Claire Miller
@jesuswept60.bsky.social
Former Age journalist, now specialist in agricultural and environmental water policy. Passionate about breaking down the false environment vs agriculture binary polemic driving poor outcomes for both.
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He intends to establish control over the nation's capital so the next coup won't fail. It's as simple as that.
August 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
He intends to establish control over the nation's capital so the next coup won't fail. It's as simple as that.
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Well done to Josh Taylor for sinking the boot into the Productivity Commission's risible report on AI. Rubbish like this suggests it's well past time to abolish the Productivity Commission altogether. Put the funding into actual research, not this nonsense www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia’s potential surrender of creative content to tech giants for free is shocking. Labor must decide where it stands | Josh Taylor
The Productivity Commission appears to have bought into tech companies’ brazen arguments – and caught the Australian government off-guard
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Well done to Josh Taylor for sinking the boot into the Productivity Commission's risible report on AI. Rubbish like this suggests it's well past time to abolish the Productivity Commission altogether. Put the funding into actual research, not this nonsense www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I'm heartsick at the IDF murders of so many fiercely brave reporters & photographers in Gaza. And I'm truly ashamed of so much of the Australian media which took so long to even admit a genocide is happening. Huge protests are not covered or literally minimised; headlines mince words to a paste.
August 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I'm heartsick at the IDF murders of so many fiercely brave reporters & photographers in Gaza. And I'm truly ashamed of so much of the Australian media which took so long to even admit a genocide is happening. Huge protests are not covered or literally minimised; headlines mince words to a paste.
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A bit perplexed at the headlines about today’s #marchforhumanity saying “perilous” and “police feared the worst”. Surely the story is that, in spite of police fears, the march was peaceful, demonstrators full of goodwill and happily cooperated with police instructions to manage the huge turnout.
August 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A bit perplexed at the headlines about today’s #marchforhumanity saying “perilous” and “police feared the worst”. Surely the story is that, in spite of police fears, the march was peaceful, demonstrators full of goodwill and happily cooperated with police instructions to manage the huge turnout.
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know your parasites 🪱🕷️🦟
August 2, 2025 at 7:24 AM
know your parasites 🪱🕷️🦟
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In the end they will try to lock up every brown person in the country, whether they are a citizen or not. He will sign an executive order declaring himself president for life and the Supreme Court will uphold it 6-3. They will leave you no choice. They think so little of you.
June 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
In the end they will try to lock up every brown person in the country, whether they are a citizen or not. He will sign an executive order declaring himself president for life and the Supreme Court will uphold it 6-3. They will leave you no choice. They think so little of you.
Boomer Democrats need to make way for the next generations. The times require new blood, new thinking, new passions
We need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law.
A new generation that gives meaning to the “we” in “we the people.”
Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as the future.
A new generation that gives meaning to the “we” in “we the people.”
Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as the future.
June 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Boomer Democrats need to make way for the next generations. The times require new blood, new thinking, new passions
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Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
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We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
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In just 130 days, Elon...
-Secured even more contracts
-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations
-Gutted agencies that regulate his business
-Installed loyalists throughout the government
Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.
-Secured even more contracts
-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations
-Gutted agencies that regulate his business
-Installed loyalists throughout the government
Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.
June 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In just 130 days, Elon...
-Secured even more contracts
-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations
-Gutted agencies that regulate his business
-Installed loyalists throughout the government
Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.
-Secured even more contracts
-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations
-Gutted agencies that regulate his business
-Installed loyalists throughout the government
Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.
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For years we've heard from the right about "welfare queens" and other so-called "freeloaders" pulling one over on the government.
But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes.
Where is the outrage over that?
But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes.
Where is the outrage over that?
June 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
For years we've heard from the right about "welfare queens" and other so-called "freeloaders" pulling one over on the government.
But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes.
Where is the outrage over that?
But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes.
Where is the outrage over that?
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Two in 10,000: The vital context of animal welfare that the Guardian didn’t include
We add the context to the story. Read more on the link below
episode3.net/conversation...
We add the context to the story. Read more on the link below
episode3.net/conversation...
Two in 10,000: The vital context of animal welfare that the Guardian didn't include - Episode 3
We add the context to the story.
episode3.net
May 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Two in 10,000: The vital context of animal welfare that the Guardian didn’t include
We add the context to the story. Read more on the link below
episode3.net/conversation...
We add the context to the story. Read more on the link below
episode3.net/conversation...
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Useful to talk about re vaccinations with the hesitant. It doesn’t overload an immune system; challenges it about the same amount as a dog lick or crawling on the ground. It’s important because it triggers natural immunity & works with the body. Breastmilk & good food won’t stop measles, polio etc.
May 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Useful to talk about re vaccinations with the hesitant. It doesn’t overload an immune system; challenges it about the same amount as a dog lick or crawling on the ground. It’s important because it triggers natural immunity & works with the body. Breastmilk & good food won’t stop measles, polio etc.
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I wonder how long it will take most people to realise that “AI” is the ultimate platform for the complete and comprehensive enshitification of every single product and service on the planet.
May 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I wonder how long it will take most people to realise that “AI” is the ultimate platform for the complete and comprehensive enshitification of every single product and service on the planet.
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Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.
May 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.
Canadian election result, capped off by Poilievre losing his seats, reinforces the truism that everything Trump touches, dies.
April 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Canadian election result, capped off by Poilievre losing his seats, reinforces the truism that everything Trump touches, dies.
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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
April 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
I have a 31yo autistic son, and he is a delightful, caring person. Autism doesn’t excuse people behaving like total arseholes.
Autism didn’t make them do it. Mental illness didn’t, either. This personal piece from The Big Picture cuts through the excuses and names the real issue: some people are just hateful, and we need to stop giving them cover.
Neither Neurodivergence Nor Mental Illness Made Them Bigots—They're Just Awful People
It's hard to admit your heroes are jerks, but the mentally ill and neurodivergent shouldn't be collateral damage.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I have a 31yo autistic son, and he is a delightful, caring person. Autism doesn’t excuse people behaving like total arseholes.
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you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos
April 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos
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America needs to find a backbone. Fast.
April 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
America needs to find a backbone. Fast.