Why yes, we want *checks candidate profiles* apolitical politicians, an AI guy trying to cut spending, and to “Make Albany Great Again”.

(and I suspect several more who haven’t been as forthright about their views).

That’s my main worry. A few didn’t even present their views or policies.

On a related note, even current members of mainstream parties hide their extreme beliefs. Nazis especially know their ideas aren’t popular and won’t always blurt them out like the ones in the article. The grapevine is important!

Example: Louise Black ran in 2024 as a Liberal Party candidate in Kingston Council, Victoria. https://aussie.zone/post/15409047

A lot of cookers are big on ‘freedom’ and ‘liberty’ rhetoric. I’m not against these concepts, and there are many valid complaints about our governments curtailing our liberties, but it’s a centre point for many of the anti-vax ‘freedom for me, not for thee’ Freedom Movement oddballs.

Was a puttanesca pasta, or at least my twist on it.

Whether or not you meant it, your post is quite poetic. A tragedy in two lines, or perhaps a koan, the irony of their true inactivity screaming out to them in vain.

Do you know if anyone’s tried to contact the person running all those accounts? Their Lemmy accounts would be flooded with post replies so I doubt the owner even looks at them. I don’t have a microblog account so let’s see if this ping works:

@[email protected], hello! I’d like to hear your point of view on these posts :)

I haven’t tried any Piefeds or mbins. My impression is similar to yours: interpreted language and “no fancy design patterns” gives me the idea it’s probably great for quickly prototyping new features like categories and moderation tools, possibly at the cost of performance. If you’re looking at hosting, maybe reach out to a few piefed admins, ask what they think about it and if/when they tried Lemmy for a comparison.

The great thing about the Fediverse is afaik you can test other instances and even other softwares while still getting access to the same communities and posts.

@[email protected] mentioned the episode was particularly important, so if you can’t find a copy (Australian VPN and iView throwaway account is ideal, maybe streaming services might have it?), I finally managed to find it and other episodes in lower quality for quick and easy access 🏴‍☠️🦜 Let me know if you want it.

I don’t understand why you would want an Australia-focused instance for this. A general-purpose instance like .world or shitjustworks seems more appropriate, and far more likely to find an audience who will engage in the community, rather than hosting on a tiny laidback instance where I’d wager either zero or one person would participate and the rest would be annoyed at all the distressing posts regularly appearing high on our feeds, because we have less local posts than those general-purpose instances.

Yep. They heard “immigration bad” and filled in the blanks with whatever they wanted. Now you have Bob Katter speaking into a microphone covered in neo-Nazi pseudo-Germanic runes and popular right-wing anti-vax grifters being yelled at. I know that a lot of the far-left complain about infighting but seriously you can’t stick these reactionaries in a room together.

Ah Adelaide…

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-31/anti-immigration-rally-march-for-australia-august-31/105717552

Police have had to intervene after protestors clashed at the Adelaide rally.

The altercation broke out after a member of the National Socialist Network who identified himself as “Josh” took to the stage to call for an end to immigration.

Organisers attempted to take the megaphone, claiming the comments were racist, but other members of National Socialist Network stepped in.

Several protestors were involved in a scuffle before police stepped in to stop the rally.

Historically speaking (see: Reclaim Australia) the Nazi rallies are hugely outnumbered by counter protesters so I recommend at least checking out the counterprotest, and joining it if it’s sizeable.

This is an ember worth extinguishing. If they aren’t countered, they’ll be bigger next time.

Some of them will have masks. Definitely some of the NSN outsiders who will get disowned or fired if identified.

But some won’t. This rally was branded as a general nationalist patriot “March for Australia” against immigration, with organisers (halfheartedly) claiming they weren’t racists and associated with fash, despite clear evidence. So there will be people who don’t think they’re doing anything to be ashamed of while standing next to the Hitlerite cowards.

(Also, not that it matters, trains were going across and the tunnel was open.)

Albanese says not sending non-lethal parts to Israel would mean that Australia withdraws from a 16 or 17 country supply chain for the F-35 aircraft.

Yes.

It would be an honour to be the first country to do so, and I hope we do it regardless of what our government demands. Just like we did when Robert Menzies told us to keep sending pig iron to Imperial Japan in 1938.

We’re not risking Australia’s future defence because of a war between two middle eastern countries

They’re risking Australia’s internal security by participating a genocide in our name. They’re risking Australia’s external defence by pretending the US is an ally and not a hostile competing imperial power. Look at how the US is treating Ukraine just like all its other proxy cannon fodder. Look how the US is treating close 5EYES partners like Canada. Look at how the US is treating us. That’s the future they’re choosing. And if that leaves us a tad more exposed to Indonesia or New Zealand invading us then it still beats the position we’re in now.

As for the laughable “contract” rhetoric, all I have to say is AUKUS subs.

Funnily enough, a certain other place did have private security who they tried to call on demonstrators. The security team were Lebanese and clearly didn’t try once they saw the protesters lol

I’m glad the activists made an effort to clarify to the employees that the action is targeting the company’s contract and not the workers.

A big mistake of some activists is to overlook the importance of workers in our industries and risk alienating them or even blaming them for systematic issues. One of the great things that the Port Botany ZIM protests did was have socialist groups use MUA links in the CPA and Solidarity (+ possibly other groups?) to make sure the employees knew beforehand the reasons for the protest and that the shift-blocking protests wouldn’t impact their pay due to how their contracts worked. This meant that employees generally either approved of or tolerated the protests. We saw something different happen in Melbourne, where in later days some of the activists seemed to want to fight against the employees who were going to work (unless I misremembered). And some anti-coal activists also neglect the importance of working with coal employees, luckily some of the groups emphasise demanding the government to adopt transition plans for training coal employees for other energy jobs. That way, you’re not needlessly making enemies of the working people and allowing in-routes for bosses’ propaganda.

Somewhat related: Australia’s state-funded ABC channel produced a Q&A documentary show called “You Can’t Ask That” with an episode for transgender people. It might be harder to watch outside of Australia but it’s worth the effort. The semi-related Drag episode was also fascinating. Disclaimer/CW: I haven’t watched the full episode in years and suspect there might have been transphobia in some questions.

Official 2 minute teaser question: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GSilokmn8zI

(A couple of other countries had localised spin-off versions of the show but I haven’t watched them.)

ex card carrying marxist here

I’m extremely interested to hear which card you carried, as this Marxist group sounds very strange and, well, not Marxist.

The sentences you said after clearly contradict Marx’s own theory and actions, as well as those of every Marxist group I’ve talked to in this country. The only one (1) I’ve know to be anti-union was the SEP, who are tiny and inconsequential and demand workers create their own union.

and I see the excuse that protesting is still useful because it gives you a means to organize for further action

That’s not “an excuse”. Look at basically all revolutions which weren’t just military coups and you can find meaningful protests. They’re a major entry point to those “better ways” you mention.

A protest isn’t inherently effective, going there and simply standing around listening to speeches is a waste of your time, but it is still an important tool in social change.

They are free to believe what ever idiocy they choose.

You say this as if their beliefs are inconsequential, merely ideas in an abstract. This group is a predatory cult. It was recently publicly revealed that one of their members already killed themselves due to internal oppression. They regularly threaten people (including politicians) with violence and commit violence, and members have been charged and arrested for doing so. They’re still doing it and growing in size. The law has shown itself ineffective at stopping them.

But ultimately, at the end of the day, this cult is organising with the explicit intent of exterminating people, including me. So, when do you believe I, or we, should stop them?