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@mrsbrisbarker.bsky.social

Sweary librarian. Allergic to wilfully stupid.

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Anyone with a pen should write this on every piece of blank wall that they see.

05.11.2025 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

SAY. THAT. SHIT!

05.11.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4834    πŸ” 759    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 21

God protect this truly brave woman who allowed her conscience to speak to her. And may the horrors of hell befall anyone who does/wishes her harm.

04.11.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FFS

04.11.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.

At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

03.11.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 13464    πŸ” 3999    πŸ’¬ 318    πŸ“Œ 158

I did think President Lee looked very pleased with himself!

03.11.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I bet that you did not know that President Lee just played the Orange Guy. I am sharing this so that you are clued in on the joke.

01.11.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 317    πŸ” 160    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 16
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Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"

01.11.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 26409    πŸ” 7726    πŸ’¬ 518    πŸ“Œ 366

2. Those bashing & blaming the Greens, yet again, forget that Tanya Plibersek & Sarah Hanson-Young, who happen to also be women, had a deal ready to be passed, before Albo & other men scuttled it. Now Albo, Murray Watt, & others chastise the Greens. A tad sexist and revisionist perhaps? You decide.

02.11.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When a politician mentions jobs in native forestry as a justification for it continuing, a real journalist would ask - every time - exactly how many jobs are there?
#AusPol #Insiders

01.11.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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As I've said over the last couple of years, my wife Virginia has been dividing her time between Canberra, our home, and Brisbane, where her family lives - her mother Maureen is in care with dementia and this happened this week...

02.11.2025 05:54 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 1

And maybe read it before submitting.

02.11.2025 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(To be clear, I emphatically believe we should still be making students do essays even if they are easier to cheat with genAI. They are crucial for teaching argumentation, research, and critical thinking. If a student gets away with cheating on one that's their problem for not learning anything)

02.11.2025 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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To all the extremely obvious astro-turfers (thank you for your attention, it's validating πŸ‘‹) in The Sunday Shot's live chat that want to see more "balance" i.e. right-wing bullshit, just watch.... I dunno, every single other show on TV? We are the balance across a decrepit landscape. You'll cope!

02.11.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 637    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 6

The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP

You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670

Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem

If you’re angry about β€œyour money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?

You’re doing their dirty work.

31.10.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 10077    πŸ” 3921    πŸ’¬ 138    πŸ“Œ 112
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Love how she cuts straight through the BS

01.11.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.

01.11.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 25689    πŸ” 7675    πŸ’¬ 531    πŸ“Œ 313
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What he said: πŸ’― 🎯

01.11.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 49215    πŸ” 13460    πŸ’¬ 1046    πŸ“Œ 577

β€œIt just gives you a sense that there are some people for whom the whip is being used so relentlessly, they can’t escape it” @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org

Was #robodebt, now #robodole. The Albanese govt continues to punch down on the most vulnerable, to profit dodgy employment services. #auspol

01.11.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..

01.11.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 20965    πŸ” 5054    πŸ’¬ 361    πŸ“Œ 369

No words. 57 this year murdered from domestic violence. However all we have heard this week is the bullshit BOM website and how bad it is. Can we please have more journalists and politicians doing more #femicide #femicide #femicide #domesticviolence #men #shameaustralia #ANYONE

01.11.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent review.

01.11.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds like heaven.

01.11.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump said China showed 'power of strength' in Tiananmen Square massacre, in newly resurfaced 1990 interview β€˜It was a horrible thing. It doesn't mean at all I was endorsing it'

It would be wise for us to remember that Trump praised China for the Tiananmen Square massacre.

01.11.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1750    πŸ” 651    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 29
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An Andrew Tate insider is helping Australian Nazis recruit teens Neo-Nazis are targeting the rich and the young to fill their ranks – and coffers. And one of Andrew Tate’s right-hand men is helping them draw boys in.

Coercive control laws exist across Australia. So shouldn’t someone whose business model relies on teaching men how to exert coercive control over women be shut down?

01.11.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Billie Ellish: β€œIf you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties.”

"an eyewitness claims Zuckerberg did not clap following Eilish’s message" 🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣

01.11.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Alvin Holsey, who ran bombings as SouthCom head, resigned with no explanation. Rep Adam Smith says Pentagon denied request for testimony and Rs aren't pushing for it.

"We need to hear: Did he quit because he believed he was being given illegal orders?”

New details:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

31.10.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 473    πŸ” 158    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 9

China knows that with the upcoming demand of AI & data centres cheap renewable energy is required on a massive scale.
China will exceed net zero by 2035 and we will be forever playing catchup up as a third world country were only the rich can afford to live

01.11.2025 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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