Jo Barkworth
@bubbletheviking.bsky.social
We're burning our home, and losing our sense of decency, fairness, equality and caring for our fellow humans and earth's natural gifts. Hoping the BlueSky community thinking helps us all survive
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The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
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Watch this film. Available free for a short time.
Share it widely.
IT IS IMPORTANT!!
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This is so wrong. #NoStadiuminVictoriaPark
January 15, 2026 at 3:32 AM
This is so wrong. #NoStadiuminVictoriaPark
Your response @palmoildetect.bsky.social ??
January 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Your response @palmoildetect.bsky.social ??
This absolutely is well worth a read!
3/ From Hugo Chavez 30 years ago - a prediction: www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/09/h...
Hugo Chávez Predicted This
Over the past months, the US has been escalating aggression against Venezuela, but this abduction is the culmination of over two decades of imperialist war. In fact, it was predicted 20 years ago this...
www.counterpunch.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:02 AM
This absolutely is well worth a read!
F'ing ridiculous!
January 14, 2026 at 4:48 AM
F'ing ridiculous!
OK. We'll boycott Target here too.
January 14, 2026 at 4:46 AM
OK. We'll boycott Target here too.
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From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
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AMA warns NT government to keep politics out of healthcare www.medicalrepublic.com.au/nt-governmen...
NT government pulls support on trans health - Medical Republic
The Northern Territory puberty blocker ban has been slammed by trans health advocates for misinformation.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
January 14, 2026 at 4:29 AM
AMA warns NT government to keep politics out of healthcare www.medicalrepublic.com.au/nt-governmen...
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This Disaster Recovery Payment lump sum is still the same rate as when it was introduced 20 years ago. If it had been indexed to CPI if would be more than $600 higher for an adult. www.aph.gov.au/About_Parlia...
January 14, 2026 at 3:37 AM
This Disaster Recovery Payment lump sum is still the same rate as when it was introduced 20 years ago. If it had been indexed to CPI if would be more than $600 higher for an adult. www.aph.gov.au/About_Parlia...
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This administration excels at finding different ways to harm our children.
Assaulting and kidnapping them joins a long list -- bringing back deadly diseases like measles, slashing education funding, supporting Twitter's CSAM, and, of course, protecting the president's pedophile sex trafficker pals.
Assaulting and kidnapping them joins a long list -- bringing back deadly diseases like measles, slashing education funding, supporting Twitter's CSAM, and, of course, protecting the president's pedophile sex trafficker pals.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 1:31 AM
This administration excels at finding different ways to harm our children.
Assaulting and kidnapping them joins a long list -- bringing back deadly diseases like measles, slashing education funding, supporting Twitter's CSAM, and, of course, protecting the president's pedophile sex trafficker pals.
Assaulting and kidnapping them joins a long list -- bringing back deadly diseases like measles, slashing education funding, supporting Twitter's CSAM, and, of course, protecting the president's pedophile sex trafficker pals.
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A massive stranded asset. A public liability.
Environmental vandalism for an unnecessary resource going to foreign profiteers.
Environmental vandalism for an unnecessary resource going to foreign profiteers.
A massive floating platform has arrived off WA coast as Woodside Energy’s controversial Scarborough gas project nears production.
70,000-tonne floating production unit towed by 5 large ocean vessels more than 7400km from China to position 375km off Karratha. newsroom.aap.com.au/api/v1/asset....
70,000-tonne floating production unit towed by 5 large ocean vessels more than 7400km from China to position 375km off Karratha. newsroom.aap.com.au/api/v1/asset....
January 14, 2026 at 1:30 AM
A massive stranded asset. A public liability.
Environmental vandalism for an unnecessary resource going to foreign profiteers.
Environmental vandalism for an unnecessary resource going to foreign profiteers.
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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Youtube Livestream tonight at 6 with @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social and Professor Emily Crawford Sydney Uni Law School
#auspol #thewestreport #trump #law #AUKUS
www.youtube.com/live/1C5lHne...
#auspol #thewestreport #trump #law #AUKUS
www.youtube.com/live/1C5lHne...
Trump, Australia and the "Rules Based" Order
YouTube video by The West Report
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Youtube Livestream tonight at 6 with @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social and Professor Emily Crawford Sydney Uni Law School
#auspol #thewestreport #trump #law #AUKUS
www.youtube.com/live/1C5lHne...
#auspol #thewestreport #trump #law #AUKUS
www.youtube.com/live/1C5lHne...
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They look like extreme right players to me. Enabling the Israel lobbyists to occupy Australia is dangerous to Australia’s democracy and adopting their punitive authoritarian policies to censor and control the people bodes ill. #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/criticis-of-....
michaelwest.com.au/criticis-of-....
Critics of Antisemitism Summit 'antisemitic' says Israeli antisemitism chief - Michael West
The Zionist movement is unable to handle criticism, naming anyone who criticises their efforts at narrative control antisemitic.
michaelwest.com.au
January 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM
They look like extreme right players to me. Enabling the Israel lobbyists to occupy Australia is dangerous to Australia’s democracy and adopting their punitive authoritarian policies to censor and control the people bodes ill. #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/criticis-of-....
michaelwest.com.au/criticis-of-....
Absolutely. A slippery slope.
The Hate Speech bill is about control, not protection. It's dangerous
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
January 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Absolutely. A slippery slope.
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Yes. He bought it during the Apprentice days to stroke his fragile ego.
He wants nothing more than to belong to certain circles but he attacks those circles and acts like such a deplorable a*s then wonders why people don't want him in those circles.
He wants nothing more than to belong to certain circles but he attacks those circles and acts like such a deplorable a*s then wonders why people don't want him in those circles.
January 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Yes. He bought it during the Apprentice days to stroke his fragile ego.
He wants nothing more than to belong to certain circles but he attacks those circles and acts like such a deplorable a*s then wonders why people don't want him in those circles.
He wants nothing more than to belong to certain circles but he attacks those circles and acts like such a deplorable a*s then wonders why people don't want him in those circles.
My beautiful little chatterbox ❤️
#greyhoundsofBlueSky
#greyhoundsofBlueSky
January 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
My beautiful little chatterbox ❤️
#greyhoundsofBlueSky
#greyhoundsofBlueSky
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
Why on earth did he get a star in the first place? Did he buy it?
January 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Why on earth did he get a star in the first place? Did he buy it?
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@palmoildetect.bsky.social I saw this video 9 years ago and haven't bought any products with Palm Oil since. I won't be responsible for the killing and extinction of another species for food that doesn't need palm oil. 👍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao1p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao1p...
The Story of Rimba ENGLISH VERSION
YouTube video by Alain Compost
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:51 PM
@palmoildetect.bsky.social I saw this video 9 years ago and haven't bought any products with Palm Oil since. I won't be responsible for the killing and extinction of another species for food that doesn't need palm oil. 👍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao1p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao1p...
I don't understand why manufacturers think vegans want to eat products containing palm oil. They are clueless!!
January 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I don't understand why manufacturers think vegans want to eat products containing palm oil. They are clueless!!
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The federal government gave the green light to more than 57,000 hectares of threatened species habitat destruction last year, making it the worst 12-month period in 15 years. #auspol #nature www.acf.org.au/news/defores...
Deforestation doom: 2025 worst year in more than a decade…
The Federal government gave the green light to more than 57,000 hectares of threatened species habitat destruction last year, making it the worst…
www.acf.org.au
January 13, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Not sure what $52,000 (very random number) will do for folks who have lost everything.
January 13, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Not sure what $52,000 (very random number) will do for folks who have lost everything.
Possibly the same way Maxi did overnight (totally out of character) & just what I didn't need to find at 2 am, after my back has flared up and I can barely walk or bend!) 😣
January 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Possibly the same way Maxi did overnight (totally out of character) & just what I didn't need to find at 2 am, after my back has flared up and I can barely walk or bend!) 😣
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"It’s now more than time for the #AUKUS submarine project to be abandoned, and our defence capability to be built in our own interests, not those of a now totally unreliable United States." - Gareth Evans #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
Why Australia should walk away from AUKUS
Trump’s actions in Venezuela and rhetoric elsewhere confirm that the United States no longer respects international law or allied interests. Australia should rethink its strategic dependence according...
johnmenadue.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
"It’s now more than time for the #AUKUS submarine project to be abandoned, and our defence capability to be built in our own interests, not those of a now totally unreliable United States." - Gareth Evans #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...