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Well that was awkward & doesn't auger particularly well for 2026. I just ran into my neighbour, who lives on the other side of my walls, outside, watching the 9:00pm fireworks with 2 neighbours from downstairs. She kept her back turned to me, I didn't even know it was her until I heard her voice../2

Let’s make shareholders pay for their pollution. They accept the profits, why not the responsibilities?

#FoxtrotDeltaTango If that half-witted orange buffoon isn't despatched in 2026, the US will *never* recover. And the rest of us will continue to suffer from hearing/seeing him, even tho I have any word associated with it blocked on all SM.

In my many random conversations, when I talk about Finnish education system people are astonished. Not only that it's all free, from pre-school to PhD; but that for years, they have been teaching media literacy. If you want to stop children from drowning, do you erect a high fence or teach swimming?

Here's hoping for a better year in 2026. One of peace, love, forgiveness, and communion within our world. #HappyNewYear www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fAG...

Nope. And it's also no coincidence that funding for education is being slashed all over the world: an uneducated population is very much more malleable than an educated one.

Did you notice how people stood against Israel on such a scale that the corporate world clamped down? YouTube deleted war crime evidence. Social algos silo truth. Owned politicians outlaw protest speech. Police assault protesters. Media covers up the crime. Know your enemies.

More ppl should be talking about this. In Australia too education has become critically defended in the last 30 yrs; university funding has been slashed irrevocably - we've lost so much 'intelligence' that we'll never get back. And the reason is that an uneducated population is easy to manipulate.

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We'll show defiance by - marching against genocide - resisting crackdowns on free speech - calling out Israel lobby bullies politicizing the Bondi massacre with a new round of #ZionistMcCarthyism... Oh wait; not *that* kind of defiance, Premier? #nswpol #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Oh FFS @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social ! It was one act of extremist terror carried out by 2 radicalised men. Stop encouraging this division for God's sake! Stop telling us *how* to live our lives! *Stop* trying to turn us into a police state by issuing huge guns to cops. Lead sensibly & without violence!

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Bravi #KennedyCenter artists!! From here in Australia, you rock!! Happy New Year! 💝 🎆 🥳

YES!! Why TF do ppl living in inner-city suburbs need these monstrosities. Apart from the danger to others on the roads, there is also the extraordinary inconvenience they pose to less able-bodied ppl in car parks. Just savvy marketing to gullible, impressionable ppl to make them feel superior.

This. Stop eroding every other civil liberty we have in response to lone-wolf terrorist acts. How about investigating the security orgs that already have too much power and DIDN’T prevent this. #auspol

Calling out bad behaviour often leads to enormous adverse consequences for whistleblowers who might already be vulnerable. Those actually committing wrongdoing appear to be protected by power + privilege afforded by wealth and connections. It must change. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Pauline Hanson, who never stops ranting about “elites”, is in hot water after failing to declare a ride on Gina Rinehart’s private jet to attend a cooker conference in the US, breaching parliamentary rules requiring declarations of gifts from multibillionaires. 🙄 #auspol

the only laws that need to be changed in response to “gunmen operated alone” are gun laws. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Antisemitic my arse!!! WE ARE ANTI-ZIONISM #Israel, NOT anti-Jewish people. You can FRO.

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@chrisminnsmp.bsky.social just keeps getting worse. Why is he even *in* the Labor Party?! Most *regressive* Laborite of all time. Machine guns?! Really??! More common sense, more forethought, more paying attention *before* the tragedies, yes, but more guns??!! FUCK NO!! #nswpol #auspol #gunlaws

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And yet... #gambling ads persist on #television, even on the Streaming services which include ads in their 'Basic' (cheapest) plan. I mute the sound immediately so I don't have to listen to the ghastly voice of the guy who does the voice-over at least.

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Percentage of Australian population: * Jewish 0.4% * Muslim 3.2% * Indigenous 3.8% Indigenous deaths in custody since RCIADIC in 1991: 615. No further comment required.

@chrisminnsmp.bsky.social IDIOT! WTF do you NOT understand about #GUN #DEATHS?! THEY ARE CAUSED BY THERE BEING TOO MANY #GUNS!! Am/was a Labor voter, live in Albo's Electorate, & knew yr parents when we were all young adults. I am absolutely gutted by your Premiership, I had such high hopes. 💔

Phil Hazell having a 1on1 with Margot ping @jenniferphilp.bsky.social @kylieac1.bsky.social @thebizzyreader.bsky.social

ABSOLUTELY this!!! 👇

It’s extraordinary how quickly the media can mobilise & demand government to act on certain issues. Imagine if they had that same urgency for First Nations deaths in custody or women killed by men.

How in the shitraking fuck do we live in a place where Zionists are free to politicise the murders of 15 people at #Bondi to their heart’s content but non-Zionists are definitely not free to politicise Israel’s relentless murders of thousands of little kids in Gaza? #NewsCorpse

@chrisminnsmp.bsky.social you should read the comments you’re getting on here about arming a Zionist group. People are looking for balance and sanity and you’re acting like an insane idiot. You have let the two murderers win. Terror is about disruption and you’re playing the game. Fool.

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In 2026 be ready to join Indigenous leaders in resisting the rise in division and hate that One Nation and the Coalition are encouraging and campaigning on. Here's an example of that from the Rally Against Racism in Naarm/Melbourne when Mob came together with our allies to support Camp Sovereignty.

The NACC has defied the odds by going back-to-back 🏆🏆 After another year of doing absolutely nothing, congratulations on retaining Stranger’s Useless Govt Agency Award. Consistency is key 👍

"Islamic Terrorism" since 2001 has claimed the lives of less than 30 Australians. Sad that this is. Women killed by their intimate partners in 2025 stands at 62 plus 24 children. Where's the outcry. #AusPol

Fucking tourists who admit they would never behave like this at home but come here & trash our parks & beaches on Xmas Day & again at NY. *20,000 tonnes* of rubbish which council, on behalf of local rate players, must clean up. In future, charge non-residents $200 ea to enter beaches & parks. Done.

Lovely. This French tourist said they wouldn't do it in France (trash public places like parks & beaches on Xmas Day) but they're on holiday & want to be with friends. 🙄 At least poor Bronte was spared this year. The park usually looks like a rubbish tip on Christmas night.

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Love you all. Share the love even more this year. youtu.be/fCNvZqpa-7Q?...

Happy Christmas Blueskyers! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU2T...

Doubling down. Overpaying her hand. Pick your poker phraseology. When the #bondibeach emotion ebbs, Sussan Ley will emerge, looking like a conniving clown. Was a few rounds of applause on Sky After Dark really worth it? #auspol

My thoughts on Sussan Ley’s erratic outburst today. Ian

Terrible look Sussan Ley, absolutely appalling for someone who thinks she could lead Australia. Australians do not want to be led by someone who cannot control their emotions and seems be totally out of control #auspol

PM Albanese calls on the Coalition to get their act together & stop playing politics with the #Bondi tragedy. “My message is that this is not a time for partisanship.” “This is a time for national unity.” “After the Port Arthur massacre, that is what occurred.” #auspol

Can't help noticing Matt Golding's latest cartoon (below) was published on The Age's letters page, but not in its Sydney Morning Herald counterpart. Given the latter's 'coverage' (for want of a better word) of #bondibeach, I'm not surprised. #auspol

Will the Australian news media now report the abuse being experienced by Muslim Australians after the media's fear-mongering rhetoric? Or the abuse experienced by Palestinian Australians simply for wearing a keffiyeh? Or Lebanese Australians? Will the PM speak out against THIS #racism? #auspol

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