Stuart
@becomingstu.bsky.social
#Gay, Psychologist, author, former Catholic and Evangelical (moved on), musician - piano, classical music, Australian Politics, Progressive, reading, Newcastle NSW - Awabakal Country
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Stuart
@becomingstu.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Since I'm new on BlueSky, here's some stuff for the algorithm.
Psychologist - recently retired - 25 yrs experience
PhD in Psychology
Published Author
Eager to write more books
Formerly religious
Gay guy - partnered
Play piano
Classical Music
Learning Italian
Newcastle Australia
Progressive politics
Psychologist - recently retired - 25 yrs experience
PhD in Psychology
Published Author
Eager to write more books
Formerly religious
Gay guy - partnered
Play piano
Classical Music
Learning Italian
Newcastle Australia
Progressive politics
www.smh.com.au/national/aus...
While I agree with Sean Kelly's excellent piece, he is not strong enough on the quietness of the Albanese Gov. Albo's message is fine but it needs to be more public and a lot louder.
While I agree with Sean Kelly's excellent piece, he is not strong enough on the quietness of the Albanese Gov. Albo's message is fine but it needs to be more public and a lot louder.
Australians are in a tug-of-war between kindness and Pauline Hanson
The government is trying to stamp out unfair business practices. They’re just not “the Australian way”.
www.smh.com.au
November 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
www.smh.com.au/national/aus...
While I agree with Sean Kelly's excellent piece, he is not strong enough on the quietness of the Albanese Gov. Albo's message is fine but it needs to be more public and a lot louder.
While I agree with Sean Kelly's excellent piece, he is not strong enough on the quietness of the Albanese Gov. Albo's message is fine but it needs to be more public and a lot louder.
I feel like I just want to keep posting this for awhile.
Trump could ONLY have gotten where he is today because of the willingness of supporters to look the other way.
Men, women, Christians, the Republican Party, the SCOTUS, the sycophants who do his bidding.
Trump could ONLY have gotten where he is today because of the willingness of supporters to look the other way.
Men, women, Christians, the Republican Party, the SCOTUS, the sycophants who do his bidding.
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I feel like I just want to keep posting this for awhile.
Trump could ONLY have gotten where he is today because of the willingness of supporters to look the other way.
Men, women, Christians, the Republican Party, the SCOTUS, the sycophants who do his bidding.
Trump could ONLY have gotten where he is today because of the willingness of supporters to look the other way.
Men, women, Christians, the Republican Party, the SCOTUS, the sycophants who do his bidding.
While the Liberals are meeting in Canberra to work out how to dump their commitments on climate action without losing face - as if - it is worth reading some home truths about the Australian situation. Adam Morton has written a cracker of an article.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
https://theguardian.com/envir…
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
While the Liberals are meeting in Canberra to work out how to dump their commitments on climate action without losing face - as if - it is worth reading some home truths about the Australian situation. Adam Morton has written a cracker of an article.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Today's NPC. Professor Ben Saul, Challis Professor of International Law the University of Sydney, and Chris Sidoti, expert on international human rights law address Australia's response to the war in Gaza & is a must-watch if you've been following this obscene war.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoUM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoUM...
IN FULL: Ben Saul and Chris Sidoti address Press Club on Palestine recognition | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Today's NPC. Professor Ben Saul, Challis Professor of International Law the University of Sydney, and Chris Sidoti, expert on international human rights law address Australia's response to the war in Gaza & is a must-watch if you've been following this obscene war.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoUM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoUM...
Donald Trump's declaration to leaders at the UN that climate change is "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" was a disgraceful & disingenuous action. It has knock-on consquences.
Jess Davis' report is absolutely worth reading and sharing.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Jess Davis' report is absolutely worth reading and sharing.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Trump-style 'climate hoax' playbook spreads to Australia
US researchers have tracked how dark money funds a tangled web of climate denial think tanks with vested interests in slowing climate action. And Australia is not immune.
www.abc.net.au
September 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Donald Trump's declaration to leaders at the UN that climate change is "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" was a disgraceful & disingenuous action. It has knock-on consquences.
Jess Davis' report is absolutely worth reading and sharing.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Jess Davis' report is absolutely worth reading and sharing.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
I thought Ross Gittins' piece in the SMH today was excellent. Very clear and very persuasive.
Labor needs to stop being frightened of the LNP and start taxing these companies fairly.
www.smh.com.au/business/the...
Labor needs to stop being frightened of the LNP and start taxing these companies fairly.
www.smh.com.au/business/the...
Albanese is crying poor, but we’re losing billions a year from untaxed gas
In Norway, they tax their oil and gas industry heavily and give their kids free higher education. Here, we do the opposite.
www.smh.com.au
August 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I thought Ross Gittins' piece in the SMH today was excellent. Very clear and very persuasive.
Labor needs to stop being frightened of the LNP and start taxing these companies fairly.
www.smh.com.au/business/the...
Labor needs to stop being frightened of the LNP and start taxing these companies fairly.
www.smh.com.au/business/the...
One of Australia's most respected and experienced journalists, John Lyons, speaks frankly about Israel and Palestine.
Time for sanctions.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Time for sanctions.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
With US support, Israel is prepared to ignore international anger
While the Israeli government resents countries such as Australia recognising a Palestinian state, it is more of an irritant than a substantial setback.
www.abc.net.au
August 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
One of Australia's most respected and experienced journalists, John Lyons, speaks frankly about Israel and Palestine.
Time for sanctions.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Time for sanctions.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
This week, Australians had the unedifying spectacle of our racist party Pauline Hanson's One Nation turning their backs on the Indigenous Elder invited to offer the Welcome to Country at the opening of Parl't. If ever there was a basket of deplorables, these ignoramuses constitute it in Australia.
July 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This week, Australians had the unedifying spectacle of our racist party Pauline Hanson's One Nation turning their backs on the Indigenous Elder invited to offer the Welcome to Country at the opening of Parl't. If ever there was a basket of deplorables, these ignoramuses constitute it in Australia.
This is an important conversation for us all now.
It has become more and more skewed because people are scared to speak up for fear of being accused as anti-semitic.
Let them accuse. It really is time to speak up.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It has become more and more skewed because people are scared to speak up for fear of being accused as anti-semitic.
Let them accuse. It really is time to speak up.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Australia must combat antisemitism, but not simply defer to demands of some voices | Ben Saul
The special envoy’s plan will never be effective if it tackles only the symptoms and refuses to acknowledge let alone address a key driver
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This is an important conversation for us all now.
It has become more and more skewed because people are scared to speak up for fear of being accused as anti-semitic.
Let them accuse. It really is time to speak up.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It has become more and more skewed because people are scared to speak up for fear of being accused as anti-semitic.
Let them accuse. It really is time to speak up.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The more I read, the more I watch, the more it is clear that that the USA is drowning in mendacity, to its people, to itself.
It's like a mass stage hypnosis event on nuclear steroids.
And there is destruction no matter where you look.
(Posted on the day the FBI states there are no Epstein files).
It's like a mass stage hypnosis event on nuclear steroids.
And there is destruction no matter where you look.
(Posted on the day the FBI states there are no Epstein files).
July 8, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The more I read, the more I watch, the more it is clear that that the USA is drowning in mendacity, to its people, to itself.
It's like a mass stage hypnosis event on nuclear steroids.
And there is destruction no matter where you look.
(Posted on the day the FBI states there are no Epstein files).
It's like a mass stage hypnosis event on nuclear steroids.
And there is destruction no matter where you look.
(Posted on the day the FBI states there are no Epstein files).
America First seems to be going well.
Supreme Court ruling
Withdrawal from Canada trade talks
Attacks on the media
More politicised health policy from RFK Jr.
That's just today.
Supreme Court ruling
Withdrawal from Canada trade talks
Attacks on the media
More politicised health policy from RFK Jr.
That's just today.
June 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
America First seems to be going well.
Supreme Court ruling
Withdrawal from Canada trade talks
Attacks on the media
More politicised health policy from RFK Jr.
That's just today.
Supreme Court ruling
Withdrawal from Canada trade talks
Attacks on the media
More politicised health policy from RFK Jr.
That's just today.
As if the deaths of 53,000 people, most of whom were civilans, women and children, were not enoguh, we now have a Netanyahu imposed famine used as a weapon of war on the ppl of Gaza. If something hasn't snapped for our gov's yet, then it really should have by now.
theconversation.com/what-action-...
theconversation.com/what-action-...
What action can Israel’s allies take over its expansion of military operations in Gaza?
The UK, France and Canada have warned they could take concrete action if it doesn’t stop its Gaza offensive.
theconversation.com
May 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
As if the deaths of 53,000 people, most of whom were civilans, women and children, were not enoguh, we now have a Netanyahu imposed famine used as a weapon of war on the ppl of Gaza. If something hasn't snapped for our gov's yet, then it really should have by now.
theconversation.com/what-action-...
theconversation.com/what-action-...
This resonates strongly.
www.smh.com.au/national/wel...
www.smh.com.au/national/wel...
Welcome to Country is not an election issue, so why are we talking about it? I think I know
If this Welcome to Country furore has shifted your vote, perhaps it’s time to come clean on your motivations.
www.smh.com.au
May 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This resonates strongly.
www.smh.com.au/national/wel...
www.smh.com.au/national/wel...
Does every country now have to choose between their own values & Trump's fascist agenda before the US will trade with them? Not only are the Trump cultists not satisfied with taking the US down the path to authoritarianism, they want the whole world to follow.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Starmer told to accept Trump ‘free speech’ agenda to win trade deal
‘Good chance’ of agreement, says JD Vance – but a source close to the administration says his concerns over Britain’s hate speech laws ‘are still a red line’
www.independent.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Does every country now have to choose between their own values & Trump's fascist agenda before the US will trade with them? Not only are the Trump cultists not satisfied with taking the US down the path to authoritarianism, they want the whole world to follow.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
This cowardly sack of self-gratification excuses Putin for targeting & murdering 35 people (incl two kids) on the way to church on Palm Sunday, nominating it as a 'mistake'. Ukraine, in an existential war, can do without friends like Trump blaming them for starting it.
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
Trump excuses Russian ‘mistake’ as Putin digs in for deeper, longer war
Under the disguise of ceasefire negotiations, Moscow is using the lull in Western aid and growing US political fractures to its advantage.
www.smh.com.au
April 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This cowardly sack of self-gratification excuses Putin for targeting & murdering 35 people (incl two kids) on the way to church on Palm Sunday, nominating it as a 'mistake'. Ukraine, in an existential war, can do without friends like Trump blaming them for starting it.
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
It's interesting isn't it how Trump's language is very gradually changing.
Have you noticed? It's shorter, more concise, and every week moving closer and closer to overt authoritarian lexis making the America First movement sound more and more like an autocratic regime.
Haven't noticed? You listen.
Have you noticed? It's shorter, more concise, and every week moving closer and closer to overt authoritarian lexis making the America First movement sound more and more like an autocratic regime.
Haven't noticed? You listen.
March 31, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It's interesting isn't it how Trump's language is very gradually changing.
Have you noticed? It's shorter, more concise, and every week moving closer and closer to overt authoritarian lexis making the America First movement sound more and more like an autocratic regime.
Haven't noticed? You listen.
Have you noticed? It's shorter, more concise, and every week moving closer and closer to overt authoritarian lexis making the America First movement sound more and more like an autocratic regime.
Haven't noticed? You listen.
"The United States, the richest country in the world & once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has so far sent nothing to the worst hit region of the earthquake disaster zone"
"America nowhere to be seen" SMH 31/3/25
This is what America First looks like.
"America nowhere to be seen" SMH 31/3/25
This is what America First looks like.
March 31, 2025 at 4:03 AM
"The United States, the richest country in the world & once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has so far sent nothing to the worst hit region of the earthquake disaster zone"
"America nowhere to be seen" SMH 31/3/25
This is what America First looks like.
"America nowhere to be seen" SMH 31/3/25
This is what America First looks like.
“There is no question that over the last month or so the Labor Party has thrown dirt personally at Peter Dutton"
Sen James Paterson SMH
Irony much? The LNP has been relentlessly negative about PM Albanese, the Gov, the ALP generally, and Australia over the entire term.
It takes some hide!
Sen James Paterson SMH
Irony much? The LNP has been relentlessly negative about PM Albanese, the Gov, the ALP generally, and Australia over the entire term.
It takes some hide!
March 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“There is no question that over the last month or so the Labor Party has thrown dirt personally at Peter Dutton"
Sen James Paterson SMH
Irony much? The LNP has been relentlessly negative about PM Albanese, the Gov, the ALP generally, and Australia over the entire term.
It takes some hide!
Sen James Paterson SMH
Irony much? The LNP has been relentlessly negative about PM Albanese, the Gov, the ALP generally, and Australia over the entire term.
It takes some hide!
Has anybody yet added the word 'gate' to the Signal debacle?
March 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Has anybody yet added the word 'gate' to the Signal debacle?
Security clearances cancelled for Biden, Harris, Hillary Clinton, A. Blinken & J. Sullivan, effected by the man who owns Mar-a-Lago, where the ballroom, a bathroom and shower, a storage room, and his office, all had classified documents. A vindictive retaliatory POS.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Trump revokes security clearances for Biden, Harris and Clinton
US President Donald Trump rescinds the security clearances of former Democratic rivals Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton, as well as several other officials.
www.abc.net.au
March 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Security clearances cancelled for Biden, Harris, Hillary Clinton, A. Blinken & J. Sullivan, effected by the man who owns Mar-a-Lago, where the ballroom, a bathroom and shower, a storage room, and his office, all had classified documents. A vindictive retaliatory POS.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
"Cooler heads must prevail with Trump – Australia shouldn’t give up on the ‘special friendship’ "
So says the headline of an article in The Conversation.
But what happnes if the special friendship gives up on Australia?
So says the headline of an article in The Conversation.
But what happnes if the special friendship gives up on Australia?
March 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
"Cooler heads must prevail with Trump – Australia shouldn’t give up on the ‘special friendship’ "
So says the headline of an article in The Conversation.
But what happnes if the special friendship gives up on Australia?
So says the headline of an article in The Conversation.
But what happnes if the special friendship gives up on Australia?
Rear Admiral (Ret'd) Peter Briggs makes a strong case for Plan B. Many are with him on this issue. I do not think the Gov has broad support for the AUKUS arrangements. And with the coming of Trump, the reliability of the US is now in question on many levels.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Instead of wasting more time on the flawed Aukus submarine program, we must go to plan B now | Peter Briggs
The submarines Australia currently wants to buy and build are too big and too expensive. Alternatives are obvious – and limited
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Rear Admiral (Ret'd) Peter Briggs makes a strong case for Plan B. Many are with him on this issue. I do not think the Gov has broad support for the AUKUS arrangements. And with the coming of Trump, the reliability of the US is now in question on many levels.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Adam Morton writes a strong piece about the state of the climate emergency. Politicians of all persuasions can and must do better. In Australia, Dutton's LNP will do what it always does, piddle around at the edges but put the breaks on meaningful action.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As Trump attacks US science agencies, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred ushers in a fresh wave of climate denial in Australia | Adam Morton
Alfred is being used as the latest front in an ideological war, but facts are relevant to how we prepare for a climate-changed future
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Adam Morton writes a strong piece about the state of the climate emergency. Politicians of all persuasions can and must do better. In Australia, Dutton's LNP will do what it always does, piddle around at the edges but put the breaks on meaningful action.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...