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Community Organizer / Unionist / Spooky Liker https://linktr.ee/SPLeighton

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The summers of today are vastly different to those of our grandparents Australia has always been hot. On average, summer is now one degree warmer than it was 50 years ago. But that number hides the stark reality that the summers our kids experience today are much more ex...

No matter how you present this data,
the drunk uncles of Australia won't believe it.
We're going to cook our country by listening to the people in your life that you won't take advice from.
#auspol #climate
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

12.03.2026 03:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If a factory is torn down but the rationality which produced it is
left standing, then that rationality will simply produce another
factory.
β€”Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

12.03.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Quote of the day,
"Is America sure it wants to live in the world it is currently creating?" - Matthew Petti

09.03.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry that it's not real-by-the-book irony.
#irony #war

09.03.2026 04:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Country Joe McDonald - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag
Country Joe McDonald - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag YouTube video by PatchouliHaze

Joe McDonald died over the weekend.
I think he would like the irony.

youtu.be/3W7-ngmO_p8?...

09.03.2026 04:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Why UFC Sucks Now
Why UFC Sucks Now YouTube video by More Perfect Union

Dana White is coming to ruin boxing.
Collective bargaining should be the right of all workers.
Even sports ones.
#boxing #union #iww
youtu.be/7iKoH6LceBo?...

09.03.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Cynicism is killing us.
Cynicism is killing us. YouTube video by Phil0bot

Your cynicism is not post-ideological.

#cynicism

youtu.be/1NkmZxp56Fs?...

02.03.2026 01:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vegetarian diet lowers risk of cancer, Oxford study finds The new study - led by University of Oxford researchers - is the largest ever of its kind.

Captain Renault: I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.
#food

28.02.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps we should be a Republic so that family is not the royal family of our country. You know, that one that sucks.
#auspol

20.02.2026 08:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dear street artists of my neighbourhood. I like people painting things on the front of my house; it's one of the things I love about it, but please lay off the gold and silver. It's so tacky. It's starting to look like a suburban hip-hop themed burger chain from 2004.
#streetart #art #painting

18.02.2026 06:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The pleasure of revenge: retaliatory aggression arises from a neural imbalance toward reward Abstract. Most of daily life hums along peacefully but provocations tip the balance toward aggression. Negative feelings are often invoked to explain why p

But why do people who are economically hurting want to see people they think are less valid crying in the streets, even though it won't solve their problem?
This.. This is what has radicalised your drunk uncle.
academic.oup.com/scan/article...
#auspol #neuroscience #racism

16.02.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well done!

15.02.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Steve Earle - City Of Immigrants (live 2008) 0815007
Steve Earle - City Of Immigrants (live 2008) 0815007 YouTube video by Doris0815007

The next Australian election is going to be disgusting.
One Nation is going to drag us all into a racism fight and beat everyone with their experience. Don't let them
#auspol #racism
youtu.be/75H8J6lURZc?...

15.02.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps it's wrong for our country to beat up its citizens for not showing sufficient deference to foreign leaders.
Just things to think about.
#auspol #australia

10.02.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's great that we dont have coffee chains in my neighbourhood. That way all the coffee shops can independently decide to look exactly the same and serve the exact same things.
#Melbourne #coffee #brunswick

08.02.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down!
The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down! YouTube video by TheStyleCouncilVEVO

youtu.be/k5HfOipwvts?...

01.02.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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People from sexual minorities really do die younger, new data suggests New census-linked data reveals a stark UK health inequality: sexual minority people die younger and at higher rates than heterosexual people.

Still second class.

27.01.2026 04:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This year, more people than ever have forgotten that we've never really been a flag-worshipping country. That whole thing is being imported from the States. Nothing says "I Love My Country" like importing your politics, positions, and rituals from another country.
#auspol #australia

27.01.2026 04:03 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great idea. Currently running young activists through a movement building workshop and we're going to finish with some games of it.

25.01.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love that every 2 year we have to re-explain "infinite diversity in infinite combinations" to the same guys.
While they say "but not this combination!".
#treksky

21.01.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's pretty funny how little will change if Newsom wins the next US election.

19.01.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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14.01.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing reminds you of your position in the universe than a barber fucking your hair right up.

14.01.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

During the 1980 Olympic Boycott, Carter proposed that the Olympics be permanently moved to Greece to avoid political entanglement. It's time to make that happen.
#olympics

12.01.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The state always expects the untrained average citizen to protect the professionally trained law enforcer from confusion or fear in times of stress, or they get to pay with their lives.

08.01.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What about one of those incompetence vs job movies where, due to convoluted reasons, Matt Berry is forced to be a Jame Bond style spy.
#movie #spy

08.01.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#OtD 8 Jan 2003 two train drivers from Motherwell, Scotland, refused to drive a train full of ammunition for UK forces in the Gulf to the Glen Douglas NATO military base. It was a protest against the threat of invading Iraq. More on the anti-war movt: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1079...

08.01.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Murdoch royal commission is dead A royal commission into the influence of the Murdoch media empire just isn't happening, Malcolm Turnbull tells Crikey.

The Royal Commission I was really hanging out for, but will never get.
#auspol #media #newscorpse

08.01.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Australia today is a library day.
Your local library are one of the few free to visit public places that have air-conditioning, so grab the kids and head there!
And today is the perfect time to meet them and see if they would like to come with you.
#auspol #heatwave #australia

06.01.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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03.01.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0