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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 23h

Yes. Amazingly, the same government can easily find money to pay for golf courses and so many other things that pay back discreetly… excuse me, “lobby” politicians

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Chris Pomfret @chrispomfret.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Dear God, I hope Barry from the Gold Coast survived the data centre strike in Russia. I enjoyed his point of view about how Pauline was saying what we are all thinking. #EsafetyCommissionerZelensky

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

MAGA is an attack on human dignity. Its results can’t be anything other than that.

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Cuts to education, science and research, social programs, healthcare and leaving most vulnerable senior citizens without medical insurance. Well done #Labor Values at work. At least golf courses, gas and mining get generous subsidies #auspol

abc.net.au

Almost 80,000 older Australians expected to ditch private health over changes

The latest estimate is nearly double the 44,000 figure repeatedly cited by the federal government in defence of the policy.

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Have you seen those guys? They’re the stock image for delusion and stupidity.

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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Zelenskyy’s answer is simple: 60 days of total ceasefire, then Ukrainians vote. Trump called for a new Ukrainian president. Zelenskyy replied that only Ukrainians choose their leader. His offer: Putin agrees to 60 days of total ceasefire, and Ukraine holds elections.

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"AI may not end humanity with a nuclear weapon, but #AI may end humanity by making us incapable of connecting with others, rendering us reliant on the technology to tell us how to feel and what to think, ruining our environment, algorithmically lulling us into homogeneity of appearance, thought..."

rollingstone.com

I've Worked in AI for a Decade. Here's Why I'm Not Scared of It

Rumman Chowdhury, former United States Science Envoy for AI in the Biden Administration, on why she doesn't buy the AI doomer rhetoric.

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

FACT: The United States remains *the only UN member state* that has not ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). (*an inexplicable omission in the NYT article)

newsweek.com

Why Does the US Stand Alone in Opposing Children’s Rights? | Opinion

Shouldn't children's basic human rights be something the U.S. agrees on, however riven by partisanship?

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“Voters in the Peruvian town of Queropalca have chosen their new mayor: Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores.” We live in extraordinarily stupid times.

politico.eu

Hitler Mussolini wins local election

Peruvian voters pick their new mayor, despite his unusual name.

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

"We go to school from 8 am to 6 pm, we give everything, all for *a computer program to decide our lives*" - which is now applicable to virtually everything. A tech-enhanced dystopian reality, courtesy of Silicon Valley (and its useful idiots)

lemonde.fr

Why French students are so angry about Parcoursup, the higher education access platform

Criticism of France's admissions platform for higher learning institutions is one of the main drivers of student protests, where demonstrators want it reconsidered or removed entirely.

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Turkeys voting for Christmas, wildly celebrating the invention of knives

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Trump’s plan to save the midterms is…help Russia. The Trump-Vance-Kushner-Witkoff approach to the war has always been weaken Ukraine so they bow down to Putin. It hasn’t worked. With nearly two years of this, Ukraine has shown it can thwart ground offensives and strike Russian oil without US help.

ft.com

US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing

Donald Trump’s administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The man with artificial hair, teeth, doctor’s reports, lifts in his shoes, scalp reduction surgery, a girdle, and a painted orange face claims we’re his enemy if we use the word “artificial.”

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The whiny, pathetic, weak, delusional and stupid nature of MAGA-machismo. A good read:

contrariannews.org

Trump: the Whining, Weak Wimp

🚨 26 Days to the Midterms 🚨

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The International Criminal Court enforces the Geneva Conventions and other international laws of war against genocide and illegal actions of governments. Trying to cripple it is basically saying, we're looking for ways to violate international laws without consequence. Like crippling the US DOJ.

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Why this isn’t America? The first fascist organisation in the world (KKK) came from there, as well as key literature and inspiration for Hitler. Even Zyklon B was first used on humans in Arizona, on immigrants. A well known fascist 🍊was freely voted twice. So… why’s this not USA? Genuinely curious.

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

No humans, no jobs, no social interactions, no mental health… yay! Great progress. What can go wrong (in just a few decades)?

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

When I wrote the chapter about the “abrutisation” of the world in my last book I did not imagine that in a couple of months America will organise a *public execution*. What a depraved way to prove beyond any doubt that USA is leading the decline of the West and the end of civility and humanity.

nytimes.com

Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says (Gift Article)

If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You can be the next commissioner, isn’t it?

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Since you’re articulate and civil you can’t be MAGA, so no surprise here. In fairness, “your own” refers here to “your own country” (valid for all countries now), not your own, personal preference. This isn’t a place for much nuance and essays, isn’t it?

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"A growing mountain of evidence points to American interference in both the Brazilian election & the Alberta referendum. It looks like they are injecting themselves into the Quebec election, as well. We need to send the Americans a clear message that we will NOT be manipulated" x.com/gilmcgowan/s...

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If one wants to understand the current state of #auspol & corruption this one short video is just enough. 💯

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It wouldn't be a problem if these fascists worked to destroy only their own country; Americans voted twice for the orange plague. Unfortunately, they're set and manage to destroy the entire world. Europe/West needs to wake up fast before becoming a set of de facto colonies of MAGA. No sign of that..

tvpworld.com

Did Trump try to break up Poland’s government?

Concerns have been voiced in Poland over reports that at a confidential meeting earlier this year.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Don't they have enough?? All these little weeny billionaires do is suck up our resources and leave us with nothing." ICYMI - South Park calls out billionaires for data centers and resource extraction👇

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Real, like all the rest. Check out your own. Have you seen who’s leading the FBI? 😳

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Imagine spending all billions of dollars we now pay on the ever departing promises of AUKUS + incentives/tax cuts for gas and mining companies taking their mammoth profits elsewhere + money spent on *golf clubs* and friends, on healthcare, education, housing. Imagine Australia with this, #auspol

abc.net.au

Marrickville Golf Club received closed non-competitive grants on five past occasions

Labor MPs nominated Marrickville Golf Club for closed, non-competitive grant funding on five previous occasions before it was promised $6 million at the 2025 election by Prime Minister Anthony Albanes...

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Here’s how to fight back: avoid AI. Don’t use it!

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We normalised conflict of interest to the extent of finding it unremarkable to see a former head of secret services taking the role of a… “consultant”. Every single thing can be commodified, all justified to make more money; asking this class what is corruption is like asking a fish what water is.

f24.my

Germany's former spy chief detained on suspicion of trading state secrets

Former German spy chief August Hanning was detained Tuesday on suspicion of treason and espionage after prosecutors accused him of paying for secret intelligence documents and using them to prepare an...

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#AUKUS is a massive waste of money, is strategically stupid, and represents Australia giving up what little national sovereignty we have left for the privilege of being an ATM for the US and UK governments. And now we can add; corrupt. #EndAUKUS #aispol www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...

aljazeera.com

US firm gets $2.9bn sub deal after boss joins war study with Musk

Anduril said it would invest $3.7bn to develop shipyard that would build submarine parts.

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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wondering why Youtube is pushing climate denial, anti-clean energy & far-right extremist content at you (in #Auspol, pseudo news and AI slop promoting One Nation) as discussed above? Google owns YT, & Atlas-mega funders the Koch oil billionaires reportedly buying up Google. bsky.app/profile/jere...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Not that anyone needs a reminder but this man has the nuclear codes. Far too many people will just shrug this off or find some way to justify it. But Trump is unwell, incoherent, and a danger to us all.

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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hypocrisy a cultish thinking: your tribe is better than the other, right? If you don’t see it I don’t bother to explain it to you; you’ll never see it anyway

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