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Mark Bannantyne

@mbannantyne.bsky.social

life long lefty who believes in lifting people up not putting people down , finally abandoned twitter because i can't stand the thought of supporting musk in any way , shape or form

created November 16, 2024

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Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

he looks like he could use a bra

2/9/2025, 5:16:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

fair enough

2/9/2025, 5:14:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

and he was deputy prime minister .........and we think america fucked up

2/9/2025, 5:12:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

100%

2/9/2025, 5:11:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

haha 1 thing about barnaby is that he recognisable

2/9/2025, 5:10:11 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

sick POS

2/9/2025, 5:08:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

the same happened in cronulla , thugs set upon 2 sri lankan students who just wanted to visit the beach . same stink, same shit

2/9/2025, 5:05:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

yeah , mike johnson makes me angrier than trump , and that's off the richter scale

2/9/2025, 5:02:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

not barnaby AGAIN ? well it is after lunch time

2/9/2025, 4:59:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture THE NastyGranny (@nastygrannysz.bsky.social) reposted

You needed this cartoon tonight. Yes you did.

2/9/2025, 4:23:13 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

i never found woody allen's work funny

2/9/2025, 4:57:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

what pisses me off are god bothering hypocrites who use religion to further their own interests , there are plenty of religous and non religous people who do good

2/9/2025, 4:55:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

christianity , hinduism , budhism, islam , judism and anyother ism must not be forgotten in NSW . people are free to practice what they like

2/9/2025, 4:52:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

😂

2/9/2025, 4:48:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Peggy Sanders (@peggysanders.bsky.social) reposted

“Former foreign minister Bob Carr says he will be attending “Victory Day" military parade in China's Tiananmen Square Wed 3 Sept., to mark Japan's surrender World War II, describing it as "a historic event worth celebrating". Former Vict premier Dan Andrews too.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08....

2/9/2025, 4:04:15 AM | 14 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

all empty macdonalds bags and cups and non exploding plastic straws

2/9/2025, 4:43:10 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

what a fucken meathead

2/9/2025, 4:40:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

only to the self aware

2/9/2025, 4:38:47 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Unclepatrick (@unclepatrick2.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

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2/9/2025, 4:14:49 AM | 8 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

i've learnt to give the janitor more respect than the parasite ceo

2/9/2025, 4:35:31 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

well , there's fuck all of the lnp after the last election . would have been a muted uproar these days

2/9/2025, 4:33:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

good , nail the coward

2/9/2025, 12:09:10 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MingTheMerciless (@m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social) reposted

It's about time these entitled private leeches sucking up public funds & facilities for free paid their way. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw... #auspol

1/9/2025, 11:46:44 PM | 13 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture raven-mumur (@raven-murmur.bsky.social) reposted

In our memories of what Labor was, this would be a straightforward path to address the problem. As things stand, it's in our dreams that this might happen. Maybe when far right lunatics have shot enough Police, things might change. Not holding my breath.

1/9/2025, 11:49:41 PM | 11 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

not for the first time , why does the ABC persist with the drunk ?

1/9/2025, 11:52:59 PM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

yep

31/8/2025, 11:17:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Isabel Santos (@isabelsantos.bsky.social) reposted

Ellen Pompeo revealed Taylor Swift gave her largest-ever donation to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, supporting a NICU program that plays recorded music and parent voices for babies, just 20 minutes after they met—showing Swift’s generosity and big heart. people.com/ellen-pompeo...

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31/8/2025, 10:41:57 PM | 85 23 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Surlysimon (@surlysimon.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Where were the police when this scum attacked? The week before 100,000 marched in Melbourne for Palestine, no arrests , no violence

31/8/2025, 10:45:26 PM | 6 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lucy Hamilton (@lucyham.bsky.social) reposted

In the wake of #Nazis on Australia’s streets, marshalling conspiracy Cookers and the aggrieved, learn about sadopopulism. The more the donor class running politics hurts the masses, the more malevolent energy there is to harness for pain-dealing policy #auspol open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...

31/8/2025, 10:19:10 PM | 19 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The DILETTANTE (@demwar.bsky.social) reposted

This headline should be accompanied with another article titled: Three Nazis sit in the Australian Parliament. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

31/8/2025, 12:17:06 PM | 18 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Maranoa Girl (@maranoagirl.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

John Howard weaponised the class, wealth and race division in Australia not migrants or refugees.

31/8/2025, 10:47:07 PM | 21 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

i don't understand why the anti immigration crowd are so frightened

31/8/2025, 10:53:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The DILETTANTE (@demwar.bsky.social) reposted

How ‘supreme’ are you if a tiny bit of equality threatens your existence? Like all bullies, white supremacist are fuelled by the acceptance of their own inadequacy and the need to create unfair advantage as their only way to win.

31/8/2025, 11:29:58 AM | 12 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social)

We can stop AUKUS! getup.to/kwPX7fdCdQ7um

31/8/2025, 10:38:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

why are these people so frightened ?

31/8/2025, 8:02:16 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

that's what the trigger guard is for ! i never understood before 😂

31/8/2025, 7:53:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

a drunken one at that

31/8/2025, 7:50:34 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

the idiots that marched where i live were chanting " aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi " . fuck that's embarrasing

31/8/2025, 7:46:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

been married 45 years and never played up , that's part of the reason Finn

31/8/2025, 7:44:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

they disappeared when i walked past Finn😟

31/8/2025, 7:39:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

love the urine soaked underpants 😂

31/8/2025, 7:37:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

endless land Sandy, beautiful

31/8/2025, 7:35:44 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

when i was a kid if an Asian person walked through Maroubra junction , people used it stop and stare . even then i thought " how rude "

31/8/2025, 7:34:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

is that beirut bob katter waving the flag ?

31/8/2025, 7:31:23 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

i saw about 50 of them marching today and my wife who always urges calm on my part , was absolutely withering towards them😍

31/8/2025, 7:29:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

both weird looking roided up fakes

31/8/2025, 12:30:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amante2 AmeliaBee7 (@amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social) reposted

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31/8/2025, 12:11:19 AM | 222 93 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Beigewash (@beigewash.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Unfortunately Australia's horrible treatment of asylum seekers, detaining & exporting them to 3rd countries has been copied by the UK & the US. Not something Australia should be proud of.

31/8/2025, 12:18:37 AM | 15 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

he should have left politics when bjerk off petersen got punted

29/8/2025, 6:14:48 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

the woman who destroyed the brit economy

29/8/2025, 6:13:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

the journo seems unfazed about being assaulted by a geriatric with a large lebanese nose

29/8/2025, 6:10:08 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jane Caro (@janecaro.bsky.social) reposted

The US is morally bankrupt & everyone who supports Trump is implicated in the fear of this little one.

29/8/2025, 5:25:16 AM | 92 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social)

fuck this is funny

29/8/2025, 5:53:17 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

beautiful

29/8/2025, 5:48:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

hahaha

29/8/2025, 3:35:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

this is what happens to people with egos so big that they believe they can match it with professionals, even retired pros.

29/8/2025, 3:25:58 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The DILETTANTE (@demwar.bsky.social) reposted

I am considered a global expert on democracy. Not politics, democracy For the best part of two decades I have believed, spoken about and written that we needed to prioritise redesigning democratic systems to solve our most wicked problems. I was wrong We need to redesign capitalism, top to bottom

29/8/2025, 2:20:00 AM | 19 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

frightened bunch of fools

29/8/2025, 3:16:32 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

a fucken mouth breather

29/8/2025, 3:14:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

they do care ........only about themselves, certainly not about children

29/8/2025, 3:13:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

well it's obvious andrew clyde has sold his soul

29/8/2025, 3:11:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Survival mode💙 (@equestrian34.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

This was from 2023 when GA rep Andrew Clyde was handing out pins on the house floor. To this day I will never forget it. It is sick and should never be forgotten because they need to be held accountable. This is insensitive and nonsensical behavior for all public servants.

29/8/2025, 12:51:11 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

fucken ridiculous

29/8/2025, 12:42:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jenny Bradbrook (@bradbrookjenny.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Yes. The shallow msm in Australia is woeful. Every outlet spins the same old information. People at home are screaming"ask this question", but they don't. Apart from being narrow & limited, it's the same info regurgitated everywhere. it's boring & frustrating.

27/8/2025, 11:31:21 PM | 13 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus (@kentparkskeet.bsky.social) reposted

I think many of our politicians are dealing with the US on the basis of waiting Trump out. What makes them think the US won’t elect the same, or worse, next time? Every policy should be aimed at creating economic and military distance from the US. #AusPol

28/8/2025, 7:09:28 AM | 132 29 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DW Bowers 💙💙 🇺🇸 🫏 (@dwbowers.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Stop bailing out corporations that make poor decisions. No more corporate welfare! We need policies that focus on healthcare, housing, social security, and taxing the rich. Harris was a far better choice for President.

29/8/2025, 12:36:49 AM | 11 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

wise move

28/8/2025, 11:33:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

i remember all the Lebanese football players and supporters i played with / against and sat with at the footy . always had a laugh with them, never had any real trouble and it didn't matter if they were christian or muslim

28/8/2025, 11:31:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture JulieBishopsPants (@juliebishopspants.bsky.social) reposted

New support group established for people who are involved in taking legal action against rape and absetos victims. (Christian Porter’s application pending) #auspol

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28/8/2025, 10:56:20 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jonathan Green (@greenj.bsky.social) reposted

Wednesday night. With an armed cooker on the run …

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28/8/2025, 2:56:29 AM | 134 40 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

is katter any different to malcom turnbull who always reminds us that his family came out on the first fleet ? being of old australian heritage is worth more than being 1st generation in both their minds .

28/8/2025, 11:17:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Carl Ott, Author (@bubba687.bsky.social) reposted

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28/8/2025, 9:59:37 PM | 190 59 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Osman Faruqi (@osmanfaruqi.bsky.social) reposted

Everything the pro-Israel media think the pro-Palestine movement is (racist, extremist, building up violent hate) is actually happening with the anti-migrant “March for Australia” but with a fraction of the outrage.

28/8/2025, 10:22:31 PM | 254 81 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

you mean carribbean cabbage🫠

28/8/2025, 5:35:11 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

yep that's the image i have of tim ( prayer room ) wilson

28/8/2025, 5:33:39 AM | 11 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

pardon my ignorance please Finn but is that good or bad ?

28/8/2025, 5:28:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

do you think the worm did the most damage or was it the hammer ?

28/8/2025, 5:26:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

what a first grade dickhead , some of the funniest blokes i knew / know are of lebanese descent, why be ashamed of them ?

28/8/2025, 5:19:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kerry Jaggers 🇦🇺 (@kerryjaggers.bsky.social) reposted

It's important that a light is shone on Tim Wilson's dirty campaign tactics in #Goldstein. Mark Dreyfus details this clearly. Have a listen. Next time, @zoedaniel.bsky.social. Your political opponent is a lowlife.

28/8/2025, 3:55:12 AM | 13 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

that hat is too tight , he needs to have it surgically removed . while he's at it he could have some of that lebanese nose of his reduced

28/8/2025, 5:09:41 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

not to downplay american shootings ( which could all be avoided with gun control ) but imagine what Palestinian mothers and fathers must be enduring. saddest thing in the world is to witness children's deaths

27/8/2025, 11:55:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

fuck that Paul , i wouldn't go near the place

27/8/2025, 11:47:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture GoughWhitlam'sGhost™️ (@vincentsworkisdone.bsky.social) reposted

Man at centre of NDIS property scheme accused of lavish spending despite having assets frozen by Federal Court. ABC Australia. All started under the lnp. That comes as no surprised. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

27/8/2025, 11:29:16 AM | 30 16 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Uncle John (@realazmoderate.bsky.social) reposted

To do well in the Trump administration you need to worship him & be like him: dishonest, corrupt, intellectually lazy, racist, bigoted, angry, abusive of power & to top ot off, likely prone to diddle children. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

27/8/2025, 11:08:44 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MariaevaJ (Formal Tribel) (@mariaevaj.bsky.social) reposted

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27/8/2025, 8:23:07 PM | 27 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

they worked however , how many desks were killed ? only CHILDREN!

27/8/2025, 11:31:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merekura.bsky.social (@merekura.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Yesterday, it was reported that Israel was involved, today an ex Israeli ambassador is trying to clean it up by saying they weren’t. And legacy media is just soaking it all up like it’s the truth. #40BeheadedBabies

27/8/2025, 10:54:13 PM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Geneva 🇨🇦 (@geneva1111.bsky.social) reposted

27/8/2025, 10:53:24 PM | 140 86 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm (@wolvendamien.bsky.social) reposted

A progressive Democrat flipped a staunchly Republican seat in *Iowa*— won it by 10 points, in fact— by running *As A Progressive* focusing on issues of education, and making housing, child care, and health care affordable. Stop running to the right. Stay left, and fight.

27/8/2025, 11:11:51 PM | 2863 989 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Purplepingers ☭ (@purplepingers.bsky.social) reposted

So we can expel an ambassador without any publicly verifiable information but we can’t do the same thing to the ambassador of the apartheid state committing a genocide before our very eyes?

27/8/2025, 12:13:55 AM | 206 66 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

no

27/8/2025, 3:34:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social)

sums it up well

27/8/2025, 3:32:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

she's a despicable creature and no court rulings will change that

27/8/2025, 3:30:31 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture AjmaniK (@ajmanik.bsky.social) reposted

May the entire earth be engulfed with peace ~ Peace Intention #sunset #moonrise #skylighting #peace #spirituality

On the fourth day of the waxing, the moon rises after sunset ~
27/8/2025, 1:00:04 AM | 16 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

seems strange to me that seats that trump won by huge margins are now flipping by those same margins , especially now that elon musk has gone

27/8/2025, 3:23:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

amen

27/8/2025, 3:18:53 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture stranger (@strangerous.bsky.social) reposted

If we are taking action against entities who disturb social cohesion in our country, why the fk is Murdoch off the hook? There are countless reports and images of starving adults, not just children, in Gaza. This is a racist headline blaming Palestinians for the Israeli genocide.

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27/8/2025, 1:57:54 AM | 122 38 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

what is your lane you little punk?

27/8/2025, 3:16:47 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

neither do i

27/8/2025, 12:01:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Bannantyne (@mbannantyne.bsky.social) reply parent

michaelia who ?

26/8/2025, 11:57:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view