Barry McGregor
@bluebarry2.bsky.social
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Desmond Tutu.
- architecture, history, oceans, coasts, landscapes, travels, progressing …….. Matisse, the Goons and Python to the front of mind in the madness
- architecture, history, oceans, coasts, landscapes, travels, progressing …….. Matisse, the Goons and Python to the front of mind in the madness
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More demented international correspondence from the First Lunatic of the United States.
t.me/pul_1/19890
t.me/pul_1/19890
January 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
More demented international correspondence from the First Lunatic of the United States.
t.me/pul_1/19890
t.me/pul_1/19890
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Watson Mere, Artist--2018
January 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Watson Mere, Artist--2018
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Time for Europe to use the nuclear option, stop respecting U.S. patents and copyrights deanbaker22.substack.com/p/time-for-e... This is guaranteed to get the demented fool's attention.
Time for Europe to Use the Nuclear Option: Attack U.S. Patent and Copyright Monopolies
This will make Trump's biggest backers pay bigly
deanbaker22.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Time for Europe to use the nuclear option, stop respecting U.S. patents and copyrights deanbaker22.substack.com/p/time-for-e... This is guaranteed to get the demented fool's attention.
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Danes show unity against Trump's threats to steal Greenland and demonstrate the respect they have for him. 🤏
January 19, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Danes show unity against Trump's threats to steal Greenland and demonstrate the respect they have for him. 🤏
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This “Board of Peace” thing is shady as hell.
Trump wants countries to cough up $1 billion for a permanent seat at the table. He also wants to personally oversee billions tied to Gaza reconstruction. That alone should end the conversation.
Trump wants countries to cough up $1 billion for a permanent seat at the table. He also wants to personally oversee billions tied to Gaza reconstruction. That alone should end the conversation.
January 19, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This “Board of Peace” thing is shady as hell.
Trump wants countries to cough up $1 billion for a permanent seat at the table. He also wants to personally oversee billions tied to Gaza reconstruction. That alone should end the conversation.
Trump wants countries to cough up $1 billion for a permanent seat at the table. He also wants to personally oversee billions tied to Gaza reconstruction. That alone should end the conversation.
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I hope this means what I think...
Not just an abandonment of X and Musk by officials, but potentially even more. 🤞
Not just an abandonment of X and Musk by officials, but potentially even more. 🤞
January 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I hope this means what I think...
Not just an abandonment of X and Musk by officials, but potentially even more. 🤞
Not just an abandonment of X and Musk by officials, but potentially even more. 🤞
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#Auspol, now is the time to put pressure on Albanese to join Starmer (and potentially others) in reining in Musk, X and Grok.
If not now, when?
If multiple nations act simultaneously, it limits the blowback on individual states.
If not now, when?
If multiple nations act simultaneously, it limits the blowback on individual states.
January 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
#Auspol, now is the time to put pressure on Albanese to join Starmer (and potentially others) in reining in Musk, X and Grok.
If not now, when?
If multiple nations act simultaneously, it limits the blowback on individual states.
If not now, when?
If multiple nations act simultaneously, it limits the blowback on individual states.
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At this point the Adelaide Writers' Week will just be Madeleine King reading out the Woodside Annual Report to Bob Carr and Greg Sheridan with David Speers running around the stage reading his beat poem about the glory of centrism.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Federal minister backs axing of Palestinian author from writers' festival
Resources Minister Madeleine King's comments come amid a growing furore over the decision that has led several board members to resign and dozens of writers to withdraw from the Adelaide literary even...
www.abc.net.au
January 12, 2026 at 8:39 AM
At this point the Adelaide Writers' Week will just be Madeleine King reading out the Woodside Annual Report to Bob Carr and Greg Sheridan with David Speers running around the stage reading his beat poem about the glory of centrism.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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But remember, we can’t call them fascists because they haven’t labelled themselves that, so it would be unbiased to do so.
This slogan adopted by Kristi Noem, "One of Ours, All of Yours," is taken from the Nazis, who retaliated for the killing of an SS officer by murdering all the inhabitants of the Czech village of Lidice, apparently none of whom had anything to do with it, and razing the village to the ground.
January 12, 2026 at 8:18 AM
But remember, we can’t call them fascists because they haven’t labelled themselves that, so it would be unbiased to do so.
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A slow clap for the SMH, grovelling cowards.
January 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
A slow clap for the SMH, grovelling cowards.
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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Grass roots.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
January 6, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Grass roots.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
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Perfectly put!
I am picturing Vance and Miller on either side of Trump's head, whispering to him that Maduro stole his dance, so really, you gotta send in the troops.
Because I no longer believe that Trump is in charge. Not of his administration, not of his own brain.
Because I no longer believe that Trump is in charge. Not of his administration, not of his own brain.
Trump on Maduro: "He's a violent guy. He gets up there and he tries to imitate my dance a little bit."
January 8, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Perfectly put!
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So the next salvo is from ex-Labor politicians. Huge groundswell. 22 of them! Some overlap with the previous eminent sporting greats. Basically if you can muster a quorum you’ve got front page coverage guaranteed. Get in line! A clear majority (of a small vocal minority) want this.
January 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Absurd for locals,
Mad for country folk,
Clueless for foreigners!
The road to lalaland!
Mad for country folk,
Clueless for foreigners!
The road to lalaland!
Dear Westconnex, would it kill you to put more signs in to indicate which road goes where when you’re leaving the airport?
Sign above multi-lane section teasingly tells you how many mins to the Rozelle Interchange, but no sign for which lane to get there.
Parramatta or Liverpool is the choice!
Sign above multi-lane section teasingly tells you how many mins to the Rozelle Interchange, but no sign for which lane to get there.
Parramatta or Liverpool is the choice!
January 5, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Absurd for locals,
Mad for country folk,
Clueless for foreigners!
The road to lalaland!
Mad for country folk,
Clueless for foreigners!
The road to lalaland!
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We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
January 4, 2026 at 11:45 PM
We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
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This is an astonishing thing to delete. On what grounds was it complained about, other than being actively opposed to reconciliation and actively support of hate and bigotry?
Please share widely. The SMH took it down after complaints by the AJA.
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn... ... ppl who had never met a Muslim
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn... ... ppl who had never met a Muslim
Ahmed Ouf: I went to Bondi and hugged people who'd never spoken to a Muslim before
Read Cumberland councillor's deleted opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is an astonishing thing to delete. On what grounds was it complained about, other than being actively opposed to reconciliation and actively support of hate and bigotry?
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Here's a plan. Let's institute the billionaires' tax worldwide, then the only place for them to go is Mars.
Peter Thiel is leaving California if we pass a 1% tax on billionaires for 5 years to pay for healthcare for the working class facing steep Medicaid cuts.
I echo what FDR said with sarcasm of economic royalists when they threatened to leave, "I will miss them very much."
I echo what FDR said with sarcasm of economic royalists when they threatened to leave, "I will miss them very much."
December 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Here's a plan. Let's institute the billionaires' tax worldwide, then the only place for them to go is Mars.
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Israeli Gov's list of top 10 Australian 'anti-Semitic' orgs, politicians & people.
No actual Nazi groups ie National Socialist Network.
Most solely oppose genocide of Palestinian civilians - this is Not anti-semitic.
Netanyahu's propaganda & true agenda are clear #Auspol
No actual Nazi groups ie National Socialist Network.
Most solely oppose genocide of Palestinian civilians - this is Not anti-semitic.
Netanyahu's propaganda & true agenda are clear #Auspol
December 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Israeli Gov's list of top 10 Australian 'anti-Semitic' orgs, politicians & people.
No actual Nazi groups ie National Socialist Network.
Most solely oppose genocide of Palestinian civilians - this is Not anti-semitic.
Netanyahu's propaganda & true agenda are clear #Auspol
No actual Nazi groups ie National Socialist Network.
Most solely oppose genocide of Palestinian civilians - this is Not anti-semitic.
Netanyahu's propaganda & true agenda are clear #Auspol
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'Antisemitism is a real and dangerous phenomenon. Yet this reality has been politically exploited on a wide scale in... the weaponization of antisemitism... the accusation as a tool to silence legitimate criticism of Israel rather than to confront genuine hatred.'
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
Between Identity and Politics: Unpacking the Systematic Conflation of “Antisemitism” and Criticism of Israel
Whenever Jews anywhere in the world are subjected to an attack or a threat, Israel, along with a wide network of political and media supporters, is quick to frame the incident as a direct extension of...
johnmenadue.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
'Antisemitism is a real and dangerous phenomenon. Yet this reality has been politically exploited on a wide scale in... the weaponization of antisemitism... the accusation as a tool to silence legitimate criticism of Israel rather than to confront genuine hatred.'
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...