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ah yes ... the fearless australian media, fAm0uSLy dEd!cAtEd to h0LdiNg p0WeR t0 aCCoUnt
One thing that astonishes me about the Herzog visit is that Israel has murdered more journalists than any other state in the 21st century, and he hasn’t faced a single question about this (to my knowledge) from the Australian media
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 AM
ah yes ... the fearless australian media, fAm0uSLy dEd!cAtEd to h0LdiNg p0WeR t0 aCCoUnt
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"I just don't think someone who was born male should be running with womyn-born-womyn, which is why I have no choice but to side with Jeffrey Epstein."
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 AM
"I just don't think someone who was born male should be running with womyn-born-womyn, which is why I have no choice but to side with Jeffrey Epstein."
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"social cohesion" is the "climate wars are over" of the late 2020s.
Labor doesn't want peace, or cohesion or actual societal improvement. It wants everyone to stop yelling at them.
It worked for the climate movement but it won't work for the anti-genocide movement.
Labor doesn't want peace, or cohesion or actual societal improvement. It wants everyone to stop yelling at them.
It worked for the climate movement but it won't work for the anti-genocide movement.
February 11, 2026 at 8:15 AM
"social cohesion" is the "climate wars are over" of the late 2020s.
Labor doesn't want peace, or cohesion or actual societal improvement. It wants everyone to stop yelling at them.
It worked for the climate movement but it won't work for the anti-genocide movement.
Labor doesn't want peace, or cohesion or actual societal improvement. It wants everyone to stop yelling at them.
It worked for the climate movement but it won't work for the anti-genocide movement.
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Meanjin's former editor says that she and the journal's prior cultural and advisory literary board were not notified of QUT's acquiring the publication before the announcement today.
QUT revives axed journal Meanjin. Its former editor says she and its advisory board weren't consulted
Since Meanjin's closure, multiple foundations, university figures and organisations approached MUP to explore ways to save the journals, but these attempts were all rebuffed.
buff.ly
February 11, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Meanjin's former editor says that she and the journal's prior cultural and advisory literary board were not notified of QUT's acquiring the publication before the announcement today.
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attending a protest = "antagonising police" is very literally and precisely the gaslighting doublespeak of the fascist Trump government. I really don't make that comparison lightly but this is systemic, deep institutional collapse
NSW Police Minister saying to the people please don't antagonise the cops by, you know, exercising your basic human rights
February 10, 2026 at 9:20 AM
attending a protest = "antagonising police" is very literally and precisely the gaslighting doublespeak of the fascist Trump government. I really don't make that comparison lightly but this is systemic, deep institutional collapse
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I can't help but feel like if the Liberals were in power, the outrage would be immense and very simple.
But bc Labor is in power at a federal and state level, the outrage is constrained and confused. ABC headlines are passive. They want to hate cops but don't feel like they can.
But bc Labor is in power at a federal and state level, the outrage is constrained and confused. ABC headlines are passive. They want to hate cops but don't feel like they can.
February 10, 2026 at 5:17 AM
I can't help but feel like if the Liberals were in power, the outrage would be immense and very simple.
But bc Labor is in power at a federal and state level, the outrage is constrained and confused. ABC headlines are passive. They want to hate cops but don't feel like they can.
But bc Labor is in power at a federal and state level, the outrage is constrained and confused. ABC headlines are passive. They want to hate cops but don't feel like they can.
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Zali Steggall points out the consequences of inviting Isaac Herzog given the ongoing Israeli genocide against Palestine was 'highly foreseeable'
live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
February 9, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Zali Steggall points out the consequences of inviting Isaac Herzog given the ongoing Israeli genocide against Palestine was 'highly foreseeable'
live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
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Speaking of the Norwegian red hats everyone is knitting: knitters have raised over $300k for MN by buying the $5 pattern.
And symbols (like red hats) are a vital part of any resistance movement. They are used to unite members and serve as a visible display of opposition to the regime.
And symbols (like red hats) are a vital part of any resistance movement. They are used to unite members and serve as a visible display of opposition to the regime.
February 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Speaking of the Norwegian red hats everyone is knitting: knitters have raised over $300k for MN by buying the $5 pattern.
And symbols (like red hats) are a vital part of any resistance movement. They are used to unite members and serve as a visible display of opposition to the regime.
And symbols (like red hats) are a vital part of any resistance movement. They are used to unite members and serve as a visible display of opposition to the regime.
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Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
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“It sends a message that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not matter…”If it were any other community, it would have been front page news, it would have been everywhere.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
First Nations people say 'silence' on alleged Perth bomb attack weighs heavily
Underwhelming public responses in the wake of the alleged attack on an Invasion Day rally in Perth leave First Nations people across Australia feeling their "pain matters less".
www.abc.net.au
January 31, 2026 at 3:45 AM
“It sends a message that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not matter…”If it were any other community, it would have been front page news, it would have been everywhere.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Albanese must lead a strong response to the Boorloo Day of Mourning bomb attack.
After the horror at Bondi we saw that leadership on violence and racism is possible with political will.
The same urgency is needed on rising threats against First Peoples.
My response:
nit.com.au/28-01-2026/2...
After the horror at Bondi we saw that leadership on violence and racism is possible with political will.
The same urgency is needed on rising threats against First Peoples.
My response:
nit.com.au/28-01-2026/2...
Lidia Thorpe urges decisive response to attack on First Peoples and supporters at Boorloo rally
Senator Lidia Thorpe has urged the federal government to respond as decisively to the rising threats against First Peoples as it did to the antisemitic attack at Bondi.The Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab...
nit.com.au
January 28, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Albanese must lead a strong response to the Boorloo Day of Mourning bomb attack.
After the horror at Bondi we saw that leadership on violence and racism is possible with political will.
The same urgency is needed on rising threats against First Peoples.
My response:
nit.com.au/28-01-2026/2...
After the horror at Bondi we saw that leadership on violence and racism is possible with political will.
The same urgency is needed on rising threats against First Peoples.
My response:
nit.com.au/28-01-2026/2...
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Australia popularised this in the early 2000s. It was against international law then and it still is now, but it has bipartisan support from our major parties.
Our camps are run by for-profit prison companies such as GeoGroup and Serco. Trans women have been put in male centers. All under Labor :)
Our camps are run by for-profit prison companies such as GeoGroup and Serco. Trans women have been put in male centers. All under Labor :)
TIL in the Netherlands they straight up put asylum seekers in a camp.
January 28, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Australia popularised this in the early 2000s. It was against international law then and it still is now, but it has bipartisan support from our major parties.
Our camps are run by for-profit prison companies such as GeoGroup and Serco. Trans women have been put in male centers. All under Labor :)
Our camps are run by for-profit prison companies such as GeoGroup and Serco. Trans women have been put in male centers. All under Labor :)
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Racism is so entrenched in Australia that when someone throws a bomb into a peaceful protest, of 2000 First Nations Peoples and their allies, that we call it unacceptable instead of what it actually is, terrorism.
January 27, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Racism is so entrenched in Australia that when someone throws a bomb into a peaceful protest, of 2000 First Nations Peoples and their allies, that we call it unacceptable instead of what it actually is, terrorism.
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Fingers crossed the government approving some more coal mines & gas projects will help.
And if not, then surely the total obliteration of the systems which sustain life on Earth is a small price to pay if the already massively wealthy become insanely so?
And if not, then surely the total obliteration of the systems which sustain life on Earth is a small price to pay if the already massively wealthy become insanely so?
The heatwave gripping south-east Australia reached day four on Tuesday and is now unprecedented in many regions.
Historical heatwave sets all-time records as temperatures exceed 49C
The heatwave gripping south-east Australia reached day four on Tuesday and is now unprecedented in many regions.
www.abc.net.au
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Fingers crossed the government approving some more coal mines & gas projects will help.
And if not, then surely the total obliteration of the systems which sustain life on Earth is a small price to pay if the already massively wealthy become insanely so?
And if not, then surely the total obliteration of the systems which sustain life on Earth is a small price to pay if the already massively wealthy become insanely so?
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"With gentle hands, we will bring all that is lost back
into the world. Green shoots uncoil from the darkness."
into the world. Green shoots uncoil from the darkness."
Looking through my phone at saved poems, searching for one appropriate to these hard days
Found this one, but without attribution. Thankfully Google reminded me that it's one from
@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
Oh. Yes. Plague Poems.
of course 💔
Found this one, but without attribution. Thankfully Google reminded me that it's one from
@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
Oh. Yes. Plague Poems.
of course 💔
January 26, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"With gentle hands, we will bring all that is lost back
into the world. Green shoots uncoil from the darkness."
into the world. Green shoots uncoil from the darkness."
this book opened me up to just so many ideas. it changed me. and I couldn't recommend it more
if you want a better understanding of sex work from a leftist perspective i highly recommend “Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights”, written by sex workers Juno Mac and Molly Smith.
buy it directly from the publisher here:
buy it directly from the publisher here:
Revolting Prostitutes
How the law harms sex workers - and what they want insteadDo you have to endorse prostitution in order to support sex worker rights? Should clients be criminalized, and can the police deliver justice?...
www.versobooks.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:29 AM
this book opened me up to just so many ideas. it changed me. and I couldn't recommend it more
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“why do they keep talking about vote fraud when repeated analysis of voter records show extremely low overall rates of voter fraud?” because they’re lying
January 26, 2026 at 1:28 AM
“why do they keep talking about vote fraud when repeated analysis of voter records show extremely low overall rates of voter fraud?” because they’re lying
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Seems to be the most dramatic breakthrough in preventing/slowing dementia & alzheimer's ever. But it's a vaccine, so it doesn't get headlines.
Wish you could get the shingles vaccine before age 50. You don't have to be 50 to get shingles—I can attest as I had it last summer (not recommended).
Wish you could get the shingles vaccine before age 50. You don't have to be 50 to get shingles—I can attest as I had it last summer (not recommended).
The Shingles vaccine and reduction of dementia: a new natural experiment from Canada replicated 3 others and adds to this week's link to slowing of biological aging.
erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
Spotlight on the Shingles Vaccine—Again!
Two new studies add to a remarkable body of evidence for benefit
erictopol.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Seems to be the most dramatic breakthrough in preventing/slowing dementia & alzheimer's ever. But it's a vaccine, so it doesn't get headlines.
Wish you could get the shingles vaccine before age 50. You don't have to be 50 to get shingles—I can attest as I had it last summer (not recommended).
Wish you could get the shingles vaccine before age 50. You don't have to be 50 to get shingles—I can attest as I had it last summer (not recommended).
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I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud
Delicious to me
January 22, 2026 at 6:29 AM
I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud
find finished year of the rat by @harryshukman.bsky.social. fantastic read, and really dives into whats going on in the far right, the factors that are leaving people vulnerable to the far right, the way the leaders take advantage of that, and all the grifting. absolutely recommend
January 22, 2026 at 6:09 AM
find finished year of the rat by @harryshukman.bsky.social. fantastic read, and really dives into whats going on in the far right, the factors that are leaving people vulnerable to the far right, the way the leaders take advantage of that, and all the grifting. absolutely recommend
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The social media ban was always just the govt doing something to look like it was doing something.
That it was being pushed by media and FM hosts was a major 🚩
There is no success/fail test that the ban is being judged by, but we do have a shirt load of vibes.
That it was being pushed by media and FM hosts was a major 🚩
There is no success/fail test that the ban is being judged by, but we do have a shirt load of vibes.
"Social media time does not increase teenagers’ mental health problems – study. Research finds no evidence heavier social media use or more gaming increases symptoms of anxiety or depression." www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Social media time does not increase teenagers’ mental health problems – study
Research finds no evidence heavier social media use or more gaming increases symptoms of anxiety or depression
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
The social media ban was always just the govt doing something to look like it was doing something.
That it was being pushed by media and FM hosts was a major 🚩
There is no success/fail test that the ban is being judged by, but we do have a shirt load of vibes.
That it was being pushed by media and FM hosts was a major 🚩
There is no success/fail test that the ban is being judged by, but we do have a shirt load of vibes.
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journalists never take the cops at their word 2026 challenge
January 15, 2026 at 4:08 AM
journalists never take the cops at their word 2026 challenge
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The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined
January 10, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined
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spotted on ravelry: the pattern to knit the sock pictured on the Wikipedia article for "sock"
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
January 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
spotted on ravelry: the pattern to knit the sock pictured on the Wikipedia article for "sock"
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...