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@aussiegal.bsky.social

Australian teacher, writer and reader. Sussex Squad, lefty, humanitarian and cosy enthusiast. πŸ’Ÿ

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Honest Government Ad | The Melbourne Cup
YouTube video by thejuicemedia Honest Government Ad | The Melbourne Cup

It's Melbourne Fucup day

04.11.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 11

It’s incredibly infuriating πŸ™„

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What he said Part 2: πŸ’― 🎯

02.11.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 33382    πŸ” 8641    πŸ’¬ 696    πŸ“Œ 290
β€œAmerica is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register.

Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.”

β€œAmerica is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register. Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.”

reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book

26.10.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7539    πŸ” 2678    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 88
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Listen to her theory. What would they do?

#USDemocracy

26.10.2025 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5
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Great idea! Please share.

24.10.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7

Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was β€œfinally, some good old fashioned normal crime”

19.10.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 11773    πŸ” 3081    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 75
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Barnaby Joyce isn't a 'maverick' political genius. He's a politically poisonous sook

Opinion | The media would have you believe Barnaby Joyce is a sort of maverick political genius. In fact his ego means he’s politically poison to his own side, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

20.10.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

I think this is a perfect ranking system. And there should be a secret code word that we can utter in conversation in crowds to let others know where we are classified x

18.10.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aussie here πŸ™‹πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ Can confirm rumpus room is heard regularly

17.10.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That is funny. lol

15.10.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

14.10.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 18727    πŸ” 8090    πŸ’¬ 483    πŸ“Œ 454

THIS πŸ‘‡ is how it's done!

14.10.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 540    πŸ” 224    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 15
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Happy Birthday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez!
As a water protector at Standing Rock in 2016, her experience protesting against DAPL led to her wanting to do something more. In 2018, at age 29, AOC became the youngest woman to be elected to Congress. She serves the New York 14th congressional district.

13.10.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2823    πŸ” 545    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 31

It’s infuriating. Finally a moment to implement significant, positive change for the future and πŸ¦—πŸ¦—πŸ¦—

13.10.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No! I haven’t seen this before! I am going to sign my class up today!!

12.10.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

12.10.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 18381    πŸ” 5581    πŸ’¬ 540    πŸ“Œ 218
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One great aspect of iconic inflatable costumes (aside from how they instantly undermine propaganda about war zones) is that it's useless to arrest the person wearing one. Cuffing a frog would make law enforcement look pathetic. And carting one off just guarantees that more will show up the next day.

11.10.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2285    πŸ” 532    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 34

I hope Qatar has the decency to use their own planes next time.

11.10.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1535    πŸ” 295    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 17
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Forget optimism; here’s operational toughness. READ this before you go to sleep. Hard times are coming...read this before they arrive. Every paragraph is a weapon for your mindset. You'll thank me later. πŸ‘‡

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

11.10.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 778    πŸ” 397    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 31

Listen. We only have 4 months to learn Spanish. Here is how you say, β€œRelease the Epstein files.”

β€œLiberar los archivos de Epstein.”

10.10.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

10.10.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5635    πŸ” 3047    πŸ’¬ 402    πŸ“Œ 239

Very much enjoying the inflatable frog segment of the civil war.

10.10.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6535    πŸ” 883    πŸ’¬ 127    πŸ“Œ 48

You could write a different version of β€œWe Didn’t Start the Fire” for every week this year

10.10.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1180    πŸ” 156    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 11
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Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

10.10.2025 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 14518    πŸ” 7725    πŸ’¬ 267    πŸ“Œ 396

Completely agree! My husband and I were saying exactly the same thing… you pay to stream and then pay to remove ads? Pure greed.

10.10.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Great American Betrayal: How the Poor Worshipped Their Robbers and Rigged Their Own Democracy When the American empire finally crumblesβ€Šβ€”β€Šand make no mistake, empires fall as surely as the sun setsβ€Šβ€”β€Šhistorians will sift through the…

β€œWhen the American empire finally collapses,
historians won't be stunned by the greed of the elite;

They'll be stunned by the loyalty of the poor.”

Very interesting readπŸ‘‡

blog.ryanmerket.com/the-great-am...

08.10.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 270    πŸ” 158    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7

How fabulous!! I’ll be turning in from Australia!!πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί

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