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Richard Pendavingh

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Amid all the D-Day retrospectives it seems like a good time as any to remind people that the main way that Hollywood films sanitise war is through casting decisions. youtu.be/zOFsGIhmH9Y?si…

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Australian charities funnelling money to the IDF and illegal settlements in Occupied Palestine. Taxpayers are subsidising. Investigation p1 @sstephanietrann #auspol #ACNC michaelwest.com.au/revealed-austr…


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This is not specific to sanctions against Iran, but a problem with sanctions in general, which I think most people don't realize. Basically, sanctions make the economy they target weaker, but they also cause a redistribution in favor of groups more closely tied to the state and…

Shame on all those who advocated broad economic sanctions in the name of "promoting democracy in Iran." The exact opposite has been achieved. "From 2012-2019, when comparing the real Iran and the non-sanctioned “twin,” researchers found that, were it not for sanctions, the…



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So Zuck did what computer scientists usually do when they want to do math on qualitative variables: he incinerated all the qualitative elements by quantizing them, and then did math on the dubious residue that remained: locusmag.com/feature/cory-d… 12/


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My response to the statement by Adelaide Festival board.

RandaAFattah's tweet image. My response to the statement by Adelaide Festival board.
RandaAFattah's tweet image. My response to the statement by Adelaide Festival board.
RandaAFattah's tweet image. My response to the statement by Adelaide Festival board.
RandaAFattah's tweet image. My response to the statement by Adelaide Festival board.

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This is something all Australians need to be aware of. Please share widely.

Leaked shipping documents show Australian companies exporting parts for Israeli military drones. ICYMI.

DeclassifiedAus's tweet image. Leaked shipping documents show Australian companies exporting parts for Israeli military drones.  ICYMI.


One of the many reasons not to piss off the staff at the State Library of Victoria is that their fan base is generally very good with words: cricketetal.com/p/whats-really…


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These people will never, ever be defeated. Watch this video. If you can: donate. No matter how small. Fuck your articles. Fuck your tweets. Money. Look at what can be achieved, if we give MONEY to the people who are clearing rubble and replacing it with shelter. MONEY.

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Mike Green is writing some amazing stuff at the moment. It's not in the delta, it's in the level and the cost structure. Read this and you will understand Angrynomics on a new level: yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-li…


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tee.pub/lic/goatwang bunch of new product colours and options available for a hundred and something highly specific and/or weird designs i made(just mentioning it in case you need xmas present type stuff)...


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call me roland the thompson gunner on account of how extremely i have been getting head less


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Amazon made $35b profit last year. They're celebrating by firing 14k workers (a number they say will rise to 30k). It's the kind of thing Wall St loves. It comes after a string of pronouncements from Andy Jassy about how AI is going to let him fire *tons* of workers. 1/

doctorow's tweet image. Amazon made $35b profit last year. They're celebrating by firing 14k workers (a number they say will rise to 30k). It's the kind of thing Wall St loves. It comes after a string of pronouncements from Andy Jassy about how AI is going to let him fire *tons* of workers.

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This guy brought some show and tell to a press conference to try and divert attention away from the fact that his militarised goons with actual guns, horses, armour and chemical weapons were shooting at us, but some of the protestors said mean things to the poor little coplets

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