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Mattz

@hereticalempiricsm.bsky.social
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Diverse, Equitable, Inclusive account determined to undermine the lazy, bludging rich owners of way too many things in the name of a humane, progressive future, despite the bad faith discourse of corrupted power drivers with a smile and snapping open hand.

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pinconp.bsky.social @pinconp.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
www.theage.com.au/national/vic... I hate reading this. Where are unhoused people supposed to go? It’s bloody inhumane. #auspol
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‘Being homeless is not a crime’: CBD security guard program under scrutiny
Some rough sleepers and social workers have accused the City of Melbourne’s security guard patrols of unfairly targeting homeless people. But others have defended the council’s initiative.
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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The international community must finally act now. Please don’t ignore this @albomp.bsky.social #auspol
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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
K-Mart got done for tracking everyone's movements Some months ago Bunnings was caught doing the same What the ABC failed to mention is that these are the same company, Wesfarmers. Also, Coles is using military data contractor Palantir, again it's Wesfarmers www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... #auspol
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Use of facial recognition technology in Kmart stores broke privacy act
The Privacy Commissioner has found Kmart broke the Privacy Act with its use of facial recognition technology, ordering the retail giant not to repeat the practice.
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Voices of Wentworth @voicesofwentworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Support independent media. Media concentration leads to political censorship and the undermining of democracy #auspol
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Nick @knockaboutwok.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... This is appalling. Actively excluding a migratory bird from its nesting site for a "festival" #auspol #wildoz #birds
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Two-day festival to go ahead on protected bird's nesting site
Conservationists say one of the country's largest colonies of a protected native bird is under threat at a two-day festival site.
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
It’s nice that Gina feeds her pets well. #AusPol
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Gina Rinehart helps fund Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's defamation defence
Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, has helped fund Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's crowd-funded defence to a defamation action brought by the head of a Northern Territory land council.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Priorities. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Four frames. In each, a man is reclining in an armchair, feet up, while television is on. 1. TV newsreader: “The latest climate risk assessment says without drastic greenhouse emission reduction, we can expect…” (man snoozes) 2. TV shows bushfire “…a large increase in deaths from heat stress, more coastal flooding, storms and extreme weather events…” (man snoozes) 3. TV shows waves crashing on coastal house “…sea level rises will displace coastal dwellers and inhabitants of nearby island states, and…” (man snoozes) 4. TV shows house with arrow pointing down and $BILLIONS) “…our property values could fall by as much as $611 billion…” Man on chair wakes and gasps.
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I AM Jane Doe❗️Pro Democratic Politics in 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 @dove333.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
#Auspol A reminder for Aussies❗️ Sinclair owns majority of media in 🇺🇸. Murdoch does the SAME THING HERE❗️ He owns 70%+ of papers, radio & tv in 🇦🇺 , which is why they ALL repeat the same ‘Murdoch news’ (aka propaganda). Switch off Murdoch‼️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_... share.google/Mi1Xlz6xDj2H...
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
The richest 200 people in Australia have almost tripled their wealth over two decades. #auspol #EndCapitalism
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Buzz @waybuzz.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
#abcInsiders #insiders #auspol the only people wetting their pants about @albomp.bsky.social meeting Donald Trump is legacy media. No one else cares and see Trump as a clown.
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💧Bee - Difficult 🐝🌿❤ @belindajones68.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
In 54 days it'll be the 50th Anniversary of The Dismissal of Gough Whitlam What I don't see in today's politicians, that Whitlam had, is a vision 4 our future, prepared to really create social change Gough was intelligent, audacious I miss politicians like that 🐝 #auspol
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a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone while a crowd watches .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone while a crowd watches .
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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
A good little chart from the Parliamentary Library showing how almost all social spending by the Commonwealth is already means-tested #auspol
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ThirdTimeLucky @666monalisa666.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
shared from FB prime chinister: #welfare of the rich cuntz who don’t need it not to mention all the Fkn religions grifting off govt welfare #auspol
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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
They have become too extreme and fascist even for the conservative party. It's a terrorist organisation. Liberal MPs speak up about ‘disturbing’ Advance campaign against ‘mass immigration’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol #insiders #abc730
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Liberal MPs speak up about ‘disturbing’ Advance campaign against ‘mass immigration’
Several MPs say the activist group’s advertising push is becoming a problem for the party because ‘you cannot win from the margins’
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Johnny Boy @geeforce77.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
As Laura Tingle mentioned- the clip of Trump saying that he thinks it is illegal to criticise him. #insiders #auspol
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DeuaDemon(Australia) @deuademon.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Absolutely 💯 from #AusPol
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
More power to your arm @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social! #auspol
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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
This week's #SundayShot is up for your viewing pleasure with guest co-host @boganintel.bsky.social, @australiainstitute.org.au's Mark Ogge and @declassifiedaus.bsky.social's Kellie Tranter. Catch it before Trump cracks down on YouTube criticism too.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=m994...
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Our Cursed Times - September 21 - Kellie Tranter and Mark Ogge
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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Kimmaree @kimmaree.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
OMG, watch to the end of #SundayShot apparently Coles Supermarkets have pared up with Peter Thiel's dark overlord Palantir Technologies to build customer and staff surveillance in Australia - time for Aussies to #resist and chose Woolies over Coles (or local alternatives if you can) #auspol
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Meanwhile, political censorship in Australia. #Auspol open.substack.com/pub/nickfeik...
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Who killed Meanjin?
New revelations cast doubt on the official explanations for its closure
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Nate Cochrane @natecochrane.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Woman whose only significant job before becoming a politician 25yr ago was as an ATO public servant, and whose dad was a cop, says Australians too dependent on govt. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
abc.net.au
Australians too dependent on government, says Sussan Ley
In her first major economic speech, the opposition leader hits out at universal subsidies and says "dependency" has affected Australia's "national character".
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ChattyCathyPRGuysGrandma @chattycathyau.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Got to love the people that complain about spending money on climate mitigation, "it's all a cash grab", fail to realise that they are being manipulated by Oil & Gas companies because they don't want to give up their cash grab. #AusPol
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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
One Oz national treasure David Pope brings attention to another Oz national treasure in @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social #auspol #HerrTrumpf
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This is the Ad that #Newscorpse initially pulled despite that it was already paid for by the Jewish Council of Australia. #Newscorpse deny they pulled it, saying it was delayed due to internal processes. Sounds like BS, I’m pretty sure they don’t want ppl to see it. Plz share.
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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Tony Abbott's electorate booted him out years ago. But somehow, he is still directing policy at the Liberal Party. He is a very dangerous man. #auspol
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
I interviewed historian @emmashortis.bsky.social on the particulars of American fascism, comparisons with Nazism, the global crisis of democracy, and Australia's options. None of this is particularly cheery stuff, but you might find some clarity in it. youtu.be/MM6cXjTBJ0U?...
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Historian Emma Shortis on American fascism and Australia's options
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Despite the vocal denials, an investigation has revealed that Neo-Nazis were secretly controlling the so-called “March for Australia” rallies www.smh.com.au/politics/vic... #auspol
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‘Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet’: The great March for Australia deception
Anti-immigration rallies that have drawn tens of thousands of Australians are being secretly controlled by neo-Nazis – part of a coordinated “fraud on the public”.
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DiLawson 🇦🇺 @dilawson.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
#TaxtheRich I would rather my taxes support single parents & their children now! Than #Aukus in 30years. #Auspol
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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Trump is running a criminal network and John Lyons had every right to ask. #auspol #4corners
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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Gladys Berejiklian started working at Optus in 2022 and things have not gone well since. She's managing it as well as a secret relationship with a dodgy incarcerated Daryl Maguire boyfriend. #auspol #nswpol
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
History repeats itself. #RoyalFamily #NaziGermany #UKPolitics #USPolitics #DonaldTrump
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
#Auspol 🤣
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Finland cut homelessness by giving people housing before fixing every other issue. No strings. No stigma. Just dignity. Imagine if Australia tried compassion instead of cruelty. #auspol #homelessness
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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This is what fascists do. The Labor Govt is increasingly aligning us to fascists. Such a betrayal #auspol
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 17/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Lol too funny #auspol #libspill
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Ben Roberts-Smith’s mother emails Coalition MPs saying Andrew Hastie ‘not fit’ to lead Liberals
Exclusive: Sue Roberts-Smith sends 39-page dossier to two dozen Liberal and National MPs after fresh speculation about Hastie’s possible leadership tilt
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
If you hadn’t followed this news story closely you might not grasp that Higgins was the victim of a crime and Reynolds contributed to the cover up. #AusPol
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Brittany Higgins files last-day appeal over Linda Reynolds defamation ruling
Brittany Higgins lodges an appeal against a WA Supreme Court judgement that she defamed her former boss and ex-Liberal senator Linda Reynolds in social media posts.
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
"The People Vs Robodebt" explores the devastating human story behind one of Australia's greatest political scandals. The 3-part docu-drama series will be avail to stream on #SBSOnDemand on Wed 24Sept25. #auspol #Robodebt Trailer: youtu.be/5LzL7WpswH4?...
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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Same Sussssan Lewy that ripped off tax payers and was demoted ? #GoldCoastUnit #auspol
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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
It’s time we held that Murdoch/Media Royal Commission that more than 500,000 people petitioned for. #auspol
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signtst @signtst.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
#auspol
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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
As a member of the Oversight Committee, I just questioned Alex Acosta, the US Attorney who negotiated Epstein’s sweetheart plea deal. His answers were evasive and non-credible. What is clear is that there is A LOT they are hiding. I won’t stop until the full Epstein files are released.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
This is what actual freedom of speech looks like — join in www.nokings.org
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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
The Disney & ABC boycott is WORKING 🔥 Let’s keep going! We the PEOPLE have the power. Sinclair, the broadcasting company that owns hundreds of ABC affiliate stations, has BACKED OUT of airing a remembrance of Charlie Kirk, posting a YouTube link instead. #BoycottDisneyABC #Sinclair #JimmyKimmel
Sinclair Quietly Backs Out of Airing Charlie Kirk Special Amid Kimmel Suspension, Offers YouTube Link Instead
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El Howieson @elhowieson.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞
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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The #SundayShot is back this week with guest co-host @boganintel.bsky.social & me plus a panel of @declassifiedaus.bsky.social's Kellie Tranter & @australiainstitute.org.au 's Mark Ogge on Gaza, Climate & the dismantling of American democracy. Show us you missed us and tune it on Sunday 9am AEST.
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