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Lyra @seren.monster · 26/09/2026
This plan actually makes perfect sense when you remember that they're accutely aware of how much everyone hates AI, and that one perfect way to protect their (imagined) god machine from a decentralised movement taking out fragile datacentre infrastructure, is to literally put it out of reach.
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Lyra @seren.monster · 13/09/2026
Angry AND the deeply unsettling desire of pelicans to put everything in their mouths #BirdOfTheDay #AngryBirds
A seagull agressively flapping above the head of a pelican, standing on a wharf, with its mouth wide open directly below the seagull.
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Lyra @seren.monster · 10/09/2026
I think theres a couple of different parts to it. I think the key aspect is that there's an enormous libidinal investment in power, and what could be more powerful than "fathering" the god/ai they fantasize about. (1/n)
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It’s been very odd biting the bullet & revealing details only my closest friends knew about was going on around monkey cage over last few years - and now I wait for the next lot of attacks but I also know there will be solidarity www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po... www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
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The Gaslight Years - part one | Robin Ince
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to dea
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The Vatican has expelled a traditionalist sect founded by a Nazi collaborator. That sect has a presence in Aotearoa, and a smaller breakaway sect (the one doing the unauthorised exorcisms in Otautahi) have recently decided the Pope is illegitimate [paywalled] www.feijoadispatch.nz/p/schism-26-...
feijoadispatch.nz
Schism '26: Catholic Church excommunicates fascist-friendly sect
The SSPX, a traditionalist sect founded by a Nazi collaborator has been expelled by the Vatican
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elizabeth is apparently a witchy vamp? @thatelizabeth.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
You do so much good work, this was a misstep
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is tragic, Sam was not just a great actor, but a great human being www.1news.co.nz/2026/07/13/k... Crossposted with @openvibe.social
1news.co.nz
Kiwi screen legend Sam Neill dies, aged 78
News of the Jurassic Park star's death was confirmed on social media today.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 06/07/2026
can't even say "let this be the end of the dirtbag left" because I don't really believe in the dirtbag left. it was just a way for some guys who wrote about Dem politics to describe some guys on some podcasts while ignoring the anarchists and socialists and feminists who made the left relevant again
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Lyra @seren.monster · 04/07/2026
Wife: Hey, what's taking dinner so long Me: Sorry babe I'm Carmelaising the onions, you know that takes forever
A photo of Carmela Soprano but her face is an onion.
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
'Beyond the Dark Horizon' is an eco-anarchist zine published locally. No.4 dropped just recently. beyondthedarkhorizon.org
A bin chicken squawks 'Abolish Australia'.
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Suzanne ✈️ @anatomoth.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I just had a consultation for continuing a sleeve and my client allows me to incorporate a mycalesis caterpillar into the design!!!! The dream to put weird critters on everyone!
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Lyra @seren.monster · 20/05/2026
Pretty data <3
A series of datasets, each represented by a single colour from a rainbow colourmap, with each dataset consisting of many line graphs, each varying slightly, such that each seems smeared out and transparent. A series of raw datasets, each represented by a single colour from a rainbow colourmap, with each dataset consisting of many line graphs, each varying slightly as a Gaussian smoothing filter, such that each seems smeared out and transparent.
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Elias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The citation crisis ("you mean you guys read the sources you cite?"), like the replication crisis, exists because academia has been neoliberalised to death. The pressure to publish to keep an academic job is absurd and the metrics are unbelievably crude — that's why we're here.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
1/2 The wonderful Loud Jew Collective has been designated not Jewish enough to speak at the Royal Commission, so it’s on us to spread their media release. The RC is promoting the establishment messaging and silencing dissent. Please share this. #Auspol
Media Release
Loud Jew Collective condemns the anti-Palestinian racism on show at the Royal CommissionOn 1st May Loud Jew Collective (LJC) was told by the Royal Commission that "the Commissioner is not satisfied that LJC has a direct and substantial interest in the scope of the hearing and has refused LJC leave to appear at Hearing Block 1."
This rejection is evidence of the irredeemably flawed state of the Royal Commission. A flaw confirmed by the relentless anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia that we have heard since the Royal Commission commenced this Hearing Block.
Hearing Block 1 has been purportedly examining "the nature and prevalence of antisemitism in Australia" and hearing from "witnesses about their lived experience of antisemitism."LJC's submission focuses on the most prevalent forms of antisemitism that Collective members have experienced - that perpetrated by the far-right and by zionist Jews.
It incorporates a witness statement by Collective member Anny Mokotow and attached expert evidence by historian
Dr Jordana Silverstein.
Anny Mokotow's statement explained that "As LJC, we have always resisted our identity being subsumed by the idolatry of Israel. The myth of the 'Jew' as 'special' has become a political reality even if it is based on the notion of victimhood. We, as anti-Zionists, who refuse to use victimhood as a right to superiority are now othered by our own 'people'."LJC's submission outlines many Collective members' lived experiences of antisemitism and situates this antisemitism within its appropriate contexts, demonstrating that in Australia it must be seen as a marginal form of racism.
Proper focus must instead be placed on the founding racism - that faced by First Nations people - as well as on the racism faced by Palestinians, Muslims, Arabs, and other significantly marginalised groups.
The Royal Commission's assertion that LJC's testimony is not relevant to their work in this Hearing Block is thus evidence of the anti-Palestinian racism at the core of both the Commission and Australian politics and media more generally.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
2/2 The wonderful Loud Jew Collective has been designated not Jewish enough to speak at the Royal Commission, so it’s on us to spread their media release. The RC is promoting the establishment messaging and silencing dissent. Please share this. #Auspol
It is clear that the Royal Commission is looking to further the narrative that is proliferating currently: that it is Palestinians and those who stand in solidarity with them who are the causes of antisemitism. Such racism would be laughable if it wasn't so violent.
Because while this Royal Commission proceeds this year, continuing to centre narratives of Jewish victimhood and providing media fodder for permanent discussions of antisemitism, the genocide in Palestine continues and Israel's genocidal violence spreads across the region.Quote attributable to Gem Walsh, member of LJC:
"LJC's rejection from the Royal Commission confirms that anti-Palestinian racism is embedded in the Commission's work. It confirms that anti-zionist and anti-colonial knowledge and truth-telling will be deliberately excluded".
Quote attributable to Betty Buckrich, member of LJC:
"We are very angry that the Royal Commission has decided to exclude those who refuse the primacy of narratives of Jewish victimhood and that they deem this perspective to be outside their "direct and substantial interest. The Royal Commission is demonstrating that it will be nothing more than a place for the airing of perspectives deemed acceptable to zionism".It is evident that the best we can hope for from this Royal Commission is that it goes the way of every other one and that its recommendations are ignored.
And so this is an important reminder of the ways that significant Royal Commissions - most particularly the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - are routinely not implemented.
This is the racism at the heart of Australian life and it is this which must be addressed.
Not overblown and inaccurate ideas of a proliferation of antisemitism.
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Lyra @seren.monster · 13/05/2026
This shit is so inescapable in 3d printing stuff and its so rancid it makes it hard to ever recommend it to people. That said there is this one amazing creator that does incredible equal opportunities pinups and it delights me every single time I think about it.
myminifactory.com
3D Printable Stupid Sexy Comet Lord - Afterdark by Comet Lord Miniatures
The final stretch goal model for the Comet Lord Miniatures: Afterdark Kickstarter campaign. This includes 3D printable files for the 120mm scale 'Stupid Sexy Comet Lord'. This model sits on a 101.4 mm base. These models also come with optional presupported files for resin printing. These files come as ready to go STL files or Lychee files if you wish to edit the supports for your custom needs. | Download free and paid 3D printable STL files
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Every now & again I think I'll subscribe to Crikey. Then I see this kinda thing & don't follow thru @warwicksmith.bsky.social explains why the federal budget is not like a household budget From 2014 (so just replace the scaremongers & shills with today's set) & everything substantive still applies
theconversation.com
Why the federal budget is not like a household budget
Treasurer Joe Hockey is experiencing difficult times. Deteriorating terms of trade and an uncooperative senate mean that he cannot deliver the surplus when he said he would and he cannot continue to c...
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
More than a week into the Royal Commission into Antisemitism, a disturbing pattern has emerged: testimony from Zionist lobby groups that routinely describes criticism of Zionism and Israel as antisemitic www.deepcutnews.com/p/what-weve-...
deepcutnews.com
What we’ve *actually* heard at the antisemitism royal commission so far
The first week heard numerous testimonies seeking to equate antisemitism with criticism of Zionism and Israel
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The interim Bondi report is a massive slap down for Jillian Segal. Not only does Commissioner Bell not blame protesters, she completely ignores Segal’s divisive recommendations & identifies Israel and the US as drivers of antisemitic attacks. Segal must resign. #auspol
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Lyra @seren.monster · 30/04/2026
Glad to have you here again!
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 06/04/2026
Somewhere in there, an unresolved spaceship. Built by weapons maker Lockheed Martin and carrying people who genuinely want to bring hope to humanity. It is a complicated journey and an impressive feat of human ingenuity, a reminder of what we can do when we organize ourselves to do it. Godspeed!
The moon over some trees
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Lyra @seren.monster · 31/03/2026
Researchers should seriously consider the ethics and morality of which organisations and governments they accept funding from, even in contexts where it may mean less ambitious projects and outcomes.
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Lyra @seren.monster · 31/03/2026
It is actually a thing, in as much as there is 100% certainty that once we reach a certain scale, there are a number of very important things they can do that are impossible classically. The point at which we can do that is likely quite far off, but its a matter of when not if.
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Katie, LLTID (little lady till i die) @katieandcatburger.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
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leena @hetconned.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Hello new followers! If you thought the most recent post went a little easy on Curtis Yarvin may I present this aperitif from my post on neo-feudalism/medieval nationalism to whet your whistle: hetconned.substack.com/p/special-li...
No one has been more explicit about turning this medieval fantasy into a theory of modern governance than Curtis Yarvin, who also writes under the name Mencius Moldbug. Yarvin is the kind of man whose presence makes you instinctively cover your drink. His ideology is often described as
"edgy" or "provocative",
" despite not saying
much to differentiate him from the "devil's advocate guy" from every early 2000s
Bulletin forum. A gormless dork of a man seemingly intent on trying to make "The Dark Enlightenment" happen 1, Curtis Yarvin has spent years arguing that democracy should be abolished and replaced with a CEO monarchy, where the state is run more like a company, and its populace become its customers. Political disagreement can then be reclassified merely as consumer dissatisfaction, where if you don't like how things are run, you can take your business elsewhere. A (dull) child's understanding of how things should be run, where authority flows downward, and loyalty must flow upward, to him, the King. The special boy.In his "Patchwork" writings 2, Yarvin outlines a vision of fragmented sovereignty organised through private ownership. He proposes replacing existing states with "a global spiderweb of tens, even hundreds, of thousands of sovereign and independent mini-countries," each governed by "its own joint-stock corporation without regard to the residents' opinions." "A Patchwork realm is governed by a Delegate," he writes, "who is the proxy of the proprietors" He cannot resist adding an antisemitic aside in the same breath: "(The Delegate is always Jewish.)" Even when he is sketching his new clean corporate monarchy, he goes out of his way to smuggle in a tired old trope.
Treating him as a cultural curiosity or eccentric blogger is another form of organised forgetting.
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I wrote about the 'Chuck Norris Facts' meme and how it was popularised offline by US soldiers in Iraq, touching on themes themes around war, hero worship, and the want for the world to be full of morally clear good vs evil situations, like the ones in Chuck Norris movies
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
as I said in my latest, the white guys at dropsite news are politically not great. they got good investigations but their actual politica are ... questionable at best. youtu.be/86Rk3eIPZi4
youtu.be
The Best Media Covering War in The MidEast
YouTube video by Politically Depressed
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Lyra @seren.monster · 17/03/2026
No idea why this is being reported as if its new, its from 2017. Best guess is that 2 sites repushed old articles to search indexers and someone got an alert about it, then regurgitated the old articles without even looking to notice that the publication date was listed as 2017... 🧪
theguardian.com
Scientists discover heavier version of proton with upgraded detector | Particle physics | The Guardian
Snappily named Xi-cc-plus, Cern physicists spotted the particle in shower of debris that lit up Large Hadron Collider
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norman emailer @maximumchips.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I know this is 750% not the point but I like this idea of Aussie servicepeople watching on as shocked naifs completely agog as the USA do a big war crime. I feel like this isn’t the likely scenario for me. The energy I’m imagining is more in the vein of standing around watching a mate play COD
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 24/02/2026
1. Kevin Gross and I have a new paper out today PLOS Biology. We used economic models based around screening games and the market for unpaid labor to highlight a meltdown cycle threatening peer review.
journals.plos.org
Screening, sorting, and the feedback cycles that imperil peer review
The process of peer review is vital to contemporary science, but is also under enormous strain. This study uses mathematical models to dissect the threats to the long-term viability of peer review, su...
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Over two decades, Labor and the Coalition have jointly built the legal architecture of a police state at the expense of democratic rights. Our new series, 'The making of Australia's police state', tracks how. www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-making...
deepcutnews.com
The making of Australia's police state – part one
Over two decades, Labor and the Coalition have jointly built the legal architecture of a police state at the expense of democratic rights. This series traces how.
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Leena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games · 10/02/2026
we’re told to value cohesion right up until someone asks to be paid, housed, or listened to. as long as “social cohesion” is indistinguishable from “shut up and do what you’re told” the *only* moral response is to refuse.
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Saying, publishing or displaying the phrases ‘from the river to the sea’ and ‘globalise the intifada’ will be punishable by up to two years jail under new laws set to pass in Queensland. www.deepcutnews.com/p/queensland...
deepcutnews.com
Queensland government to outlaw ‘from the river to the sea’
Hate speech laws mandate up to two years jail for saying ‘proscribed phrases’
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Lyra @seren.monster · 10/02/2026
Return to forums+IRC. This is the platonic ideal.
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Muslim organisations and civil liberties groups have slammed NSW Premier Chris Minns after NSW Police threw punches, used pepper spray, charged into pro-Palestine protesters and forcibly broke up a Muslim prayer group outside Sydney Town Hall yesterday. www.deepcutnews.com/p/unfathomab...
deepcutnews.com
'Unfathomable state violence': NSW Police set upon Muslim prayer group, protesters at Sydney rally
Muslim groups decry 'shocking abuse' of peaceful worshippers
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Jeff Sparrow @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The racism of Australian institutions is so off the charts that it doesn’t occur to a major newspaper to seek reactions from Palestinians to a visit from the president of the genocidal regime. Palestinians are simply non people.
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Julia @foxgrrl.northsky.social · 05/02/2026
Oh... oh no... This post on StackOverflow from 2011 may be related to why the MIME decoding is all messed up in the DOJ's released Epstein emails. stackoverflow.com/questions/79...
stackoverflow.com
Quoted Printable Email showing equal signs in certain email clients
I'm generating emails. They Show up fine for me in gmail and Outlook 2010. However, my client sees the = sign that gets added to the end of lines by the quoted-printable formatting. It also eats...
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
"The far-right group is gone, but the danger isn’t — Australia has just turned an organised hate group into hundreds of abandoned "lone" actors." independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
independentaustralia.net
The National Socialist Network is dead
The far-right group is gone but the danger isn’t — Australia has just turned an organised hate group into hundreds of abandoned "lone" actors.
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Bossett @bossett.social · 24/01/2026
the cloud is just someone else's computer
techcrunch.com
Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch
The FBI served Microsoft a warrant requesting encryption recovery keys to decrypt the hard drives of people involved in an alleged fraud case in Guam.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
A (long) summary of others’ investigations into the well-funded international Islamophobia networks & Australian links, reflections. Palestinians are slaughtered because power elites have accepted the indoctrination. & Palestinians forbidden to mourn 😡 open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2... #auspol
open.substack.com
Front Groups working with Zionist actors are promoting Islamophobia
Australian front groups have been working to promote the idea that the Greens make many cultural identities less safe. It's - loosely - part of a global Islamophobia industry.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The weekend might be a good time to catch up with this. The Right (formerly free speech absolutists) is crushing our speech, cultural treasures & protest rights bc they despise us. They despise Muslims even more than us “woke” irritants. Networked & funded hate. open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...
open.substack.com
Australians' freedom of speech is under attack because Palestinians are seen as less than human
A coalition of forces is working to stop Australian speech and protest that criticises Israel. Cultural landmarks like Meanjin and the 2026 Adelaide Writers Week festival are victims.
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 13/01/2026
In Albo's new antisemitism bill, the definition of "hate crime", which underpins the new regime to proscribe "hate groups" like the Nazis, specifically excludes "advocating genocide". That is, advocating genocide is treated as not being a racist hate crime. Now, why would that be?
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Lyra @seren.monster · 14/01/2026
🧪 seems like wildly irresponsible journalism at best, and wilful disinformation at worst, to post this, and not mention that all of the most strident criticism linked to is produced by "scientists" directly funded by plastics manufacturers and chemical companies.
theguardian.com
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’
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Linn The highway heretic 🏳️‍🌈+🏳️‍⚧️=❤️ @linnlaio.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
MAGA: "NO ONE IS LAUGHING AT US NOW!" The rest of the world:
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Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Hey everyone, please be very careful when using odourless thinners. They lull you into a sense of non-toxicity. Thinners are usually toxic, and many oil paint pigments will seriously damage your health. I use very stinky thinners to remind me to open windows and mask
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Patrick Marlborough @cormacmccafe.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
there is no link between Palestinian authors, Palestinian activism, or Palestinians and the Bondi massacre, and if you believe there is you are either extremely stupid or evil or (most likely) both
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Meanwhile ... UN Human Rights report finds Israel is an apartheid state michaelwest.com.au/un-report-is...
michaelwest.com.au
UN report: Israel practising racial segregation and apartheid - Michael West
A UN Human Rights Office has found Israel is 'asphyxiating' Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem via its policies, practices and laws
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Many people are saying 2+2=5, and who are we to judge if they’re right?
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Jeff Sparrow @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
What’s the point of writers’ festivals — or, for that matter, writers — if they can’t discuss issues that matter? Australian arts administrators would rather destroy the whole sector than allow Palestinians to speak about genocide. It’s beyond shameful.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 08/01/2026
My heart is so heavy right now. It shouldn't take another murder to get people to wake up. The stacks of Black and brown bodies weren't enough to convince you?
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