Mateship and Aussie Values How the pending Ben Roberts-Smith trial has opened a new front in the culture wars.

Mateship. Honour. Anzac.
Who do these words protect, and who do they silence?

Flea feat. Nick Cave - Wichita Lineman (Official Visualizer) YouTube video by Flea

Superb version of Wichita Lineman by Flea and a guest vocalist that I couldn’t guess

youtu.be/73P2drWXulM

Beyond the data centre hype

"Australia won’t necessarily see all the economic benefits promised by data centres," writes Ed Husic. "For every $100 invested in a hyperscale data centre facility in this country, $80 leaves our shores simply to purchase the equipment it will house." satpa.pe/NEIL46W

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today.
One for the history books
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Taiwan last year closed down its last nuclear power plants, and the politics of nuclear are very, very sort of fraught issue in Taiwan. They're now possibly looking at restarting some of those nuclear power plants. They are obviously scrambling around for coal at the moment to get to get more coal, and there's been vocal support from South Korea certainly for pushing harder for renewable are the countries where all our you know, all our chips come from. The South Korea is where all the memory chips, the vast ma gjoorraphy of memory chips come from. Taiwan is where the vast majorraphy of our pricess and power comes from. Those factories will probably be prioritized, but in a prolonged energy crunch, we are going to see problems that raple through that they economy, through the ai economy, through everything that uses chips. Speaker 1

As @davidfickling.bsky.social points out in this @akshatrathi.bsky.social pod, Asia is where most of the chips for data centres / AI are manufactured.

Where fossil fuel costs are skyrocketing thanks to the impacts of Trump/Netanyahu's genocidal desires......

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

UK ‘green’ jet fuel imports linked to illegal Amazon deforestation A major supplier of ‘green’ airline fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation.

NEW: A major supplier of ‘green’ airline fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation

Our new investigation 🐄 🌳 ✈️:

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...

It is really, really good to see that there are still shareholders out there who are willing to ask some hard questions about why tech companies like Google are deciding that hurting society through fossil fuel use is an acceptable cost of AI expansion

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

"Cut the NDIS, but not for people I know"

Jimmy taking the Nancy Reagan approach.

#auspol

Young children in the #Gaza Strip remain at risk after missing routine vaccinations due to the war and disrupted health services.

UNRWA health teams are supporting a catch-up campaign to reach over 1,200 children.

#UNRWAworks with partners including @‌unicef.org and @‌who.int.

The stock market increases inequality, not wealth www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/04...

China’s EV shame: the deadly reality behind the ‘clean, green’ electric vehicles | FULL DOCUMENTARY YouTube video by 7 News Spotlight

He did the EV nickel hit job on 7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNag...

Keeping Medical Care Alive in Sudan People in Sudan are not only dying because they cannot afford care.

Please join me in chipping in if you're able to

Keeping Medical Care Alive in Sudan chuffed.org/project/1660...

Help PNG community members defend their lands from Santos' dirty gas plans! Right now, in Papua New Guinea, communities are fighting to protect their lands and livelihoods in the face of a massive proposed gas project.The project is currently at a tipping point. While the pro...

Help Papua New Guinea community members defend their lands from Santos' dirty gas plans!

chuffed.org/project/papu...

L. Randall Wray brings expert insight on the economic landscape to the Levy Institute, often asking the questions mainstream economists avoid.

Join our anniversary conference on May 8th to hear Wray in conversation on Minsky, Godley & employment policy.

www.levyinstitute.org/events/event...

The Capital Gains Tax Myth YouTube video by adu

The Capital Gains Tax Myth by adu
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Kata Tjuṯa at sunset

Kata Tjuṯa

Photo of Uluṟu in the sunset

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The comedian Stewart Lee complimented you in his interview on the latest Louis Theroux Podcast

Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua | Asia Pacific Report

Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua #asiapacificreport #reviews #LeeDuffield #colonisation #exploitation #mining #CurseOfGold @westpapuamedia.bsky.social
asiapacificreport.nz/2026/03/10/t...

Very interesting new @balancedeconomy.bsky.social report setting out the links between concentration of ownership in the financial sector and climate damage.

Here's one killer graph: over half of fossil fuel profits to the top 1% in the US.

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I'd take a tax that ratchets up very quickly to phase it out, but not a tax the relies on its continued extraction

“Like the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, we have no time for the tranquilising drugs of gradualism, incrementalism, false solutions and dangerous distractions. Let's get Radical! Radical means going to the roots of the problem.” - @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social

Tāme Iti Tāme Iti is a Māori activist and artist from Aoterea New Zealand. I first noticed him in the documentary Patu! The documentary charts the anti-Apartheid protests that took place across New Zealand i...

Māori activist and artist from Aoterea New Zealand, Tāme Iti

polq.at/tame-iti/

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