Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 7hEvery single person associated with this administration is shady af. 000
Reposted by Ric CairnsHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13hCommunity Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌 1213182505173
Reposted by Ric CairnsAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible. 566139444808
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They’ve won more Nobels than any other country but they’re also the dumbest nation on Earth. 000
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Proud of Australia for getting rid of this obscenity half a century ago. 000
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026From 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...celestemdavis.substack.comThere 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. 000
Reposted by Ric Cairns𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 30/09/2026If Evil was a middle manager it would report to Stephen Miller for performance reviews. 1912267404
Reposted by Ric CairnsSherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t. 38091072844
Reposted by Ric CairnsJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social. 16336621182
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Great 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...open.substack.comThis Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics – Amy RemeikisThere is more opportunity to push back against toxic centrism 010
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026He’s posing for a photo with THE POPE - and he still can’t resist doing rap fingers. This is such a weird time. 010
Reposted by Ric CairnsMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files 882330838373
Reposted by Ric CairnsDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.hollywoodreporter.comThe 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. 3024081509
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We 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...amyremeikis.substack.comGagging and blacklisting – what’s going on in the NT while we’re all looking elsewhere(First Published in The New Daily 010
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A 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?...youtu.beHow to rage bait AmericansYouTube video by Christophe 000
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Their 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.comAlbanese says OpenAI hacked Medicare and told Australia months later via email to generic inboxPrime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach 140
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Add 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-...climatecouncil.org.auCall on the Federal Government to end the free ride for fossil fuels! - Climate CouncilJoin 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 000
Reposted by Ric CairnsGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It’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. 58467261817
Reposted by Ric CairnsJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/09/2026OMG. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Two million likes on TikTok… and counting. 871105823738
Reposted by Ric CairnsNBC10 Boston @nbcboston.com · 18/09/2026Photos 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/PAy6oNwon.nbcboston.comPhotos show Trump with apparent Kennedy Center demolition informationPhotos 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. 002
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When 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...theconversation.comHow 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. 000
Reposted by Ric CairnsGoldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 15/09/2026What 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. 1023777
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A 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’. 000
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Sorry if anybody took offence at my perfectly accurate comments. #sorrynotsorry www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...thenewdaily.com.auHanson says 'sorry' to PM and Indigenous Australians 000
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...naomiklein.substack.comBig Tech and Big Oil have fused – Call it Fossil TechFinal sneak peak before launch day of my latest book with Astra Taylor 000
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.comOpinion | This Is Really BadWe can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe. 010
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’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. 000
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Burnham 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...theguardian.comI believe in a two-state solution in the Middle East. That’s why we’re taking action to keep that hope alive | Andy BurnhamOur 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 251
Reposted by Ric CairnsJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/09/2026👀 MUST WATCH: This video is so well done — and absolutely hilarious! 🤣🤣 864102444567
Reposted by Ric CairnsRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Routine 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. 20458272016
Reposted by Ric CairnsAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false. 835205107193
Reposted by Ric CairnsAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026Any 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. 627140663828
Reposted by Ric CairnsChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/08/2026This 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. 7624781128
Reposted by Ric CairnsJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social. 6168131780
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 28/08/2026One 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...thenewdaily.com.auJapanese artist and polka dot queen Yayoi Kusama diesYayoi Kusama, the acclaimed Japanese avant-garde artist who transformed her hallucinations into vibrant works, has died at age 97. 020
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Richard 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?...youtu.beRichard Flanagan - Heresies (2026)YouTube video by Festival of Dangerous Ideas 042
Reposted by Ric CairnsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Just 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. 18144151859
Reposted by Ric CairnsAngry @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. 41652721878
Reposted by Ric CairnsMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/08/2026In a country so deeply divided, isn't it nice to have something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheFiles-BeginTheTrials ⚖️ 11673998011028
Reposted by Ric CairnsJennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Just ignore the hypocrisy behind the transparent curtain. 5631461068
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The 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/...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s Election Interference Is Eroding American Democracy (Gift Article)The president is prioritizing his own interests over the national interest. 000
Ric Cairns @riccairns.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Yet another innovation being brought to you by One Nation (and the Nats). #auspol theconversation.com/anti-abortio...theconversation.comAnti-abortion rhetoric is becoming entrenched in Australian right-wing politicsA 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. 011