Antfarmer
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This seems like good news... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
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November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This seems like good news... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The controversy engulfing the #BBC underscores the powerful forces that seek to undermine public broadcasting & that have also weakened the ABC. Pandering to those forces never works.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The controversy engulfing the #BBC underscores the powerful forces that seek to undermine public broadcasting & that have also weakened the ABC. Pandering to those forces never works.
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Here’s a mentally ill man literally living in a fantasy land of his own making trying to gaslight the world. He’s constantly sane washed and the ramblings are ignored or rewritten. Meanwhile legacy media beats up on the #BBC for a technicality in editing as if it absolves his J6 incitement. Crazy.
Ingraham: "Why are people saying they are anxious about the economy?"
Trump: "I don't know that they are saying that. I think the polls are fake. We have the greatest economy we've ever had."
Trump: "I don't know that they are saying that. I think the polls are fake. We have the greatest economy we've ever had."
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Here’s a mentally ill man literally living in a fantasy land of his own making trying to gaslight the world. He’s constantly sane washed and the ramblings are ignored or rewritten. Meanwhile legacy media beats up on the #BBC for a technicality in editing as if it absolves his J6 incitement. Crazy.
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1) Caving on the shutdown proves Trump’s assertion that Democrats were the problem and that he was right to remain strong despite pressures
2) His takeaway for the next fight will be that Democrats will eventually cave as long as he holds out and refuses to negotiate
2) His takeaway for the next fight will be that Democrats will eventually cave as long as he holds out and refuses to negotiate
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
1) Caving on the shutdown proves Trump’s assertion that Democrats were the problem and that he was right to remain strong despite pressures
2) His takeaway for the next fight will be that Democrats will eventually cave as long as he holds out and refuses to negotiate
2) His takeaway for the next fight will be that Democrats will eventually cave as long as he holds out and refuses to negotiate
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Whitlams legacy lives on
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Whitlams legacy lives on
No it’s fucking not @nytimes.com . It’s the most ridiculous global gaslighting project by a man who utters lies like breathing. You and the majority of legacy media just play along like dumb vessels. This is the darkest of times.
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
No it’s fucking not @nytimes.com . It’s the most ridiculous global gaslighting project by a man who utters lies like breathing. You and the majority of legacy media just play along like dumb vessels. This is the darkest of times.
So good to hear Kerry O’Brien’s take on the 1975 dismissal. “It was a political crisis (of Malcolm Fraser’s making) NOT a constitutional crisis”… #shamefasershame #RNBreakfast
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
So good to hear Kerry O’Brien’s take on the 1975 dismissal. “It was a political crisis (of Malcolm Fraser’s making) NOT a constitutional crisis”… #shamefasershame #RNBreakfast
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Conditions for Palestinian's are "horrific by intention", which is acceptable for our government who still refuses to abide by the genocide convention, cut all ties with and punish Israel
Held underground without sunlight to any charge since January
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Held underground without sunlight to any charge since January
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse and teenager who have been deprived of natural light since January
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Conditions for Palestinian's are "horrific by intention", which is acceptable for our government who still refuses to abide by the genocide convention, cut all ties with and punish Israel
Held underground without sunlight to any charge since January
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Held underground without sunlight to any charge since January
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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My wife and I pay for life insurance even though we have never died. I pay for fire insurance even though my house has never burned down. That's not because we want to throw money at insurance companies. It's because THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My wife and I pay for life insurance even though we have never died. I pay for fire insurance even though my house has never burned down. That's not because we want to throw money at insurance companies. It's because THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS.
The corrupt buffoon Trump is driving America completely in the wrong direction on energy, dooming them to future failure. Guess who Australia’s conservative coalition are following off the cliff. 😏
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The corrupt buffoon Trump is driving America completely in the wrong direction on energy, dooming them to future failure. Guess who Australia’s conservative coalition are following off the cliff. 😏
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
This is naked mid term panic from the corrupt mad king. Straight up, shameless bribes. $2k (Which of course he’d never pay).
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is naked mid term panic from the corrupt mad king. Straight up, shameless bribes. $2k (Which of course he’d never pay).
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Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
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Palestinian woman Umm Zuhri Shweiki was forcibly expelled from her home in occupied East Jerusalem by Israeli forces, who seized and emptied her house before handing it to Israeli settlers.
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Palestinian woman Umm Zuhri Shweiki was forcibly expelled from her home in occupied East Jerusalem by Israeli forces, who seized and emptied her house before handing it to Israeli settlers.
(Republican appointed) Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
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Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
(Republican appointed) Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
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It’s fucking ridiculous that the #BBC are purging their leaders kowtowing to Trump ideologues and cheerleaders. Of course Trump inciting the J6 riots. No sane person would deny it. If anything they should be sacked for their pro Israel bias and giving Reform party populism a soft run.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It’s fucking ridiculous that the #BBC are purging their leaders kowtowing to Trump ideologues and cheerleaders. Of course Trump inciting the J6 riots. No sane person would deny it. If anything they should be sacked for their pro Israel bias and giving Reform party populism a soft run.
Watching SBS news and their extensive coverage of the scary destructive force of the Philippines typhoon. This is the new normal, so it’s with anger I think of National party fat cats like Barnaby Joyce waving away climate change like it’s a joke or someone else’s problem. 😡
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Watching SBS news and their extensive coverage of the scary destructive force of the Philippines typhoon. This is the new normal, so it’s with anger I think of National party fat cats like Barnaby Joyce waving away climate change like it’s a joke or someone else’s problem. 😡
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It was totally working. They were going to have to blow up the damned filibuster.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It was totally working. They were going to have to blow up the damned filibuster.
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1/2 The pattern is clear. Whether it's
- ATO call centres
- welfare debt collection
- employment services
- aged care
- childcare....
*Every* time governments have contracted out or privatized public services; the result is poor quality and worse outcomes.
But neoliberals never learn. #auspol
- ATO call centres
- welfare debt collection
- employment services
- aged care
- childcare....
*Every* time governments have contracted out or privatized public services; the result is poor quality and worse outcomes.
But neoliberals never learn. #auspol
‘Set up to fail’: ATO outsourcing to private call centres focused on boosting profit not helping Australians
‘Set up to fail’: ATO outsourcing to private call centres focused on boosting profit not helping Australians
Consumer advocates raise significant concerns as union says contractors use lower-paid staff to boost profit
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The Australian Taxation Office has outsourced thousands of call centre roles to private operators that pay workers significantly less than public servants and use call targets that can leave vulnerable taxpayers exposed, Guardian Australia can reveal.
The call centre contracts are shared between US private equity-owned Probe Operations, the Nasdaq-listed Concentrix Services and British multinational Serco and are collectively worth $316.5m, according to analysis of government tenders. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
1/2 The pattern is clear. Whether it's
- ATO call centres
- welfare debt collection
- employment services
- aged care
- childcare....
*Every* time governments have contracted out or privatized public services; the result is poor quality and worse outcomes.
But neoliberals never learn. #auspol
- ATO call centres
- welfare debt collection
- employment services
- aged care
- childcare....
*Every* time governments have contracted out or privatized public services; the result is poor quality and worse outcomes.
But neoliberals never learn. #auspol
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The mayor of Tamworth Council is a very old mate of Barnaby Joyce's and a National party member
No surprises this backward collection of red-necks drags their council to court on their ratepayers' money to oppose a wind farm - and even then can't get their legal arguments right
No surprises this backward collection of red-necks drags their council to court on their ratepayers' money to oppose a wind farm - and even then can't get their legal arguments right
Tamworth Council went to court to try and stop a wind farm. It didn’t go well. Tamworth Council argued that the wind turbines would be too big for local roads. The judge pointed out there is no approval needed to drive on a public road reneweconomy.com.au/youve-got-to...
reneweconomy.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The mayor of Tamworth Council is a very old mate of Barnaby Joyce's and a National party member
No surprises this backward collection of red-necks drags their council to court on their ratepayers' money to oppose a wind farm - and even then can't get their legal arguments right
No surprises this backward collection of red-necks drags their council to court on their ratepayers' money to oppose a wind farm - and even then can't get their legal arguments right
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Hard to see @schumer.senate.gov being able to stay in leadership after this or in the senate, he was not the man for this moment
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Hard to see @schumer.senate.gov being able to stay in leadership after this or in the senate, he was not the man for this moment
So as far as I can tell, weak ass Democrats are going to reward grotesquely feckless, inhuman Republicans and give them and their corrupt President a political win. Look at what they were doing FFS 👇🏼😒
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
So as far as I can tell, weak ass Democrats are going to reward grotesquely feckless, inhuman Republicans and give them and their corrupt President a political win. Look at what they were doing FFS 👇🏼😒
Epstein Arena does have a ring about it… 🤔
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Epstein Arena does have a ring about it… 🤔
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
