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Now is the time to be disruptive - to be silent is to be complicit! ✊
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Melbourne/Narrm, Australia
Absolutely STUNNING photos of the Australian Tennis Open!

A credit to the photographers

www.theguardian.com/sport/galler...
Australian Open 2026 week two action – in pictures
A look back at all the drama at a sweltering Melbourne Park featuring Aryna Sabalenka, Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic – plus the feather-catching ballkid
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Israel's GENOCIDE shifts focus from Gaza to the West Bank as Palestinians are driven out illegally - violently - from their land

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 - 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 - 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

Labor's global "rule of law and order"
January 30, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Apartment owners right across Victoria are prey to loose legislation governing owners corporations, predatory strata management companies supposedly licensed by Victoria to operate to prey on owners

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠
January 30, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Climate Catastrophe

Climate-driven disasters are influencing Australian property markets

Insurance is becoming a critical driver of property value, alongside Labor's neglect of climate risk, and rebuild quality

𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐊𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐘!

www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/prop...
Record temperatures turn up heat on climate risk to properties
As a heatwave continues to grip parts of Australia, analysis shows climate-driven disasters are increasingly influencing property markets.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
January 30, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Billionaires masquerading as snow leopards now?
January 30, 2026 at 9:30 PM
The 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚/𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥/𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬/𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐬 .. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 Duopoly!

The alarming outsourcing of sovereign functions by Labor, to foreign entities and foreign corporations - dangers explained -and how VOTERS are cut out of the process completely

A 15 minute listen
tinyurl.com/GekkoPodcast5
January 30, 2026 at 8:37 AM
When a war criminal starts getting media to send out “facts” - the very first thing to do is ask Why?
I would say you can probably triple 71k and you'd still be short on the number of people Israel and the US/EU blob has murdered.
January 30, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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FFS, are there no adults at this august publication?
January 29, 2026 at 11:30 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 - 𝟖𝟓 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

Nuclear threats, climate change, biotechnology and AI but overlooking threats like toxic pollution, water scarcity, food supply collapse, biodiversity loss, and overpopulation

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞

johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
January 29, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Fascist propaganda!

Study fascist propaganda from WW2 on - you can see trends

𝐀𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐨-𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦

Banal, ordinary, very average people - men and women - who use visual propaganda to over-compensate for a total lack of substance

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The slopaganda era: 10 AI images posted by the White House – and what they teach us
Under Donald Trump, the White House has filled its social media with memes, wishcasting, nostalgia and deepfakes. Here’s what you need to know to navigate the trolling
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:29 PM
You need to remember - many parts of Australia are now suffering drought.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐲

Of course, last elections, it was in flood - Boyce was drowning in his own IDEOLOGY of climate denial!

bsky.app/profile/gekk...
January 29, 2026 at 10:23 PM
One more foreign corporation Labor has outsourced critical government policy and functions to

Have a think - how many foreign corporations has Labor outsourced to?

Have a think - what are our sovereign risks?

Have a think - this company operates ICE detention centres in Amerika!

Think carefully
January 29, 2026 at 10:18 PM
𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬

Labor pursues its corporate agenda

Let's all guess - to add insult to injury - what you can write off on your corporate tax bill using taxpayer money and fail, and suffer no personal risk at all!

𝐀 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐀$𝟏𝟐.𝟔𝟖 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧
January 29, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Climate catastrophe

In the spirit of naming climate change events after politicians, I'm proposing this persistent, super heating heat dome be named:

𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐄'𝐒 𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓

Don't worry - there's plenty more climate catastrophic events coming.

Enough now for a lifetime
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Drones need infrastructure and the ability to deploy them at scale

So inevitably it means for maritime countries, building drone carriers!

Portugal takes the lead
January 29, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Relentless fossil fuel driven pursuit of economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions, is causing catastrophic climate change.

Consequentially a surge in extreme weather events, heat-related deaths, and global hunger

Social collapse is not a step too far now

www.thenation.com/article/envi...
The Pursuit of Endless Growth Will Only End in Destruction
If the corporate and political powers carry on with business as usual, such growth will end in chaotic, violent collapse.
www.thenation.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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"@albomp.bsky.social will meet Herzog during his visit, the prime minister saying Herzog was welcome in Australia," reports The Guardian.

Welcome in Australia. And the genocide of Palestinians by Israel continues unabated.

Beyond sickening. #auspol #FuckZionism
January 29, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Be aware in Australia of voting for IDEOLOGY

WHO IN OUR BODY POLITIC SUPPORTS THE IDEOLOGY OF THE EXTREME RIGHT?

Watch, question behind the facade and be very vigilant

Who amongst us wants all of us to lose our democracy?

Wants you to lose your freedom?

Who’s lying?

tinyurl.com/GekkoPodcast4
January 29, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, has invested over $100 million in Palantir

IS THIS THE COMPANY WE WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH?

Critics argue that the investment contradicts the fund’s responsible investment policy and raises ethical concerns

www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/29/p...
Revealed: Australia's $100 million investment in controversial surveillance giant Palantir
Australia's Future Fund drastically increased its stake in Palantir in the year since Donald Trump took office, according to its latest figures.
www.crikey.com.au
January 29, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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If you ever wanted a working definition of structural racism, our structures are currently performing a textbook example.
First Nations leaders have urged governments to take stronger action in response to the alleged attack at an Invasion Day rally in Perth on Monday. Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss says failing to do so "sends a message that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not matter".
'Scared for our children': Stronger response urged on alleged rally attack
First Nations leaders have urged governments to take stronger action in response to the alleged attack at an Invasion Day rally in Perth on Monday. Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss says failing to do so "sends a message that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not matter".
www.abc.net.au
January 28, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Australia’s outsourcing of and reliance for security with the US alliance and AUKUS is a myth as the post-war global order ruptures.

Australia must build sound alliances within its region, particularly with Indonesia and China, and embrace its future in Asia.

johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
The end of the lucky country’s security fantasy
As the post-war global order unravels, Australia’s long-standing reliance on great and powerful friends is proving dangerously hollow – and the country is unprepared for what comes next.
johnmenadue.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:57 PM
WHEN democracy disappears because neither voters or the body politic can articulate a strong vision, what might be the alternative - the new forever?

Voters need vigilance and look VERY closely at who is stalking us here with the vision for autocracy

A 5 minute listen
tinyurl.com/GekkoPodcast-4
January 28, 2026 at 9:42 PM
When all you've got is a PR "guru" to convince consumers that you're not a shonky operation then I think consumers and suppliers can be confident that what they see, is indeed what they see - not what a "guru" will insist you saw

Truth and facts are no longer absolute - now we need "interpreters"
January 28, 2026 at 9:31 PM