SurvivorCass
@survivorcass.bsky.social
Australian, living on Darug country.
Keen reader, language learner, hiker, traveller. Retired: ex-scientist, ex-policy advisor, ex-manager, ex-bar staff.
She/her/they/them
Keen reader, language learner, hiker, traveller. Retired: ex-scientist, ex-policy advisor, ex-manager, ex-bar staff.
She/her/they/them
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January 25, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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This is what happens when The Proud Boys and the Oathkeepers don uniforms that say police. The truth is that police don’t wear masks. ICE is not a police force. They are white supremacists cosplaying as soldiers.
January 25, 2026 at 4:29 AM
This is what happens when The Proud Boys and the Oathkeepers don uniforms that say police. The truth is that police don’t wear masks. ICE is not a police force. They are white supremacists cosplaying as soldiers.
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Mayor Frey: "To everyone listening, stand with Minneapolis, stand up for America. Recognize that your children will ask you what side you were on. Your grandchildren will ask you what you did to act to prevent this from happening again."
January 24, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Mayor Frey: "To everyone listening, stand with Minneapolis, stand up for America. Recognize that your children will ask you what side you were on. Your grandchildren will ask you what you did to act to prevent this from happening again."
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
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Can you trust American anymore?
Why not try European?
I’ve tried some of these since last autumn and am in the middle of transferring to Europe = exiting US services.
#digitalisation #digitalservicea
Why not try European?
I’ve tried some of these since last autumn and am in the middle of transferring to Europe = exiting US services.
#digitalisation #digitalservicea
Täällä on aika kattavat listat Eurooppalaisista vaihtoehdoista digipalveluille.
European Alternatives
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.
european-alternatives.eu
January 24, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Can you trust American anymore?
Why not try European?
I’ve tried some of these since last autumn and am in the middle of transferring to Europe = exiting US services.
#digitalisation #digitalservicea
Why not try European?
I’ve tried some of these since last autumn and am in the middle of transferring to Europe = exiting US services.
#digitalisation #digitalservicea
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Critically, Australian media (particularly commercial FTA) love an alarmist talking head.
Keep an eye out for ICE apologists appearing as commentators (from the US). Guaranteed they’ll come.
Also they use local ill-informed idiots offering their hottest takes as they discuss the headlines. Yuck.
Keep an eye out for ICE apologists appearing as commentators (from the US). Guaranteed they’ll come.
Also they use local ill-informed idiots offering their hottest takes as they discuss the headlines. Yuck.
January 24, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Critically, Australian media (particularly commercial FTA) love an alarmist talking head.
Keep an eye out for ICE apologists appearing as commentators (from the US). Guaranteed they’ll come.
Also they use local ill-informed idiots offering their hottest takes as they discuss the headlines. Yuck.
Keep an eye out for ICE apologists appearing as commentators (from the US). Guaranteed they’ll come.
Also they use local ill-informed idiots offering their hottest takes as they discuss the headlines. Yuck.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Maybe a good time to re-share my thread about how a skeezy crypto company *made profit* during the massive Texas winter freeze of 2021 by first seizing a massive amount of grid capacity and then getting paid to trickle a tiny amount back to freezing, dying citizens
I really couldn't help but dig into this - and I think it's fair to say that the Economist headline *is actually correct* - and I'm going to explain why in a short thread.
archive.ph/IqnaT
archive.ph/IqnaT
January 24, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Maybe a good time to re-share my thread about how a skeezy crypto company *made profit* during the massive Texas winter freeze of 2021 by first seizing a massive amount of grid capacity and then getting paid to trickle a tiny amount back to freezing, dying citizens
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it's really good that Oracle bought TikTok, a business that only loses money, at a time when it took on $56bn+ in debt and $240bn in lease obligations for GPUs to rent to OpenAI, a company that will run out of money. This could all have the funniest ending ever
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:46 PM
it's really good that Oracle bought TikTok, a business that only loses money, at a time when it took on $56bn+ in debt and $240bn in lease obligations for GPUs to rent to OpenAI, a company that will run out of money. This could all have the funniest ending ever
My favourite #Murderbot is any of the audiobook versions. Narrator Kevin R. Free does a freaking brilliant interpretation, mikes better than my reading.
Last night, I binged the TV series. I loved it, but missed the psych vibes of Free's interpretation.
TV series has the superior Pin Lee version.
Last night, I binged the TV series. I loved it, but missed the psych vibes of Free's interpretation.
TV series has the superior Pin Lee version.
January 24, 2026 at 3:24 AM
My favourite #Murderbot is any of the audiobook versions. Narrator Kevin R. Free does a freaking brilliant interpretation, mikes better than my reading.
Last night, I binged the TV series. I loved it, but missed the psych vibes of Free's interpretation.
TV series has the superior Pin Lee version.
Last night, I binged the TV series. I loved it, but missed the psych vibes of Free's interpretation.
TV series has the superior Pin Lee version.
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These are important conversations.
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 23, 2026 at 10:07 PM
These are important conversations.
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It's climate change, nor global warming. Fuck he's dumb
January 23, 2026 at 10:11 PM
It's climate change, nor global warming. Fuck he's dumb
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It was never about your safety.
It was about THEIR control.
It was about THEIR control.
January 23, 2026 at 11:03 PM
It was never about your safety.
It was about THEIR control.
It was about THEIR control.
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Mainstream media, we’re looking right at you.
January 22, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Mainstream media, we’re looking right at you.
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It all comes back to the corrupting influence of money in politics. Get it out!
January 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM
It all comes back to the corrupting influence of money in politics. Get it out!
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President Trump has an opportunity to do the most popular thing he's ever done
January 21, 2026 at 5:20 AM
President Trump has an opportunity to do the most popular thing he's ever done
I get a glimpse of a limp Greenland flag in photos and think it is a BTS Arirang promotion.
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 AM
I get a glimpse of a limp Greenland flag in photos and think it is a BTS Arirang promotion.
Laura so often has the goods.
I hope @albomp.bsky.social agrees with the canadian and french blokes.
Australia should not passively accept the bully and become a vassal state of the US. We have plenty of what the world wants. We have the capacity to build a new order that embodies our values.
I hope @albomp.bsky.social agrees with the canadian and french blokes.
Australia should not passively accept the bully and become a vassal state of the US. We have plenty of what the world wants. We have the capacity to build a new order that embodies our values.
Canadian PM Mark Carney told the World Economic Forum 'middle powers must act together'.
Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks out against Trump at the World Economic Forum
Canadian PM Mark Carney told the World Economic Forum 'middle powers must act together'.
www.abc.net.au
January 21, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Laura so often has the goods.
I hope @albomp.bsky.social agrees with the canadian and french blokes.
Australia should not passively accept the bully and become a vassal state of the US. We have plenty of what the world wants. We have the capacity to build a new order that embodies our values.
I hope @albomp.bsky.social agrees with the canadian and french blokes.
Australia should not passively accept the bully and become a vassal state of the US. We have plenty of what the world wants. We have the capacity to build a new order that embodies our values.
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Slave wages not ok in Australia. Spread the word #auspol
It is not acceptable to pay ANY workers in Australia $2.50 an hour a so the union movement is fighting Carnival Cruises doing this on their Australian ships through appalling, exploitative loopholes.
Summary attached - and more information and a call to action here: www.mua.org.au/MUA/Content/...
Summary attached - and more information and a call to action here: www.mua.org.au/MUA/Content/...
January 21, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Slave wages not ok in Australia. Spread the word #auspol
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It is not acceptable to pay ANY workers in Australia $2.50 an hour a so the union movement is fighting Carnival Cruises doing this on their Australian ships through appalling, exploitative loopholes.
Summary attached - and more information and a call to action here: www.mua.org.au/MUA/Content/...
Summary attached - and more information and a call to action here: www.mua.org.au/MUA/Content/...
January 20, 2026 at 4:32 AM
It is not acceptable to pay ANY workers in Australia $2.50 an hour a so the union movement is fighting Carnival Cruises doing this on their Australian ships through appalling, exploitative loopholes.
Summary attached - and more information and a call to action here: www.mua.org.au/MUA/Content/...
Summary attached - and more information and a call to action here: www.mua.org.au/MUA/Content/...
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Climate change is really, really expensive
Insurance claims from catastrophic events since September expected to hit $2 billion nationally after Vic fires www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Insurers flag premiums may rise after Victorian fires
Neighbours living on the same fire-ravaged street in regional Victoria are facing vastly different recoveries due to insurance differences, and recent disasters may push premiums further out of reach.
www.abc.net.au
January 20, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Climate change is really, really expensive
There is the obvious reason to do it, and also to "incentivize more non-US options."
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
January 20, 2026 at 9:16 PM
There is the obvious reason to do it, and also to "incentivize more non-US options."
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As Greg points out, the great weakness of Australian constitutional government is how much is left to ministerial discretion on the assumption that whoever holds the post is serious and accountable. As the US, and maybe soon the UK suggests, this assumption can be deadly.
January 20, 2026 at 3:34 AM
As Greg points out, the great weakness of Australian constitutional government is how much is left to ministerial discretion on the assumption that whoever holds the post is serious and accountable. As the US, and maybe soon the UK suggests, this assumption can be deadly.
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Bezos is why I don't buy from Amazon.
Musk why I won't from Tesla.
Zuck why I don't FB.
MAGA is turning Brand America into a liability.
Musk why I won't from Tesla.
Zuck why I don't FB.
MAGA is turning Brand America into a liability.
Democracy dies in darkness is WaPo’s motto. Jeff Bezos is turning out the lights.
Washington Post journalist Hannah Natanson's home was searched and her electronic devices seized by the FBI as part of a leak investigation. The Post was also subpoenaed.
This should raise alarm bells for all Americans. Here's why 👇
This should raise alarm bells for all Americans. Here's why 👇
January 20, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Bezos is why I don't buy from Amazon.
Musk why I won't from Tesla.
Zuck why I don't FB.
MAGA is turning Brand America into a liability.
Musk why I won't from Tesla.
Zuck why I don't FB.
MAGA is turning Brand America into a liability.