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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Awesome ep of Global Roaming pca.st/episode/2b6d...
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Why Richard Flanagan says Elon Musk's X is the new Spanish inquisition
Australian author Richard Flanagan joins Global Roaming to talk about his new essay collection Heresies. He tells Hamish Macdonald and Waleed Aly why he thinks Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter…
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And here's a #Dolly one I did last week for cpa.org.au too @floydthek.bsky.social (and I got to give the original work on paper to a massive Dolly fan I know and love)
Title: A Tribute to Dolly
Scene is a woman artist standing next to a big painting with Dolly in the middle. Around Dolly's face are little bubbles saying "Heroine of the Working Class", "lifelong Union Member", "Incredible Philanthropist', 
"Champion of Childrens' Literacy", "Staunch Ally of LGBTQI people" and "Just an all-round legend"
The artists is sayin" And her music was pretty great too"
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Nicole Chvastek @nicolechvastek.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
True that
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thanks and signed
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I could heard a sound of dissent come from Speers after Farley stated that. I guess he thought that was enough?
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Random podcast that was fun. Have not heard of Howie but Paul Kelly and Dunstall were both lovely. youtu.be/uFBZcJyaLFI?...
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Paul Kelly Picks His Top 5 Greatest Aussie Songs
YouTube video by The Howie Games
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
getup.to/lJk9EIgCe17hE
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Stop Victoria's fake party rort
Rightwing operatives have registered fake progressive parties to steal votes and funnel preferences to One Nation in Victoria. But there’s a fix already on the table – and Victorians have a chance to ...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28/06/2026
In a large field in Western Massachusetts, an album of Woody Guthrie songs was performed publicly for the first time. Not by Guthrie, of course — the legendary folk singer has been dead almost 60 years. But Billy Bragg and Wilco helped bring the songs to life: wapo.st/4eJfdRh
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Felicia M. Perez @feliciamperez.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
With the rise of self-driving vehicles, it’s only a matter of time before we get a country song where a guy’s truck leaves him too.
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
www.instagram.com/reel/DXH5TK_...
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Sammy Obeid on Instagram: "Yodel-ayy that’s not cool! 🐪 #sabrinacarpenter #coachella #arab"
23K likes, 482 comments - sammyobeid on April 14, 2026: "Yodel-ayy that’s not cool! 🐪 #sabrinacarpenter #coachella #arab".
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Jesump
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
No dick-tator. Great article by The Intercept. Renea Gamble's next hearing is 15 April. theintercept.com/2026/04/03/p...
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Grandmother Faces Trial in Alabama for Wearing Penis Costume to No Kings Protest
The 62-year-old was arrested for wearing a penis costume to an Alabama No Kings protest — then prosecutors doubled down.
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nordacious @nordacious.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Thank you, @janfran.bsky.social (Ette Media) for shedding light on the new QLD hate speech laws. You can watch her new episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=zJtr...
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Dating apps are feeding your most private information into their AI. Facebook has scraped your high school pics for their AI. What can we do about it all? Come find out tomorrow night contact-nsw.greens.org.au/civicrm/even...
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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
They've only gone and done it. 🤣 youtu.be/vAiT5MXlitA?...
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Angus Taylor Swift
YouTube video by Soft Tread
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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Politics is about choices. This government is choosing to spend more on tax breaks for landlords than on social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined. While you're getting smashed by unlimited rent increases and massive mortgage repayments.
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
www.theage.com.au/sport/tennis...
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‘It’s very wrong’: Ukrainian player launches political attack on world No.1 at Australian Open
Oleksandra Oliynykova’s home shook from a Russian drone attack hours before she flew to Australia to compete at the Open.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Ukrainian tennis player Oleksandra Oliynykova spoke out at Australian Open,asking for support for🇺🇦: Last night I spent in Ukraine before the trip here,here was an explosion just near my home&a Shahed drone hit the home just across the road.My apartment was literally shaking because of the explosion
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This is cute. www.facebook.com/share/1CAmkW...
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Redirecting...
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Terrific cartoon.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Writing this I had to look through Grok's mentions. Earlier I counted around 8 requests PER MINUTE featuring "bikini" and "her". Thousands of women and girls stripped each day. I found users stripping dozens of women per hour, from female celebrities to gym selfies. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
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MPs urge boycott of Elon Musk’s X over Grok AI’s undressing
The call to end use of X for official government communication follows posts of digitally undressed women and children that may have broken UK law
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The Bondi terror attack was designed to drive us to rancour – but there is no peace in division | Thomas Keneally
A desperate opposition may be tempted to stoop to gross opportunism, but we must not set one group of society against another
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Juzabel @juzabel.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
This, right here 👇
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
www.theage.com.au/national/vic... This story is absolutely awful. A rapist on bail gets to live at home while his wife operates her family day care business and the gov departments involved don't seem to care. The victim and family deserve much more than this.
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A little girl was repeatedly raped at family daycare. Her mother says regulators took no action
A home-based daycare worker kept her Working with Children Check after her husband was arrested for sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl who was left unsupervised in their house.
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
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How to Monkeywrench a Genocide
Palestine Action, condemned as a terrorist group in the UK, has embraced property destruction as a means to undermine the arms pipeline to Israel.
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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/10/2025
Shortly before the shutdown, the USDA moved to scrap the Household Food Security Report, the nation’s primary tool for tracking food insecurity, and in doing so, stripped away the very infrastructure needed to remedy rising hunger in America.
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The shutdown will worsen hunger—which the Trump administration just stopped tracking
Millions of women and children are at risk of losing food benefits.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Labor's EPBC "reforms": 👎native veg clearing loopholes unaddressed 👎NO climate trigger 👎NO fully independent EPA decision maker 👎bilateral agreements devolving Fed powers to states/territories 👎allowing pay-to-destroy enviro offsets are ESPECIALLY BAD for the NT ✍️Watt via Environment Centre NT
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We need strong protections for nature, not weaker laws
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.
A tweet from Morgan J. Freeman states:
“FACT: Venezuela is NOT a major producer of cocaine.
They do not have large cocaine factories.
They do not produce fentanyl either.
What Venezuela does have is the world’s largest oil reserves.”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Why keep throwing invitations to Trump to insult our representatives? Why legitimise his personal pettiness? It reflects badly on our journalists, when we can see US press (and members of our own) being shut out and demonised. We don’t have to play his game. #insiders
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Good latest ep of 7am.https://pca.st/episode/96b0d85a-c18b-4a9f-9466-4a7c3fdfda7e
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I asked if the Government would take steps to stop Australians fighting in the IDF while it is perpetrating a genocide The Minister says he wishes for peace. What??
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Good job on Insiders today. I see Sam stepped in when David failed to secure the desired sound bite they were after.
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Labor don't do anything unless there is pressure. Of course other parties need to hold them to account.
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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
6 Aussies now ~410km (230nm, couple of days) from Gaza. Escorted by warships & drones from Italy, Spain & Türkiye✊ Baby food, medicine & aid onboard, to help starving, homeless, bombed & trapped civilians. Best of humanity. #GlobalSumudFlotilla #FreePalestine #Auspol
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Free Palestine! 🇵🇸
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
This is likely the largest UN walkout of an Israeli leader in history. It should serve as a wake-up call for Israelis that Netanyahu is burning Israel's global support to shield himself from his own failures. Israel's fate should not be tied to him nor his extremist allies. Time to change course.
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Wall to wall gags on #hybpa from last night - 10/10
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punterspolitics.bsky.social @punterspolitics.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Here's a brief snip from a friendly chat I had with a mining lobbyist in parliament house 😁 (they really shouldn't just give these lobbying passes to just anyone you know 😂 )
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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Sick of shameless stupid people giving a bad name to those of us who are stupid AND somewhat ashamed
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Too right
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Are you tired of people who expect too much? Who want you to do something really good for a change? Try new Albo’s Expectations Dampening Spray - now in new scents of Vanilla Disappointment, and Odourless Mandate. It’s the gentler way to get people to pull their head in and shut the fuck up.
Anthony Albanese spraying water from a bottle labelled ‘Albo’s Expectations Dampening Spray
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Sounds great. You could expand your product line with some Cherry gloss lip service.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Everything Labor does from now on to support Palestinian liberation will be BECAUSE of the power of the Palestinians & everyday people who have mobilised against the genocide. Not because of Labor’s morality or courage.
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Christine Milne @christinemilne.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Chris Bowen needs to front up and explain why he facilitates fossil fuels with his weak Safeguard Mechanism and its 100% offsets. How many coal and gas stations have closed? how many mines refused? #auspol
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Frecks and specs @frecksnspecs.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/re...
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Sanctions, Recognition & Peace for Palestine
We call for an end to the occupation of Palestine and a just and sustainable peace in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions, including the removal of illegal settlements, the withdrawal of I...
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Greg Larsen @greglarsencomedian.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
You can actually buy this merch I made. It's fucked. GeggyComedy.redbubble.com
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sophia / صوفيا @brownisthecolor.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Some of the bottles of rice and formula and flour Egyptians threw into the sea have actually made it to Gaza - now people in Cyprus and Lebanon are joining the effort, with scientists from all over the world virtually assisting them in figuring the time and location to do so based on the currents. 💚
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