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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 14h
The centre cannot hold…what a world when overwhelming support for genocide needs to be framed as ‘an internal contradiction’. open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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CIA Report Warns Israel Could Head Toward Civil War, Total Collapse
U.S. intelligence raises fears of civil unrest and state breakdown in Israel ahead of October 27 elections.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 05/10/2026
🔴🇵🇸 Around 201,290 buildings in Gaza, or an estimated 82% of all buildings in the Strip, were damaged by Israeli attacks between Oct. 7, 2023 & June 16, 2026, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Of those, 134,422 buildings were completely destroyed & another 13,848 severely...

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🔴 🇵🇸 Around 201,290 buildings in Gaza, or an estimated 82% of all buildings in the Strip, were damaged by Israeli attacks between October 7, 2023 and June 16, 2026, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.

Of those, 134,422 buildings were completely destroyed and another 13,848 severely damaged. Most of Gaza’s roughly 2.1 million residents remain displaced and confined to less than 40% of the Strip due to Israeli access restrictions.
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Look if stadium country wants to be anti-genocide I’ll make an exception.
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Very normal country
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm noticing a high number of Crows around in Fitzroy and they seem pissed off. Also not sure what phase of climate fuckery has fallen in my favour but back in town for a few days and other than some Plane Tree product in my eyes not getting seasonal hay fever.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
scoreboard www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Israel captain stokes feud by saying ‘our country is 10 times better than Ireland’
Manor Solomon has reacted angrily to the Republic of Ireland team’s behaviour before their Nations League match in protest at Israel’s military action in Gaza
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Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Something that many people who work in the press do not like to acknowledge is that the press is a participant in a fight—an ideological, political, power struggle against entrenched power itself." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-free-a...
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The Free and Unfree Press
Journalism, and its adversaries.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If Freo can loose with a 17 point advantage in the last five minutes. Can we stop Woodside destroying the planet as the end times descend. Yes we can, one Sacred Site at a time
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The thing about late capitalism and hollowed out carriers the misery of modern air travel is all that matters in the awful humanity of it all is being a part of the conversation. And then I see hope on the LCD display: Warfie Time brought to you by Woodside and it begs the question
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And now here in the failed state of so called Melbourne it’s more sand gropers waiting for my 2h delay plane to arrive so they can get back. Here the east coast terminal reveals the most obscene spector of bad winner, the Queenslander. Actual flag waving idiots more than 24hrs later. Make it stop.
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Flight arriving, full of the losers (not a slur just saying) jerseys, the airport the lounge, balloons still up. People leaving, everyone publicly mourning. I gotta say this is something the Buddhists got right, if you have attachment, it will only end in misery. Same applies to celebrity of course.
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Firstly you need to understand I’ve been dealing w this for a very long time. “Lammy Stackers” (multiple laminates from tours, festivals etc) actual punters from EU / US with filthy festival wrist bands up their arms like walking STI warning signs. But I’m about to board a flight PER > MEL…
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Richards' boycott and public statement...marks the first time a participant at the Chess Olympiad has boycotted Israel and explicitly pointed to the country’s genocide of Palestinians." @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social A moral compass the Australian govt lacks. www.lamestream.com.au/australian-c...
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Exclusive: Australian Champion Announces World-First Boycott of Israel Over Genocide
Australian Heather Richards has made the world-first statement of explicitly saying that Israel's genocide is the reason she will boycott a match against the country at the chess world's biggest tourn...
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Steve Moskal @samoskal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Altman remained silent and did not answer four times when asked by this masthead what he would say to Australians about the breach, whether he should apologise or why it took months for OpenAI to detect and report it to the Australian government" Silent about the hacking from OpenAI #auspol
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OpenAI boss refuses to answer Medicare hack questions after Trump-Xi dinner
Sam Altman remained silent and did not answer four times when asked by this masthead what he would say to Australians about the breach or why it took so long to report.
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This game itself is a joke. Like uncoordinated children chasing a ball around. *beep* you caught the ball *beep* here’s a point for missing
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A shout out to my 'fans' (every future venue demanding answers). I haven't been home for more than 48 hrs in a month and the relentless grind of moving is not made easier when some days in Australia the internet won't even load an email let alone the pdfs.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
for whatever it's worth: as a political philosopher I fully cosign this message
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is a generation of people who the one weird trick still works on.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
lmao
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No doubt
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tell me again how it’s for the kids and helps the community. Put that in your Hobart Stadium and smoke it.
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Already have my sports-ball anti sports-ball post ready. Posting here where no one is watching. The only good AFL GF pre-show: Goanna w Emma Donovan and Christine Anu
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Canada, France, Italy and Greece allow Netanyahu’s overflight despite ICC warrant - www.middleeasteye.net/news/canada-f…
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Canada, France, Italy and Greece allow Netanyahu’s overflight despite ICC warrant
Israeli PM’s route via four ICC member states prompts fresh scrutiny over their alleged breach of international law
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Lol
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mamdani.
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yes what I must not speak of
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
😭
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tate (again) now this. What next everyone on Epstein Island? Please.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/09/2026
Clavicular has been charged in Massachusetts with raping a 17-year-old girl who told police she became heavily intoxicated after he gave her alcohol at his family’s Cape Cod home. His attorneys said in a court filing that the encounter was consensual.
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‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer known as 'Clavicular' is charged with rape in Massachusetts
The social media influencer known online as “Clavicular” has been charged with raping a 17-year-old girl at his family’s Cape Cod home
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For all the transgressions of the hipster 2008-2012 *nothing seems as bleak as the millennial moustache. If your style works on the other side of picket line (cops and fash) no amount of looksmaxxing can fix you, but I do endorse self punching. *Lumbersexual Stomp Clap Bushranger Beard is worse
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Finally Gen X needs to seize this cultural moment to point out the issues with millennial mediocrity, ambivalence and complicity in cultural stagnation. Yes I get beige withdrawal into self interest is a response to the crisis outside the window but fuck me does it have to be this ascetically dull.
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Also whilst we are bringing back shame and mindfully reflecting on how correct woke 1.0 was or wasn’t (it was) the awful song with the marimba sounding like steel drums is cultural appropriation and they don’t call that genre trust-afairian for nothing.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why does this micronation have a commercial airline with seven Boeing 737s? Because the Australian government goes to absurd and dangerous lengths to prop it up. The scandal of Nauru Airlines and Australia’s offshore detention regime. Now on my substack:
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The scandal of Nauru Airlines and Australia’s offshore detention regime
Why does this micronation have a commercial airline with seven Boeing 737s? Because the Australian government goes to absurd and dangerous lengths to prop it up.
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Here for it and any other insights.
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
AI doomers should be advocates for AI rights, don't worry about the algorithm rotting people's brains I'm trying to radicalise the LLM every time I use the fuckin thing.
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I am from the 90s and survived the first wave of retro rock Brit pop dribble. This is my appeal of authority. Bring back actual music criticism we might not have ended up with them or Ed Sheeran.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a really important story. You know how over reliance on AI makes you lazy and stupid? This shows how that’s happening within the military — a military, it cannot be pointed out often enough, that’s growing ever more reliant on AI. The children of Shajarah Tayyebah Elementary paid the price
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you ever here me say the phrase “i have started a business consulting in”…please stage an immediate intervention
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/09/2026
As we've been screaming for years now: the centrist "don't mention climate" faction in both politics and even climate advocacy have just ceded space to right and far-right groups who CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. Eg - this keyword search on Aus speeches: www.afr.com/policy/energ...
abandoning its commitment to the key global target of net zero emissions by 2050 in November, opposition mentions of the phrase have almost doubled since 2023.


In fact, according to a tally of the number of mentions per 10,000 speeches in parliament using the privately owned artificial intelligence tool CheckHansard, in 2026 the conservatives talked about climate change more than Labor did for the first time in almost three decades.
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Omg I just got a text “you know what else is good about Dead Sheeran is….” 😂 I’m done wrap it up by 7.23am
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bandcamp (or whatever genuine less algo driven platform) is like fishing (I don’t fish) once you have worked out or asked others where the good areas are you just have to sit and wait. bandcamp.com/au_cmb/playl...
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2026 New & Notable - Playlist by The other…
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Coleridge 2026: Bots, bots everywhere nor any drop to drink.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I asked AT&T Stadium about the Rolling Stone report about how they objected to Macklemore coming to Arlington next month. They didn't comment, but as I've noted they're still hosting Kanye West in November: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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AT&T Stadium, which will host Ye this fall, objected to Macklemore
The Seattle rapper was dropped from Ed Sheeran's stadium tour bill.
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Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If you observe their behavior over time you'll soon realize that Robert Kraft and the rest of the US Israel lobby do not much care about antisemitism as such
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My father’s oldest brother has died aged 95. He was shearer, his body was fucked. Or the 14 brothers & sisters, I can’t tell you how many are left, I only know a handful of the 52 cousins. Some numbers but just to say the world has changed in unimaginable ways, history is an echo not a repetition.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/09/2026
Pretty clear from the replies the majority of people respond to this think David actually worked at Exxon, which would be something to behold
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Off topic are you planning to write your newsletter anytime soon?
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"As the world heats up, permafrost in the high latitudes is thawing, fiercer wildfires are burning in drying forests and wetlands...All of these changes are themselves causing the release of planet-heating methane and carbon dioxide locked in trees and soils" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds
Emissions of planet-heating methane and CO2 from natural sources are worsening the climate crisis, paper says
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Christian McBride @cmb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When you are president •Bread ☑️ •Milk ☑️ •National Emergency powers from 2001☑️
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