John Hampshire
@johnhampshire.bsky.social
X no longer marks the spot for this Australian, a metro media journalist since 1969, interested in tech & especially security, politics, media and common sense. Greetings!
#jesuswept, I'm speechless... Can someone please put some people in white coats on standby? We may have a problem.
Me think the Little Piggy is hysterical .
Geez, someone is spinning out!
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
#jesuswept, I'm speechless... Can someone please put some people in white coats on standby? We may have a problem.
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Me think the Little Piggy is hysterical .
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Me think the Little Piggy is hysterical .
You've heard of private equity, but what about private credit? Here's a little insight into a booming market that's subject to minimal, if any, formal regulation. Never was "caveat emptor" more appropriate. #auspol
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Should regulators rein in private credit markets? | INTHEBLACK
Private credit is growing , attracting retail investors and regulatory attention. Learn about risks, returns and what to watch in this evolving market.
intheblack.cpaaustralia.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
You've heard of private equity, but what about private credit? Here's a little insight into a booming market that's subject to minimal, if any, formal regulation. Never was "caveat emptor" more appropriate. #auspol
intheblack.cpaaustralia.com.au/business-and...
intheblack.cpaaustralia.com.au/business-and...
Willfully ignoring science - especially in vital areas like health, safety, defense, education, climate, and the economy - is a recipe for disaster. We are crippling our nation by dumbing down our children, just to coddle those who are fearfully insecure in their religious faith.
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Willfully ignoring science - especially in vital areas like health, safety, defense, education, climate, and the economy - is a recipe for disaster. We are crippling our nation by dumbing down our children, just to coddle those who are fearfully insecure in their religious faith.
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Willfully ignoring science - especially in vital areas like health, safety, defense, education, climate, and the economy - is a recipe for disaster. We are crippling our nation by dumbing down our children, just to coddle those who are fearfully insecure in their religious faith.
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And that answer is universal basic income and healthcare, together, as a combo. We need to start banging that drum incessantly.
AI's economic impact is complex, disrupting jobs but not erasing all. Universal basic income can help us adapt.
AI impacts jobs but won't erase all; universal basic income can help navigate disruptions in the economy.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
And that answer is universal basic income and healthcare, together, as a combo. We need to start banging that drum incessantly.
Here's a great piece on Australia's #Zionist cohort's stupendous own goal of turning the word #antisemitism into a meaningless right-wing meme...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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The boy who cried antisemitism
For two years, we’ve been told Australia is drowning in antisemitism. Every protest for Palestinian human rights, every mural, every chant criticising Israel has been hauled up as “evidence.”
johnmenadue.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Here's a great piece on Australia's #Zionist cohort's stupendous own goal of turning the word #antisemitism into a meaningless right-wing meme...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Can't resist this one from @cathywilcox.bsky.social ...
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Can't resist this one from @cathywilcox.bsky.social ...
Since we're all heartily sick of marvelling at clown prince performances from #DonaldTrump, I thought it might be amusing to post this from #MichaelWest...
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New docs and old. Corporate governance nightmare engulfs Royal Australasian College of Physicians - Michael West
Lavish spending, a boardroom brawl, bullying allegations and a court stoush, a suite of EGMs, doctored documents have beset the RACP
michaelwest.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Since we're all heartily sick of marvelling at clown prince performances from #DonaldTrump, I thought it might be amusing to post this from #MichaelWest...
michaelwest.com.au/new-docs-and...
michaelwest.com.au/new-docs-and...
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You know what we could have instead of this nonsense?
UBI. That’s what we could have.
UBI. That’s what we could have.
One of, if not the most popular thing Trump did during Trump 1.0 was to give $ to people as a stimulus. So, it's no surprise that he is now promoting:
*A check to everyone as a "tariff rebate"
*Direct funds instead of subsidies for health insurance
People love getting money.
*A check to everyone as a "tariff rebate"
*Direct funds instead of subsidies for health insurance
People love getting money.
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You know what we could have instead of this nonsense?
UBI. That’s what we could have.
UBI. That’s what we could have.
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The premier needs to give the police new powers to *checks notes* actually use the powers they already have, to prevent the kind of protest that took place on Sunday.
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The premier needs to give the police new powers to *checks notes* actually use the powers they already have, to prevent the kind of protest that took place on Sunday.
Time for some more insights into the US crypto-fascist "Christian nationalists" & other white supremacist shitwits out there...
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Eugenics is back on the menu, boys - The Shot
The new name for the ideology, human biodiversity (HBD), is handy: it’s not just race science that this marketing of biological determinism promotes. It allows for the idea that class, like Murray arg...
theshot.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Time for some more insights into the US crypto-fascist "Christian nationalists" & other white supremacist shitwits out there...
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Is it possible that the US Supreme Court justices whom #Trump finagled onto its bench, plus some others, might find against #POTUS on his swingeing tariffs? Apparently so.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Supreme Court appears skeptical of legality of most of Trump’s tariffs
The Supreme Court held arguments on one of the most important cases of its term, testing whether the president has authority to impose wide-ranging tariffs.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Is it possible that the US Supreme Court justices whom #Trump finagled onto its bench, plus some others, might find against #POTUS on his swingeing tariffs? Apparently so.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A different take on the notorious Dick Cheney...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in US history.
www.thenation.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
A different take on the notorious Dick Cheney...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
November 3, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Really? Perhaps, but let's face it: America & the world were doomed the instant #Biden decided not to keep his promise to quit after one term. Any "advisers" who urged him to go for another term were spectacularly wrong.
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Really? Perhaps, but let's face it: America & the world were doomed the instant #Biden decided not to keep his promise to quit after one term. Any "advisers" who urged him to go for another term were spectacularly wrong.
Good news for fans of valuable, rational debate: #Pearls&Irritations now has a "pearlcast"!
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Message from the Editor
When I began as editor in early 2025 I was struck by how much great reading P&I offered. Now we are branching out to bring you great listening as well, with a big new project, Pearlcast.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Good news for fans of valuable, rational debate: #Pearls&Irritations now has a "pearlcast"!
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This is brilliant
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This is brilliant
Hm... #DonaldTrump is having these senior moments of confusion & forgetfulness more and more often. Great.
So much for Trump’s accusation that Biden’s pardons are invalid because he used an auto pen!!! He doesn’t even know who he has pardoned ‼️‼️‼️
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Hm... #DonaldTrump is having these senior moments of confusion & forgetfulness more and more often. Great.
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The Nationals will shift their focus to climate adaptation instead of being “focused solely” on reducing emissions.
This is what policy defeatism looks like - we can't do much on our own, so why even try?
australianfirefightersclimatealliance.org/2025/11/03/t...
This is what policy defeatism looks like - we can't do much on our own, so why even try?
australianfirefightersclimatealliance.org/2025/11/03/t...
The Nationals abandon rural and regional communities to more disaster
After many months of speculation, The Nationals have formally abandoned a commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The leader of the Nationals, David Littleproud, said the party would shift …
australianfirefightersclimatealliance.org
November 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Nationals will shift their focus to climate adaptation instead of being “focused solely” on reducing emissions.
This is what policy defeatism looks like - we can't do much on our own, so why even try?
australianfirefightersclimatealliance.org/2025/11/03/t...
This is what policy defeatism looks like - we can't do much on our own, so why even try?
australianfirefightersclimatealliance.org/2025/11/03/t...
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In case you missed it, Trump has established and normalized his ability to illegally kill people in the Caribbean and Pacific oceans. Now he is threatening to do the same in Africa. He has destroyed our rule of law and is exercising our nation's power to destroy it around it the world.
Thanks GOP!
Thanks GOP!
November 2, 2025 at 4:02 AM
In case you missed it, Trump has established and normalized his ability to illegally kill people in the Caribbean and Pacific oceans. Now he is threatening to do the same in Africa. He has destroyed our rule of law and is exercising our nation's power to destroy it around it the world.
Thanks GOP!
Thanks GOP!
I keep wondering: when will the American people realise that displays of monumental ignorance by #POTUS are not, in fact, useful in making their lives better.
REAL TALK - IS TRUMP FUCKING HIGH RN?! Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa with 237 MILLION people. Also its 45% Christian or 106 million. GN has been fighting a counter insurgency against Islamic terrorists for DECADES.
we were helping them stop Boko Haram.
GET HIM OFF ADDERAL
we were helping them stop Boko Haram.
GET HIM OFF ADDERAL
November 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I keep wondering: when will the American people realise that displays of monumental ignorance by #POTUS are not, in fact, useful in making their lives better.
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REAL TALK - IS TRUMP FUCKING HIGH RN?! Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa with 237 MILLION people. Also its 45% Christian or 106 million. GN has been fighting a counter insurgency against Islamic terrorists for DECADES.
we were helping them stop Boko Haram.
GET HIM OFF ADDERAL
we were helping them stop Boko Haram.
GET HIM OFF ADDERAL
November 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
REAL TALK - IS TRUMP FUCKING HIGH RN?! Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa with 237 MILLION people. Also its 45% Christian or 106 million. GN has been fighting a counter insurgency against Islamic terrorists for DECADES.
we were helping them stop Boko Haram.
GET HIM OFF ADDERAL
we were helping them stop Boko Haram.
GET HIM OFF ADDERAL
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
Clearly he was channelling #RonaldReagan.
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Clearly he was channelling #RonaldReagan.