Labor cut 130 jobs from Victoria’s bushfire forest service and closed six regional locations in 2024. In the last 9 months, Labor has approved at least 5 major fossil fuel gas projects/expansions for Victoria — pouring fuel on the climate crisis that’s driving hotter, deadlier fire seasons. 1/2

People are focusing far too much on what Trump does and says when they really should be focusing on what everyone around him is doing and saying. They're the ones pulling the strings. They want everyone to focus on him 'cause he loves the spotlight.

Who’s the boss? My @smh @theage cartoon.

This makes clear these are conscious editorial choices, not concerns over being sued etc It's exactly the same logic behind the mainstream media using euphemisms like "populism" or "hard right" rather than far right, racism or fascism These is a top-down legitimation of reactionary politics

BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

Reading serious takes that make the whole situation about Trump as if he was the only reason we are where we are is incredibly depressing Sure, he's pushed things further and faster than predicted but the rise of reactionary politics predates him and started in the mainstream 1/

Forgot about a little experiment I did with Google by turning on Ad Preferences to see if it could actually 'know' me through my browsing history and YouTube watches/likes. Happenstanced on the setting just now where it told me its results and...

I just saw that Maduro is in NYC. Is anyone else concerned by this? It's... I mean, my conspiracy bells are ringing so maybe it's hare-brained but at this point I wouldn't put anything past this regime and it's almost like Mamdani is being set up to take a fall...

Ah, I see our gutless Prime Minister has issued a typical equivocal bunch of appeasing bullshit statement, again. You can attribute my disgust to the current shitstorm and just rinse repeat it for whenever Albo opens his mouth again about anything in the near or far future. #AusPol

I hope people realise that... this isn't about the oil...

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When 15 people are massacred by terrorists in Bondi, Netanyahu blames Albanese - and the media follows his cue. But Netanyahu commits mass murder and enforced starvation every day, and it’s silence from Albanese and our media (oh, except for a ceremonial invitation to Israel’s pres). Pretty stark.

I really wish programs would stop trying to be 'helpful'.

what the fuck is wrong with this man. Link in alt text.

Would LLM's qualify as being representative of an Evil Demon? #PhilSky

Recommending this one to everyone, again. Don't dismiss the parallels to what's happening here in Australia. We're seeing the same logic, same rhetoric, and not just from the 'far right', but also from the ALP, like with what Minns is doing in NSW. #AusPol

It's despairing that popular people see themselves as kind and yet whenever they have no reason to involve themselves and see an opportunity to be kind or cruel, almost always go out of their way to choose cruelty. That this is also what makes them popular indicates a deep sickness in the world.

This shit is as much on Minns as anyone else.

NSW’s firearm reforms should be the impetus for national action on gun control. Falsely conflating those who peacefully march against violence in Gaza with the criminal actions of radicalised individuals is a dangerous path. We will always defend the right to peaceful protest.

I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did. We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.

The ABC News Daily just aired an episode with Allen Kohler being interviewed by Sam Hawley and they both start off with, "Yeah, I use ChatGPT every day, it's great!" 'Our' ABC has so thoroughly been gutted by the neo-liberal establishment that it's almost entirely become 'their' ABC.

After Bondi terror attack I directed my ASRC team to stop all our fundraising as it didn’t feel morally right as we grieved & mourned as a nation & out of respect for the Jewish Australian community. Tomorrow we need to restart it as our Xmas Appeal is now way behind & we’ve almost run out of time.

"Accusations began flying before any information was known, with fingers immediately being pointed where it best served established interests." Continuing a grand tradition, on both sides of politics, that only increases division, hate and authoritarian control measures. #AusPol

The talk about how kids need two people in their lives they can depend on and who build them up instead of tear them down is depressing to me. If I'd had just ONE person like that in my life, things would've been very different for me, let alone freaking two.

Now I can post this one. The evidence/not evidence.

Larian CEO Swen Vincke says everyone at the Baldur’s Gate 3 studio is “more or less OK” with the way AI is being used on its new game. We’re not so sure about that.

I've seen that the head of Larian will have an AMA, and it will be a shitshow. Of course it will be. Because gamers gotta have the big hype game. And as usual, artists and creatives are being labeled as 'reactionary' and 'we don't get it' and 'lol, its gonna be here forever so shut up.' +

Oh my fucking god- I went to pull up another account by someone who had two posts and didn’t understand the platform AND IT WAS ALSO DELETED @safety.bsky.app- do you want to reinstate @ahlam79.bsky.social’s account too??

ISIS must be quaking in their terrorist boots. #AusPol

Sometimes I think people like Albanese are worse than Trump. They are the appeasers who enable the fascists to gain power. They stand for nothing, bend for anything, and when everything goes to shit sit back and say, "Why didn't someone do something?"

"Too often, policies are justified not by whether they work, but by whether they sound punitive enough to satisfy an increasingly volatile media ecosystem. People seeking safety are framed as a problem to be managed, rather than lives to be protected" bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/i...

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

Oh look, all the wrong lessons. Then again, it's not like they WANT to learn. Conservative neo-liberals are always going to go MORE authoritarian.

“The Free Palestine protests have been a vital site amidst a deteriorating political climate where solidarity and compassion are forged.” Tasnim Mahmoud Sammak on the role of the solidarity movement in the fight against antisemitism.

"It will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions." The walls keep closing in :( @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social

15 dead Jews is days of headlines and global political reaction. 15 dead Palestinians is just another Tuesday

So the US now has literal FBI (Female Body Inspectors).

Not even 24 hrs and already the ABC has an 'expert' on who is equating anti-Zionism with Nazism, not to mention our 'envoy' giving money to a far right political party. Wtf are we doing? How can it be this difficult to be against fucking GENOCIDE and ALSO against antisemitic violence? #AusPol

If you want to help a pediatrician in Gaza ❤️

Quick! Everyone who isn't a citizen of the USA check your social media feeds for at least the last five years and delete anything you said that isn't shitting on Trump and the USA!

So... am I reading too much into this or did the latest episode of Abbott Elementary leave out the T after LGB? Like... the line TECHNICALLY includes the T as the first letter of a word but...

'Environmental groups have condemned the Victorian government's decision to put the exploration licences out for tender. Friends of the Earth and Environment Victoria said the projects would have negative environmental impacts on groundwater and marine environments.' www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Age verification here is cooked. I just realised it's auto-unsubscribed me from labellers as well as telling me that my REPORTED age is under 18 and sending me to edit my reported age which I've already done and is well over 18. I'm also suddenly getting a ton of Zionist content in Discover.

Just got asked on D&D Beyond for age verification. Like... it's a D&D site. Which is so G-rated it's not funny. Seriously, they are modded out the whazoo. You'd get more controversial content on Play School. I can only prove that I'm 8 years, 8 months, 28 days and 4 minutes old though :(

Anyone else noticed a significant uptick in Zionist activity on this site over the last few days?

It’s a privilege today to represent the Greens and apologise to First Nations People for the injustice and harm this state has caused since colonisation. Sorry means you don’t do it again. Apologising is about not repeating the mistakes of the past, and committing to a better future.

#Treaty #AusPol #VicPol

“Dillian, a former Israeli government intelligence officer…” Intellexa is the company behind this most recent cybersecurity threat that Apple and Google are sending all these alerts about. What a fucking surprise who’s behind it…

'An organiser of Melbourne’s annual Invasion Day rally and an 80-year-old environmental activist are leading a federal court challenge against a Victoria police declaration allowing them to stop and search anyone in the CBD for the next six months.' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

7 Dec nation-wide #MarchForPalestine in Naarm/Melbourne We denounce the fake ceasefire in which Israel's attacks, hostilities & siege on Palestinians continues PM @albomp.bsky.social, FM @senatorwong.bsky.social, DM Richard Marles, end Australia's military & political support NOW