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then and now
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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Excellent primer on the Atlas Network and it’s impact on Australia

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
www.abc.net.au
January 25, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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“Where’s the NRA!”

Bro the NRA got sold for parts a decade ago. They stripped the copper out of the walls so Wayne LaPierre’s Au Pair could get anal bleaching. All that’s left is a handful of racist boomers posting memes.
January 24, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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Absolute banger of a comment on r/military:

www.reddit.com/r/Military/c...
January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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'Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism appointed Greg Craven to an audit role scoring universities on their implementation of a new definition of antisemitism.'

Here's #PellDefender Craven mashing his keyboard & getting all Schmittian in Unkle Rupert's zine:
January 24, 2026 at 6:49 AM
In which I make the case for protected legal abortion rights….
Mike Johnson: "I was the product of an unplanned teen pregnancy exactly one year before Roe. A lot of people tried to convince my very young parents that they should just take care of that problem. But I am eternally grateful that they allowed me the chance at life."
January 24, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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This won’t be limited to the US. Surveillance is huge with the NatCon Right, infesting UK, Aus Right. Peter Thiel & his Palantir making out like bandits from our toxic centrist? governments and corporations while he funds projects to destroy the democratic project. #Auspol
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 24, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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Sen. David Shoebridge:

Palantir, the far-right US data corporation, has just been given security clearance with access to secret Australian govt data.

They're enabling ICE surveillance and helping target the genocide in Gaza.

It's time ban them from govt contracts and all our data.

#auspol
January 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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January 23, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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ABC Indigenous doesn’t mince words
January 23, 2026 at 6:33 AM
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January 22, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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the spermaceti itself, how bland and creamy that is
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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[AI bubble bursts] billionaire tech bro: the stupid consumer did not understand it
January 22, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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So far the "Board of Peace" is Trump, Orban, Lukaschenko and Netanyahu.

Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.
January 21, 2026 at 7:16 AM
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Whether it's illegal to say it or not (?), Israel is quite clearly committing genocide in Palestine. The Australian government (but not the Australian people) is quite clearly supporting it. And our farce of a democracy is being further eroded so people don't speak this truth.
January 21, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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The World Economic Forum’s own Global Risks Report 2026 warns of escalating geo-economic confrontation and climate breakdown.

But don't worry, hundreds of THE RICHEST PEOPLE ON THE PLANET have flown into #Davos on their PRIVATE JETS to address global inequality and climate chaos.

act.gp/4sOwu1J
Tax the super-rich - Greenpeace International
We urge governments to tax the super-rich and support fair global tax rules to protect the future of people and the planet.
act.gp
January 20, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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The Attorney General can’t rule out that accurately describing Israel as committing genocide could land you in jail for 15 years.
January 20, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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From the River to the Sea Palestine Will Be Free.

Israel is an evil nation led by murderers.
“Early this morning, Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem.”

Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini:
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
January 20, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty! Anyway, here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance 💰
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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oh it's going to be a Recession recession
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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greenland..
January 18, 2026 at 6:23 AM