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Stephen O'Sullivan

@osllvn.bsky.social
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husband & stepfather; strategy & planning director; aspiring writer; reader; musician; cook and sourdough baker; dog lover; living on Wurundjeri land

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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
As an 18yo in 1989, really interesting to revisit this time (as a non-American and given the context at the time and the outsized weight accorded culture ‘wars’). Excellent piece! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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How “Piss Christ” Became a Culture-War Bomb
The fight over Andres Serrano, Robert Mapplethorpe, and the National Endowment for the Arts became a preview of the politics that followed.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Our @fionakatauskas.bsky.social dropped by the Guardian; @creativeelc.bsky.social Emma Cook dropped in NZ… cartoonists are disappearing from our media, as publishers tighten belts and become risk-averse. I hope you’re all ready to keep yourselves sane.
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
‘I can’t cope with this shit’: Liberals confront Taylor’s chequered past www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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‘I can’t cope with this shit’: Liberals confront Taylor’s chequered past
As the Liberal Party refuses to release its election review, which is believed to damn its new leader, members worry about a track record of scandal and misjudgement.
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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The right-wing backlash against #Superman this week got me thinking: Has this happened before? That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators. My how times change ...
A 1940 newspaper clip from the Springfield Leader and Press, declaring: Superman Poisoning American Children, Irate Nazis cClaim.""Superman Arouses Teutonic Anger" reads the headline in the Amarillo Daily News"
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Brooke Nichols… estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
‘I’m told that half the Victorian Liberal Party’s membership lives in Kooyong…. Their unsuccessful fight for that seat reflected many of the existential issues they face as a political party.‘ www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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Inside the battle for Kooyong
It’s a truism that independents, once re-elected, are hard to shift. Parliamentary stalwarts such as Bob Katter and Andrew Wilkie are testament to the fact that once entrenched, independents tend to s...
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Coco on her 12th birthday (today) waiting patiently to be pampered #dogs
Photo of a cavoodle sitting on a chair
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Victoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Wait, Trump’s numbskulls used AI to create the tariff list? I thought they used a sketchy excel formula, but this is even worse than that!
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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Dutton’s LNP are Australia’s Far Right. It’s as simple, and sickening, as that #FuckMAGA #LNPNeverAgain
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Aaron Smith @aaronsmith333.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The LNP don't like their own words repeated back to them, which is why they're infuriated by this ad. Which is also why you should share it.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
a Liberal Party NT government gave a 99 year lease for the port of Darwin to foreign investors and then-Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said meh and the Liberal Party politician who was trade minister and member for Goldstein took a lobbying job with the lessee. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Andrew Robb takes role with Chinese company that operates Darwin port
Former trade minister accepts position as consultant to the Landbridge Group, whose takeover of the port last year aroused controversy
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Deeny-Diney Dumdrop @diane-in-sa.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Just done a phone poll (newcom?) - one of the questions: "If Peter Dutton were to reverse his position on nuclear, would you be more likely to vote for him?" LNP U-turn coming up in 3...2....1.... #auspol
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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
If you are new here, yes we’re technically an Australian territory, but we prefer the term Antarctic Nudist colony. Australia with freezer burn if you will.
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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
David Pope in Canberra Times
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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Shouting it out for those at the back International students not to blame for rising rents, Australian study finds www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
When Coco thinks she’s earned a treat and we don’t comply she likes to self-reward with toilet paper
Small dog with toilet paper in mouth
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Zoe Daniel @zoedaniel.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
There was an amazing turnout at the Astor Theatre last Thursday for the premiere of Climate 200’s No Safe Seat. Big thank you to Julia Zemiro for hosting this event, and to everyone who worked on this film. Pic: Me, Julia and Dr Monique Ryan #NoSafeSeat #IndependenceWorks
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Managed to protect some apples on our trees from the possums long enough for them to ripen. Made tarte tatin with some of them
Freshly picked red applesTarte tatin
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
‘It is difficult to grapple with the hypocrisy of a newspaper owner who cancels certain opinions from his opinion pages in the name of freedom - put it down on the list of Trump-era outrages that would be funny if they weren't so scary.’ www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
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The macho men who bootlick Trump show us what weakness looks like
Some of the richest men in the world are genuflecting to the re-elected US president. It’s a pathetic parade of toadyism.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
...and Australia. #auspol
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
‘Trumpet of Parrots’ 😂. When party as personal brand doesn’t work, try someone else’s brand. Clive Palmer so wants to be Australia’s Trump, but changing his party name to mimic his idol seems to me to undermine his whole intent. #auspol
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
‘Right now (Elon Musk) is helping Trump dismantle the architecture of American democracy and global stability that Rupert Murdoch, silly old man, thought he was defending.’ www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/media/2... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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‘Ghastly Tony Abbott’: Leaks reveal Murdoch family feud
A trove of court documents on Rupert Murdoch’s failed attempt to give Lachlan control of the media empire exposes fears that his siblings would make it less right-wing.
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Michael Honey @michaelhoney.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
proposal to rename the US dollar to the dunning-krugerrand
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.
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Frank Lesser @sadmonsters.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Really thought the neural implant would be smaller and less noticeable
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Susan McCreery @susanmccreery.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Greek doors, an occasional series. Ikaria🇬🇷
A weathered blue door recessed in the white stone wall of a small house. Cracks feather the wall & there's a glimpse of a sloping roof with heavy tiles.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The art of the steal. David Pope in Canberra Times. #Gaza
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"Drax, you see, is in fact a Nazi. And his industry: rocketry." daringfireball.net/linked/2025/...
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Elon Musk Cheats at Video Games
Link to: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/29/elon-musk-video-games-diablo-path-exile/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzM4MTI2ODAwLCJp...
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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Peter Dutton’s $20,000 business lunch promise really was an own goal. #auspol The visuals it's given Labor: fat cats enjoying long lunches with white tablecloths & overpriced food. "We want to cut student debt, they want students to pay for their boss' steak tartare"
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
This week’s #sourdough loaf #bread
Photo of a freshly baked sourdough loaf of bread
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
If you look closely you’ll see Coco in her natural habitat #dogs
Photo of a dog lying on a carpet, both dog and carpet similar colours
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Paul Bongiorno @paulbongiorno.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
There is more to come. The High Court dealt with ONE criminal matter it did not exonerate Pell from many other cases either dealt with or pending. Nor did it negate the findings of the Royal Commission .
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Naarm/Melbourne yesterday afternoon
Photo of the Yarra river in Naarm/Melbourne
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Straw policy. My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Simon Schama unable to ‘find words adequate to the moral abyss from which such a response at such a time could possibly come.’ That about sums it up.
Screenshot of tweet by Simon Schama on Trump’s response to plane crash
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Right on cue #auspol www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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Peter Dutton says cultural diversity jobs do nothing to help Australians
During an impassioned speech on Friday, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton pledged, if elected, he would slash the public sector – and one area in particular.
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Saw Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings last night (Hamer Hall, Melbourne). Incredible concert. #musicsky
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I've kept a lot of brilliant @cathywilcox.bsky.social 'toons over the years. This one on university deregulation travels exceptionally well
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Eric Bananarama @ericbanana.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
How to punch a Nazi .. This is a classic .. 🤣🤣 #auspol #FuckTrump #FuckMurdoch #FuckMusk #FuckthoseNazi’sRightOff youtu.be/HSExpmrDogU
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How to Punch a Nazi
YouTube video by EnterTheDojoShow
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
The level of racism required to liken the first fleet to the first missions going to Mars - a plant with no life whatsoever- is off the charts
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@THE-Russell - You don't like opinions? Here's mine! @the-russell.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Musk is eyeing off Wikipedia and may attempt to buy it if it runs low on funds. We know he would adulterate the information and insert RW Trumpist propaganda into articles so that nothing in Wikipedia could be relied upon as factual. If you haven't yet donated, NOW might be your last chance. #auspol
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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · 22/01/2025
The fastest potato you'll ever see! Whilst #wombats might look cuddly and slow, when needed they can hit speeds of 40km/h. While they can’t sustain it for long, these bursts of speed are truly impressive for such stocky little legends. Happy #WombatWednesday! 📷: Bowles Wildlife Photography
A brown, fluffy wombat running at speed across a grass field. It is airborne, legs not touching the ground.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 20/01/2025
Have you ever wondered why Germans didn’t do anything about Hitler? Well, the rest of the world is wondering exactly that about Americans and Trump.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The entire nation of Australia gets it. Media in that country are having to blur what Elon Musk did twice in public today because of laws there regarding the Nazi salute.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Its not a gaffe. It's back to back, clear as day Nazi salutes. And how does this not make sense? Did we not just watch the campaign Trump ran? Have we all not seen the antisemitism in MAGA? Feels like this is all we should be talking about tomorrow.
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 21/01/2025
The US has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement (again), joining Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only non-signatory countries. Axis of something.
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Wondering what Millionaire Peter Dutton up to today? I've just been perusing Peter Dutton's speeches & media releases over the past two years and he loves to take a dig at "wealthy elites" I am here to beg you - every one of you - to always, always refer to him as Millionaire Peter Dutton from now
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mr potato head from toy story is flying through the air while holding a rope .
ALT: mr potato head from toy story is flying through the air while holding a rope .
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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Every issue we’re facing is due to major parties being literally incapable of putting our needs & interests first. It doesn’t have to be this way. 20 electorates across Aust now have credible choice on their ballots & can vote for representation which is focused only on community #auspol
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Stephen O'Sullivan @osllvn.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Homemade pizza for dinner tonight
Home made pizza
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