Hey @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social! Maybe it's time for Australia to stop being a net importer of political idiocy. Get behind the ICC - all the way. Choose our allies better. You know the other guys wont do it. But then, they aren't behind the wheel right now either.

bystander1.bsky.social@bystander1.bsky.social · 19h ago

"This represents a significant lurch in the US from civilisation towards savagery. You can’t choose your family. But you can choose your friends and allies. And you can also tell them firmly when they’ve careened off the ethical rails."

Some say the left/right divide is of no interest. But it absolutely is. Neoliberalism's signature is to take the position of the wealthy as a settled matter – it is right-wing because it suppresses any question of inequality...

Yesterday marked the 3rd annual Network State conference (in Singapore). This is the venture capital cult that plans to kill democracy. Peter Thiel protégés Curtis Yarvin and Balaji Srinivasan had a polite fireside chat about exactly how the USA will die. Yeah, The Nerd Reich is a very true story!

Not just a police state. ICE state.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝@sundaedivine.lol · 13h ago

This is apparently happening in multiple areas in the capital. The DC board of elections has been made aware of it and have been in touch with the National Guard to address it. It’s no accident.

Once again, Australia goes missing.

Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 13h ago

JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM "As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States."

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

To be fair, every day he wakes up and gives thanks to Putin.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8h ago

Trump: "I think you heard about the oil deal with Russia. That is a big deal. That is massive amounts of oil coming into our country, and I want to thank President Putin to be honest with you."

Thanks Marcie @mlipsitt.bsky.social for including me! 💚 Wishing you a wonderful weekend. bsky.app/starter-pack...

Three years on, Israel continues to asphyxiate #Gaza. With Israeli forces now occupying approximately 65 per cent of Gaza, the ‘Yellow Line’ is further restricting where Palestinians can live, putting people at risk of being shot and disrupting aid. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-th...

Eyewitnesses to the shooting recalled the commotion as gunfire erupted in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Iris Rosa, a school therapist, said after she emerged from a nearby shop, she saw a man bleeding on the ground in front of a car, while agents milled around, one holding a small child.

Protests Erupt in New York City After ICE Agent Shoots Father in the Bronx

The man, who is still being detained, had a 5-year-old child in his car at the time of the shooting.

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As we were saying ...

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · yesterday

Can't emphasize enough that "Bring Back Public Executions" has long been a fundamental tenet of radical Christian nationalists.

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Zeteo UK@zeteo.uk · 10h ago

The Nobel committee has infuriated Israel and rebuffed the U.S. president – just two of the many reasons Navi Pillay is an excellent choice. This is a win for international justice. Read the full article by @nimersultany.bsky.social: zeteo.uk/p/judge-who-...

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Trump’s deal to buy Russian diesel from Putin just weeks before the midterms funnels money directly into Russia’s war machine. Trump is now facing calls for Congress to block the deal and impeach him. Meanwhile, energy analysts say it’s unlikely to even make a dent in fuel prices.

Trump Announces Russian Diesel Deal Ahead of Midterms

Trump campaigned against foreign oil.

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Morning viewing: @nancymaclean.bsky.social talking about the history of the far-right assault on government in the US and abroad. Thanks to @lucyham.bsky.social for pointing me to this one www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZq1...

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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error. Same error amplified by right-wing think-tanks, press It suited their ideological leanings. Future historians might say - planet earth and human life was shattered by a spreadsheet error.

Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error

Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data

theguardian.com

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Stephanie Lamy@stephlamy.bsky.social · 2d ago

“YThe youth says fuck the National Front,” chant protesters at Bastille in Paris - a longstanding anti-fascist slogan popularised by French punk band Bérurier Noir in the 1980s. via @anthodepe.bsky.social

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

Now public executions to add to the list & a chilling warning that fascists do to warn their citizens ‘ this could be you ‘

It’s a loyalty test. You know what to do.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · yesterday

Related news: I reviewed emails received yesterday by two federal agencies—SEC and NIH—instructing them to update all internal and public materials to say "super intelligence" instead of "artificial intelligence" in order to comply with Trump's executive order.

Curtis Yarvin praising Hitler, Peter Thiel ranting nonstop about the Antichrist…and no one asks JD Vance about his deranged gurus? I’m old enough to remember when we had to talk about Obama’s pastor for a year or so. www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-cur...

JD Vance catches heat after his favorite pseudointellectual praises Hitler again

A right-wing influencer praised by Vice President JD Vance got called out for praising Adolf Hitler – and it's not the first time.The vice president has openly acknowledged neo-reactionary political t...

rawstory.com

"In a recent anonymous article titled "Australian Remigration — What it would look like, and how it could be achieved tomorrow", TNO called for the "accelerated removal of non-citizens" and for incentivising the permanent "departure" of some Australians who hold dual citizenship." #AusPol

Victorian language charity with $16m kitty has links to white nationalists

It presents itself as a quaint charity dedicated to the English language but ABC NEWS Verify has uncovered links between the Victorian branch of the English-Speaking Union and white nationalist groups...

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We do not have a serious economy in this country, we have an ongoing series of expensive brazen insults to all the hard-working people who *actually make things* despite the incompetent whims of mediocre upfailing assclowns like this guy. No greater lie than the meritocracy.

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · yesterday

David Zaslav will receive a $606M payout from the Warner Bros/Paramount merger. (Source: variety.com/2026/tv/news...)

The Daily Mail used an image of ex-IDF soldier and right wing agitator Avi Yemini as an example of pro-Palestine protesters “clashing” with cops. Righto. It’s been more than 36 hours since this article went live and despite a campaign for a correction by News Cord, the image is still up.

Some thoughts I shared while in the UK, where Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has acknowledged that anti-genocide protestors "were right" but activists are still serving long prison terms for stepping in where their government failed. @astra.bsky.social

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A presidential order has activated the post-9/11 machinery of federal-state-local cooperation to target the administration’s political opponents. bit.ly/4AZMLoU

Co-opting Local Police to Suppress Dissent

A presidential order has activated the post-9/11 machinery of federal-state-local law enforcement cooperation to target the administration’s political opponents.

brennancenter.org

Tina Peters, former Colorado election clerk convicted in 2024 of multiple felonies for her role in a security breach of her office's election equipment, who was then inexplicably pardoned by Jared Polis, is advising Trump to seize ballots across America in November. www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...

Trump advised to 'seize ballots' across US as he won't 'relinquish control again': report

President Donald Trump was advised by Tina Peters, a convicted former Colorado election clerk, to seize ballots nationwide, according to her attorney, who says Trump won't "relinquish control again."K...

rawstory.com