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Phaemons dog was right.

“My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.”
— Groucho Marx

Modern day Thersites.

Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · 1d ago

https://www.smh.com.au/world/netanyahu-in-video-after-death-rumours-20260316-p5oaso.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_world

Just for once the rumours are 100% correct.

This bastard is dead on the inside.

#FuckWar

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · 1d ago

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/16/queensland-police-sued-after-officer-caught-describing-indians-as-perverts-while-investigating-rideshare-driver-ntwnfb

Racist redneck police caught being racist rednecks.

#Auspol

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · 2d ago

https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/03/14/universe-in-verse-pi/

More insights from the inestimable Maria Popova.

We can calculate 1.4 trillion digits but we need only the 1st 32 to compute the size of the known universe with a margin of error a single proton wide.

Knowing the last digit of π, we will know the universe.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · 2d ago

@schwoosh@mstdn.ca no posts, no avatar, no bio, no follow.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · 2d ago

Today is the Ides of March and there is a lesson from history.

Julius Caesar was murdered on this day in 44 BCE because (amongst other faults) he wanted to rule as an autocrat.

Most of the Caesars who followed were much worse, some of them perverted, vindictive madmen.

Sound familiar?

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · 3d ago

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/14/robodebt-report-secret-section-what-does-it-reveal-ntwnfb

So the 'Secret Section' has been revealed and I am therefore able to make public for the first time the contents of the 'Extremely Secret Section'

Executive Summary:

Disgraced former Prime Minister Scott John Morrison is a complete and utter fucking bastard.

#AusPol

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · Mar 06, 2026

https://thenightly.com.au/politics/ralph-babet-defies-parliamentary-orders-to-attend-behaviour-workshops-for-racist-homophobic-sexist-x-posts-c-21806118

There is a 'Character Test' applicants must pass before being allowed into Australia.

Yet for some reason, we allow Babets in the Senate.

#AusPol

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · Mar 06, 2026

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-war-weapons-stocks/

I know that the stock market losses will be worrying many of you but there is some good news.

Lockheed Martin — the largest Pentagon contractor saw its stock price rise 3.4% on Monday.

Lockheed’s stock price has increased nearly 40% this year.

There. Feel better?

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · Mar 05, 2026

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/05/queensland-police-kelly-wilkinson-turned-away-murder-inquest-ntwnfb

Kelly was being difficult.

#DV

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · Mar 05, 2026

This war is not for the Iranian people, it is to further enrich the oligarchy.

Every reason given is a lie.

Every missile is a war crime.

#FuckWar

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · Mar 04, 2026

RE: @Spoon@aus.social

This bludger is just one of Australia’s 48 billionaires whose wealth has grown by almost $600,000 for each day of 2025.

They own more wealth than the entire bottom 40 per cent of Australians put together.

From the comforts of his luxury yacht he is purchasing a voice to parliament.
#EatTheRich

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · Mar 03, 2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-04/james-packer-advance-donation-worries-liberals/106408534

And here you have the strongest and most obvious argument for the implementation of an inheritance tax.

#AusPol
#EatTheRich

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · Mar 03, 2026

https://the307.substack.com/p/netanyahu-again-uses-genocidal-rhetoric

More Old Testament bullshit but it’s the same old rhetoric:

We are really the victims, our violence is really self-defense, our cruelty is really necessary.

Anyone who says otherwise is attacking us.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · Mar 02, 2026

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/dubai-private-jet-prices-soar-tourists-stuck-wealthy-leave

War is hell.

There have also been times in *my* life when I have been entirely unable to book a flight on a private jet.

My heart bleeds.

#FuckWar

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · Mar 01, 2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-28/graham-crossan-mnd-ndis-funding-fight/106397572

" .... the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.”

— Pearl S. Buck, My Several Worlds, 1954

These developers can wait in line with the perpetrators of Robotdebt who are yet to bear any consequences whatever.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · Feb 23, 2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-24/simon-gordon-four-corners-allegations-premier-police-referral/106379430

Just imagine, if you will, that a woman had been removing men's organs un-necessarily.

Government response may well be a little different.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · Feb 10, 2026

https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/unfathomable-state-violence-nsw-police

Anthony has been very concerned over this incident and was going to send thoughts and prayers but upon consideration he is just sending thoughts.

#FuckSocialCohesion

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RE: https://techhub.social/@rayckeith/115891885954410747 Also: you give someone free rein (as in, what you use to control horses), not free reign (that's what Donald Trump wants for himself).
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Phaemons dog was right. “My brother thinks he’s a chicken – we’d try to talk him out of it, but we need the eggs.” — Groucho Marx Modern day Thersites. Mostly harmless.

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@Spoon@aus.social · Jan 14, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop What we need here (Nth Central Victoria Australia) is free rain. We're in a 1 in 100 year drought. Trouble is it's our third 1 in 100 year drought in 25 years.
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