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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/02/2026

It is such a detectable effect. I really see the people who're still basting their brains with Musk's juices as almost formally different people than who they were before 2023 now. I don't think they're even largely consciously aware they're using right-wing slang, shifting right in their views etc

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

New — Israeli forces just killed this Palestinian boy. Last month, he and his family were harvesting olives. Soldiers bombarded them with tear gas, making him collapse. He was in critical condition until today. He is the 47th kid killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank this year.

Ramallah, November 11, 2025-A 13-year-old Palestinian boy died today, one month after Israeli forces attacked his family while they were harvesting olives.
Aysam Jihad Labib Naser, 13, was harvesting olives with his family around 10 a.m. on October 11 in the Wadi Aziz area on Jabal Qamas in Beita, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, when Israeli soldiers heavily bombarded the area with tear gas and fired several tear gas canisters toward Aysam, causing him to choke severely and collapse, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International - Palestine. A nearby nurse examined Aysam, noting he had a very weak pulse and was not breathing, and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation. An ambulance, which had been stationed close by in case of Israeli settler attacks, brought Aysam to the Beita Emergency Center, where doctors resuscitated his heart using a defibrillator, then Aysam was transferred to Al-Watani Governmental Hospital in Nablus. The next day, Aysam was transferred to An-Najah National University Hospital. Aysam remained in critical condition in the cardiac intensive care unit until he died on November 11 around
6 p.m.
"Aysam should have been able to pick olives with his family in peace, and instead Israeli forces targeted him and his family with deadly force," said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP. "Targeting a child who poses absolutely no threat to a soldier's life is shockingly routine for Israeli soldiers, who are never held accountable for killing Palestinian children."
Israeli settlers have been attacking Palestinian families harvesting olives in the northern occupied West Bank, frequently accompanied by the Israeli military. Three Israeli military vehicles entered the area where Aysam and his family were harvesting olives around 10 a.m. on October 11. The soldiers dismounted around 300 meters (984 feet) away and shouted through loudspeakers that everyone was ordered to evacuate the area w…

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The United States is conditioned to reject external ideas or international law in order to protect the illegal actions committed by its government. Traditionally the US is known for its extensive acts against humanity the world over, something that until recently didn’t affect “We The People.”

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Mandy @mandytru.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The whitewashing of Charlie Kirk is gobsmaking. its utterly maddening. Even James O'Brien is perplexed youtu.be/D7XyhHLv6cI?...

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'Why are Charlie Kirk's words suddenly off limits?': James O'Brien

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/09/2025

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social "There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

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Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2025

i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

On Sunday, The Age commissioned an opinion piece from Palestinian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah - only to decline publishing it after it was submitted. Thanks to Randa for letting us publish it here. www.deepcutnews.com/p/pro-israel...

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Pro-Israel groups have attacked me for years. The Bendigo Writers Festival is a turning point.

Randa Abdel-Fattah writes of her experience as a target of the pro-Israel lobby

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

We’re not sharing the video, but the next frame is exactly what you think it is. A never-ending string of horrors.

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Cindy Reads Romance @cindyreadsromance.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Shout out to some of the diverse voices that have taken a financial hit by boycotting the Bendigo Writers Festival. Includes books by @evelynaraluen.bsky.social @clairegcoleman.bsky.social @thomasmayo.bsky.social #booksky #AussieAugust2025

Diverse Australian voices boycotting the Bendigo Writers Festival.

Support them:
- follow their socials
- buy their books (direct or local if you can)
- borrow their books from your local library
- read and review their books.

Books listed

Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah:
- out 2 September
- Fiction
- Author of Palestinian and Egyptian heritage

Practical Reconciliation by Aunty Munya Andrews and Carla Rogers:
- Non fiction
- Author is an Elder from the Kimberley region of Western Australia

I Ate The Whole World to Find You by Rachel Ang
- Graphic novel
- Short stories

The Rot by Evelyn Araluen
- Out 4 November
- Poetry
- Goorie and Koori author

Books listed

The Burrow by Melanie Cheng
- Fiction
- Shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards

Enclave by Claire G Coleman
- Dystopian fiction
- Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award
- Noongar writer

Gawimarra: Gathering by Jeanine Leane
- Poetry
- Wiradjuri writer and poet

Golf Dreaming by John Maynard
- Non fiction
- Author is a Worimi Aboriginal man

Books listed

Always Was, Always Will Be: The Campaign for Justice and Recognition Continues by Thomas Mayo
- Non fiction
- Author is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man

Peripathetic by Cher Tan
- Essay collection
- Singapore born author
- Longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize

Joss: A History by Grace Yee
- Poetry collection
- Award winning poet

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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

"Those who do live are close to the level of starvation from which bodily organs cannot recover, even with the delivery of food and medical aid. If they do survive, it will be behind the fence of a concentration camp from which they will never be allowed out." open.substack.com/pub/palestin...

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Gaza and Israel: What were the ‘Chosen People’ Chosen for?

By Jeremy Salt

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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

There is much more to this Jillian Segal scandal. Please consider supporting our truly independent journalism below. Help us inform the public and fight for democracy. Thank you! theklaxon.presspatron.com

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The Klaxon: Support independent journalism

The Klaxon is an anti-corruption investigative news outlet, 100% owned and controlled by multi-award winning journalist Anthony Klan.

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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

🚨Antisemitism boss Jillian Segal and her husband are the second biggest funders of far-right group "Advance". The extremist lobby group spreads online racism and xenophobia, including directly targeting Palestinians... theklaxon.com.au/hrgd

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Jillian Segal and husband funding far-right group "Advance" - The Klaxon

Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal and her husband are among the biggest funders of far-right group "Advance”, which spreads hateful propaganda and racist tropes.

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Mandy @mandytru.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

My brother just ordered a Tesla. I'm devastated.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

IDF officers and soldiers told Israeli media that they were ordered to fire at unarmed civilians near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present. Hundreds of Palestinians have been murdered. #3E #FreeGaza

HAARETZ
'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid
IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, prompting the military prosecution to call for a review into possible war crimes ■ Netanyahu, Katz reject claims, call them 'blood libels'
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Mandy @mandytru.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Omg they're trying to start world war 3

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

NEW—A US contractor with inside look at the “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.” Some contractors never deployed before—or are ex-cops. None are confirmed as trained for the guns they were given. They saw the IDF targeting Palestinians. “This idea that the Israeli military isn't involved is bullshit.”

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EXCLUSIVE: American Security Contractor Unloads On US-Israeli ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’

I thought I was signing up for an aid mission. But what I've witnessed in Gaza is horrific.

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Mandy @mandytru.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

People talk about a lack of empathy in our society contributing to a lot of our problems but I also think it's a lack of SHAME as well. The lying, disinformation, obfuscation. People don't feel shame so they keep doing it

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Monash University Museum of Art is finally opening Stolon Press, the exhibition featuring Khaled Sabsabi that it “postponed” before the federal election. The University is claiming it needed time for “consultation”, which is a lie, it was all about fear of the Coalition and the Israel lobby

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Mandy @mandytru.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The hubris of the Nationals is astounding #auspol

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Mandy @mandytru.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The utter privilege you have to call talk about Gaza 'divisive' . There's a genocide going on.

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🚨Rise up and escalate #BDS now! The BDS movement calls for mass mobilizations and civil disobedience on 15 May, the 77th anniversary of the Nakba to end Israel’s genocide against 2.3M Palestinians in Gaza and ongoing Nakba against the entire Indigenous people of Palestine. #Nakba77 loom.ly/2kL7EiU

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Nakba 77: Palestinians Call for a Global Day of Action on 15 May 2025

The BDS movement calls for mass mobilizations and civil disobedience on 15 May, the 77th anniversary of the Nakba.

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Mandy @mandytru.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Are Trump's exec orders and announcements in part a result of his narcissism and need to be in the news on a daily basis?

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Mandy @mandytru.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Maybe Labor won convincingly because they've gradually gotten more conservative.

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Mandy @mandytru.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

So many right wing parties. Hard to pick which one to put last #auspol #australiavotes

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Nour Haydar @nourhaydar.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Put aside 30 mins today to listen to this. It’s my interview with British-Australian doctor Mohammed Mustafa who recently returned from Gaza where he had volunteered at Al Ahli hospital. You’ll want to listen to this one in quiet and private. open.spotify.com/episode/6hKH...

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Bearing witness in Gaza: an Australian doctor returns

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

This is the right thing to do, and it’s a profound shame that he had to do it. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...

By Michael M. Grynbaum
Michael Grynbaum reports on media and politics.
April 22, 2025 Updated 1:26 p.m. ET
CBS News entered a new period of turmoil on Tuesday after the executive producer of
"60 Minutes," Bill Owens, said that he would resign from the long-running Sunday news program because he had lost his journalistic independence.
In an extraordinary declaration, Mr. Owens
— only the third person to run the program in its 57-year history - told his staff in a memo that "over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for '60 Minutes, right for the audience."
"So, having defended this show - and what we stand for - from every angle, over time with everything I could, I am stepping aside so the show can move forward," he wrote in the memo, which was obtained by The New York Times.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Musk’s AI Grok calculates that Elon's DOGE cuts will kill at least 3.88 million people worldwide and 520,000 USians. #3E

Grok calculates that Elon's DOGE CUTS will
KILL 3.88 Million people worldwide and 520,000 Americans.
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DOGE claims they have cut $130 billion, this is less than the $170 billion in unpaid taxes that millionaires/billionaires evade EACH YEAR. Biden reinstated the Non-Filer Program to collect these evaded taxes but Trump immediately shut it down. There have been 25K millionaire/billionaire non-filers since 2017. The rich could save 4M lives if they just paid their taxes.

Estimated Maximum Deaths Linked to DOGE Funding Cuts
1. Veterans Services: DOGE Cut: Reduced VA staff by tens of thousands, cut Veterans Crisis Line funding Impact: 2,000 (2025); 10,000 (decade) from suicides/health decline
2. AIDS Relief (Global): DOGE Cut: Slashed 90% of USAID contracts, targeting $4 billion in PEPFAR funds Impact: 200,000 (2025); 3 million (decade) from untreated HIV
3. Food Assistance: DOGE Cut: Eliminated $1 billion from USDA (TEFAP/LFPA), $4 billion from USAID food aid
Impact: 11,000 (2025); 20,000 (decade) from starvation/malnutrition
4. Healthcare (Global): DOGE Cut: Axed $8.5 billion in USAID health programs (vaccines, maternal care)
Impact: 15,000 (2025); 100,000 (decade) from disease/loss of care
5. Healthcare (U.S.): DOGE Cut: Cut 20,000 HHS jobs, $11 billion from state/local health budgets
Impact: 5,000 (2025); 25,000 (decade) from reduced services
6. Environmental Protections: DOGE Cut: Slashed thousands of EPA jobs, rolled back regulations Impact: 1,000 (2025); 10,000 (decade) from pollution deaths
7. Homelessness Assistance: DOGE Cut: Reduced VA housing aid, impacted HUD-VASH for 35,000+ veterans
Impact: 1,800 (2025); 18,000 (decade) from homelessness deaths
8. Pandemic Prevention: DOGE Cut: Cut $500 million USAID, $1 billion NIH/CDC pathogen research
Impact: 15,000 (2025); 200,000 (decade) from outbreaks
9. Mental Health/Substance Abuse: DOGE Cut: Eliminated $300 million SAMHSA grants
Impact: 7,000 (2025); 70,000 (decade) from overdoses/suicides
10. Cancer Research: DOGE Cut: Terminated S600 million NIH cancer grants
Impact: 1,000 (2025); 15,000 (decade) from delayed treatments
11. Violence Prevention: DOGE Cut: Froze $50 million DOJ/DHS violence prevention grants
Impact: 1,500 (2025); 15,000 (decade) from shootings/terrorism
12. Aviation Safety: DOGE Cut: Cut $200 million FAA budget, 1,000+ jobs
Impact: 200 (2025); 2,000 (decade) from crashes
13. Social Security Access: DOGE Cut: Slashed $500 million SSA admin, ended phone services…

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Mandy @mandytru.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

My new favourite show #thepitt. Anyone else watching it?

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/02/2025

The wealthy commit fraud WAY MORE than the rest of us do. They also serve WAY LESS time in prison.

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Mandy @mandytru.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Polls show Australians want #temutrump. Why?

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Nour Haydar @nourhaydar.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Arts Minister Tony Burke made some remarks earlier this week about Creative Australia’s decision to ditch Lebanese Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi as the pick for the 61st Venice Biennale. They didn’t get much coverage but I can’t get them out of my head. So here you go.

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Mandy @mandytru.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Health care peak bodies are criticising the 2 nurses for their abhorrent behaviour but have been silent while their overseas colleagues and their patients were assassinated by Israel. We can see the hypocrisy.

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Cisco enables Israel’s crimes against Palestinians. @cisco.com powers Israel’s surveillance, military networks & genocide in Gaza—while claiming to stand for "equity & fairness." 📢 Let’s expose its hypocrisy! Join the BDS campaign to #DumpCisco. loom.ly/4blNmoU

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WIRED @wired.com · 09/02/2025

SCOOP: We've learned at least three individuals closely associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year. Step inside the recruitment effort that helped build Elon's DOGE army:

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The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army

At least three individuals associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year, WIRED has learned.

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