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@sasansandy

80 years and still learning, scientist, activist in past lives. Admire scholars, thinkers, artists, workers, and some politicians (of the non-craven type). AI free zone

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Israel is committed heart and soul to doing evil.

12.03.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 152 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 1

Dan Tehan showing fake outrage about the fuel crisis. Which wasn't caused by labor, Chris Bowen or Anthony Albanese.
I'll criticise labor. As much as I do the lnp. But I won't be accepting Angus Taylor or Dan Tehan's hypocricy on low fuel shortages.
Considering. What happened 6 years ago.

13.03.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Absolute class act response from Mayor Mamdani.

13.03.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 291 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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New Study Finds Alarmingly High Percentage Of Gen Z Men Think Women Should Be Submissive

Not a good sign.

12.03.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 762 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 174 πŸ“Œ 43
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First people arrested under new Queensland laws banning 'from the river to the sea' chant The Queensland government is under fire from activists who consider the hate speech laws to be "hallmarks of an authoritarian police state".

Well ... I'm not in QLD & I agree πŸ‘‡

"... activists say (that) those words & "globalise the intifada" are calls for Palestinian freedom & human rights, rather than violence or the destruction of Israel."

Israel must be held accountable for its war crimes. And that's NOT an antisemitic statement.

13.03.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"

Social Security - "That's socialism!"

Debt free education - "That's socialism!"

Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"

$1 billion per day on a war in the Middle East that no one wants, while millions of people at home struggle.

"That's just how it is."

12.03.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 6603 πŸ” 2379 πŸ’¬ 225 πŸ“Œ 95
Let me interrupt your expertise with my confidence

Let me interrupt your expertise with my confidence

From techbros to wars against a society that’s been in existence for 2000y & believes strongly in martyrdom, to illiterate kids in the US pulling useful grants β€˜cause of a word in the title, the overconfident are leading the world up the garden path, out of the garden and into to a sterile desert πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

12.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

"this is a psychotic war. One that Israel and the United States entered led by two psychopaths. Vainglorious, narcissistic, disconnected. They're up to their necks in political and legal trouble."

An Israeli journalist demonstrating truth-telling and courage that is way beyond Australian media.

12.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

"This is not a fringe movement. It is a democratic renewal."
AND "A community independent is not an ideological loner, a protest vote, or a spoiler. They are someone who emerges from and answers to their community directly."

Vote differently. #auspol

12.03.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please read....

12.03.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is remarkable what Anthropic is getting away with everywhere in the world. In these responses they say they'll match their US approach

So: disclose nothing on emissions and energy, and beg the government to build new fossil gas infrastructure?

TY @davidpocock.bsky.social for challenging them

12.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Worst thing I’ve ever seen’: CSIRO slashes climate modelling jobs Australia’s science agency is cutting more than 100 jobs in its Environment Research Unit, which critics say will crush our capacity to predict climate change.

CSIRO have now lost more jobs under the Albanese Governmet than under the Abbott Government.

We have to do better on research funding and backing our scientists.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...

12.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 308 πŸ” 163 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 15
Single frame. Title: β€œMeanwhile, in a Syrian refugee camp”. Scene is refugee camp in washed out colour with tents, adult and child carrying babs in background. Foreground: woman in robe and hijab holding a soccer ball speaks to three young children saying, β€œPay attention kids. This could be our only hope.”

Single frame. Title: β€œMeanwhile, in a Syrian refugee camp”. Scene is refugee camp in washed out colour with tents, adult and child carrying babs in background. Foreground: woman in robe and hijab holding a soccer ball speaks to three young children saying, β€œPay attention kids. This could be our only hope.”

Game of hope.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

12.03.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 402 πŸ” 157 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 6
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Australia hands fossil fuel companies $31,000 a minute in subsidies β€” more than it spends on the Air Force New research has revealed that Australian governments are providing the equivalent of $31,020 a minute in fossil fuel subsidies as households continue to struggle with rising petrol and electricity pr...

Excellent work by @rodcampbell.bsky.social and @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social
'the overall cost of the subsidies is now growing at a faster rate than funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which increased by only 7.6 per cent over the same period.'
thepoint.com.au/news/260312-...

12.03.2026 01:21 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

50 years ago, oil crisis led the world to rapid rollout of nuclear energy, and big investment into wind and solar energy viability.
Will be interesting to see if current oil issues lead to more rapid renewables rollout.
Unfortunately the issues may need to get β€œpainfulβ€œ to trigger that.
#EnergySky

12.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Two masters of integrity-free, accountability-free politics

Two masters of sacrificing public interest in service of private interests

12.03.2026 08:02 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How could this have happened, wonders Keir, and where did I get these whoppers? Lord Mandelson must have hypnotised the PM into making him ambassador against all advice

β€˜Officials used the bland language of Confucian bureaucracy, but run the files through Google translate and they said: β€œWtf? Mandy?! This creep is a lying liar and probably belongs in jail.”’

www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/1635eb4...

11.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The NACC continues to be a joke

10.03.2026 23:54 πŸ‘ 404 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 4

Increasingly clear that the future of the species hinges on the American/Israeli empire collapsing before the climate does

11.03.2026 05:21 πŸ‘ 434 πŸ” 140 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 13
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Tony Blair’s oil lobbying is a misleading rehash of fossil fuel industry spin Ex-PM’s thinktank urges more drilling and fewer renewables, ignoring evidence that clean energy is cheaper and better for bills

There are quite a few cynical and sinister figures in British public life. But Tony Blair is among the very worst. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

12.03.2026 10:31 πŸ‘ 909 πŸ” 307 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 13
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"Once you cheapen a phrase like antisemitism… when you call Miss Rachel an antisemite, you're completely undermining the very important common struggle we should have against antisemitism.”

Piers Morgan & I discuss Ben Shapiro's attempts to cancel anyone who criticizes Israel.

11.03.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 1088 πŸ” 168 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 9

And not just tax reform.

In so many areas, Australia is "starved of independent sources of policy thinking untainted by vested interests." #auspol

12.03.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Possibly, the thinking would be that Ms Campbell thought the result
would find such favour with Minister Morrison as to lead to her
advancement. But quite apart from the speculation inherent in that
kind of reasoning, it is objectively a most unlikely proposition that an
already very senior, career public servant with a long and
unblemished record of achievement and recognition in both the APS
and ADF would so much desire further advancement as to
premeditatedly commit the serious criminal offence of deceiving ERC

Possibly, the thinking would be that Ms Campbell thought the result would find such favour with Minister Morrison as to lead to her advancement. But quite apart from the speculation inherent in that kind of reasoning, it is objectively a most unlikely proposition that an already very senior, career public servant with a long and unblemished record of achievement and recognition in both the APS and ADF would so much desire further advancement as to premeditatedly commit the serious criminal offence of deceiving ERC

NACC concludes that Kathryn Campbell didn't lie because she had no motive to

They say she had no motive because she was already successful, & wouldn't risk lying for further career advancement. I love it when people with no understanding of greed or hubris run corruption investigations

12.03.2026 05:08 πŸ‘ 220 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 27

Would suggest symbiosis...
The LabLib coalition continues to prop up the gas end of fossil fuel damage. Not turning up signifies agreement.....

12.03.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In 2026, America has entered into a Golden Age... for one person and his cronies

12.03.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 139 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

That's especially clever of our lead science agency...
But then our government wants plausible deniability not just in war, but in climate crisis...

12.03.2026 10:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Heartening to see the Iranian women’s soccer team given humanitarian visas. Australia can be a refuge for those fleeing persecution.

Aussie women and kids should be brought home too β€” no matter who their father/spouse was. Kids and mums aren’t something to kick around like a political football.

12.03.2026 09:47 πŸ‘ 242 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2
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12.03.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As the world is focused on Iran, Israel reinforces its #GazaGenocide

04.03.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

SMH - the answer is no

12.03.2026 07:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0