Trade Unionist, Progressive, Australian, Feminist. Liberty, Equality, Solidarity. Homophobe/transphobe bigots can get stuffed. Not a pacifist but pro-peace. Anti-genocide. Born at 325.54 ppm. Kyoto was at 356.42 ppm. 2024 = 421.55 ppm.
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What Israel is doing in Gaza goes beyond killing bodies; it is an attempt to destroy the Palestinian person at their core. The goal is to turn them into beings without dignity, identity or hope. Resisting this systematic destruction of consciousness requires co-ordinate ...
It wasn’t just in Melbourne that the NSN led the March for Australia Here they are in Sydney, marching at the front of the crowd, together with the organisers
Ancient DNA confirms Yersinia pestis caused the Justinian Plague—the first pandemic in history. Jerash’s Roman hippodrome became a mass grave, revealing a story that still resonates today. #Archaeology #AncientDNA #History #Pandemics
Horrifying yet spot on! After high sensitivity troponin tests replaced lower sensitivity ones, women's mortality rates from heart attacks went down by 5%. Men's didn't change. Many women seem to have been told "nah, it's not a heart attack", gone home and died. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40185319/
Women with little heart damage after heart attacks treated with beta-blockers were much more likely to have another heart attack or be hospitalized for heart failure + ~3x more likely to die compared with women not given them. Research on the heart only focused on men 😒 www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
It's very simple. The people costing all the money, are the people with all the money. Not the people with hardly any money. It really shouldn't need explaining.
The last 3 years have been the hottest in around 125,000 years. CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years. But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures. Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.
So Israel now branching out to political assassinations abroad now Collective punishment now being exported Australia still supplying military aid to Israel
Open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese MP from Australian former diplomats johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
@senatorwong.bsky.social Australia should also be taking trans refugees from the USA.
If they cannot be safe in the US, #Canada must provide at least some of that safety. @mark-carney.bsky.social please ask Minister Diab to heed my call on this. #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Absolutely incredible. The Berlin police justified repeatedly brutally punching this Irish activist in the face and breaking their arm... ...because they said they were acting like Nazis. Yes, violently attacking protesters opposed to genocide has definitely rebutted that one!
Thomas Sewell spoke at the racist rally in Naarm today, so it was officially a Nazi rally. #AusPol
it's not a social justice party if it has a transphobe, homophobe, and forced birther in it. especially in a senior position. simply being against the genocide in gaza doesn't make someone a progressive. there are plenty of conservatives who are opposed to israel's genocide. single-issue party.
Silence today as Israel continues GENOCIDE in Gaza and now exports collective punishment abroad with political assassination in Yemen All while Western governments refuse to act - incl Australia 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 "𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰"
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social take this advice please 🙏
One of the ways governments destroy trust is through secrecy and half-truths, says @amyremeikis.bsky.social . And the Albanese government is taking unaccountability to a new level. #auspol #SundayShot www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Genocide Julian? Julian is “incandescent with rage” because he believes we should condone genocide. Australians can discern the difference between Australian Jews and Israel, we don’t need Julian to oversee us. #AusPol
“Left has ceded strategic Defence policy to right, to Australia’s detriment Doris Kearns Goodwin’s crisp biography Lyndon B. Johnson, observes that single phrase now defines presidency: “If it hadn’t been for Vietnam”.” www.themonthly.com.au/september-20....
As so often @roycerk2.bsky.social is spot on about Sporty Santamaria's cozy corporatist state (for the rich and connected, whether the fossil fuel lobby or other establishment insiders).
"The ocean's fucked". But "the Malinauskas government has maintained an uncomfortably close relationship to the oil and gas industry" And fossil-fueled Albanese doesn't dare call it a "disaster". Excellent report from @roycerk2.bsky.social . #ClimateCrisis #auspol drilled.media/news/algal-b...
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Harris: "I say to the European Union, if its member states do not act collectively and impose sanctions on Israel now, then when will they? Children are starving, international organizations have described acts of genocide, and condemnations are no longer enough.”
We know that outsourcing public service work to the private sector costs three-times as much as hiring public servants to do the work and we know it’s eroding our public service - so why this Government is spending even more on consultants is beyond belief.
Everyone involved in this needs to repay whatever public money was involved in full. Deloitte, the DEWR Secretary's salary for any time in commissioning it, all of you. This must be referred IMMEDIATELY to both the Australian Public Service Commission and the NACC.
The National Socialist Network are not only attending tomorrow’s March for Australia Rally, they’re also speaking at it
Gaza is the deadliest war zone for journalists in modern history
But, given that Vance doesn't strike me as more trustworthy than Pence, Trump would have to REALLY need an anaesthetic to appoint an acting president ... which is why I reckon you're probably right about the heart thing. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
There's plenty of precedent. George H.W. Bush acted for Regan from 11:28 a.m. until 7:22 p.m. on 13 July 1985. Dick Cheney acted for George W. Bush from 7:09 a.m. until 9:24 a.m. on 29 June 2002. Kamala Harris acted for Joe Biden from 10:10 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. on 19 November 2021.
I reckon you're spot on. Given Vance's weird statement, I reckon there's a chance that Trump is having a procedure under anaesthetic and we'll find out later that Vance has been acting president under the 25th amendment for some hours over Trump's quiet days. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week. newatlas.com/energy/large...
Just today, I was asked by @amnesty.de journal about the conditions of protest in Germany and whether we are seeing a new quality of police violence at protests. You can guess my answer from this video. 2yrs ago we were discussing illegal pain compliance holds, now it's punches straight to the face
Spot on! Short stays have different effects in different markets but in Tasmania especially they are a seriously major driver of the rental crisis. These are 2022 figures:
Reuters knows Israel Is lying in claiming the camera on the stairwell at Nasser Hospital was being used by Hamas. How? Because it was a Reuters camera being used for its live feeds. So why is Reuters playing so dumb? Matthew Alford reads my latest article: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-eve...
In the late 1940s, early 1950s the top tax rate for the very rich was over 90% and the NHS, Welfare State, massive council house build, nationalisation of public utilities were all very "sustainable" meme vai Durah Ashton
Spot on! Every anti-genocide protest in Adelaide has had SAPOL mounted police menacing it. We know what violence they would visit on us if we were a tenth as disruptive as those pro-climate-catastrophy nutters.
Can you IMAGINE the obscene jail sentences that would've been rushed through parliament in the space of hours, had climate protesters done something even close to this www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Of course if Trump is under anaesthetic, it implies he REALLY needs it. When other US presidents had colonoscopies, they trusted their VP. It appears Trump didn't trust Pence so didn't have an anaesthetic: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
It's happened before. George H.W. Bush acted for Regan from 11:28 a.m. until 7:22 p.m. on 13 July 1985. Dick Cheney acted for George W. Bush from 7:09 a.m. until 9:24 a.m. on 29 June 2002. Kamala Harris acted for Joe Biden from 10:10 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. on 19 November 2021.
Of course, it's more likely that he's undergoing a procedure where he's under anaesthetic. With the 25th amendment that would explain Vance's weird statement. It might be that we learn next week that, for a few hours this weekend, Vance was , technically, "in charge".
Are they taking him off the stage because the US is about to attack someone? Venezuela? Iran again? Greenland? Pizzint seems to be indicating lots of Pentagon activity: www.pizzint.watch
Disturbingly this could be a sign that the USN demonstrations off Venezuela might not just be demonstrations?
Spot on!
Wow! That's pretty complete. "The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia."
They blame the powerless to protect the powerful. Immigrants didn’t crash wages, gut healthcare, or hike rent—BILLIONAIRES did, laughing to the bank. Crime, unrest, unemployment? All symptoms of THEIR #GREED. Now they’re coming for YOUR rights—disguised as attacks on those they taught you to #blame.
Gavin Newsom doesn’t deserve your dead-eyed cheerleading. He is Donald Trump with better hair. Learn to stand for something and demand better.
Trump’s "state capitalism" has nothing whatever to do with public ownership, socialism, helping the working class, or improving national security. There is no real industrial policy. It’s all about centralizing ever more control over America in the Oval Office.
To be clear what happened here. Israel bombed a hospital. They waited for paramedics and first responders to arrive. Then they bombed it again. This is known as the 'double tap'. You are watching unfathomable evil, armed and facilitated by the West.
BBC: "We're just reporting what the Israeli Defence Forces have said..." Exactly.
What a brave young man
we've run out of time to be quietly reasonable ACT NAT NZF are demolishing Aotearoa and putting any profit from that and the fire sale into their own bank accounts call your MP and local party representives, imply election now #nzpol
American covert influence operations in Greenland, according to the Danish public broadcaster based on government sources
Usman Khawaja said in Parliament today that the Government has been “100% too slow” in banning gambling ads. Australia Institute polling shows three in four Australians (76%) support a total ban on gambling ads! @amyremeikis.bsky.social #auspol
Something we need to grasp is that Establishment power meant imperialism. Imperialism is a system of thought that sees upper class white men as the pinnacle of humanity, with a sacred duty to control the lives of others. What we now call the far right is an extension and revival of imperialism.
This week's column. The details will make you gasp and rage. This massive desecration of nature is almost unbelievable, but it is happening in the UK right now. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences? Only one explanation now remains. They do. And it is what they want.
Never before in our history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many of us, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next. This is what dictatorship looks like.
This needs to be a lesson for all US allies. This is how the US values allies. This is how the US treats allies. Perhaps we should cease being US allies? #AusPol
Here's how the real two-tier Britain works: 1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off. 2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵
This is it in a nutshell: firing at a hospital to take out a camera is a war crime, no question and no defence, but the media don't even recognise what they're normalising anymore.
Unfortunately I reckon you're spot on.
Thanks for sharing your excellent article. You are spot on! Who are the foreign partners? Why would Iran do this? You're also right on the bigger issue of why are the press just platforming US statements and not joining the dots that spell fascism?
Deepcut were kind enough to have me back: www.deepcutnews.com/p/asios-sens...
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.
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
If they accept that some kids - especially older kids -- will be fairly consistently classed as adults and do go with biometric age verification ... every system in use uses ID as a backup for adults misclassified as kids. Over time many adults, especially younger adults, will be misclassified.
How are those tests going? This article from August implies the biometrics are having serious problems. Will they be implemented? If they are, adults classed as children by mistake may well have to choose between uploading drivers licences or a ban. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
The terms of reference for the inquiry are here:
BREAKING: The Senate has just voted YES to our inquiry into the social media age ban & search engine age verification codes! This isn't just about kids - it's a national age verification and identification system masquerading as being about online safety for children. 🧵
And there it is.
Israel bombed a hospital. Rescue workers and reporters rushed to recover the dead and the wounded. Israel bombed the hospital again. Live on TV. Read that again. Our government’s legacy will be its complicity in crimes against humanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
open.substack.com/pub/thenorth... Valerie is not some fringe freelancer. For nearly a decade her photos appeared in Reuters, The New York Times, Al Jazeera, and countless other outlets across North America, Asia, and Europe.
Dans ce scénario, orchestrer la chute du gouvernement Bayrou le 8 septembre vise à créer un contexte économique qui mette la pression sur les parlementaires, pour les contraindre à voter un budget d’austérité d’ici la fin de l’année 2025. Comment ? En causant une mini panique financière 10/23
L’objectif est double : fracturer le PS (Hollande vs Faure) mais aussi entraver la normalisation du RN aux yeux des milieux d’affaire et patronaux, en utilisant leur vote « contre » la confiance du gouvernement pour les dépeindre comme irresponsables sur la dette & incapables de gouverner 9/23
Dans ce scénario, le pari de Bayrou est un échec : son bluff est éventé car suffisamment de groupes d’oppositions ont annoncé qu’ils ne voteront pas la confiance (à gauche – FI, PC, EELV – mais aussi à l’extrême droite – RN). Il perdra le vote de confiance & quittera Matignon dans 2 semaines 4/23
Spot on! Growth in pollution is all pollution from now. We need to leave it in the ground.
Literal terrorist groups. Should be listed as such.
I agree. But I also think making them pay the real costs of their externalities could drive them out of producing here now: and first we need to stop the ongoing growth in pollution.
Where I think you and Rising Tide have it right and Simms is wrong is the scale of the levy. The damage of the climate collapse caused algal bloom is clearly more than Santos's profits last year so the levy should be big enough to pay those damages. It should drive Santos into the red.
I don't see how making Santos - our local fossil fuel behemoth - pay damages for what is clearly a climate collapse related event is a bad idea. Making the fossil fuel industry in SA pay for climate disasters in SA seems a good way to deter anyone from mining pollutants here.
I agree we need to leave it in the ground. But I think Simms is suggesting these corporations be fined for the damage they have done to pay damages to some of those effected by their massive externalities rather than taxed on new products of doom.
It appears it's only a "tragic mistake" in English: bsky.app/profile/paul...
In English, Israel calls double-tapping a hospital a "mistake" In Hebrew, Israel brags about bombing Nasir hospital twice & murdering 4 journalists there, calling them all "terrorists" They first bombed the hospital, waited for journalists to rush to the scene & bombed them!
Was an F35 used in this multistage war crime? If so @senatorwong.bsky.social an Aussie bomb bay uplock actuator was instrumental in dropping those bombs. You could ban these exports but you don't. Why?
@senatorwong.bsky.social I've just watched Murray Watt talk about this war crime on #ABCNewsBreakfast and say we deplore it but are not going to do anything about it. If an F35 dropped these bombs then an Aussie uplock actuator was responsible. You could stop these exports.
"🔴 The death toll of journalists deliberately targeted and killed by the IOF has risen to 245, following the killing of 5 journalists at Nasser Hospital. 🔘 Hossam Al-Masri... 🔘 Mohamed Salama... 🔘 Mariam Abu Daqqa... 🔘 Muaz Abu Taha.... 🔘 Ahmed Abu Aziz." www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxdsd... #Israel
Israel is deliberately depriving people of water in #Gaza. The amount of water available for Palestinians is incredibly insufficient. This is unacceptable: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-is...
#FCKNZS This article was first published as Chapter Two of Tim Mason's book 'Sozialpolitik im Dritten Reich. Arbeiterklasse und Volksgemeinschaft' (Opladen 1977) / 'Social Policy in the Third Reich: The Working Class and the 'National Community'. #NWBTCW via files.libcom.org/files/Mason%... [PDF]
"Despite decades of taking the advice of orgs such as the Productivity Commission, resulting in decades of deregulation, privatisation and tax cuts, Australia has witnessed a collapse in productivity growth," writes @richarddenniss.bsky.social.
To boost Australian productivity, the government must look beyond the lower-tax and free-market solutions that have long reinforced its downward trend, writes @richarddenniss.bsky.social in the Saturday Paper. Our submission to the Economic Roundtable: australiainstitute.org.au/report/submi...
Francesca Albanese: why aren't countries breaking the blockade of Gaza?
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Millions of homeless people and millions of empty houses Millions of starving people and mountains of rotting 'waste' food. Millions of sick people and stockpiles of for-profit medicines A military industry that needs to invent wars to avoid going bankrupt Capitalism is madness #Marxistmonday
More than 240 journalists killed by Israel, more than in WW1, WW2, Vietnam and every other war in the 20th century combined. This can only happen because they are deliberately targeting them. Which is a War Crime.
I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage
Adam Parsons rightfully acknowledging that new organisations around the world (including Sky News) depend on journalists in Gaza. So where are the statements from these new organisations condemning Israel for targeting & murdering journalists?
Tax breaks for huge, American-style utes cost the Australian government $250 million in 2023. But it gets worse. Emissions from passenger cars have fallen since 2005, but that drop was wiped out by the increased use of big utes. #auspol
