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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Standard fare from the most corrupt administration in American history.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
With Richard Marles staying in the Defence portfolio ‘it seems unlikely the Defence Dept will face any pressure to end the incompetence and, quite possibly, corruption that marks its management of major procurement processes.’ 👇 #auspol
themandarin.com.au
Business as usual: Labor stalls on Defence reform as AUKUS woes grow
Defence spending is lagging, AUKUS is stalling, and systemic mismanagement persists as Labor avoids hard structural reform.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
When two Popes dislike you, it’s a divine sign.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Peace deals: 0 Trade deals: 0
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Wearing a bright blue suit, texting, and then sleeping at Pope Francis’s funeral. What an embarrassing mess.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Trump has no idea how to deal with Putin on war and no idea how to deal with Xi on trade. Total clown show.
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Sarah Florini @florini.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
China is shit posting about manufacturing and supply chains over on TikTok. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jAdCeP/
tiktok.com
There is nothing we haven't made, we know the craft very well
TikTok video by senbags2
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DC @sinjinco.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
China is giving up all our manufacturing secrets on TikTok. It's been gold.
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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The propaganda war TikTok is so strong right now since Trump attacked China with tariffs.. videos on Chinese manufacturing, how they make much of what we buy and how American brands they add their logo and up charge us. Videos of their super trains and massive high tech cities & low food prices
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Good question. Why DOES Pete Hegseth have a Russian phone number? 🤨
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Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove @kamlager-dove.house.gov · 25/03/2025
Nothing but Deflection, Evasion, and Inversion. Lying to cover up for your crimes that jeopardized our national security is despicable and irresponsible. Pete Hegseth must resign now.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
More from Signal chat 👀🇺🇸
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Harrison Bateman @batemanharrison.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
“We are currently clean on OPSEC” is objectively one of the funniest texts you could send in this particular groupchat
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Martin Holland @fingolas.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Mic drop 👏🏼 "The statements by #Hegseth, #Gabbard, #Ratcliffe, and #Trump [...] have led us to believe that people should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions." #Signal #GroupChat www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
theatlantic.com
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Since they were just attack plans and not war plans shared on an unregulated Signal groupchat, it's all good right?
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Jürgen Nauditt @juergennauditt.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The Atlantic published detailed attack plans shared by Trump advisers in a Signal group chat. Meanwhile, the White House has tasked Elon Musk with investigating an incident in which Trump adviser Waltz accidentally added a journalist to a secret military chatroom.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
AUKUS, Trump and independence - how Australia must respond to the USA’s public and petulant global meltdown Hint, it’s not offering tribute and begging for special treatment Bullies smell weakness and right now Canberra is giving off a very strong stink. johnmenadue.com/aukus-trump-...
johnmenadue.com
AUKUS, Trump and independence - Pearls and Irritations
How should Australia respond when the US, our closest ally, is engaged in a very public and petulant global meltdown?
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
President Macron humiliated Donald Trump on live television. He shut him up and fact checked him mid sentence. Trump sat there and smiled. #StandWithUkraine
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/02/2025
New in PN: Despite the hype, DOGE hasn't found a shred of fraud "With nothing to show for its efforts to find actual fraud, it has become clear that DOGE is the enforcement arm of a Trump administration that has no interest in working with Congress to implement its policy priorities."
publicnotice.co
Despite the hype, DOGE hasn't found a shred of fraud
All they've really got is "spending that Elon Musk doesn't like."
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Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 24/02/2025
The Danish government is limiting parliamentary oversight to speed up arms purchases and creating a multibillion-dollar rearmament fund. The decision to prepare a foundation for rapid rearmament and procurement was made after two threats to Denmark emerged. #Denmark #Europe #NATO #US #Russia
mil.in.ua
Denmark Limits Parliamentary Oversight To Speed Up Arms Procurement
The Danish government is limiting parliamentary oversight to speed up arms purchases and creating a multibillion-dollar rearmament fund
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
A lone Leopard 2A4 of the Ukrainian 33rd Brigade at the front near Kurakhove obliterated a Russian armored column made up by tanks, BMPs and truck. In some cases you can see how the impacts trigger ammunition inside the Russian vehicles, certainly incinerating the crews inside.
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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Cancel AUKUS. It compromises our sovereignty. The subs are not going to arrive. There’s no waste solution. It sucks millions from the things we actually need - and can be delivered: essential health, dental, well funded public schools, early childhood education and care.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
This is absolutely chilling. He truly is a sociopath.
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Björn Müller @bjoernm.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
"Revenues of top European arms companies totalled $133 bn 2023. This was 0.2 per cent more than 2022, the smallest increase in any world region. But: European companies producing complex weapon systems were mostly working on older contracts 2023 and their revenues do not reflect orders influx."
sipri.org
World’s top arms producers see revenues rise on the back of wars and regional tensions
Revenues from sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest companies in the industry reached $632 billion in 2023, a real-terms increase of 4.2 per cent compared with 2022.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Well, this is officially the stupidest component of Elon Musk's long con that I've seen in, oh, the last 24 hours at least Of all the things that are not going to happen and should not happen and have only been dreamed up for marketing purposes, this is... on the list No person will ever ride this
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/01/2025
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
eff.org
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Every single story about AUKUS and how bad it is could have been an opportunity to absolutely smash Dutton over how bad the Libs are on defence. Instead Albanese and Marles decided - "Hey that Scott Morrison, he's a sharp guy. We should do what he thought was a good idea"
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
UK industry is struggling to deliver nuclear reactors for the UK’s submarine fleet. Relying on the UK’s degraded industrial base to deliver key components for #AUKUS subs is a big risk. @albomp.bsky.social’s gift of billions to Rolls Royce won’t be the last. #auspol
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
Submarine nuclear core project faces ‘challenges’
The Core Production Capability programme, tasked with delivering safe nuclear reactor cores for the UK’s submarine fleet, remains under pressure as highlighted in the latest Infrastructure and Project...
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
To be clear Musk buying TikTok would be an incredible nightmare for democracy
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Eric Bananarama @ericbanana.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The AUKUS Retirement Fund. Retirees from the U.S. Navy are being given astronomical sums in consultancy fees to divulge wisdom they do not have on junkets Down Under. The price Australia is paying is already savagely burdensome. It may well, in the long run, prove worse. #auspol #AUKUS
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
We need a balanced industry policy that prioritises manufacturing here. Throwing another $200M at one of billionaire Gina Rinehart’s mines to export processed rocks for foreign value-adding while the Whyalla steelworks withers away shows @albomp.bsky.social’s got the balance wrong. #auspol
theguardian.com
Commonwealth to invest a further $200m in rare earth mining project backed by Gina Rinehart
National reconstruction fund to buy stake in Arafura Rare Earth’s planned facility 135km north of Alice Springs
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14/01/2025
TikTok users are pushing back against the looming TikTok ban Sunday by downloading a Chinese app called RedNote, which some users are calling “China’s TikTok.”
nbcnews.com
Chinese TikTok alternative RedNote tops app charts ahead of potential TikTok ban
On Monday, Chinese users of RedNote, known as Xiaohongshu in China, welcomed “TikTok refugees” to the platform.
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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
This is literally the funniest way the TikTok ban could've played out
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Trump doesn’t have even a shred of class or decorum.
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Nathan Attrill @nathanattrill.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
China is building at least five new special purpose barges which appear tailor made for amphibious assault. The barges may provide China with a unique way to offload large numbers of tanks directly onto Taiwanese roads. www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
navalnews.com
China Suddenly Building Fleet Of Special Barges Suitable For Taiwan Landings - Naval News
China is building at least five new special purpose barges which appear tailor made for amphibious assault. The barges may provide the PRC (People's Republic of China) with a unique way to offload lar...
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SaltyDogFella ⚓️🏀🗽NYC @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
pirate 🏴‍☠️ patrol
bbc.com
Estonia navy to protect undersea power link after main cable damaged
Nato also says it will enhance its military presence in the Baltic after a ship was suspected of sabotaging the Estlink 2 cable.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Can someone please explain why all those commentators and politicians who keep talking about AUKUS being needed to uphold the “rules-based international order” are silent about Trump’s threats to invade Greenland and Panama?
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
The full article. #AUKUS #auspol
19fortyfive.com
AUKUS Submarine Deal: Bad News for the U.S. Navy?
Key Points and Summary: The AUKUS agreement promises to revolutionize Australia’s submarine fleet with three U.S.-built Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines and the future development of the SSN-...
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Here’s the modelling results that show that, even in the best #AUKUS scenario, transferring US subs to Australia causes a shortfall in the US Navy from 2032 to 2052. Almost certainly a show stopper. 3/3 #auspol
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Yet Richard Marles, drunk on Defence Department Kool-Aid, assures everyone that there’ll be no issues. We’ll be flushing our non-refundable $4.7B to US industry and risking our own national security if we allow this folly to continue. 2/3 #AUKUS #auspol
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Under US law, the US Navy can’t transfer #AUKUS subs to Australia unless the President certifies to Congress the transfer “will not degrade the US’s undersea capability”. New Congressional Budget Office modelling shows it will be impossible for a President to do so. 1/3 #auspol
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
The correlation between distance from Moscow and military aid to Ukraine / #defence spending is quite strong. This and more in my latest for @economist.com on divisions within Europe. www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Taiwan began three days of military drills on Tuesday as concerns rise over potential cuts to the defense budget due to legislative wrangling between the island’s two major political parties.
stripes.com
Taiwan holds military drills as concerns rise over possible defense budget cut
Taiwan’s military began military drills despite concerns about potential budget cuts.
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Russia-Ukraine Daily News @rvps2001.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
🇬🇧 The U.K-led Joint Expeditionary Force has set up a tracking system to alert allies if a ship poses a threat to undersea cable infrastructure and to monitor Russia's shadow fleet of tankers. kyivindependent.com/uk-led-coali... #Britain
kyivindependent.com
UK, Baltics, Nordics step up undersea monitoring amid cable sabotage, Russian shadow fleet concerns
The U.K-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) has set up a tracking system to alert allies if a ship poses a threat to undersea cable infrastructure and track Russia's shadow fleet of tankers, London sa...
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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Cable cutting ship route ....
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UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 06/01/2025
Defence company Rheinmetall has announced it will supply Ukraine with 180,000 rounds of 35mm 'High Explosive Incendiary with Tracer' ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft gun. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/rheinmetall-...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
Rheinmetall to deliver 180,000 anti-air rounds to Ukraine
Defence company Rheinmetall has announced it will supply Ukraine with 180,000 rounds of 35mm 'High Explosive Incendiary with Tracer' ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft gun.
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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Taiwan Coast Guard Blames Chinese-Owned Ship For Cutting Undersea Communications Cable Taiwan has seen multiple incidents of damage to its underwater infrastructure in recent years, with China widely suspected of being the culprit. www.twz.com/news-feature...
twz.com
Taiwan Coast Guard Blames Chinese-Owned Ship For Cutting Undersea Communications Cable
Taiwan has seen multiple incidents of damage to its underwater infrastructure in recent years, with China widely suspected of being the culprit. Taiwan has seen multiple incidents of damage to its und...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
This is a national security issue. It's not that the two men sound exactly alike and have the same opinions and mannerisms—or even that the fake identity often slips and admits to being Elon—it's that Elon's a DoD contractor who abuses drugs, has a fake identity and secretly communicates with Putin.
newsweek.com
Who is Adrian Dittmann? Why some X users are convinced it's Elon Musk
The long-simmering mystery of Adrian Dittmann's identity has come to a boil during the H-1B visa debate.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 31/12/2024
If crypto is incorporated into Australia’s financial system, we will be lucky to avoid contagious collapse | John Quiggin
theguardian.com
If crypto is incorporated into Australia’s financial system, we will be lucky to avoid contagious collapse | John Quiggin
As soon as people decide that crypto is valueless, it will be – but in the next few years, exposure of traditional institutions will likely run into the hundreds of billions As a principal adviser to the then treasurer Wayne Swan, Jim Chalmers had a…
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