Bruce Williams
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“Democracy may die in darkness. It may die in despotism. Under Trump, it’s just as liable to die in dumbness.” Bret Stephens
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Inside Amazon’s warehouses, technofeudal domination takes a more visceral form. Workers are subjected to minute-by-minute surveillance: handheld scanners & other devices track their movements; algorithms measure their pace, track productivity & monitor behaviour.
Inside Amazon’s warehouses, technofeudal domination takes a more visceral form. Workers are subjected to minute-by-minute surveillance: handheld scanners & other devices track their movements; algorithms measure their pace, track productivity & monitor behaviour.
How Amazon turned our capitalist era of free markets into the age of technofeudalism | Yanis Varoufakis
Amazon Web Services owns the basic infrastructure for other businesses to operate online, turning even governments into its serfs, says the leader of MeRA25, Yanis Varoufakis
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November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Inside Amazon’s warehouses, technofeudal domination takes a more visceral form. Workers are subjected to minute-by-minute surveillance: handheld scanners & other devices track their movements; algorithms measure their pace, track productivity & monitor behaviour.
Inside Amazon’s warehouses, technofeudal domination takes a more visceral form. Workers are subjected to minute-by-minute surveillance: handheld scanners & other devices track their movements; algorithms measure their pace, track productivity & monitor behaviour.
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Writing into law an acknowledgment that environmental protection and biodiversity conservation necessarily underpin everything else, and that they must therefore have primacy, is a profound achievement. An unprecedented bequest to future generations.
Writing into law an acknowledgment that environmental protection and biodiversity conservation necessarily underpin everything else, and that they must therefore have primacy, is a profound achievement. An unprecedented bequest to future generations.
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible
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November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Writing into law an acknowledgment that environmental protection and biodiversity conservation necessarily underpin everything else, and that they must therefore have primacy, is a profound achievement. An unprecedented bequest to future generations.
Writing into law an acknowledgment that environmental protection and biodiversity conservation necessarily underpin everything else, and that they must therefore have primacy, is a profound achievement. An unprecedented bequest to future generations.
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Mamdani blew the assumption that many Jewish voters prioritized the defense of the Israeli government over other issues out of the water. During the campaign he spoke accurately and openly about the genocide that Israel was committing in Gaza.
Mamdani blew the assumption that many Jewish voters prioritized the defense of the Israeli government over other issues out of the water. During the campaign he spoke accurately and openly about the genocide that Israel was committing in Gaza.
Zohran Mamdani is re-writing the political rules around support for Israel | Kenneth Roth
If support for Israel is no longer de rigueur in New York, it may soon not be obligatory in Washington. That is good news for Palestinians
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November 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Mamdani blew the assumption that many Jewish voters prioritized the defense of the Israeli government over other issues out of the water. During the campaign he spoke accurately and openly about the genocide that Israel was committing in Gaza.
Mamdani blew the assumption that many Jewish voters prioritized the defense of the Israeli government over other issues out of the water. During the campaign he spoke accurately and openly about the genocide that Israel was committing in Gaza.
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First things first. It would be remiss of me not to refer specifically to the appalling and outrageous casualty list of Palestinian journalists and other media workers in Israel’s war on Gaza since the brutal attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens two years ago.
First things first. It would be remiss of me not to refer specifically to the appalling and outrageous casualty list of Palestinian journalists and other media workers in Israel’s war on Gaza since the brutal attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens two years ago.
Press freedom is being destroyed from Gaza to America. Don’t think it can’t happen here | Kerry O'Brien
Anthony Albanese promised to end the ‘culture of secrecy’. With freedom of speech under attack globally, it’s past time he delivered
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November 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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First things first. It would be remiss of me not to refer specifically to the appalling and outrageous casualty list of Palestinian journalists and other media workers in Israel’s war on Gaza since the brutal attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens two years ago.
First things first. It would be remiss of me not to refer specifically to the appalling and outrageous casualty list of Palestinian journalists and other media workers in Israel’s war on Gaza since the brutal attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens two years ago.
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US President Trump has used a traditional Thanksgiving White House event to pardon Türkiye, as well as a range of other totalitarian states, in a light-hearted ceremony at the White House today.
Full details: theshovel.com.au/2025/11/28/t...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
US President Trump has used a traditional Thanksgiving White House event to pardon Türkiye, as well as a range of other totalitarian states, in a light-hearted ceremony at the White House today.
Full details: theshovel.com.au/2025/11/28/t...
Full details: theshovel.com.au/2025/11/28/t...
“Trump didn’t have any issues with my pitch for a ceasefire, naturally, but that Zelensky guy is a tough nut to crack.” said Putin. “Plus, when I said I want him to let me keep bombing his country, he didn’t even wear a suit. It was terribly offensive.”
"That's the sort of 'peace' I can support" said Putin during negotiations.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
“Trump didn’t have any issues with my pitch for a ceasefire, naturally, but that Zelensky guy is a tough nut to crack.” said Putin. “Plus, when I said I want him to let me keep bombing his country, he didn’t even wear a suit. It was terribly offensive.”
The Queensland Senator said the country was in danger of being swamped by Black Friday sales.
Ms Hanson later moved a second motion to wish all Australians a white Christmas.
Ms Hanson later moved a second motion to wish all Australians a white Christmas.
"We are in danger of being swamped by Black Friday sales"
Pauline Hanson Condemns Use of Term ‘Black Friday’, Saying ‘All Fridays Matter’ — The Shovel
"We're in danger of being swamped by Black Friday sales"
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November 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The Queensland Senator said the country was in danger of being swamped by Black Friday sales.
Ms Hanson later moved a second motion to wish all Australians a white Christmas.
Ms Hanson later moved a second motion to wish all Australians a white Christmas.
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The American people and the media should not put up with this sort of talk from their president. It demeans the office and the whole nation in the eyes of other nations. The fact that the NYT simply accepts this and tries to move on shows the low standards that the US have come to accept.
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Trump has a long history of reserving his harshest criticisms for women, calling female journalists “nasty” and referencing menstruation to dismiss questions from Megyn Kelly.
Trump has a long history of reserving his harshest criticisms for women, calling female journalists “nasty” and referencing menstruation to dismiss questions from Megyn Kelly.
Trump calls New York Times reporter ‘ugly’ in latest insult to female journalist
In a Truth Social post, the president lashed out at journalist Katie Rogers after an article questioned whether he was slowing down
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November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The American people and the media should not put up with this sort of talk from their president. It demeans the office and the whole nation in the eyes of other nations. The fact that the NYT simply accepts this and tries to move on shows the low standards that the US have come to accept.
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What a stupid, ignorant woman! Kindergarten kids have more nous and decency than this fool!
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Nearly 30 years after she first entered politics, Pauline Hanson remains a committed fringe dweller, with narrow political interests and bad instincts. Voters have rejected religious or racial division in their national parliament.
Nearly 30 years after she first entered politics, Pauline Hanson remains a committed fringe dweller, with narrow political interests and bad instincts. Voters have rejected religious or racial division in their national parliament.
Pauline Hanson thinks she speaks for the mainstream but her burqa stunt shows she is a bit player with bad instincts | Tom McIlroy
While banning the burqa might play with the Sky After Dark audience, it is miles from a broad concern among punters
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November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
What a stupid, ignorant woman! Kindergarten kids have more nous and decency than this fool!
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Was probably foreplay for her night wining and dining Barnaby.
She thought this might be just the ticket to get his juices flowing and convince him to leave an out of touch party to join her out of orbit party.
She thought this might be just the ticket to get his juices flowing and convince him to leave an out of touch party to join her out of orbit party.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Was probably foreplay for her night wining and dining Barnaby.
She thought this might be just the ticket to get his juices flowing and convince him to leave an out of touch party to join her out of orbit party.
She thought this might be just the ticket to get his juices flowing and convince him to leave an out of touch party to join her out of orbit party.
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“Never worked so hard in my life!” Just shows how degraded the lazy, fat pederast has drifted down the plug hole.
November 27, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“Never worked so hard in my life!” Just shows how degraded the lazy, fat pederast has drifted down the plug hole.
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He is evil and ugly inside and out. Feral, bovine, trashy.
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
He is evil and ugly inside and out. Feral, bovine, trashy.
As the former competition watchdog chief Graeme Samuel, who led a 2020 review of the EPBC, said: the Coalition has “manoeuvred themselves into irrelevance on this matter”.
The LIBS are eating themselves
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
As the former competition watchdog chief Graeme Samuel, who led a 2020 review of the EPBC, said: the Coalition has “manoeuvred themselves into irrelevance on this matter”.
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Barnaby Joyce says he'll resign from the Nats telling parliament he was seeking a better position than the backbenches & claiming he's been ignored by leadership. Michael McCormack spent an hour with him on Wednesday to convince him to remain. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Barnaby Joyce ‘strongly considering’ move to One Nation after quitting National party
Former leader Michael McCormack says he spent an hour with Joyce on Wednesday trying to convince him to remain
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November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Barnaby Joyce says he'll resign from the Nats telling parliament he was seeking a better position than the backbenches & claiming he's been ignored by leadership. Michael McCormack spent an hour with him on Wednesday to convince him to remain. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Yes. The Real Poorleen
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Yes. The Real Poorleen
The Greens, Labor, and the environment all scored a win today — it’s a lesson in how politics *should* work www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/27/g...
The Greens are now the natural partner for the Albanese government if it, too, wants to “get shit done”.
The Greens are now the natural partner for the Albanese government if it, too, wants to “get shit done”.
The Greens, Labor, and the environment all scored a win today — it's a lesson in how politics *should* work
The Greens are clearly still concerned about being seen as uncooperative. Today’s deal is a reminder that this is how things get done.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The Greens, Labor, and the environment all scored a win today — it’s a lesson in how politics *should* work www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/27/g...
The Greens are now the natural partner for the Albanese government if it, too, wants to “get shit done”.
The Greens are now the natural partner for the Albanese government if it, too, wants to “get shit done”.
Joyce has sensationally quit the Nationals, a largely irrelevant and completely dysfunctional right-wing minor party and is rumoured to be preparing to join One Nation, a slightly more irrelevant and dysfunctional right-wing minor party, in what is set to be a major adjustment.
Former Deputy PM and families man Barnaby Joyce has left his long-term political home after flirting with a much younger party. chaser.com.au/national/nat...
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Joyce has sensationally quit the Nationals, a largely irrelevant and completely dysfunctional right-wing minor party and is rumoured to be preparing to join One Nation, a slightly more irrelevant and dysfunctional right-wing minor party, in what is set to be a major adjustment.
“It took ages to decide what type of bribe to actually give Trump, given there are so many ways you can do it nowadays,” shared Gobble the broad-breasted white turkey.
Following the generous bribe Trump pardoned the bird, and also appointed it head of the Department of Agriculture, as well as the new US ambassador to Türkiye.
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Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoned After Making $100 Mil Bribe to Donald Trump — The Shovel
As part of a timeless American tradition, a Thanksgiving turkey has received a pardon from the US President this week, following an unrelated $100 million bribe it made to one of Trump’s businesses. I...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“It took ages to decide what type of bribe to actually give Trump, given there are so many ways you can do it nowadays,” shared Gobble the broad-breasted white turkey.
“I’ve been doing research,” Hanson said. “I found out this is what young people listen to when they’re not on TikTok or disrespecting the flag. It’s called Joy Division. Although I don’t know where the joy is. Sounds a bit depressing to me, but it matches the state of the country”.
Sussan Ley Says Hanson Has Finally Gone Too Far After One Nation Senator Wears Joy Division Burqa to Parliament
Sussan Ley Says Hanson Has Finally Gone Too Far After One Nation Senator Wears Joy Division Burqa to Parliament — The Shovel
Opposition Leader Pauline Hanson says Pauline Hanson has crossed a line by arriving in Parliament today wearing a burqa featuring a Joy Division "Unknown Pleasures" screen print.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
“I’ve been doing research,” Hanson said. “I found out this is what young people listen to when they’re not on TikTok or disrespecting the flag. It’s called Joy Division. Although I don’t know where the joy is. Sounds a bit depressing to me, but it matches the state of the country”.
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Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% last financial year. About half of the reduction was due to an increase in solar and wind generation pushing coal-fired power out of the system.
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% last financial year. About half of the reduction was due to an increase in solar and wind generation pushing coal-fired power out of the system.
Australia’s emissions from fossil fuels down as electricity from renewables passes 40%
While greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% or 9.9m tonnes last financial year, new policies are needed to meet the 2035 target
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November 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% last financial year. About half of the reduction was due to an increase in solar and wind generation pushing coal-fired power out of the system.
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% last financial year. About half of the reduction was due to an increase in solar and wind generation pushing coal-fired power out of the system.
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Over a nine-year period, dozens of women interviewed for jobs by a senior civil servant, Christian Nègre, were offered coffees or teas by him that had been mixed with a powerful and illegal diuretic, which he knew would make them need to urinate.
Over a nine-year period, dozens of women interviewed for jobs by a senior civil servant, Christian Nègre, were offered coffees or teas by him that had been mixed with a powerful and illegal diuretic, which he knew would make them need to urinate.
‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant
In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out here
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November 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Over a nine-year period, dozens of women interviewed for jobs by a senior civil servant, Christian Nègre, were offered coffees or teas by him that had been mixed with a powerful and illegal diuretic, which he knew would make them need to urinate.
Over a nine-year period, dozens of women interviewed for jobs by a senior civil servant, Christian Nègre, were offered coffees or teas by him that had been mixed with a powerful and illegal diuretic, which he knew would make them need to urinate.
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“For those who want to see Ukraine prevail as a sovereign & democratic country, it is clear that Witkoff fully favors the Russians,”
“He cannot be trusted to lead these negotiations. Would a Russian paid agent do less than he? He should be fired.”
“For those who want to see Ukraine prevail as a sovereign & democratic country, it is clear that Witkoff fully favors the Russians,”
“He cannot be trusted to lead these negotiations. Would a Russian paid agent do less than he? He should be fired.”
‘Traitor’: US representatives call for Trump envoy Witkoff to be fired after leaked Kremlin call
Republicans and Democrats warn Witkoff ‘cannot be trusted’ after reportedly advising officials on peace plan
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November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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“For those who want to see Ukraine prevail as a sovereign & democratic country, it is clear that Witkoff fully favors the Russians,”
“He cannot be trusted to lead these negotiations. Would a Russian paid agent do less than he? He should be fired.”
“For those who want to see Ukraine prevail as a sovereign & democratic country, it is clear that Witkoff fully favors the Russians,”
“He cannot be trusted to lead these negotiations. Would a Russian paid agent do less than he? He should be fired.”
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The Indian mining company Adani has agreed to end its marathon legal pursuit of the environmental activist Ben Pennings, also dropping a demand for payment of damages which at one stage stood at $600m.
The Indian mining company Adani has agreed to end its marathon legal pursuit of the environmental activist Ben Pennings, also dropping a demand for payment of damages which at one stage stood at $600m.
Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit
Queensland supreme court orders Pennings, a campaigner against the Carmichael coalmine, not to seek to acquire Adani’s confidential information
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November 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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The Indian mining company Adani has agreed to end its marathon legal pursuit of the environmental activist Ben Pennings, also dropping a demand for payment of damages which at one stage stood at $600m.
The Indian mining company Adani has agreed to end its marathon legal pursuit of the environmental activist Ben Pennings, also dropping a demand for payment of damages which at one stage stood at $600m.
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These inflation figures will give few people any joy – not the RBA, nor the govt, nor any of us looking at our bills. But they'll continue to give comfort to energy and gas producers who know their windfall profits will remain largely untouched by our tax system.
These inflation figures will give few people any joy – not the RBA, nor the govt, nor any of us looking at our bills. But they'll continue to give comfort to energy and gas producers who know their windfall profits will remain largely untouched by our tax system.
The latest inflation figures offer no joy – except to the gas producers whose windfall profits remain largely untouched | Greg Jericho
The boom in world gas prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to energy companies making out like bandits
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November 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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These inflation figures will give few people any joy – not the RBA, nor the govt, nor any of us looking at our bills. But they'll continue to give comfort to energy and gas producers who know their windfall profits will remain largely untouched by our tax system.
These inflation figures will give few people any joy – not the RBA, nor the govt, nor any of us looking at our bills. But they'll continue to give comfort to energy and gas producers who know their windfall profits will remain largely untouched by our tax system.
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Trump has a long history of reserving his harshest criticisms for women, calling female journalists “nasty” and referencing menstruation to dismiss questions from Megyn Kelly.
Trump has a long history of reserving his harshest criticisms for women, calling female journalists “nasty” and referencing menstruation to dismiss questions from Megyn Kelly.
Trump calls New York Times reporter ‘ugly’ in latest insult to female journalist
In a Truth Social post, the president lashed out at journalist Katie Rogers after an article questioned whether he was slowing down
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November 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Trump has a long history of reserving his harshest criticisms for women, calling female journalists “nasty” and referencing menstruation to dismiss questions from Megyn Kelly.
Trump has a long history of reserving his harshest criticisms for women, calling female journalists “nasty” and referencing menstruation to dismiss questions from Megyn Kelly.