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Facts: Putin is a dictator and murderer. Russia invaded Ukraine. Ukraine is fighting for their lives. America used to stand up against tyrants. This is not who we are as a nation. Disgraceful.

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Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 #IstandwithUkraine

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The only person to face consequences at the Tele over the Cairo restaurant thing is the person who allegedly leaked to Crikey 🙃 www.theguardian.com/media/commen...

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"These greedy people keep buying all the houses" Read more: chaser.com.au/national/imm...

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You can't make this up.

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Here's me. 'Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it'

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This 👇🏼

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Leoprd Eat Your Face Party.

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NEW - Rep. Mark Alford tells fired KC federal workers ‘God has a plan’ at hostile town hall Folks, I've been covering politics for a dozen years in Kansas and Missouri and this is probably the most intense, angry town hall I have ever seen www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

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It is rather simple

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Just of a 30 min phone queue to the ATO (then helped by professional and competent person. Imagine the wait if this lot gets in. Looking forward to the comments when the axe falls of public servants or affected people people who will STILL vote L-NP. If anything, MORE people are needed. #auspol

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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

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This from US newspaper cartoonist Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has been banned from X by Mr ‘Free Speech’ himself, Elon Musk.

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This hits hard.

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“2025 is on pace for fewer fatal aviation accidents compared to the last several years, despite the I'll-just-drive vibes lately.” via @alexjamesfitz.com www.axios.com/2025/02/21/i...

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“In December, we heard the first reports of corals bleaching in the Kimberley. Farther south, in January, 30,000 fish died en masse on the Pilbara Coast. Last week, Ningaloo reef began to experience widespread coral bleaching. Early reports had sea temperatures 4 degrees hotter than usual.”

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🤪 ‘Business acumen’

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What the fuck is going on with our national cultural institutions?? First Creative Australia and now the National Gallery betrays artists and their very raison d'etres with these utterly shameful acts of artistic censorship. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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Kind of stunning really, but in January a record percent of adults in Australia had a job

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......and a record percent of Australian voters won't hear about it.

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This episode of Origin Story on the myth of "cultural marxism", a conspiracy theory with antisemitic roots, is essential listening. It's a phrase, alongside "critical race theory", that always indicates bad faith. @iandunt.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1ywU...

submitted 11 days ago • 12 comments

I didn't have "Chumbawamba will sing the rallying cry of 2025" on my bingo card but here we are. youtu.be/OLkPwxcIji0?...

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As an immigrant you have to pass a test on civics, but those born as citizens can live their entire lives in profound ignorance of how their country works.

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The real "enemy within" are those who flood the zone with distractions and garbage leading to low information voters. "But the Essential poll shows many Australians are not aware of some of they key policy reforms of Albanese’s first term in office." #auspol

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"Research by scientists from the RSPB and University of Cambridge... ...has found that UK solar farms managed for nature could benefit birds, including threatened species like Corn Buntings, Greenfinches, Yellowhammers, and Linnets." 💚

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RFK Jr. guts health agencies even as measles cases surge in Texas www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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The government is busy - but the work is not being reported. From banning toxic pesticides to funding green jobs, here are 20 things that happened last week.

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Cases of measles in Seminole, Texas more-than-doubled this week and the outbreak's epicentre is in a county with one of the highest percentages of MMR vaccine refusal - an astonishing 18%. And Senate just approved RFK Jr. as Health Secretary. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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I still fly Qantas. It was the airline that first brought me to Australia in 1998 to meet my Australian wife's family for the first time. An Aussie the days, my extensive travel is still mostly on it, but now tinged with sadness and questions about the treatment of the excellent staff. #qantas

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Love the symmetry of the headcount and consultancy sped graphs. #therealdolebludgers #auspol

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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

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I have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all. time.com/7216299/nih-...

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ICYMI: Aaron Craig Gleason, 39, a school teacher who wrote for conservative magazines, and posted anti-gay rants accusing drag queens of "grooming" children, has been arrested and charged in Florida with molesting a child under the age of 12. #NotADragQueen #childabuse #crime #USPolitics

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We had another quick rehearsal this afternoon. There’s a bit going on with the tech. We’ll do our best for the first show! So excited about the response. Thank you so much everyone. #SundayShot #auspol

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Yesterday — YESTERDAY — JD Vance visited Dachau and said it drove home “what unspeakable evil was committed and why we should be committed to ensuring it never happens again.” Today he met with AfD?? He made a mockery of his visit to Dachau. Disgusting. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Short video from @latingle.bsky.social - how APL & LNP have colluded to crush Community Independents youtube.com/shorts/unSI3... #Auspol @nicboele.bsky.social @abcnewsbot.bsky.social

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It says something that there is no public clamour for a government response to the Daily Telegraph’s ‘undercoverjew’ operation. This is because the only source of public clamour in this country is news corp.

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Bob & I, along with my son Tyler finally went and retrieved our Westwind II (Nomadic One) from Dallas. Been away for 10 months getting maintenance done, an Aux tank install, and a few other things. She’s now home in ILG!

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How the fuck do we live on a planet where men will say they have a good partner if she cooks and cleans and looks after the kids and works fulltime and organises his life and is also sexy and pretty and fun while a woman will say she has a good partner if he … doesn’t fucking hit her? #NewsCorpse

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

Question time comedy

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A deep dive into the crackpot conspiracy theory about the Frankfurt School that unites neo Nazis with mainstream conservatives. I researched the hell out of this and the story is even weirder than I imagined. (Working link this time!)

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