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@catharz

Aussie, living in Burrinja on Wurundjeri land, working with Elixir and playing with Unreal. No DMs.

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Increasingly clear that the future of the species hinges on the American/Israeli empire collapsing before the climate does

11.03.2026 05:21 πŸ‘ 382 πŸ” 116 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 12

Albanese's line that "We're sending defensive forces" to the war should ring everybody's bullshit radars. These "defensive" assets are part of a larger offensive. Take yourself back to school if you're buying it. Centrists can't even send us to war without pretending they're not.

10.03.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 364 πŸ” 118 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 10

Being "quietly alarmed" is what the moderate Liberals used to do all the time, right up until they all lost their seats. Grow a spine or don't bother.

10.03.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 235 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 2

If you find something that looks like my writing in Claude, here's a good reason: it's on the legal record that Anthropic stole every fucking book I've ever written. That's not the AI's writing. It's mine.

The NYT knows this, by the way. This is pro-AI propaganda and they fucking know it.

10.03.2026 11:13 πŸ‘ 179 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Amy Remeikis was 🎯 yesterday in this piece.

With Penny Wong just flagging Australian direct military involvement in the Trump-Netanyahu illegal war against Iran, now even more relevant. #auspol

07.03.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Anthony Albanese (ALP-Grayndler) - Maiden Speech - AustralianPolitics.com Text and video of Anthony Albanese's maiden speech as the ALP member for Grayndler in the House of Representatives on May 6, 1996.

@albomp.bsky.social Where has this man of courage and conviction gone? You’re not only betraying us you’re betraying yourself. I know at 71 I value the same things I always valued. You appear to have totally lost your way. Or were you always a liar? #auspol australianpolitics.com/1996/05/06/a...

10.03.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Morning. β˜•οΈ

08.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
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The government has decided to charge MONEY to visit the Twelve Apostles! Unaustralian! | First Dog on the Moon Maybe we should go all the way and turn it into a 12 (7) Apostles theme park!

Attention: Here is an important cartoon about an Australian Cultural Icon! (untrue) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

09.03.2026 07:51 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

TV licenses aren’t generating enough revenue with everyone watching streaming content?

Sounds like my government putting a tax on EVs because the fuel excise isn’t paying what it used to.

08.03.2026 23:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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World Safety and Peace do feel like they're very much within reach any minute now

08.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2

One thing consistently left out of every single American war movie is how much their pedophile leaders love bombing primary schools

08.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 252 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 1

One of the lessons of the Iran war is that it was a huge mistake not to even try to put any of the Iraq war architects in prison. We shouldn’t make it again.

08.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 3874 πŸ” 764 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 29

One of the most important things I made sure I understood with the reactionary Right is what they mean by β€œcritical thinking”. Like, clearly they don’t understand what it is, but think they do. I’ve realised their understanding is so shallow they think all it means is contrarian. To reject the

08.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 147 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 8
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Her trip to Ireland was ruined by this one question?? Gee, I wonder why…

08.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 14759 πŸ” 2358 πŸ’¬ 1289 πŸ“Œ 788

If you look at other more successful cohesive countries a huge part is one common education system. Lawyers, judges, elite and the rest. All sharing the same base. We are truly stupid here. Not maximising the things that can make us stronger. #PublicEducation

08.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

What makes you think he's actually tried reading it?

07.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

English (Simplified)

07.03.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cory Bernardi stands by bestiality

Cory Bernardi stands by bestiality

weird flex but ok

07.03.2026 10:38 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a State based on discrimination. Not just religious discrimination but ethnic discrimination even within its own faith. They don’t even recognize African Jews as people who can live in their genocide nation.

07.03.2026 06:55 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s excruciating for those of us old enough to have actually believed in the values of Whitlam’s Labor Party.
I will never vote Labor again (I didn’t vote Labor last time). They have deserted the people they claim to have represented.
#NoDuopoly.

07.03.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I have always believed that our choices, and actions matter, and even if they do not change the world, or even affect the status quo, we should do the right thing.

I voted for Keating, and then I grew up and started voting green. The world would have been much better without duopolies.

07.03.2026 04:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It took two hours for Albanese to declare support for the latest US/Israeli war crimes.

How long has it taken the Labor Party to consider raising the rate? To halting fossil fuels? To seriously address the racism to First Nations and Muslims?

The ALP in your head is long dead.

07.03.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 610 πŸ” 205 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 15
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Marsupials in the news again? Yes! And this time it’s good news | First Dog on the Moon Lazarus taxa

Lazarus taxa?! Is that good? Yes it is! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

06.03.2026 06:43 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

This article is a tour de force and as I read it, I felt blocks of truth falling into place.

06.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

You're using "the law does not depend on your feelings" to defend the actions of a country whose prime minister and former defence minister have warrants against them for war crimes and crimes against humanity?

06.03.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 337 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Israel poses an existential threat to half the countries in the region so why is that a legitimate case for war? Israel wants Iran out of the way to it can illegally occupy its neighbors with impunity. How the fuck does this justify a strike against Iran unless youre a radical militant Zionist?

06.03.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 615 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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Our tiny little website currently has the 4th-placed story on r/all, which is doing all kinds of weird and beautiful things to our monthly traffic (which doesn't normally operate at anywhere near that scale)

Amazing work from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social, as always!

aftermath.site/nintendo-tar...

06.03.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 1018 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2

Nobody on LinkedIn has ever had a bad day. Every setback is a "growth opportunity." Every firing is a "new chapter." Every complete professional disaster is framed as "excited to announce." These people would describe the Titanic as "a bold pivot to submarine operations."

06.03.2026 10:15 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Back in my day, you weren’t allowed to be stupid *and* evil β€” you had to pick just one.

06.03.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Facts don't care about your feelings" has apparently mutated into "if I'm hurting your feelings I must be stating a fact" which is a logical fallacy because it's entirely possible to be a fucking arsehole and be wrong at the same time. The correlation is probably positive.

06.03.2026 04:15 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0