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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Absolutely. On top of everything else, AltNOAA is a big "it's not racist to hate Muslims" guy, up to and including defending Brigitte Bardot.

AltNOAA: Bridget Bardot held views I don't agree with. I don't believe she was "racist" however, a lot of these remarks come from how her convictions were framed in France when her views were not connected to race, in a biological sense, but rather her anti-islam commentary related to ritual slaughters.

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Claire Connelly @claireconnelly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“I spent quite a lot of time explaining to her that this isn’t her fault. Just because she put herself in a vulnerable position doesn’t give a man an excuse to physically or sexually assault her.” Sorry, by that you mean being female and outside at night?! www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...

phoenixnewtimes.com

Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.

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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

he remember when an unarmed bystander wrestled one gunman to the ground and police killed the other one

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kristin (she/her) @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org · 07/10/2026

"Tenants' ability to absorb further increases is really the dynamic that is limiting further rental growth” Landlords can and do charge whatever they can get away with, regardless of interest rates, regardless of tax breaks. Now they can’t push people any harder because we’re past breaking point.

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Finally! A good news climate story!

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026

99% of rapers are men.

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LSM @slukemorgan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I had a little bit of difficulty writing this because the question "should a higher court overrule a lower court's administrative stay in a way that lets the appellee kill the appellant while the lower court is still reading the briefs" felt like a silly question. And yet.

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Andra @andraberghoff.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Maybe just go out with someone who shares your values? Wild #single #advice #womenempowerment

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Islamophobia envoy copped a lot of heat for inviting Pauline Hanson to an iftar after she made Islamophobic remarks. But, in an interview with Deepcut, Aftab Malik makes no apologies for it. "Being nice doesn’t mean you cannot be firm." Read the feature 👇️ www.deepcutnews.com/p/is-the-isl...

deepcutnews.com

Is the Islamophobia envoy misunderstood among Australian Muslims?

Aftab Malik’s appointment was called a farce before he’d even begun. Two years on, he’s made his case.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Plot to Enslave America requires them to destroy the notion of reality and truth. They will use the legal immunity conferred by the captured courts and the technology the tech oligarchs have developed to hasten this plan by flooding the information environment with fake video.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Monopolization: great for executives, terrible for everyone else.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 07/10/2026

Pretty wild to see Alito describe reliance on Obergefell as "much more concrete" than reliance on Roe v. Wade, because Roe was merely about "women's ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in." If it's a Ladies Issue, he just doesn't give a shit. www.cbsnews.com/news/samuel-...

"One of the important factors we take into account in deciding whether we should reexamine a past decision is the degree to which there has been reliance on the decision," he said. "Obviously a great deal had changed in the country as a result of Obergefell. There was a lot of reliance in various ways on the decision in Obergefell."

I pointed out that people thought Roe v. Wade was settled law of the land, had organized their lives around it. Overturning Roe also would have consequences.

Obergefell, he said, was different.

"After Obergefell, people of the same sex got married and entered into contracts … it was much more concrete," he said. "Whereas with Roe, the argument was made that it had an effect on people's ideas, women's ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in, that this would have an effect on the society. It was much more abstract than what would've been involved had we been asked to overrule Obergefell."

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There is a term for this -> "Incestuous amplification". That's when leaders of a movement come to mistake their movement's propaganda for truth.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/10/2026

This is a good illustration of how so much of AI theft isn't indirect (ie, data sucked into a model to train the chatbot) - it's actually **direct** copying, but *enabled* by GenAI. Of course it is: chatbots absolutely suck at creating good, new stuff.

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פינחס יוסף מונד @pymundgenealogy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

OK, too much nonsense in my feed, need to stop ignoring briefly If this 👇 offended you please slap yourselves in the face, dowse with cold water, whatever, get a grip. This is perfectly crafted and if you think otherwise it's because you forgot that there are other people this relates to.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

they always show their asses eventually because the thing is that you cannot truly, sincerely care about women if you don’t care about trans women. the minute you carve off any one subcategory of women you claim are “lesser” in some way, you’ve declared women’s rights to be conditional by definition

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norman emailer @maximumchips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Zionism is racism though? I don't get it. It's literally a doctrine of racial supremacy predicated on the complete erasure of another ethnic group? Am I reading too much into this? Would I vote for a motion that said Zionism is racism? Yes. Would I join the Greens? No

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 07/10/2026

The Norwegian Nobel Committee could simply award the Peace Prize to the most deserving candidate and explain that they will not consider Donald Trump due to his human rights violations and alleged war crimes.

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LouiseMorris @louisemorris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Gawd, how ungracious and small do our politicians look when they can't even accept a hand made welcome garlands from hosts opening their home state to show how vulneralbe they are to climate. https//www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-06/pm-anthony-albanese-declines-hand-made-floral-head-garland-/107233480

abc.net.au

PM Anthony Albanese declines floral head garland in Tuvalu

Follow the latest headlines from ABC News, Australia's most trusted media source, with live events, audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster.

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Whatever the facts, the politics here is prelude to a future right wing government giving liability waivers along the lines of New Zealand and the US. The short term effect is to keep operations going. The long term result is to stop an Australian company being sued for causing climate harms.

"Today’s decision by the High Court in relation to MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant project is a further blow to Australia’s prospects of meeting continued demand for our high-quality coal from global customers.

Developing a coal mine in Australia is already difficult enough because of long approval times, lawfare by activists and high royalties and other taxes.

The Mount Pleasant Optimisation Project was approved four years ago after a rigorous assessment process that spanned several years, representing around $2 billion in inbound investment in the Australian resources sector by investors in Indonesia and Japan, two vital trading partners for Australia.

Since that approval, the Project has been subject to numerous legal appeals, forcing the proponent to seek clarity from the highest court in the land."

"Since that approval, the Project has been subject to numerous legal appeals, forcing the proponent to seek clarity from the highest court in the land.

This decision sends a very negative signal to Australia’s trade and investment partners about sovereign risk in this market.

Australian resource companies should not be forced into a situation where well-funded legal attacks over a number of years require a High Court appeal.

These legal challenges seek to game the legal system by creating uncertainty and delay without ever having to pay costs.

Other investors in Australia’s resource sector will carefully review the outcome from today’s High Court judgement and the potential ramifications for other projects."

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kristin (she/her) @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org · 07/10/2026

3 sickening years of incontrovertible evidence that resistance is justified, necessary and urgent while Palestine is occupied. Albanese is not alone but is a standout among the “leaders” who have rivers of Palestinian and Lebanese blood on their hands for enabling Israel’s escalating genocide.

Protest sign showing a raised fist in front of a Palestinian flag.

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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

zionism as a form of racism and racial discrimination: Resolution 3379 passed by the UN General Assembly on 10 November 1975 as part of the UN Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (Decade against Racism). www.un.org/unispal/docu...

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Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination: Zionism as racism - GA resolution - Question of Palestine

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/10320)] 3379 (XXX). Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination The General Assembly, Recalling its resoluti...

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"The modelling, undertaken by her economic team" We really need more wallet inspectors in the Press Gallery, there's an absolute bonanza to be made.

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

can’t think of a better example of AI being mostly a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist also it can’t help when this is your user base

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@nic_carter
X.com
this is about me and i'm not sorry! i don't have time
to autistically read forums and random team news
or whatever.
i'm sure spending hours and hours running your
fantasy team is a good ROI if you're unemployed but
some of us have jobs
also my team is stacked so that's another point in
the Al column

Andrew Weiner • @DickeyNate • 18h
What's the point if playing fantasy football if
you're just going to automate it

nic carter
@nic_carter • 17h
there's no point to fantasy football, it's grown ass
men pretending to draft NFL players

OpenWindowManiac @Cit_rusK •17h
Then just don't do it?

nic carter *
@nic_carter
X.com
social obligation
8:41 PM • 10/5/26 • 880 Views

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Ren Wyld @wyld.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

one day, Palestinian people will be lauded for their steadfast resistance against a heavily-armed occupying force. For surviving a brutal genocide. For reminding the world what humanity means. Lest we forget every child & adult killed by the state of Israel. Free Palestine, from the river to the sea

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"If I hear from one more 'youth' about their 'future'..."

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am yet to be persuaded that Albanese did this protest for any other reason than to be photographed doing it

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I know Tony and Wendy well. They're good friends and long-time Greens, and they've spent decades fighting to protect the Hunter Valley they love. Today they took on the fossil fuel giants and got an important win.

Guardian article screenshot. Headline: Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case over coalmine.

Photo of David Shoebridge, Larissa Waters, Wendy, and Tony standing together and smiling in a Parliament office

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Like it or not this what Maine Guys actually sound like. Might sound like shit to you, but this is a Meryl Streep-level performance for guys from Maine with this voice and personality.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hayley Williams continues to be a real one.

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My next book has a whole section on the psychology behind "People becoming successful by simply lying about already being successful then charging other people to learn their 'secrets' about how to become successful". This would make a perfect case study, but I doubt the legal team will go with it.

bad.baltic.takes 12h
Lawvers for Andrew Tate have had to admit in
court that he is not a citizen of Estonia as he
previously claimed.
Much of his wealth and status is fabricated, they
said in attempt to convince the court he and his
brother are not a flight risk if released on bail
That included his claims to seven passports.
"The Tates are engaged in several businesses
teaching men how to earn money. It is in their
interest to portray themselves on social media
as uberwealthy." 1/3

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🐈‍⬛💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 06/10/2026

October 7 you say Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old veteran photographer for Agence France-Presse in Palestine, was assaulted by a group of settlers, who beat him with the butts of their rifles, despite him being marked as press. He was assaulted in view of about a dozen armed Israeli soldiers.

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Israeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank

Jaafar Ashtiyeh was covering violence against olive farmers when settlers set upon him with the butts of their rifles

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Kogan CEO in June: Ruslan Kogan says changes to Capital Gains Tax will attract migrants motivated by “sick NDIS scams” and the welfare system." Today ATO Tax data for Kogan Pty Ltd: Income: $642.3m Taxable income: $0 Tax paid $0

Screenshot: "Sick scame": Kogan boss unleashes on Albanese government's capital gains tax changes"

rich lister Ruslan Kogan has issued an epic rant about Anthony Albanese's tax changes, warning they risk attracting a specific type of migrant to Australia's

Spreadsheet screenshot of ATO corporate tax transparency data

KOGAN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD: Total income $642,335,009; Taxable Income $0; Tax payable $0

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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Isn't that sweet? One Rinehart subsidiary purchases a building for the use of another Rinehart subsidary.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: “The thorough cleansing that we are carrying out now in southern Lebanon is unprecedented. “They have nowhere to return to. Look at how it looks. “And by the way, the world isn’t stopping us.”

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I Liv, I Die, Oliviagain Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Free Speech” never applies to anarchists.

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Over to you, Mr Shoebridge.

Clive Palmer says:

'If you want the dole for life and free Marijuana, vote Greens!"

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.

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Michael Swanson @affablehygge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Minns always manages to be the most racist dickhead.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 05/10/2026

Please don't forget about us trans people. Facing the worst attack on our rights in this country due to Labour's current transphobia. Don't forget my community. That's all I ask. Please.

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boonque שארלוט משאול @kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

But, like, the issue with Zionism is that it points out how easily a project to save your own people from violence can turn into something sinister. Your own Ark project isn't immune from this, and if it ever sees power over an outgroup, heaven help that group.

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