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Ric Cairns

@riccairns.bsky.social
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Progressive political dreamer working in brand and marketing in Walyalup/Fremantle, Western Australia. Imaginative enough to think we can make politics better. See voicesforfremantle.org

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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 7h
Every single person associated with this administration is shady af.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 15h
Love this 👇
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13h
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They’ve won more Nobels than any other country but they’re also the dumbest nation on Earth.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Proud of Australia for getting rid of this obscenity half a century ago.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From a UN report: “Violence against women is a global pandemic: 15-76 per cent of women experience it at some point in their lifetime. Violence against women is deeply rooted in discrimination and inequality between men and women.” There’s a word for that. celestemdavis.substack.com/p/epstein-fi...
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There is one word that explains how so many men can be in the Epstein files. So why is no one saying it?
We talk endlessly about the factors that make rape easier, but never about the factors that cause rape in the first place.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 30/09/2026
If Evil was a middle manager it would report to Stephen Miller for performance reviews.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great piece by @amyremeikis.bsky.social - Why grovel to get a seat on the Security Council if we're just going to do more grovelling to keep it? open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
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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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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He’s posing for a photo with THE POPE - and he still can’t resist doing rap fingers. This is such a weird time.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We have our own Alabama - where the extreme right is running roughshod over people and avoiding scrutiny. A vision of Pauline's Australia. #OneNation #auspol #journalism amyremeikis.substack.com/p/gagging-an...
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Gagging and blacklisting – what’s going on in the NT while we’re all looking elsewhere
(First Published in The New Daily
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A MUST SEE. #AI content creators in Sri Lanka and Pakistan and Indonesia are flooding FB feeds in Australia and the US and the UK with anti-immigration material. It's not because they care about our politics. Christophe explains in this short fascinating video. youtu.be/zCvPPaIN5Ew?...
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How to rage bait Americans
YouTube video by Christophe
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Their AI system hacks into our government records and three MONTHS later they drop us an email to a public email address to let somebody/whoever know about it. These people couldn't care less, and it's time we slapped them across their arrogant faces. #AI #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Albanese says OpenAI hacked Medicare and told Australia months later via email to generic inbox
Prime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Humans in politics.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Add your voice to the Climate Council's call for the federal government to stand up to fossil fuel corporations on our behalf. #climatecrisis #auspol www.climatecouncil.org.au/actions/end-...
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Call on the Federal Government to end the free ride for fossil fuels! - Climate Council
Join our call for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and key Federal Ministers to stand up to fossil fuel corporations and protect the interests of all Australians
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 21/09/2026
Do you remember?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s not just weird; it’s delusional. HE. IS. PSYCHOTIC. If your grandpa said things like this, you’d take him in for a full neuropsychiatric workup. And it’s time the media starts interviewing psychiatrists and psychologists to talk about it. DO. YOUR. JOBS.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OMG. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Two million likes on TikTok… and counting.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👇👇👇👇
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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NBC10 Boston @nbcboston.com · 18/09/2026
Photos of President Donald Trump on board Air Force One appear to show him looking at information on the demolition of the Kennedy Center, which indefinitely shut down Wednesday. on.nbcboston.com/PAy6oNw
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Photos show Trump with apparent Kennedy Center demolition information
Photos taken through Air Force One windows show Trump looking at a large printout. An image and the words “Kennedy Center” and “DEMOLIS-“ can be seen.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When you throw out international students, you not only damage Australia's biggest service export ($55B pa) - you also throw out a huge part of our workforce and many of our businesses' customers. #onenation theconversation.com/how-would-on...
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How would One Nation’s immigration plan affect the labour market and economy?
Reducing the number of people on student and graduate visas may reduce migration numbers, but it could also weaken demand for Australian goods and services.
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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 15/09/2026
What I like about Ed Sheeran's "apolitical" excuse is that it reveals what "apolitical" really means for most white people. It doesn't mean apolitical, it just means "goes with whatever the majority does." That is radically distinct from apolitical.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A US billionaire stadium owner just arranged for Macklemore to be dropped as support for Ed Sheeran’s tour - because he’s been campaigning for Palestinian rights. And Ed sat on his hands, because he ‘doesn’t choose sides’.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This guy doesn't know where the hell he is.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sorry if anybody took offence at my perfectly accurate comments. #sorrynotsorry www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Hanson says 'sorry' to PM and Indigenous Australians
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“…with dizzying speed, Silicon Valley’s tech barons have tossed out their climate idealism, hell-bent on sacrificing this world’s real and precious resources on the altar of a vampiric, virtual realm.” #AI naomiklein.substack.com/p/big-tech-a...
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Big Tech and Big Oil have fused – Call it Fossil Tech
Final sneak peak before launch day of my latest book with Astra Taylor
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I note the dummy has been spat.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“…losing your head of ethics, your head of safety and your head of preparedness around the same time that your laboratory is responsible for the worst A.I. safety, ethics and preparedness accident ever would seem like grounds for a congressional investigation.” #AI www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | This Is Really Bad
We can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’m starting to think he’s now so demented that he can no longer tell his fantasies from real memories. In his mind his life is now a collection of AI slop memes about his heroic deeds.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Burnham is right that words mean nothing without action. If we believe in a two-state solution we should be stopping Netanyahu from killing that possibility. #palestine #gaza www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I believe in a two-state solution in the Middle East. That’s why we’re taking action to keep that hope alive | Andy Burnham
Our sanctions aren’t about the Israeli people, but about the unacceptable policies of the Israeli government, and the suffering they cause Palestinians, says the UK prime minister Andy Burnham
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 07/09/2026
This is @mrjamesob.bsky.social's London.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
👀 MUST WATCH: This video is so well done — and absolutely hilarious! 🤣🤣
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Routine reminder that Bhattacharya is an economics researcher who has never practiced medicine and whose best known publication is overtly fraudulent. He has never done infectious disease research and has never treated a single virus or infection in his entire career. He’s likely never seen measles.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
Any sweeping systemic change you want to make in the United States has to begin with adding seats to the Supreme Court in 2029. No major reform bill will survive the current court. No civil rights law, no anti-corruption law, no wealth tax, nothing.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/08/2026
This should be setting off alarm bells. Service members trying to leave the military on moral grounds have surged to SIX TIMES the normal rate since Trump’s war with Iran began in February.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
One of the genuine originals of 20th century abstract art. We saw the exhibition of her work and her outsized role in art culture at the NGV in Melbourne last year and it was absolutely fascinating, not to mention a lot of fun. Vale, Madam Kusama. www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/enterta...
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Japanese artist and polka dot queen Yayoi Kusama dies
Yayoi Kusama, the acclaimed Japanese avant-garde artist who transformed her hallucinations into vibrant works, has died at age 97.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Richard Flanagan's fearless, clear-eyed speech at the FODI is really important, I think, as our freedoms of speech and protest are curtailed at the behest of the 'Israel Lobby' - our laws being driven by a foreign nation. Well worth watching. #auspol #antisemitism #FODI youtu.be/6XlJM5UYxCw?...
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Richard Flanagan - Heresies (2026)
YouTube video by Festival of Dangerous Ideas
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Just 10 billionaires have already poured nearly $670 MILLION into this year's midterms. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. If you're wondering what the real threat to "election integrity" is, it's Big Money.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“For now” This doesn’t change anything, though - we already knew we couldn’t count on SCOTUS to actually uphold the law. Vote early. Vote in person if at all possible. If not, check daily to make sure your vote counts. We’re still going to win.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In a country so deeply divided, isn't it nice to have something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheFiles-BeginTheTrials ⚖️
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Just ignore the hypocrisy behind the transparent curtain.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The New York Times Editorial Board have been very conservative (some would say downright timid) in their coverage of the country's slide into autocracy, so when they roll out the black background for an editorial you know things are getting serious. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | Trump’s Election Interference Is Eroding American Democracy (Gift Article)
The president is prioritizing his own interests over the national interest.
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Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Yet another innovation being brought to you by One Nation (and the Nats). #auspol theconversation.com/anti-abortio...
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Anti-abortion rhetoric is becoming entrenched in Australian right-wing politics
A new ‘born alive’ bill has been brought before federal parliament. While it won’t pass, it reveals the strategies of the growing anti-abortion push.
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