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Leslie C. Thiess

@lesliecthiess.bsky.social
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Vegemite loving fully vaccinated global traveler based in Melbourne, Australia. DO NOT @ ME !!! Not interested in chat, porn, adult content, charity or drugs.

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 4h
Oh so it’s basically Portrait Artist Recipe Of The Year Muster Food Not sure about this ABC
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 4h
Our movement is growing! We need Change. #Auspol
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Our movement is growing!
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 6h
I feel so ashamed as a proud Greek Australian to see Greeks booing a Welcome To Country last night. Shame on us. The First Nations community of Melbourne deserves a formal apology for the behaviour of Greek Australians last night. #australiacup #Hellas #SouthMelbourne #MelbourneVictory
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Gina @cissybgood67.bsky.social · 6h
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 12h
Angus Taylor first claimed his migration policy was PBO-costed. Now he says he can’t cost it because Labor’s policy (released a month before his)—“keeps changing.”🤦‍♂️ This is complete rubbish. LNP lies only get harder to swallow under Angus.
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 6h
back in the USSA
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17h
Forward-Thinking CEO Hoping Company Can Capture New Audience By Making Product Worse In Every Conceivable Way theonion.com/forward-thinking-ceo-h…
Forward-Thinking CEO Hoping Company Can Capture New Audience By Making Product Worse In Every Conceivable Way
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Tony @tonyshepherd.bsky.social · 13h
One day we are going to be watching videos online of Aussies complaining that they have to look after their elderly parents because aged care workers are hard to find. Only then will it dawn on them how much they got sucked into the migration debate by blokes like Angus. 👎 Wazza from Melbourne X
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 10h
What a hoot! It's only right and proper that Frydenberg returns to politics precisely at the moment that the Liberals are circling the drain, and are about to decline into political oblivion. A decline that he had so much of a hand in engineering. #auspol
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mariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 12h
So sad to see young men falling into a similar beauty trap which hurts so many young women
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h
We all knew this was where we were headed the day Trump was elected. And the pro-Ukraine Republicans in Congress who claim they didn’t are either lying or stupid. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Sal Vadacchino 🇨🇦 @sal-vadacchino.bsky.social · 16h
Hegseth Has a Higher Body Count than the Guy He Wants to Execute! John Fugelsang youtu.be/Hun888Z-hg8
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Hegseth Has a Higher Body Count than the Guy He Wants to Execute! John Fugelsang
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MARIE @marie290.bsky.social · 17h
Fugelsang wrote a great article about this today. I fucking hate these people, and all of their supporters too. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/americas-f...
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America’s First Taxpayer-Funded Snuff Film
Brought to you by - who else? - the Christian nationalists.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 13h
Such a treat to visit an Australian icon, genius polymath and very dear friend, Barry Jones AC yesterday, ahead of Barry turning 94 today. We talked science, research, climate, and politics. There was a bit to cover…
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 14h
How the ABC was stooged by Israel lobbyist Lord Roberts - churned out multiple lies, false Hamas narratives Cathy Peters #auspol michaelwest.com.au/abcs-geraldi...
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The Roberts Report. How the ABC was stooged by the Israel lobby - Michael West
Last month, the ABC platformed an Israel lobbyist without disclosure in blatant breach of much that the once-venerable broadcaster purports to stand for.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 14h
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mariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 14h
Said a President who will break any trust in his frantic effort to ward off electoral wipeout
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 14h
"The ABC platformed an Israel lobbyist last month without disclosure in blatant breach of much that the once-venerable broadcaster purports to stand for."
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 14h
How about Ukraine keep its leader and the USA get a new one?
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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
As an Australian tax payer I'm very, very happy for my hard-earned money to be spent on First Nation health and wellbeing. In fact, I insist. "The NT government turned down $6.5m to keep the Darwin emergency housing open, saying it’s a ‘waste of taxpayers’ hard-earned money.’' tinyurl.com/3veaaekp
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Fiona Dhawunymurruwuy will be evicted on Sunday, along with 120 other First Nations people: ‘There’s no place for me’
The NT government turned down $6.5m to keep the Darwin emergency housing open, saying it’s a ‘waste of taxpayers’ hard-earned money’
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Ignoble Jim R Houghton @jimrhoughton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Corruption unabashed and right in front of our noses. Why should taxpayers subsidise commercial television, and why give away taxpayers' land in the middle of a housing crisis for psychologically dodgy bread and circuses? Can these people not smell their own shit? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The Block secured a huge Victorian government property for only $1m. Neighbours and MPs want to know why
Historic former psychiatric hospital in Sunbury was sold to Channel Nine for $38 per square metre in the cheapest real estate purchase in the show’s history
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 15h
Clothes make the man. Today’s @theageaustralia.bsky.social @sydmorningherald.bsky.social cartoon
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15h
Israel has demanded that Palestinians in Gaza evacuate from the last surviving Medical Centres. So they can blow them to bits. It's a Genocide, there is no Ceasefire.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 15h
"The Cocos Islands are becoming a frontline player in a future war against China". Great work from @petercronau.bsky.social As usual, the Albanese govt keeps quiet on US military use of Australian territory, with huge security consequences. #EndAUKUS #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
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Australian island base's hidden US military role
Runway extensions, new military infrastructure and US planning are transforming the Cocos Islands into a strategically important forward operating base, with little public debate about the role Austra...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h
Trump just handed Putin a lifeline weeks before the midterms. Energy analysts say his Russian diesel deal won’t meaningfully lower prices. And a tanker that left Russia weeks before the announcement raises an even bigger question: How long was this in the works?
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Trump Reopens U.S. Market to Putin’s Diesel — Consumers Get Little Relief
Days after the White House invoked an emergency to ease diesel costs, Trump promised Russia new fuel sales as analysts warned the arrangement is unlikely to move prices.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 15h
Angus Taylor went where no Liberal leader has before, but Pauline Hanson already ruled the room
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ANALYSIS: Inside the conservative conference where Angus Taylor comes second to Pauline Hanson
Angus Taylor is the first Liberal leader to attend the Australian Conservative Political Action Conference, but Pauline Hanson is still the favourite.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 09/10/2026
She fought apartheid, defended Nelson Mandela, and helped change how the world prosecutes sexual violence. Today, at 85, Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. What an extraordinary woman. 💜 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
Navi Pillay smiling in a red and gold academic gown and black hat, seated at a table signing a book.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
complete coincidence that a British colony sorry “commonwealth country” that chose not to sign on to support the International Criminal Court has been tapped by Israel for culpability in their weirdly nonsensical pilot story. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Investigators say flydubai pilot’s drift to 'extremism' began in Melbourne
A United Arab Emirates official says the man who allegedly tried to hijack a flight to Tel Aviv was reading extremist literature and following online content glorifying terrorist organisations while s...
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nigel Farage is paid by billionaires to promote the policy of yet more privatisation which will make the super-rich £millions wealthier and leave the rest of us with worse services costing more ... meme via The UK Against Hate
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 10/10/2026
Opinion | The people responsible for real abuses benefit when their critics become careless enough to dismiss easily, writes Sami Shah. www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/09/f...
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Flydubai, false flags and a trap for Palestinian solidarity
Once we decide every opponent is artificial and every inconvenient event staged, evidence loses the ability to interrupt our narrative of the world.
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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
What’s this trick from NSW Planning Minister Scully, referring @cityofsydney.bsky.social Town Hall Sq to Independent Planning Comm (IPC)? Of course IPC were approval body for huge coal mine - what’s their skill base?
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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hey Joshy! Remember the $60 billion JobKeeper f*ck up? Guide Dogs scandal? Robodebt? Your relentless attacks and betrayal of VIC during Covid? The $65 million car park scandal? We do!
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 10/10/2026
Exclusive: David Pocock has criticised the government’s AI committee, of which he is a member, for giving too little time to interview AI executives. trib.al/mN85JoL
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Exclusive: Pocock criticises ‘deferential’ AI committee
As the Senate hears evidence that AI companies do not know what security breaches their models are capable of, a key committee member complains about the deference being shown to them.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
Putin throws lifeline to try to save Trump in the midterms. In return, American dollars go to Russia and get put toward killing innocent Ukrainians. Trump/Russia right out in the open. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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Putin throws Trump midterm lifeline as Russia agrees to supply diesel
Donald Trump announced today that Vladimir Putin has agreed to supply the US with hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
So Taylor is heckled while trying to appeal to One Nation supporters. But the bigger issue is how the Coalition has thrown away all pretense of its once liberal roots. And is now all-in for the #FarRight. Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘Smarmy management consultant’: Angus Taylor criticised by Pauline Hanson and heckled at CPAC event
Liberal leader says Coalition ‘got some things wrong’ in signing up to net zero and increasing immigration
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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Yanks not happy. Israel not happy. #peaceprize Navi Pillay a much worthier recipient than ghastly Venezuelan traitor Maria Corina Machado. substack.com/@tritaparsi/...
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When Jake Sullivan was told of South Africa's opposition to the US's support for Israel's Genocide in Gaza, he responded: "Fuck South Africa" When the Nobel Committee was told of South Africa's Navi ...
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Time and time again, we hear the Albanese Labor Government talking about the ‘shared values’ between Australia and the US. I don’t think anyone in Australia would identify with this behaviour.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shared values…
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Earlier this year I had to tell my kids not to watch any video of Renee Good’s execution. Then I had to tell them to avoid any video of Alex Pretti’s execution. Now I’m going to have to tell them to avoid a federal execution of a man in a wheelchair by firing squad.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 10/10/2026
Australia does not ‘need or want Russian fuel’, Chris Bowen says, after Trump deal to buy diesel from Putin
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Australia does not ‘need or want Russian fuel’, Chris Bowen says, after Trump deal to buy diesel from Putin
Energy and climate change minister says Russia should not be rewarded for ‘illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine’ * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s energy minister has said Russia “should not be rewarded for their illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine” after US President Donald Trump struck a deal with Vladimir Putin to buy diesel from the country. The energy and climate change minister, Chris Bowen, said on Saturday Australia did not “need or want Russian fuel” while updating reporters on the country’s fuel reserves. Trump wrote on social media on Saturday morning Australian time that after a “highly successful discussion” with Putin, Russia had agreed to immediately supply “300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel” to US and global markets, which would be followed by half a million tons in November rising later to three million tons, depending on “the condition of [Russia’s] diesel refineries.” Continue reading...
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is for my own entertainment! Enjoy 😊 #Pinks #USDemocracy
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 10/10/2026
Junior doctors work well beyond their rostered hours to treat patients, writes Hayden Stephens. Likewise, casual academics are required to work without proper recognition and pay. This unpaid labour is often treated as incidental. In reality, it is anything but. trib.al/OS1EzXy
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How hospitals and unis normalised wage theft
Australia’s hospitals and universities do very different work, but they share a growing problem: they routinely fail to recognise the hours worked by the people who keep them running.
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BinChicken24 @binchicken24.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Not a word from ABC news last night, gutless, just like the silence from Albanese, Marles, Wong. Labor/LNP/ON will no doubt support this, they're all so far up trumps arse they can't see daylight. Marles will be wanting to be there with his mate kegsbreath. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley
A proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity
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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Poor Joshy suffering from irrelevance syndrome #auspol The Liberal Party spent $3 million dollars trying to save Josh Frydenberg and here he is 4 yrs later still stewing on it, the entitlement of Liberals is unbelievable.
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IndaUnknown @indaknowya.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And a reminder for the Goldfish out there. This Alcoholic sidewalk sleeper👇🏼has always been Gina's lil pooch. Remember the $40k cheque he was forced to return🤔 #auspol
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pritzker: I’m not going to spend much time at all talking about Trump because it can ruin a perfectly good meal for all of us. But I do need to get something off of my chest… There are too many women in this country who are living under the yoke of tyranny…
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Heads-up! Any time NewsCorpse tries to promote Josh Frydenberg or suggest he should return to federal politics, I like to remind people of his illegal misleading Chinese language corflutes in AEC purple, telling voters the "correct" way to vote. 😠 #auspol #KooyongVotes
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
This is as treasonous as it gets
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