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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The bleak recognition that the fight for rights, humanity, fairness, nature & justice, must be fought forever, over & over, against generations of selfish, stupid powerful people who already have the best of everything they can grasp. The next generation is girding & sharpening.

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Julie Rehmeyer @julierehmeyer.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Over two years ago, the magnificent Beth Mazur ended her life while visiting me. I miss her. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/s...

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Putrino Lab @putrinolab.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

As usual, @julierehmeyer manages to capture things so beautifully here as she reflects on the loss of her dear friend with #MECFS. The feelings and thoughts so perfectly expressed in this piece by Julie are familiar to so many in the community: so many www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/s... 1/

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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 10/03/2026

It will be historically significant that the Albanese government decided to spend its enormous political capital not on addressing systemic inequality but on mindless fealty to the demands of the United States and Israel. That is how it'll be remembered.

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

“Mr President, the bombings have begun in Tehran and also customers are complaining we have run out of shrimp at the pool buffet.”

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The world is so much poorer for not having Jon Kudelka in it

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Nick Miller @nickdmiller.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

...an area of Australia bigger than all of France is forecast to hit temperatures above 45C today...

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Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

A new ‘SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’ sketch imagines a toy commercial for ‘ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER’ action figures. #SNL #OneBattleAfterAnother

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Harry Saddler @harrysaddler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Like anyone else of conscience I’m watching in horror as government street gangs in the US murder, kidnap & terrorise civilians with not just impunity but full federal backing & as an Australian I’d like to ask my government: is this our ally? Is this our good friend? Is this the standard we accept?

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James Miller (Millermena) @jamesmiller.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I literally never thought I'd see the day where the NRA criticized this regime

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

BREAKING: A young doctor who lives near where Alex Pretti, a nurse, was killed by ICE says in a declaration he saw the shooting, went out to help, was not let through at first then patted down before being let by, and was apparently the first to try and provide any medical assistance to Pretti.

1. 1 am a 29-year-old resident of the
lin Minneapolis,
Minnesota. I have lived in Minneapolis since 2024, when I moved to the
city to begin my medical residency. I am a licensed pediatrician, and I have
been practicing pediatric medicine in the city since I moved here.
2. On January 24, 2026, at approximately 9:00 am CST, I was awoken by the sound of cars honking and whistles blowing. Shortly after I awoke, I heard
screaming from outside my window. I
saw several
ICE agents and civilians yelling at each other.
3. One civilian was standing in front of a parked car on the side of the road.
I saw him yelling at the ICE agents, but I did not see him attack the agents
or brandish a weapon of any kind
4. Suddenly, an ICE agent shoved him to the ground. My view of the altercation was partially obstructed, but after a few seconds, I saw at least
four ICE agents point guns at the man. I then saw the agents shoot the man
at least six or seven times.
5. Initially, I was stunned. From what I could see from my apartment, there was absolutely no need for any violence, let alone lethal force by multiple officers. I immediately put on my boots and coat, ran outside, and
approached ICE agents who were near the victim.

6. The scene was chaotic. Many civilians were screaming and honking. Over the noise, I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to assess the victim.
7. At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. They repeatedly asked me for my physician's license, which I obviously didn't have. But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, and I could tell that the victim was in critical condition. I insisted that the agents let me
assess him. Normally, I would not have been so persistent, but as a physician, I felt a professional and moral obligation to help this man, especially since none of the agents were helping him.
8. Finally, one agent agreed to let me assess the victim. He patted me down
to "make sure I didn't have a weapon" and then let me approach the victim.
9. As I approached, I saw that the victim was lying on his side and was
surrounded by several ICE agents. I was confused as to why the victim was
on his side, because that is not standard practice when a victim has been
shot. Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice.
Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds.
10.1 asked the ICE agents if the victim had a pulse, and they said they did not know. I then asked the agents to make space so I could assess the victim.

11. The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back. I asked the ICE agents to turn the victim from his side to his back. From that position, I saw an additional gunshot wound on the victim's upper left chest and
another possible gunshot wound on his neck.
12. I checked for a pulse, but I did not feel one. I immediately began CPR.
Shortly after I started compressions, EMS personnel arrived and took over.
13.1 remained at the scene for about five more minutes, but protesters began to gather and the situation seemed to be escalating, so I left and returned
to my apartment.
14. When I returned to my apartment, I was extremely distraught. I was
sobbing and shaking uncontrollably. Eventually, I called my sister, who
lives in a nearby suburb. I called her for comfort and because I did not feel
safe in my apartment; I wanted to see if I could stay with her for the day
and maybe even a few days.
15.1 also sought advice from a friend who works for the City of Minneapolis.
He recommended that I shelter in place because the situation outside my
apartment was so dangerous. I was going to follow his advice, but then
ICE agents deployed tear gas on the crowd that had gathered below, and
the tear gas began seeping into my apartment.

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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 24/01/2026

Board of Peace - Season 1

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Claire G. Coleman @clairegcoleman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Australia: We must end hate and prejudice, just not THAT hate and prejudice.

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Learned of another death of a friend with ME/CFS, this time someone I’d known for six years. Very grateful to all of you who support work to relieve this terrible suffering.

Over the last months and particularly one week Paula deteriorated very quickly. Talking became harder ...and Paula loved to talk.Feeding more difficult. Eating tiring needing longer breaks between each teaspoon. It took 3 hours to finish a small bowel of puree. We stopped watching short funny shows together. Forced into a bent over position, no longer getting to a window. She had loved standing with support briefly at the window, smelling fresh air, watching Hurley play in the garden.

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Stevie Kilner @1steviekilner.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

We all know that January is a tough month, so here's a big old Cow having a big old hug.

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Let this radicalize you.

An elderly Hmong-American man being led, in cuffs, from his home by ICE gestapo. He is wearing boxer shorts and slippers.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10/01/2026

And despite it all, this is Tehran 🇮🇷

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Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Today's shift on the Fogarty's Gap fire was emotionally hard. We spent time going down streets to assess houses for damage. Walking around the ruins of someone's home, their loved gardens, their fruit trees, now all a tangled heap of metal & beams, is heartbreaking. Feeling sad for so much loss.

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Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

In the almost 20 high profile cases of racist interference cited here, many have backfired spectacularly, and many are in court (me included) fighting this blatant discrimination and political censorship. We need urgent reform in arts governance—this model is completely broken.

Corrupt Executives and the Urgent Need for Arts Governance Reform

It bears mentioning that Antoinette Lattouf famously won her case against the ABC, who spent $2m of public money trying to defend their racist actions, Khaled Sabsabi's appointment was reinstated after months of concerted pressure from artists, and Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's ARC funding was restored after 9 months of suspension when an independent review cleared her of any wrongdoing.
Meanwhile, Jayson Gillham's case is still in court, and so is my own against the State Library of Victoria. The Bendigo Writers Festival collapsed and is not returning this year. By and large, these racist decisions have backfired in spectacular and costly fashion for every institution - they do not impact the detached and deranged board members, and what's more, the institution, and the public, invariably pay the cost for these gross interventions from middle-manager clowns who know nothing about the arts and care even less.

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Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

79 authors have withdrawn from Adelaide Writers Week now, that we know of - others are rumoured to have done so without declaring so publicly, if you’re wondering why different numbers are floating around. More than half of the festival gone. sakr.substack.com/p/the-road-t...

Authors Who Have Withdrawn From the Apartheid Adelaide Writers Festival

Percival Everett, M. Gessen, Zadie Smith, Michelle de Kretser, Yanis Varoufakis, Helen Garner, Hannah Kent, Melissa Lucashenko, Evelyn Araluen, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Larissa Behrendt, Laila Lalami, Trent Dalton, Kathy Lette, Robbie Arnott, Amy McQuire, Walter Marsh, Bernadette Brennan, David Marr, Angie Faye Martin, Jane Caro, Jennifer Mills, Paul Daley, James Bradley, Nikos Papastergiadis, Amy Remeikis, Hannah Ferguson, Laura Tingle, Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Peter Greste, Mike Ladd, Alisa Ahmed, Tasma Walton, Bri Lee, Chelsea Watego, Emily Lighezzolo, Clare Wright, Chris Hammer, Kenneth Roth, Micaela Sahhar, Emma Shortis, Madeleine Gray, Peter FitzSimons, Chloe Hooper, Sarah Krasnostein, Kate Mildenhall, Drusilla Modjeska, Ren Wyld, Dominic Guerrera, Marieke Hardy, Jonathan Green, Vincenzo Latronico, Francesca Wade, Molly Murn, Susie Anderson, Eoin McNamee, Danny Nour, Emilie Zoey Baker, Grace Yee, Richard King, Sam Guthrie, Cam Wilson, Jacinta Parsons, Jacqueline Maley, Andy Jackson, Sue Turnbull, Lyn Dickens, Courtney Jaye, Ariel Bogel, Natasha Lester, Sonia Orchard, Louise Milligan, Mathew Hooten, Tim Ayliffe, Lucy Nelson, Lainie Anderson, Roisin O'Donnell, Michael Veitch, Lance Richardson.

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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

No Adelaide Writers Week for me. I can’t in any good conscience now appear at a festival seeking to mute a very necessary public conversation … Randa Abdel-Fattah is an important voice. Here’s something I published from her on, guess what, Palestinian marginalisation. meanjin.com.au/latest/the-g...

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The Great Palestinian Silence

It seems everyone is tweeting about freedom of speech. So let me tell you a story about freedom of speech and the exceptional case of Palestine. In the days leading up to Israel’s proposed annexati…

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Randa Abdel-Fattah’s response:

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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

As a former Director of Adelaide Writers' Week I am appalled that the Adelaide Festival Board has rescinded Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's invitation to the 2026 AWW, explicitly linking its decision to the shattering crimes in Bondi. A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

It’s incredibly disturbing that so many Australian institutions and leaders can reproduce vicious assertions without evidence about the link between Palestinian rights campaigns and the Bondi killings, then use these assertions to ban people from public discourse.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Statement from @australiainstitute.org.au on Adelaide Festival.

STATEMENT FROM THE AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE
8 January 2026
Following a statement from the board responsible for the Adelaide Festival organisation and all Adelaide Writers’ Week events, The Australia Institute is withdrawing its support and sponsored events from this year’s literary festival.
The Australia Institute has valued being part of discussions at the event, which in the past have promoted bravery, freedom of expression and the exchange of ideas.
Censoring or cancelling authors is not in the spirit of an open and free exchange of ideas.

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · 08/01/2026

Minneapolis.

Demonstrators at the January 7, 2026, evening vigil for Renee Nicole Good. A tall flag reads "Fuck ICE."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/01/2026

Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened: -- a second strike against Venezuela -- Cuba -- Mexico -- Colombia -- Iran -- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I will be governing your country remotely via shitposting and late night threats on social media. If you don’t do what I say, I will blockade, bomb and eventually starve you. This is called freedom

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Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

"We urge all parties to support dialogue and diplomacy"? What kind of nonsense statement is this? The US just bombed them with no cause, kidnapped their president and his wife, and declared that they would be running the country in order to secure its oil for themselves.

Anthony Albanese v
@AlboMP
The Australian Government is monitoring developments in Venezuela.
We urge all parties to support dialogue and diplomacy in order to secure regional stability and prevent escalation.
Australia has long held concerns about the situation in Venezuela, including the need to respect democratic principles, human rights and fundamental freedoms.
We continue to support international law and a peaceful, democratic transition in Venezuela that reflects the will of the Venezuelan people.

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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 04/01/2026

Law schmaw, invading is fun

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney, Jess Miller

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

They are this close to just posting “we blew shit up and it was so cool, bro“ The price of not holding men accountable is fascism. It’s also very cringe because these are profoundly stupid men with zero self-control or emotional self-regulation.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 04/01/2026

Watch this. Watch again. "This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."

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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Trump invaded a foreign country and kidnapped their leader, bombed their capitol, and is holding a press conference about it - not at the White House - but at his resort.

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Harry Saddler @harrysaddler.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

We’re going to see a lot of furrowed-brow statements from various governments and politicians around the world about international law, as if that means a single god-damned thing after the last two years of daily slaughter in Gaza.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Kidnapped, you ghouls.

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Murder, kidnapping, theft, greed and arrogance - Trump’s war on Venezuela is all of this. The US is a brutal and dangerous ‘ally’ that Australia, and the rest of the world, needs to protect itself from

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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Incredibly moving interview with Sydney philosophy professor Peter Slezak, son of Holocaust survivors. “Recognising Palestine was the right thing to do - in fact it was long overdue. How on earth can that be connected to two mass murders who commit an atrocity?”

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Matthew Taylor @mat8iou.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

The whole narrative that some are trying to push - that pro-Palestine protests led to the Bondi shooting is self evidently asinine. Some people seem more worried about climate and anti war protesters than they are about actual neo-Nazis marching in our streets.

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