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Storied experience designer on Gadigal land currently making organisations be better to their staff and consumers. Also known to shitpost examples of user abuse so hold your hats. He/him
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Now that I’ve left Twitter and all Meta crap this is all I got.
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Has anyone asked Mikey here why he is so ill informed about constitution-level events in his country?

Saying I don’t know is a bad answer. Saying there’s lots happening here and I’m not central to the events but I do know the military is on it and the president is fully briefed on all the details.
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?

MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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I still can't believe Sony sold K-Pop Demon Hunters to Netflix thinking it would be a flop, but are betting that basketball movie with a goat is going to be a huge hit in cinemas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
How would YOU answer this question?
December 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hey interwebs!
General question about earbud fit.

If the earbud slips out is it because they’re too loose or too tight?

Or both?
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Automated license plate readers at the US-Mexico border come in a variety of shapes, sizes and disguises. Here's our guide to identifying them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How to Identify Automated License Plate Readers at the U.S.-Mexico
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and scores of state and local law enforcement agencies have installed a massive dragnet of automated license plate
www.eff.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Please tell me this is photoshopped and not a real typo.
As I recall, these are typically printed on both sides so people know their seat assignment and aware of the text being presented.
Therefore Pete can see it too.
Pete Hegseth's name tag at the Cabinet meeting has a typo:

"SSECRETARY OF WAR"
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
More than sad, it will make him angry, which is arguably better than simply sad.
December 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Two lovely classic pair next door in Newtown to add to the #abandonedShoes discourse.
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Nesting offences.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Canadian publisher Kids Can Press "strongly condemns any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin's name or image" following Pete Hegseth's post:
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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A lot of people saying that Kegsbreath is throwing the admiral under the bus. Sorry but that Admiral knows the law and who he works for. He crawled under that bus himself.

No pity for anyone in that chain all the way down to the pilots that pulled the trigger. Murderers. Every. Single. One.
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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"Help PV take back Tennessee w/ Aftyn Behn"

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There Could Be A HUGE Shift To The Left Tomorrow
YouTube video by Vaush
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December 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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I'm mostly trying to stay out of US politics rn but the whole Sec of War doing the example of an illegal order to bomb drug dealers and start a war for oil whilst the Prez pardons a drug dealer is a pretty impressive shitstorm
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It’s a shame this has to be written down.
“The only priority of childcare providers should be the children. They should not be distracted by the idea of keeping their shareholders happy.”

Senior Economist Matt Grudnoff outlines needed reforms in Australia’s childcare industry.

Read more here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/how-to-...
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Franklin tried to teach kids a lesson; America still hasn’t learned it: If you shut people out long enough, the world eventually shuts you out too.

December 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Fuck you, Pete. No one fucks with Franklin and gets away with it.
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Jeez that one was a tough one.
Painful!!
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I wonder what they’d say if it were framed as the southern half of the USA being given to Mexico
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.

If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.

www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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🖋️ “Investigate the White House Foreign Deals Making Insiders Rich” hit 5,000 signers!

💬 Text SIGN PBSHPY to 50409
Investigate the White House Foreign Deals Making Insiders Rich
Text SIGN PBSHPY to 50409 — I am writing with deep concern about new reports showing that a small circle of wealthy insiders is driving U.S. policy for their own financial gain, undermining American strength, security, and moral leadership. This is not the America First approach millions of voters believed in. It is a sellout of the American people to foreign oligarchs and billionaire elites. The Wall Street Journal revealed that the administration’s Ukraine “peace plan” was built around a Russian-designed blueprint that would funnel enormous business opportunities—Arctic mining, Ukraine reconstruction contracts, even space ventures—to a handful of U.S. and Russian billionaires with direct ties to the White House. As Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican and member of the House Armed Services Committee, said: “I don’t want to see a foreign policy based on greed. I want to see it based on doing the right thing.” I agree. America should stand for principle, not payouts. At the same time, major news outlets have documented how insiders are shaping U.S. policy for private gain. Tech investor David Sacks has reportedly influenced national AI and cryptocurrency policy while investing in the very companies that benefit. Nvidia’s stock is expected to gain up to $200 billion after restrictions were lifted—right after Sacks’s direct involvement with White House policy discussions. That’s not draining the swamp; that’s feeding it. Meanwhile, according to the Guardian’s investigation, members of the Trump family are pursuing cryptocurrency schemes, securing foreign building deals, and expanding golf courses while U.S. policy on tariffs, crypto regulation, and even pardons appears to align with those business interests. This is exactly the kind of insider enrichment voters were promised would end. The pattern is impossible to ignore. Wealth and power are flowing upward, not to working Americans. A convicted private-equity fraudster who stole from teachers, farmers, and veterans had his sentence commuted less than two weeks after reporting to prison. Everyday Americans lost their life savings—yet the Trump regime intervened on behalf of the man who defrauded them. At the same time, the public is still waiting for full transparency on the Epstein files, even though both Republican and Democratic voters want answers about who belonged to that elite network of unaccountable power. People believed Trump would take on those elites. Instead, reporting now shows his closest allies were friendly with Epstein and helped rehabilitate his image. Voters across the spectrum are waking up to the fact that we are not seeing America First—we are seeing an America for the billionaire class. Rising tariffs, rising energy costs driven by unchecked data-center expansion, and cuts to the social safety net are hitting working families hard while elites thrive. Congress must investigate how foreign oligarchs, tech billionaires, and politically connected families are influencing U.S. policy. We need hearings, transparency, and safeguards to protect the nation from kleptocratic practices that betray the American people. Please use your authority to stand up for the rule of law and for the forgotten Americans who deserve a government that works for them—not for the Epstein class.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Hey fuck-breath fratboy.

Keep out beloved 🇨🇦 Franklin out your goddamned mouth or AI slop tools, you murderous piece of shit!

Clear enough for ya??
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Pete Hegseth post using Canadian book character Franklin the turtle to justify military strikes alarms critics | CBC News
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth turned the beloved Canadian children's book character Franklin the turtle into a bazooka-wielding soldier going after "narco-terrorists" in a social media post Sund...
www.cbc.ca
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Thanks for knowing how word wrap works Askable. #uiFail #cxFail
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM