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Important thread on how Abbott thinks the racist vibes straight from his own raw onion are more reliable than the First Nations oral histories extensively backed up by white science

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terrifying - seems like civil war

I sat down to begin researching/writing a paper I am set to deliver (low stakes) at the end of the month. Came to in the laundry de cobwebbing and sorting out storage for Who Gives a Crap. I do not remember the transition. Now I'm on Bluesky telling the void. Things are going well. #PhD

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

When the perpetrator of genocide decides to not genocide as much, and shakes hands with their arms dealer, it's not a peace plan. Factor in the plans for developers, and you have end-stage capitalism; eradication for profit, then stealing the land to make more money off of. WTF

my god

archetype of the American hero

wtf are these people who can lie like this so boldly and so dangerously?

o Portland xxx

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Pete Hegseth still with no skills

This reminds me of my aunt, an academic editor / English as a second language teacher who became a ‘godmother’ to many of the Middle Eastern refugee students she’s worked with in Shepparton. Over the years she’s attended their weddings and met their babies

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I'd say he had more fun meeting Molly Meldrum.

We already know what happened to Amelia Earhart!

Not only are we not intelligent, we delude ourselves that we are.

there is nothing that can justify this

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"All arts and cultural value reporting has its limitations. But it’s time to properly recognise forms of value beyond price. What’s more, assessments of broader cultural value need to be routinely accessible and visible, to a broad range of stakeholders."

bad

“Do billionaires even understand the sci-fi they’re inspired by? | The Listening Post | Al Jazeera” (8 Sep) www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKOz... Tl;dr: No.

HOLY SHIT

fictional cars are best www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrku...

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Biggest terrorist attack on journalists since Charlie Hebdo. I'm sure everyone will be covering it

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It seems that Australia will have to be dragged through the ICC and forced to stop its ongoing belligerent decisions against climate action.

Love Anna Snoekstra and off to see this show on Tuesday night!

essential watching www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNQs...

Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor

This youtu.be/olAbbjlsX2E?...

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beware

my mind boggles

Australia should not 'get back on track' with people who make this reality.

All these people who've been doing a terrible job of things and no First Nations voices, no intersectional Youth voices and Women's lobby ... what hope do they have of coming up with anything but the same old neoliberal let's-line-our-pockets-before-the-whole-shit-show-goes-down-in-flames?

Just how many more people are we going to see punished for daring to voice their opposition to Israel's genocide of the people of Palestine? While you do NOTHING to stop the actual GENOCIDE, @albomp.bsky.social, maybe DO SOMETHING to put a stop to this? #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

See also : STATEMENT FROM READERS AND WRITERS AGAINST THE GENOCIDE docs.google.com/document/d/1...

these people are teflon

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Scott Farquhar thinks Australia should let AI train for free on creative content. He overlooks one key point

It will make you feel good to do this.

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tyrants, butchers, murderers!

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.

An entire team of journalists, outside a hospital in a tent for journalists, killed by Israel. www.bbc.com/news/article...

deepest condolences to loved ones of these journalists - crime, crime, crime

why do so-called 'conservatives' hate children?