Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/12/2025These are the people who are willing to go on the record. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u... 9569222281
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialPaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 18/09/2025BOYCOTT ALERT! Disney/ABC just caved & pulled Jimmy Kimmel for political reasons. Nexstar — which owns The CW + 200+ local ABC, NBC, CBS & FOX stations — is part of the same machine. 💥 Boycott Disney. Boycott Nexstar. Boycott their advertisers. Hit them where it hurts: the $$$. 39325140
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialMax B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 18/09/2025Together with Jimmy Kimmel, it looks like America has scrapped the First Amendment to preserve the Second. Expect all the rest to go in due course, especially the 17th (Women’s Right to Vote). Repealing the 3rd may be especially useful when taking over opponent cities (look it up). 49441
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialREwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Kimmel getting tanked the same evening as that monstrous state banquet over here, honestly feels like one of those history book moments students in 30+ years will look at and go "grandma why didn't anyone do anything" 319934
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialJake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 18/09/2025I have cancelled my Disney+ subscription. I will also be boycotting all ABC shows and refusing to pay for movies from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars until Jimmy Kimmel is put back on the air. If you side with fascists, then you aren't getting my money. 701121228
bookjewel.bsky.social @bookjewel.bsky.social · 14/09/2025open.substack.com/pub/sparksch...open.substack.comRethinking the Monday Mindset: The Spark EffectGentle Wisdom, Delivered with Spark. 💎 ✨ 🦋 010
bookjewel.bsky.social @bookjewel.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Monday Sparks: The Power of Curiosity open.substack.com/pub/sparksch...open.substack.comMonday Sparks: The Power of CuriosityGentle Wisdom, Delivered with Spark. 💎 ✨ 🦋 010
bookjewel.bsky.social @bookjewel.bsky.social · 03/09/2025open.substack.com/pub/sparksch...open.substack.comThursday Sparks: New Light, New EnergyGentle Wisdom, Delivered with Spark. 💎✨🦋 010
bookjewel.bsky.social @bookjewel.bsky.social · 04/08/2025The Spark Effect sparkschange.substack.com?utm_campaign...sparkschange.substack.comThe Spark Effect | SubstackSimple, life-tested and science-backed shifts to create meaningful change and enhance your life—one small spark at a time. Click to read The Spark Effect, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago. 000
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialPam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Question: What kind of media hysteria would we see right now if Moody’s downgraded America’s credit rating on Biden or Obama’s watch. We can’t have nice things because our media is owned by the right. 1524257
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 17/05/2025"Rethinking AUKUS is progressive patriotism. Taxing foreign-owned fossil fuel companies is progressive patriotism. Having a govt which puts Australians first with their health care, education, and welfare is progressive patriotism." @amyremeikis.bsky.social www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...thenewdaily.com.auThe PM's 'progressive patriotism' is a worthy ideal, if he backs it upAlbanese considers himself a reformist not a revolutionary, but it is not revolutionary to actually start standing for Australian values. 1018874
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialProf Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 18/05/2025 6738381016
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialJennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 16/05/2025🧵1 Louisiana Republicans—with the Trump admin—are trying to erase the last federal school desegregation orders, calling them “relics.” What they really want is to resegregate our schools, silence the truth about systemic racism, & roll back decades of civil rights. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...nytimes.comSome Republicans Push to Put School Desegregation Officially in the Past 7170119
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialJane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 18/05/2025WTAF? What is going on in the UK? 117413
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialJane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Andrew Leigh & I had a long but very civil argument about public funding of private schools many years ago. He didn’t get it then. I hope he does now, because nothing cements generational inequality like unfair education. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAndrew Leigh says Australia one generation from ‘US-style inequality’ as Productivity Commission targets corporate taxOf all Andrew Leigh’s many portfolios, he considers productivity the most important. But can the government’s reforms bear fruit by the next election? 25484123
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialJane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 16/05/2025This kid is so wise and kind. Congratulations to her, her parents and her teachers. 1401
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialJennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 16/05/2025Listen to Bernie—he’s right. Trump’s relentless attacks on the media—calling journalists “enemies of the people,” pushing legal threats, & stoking public distrust—have dangerously eroded press freedom. His tactics intimidate reporters, spread lies, & set a chilling, authoritarian precedent. 11282111
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialEbony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 10/05/2025“The Coalition has culture-warred itself into electoral irrelevancy …At least this election showed that Andrew Bolt, Peta Credlin and their Sky News After Dark whacko-chamber are as impotent as their views are rancid.” My column www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8962365/canberratimes.com.auWhy Dutton's 'one tune' division and animosity didn't work for AustraliansThe only thing stopping Labor now ... is Labor. 514036
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialHassaan Ahmed حسان احمد @ancienthydra.bsky.social · 16/05/2025When the dust settles on this catastrophe and journalists who didn't have the moral fiber to write in the face of overwhelming power and censorship pretend they were always against it, I will print out a giant cardboard cut-out of David to whack them with (see, because he's a giant among his "peers) 04710
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialDavid Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I'm taking a few weeks away. Might be a bit more offline. Ngl, covering this for a prolonged period takes a toll on the soul and I need to recover. I'm gonna go watch some loud bands in Europe and try not to think too deeply. Thank you for supporting this work, it's so very much appreciated. 🙏🤘❤️ 402578
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialerinmargrethe @erinmargrethe.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Met my first Australian today who got yoinked by US immigration for no good reason. Chucked in a plexiglass cell for the crime of transiting via LAX from Canada. No reason given and allowed to carry on back to Melbourne. She said “never again”, rightly so. 23528129
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialPeters J Vecrumba @petersjvecrumba.bsky.social · 11/05/2025SAFE will be next, erasing women's votes. 1155
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialBriar @briar.bsky.social · 12/05/2025I have family who teach in public schools in Vic. I am trained to teach in Vic. I live in NSW where it’s not a whole lot better, especially in the regions. We are not valuing our children enough. It’s criminal. 0214
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 12/05/2025It’s incredible that the President of the United States is openly flirting with suspending Habeas Corpus, disappearing people left and right, arresting judges and politicians, accepting ludicrous bribes from foreign countries, and people are still trying to normalize this shit. 443138933901
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialJane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Those who oppose abortion have every right never to access abortions for themselves. They have precisely no right to tell other women what they may or may not do with their own bodies. www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...smh.com.au‘Brazen bullying’: Speakman stands up to anti-abortion campaignerThe NSW Liberal leader has warned against the “Americanisation of NSW politics”. 1438779
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialTizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Bernie Sanders: "Saving money by dismantling the Department of Education, which, by the way, is illegal and unconstitutional, so that the billionaire class can receive huge tax breaks, is terrible public policy and morally reprehensible." #DontDefundPublicSchools 19351136
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialJacFlem @jacflem.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I would recommend reading this book. Amongst many tragic stories are the poor women whose lives were lost due to botched abortions. It made me feel sad and angry to think that it would be over a 100 years later before women can access them safely. Also makes you realise how important coroners are. 0225
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialHayden Black @haydenb.bsky.social · 15/05/2025All hail the Boss!variety.comBruce Springsteen Calls Trump Administration ‘Corrupt, Incompetent, and Treasonous’Bruce Springsteen sounded off about the Trump Administration Wednesday night, calling it ‘corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous.' 3428
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/05/2025IOWA: “It is a complete pleasure to hear somebody speak in complete sentences.” *Pete Buttigieg gets a rousing Ovation at the #VoteVetsTownHall* 👏🏽 439219755311
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialJennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 15/05/2025After another day of GOP-fueled chaos, cleanse your palate with a laugh. Stephen Colbert just *obliterated* Donny 2 Dolls—and it’s comedy perfection. Because if we don’t laugh at this mess, we might cry (or throw things). 🍿😂 @colbertlateshow.bsky.social 21458160
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialEsso @essob.bsky.social · 15/05/2025@atlassian.bsky.social This looks like exactly the type of thing the fantastic folks at Atlassian may be able to help with. 🤞 02010
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialGodlessPrimate @godlessprimate.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Exactly. 31861256
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialAnnieR @anet2111.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Even violent criminals in prisons hate pedos. 121
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialNickie @nomadityinfuse.bsky.social · 07/05/2025I am constantly revolted by the men and their sexualisation of woman and girls. This is promoting sexual abuse. He is now defending this vitriol suggesting that under age marriage is prochoice. The US is not lands of freedoms but misogynistic oppression. @janecaro.bsky.social 2194
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Trump and Musk want to shut down the Department of Education. That could mean layoffs for teachers, larger class sizes, less support for kids with special needs, and less help paying for college. I’m fighting to save our schools so every child can build a future. 1338454
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialRonni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 06/05/2025From the talented mind of the one and only @fionakatauskas.bsky.social #flyawayPeter #ausvotes25 25684178
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/05/2025Since Trump took office, his family has made $2.9 billion in crypto. Again, this is a level of corruption so cartoonish, so obvious & on the surface, that it seems to have stunned everyone to silence.cbsnews.comTrump family's net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to crypto investments, new report saysAs the Trump family's crypto ventures increase their wealth, the president's administration pauses a dozen federal crypto probes. 17147292001
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialDavid Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Really fucking disgusting reporting on the Gaza genocide by the ABC this morning. Endless shit about Hamas and hostages. Barely congruent with the reality of this slaughter and the fact Israel was always going to (again, again, again) conquer more territory and ethnically wipe Palestine. 32579150
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialEric Bananarama @ericbanana.bsky.social · 03/05/2025The LNP has ceased to be the party of Menzies. It is the party of Murdoch … And it has been thoroughly rejected by the Australian people. #auspol #BinNight 1316744
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/05/2025🔥 “There’s something wrong in this country… everything has gone up but wages… how many yachts and houses does one person need? — They want us to stay poor, stay hidden, and die silently.” 🇺🇸 #FightTheOligarchy H/T @violadavis.bsky.social 749216797296
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.social Josh Dobbin @joshdobbin.bsky.social · 05/05/2025This is how we get young men falling into the Andrew-Tate/Charlie-Kirk-iverse, in a few years time. It isn't that "woke" drives them into the reactionary right, it is that their DADS SUCK, & they're looking for SOME kind of male validation, even if by proxy, from online assholes. 4275
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialdecolonise our minds @proudlywoke1000.bsky.social · 06/05/2025"Sharri Markson backs Dutton? Andrew Bolt reckons the voters got it wrong? Peta Credlin thinks there should be more, not less, culture war? These are non-stories. The effusions of vanity projects. Let’s not mention them again." The other rejection was that of Olichachy. Gina's vanity project. 13110
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/05/2025The Washington Post bragging about Pulitzer winner Ann Telnaes, the political cartoonist who left the Post because it had turned into an anti-journalism partisan rag, is one of the most shameless examples of misplaced self-congratulations in recent memory. 19689302106
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialJane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 05/05/2025This is wise and thoughtful from @margaretsimons.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAs Australia’s election result reminds us, News Corp no longer has the power to sway voters | Margaret SimonsThe declining power of the Murdoch press is part of the wider story of the waning influence of mainstream media 1117146
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialBernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 06/05/2025@margaretsimons.bsky.social looking under the bonnet of a modern truth finally sinking in - the impotence of News Ltd - and beginning the discussion of what might matter & change things elsewhere. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAs Australia’s election result reminds us, News Corp no longer has the power to sway voters | Margaret SimonsThe declining power of the Murdoch press is part of the wider story of the waning influence of mainstream media 713434
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialMargaret Simons @margaretsimons.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Me on this .What will Australian media look like in 2025? Messy and imperfect but with glimmers of hope | Meg Simons 4263
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialAmy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Wrote this in March last year, but could have written it anytime in the years leading up to it, and indeed, the years coming: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comThe Liberal party does not have a ‘women problem’. Men are the problem | Amy RemeikisThe party’s women continue to wring their hands in their support group chats, apoplectic with rage off the record, while soothing on it 1245098
Reposted by @bookjewel.bsky.socialCheeto Voodoo @cheetovoodo.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Truth. 401350405