Jackie Cooper
@jackiecooper.bsky.social
Architectural writing/editing. Stepwells of India Origins and Evolution, an Indian-Australian research team, with Haig Beck, Snehal Shah, Sunaina Shah, John Gollings — 4 volumes in production. On Quandamooka land. www.umemagazine.com
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Our beloved and trusted AUKUS ally
President Donald Trump says he has agreed to sell the nation's most advanced fighter jet to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that China could gain access to the plane's vaunted American technology. n.pr/4pmJ4D2
What to know about the F-35 fighter jet that Trump is selling to Saudi Arabia
President Donald Trump says he has agreed to sell the nation's most advanced fighter jet to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that China could gain access to the plane's vaunted American technology.
n.pr
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Our beloved and trusted AUKUS ally
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So now Australia will be making F35 fighter jet parts for Saudi Arabia. A country that Amnesty says ignores people’s basic human rights, restricts their freedoms and inflicts severe punishment. The regime also kills dissenters. No one even asked us.
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So now Australia will be making F35 fighter jet parts for Saudi Arabia. A country that Amnesty says ignores people’s basic human rights, restricts their freedoms and inflicts severe punishment. The regime also kills dissenters. No one even asked us.
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Australia’s greatest ally
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Australia’s greatest ally
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I remember back in the late '90s -- when magazine writers were still getting big book and movie deals -- an editor of mine who'd worked with a bunch of them sighing and saying, "The story no one will ever publish is the exposé of which famous writers can't actually write at all."
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I remember back in the late '90s -- when magazine writers were still getting big book and movie deals -- an editor of mine who'd worked with a bunch of them sighing and saying, "The story no one will ever publish is the exposé of which famous writers can't actually write at all."
Nice one, Philip.
The challenges of how to upgrade characterful but dilapidated apartment buildings.
Our work with the owners of this Maroubra Beach front apartment building - long a personal favourite - trying to navigate;
1 planning (DA lodged)
2 documentation, consultant coord, regulations
3 construction
…
Our work with the owners of this Maroubra Beach front apartment building - long a personal favourite - trying to navigate;
1 planning (DA lodged)
2 documentation, consultant coord, regulations
3 construction
…
November 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Nice one, Philip.
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An erratum of editors.
November 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
An erratum of editors.
Same
Watched A House of Dynamite. It was good. But now I’m not.
October 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Same
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The Far Right Contagion
It’s not a Trump thing. It’s not a politics thing.
open.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Our associations with the US have become vulnerabilities. It’s time to rapidly and dramatically cut our ties with the corrupt and dangerous nation.
First: Dump AUKUS.
First: Dump AUKUS.
A July 20 memorandum signed by Tulsi Gabbard ordered that intelligence agencies not share information with the so-called Five Eyes – an intelligence alliance founded after World War II and including the US, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. (CBS News)
August 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Our associations with the US have become vulnerabilities. It’s time to rapidly and dramatically cut our ties with the corrupt and dangerous nation.
First: Dump AUKUS.
First: Dump AUKUS.
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Gautam Adani is wanted in the USA on bribery charges.
Adani Mining has lied to Australians for 15 years.
Why is this not mentioned and why are they getting MORE sweetheart deals?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Adani Mining has lied to Australians for 15 years.
Why is this not mentioned and why are they getting MORE sweetheart deals?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Queensland government strikes deal with mining giant to defer coal royalties
The government has promised every deferred dollar will be repaid with interest by Bravus, formerly known as Adani, but won't reveal details, such as when the money will be paid.
www.abc.net.au
August 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Gautam Adani is wanted in the USA on bribery charges.
Adani Mining has lied to Australians for 15 years.
Why is this not mentioned and why are they getting MORE sweetheart deals?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Adani Mining has lied to Australians for 15 years.
Why is this not mentioned and why are they getting MORE sweetheart deals?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Thank you
Not to add to the discourse, but…
It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’
It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’
August 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Thank you
Whatever. He’s a grub.
Andrew Laming has won his High Court appeal against a $40k AEC fine over 3 2019 election Facebook posts. In a separate case he recently pleaded guilty to 14 charges related to Qld council election breaches & was fined $5262. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Former MP Andrew Laming wins High Court appeal over Facebook post fines
Andrew Laming was the LNP member for Bowman in Queensland when the Australian Electoral Commission took issue with his Facebook posts.
www.abc.net.au
August 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Whatever. He’s a grub.
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WHY WE MASK by LAUREL LYNN LEAKE
A Handy Scientific Guide To Surviving COVID-19 Together
Because COVID-19 is not
*just a cold" & it's definitely not "mild"...
Even a mild acute infection can change your life forever.
#LongCOVID
A Handy Scientific Guide To Surviving COVID-19 Together
Because COVID-19 is not
*just a cold" & it's definitely not "mild"...
Even a mild acute infection can change your life forever.
#LongCOVID
WHY WE MASK – LAUREL LYNN LEAKE
laurellynnleake.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
WHY WE MASK by LAUREL LYNN LEAKE
A Handy Scientific Guide To Surviving COVID-19 Together
Because COVID-19 is not
*just a cold" & it's definitely not "mild"...
Even a mild acute infection can change your life forever.
#LongCOVID
A Handy Scientific Guide To Surviving COVID-19 Together
Because COVID-19 is not
*just a cold" & it's definitely not "mild"...
Even a mild acute infection can change your life forever.
#LongCOVID
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New polling by @australiainstitute.org.au has found that 66% of Australians support a parliamentary inquiry into Aukus. A previous poll found 57% support.
In a healthy democracy, scrutiny of a deal the size and scope of Aukus should be welcomed.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/two-thi...
In a healthy democracy, scrutiny of a deal the size and scope of Aukus should be welcomed.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/two-thi...
Two-thirds of Australians want a review of AUKUS, while less than half think it will make us safer: poll - The Australia Institute
66 per cent of Australians support a Parliamentary Inquiry into the AUKUS security agreement, according to new polling commissioned by The Australia Institute.
australiainstitute.org.au
July 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
New polling by @australiainstitute.org.au has found that 66% of Australians support a parliamentary inquiry into Aukus. A previous poll found 57% support.
In a healthy democracy, scrutiny of a deal the size and scope of Aukus should be welcomed.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/two-thi...
In a healthy democracy, scrutiny of a deal the size and scope of Aukus should be welcomed.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/two-thi...
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It’s time for Australia to stop talking about Defence spending. America wants Australia to spend more on Attack funding. Australia is not under threat from any country. Our biggest risk is aligning with America when it attacks under countries. We must be non-aligned
June 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It’s time for Australia to stop talking about Defence spending. America wants Australia to spend more on Attack funding. Australia is not under threat from any country. Our biggest risk is aligning with America when it attacks under countries. We must be non-aligned
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It’s actually a much longer list!
Basically reverse all things Howard/ Costello/Abbott/Morrison
Go on & do it @albomp
Basically reverse all things Howard/ Costello/Abbott/Morrison
Go on & do it @albomp
June 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
It’s actually a much longer list!
Basically reverse all things Howard/ Costello/Abbott/Morrison
Go on & do it @albomp
Basically reverse all things Howard/ Costello/Abbott/Morrison
Go on & do it @albomp
Deadman’s Beach, Minjerribah, Queensland, Australia
May 14, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Deadman’s Beach, Minjerribah, Queensland, Australia
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Instructions for Having a Soul
May 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Instructions for Having a Soul
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Bugger an economic role, make him opposition leader
May 7, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Bugger an economic role, make him opposition leader
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It's climate warming baby - and it's coming for all coastal communities faster than you think
Queensland eh?
And did QLD vote for urgent climate action or did they vote again for ideology?
Queensland eh?
And did QLD vote for urgent climate action or did they vote again for ideology?
May 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It's climate warming baby - and it's coming for all coastal communities faster than you think
Queensland eh?
And did QLD vote for urgent climate action or did they vote again for ideology?
Queensland eh?
And did QLD vote for urgent climate action or did they vote again for ideology?
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A TREATY must be signed with Australia's First Nations. The injustice of Terra nulllis and dispossession must be acknowledged and redressed.
May 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A TREATY must be signed with Australia's First Nations. The injustice of Terra nulllis and dispossession must be acknowledged and redressed.
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There is no need for Australia to increase defence spending. We are a small pacific country. China doesn’t need to attack us, we sell them whatever they want. We are of no strategic interest to Russia. Our biggest risk is America. It’s time to distance ourselves from the USA
April 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
There is no need for Australia to increase defence spending. We are a small pacific country. China doesn’t need to attack us, we sell them whatever they want. We are of no strategic interest to Russia. Our biggest risk is America. It’s time to distance ourselves from the USA
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Today I remember ~1,000 First Nations People who served in WWI.
Not recognised as citizens & while serving Australia the government stole their land & children from mothers.
Lest we forget all who served, especially those they attempt to erase from history.
#AnzacDay
Not recognised as citizens & while serving Australia the government stole their land & children from mothers.
Lest we forget all who served, especially those they attempt to erase from history.
#AnzacDay
April 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Today I remember ~1,000 First Nations People who served in WWI.
Not recognised as citizens & while serving Australia the government stole their land & children from mothers.
Lest we forget all who served, especially those they attempt to erase from history.
#AnzacDay
Not recognised as citizens & while serving Australia the government stole their land & children from mothers.
Lest we forget all who served, especially those they attempt to erase from history.
#AnzacDay