Sungamer

In one email, Mandelson wrote: “You do not want to turn it into an issue of ‘who governs Australia’ — the voters and their elected representatives, or the mining companies.”

A UK politician. Writing to a US billionaire sex trafficker. About killing a proposed mining tax.

Let that sink in.

No ICE in Minnesota: 1439 items for $10.00
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Trans people give the whole rotten game away. It’s why the fascists hate them so very much and why the rest of us must step up and offer real protections 👇🏼

I’ll check back in then - I can’t remember if my copy had the AD track, so hopefully someone can get it to you sooner

How much of a deadline - I can check my copy at home, but I won’t be home for three days

Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways

Brianna Ghey was targeted by classmates who knew her offline. Online, she made friends and a community, and was making content to help other trans kids like her.

This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.

We're at the socialism or barbarism moment yet again and Australia's contribution is to cancel writers festivals and to prosecute whether butt dials are antisemitic

State of disaster declared in Victoria as out-of-control fires continue to burn Three people remain missing and Victoria's premier has declared a state of disaster as fast-moving bushfires threaten dozens of towns.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Horrific fires & heatwaves in the south. Cyclone & floods in the north. This is why the Coalition’s decades of inaction on climate change is morally bankrupt. Not leading on climate action condemns our children & future generations to a dangerous & uncertain future.

Another reason it’s so important that people understand that generative AI is not magic: how many people seem to think that it can discern exactly what someone’s face looks like under a mask. :-/

“We don’t mean to suggest she has anything to do with Bondi, but we’re canceling because of that” is absolutely bananas. What are the writings and statements… specifically‽ don’t try and just gesture vaguely

If the US attacks Greenland (a NATO ally) then Australia needs to rapidly act.

Assess the threat posed by the many US military assets in Australia and design a strategy to remove them as rapidly as possible.

No one can seriously pretend they make us safe anymore.

New anti-protest laws in NSW are used against anti-war protesters opposing Trump’s new war — on the grounds that protesting causes “fear and divisiveness”.

This is beyond ridiculous.

Israel becomes the first country in the world to ban the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders.

Let that sink in.

File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...

“We’re sick of these people coming here and changing things,” one protester said, before listing 48 things he would like to see change.

Read more:
theshovel.com.au/2025/09/02/i...

I’m mostly here having my mind blown that “Riptide” was only 2013. That feels like a song that’s been around forever

Centrists seem to have no idea how illegitimate and undemocratic they now appear to huge masses of ordinary people. The cowardice, the hypocrisy, the lies, the selling out, the fascistic overreach to support Israel's depravity. Business as usual is just waking people up.

Is there any politician - of any variety - who’ll call out Chris Minns? What is going on?

d) During the [2nd interview], [the Applicant] stated he has loyalty to the CSG [Community Security Group]... he was specifically told to describe the Israel-based training courses as Jewish leadership courses... The Applicant) stated he did not openly declare the purpose of his Israel travel during the clearance process as he was worried doing so would have a negative effect on his security clearance process and would require answering more questions about the CSG, which he had been told by the CSG to be guarded about... F ASIO→ assesses [the Applicant] intentionally withheld information on his travel to attend Israel-based training courses. F ASIO» assesses this demonstrates [the Applicant's] loyalty to Israel outweighs his obligations to the Australian Government as a security clearance holder.

This is from the court filing. We know for a fact that CSG told an Australian soldier to disobey direct orders and lie to his superiors - to put them and Israel above his oath to this country.

And Minns wants to give them permission to be their own official armed police force here. This is fucked.

Not everyone agrees with Josh. This from a Jewish Council of Australia today. #bondi

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The old catchphrase "run the government like a business" has never made sense, definitionally. Most government services are things no business would ever do, because not all human needs can be contorted into a profit-generating activity.

How do we convince people that empathy is not weakness?

If true this needs to be cracked down on immediately socially, and in the medium term by booting Wilson out of office for good. If you’re a representative you represent everyone who voted for you AND EVERYONE WHO VOTED AND/OR CAMPAIGNED AGAINST YOU

We got gen-AI dubs from Amazon and gen-AI subs from Crunchyroll, but if you torrent a fansub that real people worked to translate, code, and stylize, you're the piece of shit.

Disgusting that our government chooses to be an accessory to and cover for genocide

Even enviro groups, who are notoriously cowardly and weak, think this bill sucks. All the Greens are doing if they vote for it is telegraphing to Labor they are terrified of standing up to them, and taking one of their key issues off the table for this term of parliament. Pathway to 5% of the vote.

lol, I had the same thought.

Day 3/? using my cute cats to bully a friend into watching Hamilton:
Lila has realised she should learn something about this show

Labor wants the Greens to pass laws that don’t have a consideration for climate impact. In what ways do these laws “protect” anything other than fossil fuel exporters, and why should the Greens support this sham of a bill‽