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Anthony Eales

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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My wife @nessijane.bsky.social just got her first couple of sales on her GiggleFartCards and Nessijane Etsy Store and she's so excited. Her store stocks cheeky greeting cards and sticker packs. Christmas & birthdays range is up at the moment. #greetingcards #Etsy 😻✉️🃏🇦🇺❤️ www.etsy.com/au/shop/ness...
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nessijane - Etsy Australia
Shop GiggleFartCards by nessijane located in Maryborough, Victoria.
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Spyglass @spyglass.org · 16/09/2026
Apple TV is the new HBO... in terms of big Emmy wins. spyglass.org/apple-tv-hbo...
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Apple TV Dethrones HBO
Well, in Emmy wins at least. And Netflix too!
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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My wife @nessijane.bsky.social has a new Etsy Store called GiggleFartCards. It has Christmas greeting cards and Christmas greeting card packs at the moment. And sticker packs. With more to come. Check it out here. #greetingcards www.etsy.com/au/shop/ness...
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nessijane - Etsy Australia
Shop GiggleFartCards by nessijane located in Maryborough, Victoria.
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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My talented cousin Sydney wrote this. Give her a follow if you like the piece. Via Substack: sydneywm.substack.com/p/were-forge...
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We’re Forgetting How to Be Bored
The internet is turning our brains into mush.
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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My wife @nessijane.bsky.social wrote a little story about cherry picking on @medium.com 🍒🇦🇺♥️: medium.com/@vanessajeal...
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Summer Cherry Gardens
Back in the 90’s in summer we would go to the Cherry Gardens up Mount Moliagul in Victoria Australia.
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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Thank you @wired.com & @katie-drummond.bsky.social for fixing the My Account section after years of my My Account just saying Undefined with a USER_NAME & PASSWORD box unfilled when I'd login. Minor quibble though; it asks me to SUBSCRIBE on every article even though I've been subscribed for years.
WIRED still showing the SUBSCRIBE button even though I'm already subscribed.WIRED's My Account section functioning correctly.WIRED's My Account section.
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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Great free half an hour podcast episode listen. The title: Is Australian music at risk of extinction? By @australia.theguardian.com's Full Story daily news podcast. Via @pocketcasts.com 🎙️ #podcasts #music #livemusic #ausmusic pca.st/episode/02a6...
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Is Australian music at risk of extinction?
The Australian music industry is in crisis, but it wasn’t always that way. In the 1990s and early 2000s, a healthy number of Aussie artists were making it to the charts. Now, local musicians are…
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Carrick Ryan @realcarrickryan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This might be the most important video I've made youtu.be/cGhUx4Gwuno?...
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Who are One Nation?
YouTube video by Carrick Ryan
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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 15/06/2026
Curry Barker Got His Wish: Inside the 'Obsession' Director's Wild Month The 26-year-old filmmaker on the shocks, thrills and pressure of suddenly becoming the most-wanted young director in Hollywood — and what he's doing next. Read the full exclusive interview here: bit.ly/3QozYd4
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Nine locked in life & death battle with Russian oligarch for footy rights. Bid too little = revenue vanishes, pay too much = killed by costs @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social #auspol #NRL #Foxtel michaelwest.com.au/foxtels-cunn...
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Foxtel’s cunning plan to break Nine Entertainment on NRL footy rights - Michael West
The biggest game in Australian sport right now is the fight for NRL broadcast rights between Nine Entertainment and Foxtel.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 09/06/2026
Breaking: 20,000 people are calling on leadership at @theatlantic.com @nytimes.com @usatoday.com to be reasonable and let @archive.org preserve the news as it has for 30 years. www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-06...
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20,000+ Call on The Atlantic, New York Times, and USA Today to keep the news in the WayBack Machine
Major news outlets cited theoretical AI concerns and ended 30 years of journalism preservation. The public is asking them to be reasonable. Over 20,000 people are calling on leadership at major news o...
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Dylan Flesch @dylanflesch.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I just added my name, so now it’s 20,001 people I guess. Please join me and make it 20,002!
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Oliver Darcy's Status newsletter is well worth the subscription. Today he's got a scoop about Scott Pelley dressing down the new "60 Minutes" exec producer and accusing Bari Weiss of "murdering" the show. "She was brought in to kill it—and she's doing exactly that," Pelley said.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Subscribe to @status.news. I do and it's worth every cent.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 30/05/2026
The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you
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The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you
Is SpaceX designed for the first federal memestock bailout?
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 30/05/2026
TikTok may be working to become the app that people use for most of their digital activities.
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TikTok's road to becoming a super app | TechCrunch
TikTok may be working to become the app that people use for most of their digital activities.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
AI psychosis has created a short sighted thinking that’s gripped tech. You see it in skipping entry level hiring and treating workers poorly while signaling you’ll automate them out ASAP. Look at Google Search. Why create content if AI overviews kill click throughs? Who is thinking long term?
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
NYT confirms — with new details: Last year, Navy SEALs used two boats to escort Kash Patel and nine others on what a Pentagon email called a 'VIP Snorkel' next to one of the military's most sacred sites, the underwater tomb of the U.S.S. Arizona. One Navy vet called the swim "horrifying."
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Snorkeling at Pearl Harbor: Kash Patel’s Travels Add to Focus on Ethical Issues
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/05/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com In forcing Stephen Colbert out of “The Late Show” and shutting down a 33-year late-night franchise, Bill Carter writes in a guest essay, “CBS is assenting to its own diminishment.”
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Opinion | Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Cancellation and the Fall of CBS
In shutting down a 33-year late-night franchise, CBS is assenting to its own diminishment.
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Sean Fennessey @seanfennessey.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The Things We Think and Do Not Say: Why I’m Writing a Newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/seanfenn...
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The Things We Think and Do Not Say: Why I’m Writing a Newsletter
Help me help you.
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Sean Fennessey @seanfennessey.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
New Projection: The 10 New Rules of Movies. open.substack.com/pub/seanfenn...
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The 10 New Rules of Movies
We're gonna need a bigger newsletter
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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
My wife @nessijane.bsky.social has been hard at work creating this YouTube cartoon short about when she used to go fishing with her Mum, Dad & brother when she was a kid. It's such a from the heart & humorous little encapsulation of Vanessa. My favourite yet. #cartoonshort 🐟 youtu.be/1xAlcmEN9FY?...
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Fishing stories with Nessijane of gigglefartcards
YouTube video by gigglefartcards
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20/04/2026
“Writing the United States off as a friend might once have been a sign of doom for Ukraine,” Phillips Payson O’Brien argues. “It isn’t anymore”: theatln.tc/WoOIskeE 🎨: The Atlantic. Sources: Nikoletta Stoyanova / Getty; Beata Zawrzel / Getty.
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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This is an insane #longread on surveillance gone wild at some of the US's most well known entertainment/sports venues. Discovered on Reddit's r/Longreads subreddit. @wired.com continue to kick journalism goals. Holding the powerful to account. I'm a happy WIRED subscriber & all for this new era.
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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Great article on the downfall of the American empire under Trump: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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The end of the American empire
Donald Trump’s war in Iran presages the destruction of US authority, not its renewal
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/04/2026
The world’s richest men “have clearly left the world of consequences behind,” Noah Hawley writes. “Their actions are only ever judged by themselves.” Here’s what Hawley learned about the ultra-wealthy at Jeff Bezos’s Campfire retreat:
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What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat
For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21/04/2026
Followers of the white-nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes once constituted a tiny subculture of America’s young right; now they hope to overtake it. Antonia Hitchens reports on the Groypers’s growing influence over the Republican Party. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/8Ami3_
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How the Internet Fringe Infiltrated Republican Politics
Inside the battle for the post-MAGA G.O.P.
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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
An excellent and important #longread. Discovered on Reddit's r/Longreads subreddit where I am active. We can't let Pauline Hanson and One Nation anywhere near power and control of the Australian and Victorian Governments: #auspol #vicpol www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ap... via @theguardian.com
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The impossible promise: are we witnessing the return of fascism?
Some of today’s far right is openly violent and undemocratic – and even in its less extreme forms, far-right populism is a profound threat. But that doesn’t mean it is just a re-run of history
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Schoolchildren would like a word.
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Tony Martin @tonymartin.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Aside from everything, I had completely forgotten about NFTs. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-ban...
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The Banal Horror of Jimmy Fallon
Under the sterile blue lights of his studio, Fallon laughs endlessly at the same pseudo-jokes, rubs elbows with Trump and Sam Altman, and ushers in the death of culture.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 21/04/2026
If there's one thing we've learned in 15 years on the internet, it's that not everyone reads our site the same way. That's why we're launching a new homepage to emphasize big moments alongside timely updates. Let's take a look: 🧵
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The next evolution of The Verge’s homepage is here
We’re continuously improving how The Verge works for you.
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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
from the annals of getting high on your own supply (gift link) www.theverge.com/tldr/915176/...
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Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want
Did the tech industry get high on its own supply?
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Verge news incoming later today…
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The Verge @theverge.com · 21/04/2026
The Vergecast Vergecast, 2026 edition
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The Vergecast Vergecast, 2026 edition
The most meta episode of the year!
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“The MAGA crowd is made of dumb people — like, SUPER dumb people. And they fall for it.” For my @wired.com feature debut, I talked to Sam, a guy who made thousands of dollars on Instagram by scamming MAGA men with Emily Hart, an AI generated, Trump-loving influencer. www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...
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The Verge @theverge.com · 13/04/2026
Can Puck reinvent the news business for the influencer age?
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Can Puck reinvent news for the influencer age?
CEO Sarah Personette’s risky bet on journalists as influencers
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/04/2026
NEW: When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would largely be missing. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social @jenafifield.bsky.social
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Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Wild that Altman is being sued by his sister for repeated sexual abuse and that doesn’t come up in basically every conversation about him. I get that it’s alleged but if that shit was happening to someone else I feel like that would come up, particularly if that person had a history of lying a lot.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 13/04/2026
The Strait of Hormuz blockade is causing a slow-moving food crisis
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The Strait of Hormuz blockade is causing a slow-moving food crisis
A crisis in the making.
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Doug Bock Clark @dougbockclark.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes, the Trump administration has been wielding its vast power to transform the midterm elections. This is the untold story of Trump’s efforts to, as he has called it, “take over” the midterms.
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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
ATT: @theverge.com, @techcrunch.com, @macrumors.bsky.social, @markgurman.bsky.social, @bloomberg.com, @9to5mac.com, @mkbhd.com, @404media.co, @theinformation.com, @davidpierce.xyz, @reckless.bsky.social, @wired.com, @laurengoode.bsky.social & @davidswan.bsky.social. Worth looking into?
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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Things Apple iOS 26.4.1 broke on my wife @nessijane.bsky.social's iPhone SE (2022): -FreeStyle Libre 2 glucose monitoring sensor to iPhone scanning for her type 1 diabetes (kinda important) -tap & pay with Zip Pay at Bunnings Warehouse (1/2)
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 06/04/2026
Interviews with Sam Altman and 100+ people on if he can be trusted amid allegations of persistent lying and more: some defend him, others call him a sociopath (New Yorker) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The China hawks have Australia in a bind - antagonising China, going 'all the way with Donald J' (who's all the way with Bibi) Is there a better course, asks @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social ? #auspol #AUKUS michaelwest.com.au/what-would-x...
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Ask yourself, what would Xi do? - Michael West
The defence hawks never miss a chance. Netanyahu and Trump are running amok in the Middle East. Yet “Look over there! China!”
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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The "previously on" feature on Apple TV before each episode of Apple TV shows on my Apple M5 iPad Pro is borked. Everything is out of sync in a major way. Then the TV show itself proceeds to play fine. Using iPadOS 26.4. It's happened with 3 or 4 shows in the last 24 hours. #bug #apple #appletv 🪲🍎📱📺
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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
👀 @theverge.com, @reckless.bsky.social, @davidpierce.xyz, @9to5mac.com, @9to5google.com @androidauthority.com, @markgurman.bsky.social, @arstechnica.com, @techcrunch.com, @theinformation.com, @wired.com, @404media.co & @jasonkoebler.bsky.social. Something to report on? Apple can't get Android right.
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Anthony Eales @ants000.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The AppleTV app for Android on my Google Pixel 9 Pro XL fails to even launch. And multiple others on the Google Play Store are having the same issue. I have none of these issues with my other streaming apps on Android. Maybe Apple should hire some Android developers. #bug 🪲🍎👎
Apple TV logo on Android on a Google Pixel 9 Pro XL.The Apple TV app crashing.Testimonials on the Apple TV app on the Google Play Store. Decidedly negative about the Apple TV app crashing on Android.Testimonials on the Apple TV app on the Google Play Store. Decidedly negative about the Apple TV app crashing on Android.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
"Chris Bowen did not block the Strait of Hormuz. A war did." Andrew Brown on the failing Murdoch and msm media propaganda #IranWar‌ #auspol michaelwest.com.au/this-is-not-...
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This is not journalism. The Bowen beat-up and the Iran war - Michael West
The Murdoch press ran cover for an illegal war by blaming the wrong man entirely, instead of informing the public of facts.
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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
TikTok banned a video we made making fun of Benjamin Netanyahu and continues to change the official reason why. www.garbageday.email/p/our-conten...
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 23/03/2026
A notice on the popular paywall-bypass website Archive.today said that access is blocked "by decision of public authorities."
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Russian authorities block paywall removal site Archive.today | TechCrunch
A notice on the popular paywall-bypass website Archive.today said that access is blocked "by decision of public authorities."
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