Simon Frew
@akfru.bsky.social
Musician, Anarchist, general trouble maker. Helps with Food Not Bombs Wollongong. Music: https://soundcloud.com/simonfrew-1
Vertical short form video is to cinema what goon is to wine; not because it is inferior but because it exposes the conceits of the 'higher' form. The wine connoisseur is still a drunk, and the cinephile a passive brainrot receptacle, but both have cultivated a mystique for their self delusion
Woke up thinking it was Sunday. Confusing. My Sundays are often busier than Fridays, so I was ready for action.
“There’s nothing you can do about it.” Is this the same man who wrote A NEW HOPE??
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w agoGeorge Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts
They're gonna kill the top one percent and then split up the rich people's money with everybody.
Australian steel is being used to help the Israeli military. Bisalloy Steel manufactures armour steel out of its Wollongong factory, with Israeli defence firms among its clients. www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-wollon...
The Wollongong steel factory supplying Israel's military
Bisalloy Steel has seen 10 pickets attempting to halt its operations and supplies to Israel
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Don't let my "ranting" suggest otherwise: I'm not doing well. I got sick AGAIN after the stress of yesterday. I NEED vitamins with being too scared to eat, and now bandaids too. I have a fever now - but I HAVE to try to get to ebt office! Please help keep me housed sick and get essentials!
lumpenpoledancer@daturabombs333.bsky.social · 4w ago#mutualaid #homelesssky #helppeoplelive2026 #urgent disabled SWer and need hotel fare! I do not even have a working phone even.will NOT make it without. Pls help. 90 a night - need at least 1 more night! kofi - pinned paypal: nachash358 cash app: doriangrey358
My takeaway from this article www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... yesterday was VIC police took out a protection order for Sarah but she only found out about it when a Murdoch journalist was writing a story claiming she instigated the protection order to silence her critics.
Jewish lawyer called 'Hitler's Jew' over Gaza war stance
The Jewish Council of Australia's executive director has been labelled a "Hitler's Jew" in what she describes to a royal commission as an online harassment campaign by pro-Israel and neo-Nazi groups.
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · last mo.‘This is the dark art’: new book claims pattern of personal attacks by Murdoch media empire www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.
Me playing at the Bisalloy picket last night. We have closed down manufacturing for three days, halting the production of steel used for Israeli armour. #FreePalestine
We the anti-fascists outnumber the fascists by a mile. We are surrounding them. Brighton is anti fascist
Yo, what the fuck? NCAT reckons sexual assault is OK for practising psychiatrists. What horrible sexist goons.
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 2mo agoSydney psychiatrist Gopi Ilawala allowed to continue practising after sexual assault conviction
This is an important win with Labor forced to restore the sunset clause. It’s clear though that they intend to work with the Libs to expand warrant less questioning and we will keep fighting them!
In Senate Estimates we asked hard questions of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism including how their approach is dividing communities - these questions and the responses are on my YouTube here www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xiF...
The Royal Commission into Social Cohesion Is DIVIDING Communities
YouTube video by Senator David Shoebridge
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yes, yes it will 'NDIS reforms could leave women and families carrying disability care burden' thenightly.com.au/politics/ndi...
Women to be hardest-hit by sweeping NDIS changes
Cost-saving measures to target the National Disability Insurance Scheme are likely to put responsibility back on families.
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The 2026 Cost of Living Index finds that: A single person on JobSeeker falls behind by $251 a week after paying for rent, food and transport A single parent on Parenting Payment falls behind by $174 a week A couple with two children on JobSeeker falls behind by $428 a week.
The way cops use 'less lethal' rounds on protesters in Australia, it's clear they want to kill us. ACAB.
Revealed: the ‘less lethal’ weapons Australian police don’t want you to know about
Launchers that shoot ‘bullet-like missiles’, chemical irritants and stinger grenades: experts say these weapons can cause serious injury or even death. But they are deployed by police against crowds w...
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Anarchist militants, Plaça Espanya, Barcelona. I guess summer of 1936. I don't know photographer.
I specifically requested no more metaphors
Mediapolitic@mediapolitic.bsky.social · 2mo agoYou guys, the White House accidentally ordered 10x the amount of Porta-Potties that they needed. The lawn is just acres of Porta-Potties. It’s all fenced off and you can’t see, but I took this photo through a hole in the fence netting.
FTR: It's unmentioned, but 'You're The Voice' was first (?) adopted as a (mock) protest anthem in 2000 during protests in Naarm/Melbourne vs. the WEF Asia-Pacific summit; The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (UK) was infiltrated by #SpyCops. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
How Farnsy became a figurehead for Australian protesters
Demonstrators are increasingly employing inflatable costumes and whimsy. But behind the dress up, these protesters argue it is "serious play".
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The Coup - "The Guillotine"
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
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Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 2mo ago3.7m Australians live in poverty, including 757k children under 15. 1 in 3 households experienced food insecurity last year, meaning they stressed about or struggled to put food on the table. Australia's billionaires increased their wealth by almost $50k a minute www.theguardian.com/austral...
Dexies Midnight Runners were folk punk before there was a folk punk.
Dexy's Midnight Runners H/Q...Jackie Wilson Said ( I'm In Heaven when you smile )
YouTube video by SociopathicFruitloop
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What they also don’t understand is that just because we have empathy does not mean we won’t use violence on them to drag them into their graves. I have extreme empathy and extreme rage. I can use both at the same time. Also his book is so bad.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2mo agoElon Musk and MAGA now see "empathy" as the great obstacle to the fascist, militantly pro-hierarchy, anti-egalitarian future they hope for, and this "idea" now has a book purportedly devoted to explaining it. Good takedown of it here from @mattpolprof.bsky.social: jacobin.com/2026/05/saad...
Daily Memo: ICE Is Detaining People Who Show The “Know Your Rights” Red Cards It appears that ICE sees "Know Your Rights" cards and makes the immediate assumption that people trying to use the cards are undocumented. They have essentially become little red targets. lataco.com/know-your-ri...
Daily Memo: ICE Is Detaining People Who Show The “Know Your Rights” Red Cards ~ L.A. TACO
It appears that ICE sees "Know Your Rights" cards and makes the immediate assumption that people trying to use the cards are undocumented. They have essentially become little red targets.
lataco.com
lord, give me the strength to endure another week where the media discuss the CGT changes with the intensity of a terrorist attack while a third of the country struggle to afford food