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Emma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m really proud of this episode - Richard Tanter has done some outstanding research on the extent of the US military footprint in Aus, and as he says, it’s pretty shocking. All of his research is publicly available too:

ausbases.au

Australian defence facilities and US access

Public evidence and analysis of US access to Australian defence and intelligence facilities.

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I wish they left the boys behind entirely and actually have the women on screen the attention they need. The payoff between the striker and coach this episode was completely unearned

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I lowkey hate the new Ted Lasso season. It’s saccharine, spends too much time on fan service and underdevelops the new characters that this season is ostensibly about. Also I hate the cringe girlboss feminism thing they keep leaning on

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A brief google search tells me that America spends just over 4 trillion on personal healthcare.. maybe woke Donnie can fund Medicare for all 😂

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Interesting episode but I don’t share her optimism around Aus’s social media laws. Those laws have largely succeeded in expanding big tech’s surveillance power over us not protect kids.

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I considered typing “Allan is such a diva” but was worried it wouldn’t translate 😂

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Allan is so good verbalising what I’m thinking while being witty and sassy

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

God forbid we live in a world where sovereignty doesn’t hinge on our mutual ability to blow each other up

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Truly iconic comment on @emmavigeland.bsky.social’s interview of McMorrow with Matt Bernstein. This made me laugh for way longer then it should have

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I’ve come to conclude that the security bro’s genuinely can’t comprehend that the people who get bombed are real. I think they’re fake people in their head

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Watched devil wears prada 2 - a film that gestures at the idea of having something to say and then ignores it’s own message in lieu of actually writing a story that criticises the power structures that led to the plot of the film.

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Is there a poll number that would prompt labor to scrap aukus? It seems like a complete vacuum of democracy on this policy

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I stg if we have another pandemic right after I’ve moved to Melbourne with no friends and I’m locked down in my apartment by myself I’m gonna be real salty

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Dan describing how Jimmy doesn’t understand metaphor via the squid game drama is so telling. Jimmy never had the attention to follow a story and doesn’t understand why a story is good. He’s trying to learn story telling from 1st principal with no one around to tell him to read a book

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Having watched all of folding idea’s vids on Mr Beast, it’s comical and heartbreaking that Jimmy clearly wants to make stories but is incapable of knowing what good stories are because he doesn’t watch or read any.

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

As an autistic child/teen Terry Pratchett’s writing was a shining light in the darkness - his books taught me so much about people, our idiosyncrasies and how we often don’t make sense, and that’s ok. His writing shaped my early sense of justice and humour. GNU Sir Terry Pratchett

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Financial waste in NDIS is not done by disabled people, but wealthy middle men abusing the system. Labor should be looking to examples set internationally like Zohran to see how to message around fiscal responsibility while centering the needs of the most vulnerable.

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

My god the labor party are truly the party of cowards now, clearly signaling they’re not going to consider a gas tax. The political will from the public is there and yet they’d rather save money by cutting ndis

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I swear every episode of After America I can hear a bit more of @emmashortis.bsky.social soul leave her body 🥲 It’s very relatable

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Emma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Last week at the Press Club the Prime Minister said (again) that the US is Australia’s most important security ally. We’d better hope his office is doing everything they can to leverage that right now. If Trump follows through and gives the order, there’s every likelihood it comes through here.

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Has there been any recent cases of officers disobeying orders? I guess we wouldn’t know from the current war but there’s plenty of war crimes happening

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

It feels incredibly cursed to say I really appreciate her aging gracefully about someone not even 40 but I guess that’s where the industry is at

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Watching Ponies and I mean this in the best way - I LOVE how expressive Emilia Clarke’s face is. She’s so beautiful and has such expressiveness

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Perhaps even high speed rail between capital cities given jet fuel is also clearly an unreliable asset

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Wouldn’t it be nice if the labor party used this crisis as a push to build electrified train and tram infrastructure nationally

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

@australiainstitute.org.au would love a search function on the Point website!! Or am I stupid and missing it… And slightly nerdier request but an RSS feed link would be great

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Watched one battle last night and my conclusion coming out is gd I really gotta learn how to make a radio I guess, the surveillance state is only getting worse

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I just discovered someone I studied at uni with works at Anthropic now???? I’m crashing out - Do I know someone who went on to help develop the warcrime generator 10000

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Israel and America rediscovering in real time that laws of war weren’t created from some sort of hippy good will but out lessons learnt that when you do terrible things to your enemy, they do them back to you.

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Dude trump probably HATES the guy who collapsed behind him. Way to upstage him

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Dude what is Trump’s obsession with stairs LMAO

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I don’t think this is quite what you’re looking for but certainly gives some insight into the minds of two dyed in the wool maga youtu.be/-HhuK2610uQ?...

youtu.be

MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS IS MY BEST "DEBATE" YET

YouTube video by HasanAbi

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Omfg the liberal and national party leaders is the most cursed blunt rotation you could imagine

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

And there it is. Actually insane given how overwhelming the evidence is in support of care for trans people.

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Omg y’all everyone watch this queer short film starring Vic Michaelis and Ava Lalezarzadeh. It’s achingly beautiful and was exactly what I needed right now to feel hope that we will always have community youtu.be/Z2rObPKVqm8?...

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Dandelion | Award-Winning Queer Short Film

YouTube video by Dandelion

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Amongst all the other terrible news, there’s some pretty fucked anti-trans laws being passed in various US states. Along with terf actions getting increasingly violent in the UK. Not a fun time to be gender diverse

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Seems to be a type of online American military enthusiast that seems to view civilian casualties as par for the course but god forbid the US navy is dishonourable in killing an unarmed military unit. To be clear, I think both are bad.

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I don’t know if it’s just the internet I’m being exposed to but it feels like people are more mad about the Iranian sailors being killed than the school girls.

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Appalling. Are we now legitimate military targets? What does the government say to the Iranian Australians living here and abroad. Shameful

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Emma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Is Australia already involved in the US and Israel's illegal war on Iran? This morning, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that a US submarine sunk an Iranian ship in international waters off the coast of Sri Lanka.

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Crazy how Israel and the US seem to have carte Blanche to commit war crimes and Australian outlets won’t even consider a shred of criticism. Our media so beholden to US interests

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

If zverev has no more haters it’s because I’m dead

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

If Zverev gets through because Carlos is injured I’m going to have an aneurysm

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Lara @thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I like to imagine that once a day you and Greg go into a quiet chamber somewhere in the office and scream at the walls and then walk out and put on a smile

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