Noël James Debien

@noeldebien.bsky.social

Australian media specialist, muso & supporter of Leos XIII and XIV. Gardener for sanity preservation. All views my own.

NEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.

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For 33 years, McConnell has voted against family and medical leave for working Americans. Then he disappears from the Senate for 92 days and keeps collecting his full paycheck. Apparently, paid leave is only a problem when someone else gets it.

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BREAKING Ed Sheeran dumps von Trapp family as support act from US tour for being too political ‘They’re great mates but saying edelweiss on stage is too controversial and divisive. I have to consider the Nazis in the audience that might be offended. I’ve always tried to stay neutral’

The von Trapp family in The Sound of Music who opposed Nazis

FBI Director Kash Patel's decision to remove bestiality as an automatic disqualifier for FBI job applicants drew bipartisan disbelief Tuesday after he said the change was intended to protect victims of sex trafficking. https://cnn.it/4xZFuUb

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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani shake hands at the 9/11 ceremony. Giuliani talked big behind a screen, calling for Mamdani to not attend the ceremony, but when he got face-to-face with the mayor, he backed down.

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Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation If tech firms such as Meta, Google and TikTok did not give the option to turn off algorithms, they should face "substantial" penalties www.bbc.com/news/article...

Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation

Firms like Meta, Google and TikTok should face "substantial" penalties if they don't give the option, minister says.

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, is allowing Trump’s White House ballroom construction to continue. The majority says the National Trust likely lacks standing to sue. Chief Justice John Roberts broke with the Court’s conservatives, joining all three Democratic appointees in dissent.

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Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.

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Unlike Google Maps, which immediately rolled over, Apple Maps is still refusing to play along with the psychotic shitstain's latest act of national self-parody by renaming Lake Ontario to the universally mocked, dumb-as-fuck "Lake America."

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"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents