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@n3w4v3.bsky.social

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Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 7h

I can do bollards at half the $1m rate per bollard.

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 7h

He went for a Nobel
Peace Prize but all he got was this magazine cover. 😂

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 7h

Any idea what it was? A man? Is it a man falling to earth?

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 9h

Hmmm. On The Town. #1

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 12h

It actually sounds like they deserve it.

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 13h

America is 'going broke slowly' says JPMorgan, as national debt balloons and tariff revenue looks shaky

fortune.com/2025/10/14/a...

America is ‘going broke slowly’ says J.P. Morgan, as national debt balloons and tariff revenue looks shaky | Fortune

Even with Trump’s tariffs and Musk’s spending cuts, J.P. Morgan’s David Kelly warns, America is “going broke.”

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 12h

Lock them up in a 1930s concentration camp for three months and then see how much they love Hitler…

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 12h

…and yet homes are getting bigger and more expensive… #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

News live: Australian parents having children at a later age as nation’s fertility rate falls further, ABS finds

www.theguardian.com

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 12h

BBQs… they were just BBQs with a mysterious rich pedo on his private island with young girls aspiring to be models - is that so bad? 🙃

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 13h

OMG
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US revokes six foreigners’ visas over social media comments criticizing Charlie Kirk

State department says it has ‘no obligation’ to host foreign nationals who ‘celebrate heinous’ death of far-right activist

www.theguardian.com

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 15h

Poor young Gus.

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 15h

Israel’s already playing games and threatening aid.

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 15h

Soon they will be shooting suspected undocumented migrants on site like rabid dogs on this street.

Nothing wrong with enforcing immigration laws, but turning it into a squid game is reprehensible.

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 15h

What a boof head. #auspol

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 15h

We can’t even make liquid tight fuel tanks. #auspol

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 16h

Jesus was sad when he learnt that Moses couldn’t fit any dinosaurs on the ark.

Jesus patting the nose of a dinosaur

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 16h

They talk big, but put them on the receiving end of political persecution and they’d wet themselves in fear.

Pissants.

Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 20h

Really disgusting stuff. Remember the apple never falls far from the tree, so these young people learned this hate from their parents. Sad. 😞

Great job, Republicans. You’ve raised little Nazi racists to spread your vitriol.
aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-young...

NEWS: Young Republicans Exposed For Embracing Hitler and Making Horrific Remarks

Young Republicans exposed for embracing Hitler and making horrific remarks, Trump floats restricting press access at the White House, Trump threatens to move the Olympics, and more

aaronparnas.substack.com

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 17h

Remember when the billionaires accelerated the fascism because Americans started waking up about a lot of systemic issues about capitalism after Trump 1.0, and then about healthcare after the pandemic, and then police brutality after George Floyd, and then Israel after 10/7?

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 17h

It’s amazing that fans have managed to buy and re-launch the Commodore 64 but I do feel that Christian Simpson needs to tone it down a bit. He’s so full of himself.

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 17h

If they ever choose to remake The Nanny… no I’m being unkind to Fran Drescher, a remarkable talent.

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 17h

Very important film, but I do not want to see it.

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 17h

OpenAI is built on open source tools armed with ‘free’ content which you will one day pay dearly for.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

OpenAI will allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content

New version will allow users to customize AI assistant’s personality in what firm calls ‘treat adults users like adults’ policy

www.theguardian.com

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 17h

Aldi told me this morning that they’re checking every bag with food because people are stealing meat to eat. So sad to hear.

Virgil @n3w4v3.bsky.social · 18h

False logic.
Banning all together would result in zero injuries.
Also banning bicycles. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Switching 50km/h speed limits to 30km/h would protect cyclists while barely affecting commutes, research finds

One expert says a cyclist hit by a car travelling 50km/h has about a one-in-10 chance of surviving, while at 30km/h it is a nine-in-10 chance

www.theguardian.com

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 1d

We don’t have a gas shortage, we have a gas export problem. Santos are gaming the system and pushing up the price of gas paid by 🇦🇺 households & industry.

We don’t need new projects, we need to reserve uncontracted export gas for 🇦🇺 now!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Why Santos is behind your soaring electricity and mortgage costs

It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless ...