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Josh Bornstein
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Employment and industrial relations lawyer, Author ‘Working for the Brand: how corporations are destroying free speech’ Scribe, 2024👇,tribunal member. Anti-fascist. https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/working-for-the-brand-9781761381041
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · Jun 26
If you want to understand how the ABC ended up in this god awful cluster fiasco, harming the careers of @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social , Stan Grant, Emma Alberici, Yasmin Abdel Magid, Andrew Probyn, Nick Ross & the many that you don’t hear about, I explain it in my recent book:
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18h
The world has been witnessing the dreadful toll of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and Trump’s ceasefire agreement has little resolution for lasting peace.

‘Any agreement that doesn’t include Palestinians is not a plan for lasting and genuine peace in the region.’

@emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol #gaza
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 22d
Legend
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 23d
Has Portland been conquered already ?
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 25d
Cancel culture is a source of censorship, no ? First there is pressure to censor and then a decision to censor.
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 27d
More power to your arm Karen
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nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27d
Karen Attiah, a Washington Post opinion writer fired this month for her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has filed a grievance arguing that she should have been allowed to share her views on news events under the company’s labor agreement and social media policy.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29d
Trump donor Larry Ellison’s Oracle will oversee TikTok’s algorithm.

His media company owns CBS News and is plotting a bid for Warner Bros., which owns CNN.

When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · Sep 18
For those who argue the Right has just discovered cancel culture, there are 2 words to consider: Anthony Fauci.
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · Sep 18
Absolutely. Corporations wield an extraordinary censorship power.
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · Sep 18
more corporate cancel culture
econklin44.bsky.social ElizabethC 💙🐸 @econklin44.bsky.social · Sep 18
It's not just Jimmie Kimmel. Per Newsweek & other outlets, at least 33 people, including pilots, teachers, professors, & government employees, have been fired, suspended, or placed on leave over posts about Kirk’s death. If it happens to you, fight back: see your lawyer, & post it here. #ProudBlue
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · Sep 17
Brisbane Folk: come along and hear from Executive Committee member, Bart Shteinman at this event we're pleased to co-host! events.humanitix.com/should-anti-...
Should anti-semitism be exceptionalised or should we combat all forms of racism together?
Hear diverse community leaders discuss racism; antisemitism and legitimate criticism of Israel; and Palestinian rights. Fellowship/supper will follow the Q&A.
events.humanitix.com
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · Sep 16
Ordinary People knocked my sox off.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · Sep 15
No-one was MAKING staff go to this session. If anyone felt unsafe hearing about children’s health during war, they could have just …. chosen not to attend.
It was obviously cancelled to ensure NO-ONE would talk about it.
nickfeik.bsky.social Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · Sep 15
Again and again: free speech silenced at the behest of an organised pro-Israel lobby group by weak-kneed management.
If people don’t stand up to this pressure there won’t be a single institution left in which anyone can talk about the genocide in Gaza.
Complaint letter emerges after Melbourne hospital’s decision to cancel ‘children and war’ panel angers staff
Exclusive: Letter to CEO argued event would pose a risk of ‘moral injury, vicarious trauma and harmful workplace behaviours’ to staff and patients
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · Sep 15
“More than 20 million Australians in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide could swelter through deadly heatwaves of more than 44 degrees stretching across 1.72 million square kilometres if temperatures rise by 3 degrees.”

www.smh.com.au/environment/...
‘Like a Mad Max movie’: How hot it will really get in ‘unliveable Australia’
Parts of Australia would become unliveable if Australia’s temperatures rise by three degrees.
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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · Sep 14
“Calling people a fascist is dangerous, violent rhetoric.” ...

Here's a compilation of Trump doing precisely that:

ht: @micaherfan.com
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · Sep 13
That’s a big call. Always dangerous to underestimate his idiocy.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Sep 8
Judges and barristers in England and Wales who bully and harass junior colleagues benefit from a 'culture of impunity' and a complaints system that penalises victims, a damning review has found. on.ft.com/4mP2Rdf
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · Sep 6
RIP Budgies
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James Ley @jamesley.bsky.social · Sep 5
Once more for the commuter set.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · Sep 4
Being the Special Envoy for Antisemitism and refusing to address nazis is like being the Special Envoy for Black Lung Disease refusing to address coal. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Failure to tackle antisemitism should see organisations’ funding cut like subpar childcare centres, special envoy says
At a Gold Coast conference, Jillian Segal declined to address the presence of neo-Nazis at Sunday’s anti-immigration marches
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · Aug 31
My favorite sentence in the New York Times explainer on Mamdani and socialism.
The closest Mr. Mamdani gets to socialism is his belief in treating people more equitably.
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · Aug 27
So is it true that Trump is trying to fire someone for ‘making misleading statements’?
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · Aug 27
Does this work?

www.afr.com/policy/econo...
Labor’s housing ‘help’ risks backfiring on homeowners
Nationalising the first buyer LMI market could cut competition and put upward pressure on premiums for investors and first buyers not eligible for the scheme.
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NTEU Victoria @nteuvictoria.bsky.social · Aug 27
Point Cook MP calls for greater staff representation on university councils.
State MPs like Mathew Hilakari are backing NTEU’s campaign for improved university governance in Victoria.
Find out more and how to support change at our unis: betterunis.nteu.au
#highereducation #auspol #HigherEd
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Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · Aug 26
I did an interview with the ABC about so-called Sovereign Citizens, so if you’re looking for background and context about the alleged circumstances of events in Porepunkah, Australia, it is here just after the 2hr mark: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Breakfast - ABC listen
Have your breakfast with ABC Riverina. News, weather and local stories.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · Aug 24
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