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Inner West Ranter

@rantville.bsky.social
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Progressive posts and the occasional rant from Sydney's Inner West. Follow blogs and vids here - www.innerwestranter.com.au/

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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Right after Hannah announced her intention to challenge Albo in Grayndler, the Murdoching began. But Grayndler must be the country's most unmurdochable electorate - a proud accolade! #auspol #albo #grayndler #hannah www.innerwestranter.com.au/murdoch-medi...
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Murdoch Media is already attacking Hannah Ferguson
Newscorp wasted no time attacking Hannah Ferguson’s plan to challenge Albo’s hold on Grayndler at the next election.  It’s more proof Grayndler should embrace her. In the upside down world of Austral...
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
An overdue challenge to Albo timidity where it matters: his taken-for-granted progressive heartland #auspol #albo #hannahferguson www.innerwestranter.com.au/can-hannah-r...
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Can Hannah rescue Grayndler from Albo?
Ranter has high hopes that Hannah Ferguson can confront the congenital timidity that has characterised Albo PM and failed Grayndler.
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
World Today @news.abc.net.au coverage of national #property collapse woefully inadequate(lead story, 5 mins, panic etc). Story deserved emergency broadcast across entire afternoon. Property owners face desperate penury not experienced since October 2025. #ShameABC #auspol #media #ABC
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
SLAPPs are a boom industry for Australia's nastiest companies. Just ask @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Anti SLAPP laws another essential democratic system tweak that Albo's Labor will never pursue. #auspol #albo #woodside #bhp www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/55cc3a...
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How Woodside lost to this protester
For three years, the author has fought a strategic lawsuit brought by Woodside Energy. Last Thursday, she won.
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Pauline Hansen is MAGA in Australia - a foreign influence operation. Tony Abbott's indifference to her rise is not an accident. It's a broadened coalition with Trump, Orban, Bannon and Musk its mentors - generously funded by Gina et. al. #auspol #onenation #maga thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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It's time to call it what it is: Foreign Interference
If a hostile state ran this sort of operation to swing our vote, we'd call it foreign interference. It's time we did.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A FIFA referee has spent more time in federal custody for being Somali than anybody on epstein's list for raping kids.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
1/2 Our hopeless mainstream media* will ignore the broader context on Abbott's re-emergence. And won't question his highly relevant links with the Danube Institute, Heritage Foundation, Lachlan Murdoch, Advance, IPA, the Global Warming Policy Foundation, and other dangerous #AtlasNetwork entities.
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
#Netanyahu and his government are outraged by Ben Gvir's hideous violence? So dismiss him and arrest him. He is the minister. Anything less than his dismissal and arrest is proof that his inhumanity and brutality define Netanyahuist Israel. #auspol #zionism
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
1/2 “The Israeli government feels like they can kidnap Australians because they never face consequences." @davidshoebridge.bsky.social Penny Wong has never 'summoned' the Israeli ambassador over the #GazaGenocide, #WestBank ethnic cleansing, bombing of Lebanon. www.deepcutnews.com/p/penny-wong...
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Penny Wong to summon Israeli ambassador over flotilla abuse
Israel is facing sharp condemnation over its treatment of humanitarian activists captured at sea
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Max G @maximgrosky.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“The Israeli ambassador to Canberra should be summoned or sent home,” but the craven Australian government will merely bleat its "concern." #australia #zionistlobby #globalsumudflotilla #Gaza #israel #usa #netanyahu #warcriminals #zionazis #genocide #freepalestine theaimn.net/aus-to-albo-...
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Aus to Albo: Show some spine…
… or resign Media Release Head of the Australian Delegation of the Global Sumud Flotilla calls on the Prime Minister to Join International Condemnation of the Abuse of Flotilla Participants Taken Host...
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
#ABC news views the illegal and inhumane detention of heroic young Australian #Gaza flotilla members by #Israel as an issue of minimal public interest. Not visible on website homepage nor AM. Penny Wong makes another anodyne statement. #auspol #abcgaslighting
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Sydney Peace Prize winner!! Extraordinary woman.... Was that Jen on the cover the Australian magazine yesterday? Oh. No? That was Lachlan's wife... #sydney #auspol #media www.smh.com.au/national/she...
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She sued the Pope, defended Julian Assange and just won the Sydney Peace Prize. Is Jennifer Robinson our most fascinating lawyer?
Jennifer Robinson is an internationally renowned human rights lawyer. Her documentary, Silenced, will open the Sydney Film Festival next month.
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Antoinette Lattouf @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Imagine getting this email on a Friday afternoon. I look forward to the "story". #womenwhowin
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
And right on cue, our hosts 'PK & Speersy' pick up the "mass migration" phrase like it's a real thing, rather than a racist disinformation scare slogan pushed by the far right. The Overton window is cracked. #FarrerVotes #auspol
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
David Speers free hand to Matt Canavan to spew grotesque politics around the murder of an Aboriginal infant, lionising Tony Abbott, is a new low for a man of many journalistic lows. Canavan runs rings around him on every issue. Lies and distortion win. Australia loses. #abc #aupol #speers
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
This morning on 2SM I discussed fuel price gouging and the deceit engaged in by the Govt, telling everyone the ACCC was onto it. Price gouging is not illegal in Australia - there’s nothing the ACCC can do unless collusion is happening. #auspol
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Rex Patrick - Fuel Gouging (13/04/26) - Tim Webster for Breakfast
Former Senator Rex Patrick returns to the program as we have been following the fuel crisis since January. In recent weeks it has pushed the ACCC to crack down on fuel price gouging.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
"Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead." -- Kurt Vonnegut, who died #OTD 2007
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Back to an old idea - #Albo needs an progressive independent challenger. I get more progressive ideas from Allegra in Wentworth than I do from the PM here in #Grayndler. An effective independent might help Albo rediscover his Labor roots. #auspol www.innerwestranter.com.au/is-albo-taki...
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Is Albo taking Grayndler for granted?
Albo is supposed to represent one of Australia's most progressive electorates. What's going on?
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Thank you Michael West. 7, 9 ABC and Albo see nothing here. That's a crisis for democracy. Albo's gotta go. Grayndler needs an aggressive (committed) progressive. #auspol #media youtu.be/IJY3BRDH9jo?...
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They Got away with Australia's own Watergate | The West Report
YouTube video by The West Report
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The graphic should also include shots of Hartcher (author), Sheridan, Murdoch and the foreign policy intelligentsia - all blinded by Aukus and anti-Chinaism (the grants and professional comfort they bestow) They missed the biggest story. #auspol #security www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Australia is vulnerable. That’s not in doubt. Can our leaders keep us secure? We’re about to find out
Call it nonchalance, call it inertia, call it amnesia, but the complacency of governments Liberal and Labor has left us dangerously exposed to global crises.
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Well Done Angus reckons the solution to being reliant on oil is to magically produce more oil. Electricity produced by renewables seems beyond his understanding, or beyond the parameters of his corporate owners. #AusPol
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Albo and co. just waved through tax deductions for charities driving dispossession and violence in the West Bank. Grayndler stand up - Albo thinks we're idiots. #auspol #grayndlerstandup #genocide youtube.com/watch?v=0yIA...
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Labor Rejects Amendment on Charities Funding illegal Settlements | Michael West Media
YouTube video by The West Report
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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Australia’s gas resources belong to Australians, not the gas companies. A minimum 25% gas export tax is only fair. It means Australians get a return on the extraction of our resources and we can fund public programs for the benefit of all. 📷 Credit: Mike Bowers #auspol #politas
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Another small indie player doing hard work our MSM no longer does. Thanks and well done! #auspol #media youtu.be/c557S-ev91g?...
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Australia’s Fuel Crisis: The problem nobody wanted to fix
YouTube video by Swollen Pickles
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The strategic morons running the world's most powerful nation. #maga #trump #energy #china youtu.be/i7F6Wkb-7sE?...
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How the Middle East war plays into China's hands | Alan Kohler | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Amy Remeikis bursts the John Howard myth in Tony Abbott's old territory. Delicious. Great book. Great speaker. Courageous truthteller. #auspol #manlywritersfestival #manly #amyremeikis
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The headline missed the key point "and no longer surprising given that lazy pathetic journalists (like me) spend no time on policy, informing, analysis and investigation". #auspol
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The winner of Bush's Iraq War? US enemies especially Iran. The winner of the Iran War? US enemies, especially Russia. Putin - forever in MAGA's heart. #trump #maga #putin #war #trump
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Dear @meganjherbert.bsky.social Thank you! THIS is outstanding! 🎨 #war #oil #Israel #USA #Iran #IranWar
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Yesterday morning as we looked over Sydney Harbour, discussing the 1942 attack on Sydney by Japanese midget subs, this small sub popped up. I don't think I've ever seen one openly roaming the harbour before? I hope it was one of ours 🙂 Don't think i've seen this before? #sydney #auspol
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Love the black clouds behind the city skyline. Renzo Piano's building ageing well. Didn't even get drenched. #sydney #architecture #clouds
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Australia shouldn't admit or tolerate people who wilfully distort facts, bullies who see opportunity in the pain of children, those who sow hate in our communities. I'm afraid you've gotta go Angus #auspol #socialcohesion www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Angus Taylor snaps at journalist as Liberals ramp up rhetoric against Australian children in Syrian camp
Opposition leader suggests 23 children and 11 women attempting to leave al-Roj are ‘Isis sympathisers’
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Reminder from Thomas Mayo of the Australian sore that won't heal. #auspol #history www.linkedin.com/redir/redire...
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The terror of silence
How indifference to racist violence against Indigenous Australians reveals the hypocrisy in appeals to “social cohesion”
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
ALP's solution to international student scamming? Scam them first. Scam them harder.... Sounds like a Dutton, Scomo, Abbott policy. Shameful and shockingly harmful to our reputation in our neighbourhood. #auspol #scams #education www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22694/...
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The government’s student visa rort
While the government reaps the non-refundable fees of students applying to study in Australia, soaring rejection rates are raising alarm in the tertiary sector.
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Albo may be a tiny improvement on Starmer but the need for a more credible and aggressive progressivism is desperate here too. Grayndler deserves better than Albo. #Auspol #albo #alp www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place in blow to Keir Starmer
Hannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England, as Labour sees a 25.3% drop in vote compared to 2024
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Here we go.... I wonder when Australian politics will include a serious conversation about the next upheaval? I hear our leading futurists, Pauline, Barnaby, the IPA, Tony Abbott and John Howard are finalising strategies with Newscorp execs. #auspol #ai #economy www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Jack Dorsey's Block cuts thousands of roles as it embraces AI
The Twitter co-founder says artificial intelligence "fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company."
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Andrew Gardiner @ajgardineresq.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Is this the direction we're headed as a country? Will Angus start up our very own ICE, and recruit thugs from the now-disbanded National Socialist Network? I hear Thomas Sewell is champing at the bit for some action ... 👀 #auspol
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
This disgraceful man, former Deputy PM, Kings School boy, dripping in aristocratic privilege, is where Pauline gets most of her bigoted lines. His YouTube channel is a well-funded, widely watched, punch-down hate factory with direct lines to MAGA, Peter Thiel and Heritage Foundation. #auspol #maga
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The most shameful of Australian stories? #auspol #incarceration michaelwest.com.au/juvenile-jus...
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Juvenile Justice. Caging children while corporate criminals go free - Michael West
In Australia, children as young as ten can go to prison, while an executive responsible for multimillion-dollar bribery gets away with a fine
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Hanson said the quiet bit out loud. Abbott, John Anderson Advance ARC and Sky have been spewing Islamophobia for years. Still waiting for someone to note that our mighty northern neighbour is the world's biggest Muslim nation. Gratuitous provocation is a threat to our security. #auspol
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The extraordinary courage of Francesca Albanese and the terrible price of speaking truth to Israeli genocide. A study in contrast with our 'Albo' Albanese. #auspol #gaza #genocide #albo youtu.be/godS-0hPQdU?...
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The Increasing Attacks on Francesca Albanese Presage a New Dark Age
YouTube video by The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Albo is scamming Grayndler too. Time for one of Australia's most progressive seats to find someone to represent our values. Another great piece of independent journalism here. #auspol #albo theaimn.net/albos-waterl...
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Albo’s Waterloo: The Clayton’s PM and the Farrellisation of Labor
“Leadership’s always been about two main things: imagination and courage.” (Paul Keating). Bernard Keane is half right. In today’s Crikey, he despairs of our PM as “a political manager, a risk-averse ...
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The ABC has belatedly discovered that the Jewish community is diverse. Well put @joshbornstein.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=kAsx... #auspol
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Herzog visit sets back fight against antisemitism: Josh Bornstein | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Read executive officer, Sarah Schwartz's opinion piece in the Financial Review today about why Herzog doesn't represent Australian Jewry and shouldn't have been invited in the first place: www.afr.com/policy/forei...
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
So Minns reckons peaceful protest against genocide incites terrorism? How about this footage of his boys at work currently bouncing around the Islamic world? Indonesia? Malaysia? Thanks but no thanks for making us safe Chris.... #auspol #minns #genocide
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Minns must explain the bashing of Muslim men in prayer to Indonesia - our near neighbour, the world's biggest Islamic nation and a country yet to recognise the existence of Israel. He and Albo have done terrible harm to our national security in the service of sugar-coating #genocide. #auspol #gaza
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Pathetic low in #ABC "fake balance" journalism. The vaunted Nick Bryant platforms admirer of Abbott history, the vanilla Frank Bongiorno, with rabid islamophobe John Anderson. Vacuous convo ensues. Not a word on inequality, tech, misinformation etc.. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... #auspol #abc
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Why One Nation is surging in the polls - ABC listen
Pauline Hanson's One Nation is enjoying the kind of public support it hasn't seen since its formation in the 1990s. Is this a blip or a more permanent shift in Australian politics?
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
The simple act of truth telling - no mainstream Australian media organisation is capable of publishing such clarity and conviction. #auspol #gaza #media johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
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Don't mention the war
Australia is struggling to respond proportionately to violence, fear and political pressure in the wake of the Bondi attacks, October 7 and Israel’s war in Gaza. The result has been a contraction of d...
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Inner West Ranter @rantville.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Summer Friday sky in Stanmore. #innerwest #sydney #stanmore #friday #summer
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