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Shaun Lambert
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modernity values life over living, and we are all the poorer for it // whomever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible
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in case anyone, like me, always wants one with a date. also alt text
screenshot of the above, but also including the date of Musk's reply Tweet Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital. 1d. Choose your path Western man. garfieldbot @cumlasagna1 there are two ways we get out of this. one is billions dead, oceans of blood, and continents turned to dust. the other one involves being a little mean and saying no to women sometimes Elon Musk @elonmusk Subscribe Replying to @Geiger_Capital Yup 18:55 15 Dec 25 213K Views
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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my housemate's cat attempting to be a wittle rabbit
as described, it's a fluffy grey cat (technically a British Shorthair, go figure) lying upside down on the floor, front legs poised and rear legs poised as if rabbit
December 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Mr Smithers, shrouded entirely in darkness, only his hand holding a lit and smoking cigarette visible the modified text reads, in the simpsons font "FUCK OFF CUNT"
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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bloody hell, the full thread is so deranged. really vile stuff for an official government account to post about a massacre in a friendly nation
Tweet Prime Minister of Israel @IsraeliPM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a government meeting in Dimona: "On August 17, about 4 months ago, I sent Prime Minister Albanese of Australia a letter in which I gave him warning that the Australian government's policy was promoting and encouraging antisemitism in Australia 3:31 PM Netanyahu at a government meeting in Dimona Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a government meeting in Dimona. 1:56 15 Dec 25-1.4M Views Prime Minister of Israel @IsraeliPM 13h Replying to @IsraeliPM I wrote: "Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on the antisemitic fire. It rewards Hamas terrorists. It emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew hatred now stalking your streets." @IsraeliPM 13h Prime Minister of Israel Antisemitism is a cancer. It spreads when leaders stay silent; it retreats when leaders act. I call upon you to replace weakness with action, appeasement with resolve. @IsraeliPM 13h Prime Minister of Israel Instead, Prime Minister, you replaced weakness with weakness and appeasement with more appeasement. Your government did nothing to stop the spread of antisemitism in Australia. Prime Minister of Israel @IsraeliPM You did nothing to curb the cancer cells that were growing inside your country. You took no action. You let the disease spread and the result is the horrific attacks on Jews we saw today. 1:58 15 Dec 25 Prime Minister of Israel @IsraeliPM 13h Replying to @IsraeliPM We saw an action of a brave man--turns out a Muslim brave man, and I salute him--that stopped one of these terrorists from killing innocent Jews. @IsraeliPM Prime Minister of Israel 13h But it requires the action of your government, which you are not taking. And you have to, because history will not forgive hesitation and weakness. It will honor action and strength. Prime Minister of Israel @IsraeliPM 13h They're not only trying to annihilate us. They attack us because they attack the West. In Syria we saw yesterday two American soldiers killed and one American interpreter killed as well. Killed because they represent our common culture. Prime Minister of Israel @IsraeliPM 13h Now as a result of this, Secretary of War Peter Hegseth said the following. He said, let it be known that if you target Americans anywhere in the world, you will spend the rest of your brief anxious life knowing the United States will hunt you, find you and ruthlessly kill you.
December 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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and, millions, is an impossibility
Road traffic injuries 13 December 2022 Key facts Approximately 1.19 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes. Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5-29 years. 92% of the world's fatalities on the roads occur in low- and middle-income countries, even though these countries have around 60% of the world's vehicles. More than half of all road traffic deaths are among vulnerable road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. Road traffic crashes cost most countries 3% of their gross domestic product. The United Nations General Assembly has set an ambitious target of halving the global number of deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes by 2030 (A/RES/74/299). https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffic-injuries
December 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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new party alert ping @kevinbonham.bsky.social, @drdrehistorian.bsky.social

some really dressed up, crank ideas but it sensible, tertiary educated ideas

yup, let's abolish payroll taxes, as if our vertical fiscal imbalance isn't bad enough. definitely a "kitchen table discussion" policy proposal
screenshot from today's sydney morning herald (link at end) 14/12/25 beginning of article: National Five Minutes with Fitz OPINION Ex-Liberal Party powerbroker says 'the party is over' By Peter FitzSimons December 14, 2025 5:00am The famed Liberal Party powerbroker Walter Villatora is a former campaign manager for Mike Baird and Tony Abbott. Believing the "Liberal Party is finished", he resigned his membership last week to start his own conservative party, Reform Australia. Fitz: Walter, I can't help but notice that you've left the Liberal Party in the same week that Barnaby Joyce has left the National Party for no, really - One Nation. Are we indeed watching the LNP "disintegrate before our eyes", as Niki Savva put it on Insiders a fortnight ago? WV: We are. It cannot be rehabilitated. It has been disintegrating for some time, lost in culture wars that have nothing to do with the actual lives of the Australian people. But for me, the death knell was the Liberal Party AGM of the NSW division last week, when they reduced the state executive from 30 to 13 members, with six of the 13 unelected and appointed by the factions, at the expense of the broader membership and the best interest of the party. So, I resigned. The party is over. https://www.smh.com.au/national/ex-liberal-party-powerbroker-says-the-party-is-over-20251211-p5nms7.html?btis screenshot from today's sydney morning herald (link at end) 14/12/25, continued from paragraph 17 Fitz: Walter, let's take one of your motherhood statements, and drill, baby, drill. A "shockingly regressive tax system"? Great. So, what would you do? Give us a sniff of an actual hard policy idea! WV: I suppose you would like a simple answer to address Australia's most complex policy area! We will develop a practical, pro-growth tax package that backs small firms, rewards investment in factories and exports, and boosts innovation whilst protecting revenue integrity. We will take a particular interest in eliminating regressive taxes, such as payroll tax, which penalises companies for creating more jobs. We would give small businesses a permanent, generous instant asset deduction and roll small business concessions into one simple digital package, so family businesses can invest and hire rather than wrestle with paperwork. Red tape reduction is critical to reducing costs. We'd simplify personal tax brackets to incentivise and reward hard work. Through all this, we will be member and voter centric. Our members, subject matter experts and key stakeholders will have direct input into our policy development. Fitz: OK, but why would you give it the same name as the Nigel Farage mob in the UK, when they are barking-mad lunar right, and you - from what you've told me are not? https://www.smh.com.au/national/ex-liberal-party-powerbroker-says-the-party-is-over-20251211-p5nms7.html screenshot from today's sydney morning herald (link at end) 14/12/25 from paragraph 21 [photograph of UK politician Nigel Farage speaking at a lecturn] Nigel Farage's Reform UK is enjoying an upswing in the polls. Getty Images WV: Let's go back a step. The name "Reform" predates Farage's party. It was originally conceived in British politics in 1790. In fact, it was also the name of a prominent Canadian political party founded in 1987. We really looked at this very closely, and this is purely a branding, marketing-type exercise in getting our name out. Even though it's controversial and people are wanting to know what the links are with Farage and others, I've got to say, it's worked because the amount of positive attention this initiative has now attracted is extraordinary. But I've made it very, very clear that we have no ties whatsoever with Reform UK. We're a different country, different issues. https://www.smh.com.au/national/ex-liberal-party-powerbroker-says-the-party-is-over-20251211-p5nms7.html?btis
December 14, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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I'm sorry, but.. what the fuck is this in the background
a weird book on the bookshelf in the above screenshot behind Liz Truss it's maybe Tony Blair? grinning maniacally, with some illegible writing in the lower third (too indistinct due to bluesky's compression I'd say) across the man's eyes the width of the book is a band of black, and weird looking eyes
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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I'm not that old and have only paid full attention to politics since 2007/8, but this is such an incredibly concerted campaign. I've not seen the likes of it before, it's so transparent

it's even "see our last 4 days of articles on these uhh revelations that uncovered themselves, it's a trial"
screenshot from sydney morning herald article https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/this-week-was-supposed-to-be-a-triumph-for-wells-instead-it-is-a-trial-20251206-p5nlfe.html?btis chaos. But now the Liberals have Wells in their sights, they may gain ground. Wells is in a similar situation now. She may be able to brazen her way through. But she is marked, with her use of entitlements sure to feature regularly over summer at opposition press conferences and a pile of questions all but assured when parliament returns next year. Read more on Wells' expenses Rob Harris analysis: The optics on Wells' $94,000 flights to New York are terrible Thredbo ski trip: Nearly $3000 of taxpayer money to bring husband and two children to resort Birthday party: Wells attended friend's soiree during $3600 taxpayer trip Three trips for cricket: The $4183.83 taxpayer bill for husband's flights from Brisbane Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis. Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter. James Massola James Massola is Chief Political Commentator. He was previously National Affairs editor and South-East Asia correspondent. He has won Quill and Kennedy awards and been a Walkley finalist. Connect securely on Signal @jamesmassola.01
December 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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oh bless, and you've been trying so hard too
screenshot of the sydney morning herald frontpage of the app, at the top. taken 6.40pm 11/12/25 The Sydney Morning Herald INDEPENDENT. ALWAYS. Analysis Political expenses Albanese is getting close to his 'I don't hold a hose' moment [image of Albanese at a press conference, hands outstretched in front of him as if telling someone to calm down. Anika Wells is on the right of shot] The prime minister's sudden insistence the expenses saga has nothing to do with him has left even some of his own colleagues blinking. 1 hour ago Updated Political expenses no image 'I'm not the finance minister': PM angry with expenses questions in tense press conference 7 minutes ago
December 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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December 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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wahey! some actual scandal - unless the reporting here is in deficit, there's no parliamentary business by Don Farrell on these trips

but I very much doubt this was handed to the Guardian, feels like proper legwork, and Farrell isn't a scalp at the minute like Anika Wells would be
screenshot from aforementioned guardian article headline Labor minister Don Farrell claimed $9,000 for family travel during sports events and theatre showings bylines Josh Butler and Krishani Dhanji Mon 8 Dec 2025 21.16 AEDT link at end Farrell claimed a total of $1,385.21 for family travel from his home city of Adelaide to Sydney on 12 January 2023, returning the next day. On his register of interests, Farrell declared receiving "2 tickets to La Boheme and hospitality at the Sydney Opera House, courtesy of Opera Australia on 12 January 2023". He charged a total of $352.78 for family travel to Melbourne on 28 January, returning 30 January 2023. Farrell declared on his register of interests that he had received "2 tickets and hospitality to the Australian Open in Melbourne on 29 January 2023, courtesy of Tennis Australia". Flights between Adelaide and Melbourne, between 29 September and 1 October 2023, incurred $1,290.91 in family travel. Farrell had declared "2 tickets and hospitality to the 2023 AFL Grand Final ... courtesy of Endeavour Group". In 2024, Farrell declared two tickets to the Australian Open on 27 and 28 January from Tennis Australia. He also claimed $1,230.99 for family travel to Melbourne on 26 January, returning on 29 January. Later that year, Farrell declared receiving three tickets to the Melbourne premiere of Beauty and the Beast the Musical, and hospitality at Her Majesty's Theatre, on 29 June. Farrell charged $808.98 to taxpayers for family travel from Adelaide to Melbourne on 29 June, returning the next day. (continues) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/08/labor-minister-don-farrell-claimed-9000-for-family-travel-during-sports-events-and-theatre-showings?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other 2nd alt text Farrell also claimed $2,093.65 for family travel between Adelaide and "Ayers Rock", via Sydney, between 29 August and 1 September. Farrell declared receiving "two tickets and hospitality to the Wintjiri Wiru Sunset Dinner at Uluru, NT, courtesy Voyages on 30 August 2024". He declared four tickets and hospitality to the AFL grand final on 28 September 2024, and claimed $1,155.37 for family travel to Melbourne on 27 September - the day before the game and then from Melbourne to Canberra on the day after the match. Farrell received tickets and hospitality to the Australian Open on 25 and 26 January 2025, while claiming $407.52 for family travel between Adelaide and Melbourne between 25 and 27 January. The minister declared two tickets and hospitality to a Treasury Wine Estates event in Melbourne on 27 September. He also charged $275.70 in family travel during that time, with one expense titled "Melbourne" on 26 September and another "Adelaide" on 28 September. /end https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/08/labor-minister-don-farrell-claimed-9000-for-family-travel-during-sports-events-and-theatre-showings?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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from here

those stories are from the last 3 days www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Home chaos. But now the Liberals have Wells in their sights, they may gain ground. Wells is in a similar situation now. She may be able to brazen her way through. But she is marked, with her use of entitlements sure to feature regularly over summer at opposition press conferences and a pile of questions all but assured when parliament returns next year. Read more on Wells' expenses Rob Harris analysis: The optics on Wells' $94,000 flights to New York are terrible Thredbo ski trip: Nearly $3000 of taxpayer money to bring husband and two children to resort Birthday party: Wells attended friend's soiree during $3600 taxpayer trip Three trips for cricket: The $4183.83 taxpayer bill for husband's flights from Brisbane Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis. Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter. James Massola James Massola is Chief Political Commentator. He was previously National Affairs editor and South-East Asia correspondent. He has won Quill and Kennedy awards and been a Walkley finalist. Connect securely on Signal @jamesmassola.01
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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reminds me clearly of a memorable scene from True Detective S1. really good scene, speaks exactly to that

sadly youtube came up empty, but thankyou springfieldspringfield!
screenshot of the tv show / movie transcript website springfieldspringfield.co.uk True Detective (2013) s01e02 Episode Script Seeing Things you know about where that girl's been, where she come from? You want to know Beth's situation, 'fore she ran out on her uncle? There are other places she could go. Such holy bullshit from you. It's a woman's body, ain't it? A woman's choice. Well, she don't look like a woman to me. At that age, she is not equipped to make those kind of choices. But I guess you don't give a shit what kind of damage she's doing to herself, as long as you're making your money. Girls walk this Earth all the time screwin' for free. Now, why is it you add business to the mix, and boys like you can't stand the thought? I'll tell you. It's 'cause suddenly you don't own it the way you thought you did. Ahem. Ma'am, you've both been very helpful. We'll be in touch. Yes, thank you for your help. Do something else. That a down payment? Is shitting on any moment of decency part of your job description? "I closed my eyes and saw the king in yellow moving through the forest. "This is her diary, Marty. Believe this shit. A girl that young. You know the sheriff has got a stake in this place, too. Fucking Christ.
December 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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can confirm. zero to the Adelaide trip as a scandal
Minister for Communications and Minister for Sport Anika Wells. Alex Ellinghausen The party was held on the Saturday at a venue called The Jade. It was for the birthday of Connie Blefari, an adviser to former prime minister Julia Gillard and the wife of South Australian health minister Chris Picton. While the event was a social media-free zone, The Australian Financial Review confirmed her attendance with people present. The return flights cost taxpayers $2683.68, according to the Independent Parliamentary Expense Authority, and Wells also claimed $426 in travel allowance for meals and accommodation for the Friday night. She did not claim for the Saturday night. She also spent $305.59 on Comcar on Friday and $266.55 on Sunday. Comcar is the taxpayer-funded chauffeur service for official duties. These charges are all likely to relate to transport to and from airports.
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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this was a great moment (apologies everyone for the image of SM)
Scott Morrison, Isa Guha in the commentary box, left to right. she is looking almost down the camera, just to our left. very non-plussed to say the least. SM is looking straight ahead, saying something
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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my housemate exactly
a whatsapp conversation with my housemate Annaliese last seen yesterday at 20:52 19:45 me: POV your adopted son is demanding his return to home [photo of that] pat 19:45 HD 2:02 19:46 and soon afterwards 19:46 A: my son that i birthed ** 19:54 i miss him so much ughhhhh 19:54 but i'm working 10-7 most days here 19:55 or else i'd ship him over tbh 19:55 said son (a British Shorthair, accidentally longhair) looking at camera, nestled in a doona. he looks possessive and somewhat contented. Smokey is his name
December 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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ironic that the Florida of Oz has such a law. seems a bit OTT
December 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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wth. how on earth did I get a notification for the random single post like this? I'm not tagged, I don't follow the person, they're not on any lists (nor do I have any with notifications)

bizarre
my notifications, with a post by "ALAM FROM GAZA" (all caps theirs) mysteriously there
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Fungbunger!
the fungbunger coffee mug, from what, a decade ago now? no idea how to describe the image, though boomers tell me that's John Cleese's face making the weird look that adorns the coat of arms thing. it's very weird it's in the middle, and also atop two dog things. there's lots of coffee beans, and a coffee bush and the motto on the ye olde banner underneath all of that is "FILTHY FOR THE BEAN"
December 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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what a weird series, they ostensibly haven't abandoned bazball, but we've played 6 fewer overs for a lead of 34 runs, and only 6 down

lol, lmao #ashes
scoresheet as at 10.22pm on day 2. relevant info as described, scraped and pasted below. AUS v ENG Day 2: 3rd Session - Australia lead by 34 runs England 1st inn 334-10 (76.2) Australia 1st inn 368-6 (70.3) CRR 5.22
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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that's like half of the podcast The Greatest Generation's shtick - jokes riffing on cleaning up the holodeck after him, they go through the episodes one at a time and it's fairly obscene + nerdy without being over the top
a google image search for Will Riker /Jonathan Frakes , of Star Trek The Next Generation fame
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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December 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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lol. the sum of their work. what a flaming joke
the 'news' page on the Australian Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism (Jillian Segal) website 2025 ASECA Emeritus Professor Greg Craven Media Release 20 Nov 2025 Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism has appointed Emeritus Professor Greg Craven ΑΟ... Read More Special Envoy's Plan to Combat Antisemitism 10 Jul 2025 Antisemitism erodes and is contrary to values that define Australia: fairness, freedom and... Read More Appointment remarks 09 Jul 2024 "Thank you, Prime Minister and Minister Giles for this honour. Read More
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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torment nexus time babey
Miles O'Brien, from Star Trek Deep Space Nine it's from Season 4, Episode 19, 'Hard Time' he's bearded, and looks both distraught and confused he's in jail, but it's inside his own mind, one infused with time dilation. he has experienced decades of imprisonment and gone quite mad
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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tangentially, I'm kinda baffled by the assignment itself - I've done lots and lots, but like 10 to 15 years ago, never anything close to this type of essay "question".

also never had one where one word less than the limit is penalised

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Lesson 3.3: Reaction Paper: Gender Typicality, Peer Relations, and Mental Health Due Nov 9 by 11:59pm Points 25 Submitting a file upload Available Aug 25 at 12am - Nov 9 at 11:59pm This assignment was locked Nov 9 at 11:59pm. You must write a 650 words (body of text), double-spaced reaction paper demonstrating that you read the assigned article, and includes a thoughtful reaction to the material presented in the article. Points will be deducted when papers are deficient in any of these areas. I will deduct 10 points if your paper is between 620 and 649 words, and I will not give credit for papers under 620 words. Papers not turned in by the deadline will not receive credit. Please remember that your reaction paper should not be a summary, but rather a thoughtful discussion of some aspect of the article. Possible approaches to reaction papers include: 1. A discussion of why you feel the topic is important and worthy of study (or not) 2. An application of the study or results to your own experiences 3. An application of the study or results to observations about other behaviors 4. Linking the objectives or findings from the assigned article to other domains of development or other findings that we read about or discuss in class 5. A suggestion for further studies or experiments that might help researchers better understand the topic being studied 6. Alternate interpretations of the researchers' findings 7. A discussion of how development in this domain might proceed differently at other developmental stages 8. Your own thoughts about how development proceeds in the domain being researched in the article There are other possibilities as well. The best reaction papers illustrate that students have read the assigned materials and engaged in critical thinking about some aspect of the article. Formatting requirements: 12-point Times New Roman or Calibri font, one-inch margins on all sides. GRADING: Reaction papers are graded on a 25-point scale, and are evaluated based on the following: 1. Does the paper show a clear tie-in to the assigned article? (10 points) 2. Does the paper present a thoughtful reaction or response to the article, rather than a summary? (10 points) 3. Is the paper clearly written? (5 points) ARTICLE LINK: Gender Typicality. Peer Relations and Mental Health Reaction Papers Criteria Ratings Pts 10 pts Clear tie to Article Is there a clear link back to the assigned article? Can the reader assess whether the student has read the assigned article? Reaction Content Does the paper provide a reaction/reflection/discussion of some aspect of the article, rather than a summary? 10 pts Clarity of Writing Are the main ideas and thoughts organized into a coherent discussion? Is the writing clear enough to follow without multiple re-readings? 5 pts
December 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM