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@slarty-bartfast.bsky.social
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I’m quite the bleeding heart lefty. I like science. Umm, I loathe the LNP & am often disappointed by Labor. I left the Twattersphere because I like discussion not argument. Oh, I own a sailing boat, which is why I teeter on the razor’s edge of bankruptcy

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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 17h
Ignorance was shown the door!
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 2h
The world needs socialism more than ever.
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 2h
They’ll eat your cats and dogs, too.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 9h
Neoliberalism has never worked where it’s been tried, but the rich love it so it’s not going anywhere. Listen here or wherever you listen to your podcasts! ⤵️ australiainstitute.org.au/post/whats-the-point-of-neoliberalism/
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 5h
The super-power of Nigel Farage ... "AbsenteeMan" meme via Stephen Fisher
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 5h
Time to take it up to the greedy parasites; aka our supermarket duopoly. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h
Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Everyone should watch ’7 Up’. Simply the greatest documentary series ever made. 12 of the 20 kids of 1964 were still involved. Some have recently died. Really amazing series. Neil is still going, if you know the earlier shows. I’m not crying, you are!
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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
👇🏻& most of the rest of the world are paying for it. I blame the capitalist loving magats for the mess trump/gop created. Blood on their hands. All of them.
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Stejwill @stejwill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And it’s about time the government administered programs like these properly so the dodgy service providers are caught and prosecuted and the service recipients aren’t prejudiced by having their access to the system curtailed. It’s not their fault!
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Michael Pascoe @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Flying High Dubai. MWM responds to ABC Media Watch - Michael West share.google/qJbhVJKHgysp...
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Flying High Dubai. MWM responds to ABC Media Watch - Michael West
ABC Media Watch has accused this reporter of "perpetuating unsubstantiated conspiracy theories" online. We say the ABC has failed
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Guess which other narcissistic, mentally unstable authoritarian leader called for an arch and a ballroom to be built as grand monuments to his glory. I'm sure it's just a coincidence . . .
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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Big oil goes to DC for relief from SCOTUS.
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why do these billionaires always look like they need wash?
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"We should financially support truth-telling news outlets and boycott those that spread lies." Mark's advice is no less applicable to Australia, where Murdoch controls the majority of legacy media. And even our public broadcaster is morphing into NewsCorp-lite. #auspol
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/10/2026
In new guidance, the American Academy of Pediatrics says unpasteurized dairy is unsafe and offers no proven health benefits. They are calling for a ban on the sale and distribution of it.
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Pediatricians renew their call for a ban on raw milk
In new guidance, the American Academy of Pediatrics says unpasteurized dairy is unsafe and offers no proven health benefits.
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Are there any decent people on Trump’s team? Any at all?
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Things are getting rather interesting over at Reform UK. Nigel Farage has now been questioned by the parliamentary standards commissioner over the £5 million gift he received "Nigel Farage questioned by standards commissioner over £5m gift" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
International law isn’t dead. It’s being tested. Australia can prove it matters Emily Crawford reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/international-la…
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whatever a ‘TL’ is. It’s school holidays here and my grandchildren are about to descend for a day’s sailing. I haven’t altered my point of view: Killing one’s citizens is an act of barbarity.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Productivity = output/input. Receiving no #AUKUS subs (output) at a cost of billions (input) = zero productivity. As an aside, it does nothing for national security either. #TipForTheTreasurer #auspol
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Australia is closing in on the world's highest rates. Only one country is in front
Why has Iceland's interest rate been set so high?
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Which flaws? My position is that executing one’s citizens is barbaric. Is Australia perfect? Not by a long chalk. We have a dark history &we have a burgeoning MAGA. The Voice referendum hit home, it remains a national shame. More than50% of our government is female. BUT we don’t kill our citizens.
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The actions of a few? Gallup's October 2025 poll found 52% in favour of the death penalty.
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Do you personally support state sanctioned execution?
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Your Federal government does. The last ones were in Trump's first term, when 13 federal prisoners were put to death by lethal injection in the final months before January 2021.
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You actually prefer fawning agreement. Be honest, only barbaric nations continue to kill their citizens. Block me - until five minutes ago I’d never heard of you. I’m sure I shall survive the ordeal, somehow. You want reasoned debate? You really want confirmation.
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nice attempt at deflection. We don’t execute our citizens. Ironically, the white perpetrators of the last massacre of natives in the early 1930s, were hanged. Misogyny? More than 50% of government members are women. Try reading.
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Israeli AI cameras livestreamed a Ballarat Basketball game. Then a female player was allegedly contacted by a man who had a family violence intervention order against him. “No one should have to choose between their safety and participating in sport.” www.deepcutnews.com/p/israeli-ai...
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Israeli AI streamed a Ballarat basketball game. Then an alleged family violence breach.
Basketball Australia’s Pixellot rollout is putting women and children at risk – and players are paying for it
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Basketball Australia is rolling out Israeli AI system Pixellot to record games of children, and requiring players to pay for the system with a mandatory fee.
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We no longer trust America &realise now, we never should. We fought beside America in every military frolic in the last 80yrs from Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, to Afghan & you treat us like shit. We are paying for your submarine building. 1st thing we should have dropped when Trump imposed tariffs.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Is that meant as an insult? The English (I assume that’s who you mean) haven’t executed anyone since the early 1960s. I’m Australian, in point of fact, and our last execution was 1967. Americans love violence, apparently.
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m uncertain what you mean.
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A civilised nation wherein we don’t kill our own citizens. Americans seek vengeance not justice. It’s barbaric.
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Americans seems to be a quite barbaric race.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The collective ignorance of MAGA, a cult that mindlessly repeats whatever they've been told by liars—and knows no actual history.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI isn't reliable enough to get even a hamburger order right, but reckless Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pushing to expand artificial intelligence across the U.S. military, including AI-enabled targeting. "Would you like fries with that obliterated girls' school?"
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"I'd rather get free money from the government than have socialism, which just teaches lazy, stupid folks they don't have to work for money they get, y'all!!!"
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tories to hand free childcare to those earning more than £100,000, would cost £700m to the public purse. Previously, they pledged cuts to universal credit, housing benefit, support for the long term unemployed. Continuation of the Tory war on less well-off.
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Tories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch says
Kemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working more
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 01/10/2026
There’s a war on Iran choking global oil supplies, an artificial intelligence boom & a US president torpedoing the global trading system. But inflation simply MUST be normal, according to the RBA. 🎧 theaus.in/4hWT057 @grogsgamut.bsky.social @skyelark.bsky.social #auspol
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NEW EPISODE | New world, same Reserve Bank
Listen to the latest episode of Dollars & Sense now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts
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slarty-bartfast.bsky.social @slarty-bartfast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What a cock-ip. American barbarism and incompetence Vile.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/09/2026
UN experts call for halt to Trump policy of migrant deportations to third countries reut.rs/4yqeU6S
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UN experts call for halt to Trump policy of migrant deportations to third countries
More than a dozen UN human rights experts have written to the US government urging a halt to policies that they said on ​Monday were putting migrants at heightened risk of abuse, including torture ‌and persecution, by deporting them to countries other than their own.
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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · 28/09/2026
The invisible performance of ‘masking’ ADHD symptoms is exhausting
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The invisible performance of ‘masking’ ADHD symptoms is exhausting
ADHD isn’t just about experiencing fidgeting, distractibility, forgetfulness or restlessness; it’s also about the hidden work adults do to hide those symptoms in their everyday lives.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026
🚨 Ed Miliband: "Europe is not just our geography, but so much more. "And on economics, on defence, on security, I say to this conference: our future lies in a stronger, deeper partnership with the European Union."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The U.S. owes $40 trillion in debt. Everyone has an opinion about why. But there’s one question you almost never hear asked: Who’s actually getting paid?
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