Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
Perhaps I wouldn't be too concerned. They should spend some time looking through my "shtfkery" folder. It's mostly lawless state sponsored PTSD territory.
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
Perhaps I wouldn't be too concerned. They should spend some time looking through my "shtfkery" folder. It's mostly lawless state sponsored PTSD territory.
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow.
Quentin Dempster (@quentindempster.bsky.social) reposted
Thanks Bob Carr for setting out your reasons for your trip to China to commemorate the end of WWII. The Chinese and Russian peoples were Australian, UK and US allies during that conflict. We must work harder now to remove the threat of another world war. 👇
Double Down News (@doubledown.news) reposted
Former UN Chief EXPOSES October 7 Myth
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
So far, the evidence = about zero, doesn't it?
Peggy Sanders (@peggysanders.bsky.social) reposted
Jillian Cribb: “Avian flu (H5N1) is serious, highly contagious strain of bird flu that has moved quickly around the world. (Australia is the only continent currently free of it). Unlike previous strains, H5 avian flu has so far been found in more than 560 bird spec.” johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
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The Guardian (@theguardian.com) reposted
Israeli airstrikes and gunfire kill 18 in and around Gaza City, Gaza officials say
M. Kabir (@mkabir.bsky.social) reposted
“Blind obedience to authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” — Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
Gekko (@gekko.bsky.social) reposted
Silence today as Israel continues GENOCIDE in Gaza and now exports collective punishment abroad with political assassination in Yemen All while Western governments refuse to act - incl Australia 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 "𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰"
David Ho (@davidho.bsky.social) reposted
Politicians in the US chose to let this happen. www.thetimes.com/article/98ba...
News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) reposted
NEW: Man who wants Nobel Peace Prize creates Department of War.
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Simon Rosenberg (@simonrosenberg.bsky.social) reposted
Excellent reporting by Nabil Al-Nashar in Sydney, highlighting references to the Great Replacement Theory, denial of First Nations heritage, and racist anti-migrant views. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
sasha (@krassotkin.bsky.social) reposted
During a 21-day expedition to the bottom of the Mar del Plata underwater canyon off the coast of Argentina, scientists from the Schmidt Ocean Institute used the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) SuBastian to capture these bizarre animals on camera at depths exceeding 1,500 meters. 1/4
goldmartin (@gillmartin.bsky.social) reposted
Israel assassinated the Prime Minister of Yemen on Thursday.
goldmartin (@gillmartin.bsky.social) reposted
Seamus Heaney 13/4/1939 - 31/8/2013 #poetry #booksky #Heaney
الكسندرا ميراي (@lexialex.bsky.social) reposted
Israel will never agree to a ceasefire and they don't care about their hostages. They want to destroy Gaza and ethnically cleanse its indigenous people. I suspect this would have happened years ago already if previous U.S. presidents hadn't prevented it
Amy Remeikis (@amyremeikis.bsky.social) reposted
Liberalism is not going to save us: www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
Spot. On.
David Marler (@qldaah.bsky.social) reposted
"We’re all bloody boat people," Mr Hawke said. "That’s how we found the place." #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Catherine Mack 🐨🦫 (@cathyinoz.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
My biggest question is why the cops aren’t in full robocop gear like they are when it’s a climate protest?
Jay Garmon (@jaygarmon.bsky.social) reposted
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week. newatlas.com/energy/large...
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
Evil shtfkery. On and on and on..
Tassie Devil (@tassiedevil.bsky.social) reposted
So much for Netanyahu claiming it was a "tragic mishap." We all knew he was lying. #Gaza
The Monthly (@themonthly.com.au) reposted
There’s long been a suggestion that Australia’s embassy in Tehran has helped keep diplomatic channels open between Iran and the United States, writes Karen Middleton. mnth.ly/Hlk4ute
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
Absence of (public) evidence is not evidence of absence, but there's a distinct odour hanging over the latest knee-jerk shenanigans. And it's not sweet.
David Ho (@davidho.bsky.social) reposted
Because destroying the US is not enough, Trump is using tariffs, visa restrictions, and trade deals to pressure other countries to abandon climate goals and increase fossil fuel use, further destroying the world and the future.
David Wearing (@davidwearing.bsky.social) reposted
The genocide has been a joint venture between the far right (Netanyahu, Trump) and the conventional centre (Biden, Sunak, Starmer, Macron, Scholz, Merz). The West's de facto pro-genocide consensus has been strikingly broad, notwithstanding some disagreements among the culprits over implementation.
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social)
Lies abound.
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
But.... "The evidence, which can't be revealed..." Trust us.
Michael Clemens (@mclem.org) reposted
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) reposted
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social)
"The evidence, which can't be revealed...." "By Tuesday, the plot had been made public..." 🤔
The Cathy Wilcox (@cathywilcox.bsky.social) reposted
This is the worst kind of dystopian plot line. I am so disgusted at the evil we are expected to swallow like it’s some kind of normal international transactional diplomacy. They are making development plans for Gaza because the Palestinians will have been disposed of. In plain view.
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
Just beggars belief, day after day after day.
marque lawyers (@marquelawyers.com.au) reposted
This is it in a nutshell: firing at a hospital to take out a camera is a war crime, no question and no defence, but the media don't even recognise what they're normalising anymore.
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
The hypocrisy is spectacular and unsurprising.
David Cordial (@davidcordial.bsky.social) reposted
Nov 24-Dec 1st '23, a young girl named Dounia was interviewed in Nasser Hospital Her mother father brother and sister had been killed in an airstrike that also took her leg She hoped the war would end, and she might get a prosthetic leg Dec 18th, the hospital was shelled Dounia was killed She was 12
The Australia Institute (@australiainstitute.org.au) reposted
Usman Khawaja said in Parliament today that the Government has been “100% too slow” in banning gambling ads. Australia Institute polling shows three in four Australians (76%) support a total ban on gambling ads! @amyremeikis.bsky.social #auspol
Amy Remeikis (@amyremeikis.bsky.social) reposted
This piece below is a more polite version of my latest, but along the same lines. We have entered circling the drain territory www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
Good
Amy Remeikis (@amyremeikis.bsky.social) reposted
Deepcut were kind enough to have me back: www.deepcutnews.com/p/asios-sens...
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
🤔
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
A young girl about the same size as my 7yo granddaughter was carrying a heavy container of water. An IDF soldier used a drone to target her and blow her up. Just a small girl carrying water. No threat to anyone. Killing children appears to be a sport to them.
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
🤔
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
🤔?
Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz.bsky.social) reposted
21 Questions About The Claim That Iran Orchestrated Antisemitic Attacks In Australia 6. Please explain how orchestrating antisemitic attacks in Australia would advance Iranian interests more than the interests of some other state, say, just for example, Israel? www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/21-questio...
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social)
It never ends...
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
She looks unwell. I hope she gets the care she needs.
Michael Taylor (@ausindimedia.bsky.social) reposted
America hasn’t collapsed – not yet. It hasn’t fallen into outright “Authoritarian” status. But the trajectory is unmistakable. theaimn.net/the-u-s-is-b...
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
These guys should be home with their families.
Financial Times (@financialtimes.com) reposted
Macron hits back at Netanyahu over ‘murderous’ Gaza war on.ft.com/4p1IlYD
Greg Jericho (@grogsgamut.bsky.social) reposted
There is zero chance the 2026 elections will be free or fair
Senator David Shoebridge (@davidshoebridge.bsky.social) reposted
I don’t know about you, but seeing these three together makes me feel a whole lot less safe. Marles handing over our cash with the same rote lines about shared history and values, and the other two grinning like cats about to eat a mouse. Time to end AUKUS and save us from this.
Mondoweiss (@mondoweiss.net) reposted
The Israeli uprooted 10,000 olive trees in al-Mughayyir during a three-day siege of the Palestinian village. The Israeli army said uprooting the trees was meant to "deter" village residents and make them "pay a heavy price." mondoweiss.net/2025/08/isra... #Palestine #Israel
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
I guess the expulsion of the Iranian ambassador puts us "back on track"? No?
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Attempting to rig elections on his behalf. Turning the military on citizens. Toying with the idea of declaring martial law. Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
Fair call.
Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) reposted
If Obama or Biden had said this, it would be rightfully understood as them arrogating dictatorial authority to themselves, it would be the only thing anyone in the media or opposition would talk about for a year, and it would probably end their presidency. For Trump, it’s literally just Tuesday.
Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestiniansAndIranians🇵🇸🇮🇷 (@joneshowdareyou.bsky.social) reposted
"This is not a tragic accident. It is the result of calculated choices. A population stripped of shelter, sustenance, and safety has been left to perish in full view of the world. "This is not war. It is the systematic destruction of civilian life." #GazaGenocide johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestiniansAndIranians🇵🇸🇮🇷 (@joneshowdareyou.bsky.social) reposted
"Cutting off Gaza’s money is part of a larger siege. There is no need to fire a bullet to destroy a people. Simply deny them the ability to live. "You can’t pay for bread, for water, for medicine, so how do you sustain life?" #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 (@mackayim.bsky.social) reposted
On Trump...
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social)
🤔 “Iran is paying the price for the Australian people’s support for Palestine,” Araghchi wrote on the social platform X. “Canberra should know better than to attempt to appease a regime led by war criminals.”
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Hegseth: "Those who long for peace must declare for war-- prepare for war."
George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) reposted
The Israeli government has adopted the double-strike tactic used by Bashar al-Assad in Syria: target a hospital or heavily populated area, then hit it again when rescue workers, reporters and medics turn up, to kill or maim them too. Hideous war crimes piled one upon another.
Human Rights Watch (@hrw.org) reposted
Palestinian journalists are being routinely, deliberately killed in Gaza. Israel's strikes on Nasser Hospital are just the latest example. HRW has documented scores of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza that have caused thousands of civilian casualties. Read more: https://bit.ly/4aGoYfz
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
REPORTER: Hochul said she spoke with you and you said you might send National Guard troops to New York. Will you? TRUMP: I'd love to do it
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
Also "maybe" BS.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (@msf.ca) reposted
#Gaza: On Aug. 23, heavy gunfire broke out while people were gathered around one of our water-trucking distribution points in #KhanYounis. Demand protection for civilians and humanitarian aid. Sign: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha... Update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
How can a "double-tap" strike be a "tragic accident". A deliberate follow up strike is no accident. The lies run thick and fast, amplified all too often by the MSM.
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
Sounds familiar.
Peter Murphy (@peterwmurphy1.bsky.social) reposted
The Iranian Ambassador to Australia has been expelled bc Iran was behind 2 antisemitic attacks in Australia. (No one killed or injured.) Israel has killed 63,000 Palestinians in #Gaza AND Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom! No expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador. No sanctions. Nothing! 😠 #auspol
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social)
"Double-tap" strikes a "tragic mishap". Sure. Netanyahu says Gaza hospital strikes a 'tragic mishap' as five journalists among 20 dead.
David Milner (@davemilbo.bsky.social) reposted
The Western world needs therapy. It does not know itself. Routinely "appalled" and "concerned" about the war crimes it arms, pays for, and covers up politically. It asks us to sever ourselves from reality in order to cope. On an individual level, this is unhealthy. On a societal level, it's suicidal
Forbes (@forbes.com) reposted
The memoir will be released just months after Giuffre’s death.
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Intelligence agencies have whole units dedicated to misinformation, propaganda, and deception operations. Why should Australians believe any new assertions, given the plethora of lies flying about lately? I don't buy it.
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
Intelligence agencies have whole units dedicated to misinformation, propaganda, and deception operations. Why should Australians believe any new assertions, given the plethora of lies flying about lately? I don't buy it.
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
When lies flow thick and free, trust evaporates. Sanctions on ICC. Daily murder of civilians. Hospitals bombed. Journalists murdered. People starved. Children hunted by drones. Which regime don't we like today?
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
ASIO intelligence history doesn't exactly fill Australians with confidence. www.aph.gov.au/~/media/wopa...
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
Smells a bit like Iraq's WMDs.
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm confused. Which repugnant regime don't we like today?
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
I think "Australia" calls BS on this.
Amy Remeikis (@amyremeikis.bsky.social) reposted
Why would anyone want to get relations ‘back on track’ with a nation committing genocide? www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social)
Phil Eckert (@fileckert.bsky.social) reply parent
🤔?
Greg Jericho (@grogsgamut.bsky.social) reposted
Superb www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Lucy Hamilton (@lucyham.bsky.social) reposted
Hey Australians. Get out to the rally nearest you today. We must show that there are far more Aussies who care about families having dozens of members murdered by a rogue state, who care about hundreds of thousands of dead, catastrophically injured, orphaned, starved *children*. #auspol