#ASIO lvl boss Mike Burgess inre 'anarchists' in his November 5, 2025 Lowy Lecture: '... events in the Middle East triggered a troubling increase in anarchist and revolutionary extremism, which is also straining cohesion.' ASIO defines #anarchism as a form of 'ideologically motivated extremism'.

'... Rockstar Games has fired more than 30 coders & graphic designers in an act described by the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) as "the most blatant & ruthless act of union busting in the history of the games industry."' www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/r...

The fact that 30% of our stock market is wrapped up in “help-kids-kill-themselves” technology seems to be an important datapoint in the evolution of late stage capitalism.

I reviewed tech critic Cory Doctorow's essential new book, "Enshittification," for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social. Check eet out: lareviewofbooks.org/article/gian...

No, but it produces great profits for the booming private prison industry & lots of jobs for those who like being cruel to others. THAT is part of the "political agenda"!

Exclusive from me: The mascot Carlton fired for alleged anti-Semitic comments and “storming” out of a bar mitzvah breaks his silence to share his version of events. Shockingly, but unsurprisingly, the Herald Sun didn’t speak to him before writing their story. www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-ca...

To understand how Bari Weiss might approach climate coverage at CBS, I read every climate article the Free Press has published. Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom

Yeah man can't wait

what a headline www.404media.co/nancy-pelosi...

trying to imagine the person that goes, "man, it's really important that i vote, i gotta keep steve bannon out of prison"

Attention calendar enthusiasts! The First Dog on the Moon 2026 Calendar is available to purchase now in preparation for 2026 (when it will be very handy and also v funny!) Buy yours today (please thank you) firstdogonthemoon.com.au/shop/preorde...

'A Catholic priest who admitted discussing bombing mosques and shooting black people in neo-Nazi online chatrooms has been sentenced to a 12-month community order.' #WWJD www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

A nazi trillionaire. What could go wrogn? www.theage.com.au/business/com...

'Wash: The Pentagon says its review of the #AUKUS pact with Australia is in its final stages, but it now agrees the agreement will bring “significant benefit” for US strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific.' Fair play: AUS has been a loyal US servant for ~80 yrs. www.theage.com.au/world/north-...

'One juror told reporters after the verdict that she didn’t think the officer felt threatened by the sandwich and laughed when asked if she felt the sub “exploded” as the officer claimed.' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...

We concur with the members of this jury that tossing a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington, DC should not be treated as criminal activity.

#OtD 6 Nov 1986 the Iran-Contra scandal — where the US sold arms to Iran to fund right-wing paramilitaries in Nicaragua — began to break. Acting Pres Ronald Reagan said the revelations had "no foundation", which turned out to be a lie stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1065...

Sorry but this is fake news, Wyatt's got this

~50 vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police say Bundestag VP Omid Nouripour: "This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago" www.bbc.com/news/article...

I'm busy loading my programs (oops, sorry, apps) onto my new laptop. Take a while. So here's something from my archives. A Port Lincoln parrot enjoying a cool drink at my friend's birdbath in Cleve.

#BREAKING 🚨 FOI documents show AI-tainted Deloitte report was 'much worse' than previously thought (by YOU?) or disclosed. It appears DEWR Secretary Natalie James may have misled the Senate in relation to the conduct of her previous employer. ✍️ @paulkarp.bsky.social www.afr.com/politics/ai-...

That's murder.

RIP Paul van Wetering. www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/no-tag

REVEALED: #Spycops did the establishment’s dirty work by spying on the left www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

🚨🚨This is stellar investigative journalism by @kaitlintosh.bsky.social and @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social on how #elonmusk is boosting the #british right. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

This story by Sarah Martin has generated huge interest today all around the world. A question it poses for Aus - why is Roblox not in the government's social media ban? www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

Gaming regulator announces temporary halt on accepting bribes www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Merry-go-round

lol

‘Who wrote this story for you?’ Boris Lojkine’s film ‘L’Histoire de Souleymane’ explores the role of truth and storytelling in a Guinean refugee’s search for asylum. Michael Wood reviews: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion” futurism.com/artificial-i...

this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA

someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES

wh-

Two nazis done some antisemitic graf at six locations in Elsternwick and two in Abbotsford on July 6. 'Investigators are also looking into criminal damage at Croydon Railway Station in May in which the same [Sonnenrad?] stencil was used.' www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Alarming criminalization of green card holder based on "Antifa Materials" - another attempt to silence dissent and target people critical of this administration Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!

Putting aside how odorous this particular choice is, surely skipping parliament at all for seemingly commercial purposes shouldn’t be allowed?

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Alternatively: 'Cheney played leading roles in three major imperialist wars, against Iraq in 1990-91, Afghanistan from 2001 on and Iraq again from 2003 on. The death toll in these wars alone comes to several million.'

Jesus famously hated FoI requests and govt transparency so this tracks

Strikingly, of the 45 Minneapolis Police officers whose videos we've just released, more than 24% have killed community members while on duty, and a large swath of other officers had numerous accounts of egregious actions against the community. 🚔

If any sad rich New Yorkers would like to sell me your apartment at a massive loss please DM me

"Hail Victory!"

Some bloke called *checks notes* 'Pope Leo XIV', leader of the *checks notes* "Catholic Church", would like a word with the Dean of Studies & Associate Professor of Literature at Campion College, a *checks notes* "Catholic tertiary institution".

It’s so goofy to think of this as a news publication rather than a propaganda/marketing site

So-called "Centrism" does not work.

Neo-Nazis see journalists as 'useful idiots', Burgess says 'When he's right, he's right', Fleming responds www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

#spycops Spycop turned James Thomson (AKA "James Straven"/"Kevin Crossland”) was on the stand at the UCPI yesterday (UK). Undercovers like Mr Thomson sexually abused dozens of women as part of their decades-longs campaign to disrupt & subvert progressive political activism.