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Historian, policy nerd, anti-fascist, eco-socialist, animal lover, First Nations & πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ ally. Keeping a watching brief on the dismantling of secular democracy in the US and the warning signs for Australia.

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That’s great news! Thanks for replying. There are a lot of TikTok users here who will be very keen to migrate given what.’s happening on that platform. Can’t wait for Skylight. 😁

21.08.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m in Australia and just tried to download Skylight Social, only to find out that the app is not available in my region. When do you think Australia will be included?

21.08.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How the media manufactured Hamas' praise for Anthony Albanese First of all, here's what we have for you this week: * Killer Grabs: Quotes from around the traps. * The curious case of Hamas' praise for Anthony Albanese β€” By Osman Faruqi and Scott Mitchell * T...

Big story from us: How the media manufactured Hamas’ praise of Anthony Albanese www.lamestream.com.au/did-hamas-re...

14.08.2025 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 182    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5
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Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it - The Shot Capitalism and democracy, despite what you’ve been led to believe, are not the same thing. Capitalism eats democracy if unsupervised.

Here's me.

'Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it'

28.02.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 864    πŸ” 305    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 29
Peter Dutton | Clairvoyant Investor
YouTube video by friendlyjordies Peter Dutton | Clairvoyant Investor

FriendlyJordies on Dutton’s suspect share trading

youtube.com/shorts/oQQoI...

26.02.2025 06:51 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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β€œThey’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.

GOP Senators and House members are scared of being murdered by Trump supporters if they don’t support Trump. This is fascism in America. My latest:

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

20.02.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 657    πŸ” 307    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 64

Devastatingly sad, Rob.

19.02.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here’s another troubling development in the US. The Trump/Musk regime is now moving on the National Archives.

18.02.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Plot Against America How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America

Here’s the history of the ideology underpinning the actions of the Trump/Musk regime and the Project 2025 policies. When you know the rationale, it makes a kind of horrible sense.

www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...

17.02.2025 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Autogolpe What’s really happening beneath the Musk/Trump chaos

Don't just ask how Musk/Trump actions serve their supposed purposes. Ask how they aid the attempt to seize power paulkrugman.substack.com/p/autogolpe

07.02.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1589    πŸ” 530    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 93
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All in plain sight.

Please share this image with your friends, family, colleagues - in your messaging groups, on your FB!

There's nothing we can do about the US, but there's a lot we can do to make sure it doesn't happen to us - especially in an election year. Time to step up! #auspol

05.02.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 345    πŸ” 231    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 17

It’s great, isn’t it?

06.02.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Seeing lots of good anti-Dutton content from young creators. Much more hard hitting than the stuff produced by Labor.

06.02.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re MIA on TikTok.

06.02.2025 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If ever you were in any doubt about who sponsors the #LNP, watch this video from @friendlyjordies.bsky.social. #Dutton admits he wants to β€˜turbocharge’ the mining industry, defund the Environmental Defenders Office & limit challenges to decisions. #auspol bsky.app/profile/slap...

@friendlyjo

02.02.2025 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Podcast or livestream?

01.02.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Time we used the right labels. The LNP aren’t conservative small β€˜L’ liberals any more. They’re an authoritarian far right political group, primarily concerned with protecting the interests of wealthy individuals & corporations and looking to emulate Project 2025 in Australia. #auspol #insiders

01.02.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beware the Gaslight: A Voter's Checklist for Political Manipulation How to Recognise and Resist Deceptive Political Tactics and avoid β€˜Trump Australian Style’

Beware the Gaslight: A Voter's Checklist for Political Manipulation.
How to Recognise and Resist Deceptive Political Tactics and avoid β€˜Trump Australian Style’

#auspol
@deniseshrivell.bsky.social
@zoedaniel.bsky.social

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29.01.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
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Australian voters,
Coles and Woolworths have joined forces with Kmart and Costco to publicly support the ARA's application to the Fair Work Commission to scrap overtime, evening and weekend penalty rates, and work breaks. If this goes through it will be used as a precedent everywhere. #AusVotes2025

28.01.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 511    πŸ” 298    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 41

Especially but not only if you have a Qld postcode, please consider supporting this.

28.01.2025 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Spot on. It was 1982. I felt privileged to see them. Loved Joe Strummer. Such a terrific performance. Your mention of the Dean Bros reminds me of watching the news of Cloudland’s demolition in disbelief. So many memories gone overnight.

23.01.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Saw The Clash live at Cloudland Ballroom in Brisbane before this beautiful old building was demolished on the orders of the Bjelke Petersen government. Brilliant show. Saw a very early Midnight Oil gig at Qld Uni. Equally great live. Good times.

23.01.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s just that are lots of shelters now using TikTok very effectively to promote rescues and urgent adoptions to save dogs from euthanasia lists. That’s why I asked. I thought maybe I could organise some help. Heartbreaking to see another soul abandoned in this way. The ultimate betrayal. πŸ’”

23.01.2025 06:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Same applies in Australia, except here, we keep them in out of the heat in Dec/Jan. it reached 116 degrees in Perth two days ago.

23.01.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

White Swiss Shepherd - an Arctic breed too. Way too much floof.

23.01.2025 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Where is this dog? What shelter?

23.01.2025 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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So cruel. πŸ˜‚ Looks are why we keep this guy around too.

23.01.2025 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful girl!

23.01.2025 05:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She was so lucky. I hope she’s doing well now. 😊

23.01.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
X post from Jennifer Griffin at Fox News, at 6:10 PM. β€œ100 US troops are already en route to the border. A senior Marine official I spoke to said:
The 500 Marines being sent from being on stand by to help with the California fires will be armed and have magazines in their weapons, unlike during past border missions. The Marines are planning for up to 2500 Marines being sent to the border if requested. The Marines, I am told, are treating this deployment as they would any other emergency contingency (evacuating an Embassy, deploying to a war zone). β€œOur response will be immediate. We are going in ready to respond. If the cartels shoot at us we will not stand by,” this Marine official told me. "We will be taking whatever equipment we would send if a Marine Expeditionary Unit or MEU were deploying overseas."

X post from Jennifer Griffin at Fox News, at 6:10 PM. β€œ100 US troops are already en route to the border. A senior Marine official I spoke to said: The 500 Marines being sent from being on stand by to help with the California fires will be armed and have magazines in their weapons, unlike during past border missions. The Marines are planning for up to 2500 Marines being sent to the border if requested. The Marines, I am told, are treating this deployment as they would any other emergency contingency (evacuating an Embassy, deploying to a war zone). β€œOur response will be immediate. We are going in ready to respond. If the cartels shoot at us we will not stand by,” this Marine official told me. "We will be taking whatever equipment we would send if a Marine Expeditionary Unit or MEU were deploying overseas."

Trump just took 500 Marines on standby to help with escalating California wildfires and sent them to the border instead, where migrant crossings have been at the lowest level they’ve been in years since July. Unbelievable.

And apparently armed, which is new. This is a disaster waiting to happen.

22.01.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1177    πŸ” 491    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 53

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