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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Not delivering any Aukus nuclear submarines to Australia explored as option in US congressional report
Report offers alternative of the US navy retaining boats and operating them out of Australian bases
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 29/01/2026
Opinion | Reporting about the Perth attempted bombing spoke in the voice of bureaucracy, as if describing a traffic incident. There was no shock, no reckoning, no pause, @mrdtjames.bsky.social writes.
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The muted response to the Perth bombing exposes a pattern of national indifference
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
13/ Never Mind The White Nationalist Bollocks, Here's The Invasion Day Rally On Gadigal Land (via David Brophy):
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Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
ChatGPT is a scapegoat. It may lift the quality of work of the worst students, but universities were already giving poor work a passing grade. It is the universities who broke trust first -- not the students. On @thepointau.bsky.social -- thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Students are only fake learning because universities are fake teaching
Artificial Intelligence is improving exponentially. There is a real threat that it could upend employment, security, art and even what it means to be human.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Time to end AUKUS, remove US bases and chart an independent, principled and safe defence and foreign policy for Australia. Cringing in fear under the tattered US umbrella while it’s being used to beat up US allies is no longer a credible plan.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The United States is now punishing close NATO allies because they oppose him invading and stealing Greenland. The response of the Australian Labor Party and the Coalition is silence, pretend it’s normal and build even more US bases here. They are endangering our national safety.
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Perhaps bad news for Trump that abduction of heads of state is now greenlit.
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
So Trump is announcing plans to orchestra a coup in Guatemala to protect banana producers? Im sure I saw this episode before.
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I'm calling it the mail loneliness epidemic
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
@joshtpm.bsky.social that pulte guy has 3m followers because he's a meme stock pump and dumper
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
"Once you’ve built the system to block kids from YouTube, you’ve built the system to block anyone from anything. And that system will be irresistible to future governments with different ideas about what content people need to be 'protected' from." — @mmasnick.bsky.social in @techdirt.com
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Australia Completely Loses The Plot, Plans To Ban Kids From Watching YouTube
Last fall, heavily influenced by Jonathan Haidt’s extremely problematic book, Australia announced that it was banning social media for everyone under the age of 16. This was already a horrifically …
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Sorry wrong file.
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
New footage from Trumps latest press conference just dropped.
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a man is peeking out from behind some leaves with a star on his face
ALT: a man is peeking out from behind some leaves with a star on his face
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
youtu.be
Will Trump's Tariffs Affect Australia? | Richard Denniss on CNN
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Please use the Dutch Reach (opposite side hand to open car doors). Real 🤢 moment this morning.
The Dutch Reach (a method for drivers to avoid opening their door into passing cyclists)
1 Reaching for the door handle with your left hand
2 Forces you to look back over your shoulder and back down the road
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
So uh... how exactly is America going to host the World Cup next year with all these travel and immigration restrictions?
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Rising Tide Australia @risingtideaus.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
We just shut down a press conference of Federal Shadow Treasurer, Angus Taylor! Shaun Murray, of Rising Tide asked: "Why are you asking taxpayers to fund nuclear power, when it's going to drive up energy prices?" Nuclear is too risky. Too costly. Too late. #auspol
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
So glad @australiainstitute.org.au actually discussing the national budget sensibl. Why is Australian Federal budget discussion always: Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 Timeshare Submarine $368,000,000,000 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I really wonder if it's possible that australia will come to see the horror they unleashed by immigration 'solutions' involving creating territorial leagalistic fictions and foreign states paid to go along with it.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Australia is not just the largest cash buyer of US military equipment in the world (no subsidies), we are the only country that actually subsidises US military capability. Colby needs to be told to fuck himself, and that our defence budget is what we choose www.defenceconnect.com.au/geopolitics-...
defenceconnect.com.au
US Pentagon hopeful confirms 3% is the floor, not the ceiling in warning to Australia
Donald Trump’s choice to be under-secretary of defence for policy at the Pentagon, Elbridge Colby, has put Australia’s policymakers on notice, warning that this new administration expects ...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 07/03/2025
Can we just say this out loud? The muted and almost light tone of coverage of this guy breaking into an airport and managing to board a plane with a LOADED SHOTGUN would be wildly different if he wasn't white.
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Shearer who tackled alleged gun-wielding teen gets hero's welcome from Jetstar staff
Shearing contractor Barry Clark arrived in Sydney on Friday to cheers from Jetstar staff, thanking him for his quick actions to subdue a 17-year-old who allegedly had a shotgun.
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Vaxatious Litigant 💉 @exposingnv.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Malcolm Turnbull: “When you see Trump with Putin, as I have on a few occasions, he’s like the 12-year-old boy that goes to high school & meets the captain of the football team. ‘My hero!’ It’s really creepy…the creepiness was palpable”
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Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Unbelievable news. Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers. New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Lots of "Very Serious People" don't want to admit what is plain and obvious and in front of our eyes and explains so much: Donald Trump and Elon Musk are two of the most ignorant and uninformed people to ever be allowed near public office anywhere in the western world. It's obvious to all of us.
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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🌭 stevia nicks @muffinlab.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
But not Australia. A truly shameful moment. The Albanese govt is an integrity vacuum.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Good morning - if you'd like to join me for parliament, the Australia Institute Live parliamentary blog soft launch is happening here - live.australiainstitute.org.au It is still in its infancy (born today!) and I am a nervous new parent fueled by coffee and insecurity, but come join!
live.australiainstitute.org.au
Australia Institute Live – Daily updates from The Australia Institute
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Just re-upping this again because the Temu Trumps in the LNP insist on bringing every culture war here: the Morrison govt spent $20.8bn on consultants in its final year - the equivalent of 54,000 FT public servants. The private sector benefits with govt cuts. No one else.
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Came across this little bloke on a ride today.
An echidna living his best life, crossing a bike path.
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
She tool some bro's metaphorical handwaving as fact, LOL.
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
It is 25% of the 2021-2030 emissions budget.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 19/12/2024
"I see opening coal mines as a crime. This is my message on the Australian government's decision to approve 3 new coal mines." - Rabweena Ieete, #climate change activist, Kiribati The Environment Minister has just approved 3 new mine expansions – Caval Ridge, Boggabri mine & Lake Vermont #auspol
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 19/12/2024
The Petroleum Resource Rent Tax's purpose is to ensure Australians get a fair return for our gas resources. Despite the Government's tweaks, recent estimates for PRRT collected are DOWN. It's time gas companies paid their fair share. Add your name > theaus.in/increasePRRT
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
This fucking guy near the levers of power. SMDH. 1) Encouraging reactionary conspiratorial antiscience can't be good for his businesses. Dude makes brain chips, autonomous vehicles and 'AI'. 2) As if actual bioweapon lab funding is not off books.
Elon musk replying to a libs of toktok post about funding biocontainment facilities. "Were funding bioweapon labs in this bill!"
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
A significant issue with @caitlinecassidy.bsky.social 's piece in the guardian today, claiming no issue with leaked VCE exam beacuse look at the ATAR results overlooks what ATAR is. Of course 5% get 95+. It will always be thus. It's a percentile rank. It shows nothing about changes between years.
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Numeracy slipping as Atar results show VCE leak had little impact on scores
Majority of students meet reading and writing standards but 7% are failing to reach numeracy standards
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TheBlindboyPodcast @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
New podcast. This is about experiencing autistic burnout and eating sweets that taste like bleach. open.spotify.com/episode/6km0...
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How I navigate my mental health using Turkish arse lozenges
The Blindboy Podcast · Episode
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I just finished @squigglyrick.bsky.social's great robodebt book 'Mean Streak'. So many off ramps, seemingly deliberately ignored. Watching Paul Breretons defence of the NACC decision recently it is so apparent how inadequate his performance has been www.youtube.com/live/8qPpD9e...
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 23/11/2024
PSA: MODERATION LISTS ARE MIGRATING FROM THIS ACCOUNT to @skysentry.bsky.social If you're subscribed to any of the lists, please re-subscribe to them at the new owner by November 30th, after which I will no longer be maintaining them, and the lists will be removed from this account. Thank you.
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Isa Chandra Moskowitz @isachandra.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Just in time I posted a recipe for Faux Stuffed Turki Roast! Ok maybe it’s a week too late but still. www.theppk.com/2024/11/stuf...
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gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I like this blocklist which blocks anyone with “MAGA” in their bio bsky.app/profile/did:...
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Text from The Guardian Australia. 

The 30-year-old was arrested at Sydney airport in April last year after being questioned by Australian Border Force officers about the 24-carat gold-plated pistol, worth about $3,000, in her luggage.

The court was previously told Goodson came to Australia to attend clown school.
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 23/09/2024
If you worry that mass-blocking on Bluesky is too easy, you may be failing to grasp Bluesky's design goals. Bluesky delegates community safety to communities, providing them with efficient means for community self-defense. TERFs can be here too. Just not in community with their victims. Simple as.
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uprightsquire.bsky.social @uprightsquire.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
This is a episode TV from Australia in 2002 about it youtu.be/XCFPwbt6uzA?...
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Foo Fighters AIDS denialism - John Safran's Music Jamboree
From the excellent 2002 Australian series 'John Safran's Music Jamboree'. Not politics related but a good look at something that rarely seems to be mentioned...
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 16/09/2023
If you've made it to the end of this thread, my only request is that you share it with others. So many people suffered because of this denialism, and it frankly burns me up that this dark legacy has been made to disappear without a fuss. www.motherjones.com/politics/200...
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Foo Fighters, HIV Deniers
A platinum-selling alt-rock group may be endangering their fans by promoting a dangerous myth.
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 17/09/2023
I made a few notes on the blog about the nazi attack on the anti-fascist benefit gig in Thornbury on Friday; infos is being sought from the public in order to help identify several of the attackers, so please feel free to share. slackbastard.anarchobase.com?p=50928
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Neo-Nazis attack anti-fascist benefit gig in Thornbury, Friday September 15
TLDR: On Friday night, a small group of neo-Nazis armed with knives attempted to disrupt an anti-fascist benefit gig in Thornbury. Happily, the cowards were chased away by attendees. Currently, whi…
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11/09/2023
- The rate of renewable energy growth is (a) insufficient to hit an 82% by 2030 target and (b) decelerating (!!) This is actually totally achievable, they just need to do a smidgen more than 'nothing'. But they're sticking with nothing, because that's what they do
a chart showing falling investment in renewables i nAus since 2018 - it's so bada chart showing renewable growth rate as a percent, too slow to reach 82% but still possible with some effort
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