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What they call an ‘applied’ social scientist. Disciple of Brandolini's Law (not here for the bs). Also fascinated by bs-laden Australian and international politics. Which is a bit of a contradiction.
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Is Murray Watt writing for the US Department of Energy now?

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New video of an Iranian missile hitting HaKirya, the Israeli equivalent to the Pentagon, from the 12-day (so far) war.

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In all seriousness, this will probably happen within the next 18-24 months.

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“I think we're beyond words… What the medical teams are now reporting is that especially... the wounded children are not healing after surgery, because their bodies are incapable of healing.” Conflict Surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah spoke with DAWN about what he’s heard from colleagues in Gaza.

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About 20 years ago, we had an extreme rightwing government in Australia that pulled this same bait-and-switch trick on essential services too. It cut support for public healthcare, education, and housing, then used those savings to subsidies private schools, hospitals, and investment properties.

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Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

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In which people who make entertainment glorifying gun violence sue each other because one of them was killed by a gun while producing said entertainment.

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A new study found that the United States was responsible for 55 percent of the pollution emitted by private jets globally.

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Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride. However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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A British guide to terrorism ... meme via The eloquent quirk

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This article is bizarre. It keeps taking about ‘annual out-of-pocket’ costs. But the figures it lists aren’t annual, they’re *per-appontment* costs. Did the journalist who wrote this actually understand the figures they were looking at?

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Hundreds of thousands attended a mass funeral in Tehran for IRGC Chief General Hossein Salami and other top commanders killed in the conflict with Israel.

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Hang on. Careless is spilling some milk on the counter top making your morning coffee. FRAUD is when you 'accidentally' forget to mention the money you stole. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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“[Banality is] simply the reluctance ever to imagine what the other person is experiencing. That is the banality of evil." — Hannah Arendt

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166 people paid to have their ashes go into space. They also got a free burial at sea.

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"Experts fear that the recent attacks by Israel and the United States may have driven Iranian leaders to conclude that Iran must acquire its own nuclear weapons to ensure its security."

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Iran is not easily summed up. Behind headlines of regime brutality lies a diverse society—ethnically, politically, and religiously. Many oppose the regime, but not all in the same way. Support, dissent, and pragmatism coexist. Change, if it comes, must embrace this complexity—not flatten it.

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Monstrous: "They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."

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Video footage captures the moment a young boy tries to escape on his bicycle just as an Israeli airstrike strikes the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City.

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*If* the US manages to escape the clutches of this regime, it will take decades to rebuild the critical institutions that are currently being destroyed. The vandalism is beyond comprehension.

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between this and www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/t... indicating 75% of the power for that new datacentre being from burning natural gas...

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Meredith has always been a G, but it's still exceptionally weird and very refreshing hearing from a tech exec who can see through all of this AI bullshit for what it is at its foundation: a backdoor surveillance tool.

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We need to sanction Australians serving in the IDF. Fight for Israel, stay there. No right of return for participants in genocide. #auspol

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“Calls for ‘urgent’ investigation into lobbying activities of fracking advocate and gas company”

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End Gambling Ads ALLIANCE FOR GAMBLING REFORM www.agr.org.au

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Meanwhile in New South Wales, Australia "NSW Police said that, based on medical advice received, this incident did not meet the threshold for a critical incident – an incident involving a member of the police force that results in the death of, or serious injury to, a person."

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Today marks 2 years since the Murphy Report on the harms of online gambling. The crossbench has been calling for a ban on online gambling ads for two years. The Government has remained silent. In those 2 years Australians have lost $50 billion. It’s time for our government to act.

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A well-rehearsed tactic from the USA. Once upon a time they used crack cocaine to foster internecine conflict and destabilise community organisations they didn't like. Now they use fentanyl.

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This is what it's really all about. Read the full article here - and pass it on: www.levernews.com/whos-afraid-... Thanks to Rolling Stone for co-publishing it.

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‘Careless’ is a euphemism when talking about dodgy scammers and con-artists like David Crissafulli.

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A well-rehearsed tactic from the USA. Once upon a time they used crack cocaine to foster internecine conflict and destabilise community organisations they didn't like. Now they use fentanyl.

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American airforce drug running.. a long history

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"Video footage shared on social media shows police officers and protesters in a physical struggle around a person being pulled and pushed by the crowd. "A woman can be heard repeatedly yelling 'help me'. Another individual yelled: “Let go of her … Please let go of her'”.

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To wit: "Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green"

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"Today’s ruling allows the Executive to deny people rights that the Founders plainly wrote into our Constitution, so long as those individuals have not found a lawyer or asked a court in a particular manner to have their rights protected” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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The best part is the poorly-concealed bald patch on his head.

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sound of music rowecartoon.bsky.social Financial Review

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Did he try calling him 'daddy' like NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte did? Maybe that'll work.

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Make a Tax Deductible Donation that Saves Lives | Médecins Sans Frontières Australia msf-au.raiselysite.com/donate/tax-r...

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Lander: "It's just gross, racist bigotry. Meanwhile he's running an optimistic, upbeat campaign for a NY where everybody belongs, and I feel proud as the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in NYC to be supporting somebody who would be the first Muslim mayor—what could be more NYC than that?"

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Corrupt according to the law of his own country *and* a war criminal according to the ICC. And Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong still want to kiss his genocidal arse.

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This soldier is both nonchalant and looking very hard at the muzzle of that rifle.

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IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza. Truly an atrocity built on atrocity. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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