Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026www.deepcutnews.com/p/segals-pla...deepcutnews.comThe new McCarthyism: Gaza and Australia – Richard FlanaganThis is the full text of a powerful speech Flanagan delivered at the the Festival of Dangerous Ideas on August 22 000
Reposted by SipaweMichael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 04/08/2026“Australia is under siege – not by a foreign army, but by a coordinated campaign of influence conducted so quietly that most Australians remain unaware. The appointment of Jillian Segal as Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism marked a turning point…” theaimn.net/the-predator...theaimn.netTHE PREDATORS' PARADISETHE PREDATORS’ PARADISE Neoliberalism, Colonial Ideology, and the Weaponisation of Zionism Dedicated to: The Truth Abstract This essay examines the coordinated campaign that has reshaped Australia’s p... 0166
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Why isn't the media doing this, doing this: holding the grinning plaints slimy deceitful snollgosters to account? They should. It's their job. Hold them to account 000
Reposted by SipaweZoe Washburne Rebel Scum @zoewashburne.bsky.social · 29/07/2026#MAGACultMorons always blame someone else. F*ck rand paul 584157124759
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Call them what you like, dissembling liars, MAGA thugs, goons, fascists, zealots, violent extremists, white supremacists, degenerate cronyists or profiteers, the strategy is clear: throw elections, vilify and crush opposition, accrete power and $$$. Terrifying. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThree speeches on a single day signaled a dying American democracy | Robert ShpinerStephen Miller warned of a leftwing ‘cancer’ threatening civilization. As a critical care doctor, I have a response to his diagnosis 000
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 05/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/simonpea...open.substack.comEver, Ever, Ever: Trump at RushmoreTrump promised exile for communists and a century of won elections. Eleven days earlier, Fort Worth judges handed protesters 450 years. My read on the Rushmore speech. 000
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Not content with ripping billions from the collective wealth of societies billionaires skew & are anathema to democracies, cultivating politicians, exploiting donation loopholes, buying media influence, bending common interests to their own, eschewing all else thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/media/2...thesaturdaypaper.com.au‘An obsessive part of the vision’: Inside Rinehart’s media buy-upGina Rinehart’s latest foray into media ownership is part of a longer strategy of political influence she has been shaping since she started cultivating student politicians in the 1970s. 000
Reposted by SipaweJozef Imrich @jozefimrich.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandal Popular Information popular.info/p/the-media-...popular.infoThe media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandalAs Trump's son-in-law returns to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, major news outlets are largely ignoring an egregious conflict of interest. 055
Reposted by SipaweJohn Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 22/12/2025New research shows that oil and gas exploration isn't creating value - it's destroying it It comes as the Albanese Government announced it was opening new areas in Commonwealth waters for offshore gas exploration. thepoint.com.au/news/251222-...thepoint.com.auNew research shows that oil and gas exploration isn't creating value - it's destroying itIt comes as the Albanese Government announced it was opening new areas in Commonwealth waters for offshore gas exploration. 166
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 24/11/2025So here it is. What does Trump get? 50% of the profits from $100billion in frozen Russian assets, kudos for the deal, someone else does the bill while Russia sits to pounce. The corruption is staggering. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...theatlantic.comThe Murky Plan That Ensures a Future WarWho will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine? 110
Reposted by SipawePaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 22/09/2025“I can confirm we are seeing single gunshot wounds to the head, neck, and chest.” “Just 2 days ago, we lost 6 children under the age of 12 to single shots to the head.” “This is worse than anything I have ever witnessed.” —American doctor Kathleen Gallagher speaking from Gaza 8189143
Reposted by SipaweSoapy @soapy2019.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Thomas Deininger uses plastic waste to create sculptures,or should I say,works of Genius!!!!!! 22969551902
Reposted by SipaweNPR @npr.org · 22/08/2025A U.N.-backed food security group has issued a dire warning: famine has officially now taken hold in northern Gaza and is expected to spread in the coming months.n.prU.N.-backed agency says famine exists in northern GazaA U.N.-backed food security group has issued a dire warning: famine has officially now taken hold in northern Gaza and is expected to spread in the coming months. 27315153
Reposted by SipaweJamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 17/08/2025I can’t believe I found it. This time I bought it. 16867341516
Reposted by SipaweGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Personal gain and petty retribution are Donald Trump's ... only goals in life www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comPresidential PettinessDonald Trump seems to have no theory of governance beyond personal gain and retribution. 1152370586
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Art of the deal? Nah Art of the puppet-master? Whole new meaning to taking the knee! But then there is history for anyone who cares to check it out. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...politico.comThe Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to MoscowIn 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen. 031
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 13/07/2025There are many concerns about the appointment of Special Envoy Jillian Segal (previous roles, activities and political lobbying/donations). Conflating critical discussion of Zionism and Netanyahu's war with 'antisemitism' stands against a 2-state solution. tdunlop.substack.com/p/licensing-...tdunlop.substack.comLicensing rageDon't let "Special Envoys" rob us of our power of democratic deliberation 010
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 01/07/2025the-pen.co/rentier-capi... The real scourge lies behind the mask of offence Trump cultivates. It is a pernicious base corruption.the-pen.coPeople should focus less on the Trump personality and more on the interests he represents - The PenContributed by Joe Montero It’s tempting to indulge in bashing Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and other talking heads in the Trump stable. They certainly invite... 010
Reposted by SipaweGod @thegodshow.com · 22/06/2025THOU SHALT IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP BEFORE HE GETS YOU ALL KILLED.thegodpodcast.comThou Shalt Impeach Donald Before He Gets You All KilledFFS. 14854201040
Reposted by SipaweDavid Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable. 579365429386
Reposted by SipaweIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/06/2025This is precisely what happened. The same effort, over and over again, with Democrats and Republicans. But America was finally weak enough to simply ignore and its president idiotic enough to go along with it. 291288335
Reposted by SipaweGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Remember, everything Netanyahu does is to keep himself out of prison. For the sake of one crook's liberty, tens of thousands of people have been murdered, and now a possible full-scale war has been provoked. Israel must rise up and unseat him. 481736465
Reposted by SipaweSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/05/2025With its near historic mandate, the Albanese government is "extending a gas project that will pillage Indigenous lands and add substantially to the irreversible heating of the planet. It is almost cartoonish in its depravity." @thesaturdaypaper.com.au www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...thesaturdaypaper.com.auAn oink of pure greedMurray Watt didn’t need to consider climate change. The law didn’t ask him to, because for three years Labor has been stalling on laws that would. In a triumph of his own party’s inaction, his first d... 914570
Reposted by SipaweMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o... 12553960313766
Reposted by SipaweGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Anyone else get a $200bn gift from the govt yesterday?? No??!! Cripes, you must not be a poor struggling barely getting by hugely profitable gas company 1719775
Reposted by SipaweThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Recto - verso. My @smh @theage cartoon. 22434206
Reposted by SipaweProf Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 25/05/2025Globally resolved surface temperatures since Last Glacial Maximum More simply: 24,000 years of global mean temperature & atmospheric CO2 levels Explainer for all climate change obfuscaters, deniers, trolls and #WeirdAF RWNJs You're all wrong, bugger off 56525
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 25/05/2025I feel for farmers affected by climate disasters. At some point, they should consider the extent of their actions, voting National, voting against climate action. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Desolate’: farmers in NSW’s west battle drought as east coast mops up after floodsThe area is in the grips of disaster, with surrounding regions also expected to slip into drought by mid-winter 000
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 23/05/2025This unremitting madness, acts of greed and stupidity and relentless destruction of our world without any fallback or sanctuary, can have only one conclusion. Before we lapse into hopeless despair and say goodbye, there is a battle not yet lost. Resist, rage, protest, vote. bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comFires cause record loss of tropical forests in climate threatTropical forests provide a buffer against climate change, but disappeared faster than ever recorded last year. 000
Reposted by Sipawestranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Shalailah Medhora says what everyone is thinking, “Don’t you think it’s kind of wild that we have this situation where the Liberal Party & the Coalition looked at it’s loss & went, ‘maybe we need to go more to the Right, maybe that’s what will appeal to people’”🔥💯#Auspol 1326470
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Price stood for election as CLP National Senator. Now, before the votes are fully counted, she moves to Liberal. Why now? She could have stood as a Liberal and let voters decide. This is grotesque opportunism presumably with support from key Trumpish Liberals. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comJacinta Nampijinpa Price defects to Liberals and hints she could contest party’s deputy leadershipNorthern Territory senator switches from Nationals to Liberals where she believes she can be more ‘effective’ in fighting for ‘best interests of all Australians’ 010
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 04/05/2025The poisonroot Howard planted has come to fruit. His legacy is the destruction of Liberal as a centre-right party. It was he who served up destructive populist vitriol with culture wars, self-interest, nationalism, xenophobia and rearview fantasy, purging moderates. inside.org.au/are-the-libe...inside.org.auAre the Liberals in danger of becoming the Kodak of Australian politics? • Frank BongiornoThe party is taking a long time to understand its plight 000
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Albanese: “so why do we apply double standards to Palestine?.. Because you’re scared... of doing the right thing because the right thing comes with a price, and ... I take that price as the price of humanity, a price that I can bear, and you should do the same.” thecurrency.news/articles/184...thecurrency.newsOmissions, caveats and false balance: How media is failing Palestinians, the international order and our profession - The Currency“Legal scholars tend to sharpen their pens after the smell of death has dissipated and moral clarity is no longer urgent.” This is a line from an article penned by Palestinian human rights lawyer Rabe... 010
Reposted by SipaweDB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 05/04/2025‼️ BREAKING: UN Human Rights Council Extends Francesca Albanese’s Mandate Until 2028! The UN HR Council has extended Francesca Albanese’s mandate as Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories for an additional 3 years 👏🏼🇵🇸 22410
Reposted by SipaweDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/05/2025I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews. 246188186425
Reposted by SipaweSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 26/04/2025This is what a rigged economy looks like: In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker. In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker. This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker. That has got to change. 711197497252
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Here's a good reason for sensible people concerned about their world, jobs and kids' futures to reject delusional Lib/Nat climate nutjobs who stymy transition from fossil fuels, aspire to fascistic economics and promote baseless beliefs over irrefutable science. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comWhy Australia’s most prominent climate change deniers have stopped talking about the climateGlobal warming sceptics now argue it is more palatable with the electorate to pivot from climate denialism to anti-renewable energy scepticism 020
Reposted by SipaweZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 15/04/2025🚨 I have another record to share - carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged a record high of 428.2 ppm in March 2025 10 years ago March averaged about 401.7 ppm Provided by gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/. Climate monitoring and data like this are at risk. #StandUpForScience 5227101
Reposted by Sipawe💧 simon holmes à court @simonahac.bsky.social · 06/04/2025been a few months since this stupid policy was announced. dutton and price — both beholden to gina — want you to forget about their copycat musk #DOGE policy. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comPeter Dutton appoints Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to Musk-style government efficiency role in new frontbenchLong-awaited shadow cabinet reshuffle has David Coleman taking over foreign affairs portfolio from outgoing Simon Birmingham 30364153
Reposted by SipaweKatherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Day 68 into the GOP takeover: Prices are going up. Consumer confidence is plummeting. Classified info is being leaked. Social Security is being dismantled. Residents are being arrested for their political views. 770167235346
Sipawe @sipawe.bsky.social · 22/03/2025The Trumpian retreat from leadership of 'the West', betraying common interests and bullying allies, means liberal democracies need to quickly develop a new international mechanism for leadership underpinned by common interests and shared commitments without USA. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAs trust in the US collapses, leaders in Australia and around the world are frantically recalibrating | Julianne SchultzIt will be a test to see which countries are the nimblest when it comes to responding to changing economic paradigms 000
Reposted by SipaweBrooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Always be rude to fascists in every way you possibly can. Be passive-aggressive. Be confrontational. Tell them their mommies didn't love them and that it's their fault. Make them cry. They're fascists! 201694406
Reposted by SipaweLena📎 @eriksdotter.bsky.social · 07/03/2025‘It is perhaps the most paranoid, hateful, and terrifying book I have ever picked up. (I say this as someone who has read Mein Kampf.) And it comes with a warm and supportive blurb from Ohio senator J.D. Vance…’ #resist #fascism 📎 www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-hor...currentaffairs.orgThe Horrifying Fascist Manifesto Endorsed By J.D. VanceA disturbing book plans a ruthless total war against the “unhuman” left. 285
Reposted by SipaweLenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 06/03/2025just three days after Australia’s cheque cleared, the Congressional Research Service quietly issued a paper saying while the nuclear-powered attack submarines (known as SSNs) intended for Australia might be built, the US could decide to never hand them over. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...theguardian.comSurface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia?The multi-billion dollar deal was heralded as ensuring the security of the Indo-Pacific. But with America an increasingly unreliable ally, doubts are rising above the waves 52334227
