Starshark

Starshark

@starshark.bsky.social

Australia’s best* news aggregator. “Worse than Wapo” - New York Times “Somehow worse than us.” - Washington Post “No.” - Rolling Stone “Not as bad as Olivia Reingold.” - The Free Press * Publisher’s estimate

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Hint: There are Arab winners of all of the prizes the poop gargler mentioned. And if you have any interest in non-Western literature, you can probably name a highly renowned Arab writer like Yasmin Zaher who got the Dylan Thomas prize last year.

Tim Carmody@tcarmody.bsky.social

If your only examples of Arabic literature, science, art, or other world-class achievements come from the Middle Ages — admittedly the time when the Arab and Muslim world was at its cultural zenith relative to the rest of the world — think about why that is and try to remedy it

And my comments are aimed squarely at RFK jr. I don't blame most people for not knowing any Nobel winners in science, much less Arab ones. But anyone reading this is probably not saying the sort of stupid shit the gravel-gargling idiot is saying under the aegis of the President.

"Why do you keep making fun of his voice," he sounds like that most likely because he got a brain parasite from eating shitty meat he got from the side of a road. And this is the person pantomiming an authority on health. It drives me insane that not enough people see this.

I agree with everything here. But also very tight editing. It sounds very funny on a loop.

stranger@strangerous.bsky.social

David Shoebridge calls out Jillian Segal after she admits she failed due diligence with CAM—hosts of the antisemitism summit she’s speaking at—as Shoebridge reveals CAM awarded a racist US Republican who called for Gaza to "overflow with blood” Who is she partnering with? 🚩

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Replying to @joshcrowley.bsky.social

Christ, he's one of the dumbest people who've ever lived, to the extent that if you figured out how to translate dog barks, about fifteen percent of all canines would be more intelligent than he is, and he's giving a talk on other people's intellectual contributions?? Cooking tips from a dung beetle

Says everything that the US are sending people who are not terrorists to GTMO. It's almost as if the people who protested against the cruel and unusual treatment of terrorists - real and perceived - in the wake of 9/11 were right about everything.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

In August, the Trump administration flew 12 Somali immigrants to an ICE facility at Guantanamo Bay. “Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay,” Sakariye Abdi Mohamed told journalist Amanda Moore in a phone call from the detention facility. “Just like kidnapping.”

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A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

This person has always been a disgrace. Her definition of antisemitism is, ‘critic of Israel’. The country which would have you believe is not an ethnostate. She should be removed and the position changed to something more useful like prevention of bigotry.

stranger@strangerous.bsky.social

David Shoebridge calls out Jillian Segal after she admits she failed due diligence with CAM—hosts of the antisemitism summit she’s speaking at—as Shoebridge reveals CAM awarded a racist US Republican who called for Gaza to "overflow with blood” Who is she partnering with? 🚩

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🗳️ TOMMOROW - ISRAELI ELECTIONS 27/10 🗳️ VOTE FOR THE JOINT LIST הרשימה המשותפת القائمة المشتركة - Only Party To Recognise Gaza Genocide - Fights Against Settler & IDF Violence - Recognises Palestinian State - 100% Arab-Jewish Partnership - Will Seperate Religion From State - Marxist ודם / و ض م

There are people pointing out that Arabs came up with our numbers, science, etc. To which some are saying “he knows that, watch the video.” I think that’s unfair because who the hell wants to listen to this gargling garbage goblin for even one second?

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

"They don't produce literature," lmao I think that says more about you than the Arabs buddy-boy

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

Prosecutor: Did you send these 5000 texts which read "If Donka doesn't stop saying 'brekky' I'll stab his eyes out"? Me: I believe so. P: What time did you say you found Mr Donkton's body? M: Around eight in the morning. P: Which would be..? M: BREAKFAST, yes, BREAKFAST time. P: I pass the witness.

These grapes are up too high. Way too high. I can't reach them! But that's okay. They're sour anyway. Sour.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Norway: "I didn't get the Nobel Prize so I don't want anybody from Norway. I don't want anything to do with Norway…Frankly, Norway sucks. Norway has become a shithouse country, actually."

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The sole survivor of her family… now she is gone too. Eight-year-old Fatima Al-Bayouk lost her entire family to an Israeli strike in 2023. Yesterday, Israeli forces killed her too, south of Deir al-Balah, Gaza. (Ramy Abdu)

Jesus Christ guys, if you're going to use AI to write your articles (and it looks like you did here), at least pay an undergrad ten bucks to proofread it. It looks like it was written by Borat.

Hopefully Turek and any other Dem who thinks there's hay to be made from anti-trans campaigning notice the people asking for their campaign donations back and think again about what kind of world they want for voters.

Barry Deutsch@barrydeutsch.bsky.social

An email I just sent @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social, asking for a refund of the money I donated. If you've donated money to Turek and want it back, feel free to swipe my (admittedly very boring) wording.

Just saw Wildwood, highly recommend, lots of fun, not sentimental, lots of well fleshed-out characters (even though one might not be so much), and the animation is insanely detailed and captivating. Do yourself a favour.

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ABBOTT: Japanese developers today have unique names, like FromSoftware COSTELLO: From what ABBOTT: FromSoftware COSTELLO: I thought you said it was from Japan ABBOTT: It is COSTELLO: But what's the name of the developer ABBOTT: FromSoftware COSTELLO: The Software's From Japan, though ABBOTT: Yes

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CBS identified Illinois based Three Z Printing as the holder of the permit associated with the fake transgender mailers. One of the owners, Matt Zerrusen, is based in Dallas. His Instagram shows pictures with Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump, and comments from local Republicans.

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The attack on Hebron is also strategic, given that the city accounts for 75% of the West Bank’s economy. People are not realising this, it's not just a revenge war on some terrorist attack, it's part of a strategic plan to completely overthrow the Palestinian Authority.

I am NOT arguing here. I get it. I've hung around enough guitar heroes to know they can be a pain in the ass with this stuff. But it's also fun to jam to Hendrix or Cream with the lead hitting the wah-wah.

And remember what Lou Reed* said: "I think sometimes it hurts you when you're afraid to be called a fool" *Or maybe it was John Cale.

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Requiring everybody to use their full real name & location in all public comments would make a lot of women way more unsafe. So many men-commentators on 'society' don't consider that women often don't have the freedoms they take for granted. www.smh.com.au/national/i-b...

smh.com.auWe’ve been asked to ‘turn down the temperature’. Here’s how we startIt has become terribly clear that online anonymity helps many write or say things they’d never record if they knew they could be identified.

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I'm pretty open about how picky I am with horror comedy, but god, Bitter Karella's novel Quaint Folk is exactly the kind of horror comedy I love. Satirical, silly, and stupid as hell in the best possible way.

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NEW AD: Have you seen these anti-Talarico attack ads? Elon Musk paid for nearly all of them. The world's first trillionaire knows if he drags the most corrupt politician in Texas across the finish line, Ken Paxton will owe him everything. Elon Musk: Texas is not for sale.

Americans make fun of us because our military lost a war against emus. But at least we used small arms fire. Americans would've carpet bombed the farms, killed all the wildlife EXCEPT the emus, and made a movie about how the real enemy was the back-stabbing protestors at home afterwards.

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Settlers attack human rights activists in Wadi Yusuf, northeast of Salfit in the Territories "Who's going home? Who!? I’ll r*pe you in the ass you son of a wh*re, you fucker"

NO ONE GIVES A GOD-DAMN HOW YOU CAME UP WITH YOUR OBVIOUS JOKE FOR IDIOTS ON THE FREAKIN' GUTFELD SHOW SO TAKE THAT MICROPHONE AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR FUCKING ASS