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@hourofdiscontent.bsky.social
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Twitter refugee - was called Betty-boo. Aussie. Work in psychology. Interested in all things political. Concerned about global politics incl climate change. Love books, dogs. Dislike meanness, ignorance and hate. Men - this is not a dating site-no DM’s.

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Every time a headline or story starts with, or is based on, these three words “Donald Trump says” you realise you have wasted a short, but irreplaceable, moment of your life reading it.
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This is very good. Julie Bishop has resigned from ANU. She leaves a tattered legacy www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/08/j...
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Julie Bishop has resigned from ANU. She leaves a tattered legacy
During years of scandals, including an $800,000 office renovation and hundreds of thousands in travel expenses, Bishop always had an answer ready.
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I’ve gifted this so anyone can read it. We all know this is what they are doing. I’m surprised they admitted it. Israel Said It’s Applying the Gaza Model in Lebanon. This Is What the Devastation Looks Like. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... #auspol#israel
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How Israel Is Using the Same Tactics in Lebanon That It Did in Gaza (Gift Article)
Satellite images, photos and videos show the scope of widespread demolitions in southern Lebanon.
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I’ve gifted this for anyone to read. How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u... #auspol
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How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
They found him. They found the one guy.
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Alarming…
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Excellent article. I have gifted this as a subscriber to NYT if you want to read it. Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This is a good analysis by Bernard Keane. During an illegal war, Albanese and Wong treat us like idiots www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/05/i...
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During an illegal war, Albanese and Wong treat us like idiots
Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong obsessively talk about international law, but go silent when Israel and the US breach it. It's part of a broader picture of refusal to be honest with Australians.
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Osman Faruqi @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Incredible how much the media has spent talking about hate speech laws and yet none of the thousands of articles on Hanson mention she recently was found by a federal court of breaching hate speech laws.
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Osman Faruqi @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Even when journalists reference Hanson’s past comments on Muslims, they reach back to 2016. Why not just mention the case from 2025, that is currently in front of the High Court? Surely the entire media industry isn’t unaware of the case? So what’s the reason?
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
PM Carney is well ahead of our PM when it comes to recognising and acting on the changes to trade resulting from Trump’s irrational policies. www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
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Carney constructs a mega anti-Trump trade alliance
The Canadian prime minister is spearheading discussions between the EU and a major Indo-Pacific trade bloc after calling on middle powers to join forces.
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 13/02/2026
“A lot of people say about Angus Taylor that he’s the best-qualified idiot they’ve ever met.” — Malcolm Turnbull, being surprisingly complimentary towards Angus Taylor
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Turnbull says Liberal Party needs to 'stop living in a right-wing populist bubble' | ABC NEWS
Malcolm Turnbull tells David Speers, Patricia Karvelas and Melissa Clarke that the Liberal Party needs to move back to the centre and Angus Taylor is not the answer to the party’s problems. He says the LNP needs to start talking about the economy and deliver detailed plans for tax reform and housing
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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Angus Taylor and Jane Hume said they look forward to serving all of Australia’s Gina Rinehart.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Malcolm Turnbull says the problems he had while PM weren’t with Labor, but “with people like Angus Taylor & Tony Abbott, & their friends in the media” “They had control over Dutton, they burnt it to the ground.”🔥 “They’ve now got their man in again with Angus Taylor” #auspol
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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
As it appears enough of the Liberals will sufficiently succumb to madness to endorse him as their next hapless leader, here's a piece I wrote way back in 2021 about the many and varied and still unexplained controversies that have swirled around Angus Taylor. theshot.net.au/news/opinion...
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How the hell is Angus Taylor still a thing? - The Shot
Angus Taylor a walking Venn Diagram intersection of fossil fuel fervour and cash for the boys.
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Thomas Benner @thomasbenner.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Cartoon by Bill Bramhall
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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
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👻BOOryan BlessDeAd🎃 @bryb.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Redditor [posts pic of themselves in a cute jumper]: I bought this cute jumper! I think it's cute! Reddit: That very slight bend in your left ring finger I can see if I zoom in 5,000% on your photo means you've got a terrifying inoperable disease and you'll be dead by Tuesday.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Grass roots. My @smh cartoon.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/01/2026
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
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Andys Theory 🦋⚡️💎 @andystheory.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This sure doesn’t look like a gratuity or a legal payment to me.
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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Today is January 3, 2026 36 years ago today the USA removed Noriega from Panama. January 3, 1990.
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 03/01/2026
Hard to believe a FIFA Peace Prize laureate would do this.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Toby Morton, a 'South Park' alum, bought www.trumpkennedycenter.org months ago on a hunch that the ridiculously vain Donald Trump would rename the Center. Donald’s stupidity is only exceeded by his predictability.
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HOME | Trump Kennedy Center
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WoooSpookybill🎃 @spoonbill.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
My mother used to say the definition of eternity was two people and a ham.🎄😁
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
“Trump had specifically asked for a "big, beautiful" battleship-type vessel as part of the fleet” I’m no expert, but I suspect defence procurement is best informed by naval strategy and not the whims of a mad king. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Donald Trump unveils new class of battleships named after himself
The US president has vowed to revive American shipbuilding after lagging behind China in naval capacity.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Wouldn’t want to politicise this tragedy. That would be terribly crass.
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Exactly. Glad someone said it.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Sewell played this incredibly well and the decision to unmask and keep his white supremacist talking points within a margin of error from that of the Murdoch rags effectively sponsoring the marches mainstreams the nsn among the casually racist to a disturbing extent.
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Blank Jimmy @theblankgeneration.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
"Perhaps if we built a den for the fox, right in the hen house, it will stop eating our chickens." ~ The High-IQ idiots at Harvard.
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Well let’s see if Netanyahu complies…
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Not needing a Scomo slogan right now. Particularly seeing it’s just a verbatim one of Netanyahu’s.
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Netanyahu playing Trump like a fiddle.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Brilliant
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Patrick Lenton @patricklenton.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
“Wasn’t born with inherited wealth”
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Grace Tame axed from Nike ambassador role after discovery she is anti-genocide and anti-starving a population to death
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
So so funny. I think this is his best yet and that’s no minor feat.
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
I’ve decided to post something beautiful. ❤️
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
It’s good to remind us of wonderful gestures like this amongst humanity when we appear to be surrounded by such ignorance, negativity, aggression and not to mention ethnic cleansing. This is a welcome relief to be reminded of the best of humanity. ❤️
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Next week's cover of @newyorker.com, out this morning.
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Ethnic cleansing with the support of many governments around the world. I feel powerless to do anything in response to this horror for the Gazan people. Where is the empathy?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/05/2025
The Israeli military said on Saturday that it had begun mobilizing its forces in preparation to advance farther into Gaza, seize more land and displace more civilians, adding that it was already conducting intense airstrikes ahead of the planned offensive.
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Israel Says It Has Begun Mobilizing for a New Gaza Advance
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Please watch this from BTC; in this single interaction the whole MAGA agenda is stripped naked and the consequences of Trump prioritising loyalty over expertise is laid bare. youtu.be/zzVV3DiURr0
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MUST-SEE: Star Democrat makes a FOOL out of Trump official at hearing
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Who is paying for this? And who will take it on I wonder?
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Jane @hourofdiscontent.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Interesting. This is written by previous ethics advisers of previous US presidents including Obama. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
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Opinion | A Plane From Qatar? C’mon, Man.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Artist Courtney Mattison creates large scale ceramic sculptural works inspired by the fragile beauty of coral reefs to raise awareness of the blue planet, urging protection of our oceans #womensart
Photo of a woman sitting next to a large-scale ceramic artwork mounted on a white wall, the work reflects a swirl of coulours, shapes and contours
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