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tippsu.bsky.social

@tippsu.bsky.social

Gary Tippet. Once award-winning scribe now superannuated scribbler. Ex-Age & Sunday Age. Interests: Politics, Aussie Rules, Food & Wine, dogs. Leans left. Melbourne/Naarm. Oz.

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Pass the popcorn. Watching two of the most appalling people duke it out for one seat, would be like a WWE Steel Cage match: Doink the Clown versus the Gobbledy Gooker.* * I kid you not.

Crikey@crikey.com.au

Hanson would have a strong chance of winning Capricornia, but it would still be a leap of faith to leave her safe Senate spot for a fiercely contested race against Canavan. www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/27/p...

But if you say this kid is a sociopathic, genocidal little shit, emblematic of much of Israeli society… you’re anti-Semitic.

Paul Eric@pauleric70.bsky.social

"Carpet bomb them all". Speaking to The Guardian at an event ahead of Israel’s elections, a young Israeli woman called for Palestinians to be forcibly displaced from the Gaza Strip, saying they should be killed if they cannot be removed.

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I have zero sympathy for anyone involved in this grotesque farce. When you travel all the way to DC to go to the home of the most infamous fascist in US history and get ushered into his office alongside a videographer and photographer, you know *exactly* what vile game you're playing. Disgraceful.

cnn.comCatholic bishops apologize after video shows them praying over Trump in Oval Office | CNN PoliticsTwo Catholic bishops have expressed regret over attending a meeting with 10 other prelates and President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, saying they were “exploited” and “manipulated.”

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“Large AI firms are shopping around the world trying to sell their snake oil and the price is copyright reform. International creative businesses are looking at Australia and cannot believe the government has been duped.” The Albanese govt isn’t just risking Australian IP. It is exposing the world.

theguardian.comIn a rush to lure AI companies, the Australian government risks undoing a creative ecosystem that has taken decades to build | Dan GuthrieIf proposed copyright reforms proceed, Australia will become a global IP-laundering paradise. Why would a UK business license its TV shows here if they can be scraped at will?

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Labor has introduced a ‘robo assessment’ algorithm to assess aged people for home care packages. CARE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE DECIDED BY AN ALGORITHM! 8 out of 10 QLD health professionals said it underestimated levels of need. It is unacceptable to remove HUMANS from this decision.

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"It is blatantly irresponsible for politicians like Jess Wilson to be linking legitimate and peaceful protest of Israel’s genocide in Gaza to the Bondi terror attack. We unequivocally condemn her mislabelling of peaceful protest as antisemitic." @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social statement. #springst

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Recently, there was quite a furore in Australia's parliament about invasive species management. It seemed to me there was some misunderstanding about terminology & the very important reasons for controlling some introduced & invasive species. So, I wrote this 👉 theconversation.com/calling-spec...

theconversation.comCalling species ‘invasive’ – and culling them – isn’t done lightly. But it matters to Australia’s threatened speciesInvasive species only want to live. But their success can come at great cost to native species. If we treat them the same, native animals lose.

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Angus Taylor lost his job today.Andrew Hastie has taken the leadership position in the Liberal Party.Taylors failure to read the room on the “words matter”/ Helen Haines debate and role play One Nations view on the role of political speech will mean the end of his leadership. Only unknown is When?

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Bolsonaro's loss is not just a loss for Bolsonaro. It's a loss for Trump. For Musk. For Milei. For Netanyahu. For Farage. For Meta and Zuckerberg. For the meat barons, the fossil fuel corporations, and the rest of the neocolonial looters. And it is a massive win for humanity and the living planet.

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So how did Lula come from behind to defeat Bolsonaro? In short, turnout. Bolsonaro's vote share barely moved. But Lula banked millions of votes from those who didn't vote in the first round & won eliminated candidates' votes. A remarkable mobilisation. Second round turnout is usually below first.

He’s a crass creep churning out unfunny shite. But that’s just my opinion.

Kaz Cooke@kazcooke.bsky.social

Peculiar man behind Hanson's repulsive & rudimentary AI cartoons is a One Nation candidate for Victorian Senate: he says he employs 25 people to make them (ba ha ha). Quite unfathomably, he claims he's a satirist. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

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"If Wilson is genuinely concerned with fighting antisemitism, she should explain why her party has not ruled out doing preference deals with One Nation, which has run holocaust deniers for Parliament and has extensive links to neo-nazis and white supremacists.” 💥🎯👏👏👏 #springst #auspol

Jewish Council of Australia@jewishcouncilau.bsky.social

We condemn the political threats made by Opposition Leader Jess Wilson on Sunday and reject her misleading connection between protest of Israel’s genocide and the horrific Bondi attack. Protesting a livestreamed genocide is not antisemitic. Our release: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/10/jewi...

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Nobody's shocked that Jason Miller is the one posting Bolsonaro's refusal to concede. Trumpworld isn't just watching Brazil, they're coordinating. Same playbook, same people, different country. The authoritarian network is global, and it's poison.

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Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

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Just saw John Howard on the news rallying against the sale of defense public assets - SAVE VICTORIA BARRACKS. Whilst I agree they certainly should not be sold to be knocked down for some grotesque development, it's a bit rich for Howard to be used when under his watch billions of assets were sold

thekouk.comMore facts behind the Howard Government's debt elimination - The Kouk - Stephen Koukoulas | Speaker | Economic AdvisorThis article was first published on 25 June 2012 on […]

Let the wolves have the bastards who build these monstrosities.

“The US is prodding the authoritarian rulers toward democracy”? At the same time the US is retreating from democracy at home.

Edward Wong@ewong.bsky.social

NEW: Trump says Venezuela isn't ready for elections and focuses on its oil, but Rubio has pushed talks between combatant politicians. We went to Caracas to get a look — and to gauge whether the US is prodding the authoritarian rulers toward democracy. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

I think the Cookers were more than a little damaged that way well before Covid.

Mark@mark-melbin.bsky.social

Noticing increasingly erratic behaviour amongst the COVID-19 antivaxxer cookers? There's a reason for that. COVID-19 can cause brain damage. #auspol #health #cookers

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remember kids we drove that shit Starbucks coffee place out of the country because we're not fucking idiots and we have taste...

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The Right: We hate violence. 2021: Cooker punches a horse at violent anti-lockdown protests. #auspol #cookers