JRBsays
@jrbsays.bsky.social
Living on Gubbi Gubbi country and loving life.
Purveyor of mediocre haiku and bad humour. #F1 & #Auspol too. You’ve been warned 🤗
Haiku feed: @JRBHaiku.bsky.social
Substack: https://jrbhaiku.substack.com?r=55lvun&utm_medium=ios
Purveyor of mediocre haiku and bad humour. #F1 & #Auspol too. You’ve been warned 🤗
Haiku feed: @JRBHaiku.bsky.social
Substack: https://jrbhaiku.substack.com?r=55lvun&utm_medium=ios
They say it takes one to know one.
November 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
They say it takes one to know one.
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After their homecoming Fed Square gig was cancelled over security fears, Amyl and the Sniffers put $5,000 behind the bar at seven live music venues around Melbourne.
'Wild' night in city as band shouts $35k in free drinks after gig cancelled
After their homecoming Fed Square gig was cancelled over security fears, Amyl and the Sniffers put $5,000 behind the bar at seven live music venues around Melbourne.
www.abc.net.au
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
After their homecoming Fed Square gig was cancelled over security fears, Amyl and the Sniffers put $5,000 behind the bar at seven live music venues around Melbourne.
No one wants to get to net zero faster that Sussan Ley apparently 🤷♂️
Wow Sussan Ley has changed her tune, here she is 5yrs ago talking about Net Zero like it’s the best thing in the world
“As Environment Minister no one wants to get to Net Zero more quickly than I do”
“We can get there, we should get there, & we have to bring the ppl with us”🙈 #auspol
“As Environment Minister no one wants to get to Net Zero more quickly than I do”
“We can get there, we should get there, & we have to bring the ppl with us”🙈 #auspol
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No one wants to get to net zero faster that Sussan Ley apparently 🤷♂️
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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What went right this week: the good news that matters
The EU put climate on the curriculum, Egypt defeated an ancient disease, and there was a ‘revolution’ in tooth care, plus more good news.
#GoodNews
www.positive.news/society/good...
The EU put climate on the curriculum, Egypt defeated an ancient disease, and there was a ‘revolution’ in tooth care, plus more good news.
#GoodNews
www.positive.news/society/good...
What went right this week: the good news that matters
The EU put climate on the curriculum, Egypt defeated an ancient disease, and there was a ‘revolution’ in tooth care, plus more good news
www.positive.news
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What went right this week: the good news that matters
The EU put climate on the curriculum, Egypt defeated an ancient disease, and there was a ‘revolution’ in tooth care, plus more good news.
#GoodNews
www.positive.news/society/good...
The EU put climate on the curriculum, Egypt defeated an ancient disease, and there was a ‘revolution’ in tooth care, plus more good news.
#GoodNews
www.positive.news/society/good...
“It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A blunt response by Energy expert Tony Wood on whether Sussan Ley is correct to claim that the Coalition’s new energy policy will “bring energy prices down”
Wood “No”🔥 #Abc
Wood “No”🔥 #Abc
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
A blunt response by Energy expert Tony Wood on whether Sussan Ley is correct to claim that the Coalition’s new energy policy will “bring energy prices down”
Wood “No”🔥 #Abc
Wood “No”🔥 #Abc
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Dear ABC radio, please have somebody with more expertise than me explain to you why “renewables are the cheapest form of power” and “power prices have gone up in the last years in spite of increased renewables” are not contradictory statements. And why slowing renewables will not bring prices down.
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Dear ABC radio, please have somebody with more expertise than me explain to you why “renewables are the cheapest form of power” and “power prices have gone up in the last years in spite of increased renewables” are not contradictory statements. And why slowing renewables will not bring prices down.
Prepare for America to start a war as a last ditched attempt to distract the world from the sexual deviance of their ‘President’.
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Prepare for America to start a war as a last ditched attempt to distract the world from the sexual deviance of their ‘President’.
The OECD report demonstrates that Australia’s safeguard mechanism remains one of the least effective programs for reducing emissions, and relies the most on carbon credits.
#AusPol #Climate
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
#AusPol #Climate
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
OECD report shows LNP climate irrelevance, while Safeguard Mechanism among least effective emissions reduction schemes in world
The report demonstrates that Australia’s safeguard mechanism remains one of the least effective programs for reducing emissions, and relies the most on carbon credits.
thepoint.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The OECD report demonstrates that Australia’s safeguard mechanism remains one of the least effective programs for reducing emissions, and relies the most on carbon credits.
#AusPol #Climate
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
#AusPol #Climate
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
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So the Libs are irrelevant? Great we knew that. But an OECD report released overnight put the focus on the actual govt and the Safeguard Mechanism which is quite the dud
My column for @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
My column for @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
OECD report shows LNP climate irrelevance, while Safeguard Mechanism among least effective emissions reduction schemes in world
The report demonstrates that Australia’s safeguard mechanism remains one of the least effective programs for reducing emissions, and relies the most on carbon credits.
thepoint.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
So the Libs are irrelevant? Great we knew that. But an OECD report released overnight put the focus on the actual govt and the Safeguard Mechanism which is quite the dud
My column for @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
My column for @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
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Race car driver Dean Alessi of Alessi Motorsports has been named as a member of the National Socialist Network who attended the neo-Nazi rally at NSW Parliament last weekend. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Race car driver Dean Alessi of Alessi Motorsports has been named as a member of the National Socialist Network who attended the neo-Nazi rally at NSW Parliament last weekend. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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The Libs are irrelevant? Yeah we know. So let’s keep the focus on what the govt is doing
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The Libs are irrelevant? Yeah we know. So let’s keep the focus on what the govt is doing
Question: legally, what responsibility do parents/guardians have for their children’s behaviour?
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Question: legally, what responsibility do parents/guardians have for their children’s behaviour?
Did Victoria consult with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders about these law changes as per their new treaty?
I think the answer to that is clear.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I think the answer to that is clear.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Will Victoria’s new youth crime laws be tough on crime or just a coward punch?
Jacinta Allan’s Labor government takes a leaf out of the playbook of conservative oppositions: focus on crime and hope voters see them as knights in shining armour
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Did Victoria consult with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders about these law changes as per their new treaty?
I think the answer to that is clear.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I think the answer to that is clear.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The Coalition claims pursuing net zero will increase power bills – but in the real world the opposite is true.
Are we surprised?
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Are we surprised?
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The Coalition claims pursuing net zero will increase power bills – but in the real world the opposite is true
The International Energy Agency, once known for an anti-renewables bias, now says a more ambitious transition will lower prices
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The Coalition claims pursuing net zero will increase power bills – but in the real world the opposite is true.
Are we surprised?
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Are we surprised?
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Spain’s rapid deployment of wind and solar energy has slashed the influence of expensive gas and coal plants on electricity prices by 75% since 2019..... As a result, the country is now one of the cheapest electricity markets in Europe.
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/10/02/i...
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/10/02/i...
In numbers: Renewables have turned Spain into one of Europe's cheapest electricity markets
Wind and solar met almost half of Spain’s electricity demand in the first half of 2025 (46%), up from 27% in the same period in 2019.
theprogressplaybook.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Spain’s rapid deployment of wind and solar energy has slashed the influence of expensive gas and coal plants on electricity prices by 75% since 2019..... As a result, the country is now one of the cheapest electricity markets in Europe.
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/10/02/i...
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/10/02/i...