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PH
@phlitmus.bsky.social
husband | grieving cat dad | broadway theatre tragic | occasionally funny
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Why is it that religious bodies receive exemptions from criminal laws in Australia?

If it's a crime, it's a fucking crime. Fix this up, @australianlabor.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social.

NO MORE EXEMPTIONS. REPEAL EXISTING EXEMPTIONS. #auspol
January 16, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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ICYMI, brilliant and very useful flow chart.
Shared with great respect to Randa Abdel-Fattah who has been through so much the past week, including being potentially defamed by the SA Premier.

May our cultural and arts institutions develop an ounce of the courage shown by writers like Abdel-Fattah.
January 16, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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I suspect he won’t invoke this until closer to the elections.

I rate the chance of there being midterm elections at about 40%.

The chance of them being free and fair at about 10%.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act in Minnesota in response to ICE protests
Protests continue across state as governor urges peace a week after ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Fuck Ford
January 14, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Bless the Ford worker who called Donald Trump a pedophile protector to his face today, which made President Pedo Protector throw up his tiny middle finger.
January 14, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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Thank you so much to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for inviting me onto his podcast. We talked about critical issues the media & political establishment is ignoring such as the extraordinarily dumb & dangerous UK defence deal with Peter Thiel’s Palantir
"Peter Thiel... the founder of this company, does not believe in democracy"
January 15, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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We'll say it again: "social cohesion", when uttered by the holders of political and social power and privilege, means simply the maintenance of the dominant culture and silencing of any challenge to it.
January 15, 2026 at 6:12 AM
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Israel’s destruction of refugee camps in Jenin and Tulkarm is severing families from their homes, emptying communities, and accelerating Palestinian erasure.
January 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Dear Canadians,

Stop buying US made vehicles.

We can cripple their auto industry by simply not buying American-made cars.

Buy the ones made anywhere but the USA.

Our power as consumers is in our money. Don't buy their shit. There are plenty of alternatives out there.

#boycotUScars
January 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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The major parties continue to show us that they are incapable of putting the public interest ahead of their donors, their factions and their self interest. #auspol
January 15, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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PSA:
You can love Jewish people and be against Zionism.

You can want a free Palestine and a free Iran at the same time.

You can love a population of people and also hate people in that population who hate other people.

All things can be true. It’s not always one or the other.
January 14, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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BREAKING:

TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."

"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
January 15, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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I write about the Adelaide Writers' Week debacle for @theshot.net.au.

theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Why is a Labor Premier silencing a writer?  - The Shot
For many Adelaideans, Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) is the highlight of their year. A glorious six days when the Pioneer...
theshot.net.au
January 13, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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Every time Malinauskas speaks about the Writers Festival, he just makes it more obvious that this whole thing was his call www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
'Not the Premier's book club': Malinauskas addresses criticism over resignations - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
Premier Peter Malinauskas today assured the Adelaide Festival board is still functional after its chair and three members resigned.
www.indailysa.com.au
January 12, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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When you combine Admirals (proposers) who only have an eye for toys and Cabinet ministers (approvers) who have no training in project risk, disaster will ensue - not personally for the Admirals or Cabinet Ministers, rather for the taxpayers and national security🤦‍♂️. #AUKUS #auspol
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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Unbelievable. I told the Sky News guy to fuck off with his questions and now *that* is the story.
This hungry beast is insatiable.
How’s that Royal Commission into Murdoch media going?
January 12, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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If the truth pains you, @sydmorningherald.bsky.social, you are the problem. Not the truth. #auspol #IStandWithCathyWilcox
January 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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January 11, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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My information is that this is an out and out lie.

It's extraordinary that the SA Premier sees no problem trashing the reputation of one of the few organisations in his state that is internationally celebrated as a leader in its field.

Don Dunstan must be turning in his grave.
January 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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Screw the apology from the SMH for this cartoon

#CathyWilcox #WilcoxCartoon #auspol
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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The Vice President of the United States is a fascist.
January 11, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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When this blows over I might have to share some of the emails I’ve received over the days which really make me wonder why I am the one accused of hatred. There is deep unresolved trauma being spewed by some of these people and we cannot consent to living according to their warped reality.
January 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.

I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM