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@dotrat47.bsky.social

Dot-born, Aussie living love on Boonwarrung land. USN Viet vet. Stage 4 C survivor. Career in org change, now garden, fam, spirit growth, pets, politics (US and Aus), BBQ, Boston sports and the Carlton Blues. Left as and 420. Red Sox fan for 70 years. ❤️

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You used to have to go to a Klan rally to hear this shit. Now you hear it in the White House briefing room.

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One thing I'm learning of late, approaching 79, is that 'the law' seems to have little to do with anything these days. Ref, Robodebt, domestic violence or Gaza.

07.10.2025 03:02 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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With The Greatest Of Admiration…

06.10.2025 14:25 — 👍 277    🔁 97    💬 1    📌 2

Fellow Navy vet from Califon in Hunterdon County now voting from Australia wishing you the best! 🙏

07.10.2025 02:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This weekend, Team Mikie volunteers made over 77k calls, knocked nearly 45k doors, and launched 93 canvasses across the state.

It's one of the biggest field operations in the history of New Jersey politics, and we're only growing from here!

07.10.2025 00:57 — 👍 86    🔁 25    💬 8    📌 0

I love this because this is literally the only attention one should be paying to this exposed testicle. 😂

07.10.2025 02:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

ICE said they were only going after “illegal immigrants.”

Then they went after anyone who looked Hispanic or spoke Spanish.

Now they’re going after Black people.

And then the homeless. And they’re just getting started.

If you wonder how it felt in 1933 Germany, you’re there.

05.10.2025 23:20 — 👍 843    🔁 359    💬 29    📌 26
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if a city were genuinely unsafe for civilians due to active violence or chaos, large-scale public events like a marathon simply wouldn’t happen in the heart of it.

This is an example of a manufactured crisis: media or political outlets amplify isolated incidents to make a city look ungovernable.👇

07.10.2025 00:59 — 👍 20    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 1

send me your address so we can be penpals after this

07.10.2025 00:55 — 👍 154    🔁 41    💬 6    📌 0
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Portland, Oregon is #72 in violent crime, according to the FBI’s National Incident-based Reporting System (2024).

NUMBER SEVENTY-TWO‼️

06.10.2025 19:06 — 👍 1031    🔁 367    💬 144    📌 29

Bwahahaha 😂 someone should ask #Grindr Mike or Lady Graham about this. 😂

07.10.2025 02:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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WATCH: CA Gov. Gavin Newsom calls BS on Republican healthcare promises by pointing out the recent damage they’ve done to our healthcare 🎯

07.10.2025 00:58 — 👍 1632    🔁 575    💬 44    📌 25

Resistance to 10 shouldn't be underestimated, nor the profusion of instructions for turning off AI on devices. People aren't going to pay for this shit. Our money will talk.

07.10.2025 02:03 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

6) We're in a fucking depression caused by AI. It's not a depression publicly because the fake posting is still generating fake money according to fake metrics. Once the first fools pull out...we fucked. Nobody can afford new hardware for a manufactured gatekeep to support AI. 7/🧵

06.10.2025 19:48 — 👍 34    🔁 9    💬 3    📌 0
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Popular UK design show gives hempcrete a major global platform in season debut Grand Designs has served as a cultural barometer for architectural experimentation for decades.

FYI
Hemp is the future of housing

Whole-of-plant use
Carbon neutral
Fireproof
Environmentally friendly
3D printed houses/materials
Hemp is ideally suited to Australian conditions

CC: @JEChalmers @ClareONeilMP @CatherineKingMP @JulieCollinsMP
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#auspol
hemptoday.net/popular-uk-d...

07.10.2025 00:53 — 👍 18    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 1

I'm not a conservative commentator. Billionaires won't pay me $150m. No major network is making me the editor in chief.

But I am a lawyer who fights for democracy. I did build Democracy Docket from scratch. And, for $10 a month you can help it do its vital work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

07.10.2025 01:04 — 👍 4106    🔁 834    💬 51    📌 25
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Here's a list of questions for Senate estimates that will probably, definitely, not be asked We’ve compiled a short list of the questions that could be asked at estimates, but probably won’t be.

New from @amyremeikis.bsky.social "Here’s a list of questions for Senate estimates that will probably, definitely, not be asked"
Including:
Given the failures, potential for another robodebt, and countless warnings, why is the mutual obligations system still running?

07.10.2025 01:03 — 👍 11    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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Meanwhile, over on X, Don Winslow created a video that has now gone viral! Shoutout to @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social who won her House seat in Arizona overwhelmingly but Mike Johnson won’t swear her in. This is all a distraction because they want to deny her vote to #ReleaseTheTrumpEpsteinFiles

07.10.2025 01:04 — 👍 40    🔁 24    💬 4    📌 0

Maybe he spoke with Fetterman 🙄

07.10.2025 01:25 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And my mum was more Cadillac 🤣

07.10.2025 01:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yeah, it was just seeing the names together 😂

07.10.2025 01:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Just got a chill when I saw this, mum and dad were James and Phyllis 😊

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I love old names what was the first name of your grandparents? Mine were:

Freida
Arthur
Ada
Sigmund

06.10.2025 11:27 — 👍 25    🔁 1    💬 48    📌 2

Bridget, Francis, Elizabeth and George. 😊 (1890s)

07.10.2025 01:15 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

You want to fix the ACA? Easy.

Strip Congress of their diamond public health plans and pay them the median American income: $41,400 a year.

No insider trading, no perks, and dock every vacation day after seven.

Watch how fast they fix healthcare then.

06.10.2025 22:13 — 👍 1354    🔁 477    💬 58    📌 30

Americans from so-called “red” states, with the backing of their Republican governors and legislatures, are on the brink of using lethal force against Americans in so-called “blue” states, whose Democratic governors and legislatures strongly oppose the moves.

Only the courts can stop martial law.

06.10.2025 22:55 — 👍 58    🔁 24    💬 10    📌 1
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In a speech yesterday, Pete Hegseth told service-members that “diversity is not your strength.” This is Thomas Begay, one of the two living Navajo Code Talkers from World War II, who Hegseth previously removed from DOD websites.

06.10.2025 19:49 — 👍 160    🔁 71    💬 12    📌 8
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🤬🤬🤬

06.10.2025 19:47 — 👍 56    🔁 41    💬 3    📌 4
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Recipe before Trump: $15
Recipe under Trump: $44

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