Bob Harris
@bobharrisdotcom.bsky.social
Film/TV screenwriter (CSI, Bones, etc), author (Int'l Bank of Bob, Prisoner of Trebekistan, etc), travel writer (90+ countries visited). 14 Jeopardy! games. Pal of Kiva.org charity, $11.8m raised. Resting appalled face
OMG Charlotte Walker turned 21 on election day. When we spoke at the local booth here, she was far enough down the Labor ticket that she honestly thought she had zero chance of winning. But as votes add up, she's currently on track to become the youngest senator in Aussie history
Wow 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 🤞🤞🤞
Wow 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 🤞🤞🤞
Voted today in 🇦🇺 fed election, 1st time as 🇦🇺 citizen (expat from 🇺🇸)
Small town, pre-poll
Yet *right there* stood Marisa Bell, Labor MP candidate, and Charlotte Walker, a Senate candidate
Great chat
Pic taken by a Green volunteer ❤️
*All* unimaginable in 🇺🇸
Aussies, realise what you have
#auspol
Small town, pre-poll
Yet *right there* stood Marisa Bell, Labor MP candidate, and Charlotte Walker, a Senate candidate
Great chat
Pic taken by a Green volunteer ❤️
*All* unimaginable in 🇺🇸
Aussies, realise what you have
#auspol
May 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OMG Charlotte Walker turned 21 on election day. When we spoke at the local booth here, she was far enough down the Labor ticket that she honestly thought she had zero chance of winning. But as votes add up, she's currently on track to become the youngest senator in Aussie history
Wow 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 🤞🤞🤞
Wow 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 🤞🤞🤞
May 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Reposted by Bob Harris
I wish all Australia had some way to give Antony Green a group standing ovation at the end of tonight. Regardless of our political stripe, the man's whole career has been devoted to 🇦🇺 democracy
#AntonyGreenStandingOvation or similar really should trend on all media. This legend deserves it
#auspol
#AntonyGreenStandingOvation or similar really should trend on all media. This legend deserves it
#auspol
May 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I wish all Australia had some way to give Antony Green a group standing ovation at the end of tonight. Regardless of our political stripe, the man's whole career has been devoted to 🇦🇺 democracy
#AntonyGreenStandingOvation or similar really should trend on all media. This legend deserves it
#auspol
#AntonyGreenStandingOvation or similar really should trend on all media. This legend deserves it
#auspol
I wish all Australia had some way to give Antony Green a group standing ovation at the end of tonight. Regardless of our political stripe, the man's whole career has been devoted to 🇦🇺 democracy
#AntonyGreenStandingOvation or similar really should trend on all media. This legend deserves it
#auspol
#AntonyGreenStandingOvation or similar really should trend on all media. This legend deserves it
#auspol
May 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I wish all Australia had some way to give Antony Green a group standing ovation at the end of tonight. Regardless of our political stripe, the man's whole career has been devoted to 🇦🇺 democracy
#AntonyGreenStandingOvation or similar really should trend on all media. This legend deserves it
#auspol
#AntonyGreenStandingOvation or similar really should trend on all media. This legend deserves it
#auspol
Voted today in 🇦🇺 fed election, 1st time as 🇦🇺 citizen (expat from 🇺🇸)
Small town, pre-poll
Yet *right there* stood Marisa Bell, Labor MP candidate, and Charlotte Walker, a Senate candidate
Great chat
Pic taken by a Green volunteer ❤️
*All* unimaginable in 🇺🇸
Aussies, realise what you have
#auspol
Small town, pre-poll
Yet *right there* stood Marisa Bell, Labor MP candidate, and Charlotte Walker, a Senate candidate
Great chat
Pic taken by a Green volunteer ❤️
*All* unimaginable in 🇺🇸
Aussies, realise what you have
#auspol
May 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Voted today in 🇦🇺 fed election, 1st time as 🇦🇺 citizen (expat from 🇺🇸)
Small town, pre-poll
Yet *right there* stood Marisa Bell, Labor MP candidate, and Charlotte Walker, a Senate candidate
Great chat
Pic taken by a Green volunteer ❤️
*All* unimaginable in 🇺🇸
Aussies, realise what you have
#auspol
Small town, pre-poll
Yet *right there* stood Marisa Bell, Labor MP candidate, and Charlotte Walker, a Senate candidate
Great chat
Pic taken by a Green volunteer ❤️
*All* unimaginable in 🇺🇸
Aussies, realise what you have
#auspol
HOW MUCH MONEY DID MEASLES GIVE THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
I need to make it make sense
apnews.com/article/rfk-...
I need to make it make sense
apnews.com/article/rfk-...
FACT FOCUS: Examining RFK Jr.'s claims about measles, autism and diet as head of HHS
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made sweeping changes to the Department of Health and Human Services in just a few months at the helm.
apnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
HOW MUCH MONEY DID MEASLES GIVE THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
I need to make it make sense
apnews.com/article/rfk-...
I need to make it make sense
apnews.com/article/rfk-...
Pretending to believe in (or comprehend) merit 🤣🤣
Your own Education Secretary thought "A.I." was "A-1."
Hegseth—merit! sure
Vance—totally best for the job
RFK—most learned doctor on earth
Laughing stocks of the world. Also, deadly lunatics
🇺🇸 will never recover
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your own Education Secretary thought "A.I." was "A-1."
Hegseth—merit! sure
Vance—totally best for the job
RFK—most learned doctor on earth
Laughing stocks of the world. Also, deadly lunatics
🇺🇸 will never recover
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump signs orders cracking down on diversity and inclusion at US universities
Actions attack funding and accreditation but also seek to increase affordability and retention at Black colleges
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Pretending to believe in (or comprehend) merit 🤣🤣
Your own Education Secretary thought "A.I." was "A-1."
Hegseth—merit! sure
Vance—totally best for the job
RFK—most learned doctor on earth
Laughing stocks of the world. Also, deadly lunatics
🇺🇸 will never recover
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your own Education Secretary thought "A.I." was "A-1."
Hegseth—merit! sure
Vance—totally best for the job
RFK—most learned doctor on earth
Laughing stocks of the world. Also, deadly lunatics
🇺🇸 will never recover
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Holy crap, this is real. Also, funny. Also, incredibly dangerous
AI is honestly going to get us all killed someday, then tell the next species that evolves in a few million years that it was our own fault
It will be correct
AI is honestly going to get us all killed someday, then tell the next species that evolves in a few million years that it was our own fault
It will be correct
April 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Holy crap, this is real. Also, funny. Also, incredibly dangerous
AI is honestly going to get us all killed someday, then tell the next species that evolves in a few million years that it was our own fault
It will be correct
AI is honestly going to get us all killed someday, then tell the next species that evolves in a few million years that it was our own fault
It will be correct
Want a simple model for where Trumpists are taking 🇺🇸?
1931, in a nutshell
In the economy, banking, labor rights, health care, race relations, women's rights, food safety, the environment, so much more
FDR's New Deal never happened, fascism looming
*1931*
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_D...
1931, in a nutshell
In the economy, banking, labor rights, health care, race relations, women's rights, food safety, the environment, so much more
FDR's New Deal never happened, fascism looming
*1931*
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_D...
Great Depression - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Want a simple model for where Trumpists are taking 🇺🇸?
1931, in a nutshell
In the economy, banking, labor rights, health care, race relations, women's rights, food safety, the environment, so much more
FDR's New Deal never happened, fascism looming
*1931*
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_D...
1931, in a nutshell
In the economy, banking, labor rights, health care, race relations, women's rights, food safety, the environment, so much more
FDR's New Deal never happened, fascism looming
*1931*
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_D...
Reposted by Bob Harris
Tesla is now basically an EV credit arbitrage business. It’s not a successful car/robot/whatever the fuck company by any standard.
Tesla’s latest earnings were abysmal, says @liamdenning.bsky.social.
Strip out EV credits, net interest and “other” — and underlying operations flipped to a loss:
Strip out EV credits, net interest and “other” — and underlying operations flipped to a loss:
April 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Tesla is now basically an EV credit arbitrage business. It’s not a successful car/robot/whatever the fuck company by any standard.
This is spectacular writing. Canadian novelist and essayist @stephenmarche.bsky.social captures his melancholy about the 🇺🇸 in terms that profoundly resonated for this expat to 🇦🇺
I must read more of his work
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
I must read more of his work
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The America I loved is gone
It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen. Then it shattered
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:21 AM
This is spectacular writing. Canadian novelist and essayist @stephenmarche.bsky.social captures his melancholy about the 🇺🇸 in terms that profoundly resonated for this expat to 🇦🇺
I must read more of his work
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
I must read more of his work
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Spud went to yet another servo today. 12 so far. Has the bowser vote LOCKED ⛽️⛽️⛽️
Too bad most 🇦🇺 voters are human
It's getting so repetitive now, and his polls are looking so bad, maybe fossil fuel is just the Coalition's happy place when stressed
Ah, the smell of home 🛢🔥💨 safe now
#auspol
Too bad most 🇦🇺 voters are human
It's getting so repetitive now, and his polls are looking so bad, maybe fossil fuel is just the Coalition's happy place when stressed
Ah, the smell of home 🛢🔥💨 safe now
#auspol
Dutton stalks his 11th petrol station with staff promising to vote for him if he leaves them alone.
Not 1 visit to a homeless centre, women's shelter, LGBTIQ+ support centre, food bank, disability support or nursing home but he'll be the PM for all petrol stations. #auspol #TemuTrump
Not 1 visit to a homeless centre, women's shelter, LGBTIQ+ support centre, food bank, disability support or nursing home but he'll be the PM for all petrol stations. #auspol #TemuTrump
April 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Spud went to yet another servo today. 12 so far. Has the bowser vote LOCKED ⛽️⛽️⛽️
Too bad most 🇦🇺 voters are human
It's getting so repetitive now, and his polls are looking so bad, maybe fossil fuel is just the Coalition's happy place when stressed
Ah, the smell of home 🛢🔥💨 safe now
#auspol
Too bad most 🇦🇺 voters are human
It's getting so repetitive now, and his polls are looking so bad, maybe fossil fuel is just the Coalition's happy place when stressed
Ah, the smell of home 🛢🔥💨 safe now
#auspol
US economy and markets are already in long-term trouble thanks to Trump
If he cans the head of the Fed and replaces him with a lackey, basically putting himself—the guy who somehow bankrupted his own *casinos*—in charge of the main levers of economic stablity?
US might be permafucked
If he cans the head of the Fed and replaces him with a lackey, basically putting himself—the guy who somehow bankrupted his own *casinos*—in charge of the main levers of economic stablity?
US might be permafucked
a sn sportsnet dumpster is on fire
ALT: a sn sportsnet dumpster is on fire
media.tenor.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
US economy and markets are already in long-term trouble thanks to Trump
If he cans the head of the Fed and replaces him with a lackey, basically putting himself—the guy who somehow bankrupted his own *casinos*—in charge of the main levers of economic stablity?
US might be permafucked
If he cans the head of the Fed and replaces him with a lackey, basically putting himself—the guy who somehow bankrupted his own *casinos*—in charge of the main levers of economic stablity?
US might be permafucked
RFK Jr being rebutted by my friend of almost 40 years @davidruttenberg.bsky.social
David is the only time that Florida Man makes a headline and it's actually a good thing
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/lett...
David is the only time that Florida Man makes a headline and it's actually a good thing
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/lett...
Contrary to what RFK Jr. claims, my daughter’s autism isn’t part of an ‘epidemic’ | Opinion
Herald readers write what’s on their mind. | Letters
www.miamiherald.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
RFK Jr being rebutted by my friend of almost 40 years @davidruttenberg.bsky.social
David is the only time that Florida Man makes a headline and it's actually a good thing
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/lett...
David is the only time that Florida Man makes a headline and it's actually a good thing
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/lett...
The right side of 🇦🇺 politics just doesn't BS effectively anymore
If you're gonna claim a car's sale price will go up, the car should, y'know, still be sold
C'mon, Coalition! You can bullshit better than this. Show some pride in your work. Sad!
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
If you're gonna claim a car's sale price will go up, the car should, y'know, still be sold
C'mon, Coalition! You can bullshit better than this. Show some pride in your work. Sad!
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Coalition’s claim that fuel efficiency standard would raise prices based on car no longer on sale
Questions arise over election proposal to axe penalties for high-emitting cars after revelations Toyota RAV4 model used in analysis has been discontinued
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The right side of 🇦🇺 politics just doesn't BS effectively anymore
If you're gonna claim a car's sale price will go up, the car should, y'know, still be sold
C'mon, Coalition! You can bullshit better than this. Show some pride in your work. Sad!
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
If you're gonna claim a car's sale price will go up, the car should, y'know, still be sold
C'mon, Coalition! You can bullshit better than this. Show some pride in your work. Sad!
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
🇺🇸 may soon suffer a brain drain common to authoritarian states
If you're a 🇺🇸 scientist and want a new home, check out 🇦🇺!
UNCLE ROO WANTS YOU!!!
I migrated 🇺🇸->🇦🇺 years ago; YES it is better here
Please share w any academics you know
#UncleRooWantsYou
#auspol
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
If you're a 🇺🇸 scientist and want a new home, check out 🇦🇺!
UNCLE ROO WANTS YOU!!!
I migrated 🇺🇸->🇦🇺 years ago; YES it is better here
Please share w any academics you know
#UncleRooWantsYou
#auspol
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
April 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
🇺🇸 may soon suffer a brain drain common to authoritarian states
If you're a 🇺🇸 scientist and want a new home, check out 🇦🇺!
UNCLE ROO WANTS YOU!!!
I migrated 🇺🇸->🇦🇺 years ago; YES it is better here
Please share w any academics you know
#UncleRooWantsYou
#auspol
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
If you're a 🇺🇸 scientist and want a new home, check out 🇦🇺!
UNCLE ROO WANTS YOU!!!
I migrated 🇺🇸->🇦🇺 years ago; YES it is better here
Please share w any academics you know
#UncleRooWantsYou
#auspol
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
Are you a 🇺🇸 science academic horrified by 🇺🇸's imminent transformation into the world's largest anti-science authoritarian third world idiocracy? Want a better place to work?
AUSTRALIA WANTS YOU.
We *want* smart people here. Crazy but true! 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
AUSTRALIA WANTS YOU.
We *want* smart people here. Crazy but true! 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
Join us in shaping Australia’s future: Australian Academy of Science
The Australian Academy of Science is excited to announce the establishment of a Global Talent Attraction Program. Australia has an urgent and unparalleled opportunity to attract the smartest minds
www.science.org.au
April 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Are you a 🇺🇸 science academic horrified by 🇺🇸's imminent transformation into the world's largest anti-science authoritarian third world idiocracy? Want a better place to work?
AUSTRALIA WANTS YOU.
We *want* smart people here. Crazy but true! 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
AUSTRALIA WANTS YOU.
We *want* smart people here. Crazy but true! 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
If Blue Origin were only a trebuchet, the world could be a much nicer place
a man is laying on a tire on a seesaw while a woman stands behind him holding a microphone .
ALT: a man is laying on a tire on a seesaw while a woman stands behind him holding a microphone .
media.tenor.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If Blue Origin were only a trebuchet, the world could be a much nicer place
The day in 2015 when Trump announced candidacy, @thedailyshow.com ended w the entire cast feigning orgasm bc, hey, comedy gold!
I said to my best friend the same day, "this is not a drill," emigrated, now 🇦🇺 citizen
Jon's funny + brilliant. Also, blinded by faith in 🇺🇸's BS about itself
Don't be
I said to my best friend the same day, "this is not a drill," emigrated, now 🇦🇺 citizen
Jon's funny + brilliant. Also, blinded by faith in 🇺🇸's BS about itself
Don't be
“I gotta tell you, I did not think [Trump] would get this authoritarian this fast,” Jon Stewart admitted.
Donald Trump’s Latest ‘Authoritarian’ Move Blindsided Jon Stewart
“Who could’ve known?” Stewart asked.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The day in 2015 when Trump announced candidacy, @thedailyshow.com ended w the entire cast feigning orgasm bc, hey, comedy gold!
I said to my best friend the same day, "this is not a drill," emigrated, now 🇦🇺 citizen
Jon's funny + brilliant. Also, blinded by faith in 🇺🇸's BS about itself
Don't be
I said to my best friend the same day, "this is not a drill," emigrated, now 🇦🇺 citizen
Jon's funny + brilliant. Also, blinded by faith in 🇺🇸's BS about itself
Don't be
Why can't Democrats do this
WATCH: Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park react to Monday's 5.2 magnitude earthquake that shook San Diego County. The elephants formed an "alert circle" meant to protect the young and the entire herd from any threats, according to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
April 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Why can't Democrats do this
Wonder if most in 🇺🇸 have any idea how fast 🇺🇸 is becoming an international pariah
I bet MAGAs would mock people who don't want to risk being detained unjustly as "snowflakes"
The true snowflakes are the ones afraid of science, education, progress, and equality
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I bet MAGAs would mock people who don't want to risk being detained unjustly as "snowflakes"
The true snowflakes are the ones afraid of science, education, progress, and equality
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Wonder if most in 🇺🇸 have any idea how fast 🇺🇸 is becoming an international pariah
I bet MAGAs would mock people who don't want to risk being detained unjustly as "snowflakes"
The true snowflakes are the ones afraid of science, education, progress, and equality
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I bet MAGAs would mock people who don't want to risk being detained unjustly as "snowflakes"
The true snowflakes are the ones afraid of science, education, progress, and equality
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
🇦🇺 election soon. As a new citizen, I’m actually *excited* to vote for the first time on a little green paper and a huge white paper, ranking my choices 1-6 and 1-12. So cool.
The languages on offer say a lot for this island of misfit toys, mostly struggling together and well. Grateful 🇦🇺
#auspol
The languages on offer say a lot for this island of misfit toys, mostly struggling together and well. Grateful 🇦🇺
#auspol
April 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🇦🇺 election soon. As a new citizen, I’m actually *excited* to vote for the first time on a little green paper and a huge white paper, ranking my choices 1-6 and 1-12. So cool.
The languages on offer say a lot for this island of misfit toys, mostly struggling together and well. Grateful 🇦🇺
#auspol
The languages on offer say a lot for this island of misfit toys, mostly struggling together and well. Grateful 🇦🇺
#auspol
So cool to my 🇺🇸-born eyes: last night's 🇦🇺 election debate (below) wasn't in an urban city hall or TV studio, but
— in a large pub / nightclub space (Wenty Leagues)
— in a suburb filled w numerous immigrant groups
— whose residents got to ask the questions
#auspol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q90u...
— in a large pub / nightclub space (Wenty Leagues)
— in a suburb filled w numerous immigrant groups
— whose residents got to ask the questions
#auspol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q90u...
Sky News Leader's Debate - Anthony Albanese vs Peter Dutton (2025)
YouTube video by Sean's Politics
www.youtube.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
So cool to my 🇺🇸-born eyes: last night's 🇦🇺 election debate (below) wasn't in an urban city hall or TV studio, but
— in a large pub / nightclub space (Wenty Leagues)
— in a suburb filled w numerous immigrant groups
— whose residents got to ask the questions
#auspol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q90u...
— in a large pub / nightclub space (Wenty Leagues)
— in a suburb filled w numerous immigrant groups
— whose residents got to ask the questions
#auspol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q90u...