NSW’s protest laws have been deemed unconstitutional, placing Queensland’s speech crackdown and looming federal legislation squarely in the legal firing line.
‘Social cohesion’ defence collapses in NSW court, exposing QLD speech laws
~ M Dalton
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Sadly an accurate observation, which even more sadly made me do a sad smile.
We’d rather be sending plane parts to Israel and creating people with disabilities there
“We’re helping too many people with disabilities” is a hell of a line from a Labor government
His self-contradiction is flabbergasting. If all military are completely destroyed, who's doing that whole blockade thing? The Iranian cricket team? 🤣🤣 Got to adore his stupidity.
Trump is melting down on Truth Social tonight.
Not a word of this is true
Kash Patel lodges application to join club of Men Who Should Not Have Sued For Defamation
There it is
Lol Spike Lee is courtside wearing a Knicks jersey with “Pope Leo” on the back
#NBAsky
This piece is incredibly important. Read the whole thing.
Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.
He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).
Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.
And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.
Remember this.
Tom Elliott sucking up to Pauline Hanson on 3AW. (sadness in his voice as he accepts this is who they have to get behind now that his beloved Liberals are down the shitter)
'You may not like her, but at least she has a plan'.
Fuck knows what it is. I couldn't understand a word she was saying.
Is that bad? Seems bad
Boots on the Groundhog Day
@harrybrucetoons.bsky.social
Sarah Fitzpatrick, who wrote the article on Patel’s excessive drinking, works for The Atlantic. They had been threatened with lawsuits if the story went to print. Her response was basically, bring it on, because she had no intention of stopping the story.
Opening text of a thread by Palantir from X Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible. 3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public. 4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software.
Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different.
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21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful.
Palantir manifesto or Mein Kampf?
In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.
"The assumption underpinning employment services – that unemployed people need to be monitored, impoverished and coerced – is in direct contradiction to an interest rate policy framework that requires a certain level of unemployment to control inflation"
theconversation.com/the-rbas-pol...
This is what’s left of the historic town of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon after Israel passed through it
If journalists had any integrity and courage, they would boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner. It should be as empty as a TPUSA event.
Jim Chalmers says there was “frustration” in the room after meeting US Treasury officials in DC saying he & his G20 counterparts are losing patience with the US as their war on Iran continues “dragging out” #auspol
NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon says he’s “reviewing” charges from the unwelcome Herzog visit after the court ruled his anti-protest laws unconstitutional.
Save the taxpayers' money and drop them now, Mal. The court has spoken. #auspol #nswpol
Finally a political ad that provides facts not spin & that Australians can actually get behind. Thank you @davidpocock.bsky.social
#auspol #GasTax
AUKUS. As warfare shifts decisively toward autonomous and distributed systems, Australia’s massive investment in nuclear submarines risks locking in a costly and inflexible strategy.
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High Court challenge to Queensland Premier David Crisafulli's speech criminalisation to be coordinated on the implied freedom of political communication. At least 2 more arrests on Sunday following the 20 on Saturday. About 25 people have been charged in total since last month. #qldpol
Despite pouring rain, hundreds of people protested in Berlin against the US-Israeli aggression on Iran, and Israel's attacks on Gaza, as well as its war and invasion of Lebanon.
