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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 1m

I’ve been at corporate events at their campus. Let’s just say that their budget’s lack of limitations is very obvious.

Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 1m

Didn’t the egregious Joyce also attend Riverview? Or am I misremembering?

I am not. He did.

Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 2m

I’ve personally observed acts of cyber-intrusion by the Israeli’s which for any other country would see members of their embassy PNG’d and given 48 hours to leave. Why Israel constantly gets a free pass for acts no ally should do to another I do not understand.

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therealfinancecharg 🏳️‍🌈✊🏿🇺🇦🇻🇪🇨🇺 @financecharg.bsky.social · 11h

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 7h

*Unlike.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 7h

Perhaps posting a more reputable source is a better idea?

Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 8h

It is, but I very much doubt the courage of either side to say a word about those bases.

Reminder that our F-35 fighters constantly upload everything they’re doing to US satellites. DoD is obsessed with saying sovereignty endlessly, yet the Norwegians caught their F35’s uploading more than agreed.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 8h

And here I was thinking Elbit had been blacklisted from supplying the ADF after the Battle Management System espionage allegations.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 8h

My favorite line was the one where some dribbling Republican called it a “hate America” movement, and the response was “no, that was Jan 6th. You must have missed it because you were hiding under your desk at the time.”

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 8h

They’re already starting, with talks about guaranteeing pricing and supply, which is pretty much a way of saying “here, please take any negotiating leverage we have!”

It’s pathetic. What is wrong with these people?

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 8h

And now I can’t unsee it.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 8h

There is no Trumpism without Trump.

History is clear: cults of personality don’t survive the death of their leader. The MAGAs find Vance et al repulsive, and will not follow any of them.

They will descend into backstabbing and recriminations, and the (bowel) movement which is Trumpism will die.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

This, it seems, is an early preview of Trump’s lasting political legacy: Republicans are no longer apologizing, nor are they pushing out racist, bigoted allies when they inevitably find themselves embroiled in controversy. trib.al/LiSxg3s

JD Vance Just Gave Us a Preview of Trumpism Without Trump

The vice president doesn’t see why full-grown Republican men should have to apologize for being racist Hitler lovers.

trib.al

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 8h

Don’t get excited about this news, folks. Newsbreak is not a reliable outlet, has documented history of sharing AI generated articles documenting crimes which didn’t happen yet strangely functional “victim” gofundme pages, and has links to China which are a point of concern.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 8h

… including Tony Abbott, who was born in Lambeth, London, and used the “Assisted Passage Migration Scheme” (aka. The Ten Pound Pom scheme) to come to Australia in 1960.

The irony of him as the lead photo for this article says everything about the intellectual consistency of the far right LNP.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 9h

This is 💯 true. I feel like it’s early 2000s, during the inflation of the dot com bubble, where the whispered “but there is no path to profitability” concern was what EVERYONE was noticing, but it was career death to say it. AI is the same. The pop is coming, and it will hurt.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 9h

Is it just me, but is the “no kings” protest in the UK deeply ironic?

I will never forget Charles’ central role in the 1975 dismissal of the Whitlam government. And I will NEVER forgive.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 10h

What is the definition of a “mass shooting” here? As I am trying to understand where the so called mass shootings were in Australia after the gun buyback here. If you’re going off the Wikipedia definition, the majority of those are murder suicides. Horrible, but not comparable to mass shootings.

Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 10h

They forgot 2a. report.

Until Musks fascist hellhole app, Bluesky has very little tolerance for abusive behaviour. The few times I’ve reported, the account was suspended.

MoJoJuju @xoey1.bsky.social · 12h

Oh Yea.. Just a Reminder...👍

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 10h

God, they’re so thick. Slow, dim witted dinosaurs confused as to why people don’t care about what they say.

bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 1d

"By seeking to turn migration into a political bludgeon against Labor ahead of the next election, Liberal rightwingers will not only pick away at the fabric of modern Australia, but further alienate the party from the voters they need to win back."

Conservative Liberals want to use immigration to bludgeon Labor. But it’s bad politics, and bad on principle | Tom McIlroy

Attacking multicultural Australia will only further alienate the party from the voters they need to win back

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t get too excited folks. There is a very good chance that both this and the “leak” about Joyce talking to One Nation are coming from Joyce himself. This is probably the negotiating of a compulsive liar, cheat and narcissist. apple.news/ABu07P1w3RfG...

Breaking: Barnaby Joyce will not recontest New England seat at next election — ABC News

Former deputy prime minister and Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has announced he will not recontest his seat of New England at the next election.

apple.news

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1d

A previously unreported video has emerged appearing to show a key March for Australia organiser coordinating with a Neo-Nazi at the first rally in Sydney in August, ABC NEWS Verify has found.

Video appears to show March for Australia organiser conferring with Neo-Nazi

A previously unreported video has emerged appearing to show a key March for Australia organiser coordinating with a Neo-Nazi at the first rally in Sydney in August, ABC NEWS Verify has found.

www.abc.net.au

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 1d

Here is the thunderstorm over the Three Sisters. It looks so much more striking in real life, and it isn’t visible at all in normal light.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 1d

I might have had a brand new passport and a UV resin setting torch sitting next to one another on my work desk… 🤣

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 1d

If you hit an Australian passport with UV-A light, the stamp pages change from day to night.

One of them has a nighttime thunderstorm.

It’s really super pretty.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 1d

A beautiful summary by SatPaper. If you’re ever feeling sorry for Linda Reynolds - no, it hasn’t happened to me yet but I suppose it’s possible - read this and it will cure you.

Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 1d

“Imagine young woman is raped in your office. You are minister and she is most junior member of your staff. In the footage you see later, she is too drunk to put on her shoes. She walks barefoot through parliament with her colleague, who you also employ.”

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21849/...

Linda Reynolds’ latest move

Imagine that a young woman is raped in your office. You are a minister and she is the most junior member of your staff. In the footage you see later, she is too drunk to put on her shoes. She walks ba...

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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