eX Citizen

eX Citizen

@snotrejected.bsky.social

I'm starting my own Think Tank and I'm soaking in it. You'll float too. Just a turtle named Mack, stacked in the cloud. >18.

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“History is best told as a story of organised crime,” …”people are fundamentally egalitarian but are led to collapses by enriched, status-obsessed elites, while past collapses often improved the lives of ordinary citizens.”

theguardian.com‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapseAn epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

Only one firm in Australia specialises in PR support - obviously… Hence the closed tender.

Jommy Tee@jommytee.bsky.social

More detail: A case of Jillian undertaking confidential soundings to pick Yaron Finkelstein's Society Advisory. ...to deliver PR support All legit 😜

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The no rules #NACC is one of the biggest and costly failures of the @australianlabor.bsky.social government. #auspol

stranger@strangerous.bsky.social

Shoebridge shreds NACC CEO Philip Reed after FOI reveals another conflict of interest breach where he let the new Acting Dep Commissioner improperly sit on a panel—a day after new rules were set Reed says it wasn’t his job to call it out as he was “not chairing the meeting”🤦‍♂️ffs

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THIS IS BIG: Brazil election may be null and void due to Meta suppression of information supporting Lula while supporting information about Flavio Bolsonaro. This was mostly financed from America. This makes America a possible illegal influence in world elections #auspol #nzpol #uspolitics

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"What is the book that will be written on #AnthonyAlbanese 's prime ministership?" #FranKelly, host of The #RadioNational Hour, recently put this question to veteran political journalist #KerryO'Brien. The former 7.30 host's response was characteristically blunt. #AUSPOL #Neoliberalism #Albo

#Apple just age-gated the internet in the latest iOS27 update. VPNs don’t bypass the device level check. I didn’t have to upload anything to verify though, as my account was ‘old enough’ all by itself.

What is most concerning is that this age-gating is a fundamental change to internet access in Australia, done with very little transparency, or media reporting. Yes, we follow the UK rollouts, but it was only obscurely referenced in Apple’s update release notes.

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Israel is the most negatively viewed country in the world, beating North Korea and Afghanistan, despite the massive positive propaganda for Israel.

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Coming soon to ABC The groundbreaking series Given Up, which follows young children with hopes and dreams from a variety of backgrounds as they progressively give up their passions and principles to become dead eyed soulless functionaries of a major political party. Part 1 Anthony Albanese

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"America’s military saturation of Australia is a direct threat to Australian sovereignty – not as an abstract word in a treaty, but as the ordinary right of people in this country to decide what is done in their name, on their land, and with their lives."

Belinda Weaver@longtimeleftie.bsky.social

Holy hell. "The count is stark: the US military controls 17 facilities on the mainland and has access to 75 more Australian-run installations. American defence corporations reach a further 18." Australian sovereignty is DEAD. asenseofplacemagazine.substack.com/p/australia-...

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Penny Wong has had 24 hours, but still nothing. No statement of concern, no raised eyebrow... and no late signing of this very reasonable joint statement of foreign ministers. The Australian govt's craven failure to say [let alone do] anything critical of the Trump regime is humiliating. #auspol

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.

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And a reminder for the Goldfish out there. This Alcoholic sidewalk sleeper👇🏼has always been Gina's lil pooch. Remember the $40k cheque he was forced to return🤔 #auspol

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Gina often complains about doing business in Australia - red tape, etc - meanwhile 👇 "Lucia Chicaiza watched a caravan of headlights inch towards her northern Ecuadorian township. When the trucks and armoured vehicles stopped, they disgorged hundreds of men carrying guns and anti-riot shields."

theage.com.auMountains of Trouble: Bumpy road for Rinehart’s offshore mining pushAustralia’s richest woman’s company is chasing copper and gold in the Andes. Local communities want no part of it.

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Friends, while they're trying to talk about fictional machine gods, don't lose sight into what they're all actually powering in real life. You can browse the the entities on the website and use the API, and learn more about it on the DAIR project site: dair-institute.org/projects/sur....

dair-institute.orgSurveillance WatchThis interactive map reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.

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Allowing Open AI to call these “rogue agents” lets them dodge responsibility - they made them, directed them and set them free without caring about the consequences. Our laws need to catch up to hold them accountable before worse happens.

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Replying to @bystander1.bsky.social

"“What NSW exports as coal, 💥we import back as bushfires, floods, heatwaves and droughts, 💥” Mullins said. “Climate harm does not stop at the border, and neither does the responsibility for it. 💥”

From the seriously accurate news dept …

The Chaser@chaser.com.au

"As I said to the help while they cleaned my mansion, we all need to be ready to make sacrifices,” said the RBA boss. chaser.com.au/general-news...

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Watch how Netanyahu brags about how he can paint anyone as monster by penetrating their cellphones. Palestinians are against this psychopathic monster.

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Replying to @archedeyebrow.bsky.social

(2/2) The problem is STRUCTURAL - the RBA has a hammer when it needs a screwdriver. The obvious disconnect between the CAUSE of inflation and its REMEDY should be addressed by govt. Sadly, self-proclaimed working class hero Albo is asleep at the wheel as workers' pay devalues & cost of living soars.

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The crossbench introduced an omnibus bill last week to stop Australia enabling genocide. Most of the mainstream media ignored it, and Labor/Coalition voted to block a Senate inquiry – an unusual move. So we're sharing the key details. 👇️ www.deepcutnews.com/p/what-you-n...

deepcutnews.comWhat you need to know about the crossbench plan to stop Australia enabling genocideThe Red Lines Package is a sweeping suite of bills aimed at limiting Australia’s complicity in crimes against humanity.

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The European Union is tightening the regulatory backdoor through which US automakers have been quietly importing around 7k large SUVs and pickup trucks/year. “The revised rules, expected to launch in 2027, are designed to close loopholes that Brussels says allow unsafe vehicles onto European roads.”

europesays.comToo big for Europe: America's pickup trucks became a trade war flashpoint - EUROPE SAYSAmerica loves its pickup trucks. The Ford F-150, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500, the Ram 1500: these are not merely vehicles. They are cultural monuments on

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Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide

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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." Desmond Tutu Thank you to everyone who continues to use their voice to speak out against oppression, colonisation and genocide despite intimidations.

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Just sharing this for all the Zionists arguing with me on here denying the Palestinian genocide. “Yes, it is GENOCIDE”. Amos Goldberg is an Israeli professor of Holocaust history & genocide researcher in the Department of Jewish History & Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.