Here's a fun fact I learned from #AdamCurtis excellent doco series about the UK at the end of the 20th century #Shifty #privatisation #fascism #water #uk #nazis
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Sydneysider, inner westie, parent to zoomers. I'd rather live in a functioning society than pay less tax. I've been very clear about that.
Does Jeff Bezos understand that he's bought a stake in a socialist institution? #liverpoolfc #amazon #football www.thenerve.news/p/hannah-jan...
Jeff Bezos as part-owner of Liverpool? We'd rather have walked alone
The club I love has become the latest to fall into the grasp of an egregious billionaire, writes Hannah Jane Parkinson. Is the hyper-capitalist founder of Amazon aware that he’s buying into an essenti...
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He got a security alert from his bank so he decided to factory reset his work devices just before appearing at the #ICAC That's believable... #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Catholic schools chief denies wiping critical evidence after performing factory reset on phone, Icac hears
Dallas McInerney tells inquiry he wiped data from his devices over the weekend after receiving a security warning from his bank
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When you thought the #abc couldn't possibly become any more pathetic ... #auspol #simpering #pathetic #comedy www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...
ABC changing editorial policy after Rinehart furore prompts concerns of overreach from academics and advocates
Managing director says guidelines will ensure no individual will ‘be the subject of comedy that is violent in its description in our programming’
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Margaret Thatcher: "Water privatisation, I believe, will go very successfully indeed" The privatised water companies: Sure, we're about to go bankrupt, but got to keep those executive bonuses flowing ... #privatisation #executivepayments #ukpol #thameswater www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water’s £1m payout to finance chief is ‘unacceptable’, says government department
Utility firm’s payment criticised by Defra and campaign groups, with some urging Andy Burnham to nationalise it
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The future of architecture? LA house is coated in asphalt tiles to make it resistant to wildfires. #architecture #wildfires #dezeen www.dezeen.com/2026/07/30/m...
SPF Architects wraps LA house in asphalt for fire protection
The husband-and-wife founders of SPF Architects have renovated their octagonal house in the Santa Monica Mountains
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Father gives his 14 year old son with mental health problems an assault rifle for Christmas. Son kills four people at school... Guess which country? #guns #schoolshootings #uspol #gunviolence www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Father of US teen school shooter sentenced to 15 years for providing gun
Colin Gray is the father of Colton, who was 14 when he opened fire at Apalachee high school in Georgia in 2024
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I'm curious ... Did #abc4corners manage to take a swipe at "Labor" in their blockbuster forensic analysis of the canned tomato industry? #4corners #auspol #tomatoes #investigativejournalism #abc #blamelabor
I hear #ABC #4Corners is going to blow the lid of the canned tomato business tonight with a special "forensic analysis." #auspol #tomatoes #cannedtomatoes #communism #china
#SarahFerguson disgraceful interview with #MohammadMarandi getting the attention it deserves around the world. Unfortunately the cohort of Morrison appointed goons brought in to wreck the place are probably thrilled by the coverage. #ABC #auspol www.youtube.com/watch?v=PieS...
Dr. Marandi DESTROYS Warmonger "Journalist" On Live Television
YouTube video by Katie Halper
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#SarahFerguson hapless attempt to land a gotcha on #MohammadMarandi She gets caught out spouting RW talking points, then demands he answer a different q rather than the one she actually did ask. Pathetic. #ABC730 #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Is the Middle East ceasefire over?
Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis...
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The MSM have really been outdoing themselves lately ... #auspol #kylieminogue #alboPM #PaulineHanson #legacymedia #mainstreammedia #memes #mfk #meme
I get why there's a political earthquake happening in Australia right now. I mean who wants wealth equality? #auspol #wealth #equality #housingcrisis www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Capital gains tax changes are already having an impact on wealth inequality – and vested interests are running scared | Greg Jericho
Weekend house auction results and the official taxation data reveal the arguments from outraged conservatives are hollow
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I love these "balanced" journalistic pieces that come out when something that everyone's been say is going to happen happens. The tone is always "not many people know this but ..." #AIbubble #ai #stockmarket #msm #technology www.theguardian.com/business/202...
US AI stock sell-off shakes markets from Wall Street to Asia
Losses spread globally as investors questioned soaring valuations and spending on AI infrastructure
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#KeirStarmer was a liar to rival Boris Johnson. His political project - delivering a hard right govt that happily wound back rights and cut the social safety net while claiming to uphold Labour "values" failed. Good riddance. #ukpol www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVaC...
Keir Starmer: History Will DAMN Him
YouTube video by Owen Jones
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Donald Trump's genius is that he made grievance feel like a path to a better life. Pauline Hanson's fatal flaw is that she wants us all to sink together. No one should be spared the dismal future she sees. #PHON #auspol #trump #populism #grievance #paulinehanson
Seriously weird piece by the #guardian giving rich #libertarian weirdo - owner of Jim's Mowing a platform to roll out a bunch of far right talking points on #fertility #auspol #birthrate #dopamine #mowing
Strange piece by Michelle Grattan basically transcribing a bunch of things that Tony Abbott said during the week. I thought she was supposed to be some type of politics guru? #auspol #michellegrattan #tonyabbott
Late stage capitalism - the lucrative trade in vulnerable children with mum and dad businesses, private equity and organised crime getting in on the act. #ukpol #latestagecapitalism #children #endprivatisation #privatisation www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. The companies making cash from England’s children in care | George Monbiot
Councils are sending vulnerable kids to homes ran by money-grabbing cowboys and private-equity vultures, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Another reason to ignore the #FIFA #WorldCup On top of #Trump being given the FIFA Peace Prize, FIFA planning to build a studium in ethnically cleansed #Gaza dynamic pricing, now some ticket holder find their seats have been secretly handed to corporate sponsors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXXI...
USA in PANIC as World Cup Falls Apart - Coach Exits, FIFA Subpoenaed, Prices Up 34%
YouTube video by House of El
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KPMG head quits explaining we have let ourselves down by getting caught. #kpmg #letourselvesdown #auspol www.theguardian.com/business/202...
KPMG Australia’s CEO Andrew Yates quits over whistleblower scandal
Yates says ‘we have let ourselves down’ when dealing with allegations of client information being misused
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So Advance is now officially becoming the Liberal Party? #auspol #advanceaustralia #lnp #tonyabbott www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Tony Abbott to step down from Advance role when elected Liberal party federal president
Liberal insiders concerned former PM could pull party even further to the right by appointing Advance allies to prominent positions
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