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Posting mix of #auspol & tech/dev stuff.

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Every single Collingwood supporter in Australia after St Kilda gets a 50 meter penalty and a goal from these stupid new rules.. 🀬🀬
#gopies

08.03.2026 08:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hoping for the best, expecting the worst….
#gopies

08.03.2026 08:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

How I arrived on Bluesky.

04.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with long hair and a beard is wearing a blue shirt and looking at the camera . ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is wearing a blue shirt and looking at the camera .

Jack Black is the obvious choice..

03.03.2026 07:19 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Iran's nukes (that were destroyed last June) and Iraq's WMD's (that were never found) are buried along with the photographic evidence showing the world is flat & the moon landing was fake underneath Covfefe Children's Hospital in Tehran. πŸ€”

03.03.2026 07:16 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure this is EXACTLY the outcome Hanson would have been hoping for: publicity for the disgusting comments & now even more publicity for the censure motion. This must be a whole lot cheaper vs paid fb adverts too. We'll see a lot more of this from her & ON members in future I am certain.

#auspol

02.03.2026 07:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm guessing if you drew a Venn diagram of all the people who made $ billions using advance insider trading knowledge of Trump's invasions/tariff changes vs the people who financially backed Trumps' election win it would be a perfect circle.
I'm sure years/decades from now we'll see proof.
#auspol

02.03.2026 07:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The battery initiative is probably the only single good thing ALP have done while in gov. Arguably though, they've completely screwed us on electricity prices/distribution & FiT - we would have been a lot better off had they fixed this & installed mass battery installations on provider side instead.

02.03.2026 05:56 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We now see you for what you are. The three war parties: One Nation, the Coalition and Labor who have never seen a US war they don't want to back in. Millions of Australians disagree with you. They want a government of principle, they want a government of peace.

02.03.2026 00:17 πŸ‘ 726 πŸ” 268 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 36
Trump and Khamenei hold last ditch Iran nuclear talks
Trump and Khamenei hold last ditch Iran nuclear talks YouTube video by GZERO Media

The latest Iran-US-Israel conflict explained, with puppets..

#auspol #iran #trump

www.youtube.com/shorts/oQbF3...

28.02.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Well it’s not a real attack by Israel (the most moral army in he world) unless children are being needlessly murdered en masse by their precision guided missiles. No doubt Israel will claim the girls were all senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard members & had enriched uranium in the basement.
#auspol

28.02.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Albanese says Australia supports US action against Iran and stands with the Iranian people’s β€˜struggle against oppression’ Department of foreign affairs warns travellers of risk of reprisal attacks, further escalation and flight cancellations in Middle East

In Albo's warped & compromised little brain apparently a 'struggle against oppression' involves a Ranting Orange Pedophile Lunatic stealing all their oil/rare earth minerals and then claiming moral superiority.
#auspol

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

28.02.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump is so desperate to distract everyone from the Epstein files he's attacked 2 countries in 2 months... At this current rate I imagine he will likely need to attack Australia sometime in mid to late 2028. πŸ€”

#auspol

28.02.2026 11:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yet another mid-talks attack jeopardises chances of Iran taking Trump seriously Second Israeli-US attack during nuclear negotiations may finally jettison any chance of agreement

Must be kind of a weird vibe for world leaders having peace talks with Trump - every time Trump says "oh excuse me I need to go the bathroom" you're never really certain if he's ducking out to order an invasion on your country or not.

#auspol #trump #invasion

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

28.02.2026 11:11 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh - FIFA are going to have to award Trump a 2nd Peace Prize aren't they for <check notes> "exceptional actions for peace and unity". I wonder if they can get one sent out via Amazon overnight - oh wait they'll need one for Netanyahu & Putin as well, maybe there's a bulk discount available?
#auspol

28.02.2026 10:49 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And if you do the math for the 2025 fed election - this point becomes abundantly clear:

ALP received ~$37m from AEC in election funding
ALP received ~$160m in political donations (4x)

You can see very quickly why ALP does not care about protest votes & why it's 100% about appeasing their donors.

28.02.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(Additional Rant) I am 100% convinced ALP is counting on AND expecting to get your 2PP vote. They simply DON'T CARE about your 'protest' vote (and explains them ignoring their base while in office). They know you won't vote LNP/ON & they get enough other funding without needing your #1 ballot pick.

28.02.2026 02:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyhow - I wish something could be done about our voting system - there needs to be a way where Australians can *really* have their say and their vote 100% reflected. Preferential voting in many seats (like mine) is simply a mechanism to keep the duopoly in power with no hope of it ever changing.

28.02.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Context: I'm in Issacs, an ALP stronghold with Pro-Israel candidate Mark Dreyfuss. There are often Greens & Independents I really *want* to vote for but since they get such a low % of the vote it's guaranteed ALP will end up with my 2PP vote. I don't want to be complicit by helping Dreyfuss to win.

28.02.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oddly, PHON posted something I actually agree with & bears elements of sensible thought (obviously for all the WRONG reasons). I've often lodged informal votes to prevent my 2PP going to ALP (who I'd pref higher vs LNP/RWNJ's), which is NOT AT ALL the outcome I want if voting Ind or Greens.

#auspol

28.02.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Liberal party executive agrees to permanently bury review into catastrophic 2025 election defeat Party says β€˜what’s important now is that we strengthen our party for the future’ but some MPs concerned they will not learn from loss

TL;DR : LNP decide to not learn any past lessons & double down on all the policies that lead to their 2025 election massacre. I wonder if Anus will Dutton his way out of his seat next time too?

The big question though - how much popcorn to buy..
🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

#auspol

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

27.02.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looks like BOM Rain Radar on their new eleventy gazillion dollar website has been enshitified. It's 6:20pm right now - the VIC radar loop goes up to 6:10pm. Not too helpful when trying to determine if going for a walk shortly is a good idea or not (Melb SE Suburbs)
#MelbourneWeather #auspol #fail

27.02.2026 07:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Case in point: 'EX front-bencher' Ed Husic who was dropped from his portfolio for speaking out about Gaza. The public votes for MP's based on their opinions/positions - not caucuses. I would imagine a very large % of ALP voters thoroughly disagree with what the ALP caucus has been deciding lately.

24.02.2026 08:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

IMO : The first 2 x sentences is cooker conspiracy rubbish/nonsense - but the rest of it is actually a surpisingly spot on take on what is going on since they won.

24.02.2026 08:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Is A High-Speed Rail Possible In Australia? | Utopia
Is A High-Speed Rail Possible In Australia? | Utopia YouTube video by Working Dog Productions

"The Silver Emu" Australian High Speed Rail project - not just a Feasibility Study, but this time a Scoping Study (which is thicker with graphs and diagrams).

Not yet - but coming soon (after the election).

#auspol #HighSpeedBullshit #AlboFromFocusGroups

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8av3...

24.02.2026 08:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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High-speed train ticket between Newcastle and Sydney to cost $31 for one-hour journey from 2039 Rail line projected to cost taxpayers $61.2bn, with further line to Western Sydney international airport to cost extra $32.4bn

Tickets for the never going to be built High-Speed Rail between Albo's Focus Group to the never going to exist AUKUS submarines will be only $31 each*

* +Gov Taxes of $6400 PER TAXPAYER based on $96bn cost

#auspol #HighSpeedElectionPromise #AlboFromFocusGroups

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

24.02.2026 07:53 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nine urges Albanese to prop up media in face of AI threat Long-awaited news bargaining code with Google, Meta and TikTok at risk of further delay, chief executive says

This should ONLY be done if :
- Posts by MSM aren't clickbait
- Similarly, min threshold for amount of readable 'news' in the actual post (not link) must be met.

Otherwise, these are actually ads (not news) & MSM should be the ones paying the SM sites.

#auspol

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

24.02.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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High-speed rail link between Sydney and Newcastle could be β€˜shovel-ready’ in two years, Albanese government says Transport minister Catherine King will pledge $230m for planning work for the first phase of a bullet train on Australia’s east coast

Just In: ALP Gov has announced they have identified a suitable burial site for both the upcoming and previous 50x shelved High-Speed Rail feasibility studies.

#auspol

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

23.02.2026 23:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Well as it turns out, 'examine all options' (over the 15% Trump tariff) doesn't mean what we think it means...

Many thanks to Google Translate 'ALP Government' > 'English' feature for clearing that up. πŸ€”

#auspol

22.02.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Swasticar vs Pahran Burgertory - looks like the Burgertory won. Perhaps owner was trying to overcompensate for car veering right all the time? πŸ€”

21.02.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0