Reposted by Simon FrewSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I 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. 14288119
Reposted by Simon FrewTom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This 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...consultations.dewr.gov.au Open Point - Engagement, insights and analytics platform for surveys and consultations Collect, Manage and Analyse surveys, consultation data and text 32311
Reposted by Simon Frew🔻social cohesion enjoyer 🔻 @riversandseas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026brad landers investment portfolio in shambles 0308
Reposted by Simon FrewOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Every time we think this has gone out for the last time it comes back again 928426
Reposted by Simon FrewDark Matter Zine @darkmatterzine.bsky.social · 01/09/2026ABC: “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. 022
Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 01/09/2026MF DOOM warned of this 'Rap snitches, tellin' all their business Sit in the court and be their own star witness "Do you see the perpetrator?" Yeah, I'm right here Fuck around, get the whole label sent up for years' www.youtube.com/watch?v=dERc...youtube.comMF DOOM - Rapp Snitch Knishes (feat. Mr. Fantastik)YouTube video by MF DOOM 3262
Reposted by Simon FrewRichard 塚正ー緑 @rhtebooks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Vertical 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 22010
Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Woke up thinking it was Sunday. Confusing. My Sundays are often busier than Fridays, so I was ready for action. 000
Reposted by Simon Frew✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 15/07/2026“There’s nothing you can do about it.” Is this the same man who wrote A NEW HOPE?? 19562
Reposted by Simon Frewdeus_ex.txt @deus-ex-txt.bsky.social · 09/07/2026They're gonna kill the top one percent and then split up the rich people's money with everybody. 07328
Reposted by Simon FrewDeepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Australian 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...deepcutnews.comThe Wollongong steel factory supplying Israel's militaryBisalloy Steel has seen 10 pickets attempting to halt its operations and supplies to Israel 12820
Reposted by Simon FrewOsmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026static.klipy.comPanicopipoca3d: Man in 3D Glasses Eating PopcornALT: Panicopipoca3d: Man in 3D Glasses Eating Popcorn 1104
Reposted by Simon Frewlumpenpoledancer @daturabombs333.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Don'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! 11415
Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Xi Jinping must be pissed at being rated even lower than Trump. 000
Reposted by Simon Freweggs @thewetmale.bsky.social · 02/07/2026My 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.abc.net.auJewish lawyer called 'Hitler's Jew' over Gaza war stanceThe 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. 0118
Reposted by Simon FrewBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Not 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. 480150733213
Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Me 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 010
Reposted by Simon Frewelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 13/06/2026We the anti-fascists outnumber the fascists by a mile. We are surrounding them. Brighton is anti fascist 93421666
Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Yo, what the fuck? NCAT reckons sexual assault is OK for practising psychiatrists. What horrible sexist goons. 000
Reposted by Simon FrewSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 10/06/2026This 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! 715852
Reposted by Simon FrewSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 09/06/2026In 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...youtube.comThe Royal Commission into Social Cohesion Is DIVIDING CommunitiesYouTube video by Senator David Shoebridge 78545
Reposted by Simon FrewEl Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 08/06/2026yes, yes it will 'NDIS reforms could leave women and families carrying disability care burden' thenightly.com.au/politics/ndi...thenightly.com.auWomen to be hardest-hit by sweeping NDIS changesCost-saving measures to target the National Disability Insurance Scheme are likely to put responsibility back on families. 33420
Reposted by Simon Frew💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 08/06/2026The 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. 26142
Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 08/06/2026The way cops use 'less lethal' rounds on protesters in Australia, it's clear they want to kill us. ACAB.theguardian.comRevealed: the ‘less lethal’ weapons Australian police don’t want you to know aboutLaunchers 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... 000
Reposted by Simon FrewNick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Anarchist militants, Plaça Espanya, Barcelona. I guess summer of 1936. I don't know photographer. 16917
Reposted by Simon FrewAntifa Crone- La Mort To Der Fascista @cheriegrant.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Nevermind the evidence that he murdered people….this is repulsive. #Auspol 182
Reposted by Simon FrewLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I specifically requested no more metaphors 10373991654
Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Farmsy's legal team tried to sue, but they couldn't find anyone to sue after figuring out there was no official S11 entity to target. They were hilariously pissed! 020
Reposted by Simon FrewAndy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 06/06/2026FTR: 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...abc.net.auHow Farnsy became a figurehead for Australian protestersDemonstrators are increasingly employing inflatable costumes and whimsy. But behind the dress up, these protesters argue it is "serious play". 166
Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 02/06/2026youtu.be/acT_PSAZ7BQ?...youtu.beThe Coup - "The Guillotine"YouTube video by ANTI- Records 010
Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Dexies Midnight Runners were folk punk before there was a folk punk.youtu.beDexy's Midnight Runners H/Q...Jackie Wilson Said ( I'm In Heaven when you smile )YouTube video by SociopathicFruitloop 000
Reposted by Simon FrewAntifa Crone- La Mort To Der Fascista @cheriegrant.bsky.social · 01/06/2026What 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. 021
Reposted by Simon FrewL.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Daily 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...lataco.comDaily Memo: ICE Is Detaining People Who Show The “Know Your Rights” Red Cards ~ L.A. TACOIt 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. 6223142
Reposted by Simon FrewJeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 24/05/2026lord, 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 728193
Reposted by Simon FrewJohn CNCena @genocid.ing · 21/05/2026reminder that cancer does not make you eligible for disability payments in australia 32711
Reposted by Simon FrewEl 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...abc.net.auLabor burns political capital as tax reform backlash growsIn 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. 22215
Simon Frew @akfru.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Chipped in $15US, hope you sort everything out and get somewhere stable to be. ❤️ 110
Reposted by Simon FrewMicah @rincewind.run · 18/05/2026my natural schadenfreude at elon musk eating shit is being tempered by the fact that the beneficiary is sam altman 402565318
Reposted by Simon Frewclassautonomy.bsky.social @classautonomy-info.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Thus, 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 011
Reposted by Simon FrewElizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I 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.comLive updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAIWeek three of Elon vs. Altman. 28110