NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday

“The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday, although American viewers watching NBC’s coverage would have been unaware of the reception”

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Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services

“patriarchy in action..The emails showcase the private behaviour of a male ruling class, as they network, joke & trade information. Women exist at the periphery, tolerated because they organise the diaries of the..men, arrange food, grace a table, provide sex”
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Opinion | The Globalization of Canadian Rage

@canadianry.bsky.social
"The US president left Greenland alone in part because Denmark & allies put more troops there. He backed off from recent tariff threats as the European Union debated deploying the Anti-Coercion Instrument..also known as the “trade bazooka.”"
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UN: More than 900 Palestinians forcibly displaced in the West Bank in one month The United Nations has warned that the forcible displacement of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank remains at “high levels,” citing a sharp rise in settler violence and home demolitions that has d...

In just one single month, the israelis have driven out more than 900 Palestinian people from their homes & properties in central Palestine
english.palinfo.com/news/2026/02...

Colour us shocked

When democracy fails protesting is all we have left
#auspol

Magnificent 🌄📷

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Water dragon in a low creek you can see him in spite of the reflections

Lovely sight yesterday in a local creek

The Epstein files show that Australia, like many nations, is at the mercy of men like him The latest release of files on Jeffrey Epstein show his attempts to casually influence elections and subvert democracy in countries all over the world.

June 2016, #Epstein emailed billionaire Palantir founder Peter Thiel, promising Brexit was “just the beginning”.
He then sketched out the drift of politics in the decade to come with a confidence & accuracy only available to someone with the bank balance & address book to bring about
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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

John Dalberg-Acton - 1887

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Bravo Spain. This is what leadership looks like.
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#Musk

Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat. I really don't. *crowd groans* I know we have some here today. I don't know why they're here, because they certainly don't give us their vote ... they cheat."

This speaks volumes about the so-called “Christians” who host this event. Disgusting.

From the AFR: sorry but this is absolutely batshit fucking crazy and it needs to stop

So our National Anti-Corruption Commission has spent north of $150 million in two and a half years and is yet to find a single case of corruption.

I never realised Australia was such an honest country, completely devoid of political or public corruption. Go us!
#ausnews #auspol

Questions about Randa Abdel-Fattah inclusion in NSW writers festival The NSW government makes contact with the board of next month's Newcastle Writers Festival about the inclusion of Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah, the ABC understands.

Apparently the only way to restore social cohesion is to keep saying "Randa" in a scary voice until she disappears in a puff of smoke

people are comparing it to MJ but surely it's Alien Hand Syndrome a la Dr Strangelove

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

Heads are going to explode 💥

Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.

All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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unpaywalled link to that AFR article on zionist screening of Biennale artists and exhibits. That the headline co-opts Indigenous Palestinian belonging and hopes for their homelands - olive groves and peace - to describe pro-Israel grievance campaigns is especially vile.

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It is unwise to invite the Israeli President to Visit Australia Incitement of genocide violence and hatred against Palestinians

From Prof Ben Saul
UN SR Human Rights & Counterterror

The Antipoverty Centre is urging the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations to start dealing “frank fearless advice” to the Government and advocate for a change in policy to include heatwaves as a genuine reason to pause mutual obligation requirements.

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Jewish Board of Directors are not, to my knowledge, fine arts educated or even savvy. 🤷🏼‍♀️😬
I expect other religions will be given the same opportunity.
The Christian religions are often depicted in art.