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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12h

When you *wildly* overestimate your own charm.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms

See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

So it turns out that when Eric Schmitt thought Jack Smith snuck off for a secret meeting to conspire with Fani Willis he was actually in Maryland watching Caitlin Clark play basketball.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 4h

😂😂😂

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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 4h

I love this for them - there's a sucker born every minute in maga-land. 🤣 “Trump brags about bringing in a steel company and come to find out it’s from India and already uses H1B visas to import workers,” wrote former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) in a social media post on X Tuesday.

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MAGA outraged as it discovers Trump handed $15B Iowa project to Indian company: 'Comical'

The White House boasted about 1,750 jobs that would be created from a new $15 billion steel plant announced by President Donald Trump, but several right-wing figures expressed outrage Tuesday as detai...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h

Honestly, the scariest thing about the last ten years has been realizing that over a third of the country just watches democracy get dismantled and acts like it's totally normal.

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olegreymar.bsky.social @olegreymar.bsky.social · 54m

Will this be like the Kentucky aluminum plant? (That never got built)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h

Can't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years.

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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 1h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... “It’s a final nail in the coffin. There’s absolutely no way Trump can go after Carroll for this five million plus dollars.” It’s a shame the rapist didn’t see the inside of a prison cell.

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Trump agrees to end court fight against $5m verdict in E Jean Carroll case

The verdict stems from Carroll’s 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against Trump

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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 1h

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Australians are buying electric vehicles at record levels, with sales more than doubling year on year and occurring at a rate equivalent to one EV sold every 100 seconds.

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An EV sold every 100 seconds: Australian demand for electric cars more than doubles

A record 157,957 new EVs were sold nationally between January and June, according to the Electric Vehicle Council

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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 1h

www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new... The Independent Congressional Democrats plan to immediately investigate corporate donors and business deals involving President Donald Trump and his family if they win control of the House or Senate in November.

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Trump family’s lucrative business deals could face reckoning after midterms

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Andy @vicozandy.bsky.social · 7h

Now we are in record territory, we'll see if the ENSO dynamics has changed. Will it slosh more regularly, or less? Will the trend of more LaNina like conditions continue, or flip? Or will it change into a new dynamic as the cryosphere melts? Will the IOD, Monsoon and MJO couple/react? "fun" times!

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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 3h

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Bandt added the progressive moment broadly has grown, pointing to a groundswell of public support for a gas export tax, despite the government abandoning any reforms.

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From One Nation to fossil fuels, Adam Bandt and Bob Brown reveal vision for Greens ahead of leadership showdown

Senior Greens figures say Larissa Waters’ successor must stop Labor approving fossil fuel projects ‘by whatever means’

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 11/08/2026

The Government™ has made an ad about Ai Data Centres, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

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Honest Government Ad | Ai Data Centres

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm sure the Australian govt will remain firm in the face of any similar retaliatory action by the Netanyahu regime ...oh, wait...Albanese & Wong were too spineless to adopt sanctions against illegal #WestBank settlements. Again showing that "international law" is just a talking point. #auspol

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just reflecting on how much criticism was made by conservatives over the last decade about Simon Holmes a Court using some of his money to help communities support candidates they chose (not him) versus this www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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Rinehart allegedly tried to help recruit Liberal MP to join One Nation

One Nation's billionaire backer Gina Rinehart allegedly attempted to help recruit a sitting federal Liberal MP at one of her holiday homes.

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Cate Ruth (Sista) ♿ @sistacatruthpurry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Quite apart from anything else, organisations are supposed to lose their charity status if they campaign for any specific political party. #auspol

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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

tell us who does receive lasting benefit from the data extraction economy then. Who is it? What is it? How are Australian governments responsible for fabricating a use case for tech whose owners are causing harm on a mass scale?

University of New South Wales Al Institute said Al data centre developments presented opportunities for Tasmania, but only if binding conditions were put on them to ensure public benefit.
"Data centres do not, by themselves, build a local Al industry or deliver lasting community benefit," the institute's director, Sue Keay, said.
"Without deliberate mechanisms, the economic benefit of data centre approval may largely end when construction ends, leaving the land, energy and water commitments behind.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The amount of bullshit produced by those suggesting AI will deliver high-value add to either our economy or even just productivity could fertilize the entire nation.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Australian PM @albomp.bsky.social "is pitching for a two-year seat on the UN Security Council, which Mr Albanese says would elevate the perspectives of smaller countries" He "laments 'breakdown' of global rules" Like what has permitted the comprehensive devastation & erasure of of Gaza❓

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Albanese laments 'breakdown' of global rules in major UN speech

The prime minister tells the UN that climate change and AI are key challenges demanding urgent global cooperation, just two days after Donald Trump told the same forum that both concerns were a "hoax"...

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If there is one thing the past 30 years or so of politics has taught us is that "Rhodes Scholar" does not mean much.

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Political Gadgets @politicalgadgets.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our pollies have so little time so thought I'd help out with some research: Value of tickets $4,000-$8,000 each.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The war you supported

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Now it is official. "In relation to Israels military operations in Gaza, we conclude that Israeli authorities are responsible for war crimes. Including extermination, murder, using starvation as a method of war, forcible transfer" (UN Human Rights Council)

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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A case of: "The fish the AG rejects..." or "A souffle can rise twice, but can it rise thrice."

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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Had 2 FOIs rejected by the Attorney-General's Dept under the rarely used s26(2) - all docs totally exempt from FOI. The docs relate to interference by the former AG, on two seperate occasions, in the appointment process for NACC Dep Com positions. Have appealed both decisions.

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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

'Power is its own constituency. It exists to protect itself.' Authoritarianism sounds scary, but it arrives bit by bit. We're already doing the work for some grim future. Will be talking about this and more at Sydney Opera House's Curious program this Sunday. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/28/r...

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Don't think Australia is immune to authoritarianism

Nobody wakes up to sudden authoritarianism. We relinquish ourselves to it by allowing our favoured government to get away with bending norms and rules. Over time, these bends become clean breaks.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

AI bros are almost universally freakish losers who should be put in labs and studied as to how they grew up around people and yet exhibit no traits of humanity worth possessing. futurism.com/artificial-i...

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AI Bros Are Having a Meltdown Because the Associated Press Stylebook Clarifies That AIs Don't Have Feelings

The Associated Press Stylebook posted a reminder not to anthropomorphize AIs because they can't think, trigger a meltdown among AI bros.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

People need to be charged over AI hacking offences. If a human uses a tool to break into a physical premises, they get charged. Same must apply with the people who program AI.

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“This war in the Middle East is a disaster for Australian families” Jim Chalmers Who started the war Jim? Our supposed ally that we are handing billions of our money to for their benefit only? ABC730

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We’re buying subs from the US because insane nutters on Govt think we need to defend ourselves against China, which the US is proposing to sell weapons to…

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Michael Pascoe @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Chris Minns is one of the most can-do people you’ll ever see,” V’landys said. Of course, it depends on who's asking him to do.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"The ‘tolerant’ attitude Sheeran tried to preach in excuse for kowtowing to Zionist power – under the guise of being ‘apolitical’ and centrist... – is also how Australian Labor, UK Labour and establishment Democrats handle power." Amy R on toxic centrism. #auspol www.deepcutnews.com/p/this-labor...

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This Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics – Amy Remeikis

There is more opportunity to push back against toxic centrism

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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Well look at that. Driven by the people behind Reagan & Thatcher for 50 years (some still playing, Koch incl), “regulations” and “inspections” have been under fire because we can “trust business.” Months without these protections from toxic (sic) greed = masses of 🇺🇸 goods not safe to eat. See also

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Tougher new standards”. Honestly. We’re threatening to “impose” a slightly different mandatory self-reporting requirement on AI companies that hack govt websites. If you were a human you’d be facing jail.

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 29/09/2026

Opinion | "In seeking to become more deeply aligned with American behaviour, it becomes impossible to hold ourselves to a higher standard," writes Albert Palazzo. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/29/a...

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A nation's morals matter. AUKUS shows pandering to America is our higher priority

In seeking to become more aligned with the United States and its military, the Australian government has forfeited our chance to hold ourselves to a higher standard.

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

UK Prime Minister Burnham wants submarines and shipyards to be his country’s economic engine. Why not, especially when Australian taxpayers are helping foot the bill. #AUKUS #auspol

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“A law requiring you email the right department”

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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Slow learners ...

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 29/09/2026

Opinion | Political cartoonists are a dying breed, with publications slowly waiting for them to leave before bricking up the door behind them, writes New Yorker cartoonist Jason Chatfield. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/29/c...

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We cartoonists are a dying breed. It's a canary in the coalmine for a dysfunctional democracy

As New Yorker cartoonist Jason Chatfield writes, staff cartoonists used to be the only ones in the building paid to point at the building. Everyone else eventually answers to the owner, but they…

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Claire Connelly @claireconnelly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Re Cornell: Where are the bathroom defenders now?

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 23h

"This is just going to hurt Australians, and do bugger-all to actually reduce inflation." And as usual, the Australians most likely hurt are the ones who can afford it least and [ironically] have little scope for discretionary spending. #auspol

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