Bill Russell

Stop making people upload their ID to use an app

"Is any given bombing in Italy the work of leftist extremists, or extreme-right provocation, or a centrist mise-en-scène to discredit all extreme terrorists and to shore up its own failing power, or again, is it a police-inspired scenario and a form of blackmail to pub..."
- Simulacra and Simulation

tweet that reads: Lady behind me at The Thing screening last night to her partner "why are they shooting at the dog?" and her partner says very firmly "have you never seen a film before? You watch it and information is revealed"

i think about this post every time i watch a movie

Just remember: Saying "rest in piss" is political violence but organizing buses to drive people to the coup is practicing politics the right way.

Just pathetic. A halfway decent assembly of courtiers would at least include a jester and a cool robed vizier.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - “Tender Prey”
and/or “Let Love In”

How the Media Fuelled The “March For Australia”, Israel's Gaza Endgame, and News Corp Backs Extremism Podcast Episode · Lamestream · 02/09/2025 · 1h 7m

New podcast on my experience covering the March for Australia on the ground, how the media fuelled the protests, and the political reaction: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/l...

How mainstream media and politicians fuelled Australia's biggest far-right rally Six takeaways from the March for Australia and why it should be a wake-up call.

It would be a massive mistake for progressive folk to convince themselves the March for Australia was a bust, or can safely be ridiculed.

It was an alarming escalation of far-right action, and we need to reckon with it.

More thoughts (un-paywalled) here:

www.lamestream.com.au/how-mainstre...

Do journalists have ethics?

It looks like he’s wearing a mask made out of his own face somehow.

alt text:

"Multiple cybersecurity experts that the ABC has spoken with say they have not yet seen any evidence to suggest Gaza-focused crowdfunding campaigns are being targeted by online scammers."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

This made me laugh-cry-pee a little… 10/10, no notes

This is a disaster that will result in another dark age imho…

For Iran Casualty Counts, Western Media Leaned Heavily on U.S.-Funded Iranian Rights Groups During the 12-day war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, Western media relied heavily upon a U.S.-based “human rights organization” when it came to counting the dead from Israeli strikes, and classif...

Great read. It is still useful to document attempts to manufacture consent, regardless of how paltry and pathetic they are these days.

Hey @npr.org, I don't think we need to both-sides germ theory. Also why is this person quoted in the story? What expertise does he bring that warrants him being the final voice heard on the subject? Everyone else you talked to is a doctor! freopp.org/team/the-fre...

Certainly the most powerful ad of the Australian federal election campaign so far.

A poem by Langston Hughes titled "Tired". It reads as the following: "I am so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife And cut the world in two -- And see what worms are eating At the rind."

I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever.

#books #reading #booksky #poetry

if you took every billionaire on earth and stacked them on top of each other starting at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, that would be great

VETERINARIAN: i have good news and bad news

SCHRÖDINGER: oh hell yeah

Tom Waits