Andy Fleming
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Anarchist, cat-lover, and avid reader.
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1/ Stephen McInerney -- ex-Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation Guy & current Dean of Studies & Associate Professor of Literature at Catholic tertiary institution Campion College in Sydney -- urges support for Tom Sewell's incipient neo-Nazi political party.
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Detritus Books
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Check out this interview with Ben Morea, author/subject of our book âFull Circle: A Life in Rebellion,â from
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Alexander Reid Ross
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it's interesting how precisely the AI chatbot mimics the affect of `dude_bro_who_encourages_poor_life_decisions`. like... I'm interested in how they interpellated/subjectivated that, but even more interested in "why?" and what it says about socio-technical systems.
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Working Class History
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#OtD
6 Nov 1915 Spanish anarchist, and member of the Mujeres Libres, MarĂa Bruguera PĂ©rez, was born. She fought fascists during the Spanish Civil War, was jailed for life in 1937 but released in 1945, and then joined the underground resistance
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Claiming Freedom in Revolution and in War: an Introduction to the
#Anarchist
Group in
#Sudan
www.blackrosefed.org/intro-anarch...
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Claiming Freedom in Revolution and in War: an Introduction to the Anarchist Group in Sudan
In 2024, Black Rose/Rosa Negraâs International Relations Committee began working closely with anarchist revolutionaries in Sudan. This relationship has involved the exchange of ideas, practical advice...
https://www.blackrosefed.org/intro-anarchist-group-sudan/
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#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'.
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'... 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...
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IWGB accuses Rockstar Games of 'union busting'
: Does Discord need some stars for when Management is watching?
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/rockstar_games_fires_staff_in/
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young
about 3 hours ago
The fact that 30% of our stock market is wrapped up in âhelp-kids-kill-themselvesâ technology seems to be an important datapoint in the evolution of late stage capitalism.
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Dave Mandl
about 8 hours ago
I reviewed tech critic Cory Doctorow's essential new book, "Enshittification," for the
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
. Check eet out:
lareviewofbooks.org/article/gian...
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Giant Platforms of Shit | Los Angeles Review of Books
Dave Mandl catches a whiff of Cory Doctorowâs anatomy of platform âenshittification.â
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/giant-platforms-of-shit
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Harry Cleaver
about 3 hours ago
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"!
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Osman Faruqi
about 3 hours ago
Exclusive from me: The mascot Carlton fired for alleged anti-Semitic comments and âstormingâ out of a bar mitzvah breaks his silence to share his version of events. Shockingly, but unsurprisingly, the Herald Sun didnât speak to him before writing their story.
www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-ca...
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Exclusive: Carlton Mascot Breaks Silence After Being Fired For Leaving IDF Fundraiser
After a media storm, the man behind Captain Carlton lost his job. In his first interview, the young man at the centre of it all, speaks to Lamestream.
https://www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-carlton-mascot-breaks-silence-after-being-fired-for-leaving-idf-fundraiser/
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Emily Atkin
about 8 hours ago
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 pointâthat climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom
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Bari Weiss vs. climate change
At The Free Press, Weiss consistently rebrands tired fossil fuel talking points as courageous, rebellious dissent.
https://heated.world/p/bari-weiss-vs-climate-change
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Eyes on the Right
about 3 hours ago
Yeah man can't wait
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CRIMINAL SIMPSONS
about 3 hours ago
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andyâą
about 7 hours ago
what a headline
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One of the Greatest Wall Street Investors of All Time Announces Retirement
Nancy Pelosiâs trades over the years have been so good that a startup was created to allow investors to directly mirror her portfolio.
https://www.404media.co/nancy-pelosi-one-of-the-greatest-wall-street-investors-of-all-time-announces-retirement/
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE
about 3 hours ago
trying to imagine the person that goes, "man, it's really important that i vote, i gotta keep steve bannon out of prison"
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mr dog
about 5 hours ago
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...
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PREORDER â 2026 Calendar â Holidays in the sun! â First Dog On The Moon
https://firstdogonthemoon.com.au/shop/preorder-2026-calendar-holidays-in-the-sun/
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'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/...
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Catholic priest Mark Rowles confronted by BBC reporter over racist messages
Father Mark Rowles was arrested by counter-terror police for extreme right wing activity on social media.
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c24lrvmjreno
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A nazi trillionaire. What could go wrogn?
www.theage.com.au/business/com...
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âI super appreciate itâ: Elon Musk wins $US1 trillion Tesla pay deal despite backlash
The pay agreement clears a path for the worldâs richest person to become the first-ever trillionaire.
https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/the-vote-that-could-make-elon-musk-the-world-s-first-trillionaire-20251106-p5n843.html
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'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 âsignificant benefitâ 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-...
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Pentagon backs AUKUS amid criticism its review has âupset Australiaâ
The remarks from a top Pentagon official are the strongest public endorsement of the defence pact to date from those working on a US review of arrangement.
https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/pentagon-backs-aukus-amid-criticism-its-review-has-upset-australia-20251107-p5n8f4.html
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'One juror told reporters after the verdict that she didnât think the officer felt threatened by the sandwich and laughed when asked if she felt the sub âexplodedâ as the officer claimed.' ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ
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DC sandwich thrower found not guilty of assault | CNN Politics
The man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in the early days of the Trump administrationâs law enforcement surge in Washington, DC, earlier this summer has been found not guilty of assau...
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/politics/sean-dunn-dc-sandwich-thrower-verdict
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective
about 8 hours ago
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.
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Working Class History
about 16 hours ago
#OtD
6 Nov 1986 the Iran-Contra scandal â where the US sold arms to Iran to fund right-wing paramilitaries in Nicaragua â began to break. Acting Pres Ronald Reagan said the revelations had "no foundation", which turned out to be a lie
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benjamin
about 22 hours ago
Sorry but this is fake news, Wyatt's got this
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Michael Colborne
about 16 hours ago
~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"
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Cars in Hanau in Germany found smeared with swastikas in blood, police say
Cars, walls and postboxes have been defaced, in what appears to be human blood.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy1krledz2o
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Sandy Horne
about 19 hours ago
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.
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Tom Studans
about 17 hours ago
#BREAKING
đš 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. âïž
@paulkarp.bsky.social
www.afr.com/politics/ai-...
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AI-tainted Deloitte report was worse than previously thought
Non-existent laws and a misnamed judge were among concerns raised with Deloitte about its artificial intelligence-tarnished report.
https://www.afr.com/politics/ai-tainted-deloitte-report-was-worse-than-previously-thought-20251106-p5n863
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Greg Pak
about 17 hours ago
That's murder.
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RIP Paul van Wetering.
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No Tag - AudioCulture
The band got a double dose of approbation when their blistering three-song EP for Propeller Records, featured the âOi Oi Oiâ chant adopted by British street punks, some of whom were overtly racist, re...
https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/no-tag
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REVEALED:
#Spycops
did the establishmentâs dirty work by spying on the left
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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REVEALED: Spycops did the establishment's dirty work by spying on the left
Spycops expert marks 'political policing' as a major source of division in leftist spaces, warns we risk handing 'the future to the far right'
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/11/05/spycops-undercover-cops/
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Jacob Ăberg
about 20 hours ago
đšđšThis is stellar investigative journalism by
@kaitlintosh.bsky.social
and
@michelleinezsimon.bsky.social
on how
#elonmusk
is boosting the
#british
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464487#
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joannes
1 day ago
Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover
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Lenore Taylor
about 20 hours ago
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...
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My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world
In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children â or an âX-rated p...
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/nov/05/roblox-game-robux-children-child-kids-safety-parental-controls
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Ben Eltham
about 19 hours ago
Gaming regulator announces temporary halt on accepting bribes
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Gambling regulator stops accepting gifts from betting companies, for now
The announcement comes six months after the ABC first reported the Northern Territory Racing and Wagering Commission chair had accepted corporate hospitality from bookmakers.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-06/nt-gambling-regulator-stops-accepting-hospitality-gifts/105977024
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Glen Le Lievre
about 20 hours ago
Merry-go-round
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The Transmetropolitan Review (Unofficial)
about 23 hours ago
lol
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London Review of Books
about 20 hours ago
âWho wrote this story for you?â Boris Lojkineâs film âLâHistoire de Souleymaneâ explores the role of truth and storytelling in a Guinean refugeeâs search for asylum. Michael Wood reviews:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Michael Wood · At the Movies: âLâHistoire de Souleymaneâ
Theâ title seems a little tame if you havenât seen the movie. LâHistoire de Souleymane: Souleymaneâs Story (or...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n20/michael-wood/at-the-movies
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Cold November Mar
about 20 hours ago
âauthors & 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 deletionâ
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-danger-authors-internal-slack-messages
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Micah
1 day ago
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
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talia jane â€ïžâđ„
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someone got indicted on the basis of âtransporting antifa materialsâ for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES THEYâRE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
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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...
about 22 hours ago
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Late Night Anti-Fascists
about 23 hours ago
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!
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Nino Bucci
about 23 hours ago
Putting aside how odorous this particular choice is, surely skipping parliament at all for seemingly commercial purposes shouldnât be allowed?
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cam smith
about 23 hours ago
Coming up in 30 mins on your AM dial.
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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.'
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benjamin
1 day ago
Jesus famously hated FoI requests and govt transparency so this tracks
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Unicorn Riot
1 day ago
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. đ
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Mike
2 days ago
If any sad rich New Yorkers would like to sell me your apartment at a massive loss please DM me
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"Hail Victory!"
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