kcarruthers
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Skeets forever! Sometimes I feel like being a revolutionary cat. PhD candidate at UTS Sydney. Nothing here is the opinion of my employer. I have always hated emdashes.
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Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration.
#BrutalButAccurate
#BrutalButAccurate
February 17, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration.
#BrutalButAccurate
#BrutalButAccurate
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The owner of Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar Donetsk donated the money to skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych.
$200,000 Boost For Ukrainian Olympian Banned Over War Dead Helmet
$200,000 Boost For Ukrainian Olympian Banned Over War Dead Helmet
www.huffpost.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:28 AM
The owner of Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar Donetsk donated the money to skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych.
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The other batsh*t insane thing is that we *had* an informal confederation built around "western civilization," one made through the defeat of Nazism and the containment of Marxist-Leninism. It worked! What made it durable was the liberal internationalist ideas and institutions, *not* the racism.
They're far-right utopians. They think if everyone stops doing institutional cooperation in favor of "national sovereignty," then "western civilization" will form as a natural community among the wealthy, white, male, Xtian elites who run the US, the UK, the states of the Former European Union, etc.
February 18, 2026 at 3:53 AM
The other batsh*t insane thing is that we *had* an informal confederation built around "western civilization," one made through the defeat of Nazism and the containment of Marxist-Leninism. It worked! What made it durable was the liberal internationalist ideas and institutions, *not* the racism.
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How could [checks notes] Robo-Care go wrong? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Algorithm-based tool for home support funding is ‘cruel’ and ‘inhumane’, Australian aged care workers warn
Mark Aitken, who worked in the sector for 16 years, said eight times out of 10 he disagreed with the integrated assessment tool
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:26 PM
How could [checks notes] Robo-Care go wrong? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Dozens of people who were injured due to police violence at a Sydney rally last week are considering legal action against NSW Police and the state government.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/they-were-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/they-were-...
'They were like wild animals': injured Sydney protesters consider legal action against NSW Police
Rallygoers receive free legal advice on next steps
www.deepcutnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Dozens of people who were injured due to police violence at a Sydney rally last week are considering legal action against NSW Police and the state government.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/they-were-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/they-were-...
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Australia’s race discrimination commissioner has called on Pauline Hanson to apologise for inflammatory comments about Australian Muslims, amid backlash to comments denounced by others as “reprehensible”.
Race commissioner calls on Pauline Hanson to apologise amid condemnation of ‘reprehensible’ Muslim comments
One Nation leader’s statements about Muslims also labelled ‘bigoted and wrong’ by NSW minister for multiculturalism
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:55 AM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Australia’s race discrimination commissioner has called on Pauline Hanson to apologise for inflammatory comments about Australian Muslims, amid backlash to comments denounced by others as “reprehensible”.
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The idea that the Chamber of Commerce is "left-wing" is beyond insane. It is completely disconnected from reality. Chamber of Commerce was to the right of Reagan.
libs getting the chamber of commerce in the national divorce, sure, why not, welcome aboard
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
February 18, 2026 at 12:47 AM
The idea that the Chamber of Commerce is "left-wing" is beyond insane. It is completely disconnected from reality. Chamber of Commerce was to the right of Reagan.
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It is notable that some of the strongest voices opposing Israel’s actions in Palestine, like Adler, are Jewish, including the Jews Against the Occupation ’48 and the Jewish Council of Australia.
#auspol #MinnsMilitia #BinMinns_Kogarah
#auspol #MinnsMilitia #BinMinns_Kogarah
My kid gets a free lesson in social cohesion from the Minns militia
The government’s response to crush our rights under the guise of social cohesion while kowtowing to a murderous foreign regime is a betrayal and epic failure of moral courage. Thea Henstrom reports.
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:51 AM
It is notable that some of the strongest voices opposing Israel’s actions in Palestine, like Adler, are Jewish, including the Jews Against the Occupation ’48 and the Jewish Council of Australia.
#auspol #MinnsMilitia #BinMinns_Kogarah
#auspol #MinnsMilitia #BinMinns_Kogarah
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Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says reut.rs/4rpxDfl
Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say
Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,...
reut.rs
February 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says reut.rs/4rpxDfl
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One. In. Five. Hundred. Kids.
Those seem like good odds, but are they really? Especially when you add in making the surviving kids suddenly vulnerable to every other opportunistic germ coming down the road?
Those seem like good odds, but are they really? Especially when you add in making the surviving kids suddenly vulnerable to every other opportunistic germ coming down the road?
February 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
One. In. Five. Hundred. Kids.
Those seem like good odds, but are they really? Especially when you add in making the surviving kids suddenly vulnerable to every other opportunistic germ coming down the road?
Those seem like good odds, but are they really? Especially when you add in making the surviving kids suddenly vulnerable to every other opportunistic germ coming down the road?
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In real life, one in 500 kids who catches measles will die. And because measles is an asshole, some of them will die six to eight years later, of untreatable, incurable neurological conditions left as a parting gift by the virus.
February 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
In real life, one in 500 kids who catches measles will die. And because measles is an asshole, some of them will die six to eight years later, of untreatable, incurable neurological conditions left as a parting gift by the virus.
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Members of my generation will probably remember a BRADY BUNCH episode, originally from 1969 but on in constant reruns all through the 80s, where all the kids get measles. And because it's a sitcom, the disease is funny and harmless and recovery is quick and smooth. None of the Brady kids die.
February 15, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Members of my generation will probably remember a BRADY BUNCH episode, originally from 1969 but on in constant reruns all through the 80s, where all the kids get measles. And because it's a sitcom, the disease is funny and harmless and recovery is quick and smooth. None of the Brady kids die.
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But where measles has really excelled is in the PR department. See, it was a priority for vaccine development because it killed a lot of kids. So measles vaccines rolled out pretty early, and pretty universally as such things go.
February 15, 2026 at 6:57 PM
But where measles has really excelled is in the PR department. See, it was a priority for vaccine development because it killed a lot of kids. So measles vaccines rolled out pretty early, and pretty universally as such things go.
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Most viruses, you catch them, your immune system learns them, locks their details in the control room, and then you can fight them in the future. Measles not only doesn't leave you that data, it blows up the control room. No immune memory for YOU good DAY.
February 15, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Most viruses, you catch them, your immune system learns them, locks their details in the control room, and then you can fight them in the future. Measles not only doesn't leave you that data, it blows up the control room. No immune memory for YOU good DAY.
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Many diseases, even airborne ones, will fall out of the air in a relatively short period of time. Measles goes for the gold standard, and can remain infectious in the air for HOURS. When there was a case at Disneyland several years ago, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride became a virus hotbox.
February 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Many diseases, even airborne ones, will fall out of the air in a relatively short period of time. Measles goes for the gold standard, and can remain infectious in the air for HOURS. When there was a case at Disneyland several years ago, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride became a virus hotbox.
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Measles is one of those nightmare diseases that, if it hadn't been killing people for hundreds of years, people would ABSOLUTELY be pushing conspiracy theories about right now. It's too nasty in too many different directions to seem natural. But oh, boy, it sure is.
February 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Measles is one of those nightmare diseases that, if it hadn't been killing people for hundreds of years, people would ABSOLUTELY be pushing conspiracy theories about right now. It's too nasty in too many different directions to seem natural. But oh, boy, it sure is.
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People are such fuckin' weirdos in the quotes about this. She's not unnamable, she's an ex-ac medievalist named Mary Rambaran-Olm and she spends seemingly 85% of her free time talking about "'zios' eating babies," spreading conspiracies, and pleasantly interacting w people who say we run the banks.
the answer to this is that there’s a yarn supplier/medievalist that a lot of people start engaging with because she’s Black and does (important!) work around anti-racism but also she went off the deep end of antisemitism several years ago and I guess some people followed her down the rabbit hole
That's horrible, and I totally get it - it feels like you've been tricked, and they've just done a horrible, horrible 'ta-da!' reveal.
Though the mind boggles how one would move from knitting to Nazi views. But then, as a dyspraxic crocheter, the ability to use 2 needles seems like dark magic....
Though the mind boggles how one would move from knitting to Nazi views. But then, as a dyspraxic crocheter, the ability to use 2 needles seems like dark magic....
February 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
People are such fuckin' weirdos in the quotes about this. She's not unnamable, she's an ex-ac medievalist named Mary Rambaran-Olm and she spends seemingly 85% of her free time talking about "'zios' eating babies," spreading conspiracies, and pleasantly interacting w people who say we run the banks.
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I don't post on Substack because I already have my own site where I post stuff, and have done for 27 years, and because Substack makes a lot of money off Nazis and fascists and I'd really rather not, thanks. I do have an account there but it's to secure my name. It has a cat photo.
February 17, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I don't post on Substack because I already have my own site where I post stuff, and have done for 27 years, and because Substack makes a lot of money off Nazis and fascists and I'd really rather not, thanks. I do have an account there but it's to secure my name. It has a cat photo.
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Americans bewildered as release of Epstein Files leads to resignations and criminal investigations in democracies around the world.
February 17, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Americans bewildered as release of Epstein Files leads to resignations and criminal investigations in democracies around the world.
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U.S. ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT: IF INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY INSISTS ON 'CLIMATE STUFF', WE ARE OUT
February 17, 2026 at 5:13 PM
U.S. ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT: IF INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY INSISTS ON 'CLIMATE STUFF', WE ARE OUT
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In an era where far-right groups and authoritarian governments are undermining global health and human rights, "Canada's leadership on sexual and reproductive health and rights is working and it matters more now than ever." – Frédérique Chabot of Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights.
Foreign aid groups urge Canada to maintain funding for abortion, LGBTQ+ advocacy
OTTAWA - Feminist and development groups are urging Canada not to turn its back on funding reproductive health and gender initiatives, as Canada focuses its foreign aid cuts on global
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
February 17, 2026 at 3:43 AM
In an era where far-right groups and authoritarian governments are undermining global health and human rights, "Canada's leadership on sexual and reproductive health and rights is working and it matters more now than ever." – Frédérique Chabot of Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights.
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A House rep is working on a bill to shield Big Oil from climate accountability lawsuits.
This dangerous proposal would
❌ bar courthouse doors for communities
💰 stick taxpayers with the bill for climate damages
😡 bail out polluters from paying for the mess they made
📣 No immunity for Big Oil! 📣
This dangerous proposal would
❌ bar courthouse doors for communities
💰 stick taxpayers with the bill for climate damages
😡 bail out polluters from paying for the mess they made
📣 No immunity for Big Oil! 📣
Big Oil immunity bill in the works, House Representative announces | Center for Climate Integrity
Following a year of Big Oil lobbying, U.S. House Representative Harriet Hageman (R-WY) is crafting legislation to “tackle” climate accountability laws and lawsuits.
climateintegrity.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:43 PM
A House rep is working on a bill to shield Big Oil from climate accountability lawsuits.
This dangerous proposal would
❌ bar courthouse doors for communities
💰 stick taxpayers with the bill for climate damages
😡 bail out polluters from paying for the mess they made
📣 No immunity for Big Oil! 📣
This dangerous proposal would
❌ bar courthouse doors for communities
💰 stick taxpayers with the bill for climate damages
😡 bail out polluters from paying for the mess they made
📣 No immunity for Big Oil! 📣
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Australians returning from prison camps in Syria are clearly loathed by politicians. But what about the thousand or so Australians who’ve also spent time in the Middle East fighting in the IDF against innocent gardens. What happens to them when they come home?
February 17, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Australians returning from prison camps in Syria are clearly loathed by politicians. But what about the thousand or so Australians who’ve also spent time in the Middle East fighting in the IDF against innocent gardens. What happens to them when they come home?
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Last week, Robin Usher, holder of the RJ Hunter Digital Fellowship, gave a lecture about the Ulster Settlers database to a full house at PRONI, Belfast (the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland).
The publicly available database can be found here: ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie
The publicly available database can be found here: ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie
February 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Last week, Robin Usher, holder of the RJ Hunter Digital Fellowship, gave a lecture about the Ulster Settlers database to a full house at PRONI, Belfast (the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland).
The publicly available database can be found here: ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie
The publicly available database can be found here: ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie
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The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
February 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.