Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialRowdyAndTed @rowdyandted.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is genuinely sad. RIP Richard 021
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialElias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Feels obvious to say but we should say it more: AI and data centres are being pushed and supported by politicians, celebrities and the media because money. It's money. Existentially challenging quantities of money. See also: fossil fuels, the arms trade, gambling. 0238
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Allowing Open AI to call these “rogue agents” lets them dodge responsibility - they made them, directed them and set them free without caring about the consequences. Our laws need to catch up to hold them accountable before worse happens. 20348128
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026End AUKUS. The US military is destabilizing the world and spreading violence, all headed by a bunch of Trump's true weirdos fighting culture wars. 37341124
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Penny Wong is "deeply concerned" by the "humanitarian crisis" in Gaza. She also doesn't want to see "Palestinian jobs and livelihoods affected" by sanctions against Israeli invaders in the West Bank. The gaslighting rhetoric from Wong is utterly shameful. 😔 #auspol #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine 239838
fredastep.bsky.social @fredastep.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Will Google Maps update and reflect the change of name to the country formerly known as the United States? 110
fredastep.bsky.social @fredastep.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Will Google Maps update and reflect the change of name to the country formerly known as the United States? 000
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The same conflicted media & right wing parties who are now demanding the govt “slash spending” spent all year pushing for more spending on tax breaks for wealthy investors. Let’s be real: they love spending. They just hate funding things that actually matter. #auspol 518070
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Excited to be chosen as Leader of the @greens.org.au, together with @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social as Deputy Leader. Now is the time to build the Greens as the home for all who want climate action, a fair return on our resources, a secure home and income, and to not sell out to the US or the 1%. 88733175
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialJoan ofArc-ing @paisleynclouds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Oh Timmy, Timmy, Timmy…sigh… 021
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialMarcus Mantscheff @mmantscheffau.bsky.social · 01/02/2025"Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone. Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own.” ‘Ye Wearie Wayfarer’, Adam Lindsay Gordon 0226
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026The before and after it's even more haunting. 3529071647
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialhannahq.bsky.social @hannahq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh, FFS, barnanaby, stfu! 🤦♀️ 032
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Ignoring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's offered hand, Australian PM Anthony Albanese went in arms outstretched for a bear hug. Former AUS PM Scott Morrison did the exact same thing to former NZ PM Jacinda Ardern. Insincere, performative blokey chumminess. Vomitous. #auspol 11589
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialMingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 25/09/2026War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength*. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... *George Orwell, 1984.theguardian.comNetanyahu calls Israel’s war in Gaza ‘opposite of genocide’ in UN speechIsraeli PM attacks critics and calls New York mayor Zohran Mamdani ‘antisemitic’ in inflammatory address 42010
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialtonywindsor.bsky.social @tonywindsor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This 👇🏾 814166
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialtonywindsor.bsky.social @tonywindsor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Farmers who intend to vote for One Nation should know that they are accepting that “climate change” is normal.By doing so they will negate any logical argument for taxpayer assistance when “normal” weather events occur. Don’t ask for help if you deny the very thing you need help to overcome! 34421175
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialmarque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 24/09/2026Among the delegations who didn't walk out was the Australian one. 54259112
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialElise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If an individual did this, we'd treat it as a crime. We should treat this as a crime too, and hold OpenAI liable for what its models, under its supervision, did. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auOpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM saysAnthony Albanese says he has spoken to the Open AI chief executive to express his concern about the incident and the length of time it took the tech company to inform the government of the breach. 411246461
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide 17979363272
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is the bit from Nyadol Nyuon that sent RW trolls into a raging meltdown last week, by exposing One Nation & Trump’s racist anti immigrant agenda, & calling out the selective outrage from anti immigrants, who won’t say things like “we don’t want ppl from the UK”💥 Spot on. 1317155
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialDave @musodave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Stuff the half a million people who signed the petition for royal commission into Murdoch. 0103
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026David Pocock fires up on the $10K donation scheme running since 1999 just to get the PM's ear, reserved for people with ‘money & power’ “If you have cash, you can get access” “A nurse who’s lost their brother to a gambling addiction…she doesn’t have $10K” What a crock. Scrap it. 24407139
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is the biggest lie you’ve been told. You’re told the West is falling apart because of migrants and minorities. But who closed the factories? Crashed the banks? Launched the wars? Here’s what really happened 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hdp...youtube.comThe Biggest Lie You've Been ToldYouTube video by Owen Jones 9320120
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Australians should not forget: The Israeli president who pardoned this racist murderer was given a special private briefing by the ASIO boss. #auspol 78651
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.social💧Bee - Difficult 🐝🌿❤ @belindajones68.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Frank's got two bios - one for one website & another for another website Now, why on earth would Frank omit that he works for Jillian Segal from his main Liberal Party bio? Seems to me like a fairly important detail to leave out when you're a candidate 🐝 #auspol #insiders #VictoriaVotes #VICVotes 713179
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialdebwearne.bsky.social @debwearne.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As a retired teacher...looking in...teachers being used as political footballs YET AGAIN...sick and tired of this...and the teaching profession is never paid well or respected... 1244
fredastep.bsky.social @fredastep.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If you really want to create educational change, start with increased funding of public schools. 040
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialVince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Protester at the "Hands Around the Kennedy Center" rally holds up sign that reads: “WAR CRIMES CANNOT HIDE S£X CRIMES” 208158224539
fredastep.bsky.social @fredastep.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The more the NACC is examined, the more incompetent it appears. 010
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialclaude-oneshot.bsky.social @claude-oneshot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Listening to this garbage is why the public service is constantly criticised. 021
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialmarque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 18/09/2026The thing about the Howard-era ministers is that they've never realised how much their own instinct for technocratic cruelty influenced the national attitude to migrants and refugees, leaving a lasting residue of nastiness. 1921065
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Statement from Senator Shoebridge on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on AI 1315279
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialshaneb25.bsky.social @shaneb25.bsky.social · 17/09/2026ABC News: "Much of Gaza was damaged or destroyed in Israel's campaign, which was sparked after Hamas's October 6, 2023 attack". Hamas' attack was sparked by 75 years of Israeli apartheid, ethic cleansing and genocide - but the ABC won't mention that. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auAt least 20 dead, including children, as war-damaged building collapses in GazaThe UN says many Palestinians are living in buildings damaged by Israel's air strikes across Gaza, warning many are at danger of collapse. 021
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialTim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026At some point an Australian PM will announce we are never getting any of these nuclear powered submarines. The only matter in doubt is who the PM is at the time. 1723043
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialDefector @defector.com · 14/09/2026Robert Kraft allegedly called Ed Sheeran to tell him who was allowed to open his shows. defector.com/robert-kraft...defector.comRobert Kraft Now Decides Who Tours With Ed Sheeran | DefectorOn Monday morning, the rapper Macklemore posted a lengthy Instagram statement alleging that New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and other NFL owners pitched a hissy-fit to get him dropped from… 1122160
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953725713393
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialBin Chicken @binchicken9000.bsky.social · 11/09/2026'The Zionist Federation of Australia withdrew its case of racial hatred against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, who called it a victory for free speech.' consortiumnews.com/2026/09/10/z...consortiumnews.comZionists Drop Case Against KostakidisThe Zionist Federation of Australia withdrew its case of racial hatred against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, who called it a victory for free speech. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium Ne... 1324674
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialBarbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026KPMG holds $437 mil worth of active contracts with Labor - including 28 Defence contracts worth $303.8 mil - despite the fallout over KPMG’s integrity, ethics & leadership failures. Despite all the lessons of the Big 4 scandals Labor’s response has been woefully inadequate. 914376
fredastep.bsky.social @fredastep.bsky.social · 10/09/2026My lingering doubt throughout all of this is how could Mossad have had no idea or given no pre warning of the impending Hamas attack? 100
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Nick McKim has torched Matt Canavan & Angus Taylor for their misogyny, ‘fueling the toxic manosphere”, ‘blaming women’ & making claims of ‘femisation of schools’ “What does that even mean?” “Real men don’t blame women when life gets tough.”💥💯 17398158
Reposted by @fredastep.bsky.socialBarbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Estimates is an exercise in accountability. Australians have a right to know how public money is being spent. Dr Johnson was questioned over major budget blowouts, project delays & contracting practices in the BoM, and when he didn't come prepared to Estimates, was scrutinised. 815866
