TheMunt
@themunt.bsky.social
Resident of the Melbourne conurbation. Keeping an eye out for fun stuff
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If Armando Iannucci and Stewart Lee making fun of Trump and his Board of Peace for half an hour sounds like just the ticket today, Ianucci's podcast can be found here. I laughed so hard: www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
BBC Audio | Strong Message Here | U-Turns and Turncoats (with Stewart Lee)
Can politicians use language to convince us they have changed their minds?
www.bbc.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:07 PM
If Armando Iannucci and Stewart Lee making fun of Trump and his Board of Peace for half an hour sounds like just the ticket today, Ianucci's podcast can be found here. I laughed so hard: www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
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it's never the crazy weird conspiracy theory weapons. they are poisoning you with toxins they are well-documented to have. they are beating you with ordinary sticks and shooting you with ordinary guns
the only conspiracy is how they gained legal immunity to do this
the only conspiracy is how they gained legal immunity to do this
My group was able to recover a spent canister from a green smoke grenade in Minneapolis. We now confirm with physical evidence that it was a green signaling grenade.
Please don't spread rumors about hexachloroethane or nerve agents.
#PublicPreparedness #Minneapolis
Please don't spread rumors about hexachloroethane or nerve agents.
#PublicPreparedness #Minneapolis
January 22, 2026 at 4:12 AM
it's never the crazy weird conspiracy theory weapons. they are poisoning you with toxins they are well-documented to have. they are beating you with ordinary sticks and shooting you with ordinary guns
the only conspiracy is how they gained legal immunity to do this
the only conspiracy is how they gained legal immunity to do this
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Turn the world upside down, tank global markets, piss off our allies only to learn that you had the deal all along based on a 75 year old treaty that one of your predecessors had the foresight to negotiate. #artofthedeal
January 21, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Turn the world upside down, tank global markets, piss off our allies only to learn that you had the deal all along based on a 75 year old treaty that one of your predecessors had the foresight to negotiate. #artofthedeal
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Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.
January 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.
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It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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It's good to be outside
January 15, 2026 at 8:24 AM
It's good to be outside
Mr Bowen has been doing this a long time. Think it gets to the crux of where we currently stand. I mean who can tell what tomorrow brings, from a spiralling aged despot
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bowen: Trump risks pushing world back to age of empires
Donald Trump wants and needs quick victories. Taking Maduro is the decisive win he has craved, writes Jeremy Bowen.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Mr Bowen has been doing this a long time. Think it gets to the crux of where we currently stand. I mean who can tell what tomorrow brings, from a spiralling aged despot
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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we've reached the 'Bellingcat investigations in your country' part of the authoritarian program
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 8, 2026 at 8:13 AM
we've reached the 'Bellingcat investigations in your country' part of the authoritarian program
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
January 7, 2026 at 9:18 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
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We’re in an era of back-yardism. Trump’s takeover of Venezuela & maybe Greenland means he can’t logically object to Putin’s desire to take back Ukraine in Russia’s back-yard, or Xi grabbing Taiwan. The US, once the world’s moral super-power, shrinks to policeman for the Americas.
January 7, 2026 at 8:19 AM
We’re in an era of back-yardism. Trump’s takeover of Venezuela & maybe Greenland means he can’t logically object to Putin’s desire to take back Ukraine in Russia’s back-yard, or Xi grabbing Taiwan. The US, once the world’s moral super-power, shrinks to policeman for the Americas.
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
At least you could sort of go. Ah man. They blew up our office buildings (who hasn’t wished that for their own office buildings so they didn’t have to go into work). And bush went ham on another continent. Nup. Dumb airbrushed cunt just stole a man from another country.
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
At least you could sort of go. Ah man. They blew up our office buildings (who hasn’t wished that for their own office buildings so they didn’t have to go into work). And bush went ham on another continent. Nup. Dumb airbrushed cunt just stole a man from another country.
Why Venezuela. The distaste for Iran has been percolating for decades now. Bonkers.
January 3, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Why Venezuela. The distaste for Iran has been percolating for decades now. Bonkers.
Happy new year. Melbourne. Looking like they set off some match boxes to celebrate. Austerity matters.
December 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Happy new year. Melbourne. Looking like they set off some match boxes to celebrate. Austerity matters.
Happy new year. Melbourne fireworks performed by the illegal cigarette importers. Cheap. Terrible. But washed a load of cash.
December 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Happy new year. Melbourne fireworks performed by the illegal cigarette importers. Cheap. Terrible. But washed a load of cash.
Australia really is disrespectful of its art and culture. Just watching the ABC with a celebration of playschool. AFTER The Cat Empire. A professional musical band. What a kick in the cunt. So sad
December 31, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Australia really is disrespectful of its art and culture. Just watching the ABC with a celebration of playschool. AFTER The Cat Empire. A professional musical band. What a kick in the cunt. So sad
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
@impq.bsky.social merry Christmas you pair of long baubles. It’s already Xmas day here in cold and grey Australia :). Well I say cold.
December 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
@impq.bsky.social merry Christmas you pair of long baubles. It’s already Xmas day here in cold and grey Australia :). Well I say cold.
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love starting a carol with "god rest ye merry gentlemen, let nothing ye dismay", it's the equivalent of starting a phone call with "okay so it's all fine, DON'T freak out"
December 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
love starting a carol with "god rest ye merry gentlemen, let nothing ye dismay", it's the equivalent of starting a phone call with "okay so it's all fine, DON'T freak out"
Orange cunts fat head on top of the news daily all year. Now we got a Hamster nibbles a thing, here’s some photos. And, sky is blue articles. Oh and a boat has been borrowed here’s a blurry photo. Fuck this shit now and forever
December 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Orange cunts fat head on top of the news daily all year. Now we got a Hamster nibbles a thing, here’s some photos. And, sky is blue articles. Oh and a boat has been borrowed here’s a blurry photo. Fuck this shit now and forever
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Huge news. 007 job share.
December 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Huge news. 007 job share.
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Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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We forget sometimes, but the origin of the term "fake news" was a nexus of Macedonia-based websites pretending to be US news outlets, pumping out fake stories about Hillary Clinton in 2016 for the ad revenue. Same shit nearly a decade on.
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We forget sometimes, but the origin of the term "fake news" was a nexus of Macedonia-based websites pretending to be US news outlets, pumping out fake stories about Hillary Clinton in 2016 for the ad revenue. Same shit nearly a decade on.
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Lowe doesn't need the money but the 'thrill' of engagment can be just as corrupting as the love of cash & if engagement/cash increase according to the extremity of the opinions expressed then you need integrity to resist the temptation to become ever more offensive. This is what Musk has engineered.
Human trafficking.
Rupert Lowe makes more money from using Elon Musk’s website than any other MP.
There is money to be made from mass deportations and talking about mass deportations.
Rupert Lowe makes more money from using Elon Musk’s website than any other MP.
There is money to be made from mass deportations and talking about mass deportations.
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Lowe doesn't need the money but the 'thrill' of engagment can be just as corrupting as the love of cash & if engagement/cash increase according to the extremity of the opinions expressed then you need integrity to resist the temptation to become ever more offensive. This is what Musk has engineered.