
theklaxon.com.au/22ti
Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive...
theklaxon.com.au/22ti
Segal “threatening Australia’s freedoms and democracy”, Jewish groups warn - The Klaxon
A group of Jewish organisations has labelled Envoy Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report" an attack on Australia's “democracy” and “freedoms”, and say it must be rejected.
theklaxon.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
🚨Nine Jewish groups are urging the Government to reject Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report", saying it's an attack on Australia's "democracy" and "freedoms" – benefitting the state of Israel.
Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive...
theklaxon.com.au/22ti
Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive...
theklaxon.com.au/22ti
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Absolute scenes at Rising Tide today as police chased a group of octogenarians in a dinghy who were trying to stop a coal ship.
They stopped the coal ship.
Knitting Nanas ahoy!
They stopped the coal ship.
Knitting Nanas ahoy!
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Absolute scenes at Rising Tide today as police chased a group of octogenarians in a dinghy who were trying to stop a coal ship.
They stopped the coal ship.
Knitting Nanas ahoy!
They stopped the coal ship.
Knitting Nanas ahoy!
I can improve.
@demwar.bsky.social has swears! They've used 1,653 profanities in their last 15,733 posts.
🥇 "fucking" (396 times)
🥈 "fuck" (327 times)
🥉 "shit" (189 times)
🥇 "fucking" (396 times)
🥈 "fuck" (327 times)
🥉 "shit" (189 times)
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I can improve.
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The full cost of the BoM website has been known for some time — I reported it in September last year — so why would management not be honest about it? It’s a story of executives meeting the firm ‘Accidenture’. $96m later… www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/11...
Inside the Bureau of Meteorology’s $96m website fiasco
Global IT consultancy Accenture has been accused of ‘strip mining’ the Bureau of Meteorology during its years-late delivery of a redesigned website not fit for purpose.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The full cost of the BoM website has been known for some time — I reported it in September last year — so why would management not be honest about it? It’s a story of executives meeting the firm ‘Accidenture’. $96m later… www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/11...
@profanity.accountant do your thing. Pretty fucking please
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
@profanity.accountant do your thing. Pretty fucking please
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#CatPics #Cat #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #CatsOnBlueSky #Feline #Felines #Furbabies #Pets #PetSky #AnimalPics #Animals #Caturday
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Professor David Hood AM, a former president of Engineers Australia.
“If the government keeps approving coal and gas mines that will harm my grandkids for generations, then yes — I will break the law to stop it and that will be perfectly justified in doing so,” www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
“If the government keeps approving coal and gas mines that will harm my grandkids for generations, then yes — I will break the law to stop it and that will be perfectly justified in doing so,” www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
www.news.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Professor David Hood AM, a former president of Engineers Australia.
“If the government keeps approving coal and gas mines that will harm my grandkids for generations, then yes — I will break the law to stop it and that will be perfectly justified in doing so,” www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
“If the government keeps approving coal and gas mines that will harm my grandkids for generations, then yes — I will break the law to stop it and that will be perfectly justified in doing so,” www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
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They won't allow hate crime laws to move forward because they want to do hate crimes
After speaking for 107 minutes straight, not allowing anyone else to speak, preventing the committee from advancing our hate crime and bail reform bills, Andrew Lawton claims Conservatives are not obstructing the Justice Committee from doing its work. #cdnpoli
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
They won't allow hate crime laws to move forward because they want to do hate crimes
Last few days before the move up north
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Last few days before the move up north