@brontle

English language teacher in a small town in Korea. From Australia. Periodically give up on Twitter.

 Jeollanamdo, South Korea
facebook.com/bryanjohnhale
Joined April 2008
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The Haines attacker, like similar cases in the US, seems to be a disabled and deeply mentally unwell man who fell down the online conspiracy theory rabbit hole. Poverty, lack of support and an unregulated internet - the products of austerity and an atomised, privatised society.
stranger@strangerous10Oct 20
Counter-terrorism expert Dr Joshua Roose says Helen Haines’ alleged attacker Brendan Nugent used to have concerns for the environment, but has since “descended” into a conspiracy theorist & into a “much darker place.” Colour me shocked.
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As usual ridiculous cherrypicking of the Brendan Nugent account. Some right accounts treating him as simply a leftie based on older tweets ignoring obvious recent shift in behaviour. Some left accounts treating ***very obviously*** sarcastic tweets re Hanson etc as sincere.
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This is why we have a legal system. If you are currently flapping your pig mouth like Matthew about a couple of 0 like tweets from years ago you urgently need to shut the fuck up. You are not a detective, you just fucking Googled some shit you’re too stupid to make sense of.
Matthew Camenzuli
@Matt_CamenzuliOct 19
Left-wing activists and vocal commentator Brendan Nugent is the man detained for the attack on Helen Haines. Helen sports orange livery in her political materials. She is an independent and supports climate action. Any attempt by Albanese to pin this horrendous act on the right of centre must be rebuked. This is his monster.
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People are digging up old social media posts allegedly from the man who attacked Helen Haines and then breathlessly assuming every post was meant literally and earnestly. Some of what's being shared were pretty obviously attempted jokes in context. Would be better to just not.
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This needs to be reposted on your TM again.
PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸
@OnlinePalEng2 Mar 2024
A young Libyan Mohamed Alnaas produced a boycott video delivering a clear message, urging people to boycott products that support Israeli apartheid.
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Hearing this was intentional. If so this is the first Australian political assassination attempt since 1994.
7NEWS Melbourne
@7NewsMelbourneOct 19
BREAKING: Federal MP Helen Haines was struck by a white Land Rover outside her electoral office on Murphy Street, Wangaratta, at approximately 3:30pm this afternoon.
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Up until forty or fifty years ago, the person politely insisting they're going to uphold the constitution might be a Catholic. Either all of us have rights or none of us do.
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
@AbdulElSayedOct 18
This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
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In 1944 Hitler ordered Paris leveled. All of the major landmarks and infrastructure were wired to be blown to smithereens as the Allies approached the city. A disobedient general kept the orders being executed. Stop it with this crap.
Noor
@noorrietjeOct 18
Hitler said he would never bomb Paris because it was architecturally beautiful. However, 3rd worlders have no sense of beauty and destroyed hundreds of years of history in just a few weeks
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Hitler visited Paris in 1940 and was impressed by its beauty. In 1944 however he ordered the city destroyed if it could not be held directing that the Allies should find only a field of ruins. The German governor Dietrich von Choltitz refused to destroy it. smithsonianmag.com/history/during… prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/40067/…
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This expedition was doing real work, and the Nikumaroro Island theory is not baseless, but it gets attention because Amelia Earhart's death is perceived as this big mystery when it's just not. A series of technical problems and misunderstandings led to predictable tragedy.
Purdue University@LifeAtPurdueOct 19
A joint expedition to Nikumaroro Island determined that the underwater anomaly known as the Taraia Object is not conclusive evidence of Amelia Earhart’s aircraft. Get the latest update. 👇 purdue.university/4ioCpHH
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This video explains it well! youtube.com/watch?v=zTDFhWWP…

What Actually Happened To Amelia Earhart?

The mistakes of Amelia Earhart’s final flight, and the physics that...

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It’s called technofascism, hope this helps
Dan
@KettlebellDanOct 16
my politics are whatever this is
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Beef season 3. $15,000 an obviously impossible price for almost all people. Kelly Clarkson genuinely just wanting something beautiful and as addicted to impulse buys as we all are, but not realizing that you obviously have to commission and wait patiently for something like this.
𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆🫧💚
@beyoncegardenOct 11
this being the bird kelly clarkson wanted to buy😭
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This is ultimately coming for everyone, they’re just starting with those least able to resist it. *Unless* we develop a real political response to AI.
The Associated Press
@APOct 9
A U.S. charity in Gaza is worried that teachers at its schools might stray from a curriculum it says promotes peace and tolerance, so it plans to record classroom conversations and use artificial intelligence to flag speech deemed “hateful” or “inciting.” apnews.com/article/gaza-chil…

A US charity plans to use AI to monitor its Gaza classrooms for 'hateful' speech

A U.S. charity in Gaza is worried that teachers at its schools might stray from a curriculum it says promotes peace and tolerance.

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idk how we're ever going to deal w/ how much of the public square is controlled by a couple billionaires who tweak the algorithm & allow disinfo to spread against the left all around the world. we have no way to combat it. these guys are spreading maga all over the world
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Good. The Australian Greens should do the same.
Middle East Eye
@MiddleEastEyeOct 5
The Green Party of England and Wales voted to declare Zionism a form of racism and backed a single democratic Palestinian state with equal rights for all, with 1,022 members voting for the motion and 813 against.
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The biggest deception of the digital age is a media ecosystem that seems on its face like it offers a diversity of perspectives and open access to the public square, all while oligarchs’ algorithms control the entire discourse in service of their desired political outcomes.
hasanabi
@hasanthehunOct 5
idk how we're ever going to deal w/ how much of the public square is controlled by a couple billionaires who tweak the algorithm & allow disinfo to spread against the left all around the world. we have no way to combat it. these guys are spreading maga all over the world
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Yes, I wish Vic Socialists would focus on policy like this and drop the "100,000 empty homes" canard.
gerf (fred)@achingkneejointOct 5
Good policies but i hope this specifically gets pushed more (and further!) People need a concrete vision of what an alternative method of housing development looks like, and it helps negate the idea of socialists as Unserious activists who only want to redistribute, not build
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Ty Leo for prompting a public statement on Steph's pro-Israel comments. David's response is forget what she said then & focus on what she's doing now, best we'll get ig Just like I took Socialists to task over Stephen Jolly, holding politicians to account is never a bad thing
6 News Australia@6NewsAUOct 2
NEW VIDEO: @DavidShoebridge has spoken about his vision for the Greens and plan to 'replace Labor' in his first interview with 6 News since becoming leader this week WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=xg3Ud6F0…
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