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they_paved_paradise @treemuseums.bsky.social · Jun 25

"a man is 230 times more likely to be raped than to be falsely accused of rape."
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FactCheck: Men are more likely to be raped than be falsely accused of rape

According to the best data available, a man is 230 times more likely to be raped than to be falsely accused of rape.

www.channel4.com

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they_paved_paradise @treemuseums.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, we want freedom from her bullshit

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 8h

#BREAKING | Colombian President Gustavo Petro:

“We have decided to send all the gold confiscated from drug traffickers to provide medical care for injured children in Gaza.”

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 10h

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17h

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Michelle Fahy @michellefahy.bsky.social · 15h

Queensland:
At least 34 taxpayer-funded executive jobs & board positions have been handed to LNP donors, former politicians, candidates, colleagues & party operatives since the party came to power <1 year ago, in a process the opposition says is "frankly outrageous"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'Frankly outrageous': LNP government faces new 'jobs for mates claim'

Queensland's Crisafulli government is embroiled in a new "jobs for mates" claim after it appointed a Liberal National Party powerbroker to oversee the state's lead agency for disaster recovery.

www.abc.net.au

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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 9h

Milei is another of the #AtlasNetwork leaders like David Seymour. So he gets a bail-out while Americans struggle.
#NZpol

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 9h

JFC, centrists ushering in the fascist. As ever.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9h

More in Common Westminster poll.

RFM: 30% (-3)
LAB: 22% (+2)
CON: 20% (+1)
LDM: 15% (+1)
GRN: 9% (+1)
SNP: 3% (=)

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 2d

Www.hidinginplainsightbook.com

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 8h

Victims share trauma at inquiry into stamp duty concession reassessment scheme likened to Robodebt www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'I felt like a criminal': Inquiry into debt collection likened to Robodebt

Eighteen months after Canberran Cathy Weeden and her kids purchased a home and left temporary accommodation, she received out-of-the-blue correspondence that she owed $50,000.

www.abc.net.au

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Just Jill 💖 @just-jillg.bsky.social · 17h

This pack is for the babies gone too soon This has touched so many people and many multiple times. Thanks to @maplemama20.bsky.social for putting this together. Please follow and share so others can see and light a candle tomorrow. 💖💕💖

Maple Mama @maplemama20.bsky.social · 17h

Here's my latest pack filled with all sizes of accounts. Old friends and new ones. Vetted by me! Tomorrow is pregnancy and infant loss awareness day. Please join me for the international wave of light tomorrow. 🩷💙

go.bsky.app/Nfecq5d

Pregnancy and infant Awareness day is October 15th.

Please join the international wave of light by lighting a candle at 7:00 p.m. your time zone for 1 hour. Then we can have a wave of light for all the babies

We Remember ALL the Babies Taken Too Soon

@maplemama20 bsky.social

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Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 15h

One thing that’s probably getting overlooked here is: these folks are serious about this stuff.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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bradpsychology @bradpsychology.bsky.social · 8h

Australia tells U.S. hate monger, Candace Owens, to piss off.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Australian court upholds decision to block visa for Candace Owens

The High Court has backed a decision by the government to refuse a temporary visa to American commentator Candace Owens Farmer, who had planned a speaking tour to Australia in 2024.

www.abc.net.au

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 14h

Exclusive | Scott Morrison has registered himself as having a relationship with a $2.5 trillion Saudi fossil fuel company whose board member was once appointed by Morrison to a COVID recovery taskforce.

Scott Morrison declares role with Saudi oil company

When he was prime minister, Morrison appointed a Saudi fossil fuel firm's board member to two different taskforce roles in 2019 and 2022.

www.crikey.com.au

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 9h

“At least 34 taxpayer-funded executive jobs and board positions have been handed to LNP donors, former politicians, candidates, colleagues and party operatives since the LNP party came to power less than a year ago, in a process the opposition has labelled as "frankly outrageous".”

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Sista Cate Ruth ♿ @sistacatruthpurry.bsky.social · 21h

No surprises there, at all. It's what the LNP do. Bastards.

A Little Thought @alittlethought.bsky.social · 22h

"At least 34 taxpayer-funded executive jobs and board positions have been handed to LNP donors, former politicians, candidates, colleagues and party operatives since the party came to power less than a year ago"
#qld #auspol

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

New 'jobs for mates' claim over LNP government appointment

Queensland's Crisafulli government is embroiled in a new "jobs for mates" claim after it appointed a Liberal National Party powerbroker to oversee the state's lead agency for disaster recovery.

www.abc.net.au

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 20h

“many prominent young republicans are actual Nazis” is a self-censoring fact at this point

normie swing voters will literally refuse to believe it and the media refuses to report it because it would call everything else they’ve done into question

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a real water is wet scenario here

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 13h

Three panel cartoon by Wawa wiwa comics

An octopus, a shark and a jellyfish are talking to each other

Octopus: I once saw a human and peed myself

Shark: a human saw and peed himself

Jellyfish: a human touched me once and his friend peed on him

Octopus: dude…

Shark: what?

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Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 11h

Because "freedom".

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

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 7d

Australia faces a looming crisis of older women retiring in poverty. Here’s what we can do johnmenadue.com/post...?

Australia faces a looming crisis of older women retiring in poverty. Here’s what we can do

Australia faces a serious challenge. Despite important progress on gender equality over recent decades, a looming crisis now threatens the economic security of older women. Without urgent and bold action, we risk consigning further generations of women to poverty in retirement.

johnmenadue.com

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 11h

“Australia faces a serious challenge. Despite important progress on gender equality over recent decades, a looming crisis now threatens the economic security of older women. Without urgent and bold action, we risk consigning further generations of women to poverty in retirement.”

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Dr nick nobody @nicknobody.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hind Rajab, 6 years old, 355 bullets.

Albanese Labor are still providing financial & military aid for the regime that murdered her.

Tell me again how great the Labor government is. I dare you.
#auspol #Gaza

PRCS Medic: "Hind, why aren't you speaking?"
Hind: "I'm not talking because every time I talk, blood comes out of my mouth and makes my clothes dirty and I don't want my mom to have to clean it."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, color me shocked.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11h

A note on Queensland's coal extension plan - it can easily achieve a "75% by 2030 emissions cut" by continually quietly revising land-use emissions, only a little bit more brazenly than the prev govt' would've needed to when cutting coal by 2035.

No sweat

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Dec 16

Okay, deep cut here, but it's important. I ran the numbers on Queensland (Aus) new emissions target of a 75% reduction by 2035 with one Q in mind: is it really ambitious?

Important because QLD remains one of the world's biggest coal pits - and it burns a lot for power, too

So: here's a thread!

Queensland sets new 2035 climate emissions reduction target

Steven Miles says one of his first tasks as the new state premier will be legislating a 2035 emissions reduction target of 75 per cent. He says the new goal "sets a floor for the federal target".

www.sbs.com.au

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11h

The 'protect our women thugs' standing outside Asylum Seeker residences threatening women with rape while the Police do nothing.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 11h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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they_paved_paradise @treemuseums.bsky.social · 11h

Inflatable obstacle course