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Simon Frew

@akfru.bsky.social
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Musician, Anarchist, general trouble maker. Helps with Food Not Bombs Wollongong. Music: soundcloud.com/simonfrew-1

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I do not care what Minister Wong’s personal feelings are about Israel’s latest atrocity, I don't care about her outrage, I care about actions. The Government must impose the sanctions and material responses needed. Until they do their words are distractions.
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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This week DEWR posted their draft Digital Protections Framework for the employment services system. They've been required to implement this by legislation passed in 2022, and the Commonwealth Ombudsman found in 2025 they had done nothing. It is abysmal. consultations.dewr.gov.au/digital-prot...
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Open Point - Engagement, insights and analytics platform for surveys and consultations
Collect, Manage and Analyse surveys, consultation data and text
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🔻social cohesion enjoyer 🔻 @riversandseas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
brad landers investment portfolio in shambles
BREAKING: An Israeli weapons factory in Belgium has been torched and destroyed.

The anonymous group set fire to BATS, a factory owned by Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems, on Monday 31st August.

The main factory and the security antenna have been destroyed as a result.
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Every time we think this has gone out for the last time it comes back again
A book featuring the detective Columbo
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Dark Matter Zine @darkmatterzine.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
ABC: “renewed hostilities after about a month of relative calm” Is NOT the same as “USA bombed one of Iran’s islands so Iran bombed USA military in Jordan”. @news.abc.net.au framing is important, especially when the US blames Iran for US aggression.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Yup
The ol strip where a plutocrat gets the white worker fighting against the immigrant over the couple of cookies he leaves for them.

This time, they push the plutocrat aside and share  the cookies.
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Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Don't let me die on a regular hill.
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Richard 塚正ー緑 @rhtebooks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Vertical short form video is to cinema what goon is to wine; not because it is inferior but because it exposes the conceits of the 'higher' form. The wine connoisseur is still a drunk, and the cinephile a passive brainrot receptacle, but both have cultivated a mystique for their self delusion
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Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The cirella trees in full bloom. Nowra.
Trees full of sleeping corellas
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Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Woke up thinking it was Sunday. Confusing. My Sundays are often busier than Fridays, so I was ready for action.
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✨Directed by John Carpenter✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“There’s nothing you can do about it.” Is this the same man who wrote A NEW HOPE??
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deus_ex.txt @deus-ex-txt.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
They're gonna kill the top one percent and then split up the rich people's money with everybody.
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Australian steel is being used to help the Israeli military. Bisalloy Steel manufactures armour steel out of its Wollongong factory, with Israeli defence firms among its clients. www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-wollon...
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The Wollongong steel factory supplying Israel's military
Bisalloy Steel has seen 10 pickets attempting to halt its operations and supplies to Israel
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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Panicopipoca3d: Man in 3D Glasses Eating Popcorn
ALT: Panicopipoca3d: Man in 3D Glasses Eating Popcorn
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lumpenpoledancer @daturabombs333.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Don't let my "ranting" suggest otherwise: I'm not doing well. I got sick AGAIN after the stress of yesterday. I NEED vitamins with being too scared to eat, and now bandaids too. I have a fever now - but I HAVE to try to get to ebt office! Please help keep me housed sick and get essentials!
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eggs @thewetmale.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
My takeaway from this article www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... yesterday was VIC police took out a protection order for Sarah but she only found out about it when a Murdoch journalist was writing a story claiming she instigated the protection order to silence her critics.
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Jewish lawyer called 'Hitler's Jew' over Gaza war stance
The Jewish Council of Australia's executive director has been labelled a "Hitler's Jew" in what she describes to a royal commission as an online harassment campaign by pro-Israel and neo-Nazi groups.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.
A chart showing an immediate spike after the headline hit the front page of Wall Street Bets.
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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
omg
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Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Me playing at the Bisalloy picket last night. We have closed down manufacturing for three days, halting the production of steel used for Israeli armour. #FreePalestine
Pic of me playing music at the Bisalloy picket. Standing behind a stand with my decks and laptop.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
We the anti-fascists outnumber the fascists by a mile. We are surrounding them. Brighton is anti fascist
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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
i know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards
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Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Yo, what the fuck? NCAT reckons sexual assault is OK for practising psychiatrists. What horrible sexist goons.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is an important win with Labor forced to restore the sunset clause. It’s clear though that they intend to work with the Libs to expand warrant less questioning and we will keep fighting them!
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In Senate Estimates we asked hard questions of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism including how their approach is dividing communities - these questions and the responses are on my YouTube here www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xiF...
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The Royal Commission into Social Cohesion Is DIVIDING Communities
YouTube video by Senator David Shoebridge
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El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
yes, yes it will 'NDIS reforms could leave women and families carrying disability care burden' thenightly.com.au/politics/ndi...
thenightly.com.au
Women to be hardest-hit by sweeping NDIS changes
Cost-saving measures to target the National Disability Insurance Scheme are likely to put responsibility back on families.
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💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 08/06/2026
The 2026 Cost of Living Index finds that: A single person on JobSeeker falls behind by $251 a week after paying for rent, food and transport A single parent on Parenting Payment falls behind by $174 a week A couple with two children on JobSeeker falls behind by $428 a week.
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Cait Kelly
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New Cost of Living Index shows JobSeeker recipients can’t afford basics

Anglicare Australia is calling on the Federal Government to urgently raise the rate of JobSeeker and other income support payments, after new research found people on Centrelink payments cannot afford basic living costs.

The 2026 Cost of Living Index finds that:

A single person on JobSeeker falls behind by $251 a week after paying for rent, food and transport

A single parent on Parenting Payment falls behind by $174 a week

A couple with two children on JobSeeker falls behind by $428 a week.

Anglicare Australia executive director Kasy Chambers said:

These figures show that Australia’s cost of living crisis is hitting people on the lowest incomes the hardest.

People aren’t literally spending hundreds of dollars more than they receive every week. They’re surviving by skipping meals, going without healthcare, living in unsuitable housing, relying on emergency relief, turning to unaffordable lines of credit and building up debts they can’t afford to repay.
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Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The way cops use 'less lethal' rounds on protesters in Australia, it's clear they want to kill us. ACAB.
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Revealed: the ‘less lethal’ weapons Australian police don’t want you to know about
Launchers that shoot ‘bullet-like missiles’, chemical irritants and stinger grenades: experts say these weapons can cause serious injury or even death. But they are deployed by police against crowds w...
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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Anarchist militants, Plaça Espanya, Barcelona. I guess summer of 1936. I don't know photographer.
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Antifa Crone- La Mort To Der Fascista @cheriegrant.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Nevermind the evidence that he murdered people….this is repulsive. #Auspol
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I specifically requested no more metaphors
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
FTR: It's unmentioned, but 'You're The Voice' was first (?) adopted as a (mock) protest anthem in 2000 during protests in Naarm/Melbourne vs. the WEF Asia-Pacific summit; The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (UK) was infiltrated by #SpyCops. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
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How Farnsy became a figurehead for Australian protesters
Demonstrators are increasingly employing inflatable costumes and whimsy. But behind the dress up, these protesters argue it is "serious play".
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Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
youtu.be/acT_PSAZ7BQ?...
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The Coup - "The Guillotine"
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
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Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Dexies Midnight Runners were folk punk before there was a folk punk.
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Dexy's Midnight Runners H/Q...Jackie Wilson Said ( I'm In Heaven when you smile )
YouTube video by SociopathicFruitloop
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Antifa Crone- La Mort To Der Fascista @cheriegrant.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
What they also don’t understand is that just because we have empathy does not mean we won’t use violence on them to drag them into their graves. I have extreme empathy and extreme rage. I can use both at the same time. Also his book is so bad.
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Daily Memo: ICE Is Detaining People Who Show The “Know Your Rights” Red Cards It appears that ICE sees "Know Your Rights" cards and makes the immediate assumption that people trying to use the cards are undocumented. They have essentially become little red targets. lataco.com/know-your-ri...
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Daily Memo: ICE Is Detaining People Who Show The “Know Your Rights” Red Cards ~ L.A. TACO
It appears that ICE sees "Know Your Rights" cards and makes the immediate assumption that people trying to use the cards are undocumented. They have essentially become little red targets.
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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
lord, give me the strength to endure another week where the media discuss the CGT changes with the intensity of a terrorist attack while a third of the country struggle to afford food
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John CNCena @genocid.ing · 21/05/2026
reminder that cancer does not make you eligible for disability payments in australia
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El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
**aaarrrghhh** so the cuts to essential support for disabled people and families don't rate anywhere as political cost, but the few folks finally having to pay a fairer share do www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
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Labor burns political capital as tax reform backlash grows
In an already difficult post-budget week, Labor isn't being helped by some of its "friends". But it has won an important endorsement from one powerful voice.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 18/05/2026
my natural schadenfreude at elon musk eating shit is being tempered by the fact that the beneficiary is sam altman
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classautonomy.bsky.social @classautonomy-info.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Thus, he who values the world as himself can be entrusted to govern the world; he who loves all others as himself can be entrusted to serve the people. Tao te ching
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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I am once again back in court. we are doing remedies while the jury deliberates. I don't expect to be posting much today because expert testimony is pretty boring, but to the extent that anything interesting happens, I will be posting here www.theverge.com/tech/917225/...
theverge.com
Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI
Week three of Elon vs. Altman.
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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
1/ 'It will now be a criminal offence, punishable by up to 15 years in prison, to join or provide support to the far-right group, which was previously known as the National Socialist Network.' (TLDR : NSN = Antipodean Resistance + The Lads Society.) www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
smh.com.au
Government lists neo-Nazi group as hate organisation
Joining or provide support to far-right group White Australia, previously known as the National Socialist Network, will be punishable by up to 15 years in jail.
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Every Tuesday the Alliance Against Political Prosecutions sets up outside the Attorney General’s Department in Canberra to protest the incarceration of David McBride and Dan Duggan.
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Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
*Opens Bluesky* *Scrolls 15 posts* That's enough decline and fall of the USA for today *Closes Bluesky*
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 11/05/2026
this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
'He says his physical injuries, which included a bruised lung & the broken ribs, took between eight & 10 weeks to heal. “Psychologically, that’s a different story,” he says. “I don’t know how that will play out.”' A smol price to pay to ensure Social Cohesion™. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘White shirt guy’ claims he was assaulted by police at the Sydney rally against Isaac Herzog. Now he plans to sue
Exclusive: Derek Jones, 56, who works in finance, claims police conduct during February protest against Israeli president was ‘absolutely mad’
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Endnotes @endnotesjournal.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
RIP Ben Morea (1941-2026), still a motherfucker libcom.org/article/agai...
libcom.org
Up Against The Wall Motherfucker! - Interview with Ben Morea
Morea talks of the 1960s Black Mask and Up Against The Wall Motherfucker! groups and their activities - such as busting into the Pentagon during an anti-war protest, and "assassinating" a famous poet....
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