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A disciple of Brandolini's Law tangled up in media and politics. The only ‘abundance’ is stupidity. Everything else is precious. It’s a pity we’re so bad at the whole ‘equitable distribution’ thing.

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same function as the veil worn while eating ortalan

04.03.2026 01:38 — 👍 88    🔁 17    💬 4    📌 0
Is the US at war with Iran, and will it put boots on the ground?

Is the US at war with Iran, and will it put boots on the ground?

Is the US at war with Iran, and will it put boots on the ground? https://aje.news/2le6it

04.03.2026 03:00 — 👍 38    🔁 8    💬 10    📌 0

Cosign. That place has just melted everyone's mind.

04.03.2026 01:47 — 👍 90    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 0
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Packer's $150,000 donation to Advance a 'worrying' sign for Liberals Liberals say billionaire James Packer's first political donation in 12 years to a conservative lobby group should be a cause for concern, saying the rise of Advance could push the party further from t...

Packer donation: Details are emerging of a $150,000 donation from billionaire James Packer to Advance, a lobby group opposed to "mass immigration" and net zero climate policy. Concerned Liberals have told the ABC it's a "bad sign" for their party.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

04.03.2026 01:56 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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If Westerners Could Wrap Their Minds Around What War Really Is Reading by Tim Foley:

If Westerners Could Wrap Their Minds Around What War Really Is

We’ve never had the experience of seeing our child’s shredded body after a blast and thinking about how we’d carefully helped them dress that precious body for school just hours before.

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/if-western...

03.03.2026 02:12 — 👍 196    🔁 119    💬 8    📌 7
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How do billionaires manage to accumulate such obscene wealth? Because of this 👇

The mega rich simply buy political parties and policy outcomes to entrench their power and status while wages fall and life for millions of Australians gets harder.

It's time we taxed them.

04.03.2026 01:56 — 👍 64    🔁 38    💬 11    📌 0

A POLITICIAN
CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

THEREFORE A POLITICIAN MUST NEVER
MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION

03.03.2026 20:13 — 👍 151    🔁 34    💬 1    📌 0

Absolutely nuts. I fired up Google Gemini and asked it a bunch of questions about my own field — areas I know really well, that I write and publish in.

Literally the first paper that it told me about had a hallucinated author name

03.03.2026 22:10 — 👍 244    🔁 52    💬 12    📌 4

When a child rapist threatens you.

03.03.2026 20:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Markets latest: Gas price soars 93% since start of conflict Drone strikes across the Middle East and Iran's effective closure of a key shipping route are spooking investors and traders. Follow the latest on the global markets.

This is a good moment for Europe & UK to remember that they can stick up wind and solar, insulates houses, far quicker than they can find new gas in e.g. North Sea

If you're chasing more gas, it's now a case of which unreliable regime you prefer to depend on

news.sky.com/story/market...

03.03.2026 09:08 — 👍 338    🔁 139    💬 3    📌 9
03.03.2026 03:17 — 👍 78    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0

Only the sickest men.

02.03.2026 22:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oil price in 2002: USD$23 per barrel
Oil price in 2012: USD$112 per barrel

02.03.2026 12:25 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Someone please parachute this haircut-with-eyes into a free-fire zone.

02.03.2026 22:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Albanese’s decision will follow him into the history books – and define us too Anthony Albanese’s refusal to assist Australian women and children in Syrian detention camps may prove to be the defining act of his prime ministership – not for its prudence, but for what it reveals about leadership, moral courage and the limits of political calculation.

Anthony Albanese’s refusal to assist Australian women and children in Syrian detention camps will define his prime ministership, not as caution but as moral failure and political smallness, writes Jack Waterford.
#AustralianPolitics #Syria #HumanRights #Leadership

02.03.2026 21:30 — 👍 45    🔁 19    💬 4    📌 2
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I hate how accurate this tweet is.

01.03.2026 15:05 — 👍 18811    🔁 5408    💬 424    📌 227

Oil price in 2002: USD$23 per barrel
Oil price in 2012: USD$112 per barrel

02.03.2026 12:25 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Old enough to remember Rupert Murdoch saying the illlegal 2003 bombing and invasion of Iraq (to seize its oil after a disinfo campaign about nuclear weapons) would drop oil to $20 a barrel and thus a booming economy. Millions of Iraqis died. OIl prices went up🇺🇸💰🤑.

02.03.2026 12:09 — 👍 14    🔁 11    💬 4    📌 0
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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

28.02.2026 16:09 — 👍 12722    🔁 5153    💬 81    📌 174

Woops.

02.03.2026 12:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He was never a warrior. Of any persuasion. What he always was, and continues to be, is an opportunist. Using whatever circumstances he happens to find himself in to advance his ow political position. And gradually, bit by bit, Stephen-Bradbury-like, he has floated to the top. Like a Bondi cigar.

02.03.2026 12:06 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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More than a little ignorant for a Jewish person to be advocating for another ethnicity to be "rounded up."

02.03.2026 11:36 — 👍 53    🔁 9    💬 10    📌 1
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Israeli society is intoxicated by war and the dream of expansion. It cannot last Netanyahu appears to be gaining on both the domestic and international fronts but this will not last long

Israeli society is intoxicated by war and the dream of expansion. It cannot last - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/iran-war-will-show-israel-and-us-why-colonial-era-ended

02.03.2026 11:36 — 👍 34    🔁 22    💬 1    📌 1
Aus Guardian 
Australian media
US news site Politico to launch in Australia, aiming to bring policy focus and 'new angles' to Canberra

Aus Guardian Australian media US news site Politico to launch in Australia, aiming to bring policy focus and 'new angles' to Canberra

Just a note of caution for #Auspol
Politico was bought by Axel Springer 2021, Germany’s equivalent to the Murdoch brand. The CEO is deeply invested in free market truthiness & Zionism. (Not sure if he’s think tank connected on a cursory search but he speaks the same language.
🇩🇪 tanks built AfD.)

02.03.2026 03:25 — 👍 124    🔁 74    💬 12    📌 6
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Inside Iran’s Jewish Community: A Journey Through Its Historic Synagogues Iran is reportedly home to the second-largest Jewish community in the Middle East and its synagogues are where that long, layered history comes to life. From housing refugees during World War II to sa...

Did you know that Iran has the oldest and largest Jewish community in the Middle East outside of Israel? Over 100 synagogues, 20 of them active, and a community of over 10,000 people.

scoopempire.com/inside-irans...

02.03.2026 10:31 — 👍 95    🔁 41    💬 0    📌 1
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You can't make this up

Albanese is spruiking addressing cost of living in one breath, whilst in the next supporting an illegal war of choice that is likely to trigger a global recession if not worse.

The cognitive dissonance is palpable

02.03.2026 11:05 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Just one in four Americans supports US strikes on Iran, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds One in four Republicans say Trump is too willing to use military force.

If the attack on Iran is this unpopular in the war mongering USA, imagine how deeply unpopular it is everywhere else in the world.

Now imagine the electoral damage this is doing to Albanese as he stands on the sidelines cheering Trump on.

02.03.2026 03:26 — 👍 12    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

I’m concerned for Lord Howe Island.

02.03.2026 10:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
No more illegal wars. Introduce a prevention of military intervention act and put human rights at the heart of foreign policy. Review all UK arms sales and make us a force for international peace and justice.

No more illegal wars. Introduce a prevention of military intervention act and put human rights at the heart of foreign policy. Review all UK arms sales and make us a force for international peace and justice.

The majority of people in this country do not want us to be involved in this war.

Keir Starmer of a few years ago wouldn't have supported this war.

The only reason he does now is he will do anything Donald Trump wants - and it makes us all less safe.

02.03.2026 08:19 — 👍 2113    🔁 608    💬 102    📌 62

Australian journalists and politicians, please reconsider your support for the USA and Israel. Please. We cannot be part of this. These people are fascists. They are evil. Is this really what you want!?? Muslims are your constituents, your friends and neighbours. They don’t deserve this. #auspol

02.03.2026 10:17 — 👍 44    🔁 19    💬 0    📌 1