I just can’t believe we’re doing this.

Not a single credible expert says it’s good for us.

The only reason we’re doing it is so Labor is seen to be strong on defence & so they don’t get wedged by LNP/Murdoch/Stokes/Nine/ABC (they will anyway) #auspol

with the yanks heading back to the dark ages this confirms it was always a feudal levy. beyond disgusted

Newspapers article of man who claimed to have accidentally shot his wife in the back - she will never walk again. Dumped her at the hospital, then fled. Went home and cleaned up the scene, then vanished for a month. Was bailed

Accidentally shot wife in the back and she’ll never walk again. Dumped her at the hospital, then fled. Went home and cleaned up the scene, then vanished for a month

Was bailed

Watch and Act - Bushfire - Monitor Conditions As They Are Changing Issued Today at 3:23 PM. This Watch and Act message is being issued for Darriman, Giffard West, Woodside, Woodside North. • There is a bushfire at Kangaroo Swamp Nature Conservation Reserve that is not yet under control. • The bushfire is travelling from Kangaroo Swamp Nature Conservation Reserve in a south-easterly direction towards Giffard West. The situation can change at any time. You must monitor conditions and be ready to act.

Watch and Act Bushfire Victoria

Issued 15:23

Darriman
Giffard West
Woodside
Woodside North

Fire at Kangaroo Swamp Nature Conservation Reserve not yet under control

The bushfire is travelling from Kangaroo Swamp
Nature Conservation Reserve in a south-easterly direction towards Giffard West

I fear there is deep truth here.

If you think only billionaires can control social media, You are absolutely wrong. Social media is completely dependent on its users. Think about why you do or did use FB, ThreadsTik tok or Twitter. It's because they have enough users. Take away all the "normies" and they all are worthless

x
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.

Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?

If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.

Watch the Fox table freak out when Jessica Tarlov informs them the numbers show far right white supremacist terrorism has killed more people since 9/11

Yup. I once met the man who ran the marketing campaign against the mining tax, who boasted that for $21 million expenditure, the mining industry had been spared tens of billions, HUNDREDS of billions of dollars of paying their dues to the people of Australia.
#auspol

And the Australian 2024 Useless Government Agency Of The Year award goes to . . . . .

*drum roll*

the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

Yaaay!! Well done @strangerous.bsky.social for judging the #NACC the supreme winner out of a crowded field of incompetent, taxpayer-funded duds.

#pfffft

$650 MILLION: “McKinsey said in a statement on Friday that it’s ‘deeply sorry’ for its work for Purdue Pharma.” apnews.com/article/mcki...

(We’re still waiting for @MarshaBlackburn to apologize for her bill that made it harder for the DEA to fight the opioid crisis) ⏰

Headline from 1930s: Hitler Fund Gets ‘Voluntary Gifts’

Any time we see another CEO pony up a million for Trump’s inauguration, remember this headline.

From @saneman.bsky.social

I've seen a child with tetanus, I've treated near fatal infections after chicken pox, and I've pronounced children dead from COVID whose parents refused to have them vaccinated.

We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.

Enjoy adult governance. The lunatics will soon be in charge of the asylum.

Dutton's nuclear policy would have coal-fired power stations operating longer The opposition has finally put in place the last piece of its controversial nuclear policy, with modelling claiming its alternative would cost $260 billion less than Labor's transition path to net zer...

We are firmly on a path towards 100% renewable energy. We're already at almost 40%. But Dutton's wants to slam the brakes on clean energy - and keep coal burning for longer.

When Peter Dutton releases the nuclear ‘costings’ later this week (as he’s committed) keep your eye on what’s actually at stake - the necessary energy transition

‼️‼️‼️ “3D flight data on the plane widely suspected of carrying Bashar al-Assad on the run suggests it has crashed (if the data is correct).”

Could have done it himself or perhaps his plane was sabotaged.

- Ateo Breaking

Assad has left Damascus, say senior army officers; Syria rebels say they are in capital Insurgents gained control after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule dangling by a thread as rebels marched on Damascus.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters, as rebels said they had entered the capital with no sign of army deployments reut.rs/3ORxDTn

This is going to be a big deal, surely. The assumption that gas exports are just somehow, magically solely displacing coal use in recipient countries has been a load bearing parcel of bullshit for many years in the energy litigation + greenwashing space, and this coming from the US would be huge

Labor Department investigating migrant child labor claims at HelloFresh The Labor Department is investigating HelloFresh over allegations that migrant children were working at its cooking and packaging facility in Illinois.

“The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating HelloFresh, the popular meal kit service company, over allegations that migrant children were working at its cooking and packaging facility in Illinois as recently as this summer…

At least six teenagers…were found working night shifts”

Nuclear power plants use a large amount of water for cooling and to drive turbines, typically between 13–24 billion liters per year:
Amount of water used: A 1600 MW nuclear plant uses around 2,000 liters of water per second or 173 million liters per day

SHOW ME THE WATER, Mr Littleproud. #auspol

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.

Exclusive: Dutton hires Morrison’s ‘disinformation’ team The Liberal Party has hired controversial digital agency Topham Guerin to produce content for its election campaign, despite concerns about disinformation and deepfakes used by the group.

"The Liberal Party has re-engaged controversial NZ-based agency Topham Guerin, known for its aggressive use of disinformation tactics and deepfake technology" @jksocrates.bsky.social

Deepfake political advertising to market #DeepfakeDutton. #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...

Every regular person in the United States who works their ass off and struggles to pay their bills hath suffered mightily at the hands of these greedy insurance companies. This hatred is born of shared pain, for thou art all human. Thy bodies break. Thy knees ache. And when God suddenly decides it’s time for thy appendix to burst, thou should not need to beg for mercy from an uncaring corporation.

Here's a passage from today's newsletter about the United Healthcare CEO.

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A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo

BREAKING NEWS:

Republican Tennessee lawmaker, Sen. Ken Yager, urinated on himself during a DUI field sobriety test.

I think he has Trump‘s new cabinet secretary potential!

It’s dumb, but gas-rich Australia has little option but to import gas Australia is one of the largest LNG exporters behind the US, so why are its most populous states at risk of running out?

Political negligence and incompetence on a cosmic scale. What will we import next? Sheep ? Koalas ?