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🇦🇺 🖤☀️❤️ 🇨🇦. Lefty. Bitterly disappointed with the lack of accountability.

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Pat Hudson Cartoons @hudsoncartoons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Come to Mumma #auspol
Editorial cartoon by Pat Hudson. A large lactating sow with reddish brown hair and wearing a yellow hard-hat is lying in a pen, the structure of which resembles Parliament House. She is saying, ‘Come to Mumma” as a litter of piglets, wearing orange t-shirts with ‘PHON’ on them are rushing towards her. Two piglets, one purple one and one with orange hair are already latched on and going for their lives.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Good to see this finally get coverage in my old paper. This is the same mob who campaigned against me, but it wasn’t sufficiently newsworthy then.
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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Holy shit www.deepcutnews.com/p/queensland...
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Queensland LNP copies Trump’s playbook with conservative appointees
A string of appointments in recent months has drawn concerns the LNP is quietly eroding the independence of state boards
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Michael Pascoe @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
@latingle.bsky.social telling it how it is: "Marles turned up in Washington this week beaming like a kid in a lolly shop next to Defence Secretary Peter Hegseth, announcing that the US was going to be escalating even further its military presence in Australia" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Everyone but Australia reconsiders relationship with America
No-one inside federal politics seems interested in discussing the large orange elephant in the room and how it is materially changing every other country's views of the world.
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SallyRCbra @srpassesiton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
😡😡💔
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Cartoonists like Cathy Wilcox are a gift to society who thankfully can’t, and won’t, be muzzled. Bernd Rieve, Brighton @theageaustralia.bsky.social letters
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/08/2026
Washington escalated its campaign against the ICC last week by sanctioning its president and a senior trial lawyer.
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ICC chief urges Japan to counter US pressure on the court
Washington escalated its campaign against the ICC last week by sanctioning its president and a senior trial lawyer.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Couldn’t make it up if we tried
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mad4ben.bsky.social @mad4ben.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Important decision.
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mad4ben.bsky.social @mad4ben.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Can’t wait!
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avidreader8.bsky.social @avidreader8.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#booksky #books #Kindleunlimited #thriller #suspense #romance #novels #geopolitical #mythological #darkromance #women #contemporary #fiction #fantasy #crime #amazon #sifi #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #author #readers #indie
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 11/07/2026
"Elon Musk’s family foundation took Tommy Robinson to Russia, according to the billionaire X owner’s father, who was w/the British far-right activist in Moscow as he encouraged anti-migration protests in Britain." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Elon Musk’s family foundation took Tommy Robinson to Russia, says Musk’s father
Errol Musk says far-right activist is ‘a fine young man’ and held meetings with Russian business figures
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
“I find that the MSO would have taken the same actions if Mr Gillham had expressed a political belief in support of Israel,” said the judge (which is a statement that is so obviously stupid and untrue it should be appealed).
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Pianist Jayson Gillham loses discrimination case against Melbourne symphony orchestra over Gaza comments
Gillham claimed Melbourne concert in 2024 cancelled in attempt to silence him over stance on Israel attacks on Gaza
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mad4ben.bsky.social @mad4ben.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
What a piece of work. @albomp.bsky.social needs to remove her.
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mad4ben.bsky.social @mad4ben.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Dr Tracy Westerman AM @drtracywesterman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
No one took Trump seriously-Musk bought Twitter;ploughed $288M into his propoganda campaign.Hes now the worlds first trillionaire.US billionaire wealth jumped by 22% in 2025 & # of billionaires incr from 814-935. Trumps always been a useful idiot of the wealthy.Hanson is following his exact playbook
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Kateration @kateration.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Someone has been projecting images all over D.C. “It’s swampier than ever.” The Kennedy Center one is pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Hugely important story from Queensland where Indigenous people are being dropped from any positions of influence. This is just the start. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
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Qld minister tight-lipped about 'Project Invisibility' Indigenous sackings
Under the direction of Arts Minister John-Paul Langbroek, eight Indigenous directors have disappeared from the boards of south-east Queensland's cultural institutions.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Australia’s Richest individual Gina Rinehart says Australia should give Israelis free land near Townsville to build killer drones. It’s the Kimberly plan again, where they initially wanted to put Israel in Western Australia.🇦🇺 Hell no Gina 🤬
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 19/06/2026
😂 Straight out of central casting.
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Chris Pomfret @chrispomfret.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
From refugee to Aussie hero! #NestoryIrankunda #FIFAWorldcup #Socceroos #AUSvTUR
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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
#RealHeroes Vs #Fascism and #TwoTierPolicing, #Australia. #auspol
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
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Charles Hill @charleswlhill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
My homeland is leading the world right now.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Segal then said that while she is no longer the President of the ECAJ bcoz of her now “independent” role, she “can’t be removed” from ECAJ because of a “technical” matter, before admitting she has hired an ECAJ “specialist” to work in her office.🤦‍♂️ Unbelievable. #auspol
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/05/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked video shows how employees are responding to Meta's mass layoffs Watch 🎥
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
*strikes 'mutant super pig population' off the 2027 bingo card*
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mad4ben.bsky.social @mad4ben.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Please consider signing. There needs to be effective support for women living in fear. c.org/M99Yc9gGNg
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Sign the Petition
Royal Commission into the Killing of Australian Women and Girls
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
APAN, the voice of the Palestinian community in Australia has been refused leave appear at the RC on antisemitism and social cohesion. Denying Palestinian Australians who have had relatives slaughtered in the Israeli genocide in Gaza is a denial of natural justice,
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We now know that the Chief of Navy has ordered every Australian embedded in every US nuclear submarine to follow all orders given them by the US military. If they don't they face disciplinary charges. We need to end AUKUS before we become the official 51st US State.
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I've been pulling at threads on Palantir's push into Australia for ages. Some of what I found is a previously undeclared new contract with Corrections Victoria for $9m and no evidence that Palantir has been assessed against the federal supplier code of conduct. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Calls grow to ban Palantir in Australia after manifesto described by UK MP as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’
Spy tech firm says it’s just ‘a software company’ amid pressure for a ban on new contracts with government agencies
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Make Istanbul Constantinople Again
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Muslim worship in the Hagia Sophia is going to officially end when I get elected to the U.S. Senate.
The fact that Lindsey Graham has allowed this without concern signifies the fact that he is anti-Christ.
Christians in America and throughout the world look forward to the Hagia Sophia being returned to its rightful owner and it will happen when I become South Carolina's next U.S. Senator.
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mad4ben.bsky.social @mad4ben.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Bloody hell @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social wtf kind of Govt are you presiding over.
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mad4ben.bsky.social @mad4ben.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Booyah!
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Dan Duggan is being extradited to the US for conduct that wasn’t an offence here. That should trouble every Australian, regardless of what they think of the underlying allegations. It's a scary sign of the price of our compliance with the USA.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
one immediate dramatic consequence of the Hungarian result: Magyar has promised to repair relations with the EU and unblock a €90bn EU loan for Ukraine
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 10/04/2026
The government has refused for months to admit it is negotiating the access of your most personal data to the US. Then it slipped up, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/10/g...
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Government lets slip that, yes, it's hard at work on giving Trump access to your data
The Albanese government keeps refusing to admit it is negotiating to give the Trump administration access to Australians' biometric data. But in its efforts to delay FOI documents, it has effectively…
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mad4ben.bsky.social @mad4ben.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This ought to go down well.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
It was David McBride who blew the whistle, triggering the Brereton report & laying the groundwork for Ben Roberts‑Smith’s charges. The thanks he got was jail, while war criminals roamed free. It’s about time Roberts-Smith is put away for good, but McBride must be released.
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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 01/04/2026
Reports suggest police had a close call at 2am as thousands of people drunkenly started belting out Farnham around the state, but luckily it was only You're The Voice. chaser.com.au/general-news...
QLD Police patrol Karaoke bars to crack down on illegal John Farnham songs
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 03/04/2026
Myanmar’s coup leader elected president by pro-military parliament aje.news/h9287h
Myanmar’s coup leader elected president by pro-military parliament
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Great speech, dude.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Israel’s Ambassador Hillel Newman making shocking hate speech & falsehoods in his NPC address. Accuses journalists of spreading propaganda & denies hundreds journos have been killed in Gaza. Calls Iranians & Palestinians ‘barbarians’, ‘extremists’ Why give him a platform? #auspol
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
A statement on behalf of the Australian Cartoonists Association regarding James Hillier aka Nordacious and the QLD Government:
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mad4ben.bsky.social @mad4ben.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Unbelievable. This must change.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
With the eyes of international media firmly focused on its wars on Lebanon and Iran, Israel has moved a step closer to legalising the execution of Palestinian prisoners. Ryan Kohls reports.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
"There is simply no evidence that imprisoning more children for longer periods of time will impact on community safety," the Queensland Bar Association has told parliament. The Crisafulli government wont release in full its advice on youth laws as the round-up of kids continues. #qldpol
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Holy shit we might have a cure for sickle cell anemia
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