Sam

@WittySam

Passionate about social justice & finding humour in life. One rule: laugh at adversity. Subversive. Attempts humour terribly.

AustraliaJoined October 2009

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This you Peter? Here in the police magazine, July 2018? "I was proud to be a member of the Queensland Police Union. I was a member from the day I joined." Is that you there talking up the glory and value of a union - or another bloke called Peter Dutton?

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A few people have asked if I regret not attending Labor’s Union Summit. The short answer is no.

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Imagine being such an old piece of shit that you would write this about a victim of brutal child sexual abuse. If you could imagine for one second what it would be like to be a victim of a crime like this - and then copping criticism from this old fuck for your ‘rudeness’. 🤮

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Lachlan Murdoch wants to sue

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for this sentence. “The Murdochs and their slew of poisonous Fox News commentators are the unindicted co-conspirators of this continuing crisis.” It'd be a shame if people started simply retweeting it.

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Australian News Site Tells Lachlan Murdoch: Sue Us Already

Mr. Murdoch has threatened to sue Crikey, a small news organization, over an opinion article he said contained defamatory claims.

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Habitat of endangered possum illegally chopped down by state logging company, audit finds.

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Habitat of endangered possum illegally chopped down by state logging company, audit finds

Victoria's government-owned logging company VicForests illegally cleared protected Leadbeater's possum habitat and broke the law in 25 out of 30 of its logging areas, according to a government-comm...

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Margaret Urlich and Shaun Micallef duet a... cover version... of "You're So Vain".

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Micallef P(r)ogram(me) Season 1 Episode 6 Chapter 7.

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@WittySam

Aug 23

“Hiding inside myself, what am I doing? Rules meant for breaking, Feelings awaken, there’s no more escaping you”. I am so sad to hear the passing of Margaret Urlich. Another piece of my childhood dying with her.

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Barnaby Joyce explaining to

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he didn’t question Morrison’s clandestine power grabs because he was more worried about keeping his “awesome” (secret) Coalition Deal in tact. Unethical wrapped in Unethical.

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We should not be gaslit about Morrison’s secret ministry roles. The ghost minister arrangements in 2020/21 are a big deal. They challenge core constitutional conventions, democratic accountabilities, and transparency. Democracy dies in darkness.

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Morrison just confirmed that he personally told two journalists presumably when still PM that he had secretly sworn himself into several ministries. And yet he hadn’t told the ministers impacted by that decision. Disgraceful.

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A reminder that

is sitting in federal parliament on approx $220K a year (+ perks) to represent the people of the electorate of Cook And yet he is freely admitting he is not engaging in any daily politics. (also his claim is, as usual, complete rubbish)

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Naveen Razik

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· Aug 15

Scott Morrison to Sky News: "No, haven't seen what he [Albanese] has said. Since leaving the job I haven't engaged in any day-to-day politics." #auspol

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COOKERS TARGET THE LGBT+ COMMUNITY [video] watch: youtu.be/i1H9Xc7eg7E A look at the slow lurch by the Australian antilockdown movement toward abandoning even the principles they PRETENDED to have, as they get used to a bit of LGBT-bashing disguised as 'freedom fighting'.

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what a fucken terrifying person.

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lilian

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· Aug 5

A thread on Johnny Depp’s violent past, mistreatment of employees, arrests, violence in relationships and more.

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Get fucked.

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Miki Perkins

@perkinsmiki

· Aug 3

Today in the Victorian upper house new laws will be debated that would see protesters attempting to prevent native forest logging face fines of up to $21,000 or 12 months in jail. I'll be covering the result of the debate.

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I've been thinking a lot about the cancellation of the rainbow lights on our military monuments, as I've had the privilege to walk around the Townsville Military Museum. Turns out, this isn't the first time rainbow colours have been used to recognise our heros.

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They’ve got a complicated history on climate change, but maybe they can make their relationship work this time around.

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I still can’t actually believe so many good folk just deal with Splendour and what is North Byron Parklands. I wonder if people remember or know the truth. Your own community spent years fighting the absurdity of putting the event on that land.

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How to fold a fitted sheet.. 😅

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"Mario games teach us that even if something is essentially the same, psychologically it can be completely different. This example is very easy to understand."

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Wokescold! The Musical

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This is joyous.

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Thank you for being awesome💙

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Here’s how the abortion laws affect pregnant women who want their babies. For those still refusing to see how this affects ALL women, read Chloe’s story:

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Try to sign in to

but they’re not sending me a 4 digit code to get in. Is the system down? #auspol

This is really fucking grim: "It is generally accepted that varroa mite will eventually become established in Australia. When it does, it's expected to progressively kill 95-100% of Australia's wild honey bee population." #auspol

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Keeper of the Karchives!

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EVERYBODY STOP RIGHT NOW AND WATCH THIS!!! THIS IS WHAT WE ALL NEEDED!

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Replying to

As Arianna Huffington put it: To sum up the US Supreme Court’s week - life begins at conception and ends in a mass shooting. #RoeVWade

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Following QANTAS’ recent issues, here’s a new inflight video for the embattled airline.

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Perhaps the most-terrifying space photograph to date. Astronaut Bruce McCandless II floats completely untethered, away from the safety of the space shuttle, with nothing but his Manned Maneuvering Unit keeping him alive. The first person in history to do so. Credit: NASA

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It was

in 1978 that published names, addresses&jobs of the 100+ people arrested at first Mardi Gras in Darlinghurst. Being gay was criminal, max sentence 12yrs in prison Many of the men outed in the paper lost their jobs, lost their wives &families. Some took their lives. twitter.com/manwithoutatan

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hey

, if you’re going to call the new community independent MPs “Climate 200-backed teal independents” it’d only be right to refer to “Woodside -backed

@AlboMP

” and “Adani-backed

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let's call it out: coal & gas producers currently 'enjoying' high prices are essentially profiteering from the war in ukraine. in earlier times war profiteering was considered treachery. should we have a war profits levy, proceeds to help consumers with bills & getting off gas?

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This should be leading news bulletins: More than 500 aged care residents were sexually assaulted in the last 3 mths of 2021. Unreported cases with dementia patients probably 2000.

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Sam

@WittySam

Jun 4

This is brilliant & so on point. #PlatinumJubilee #AbolishTheMonarchy

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Andy Vale

@AndyVale

· Jun 2

Replying to @LeGateauChoc

Always find it funny when Royal commentators talk about them doing simple tasks like it's some great achievement. "The prince showed a real dignity today..." Meaning, he walked a short distance in a suit, waved, and didn't aggressively soil himself.

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@WittySam

May 31

One step closer for us to become a republic ☺️ #AbolishTheMonarchy

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Australian Republic Movement

@AusRepublic

· May 31

In a major historic first, Australia now has an Assistant Minister for the Republic. We congratulate the Government on making this important step towards the realisation of an Australian republic and look forward to working with them over the next parliamentary term. #AusPol

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Responding to gun massacres by removing doors to make schools fire hazards is absolute peak America.

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@WittySam

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Gives me hope that my country will finally #AbolishTheMonarchy soon #auspol #AlboMyPM

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Sarah Brasch

@ozfemrepublic

· May 23

Fantastic to hear the oaths of affirmation to serve "the Commonwealth of Australia, her land and her people" as interim Ministers were sworn in today. The oath of allegiance to our Head of State, the Queen of England, has been jettisoned. A new style right from the start #auspol