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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 3h

Israeli Hostage Haitham Muaen Salem was released as part of the ceasefire deal

But when he returned to Gaza on Monday, he immediately broke into tears upon learning that not just his daughter, but also his wife and other children had been killed in an Israeli airstrike just days before his release

Five Hostage Stories the Media Is Ignoring Because the Hostages Were… Palestinians

The release of Israeli hostages from Gaza has been widely covered by the Western press. But what about the hundreds of freed Palestinian hostages, and their stories of trauma and suffering?

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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 3h

The Minister for Everything was all along building his post politics consultancies and wealth while on the surface, pretending to serve the Australian people

And who in Australia is completely confident that similar things are not right now happening behind closed doors by our so called "leaders"

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Bad Boy 🔻 of Mandalore 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇾🇪🇮🇷 @dindjarinsway.bsky.social · 12h

“Kidnapped from a tank during a battle with Hamas” — one of the most nonsensical sentences on UK tv ever.

So you mean he was a z1o terr0r1st illegally invading Gaza in a tank, attacking civilians.

And he was THAT incompetent he was taken prisoner from inside said tank.....🤡
##DefDef2TheIdeef 🔻

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 5h

#GMB: "Ceasefire on the brink. President Trump threatens to disarm Hamas violently as it fails to hand over all the bodies of dead Israeli hostages & carries out public executions in the streets"

Notice no mention of Israel continuing to murder Palestinians in Gaza.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 10h

Trump ordered today another lethal strike in the Caribbean, killing everyone on board a vessel. The "elimination" of 6 more people is not law enforcement; it's extrajudicial murder. This illegal campaign, which has now claimed 27 lives, is part of war plan against Venezuela.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 9h

Add your name to the petition to fix the PRRT ✍️
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/increase_the...

✍️ SIGN: Demand the gas industry pays its fair share. Fix the PRRT!

The government collects more money from HECS than it does from the PRRT. Australians are missing out on important revenue for public services while gas companies make record profits. We need to inc...

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 9h

The United Nations has warned it could take more than a decade to defuse and clean up unexploded bombs and other explosives left behind by Israeli forces.

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livesarah.bsky.social @livesarah.bsky.social · 10h

Oh come TF on. We’d better bloody not let him in. Why do the Netherlands allow their volleyball federation to keep dragging the whole country’s name through the mud? 🤢

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 11h

Dutch volleyballer Steven van de Velde has been selected to represent his nation at the world championships to be held in Australia next month, with a petition calling on the Department of Home Affairs to ban him from entering the country.

Calls to ban convicted child rapist from playing Beach Volleyball World Championship in Australia

Dutch volleyballer Steven van de Velde has been selected to represent his nation at the world championships to be held in Australia next month, with a petition calling on the Department of Home Affairs to ban him from entering the country.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 11h

#BREAKING | Meta removes account of slain journalist Saleh Aljafarawi, less than two days after he was shot and killed in Gaza

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 11h

So glad to see the future of relationships is wanking alone to prompts from a chatbot that will raise your electricity and water prices send all your private responses to Sam Altman for unsafekeeping

The Verge @theverge.com · 18h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 11h

#WATCH | Dr. Mohammed Asaliya was among 55 Palestinian “prisoners” released yesterday as part of the exchange deal. He was promptly admitted to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after suffering severe heart pain and convulsions due to Israeli torture

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 11h

I'm certain ABC News will report:
ISRAEL BREAKS CEASEFIRE
KILLS MORE PALESTINIANS
That would be accurate factual reporting. Looks online, scrolls down numerous ABC reports. Nothing. 😠 #AlJazeera reports it. 👇 #JournalismMatters #Israel #Gaza #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine

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livesarah.bsky.social @livesarah.bsky.social · 10h

“Totally not corrupt if we all do it!”

livesarah.bsky.social @livesarah.bsky.social · 10h

Worth sharing for the line
“We didn’t cross the border. The border crossed us!” ✌️

Chris N @cen73.bsky.social · Jun 14

Native American women tell border patrol to fuck off.

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 10d

Fred Paterson (1897 - 1977), was the only Communist Party of Australia (CPA) representative to be elected to Parliament, as Member for Bowen between 1944 and 1950.

Graphic, headlined 'Red October: Fred Paterson (1897-1977). Quotation from Paterson: "what then is the cause of poverty and economic insecurity? Can anyone suggest that they went without fruit because our fruit trees ceased to bear fruit? And can anyone suggest that we went without manufactured goods because our machinery ceased to turn and our artisans had lost their skill? Not on your life!

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livesarah.bsky.social @livesarah.bsky.social · 10h

The Guardian assisting in squeezing some more juice out of this dross for the benefit of those financially invested in it, huh?

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Cranky Aussie™ @crankyaussie.com · 2d

Greens generally want to work with Labor but will do overt politicking when it’s obvious Labor isn’t interested in doing the right thing (eg Gaza). Albo on the other hand hates the Greens and is not shy in showing it.

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Rod Moffatt @politikarma.bsky.social · 1d

This is the sort of research a well-funded & reinvigorated #CSIRO could have undertaken…amongst many.
Instead in @albomp.bsky.social we have a mediocre, penny- pinching neoliberal PM whose only ambition is to keep his own seat warm, and his beloved @australianlabor.bsky.social in office.
#auspol

Charlie Richmond (Gyro Gearloose) 311.3ppm @charlierichmond.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers present inverter-based dust monitoring method for rooftop solar – pv magazine Australia www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/10/14/r...

Researchers present inverter-based dust monitoring method for rooftop solar

Researchers in China have developed a dust monitoring technique that relies solely on the existing hardware resources of inverters, without requiring extra sensors or meteorological data. Tests on exi...

www.pv-magazine-australia.com

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 1d

The previous PM who cut back on the CSIRO and scientific research was Tony Abbott.

So Albanese is in sordid company.

I guess Albo is cutting things back to make regular AUKUS payments, which he places at the feet of the 🟠 Orange felon.

#auspol

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John Henry @priveteye.bsky.social · 1d

Palestinian Prisoners, Israeli Hostages
Of the 2000 Palestinians released, 1750 'prisoners' were detained without trial. 250 were convicted. 99% conviction rate, with sentences up to 20yrs for throwing a stone at an Israeli vehicle.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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Mel Halpin @melhalpin.bsky.social · 1d

Govts around the world, no matter which side, are busy jumping over themselves to maintain the wealth and power of the people & things they actually represent.

Only when we get money out of politics, will we see any real change towards making life easier for the masses. #Auspol #TaxTheUltraWealthy

El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 1d

so great that rich people are being heard with their concerns about staying rich #antipovertyweek

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Government offers major concessions on proposed super tax increase

The government has bowed to pressure on its superannuation tax policy, one of the few revenue-raising measures it had promised, two years on from when it was first announced.

www.abc.net.au

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Captain Quoll @kudelka.bsky.social · 2d

Gotta pay for that stadium. pulsetasmania.com.au/news/staff-r...

Staff rally over Royal Hobart Hospital clinical trial cuts

The state government says nobody will lose their jobs as a result…

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 2d

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against a young woman who a court of law found to have been raped in her office by a Linda Reynolds staffer

Vaxatious Litigant 💉 @exposingnv.bsky.social · 2d

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins

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Jules 🍉💔🖤🤍💚🇮🇪 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 1d

Photo journalist Shade Abu Sido was kidnapped on March 18 2024 during the Israeli occupation's raid on Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

“I entered Gaza and found it like a scene from Judgment Day. This is not Gaza. Where is the world?”

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