Peter Hill
@peterkhill.bsky.social
a plain walking-around citizen of Sydney, an architect
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@pfrazee.com Please restore Sarah Kendzior to Bluesky
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
@pfrazee.com Please restore Sarah Kendzior to Bluesky
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Outstanding work by @fesonline.bsky.social mapping the tech/policy/finance connections binding the network undermining US democracy now, and that is coming for Europe next. Great visuals. www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Outstanding work by @fesonline.bsky.social mapping the tech/policy/finance connections binding the network undermining US democracy now, and that is coming for Europe next. Great visuals. www.authoritarian-stack.info
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Today is the day…
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Today is the day…
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I was impressed by this statement by Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, in response to the nazi rally at the NSW state parliament yesterday:
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I was impressed by this statement by Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, in response to the nazi rally at the NSW state parliament yesterday:
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The rich: “if you want to help the poor then have you considered making the rich richer instead? We promise it will trickle down this time”.
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The rich: “if you want to help the poor then have you considered making the rich richer instead? We promise it will trickle down this time”.
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“Whitlam announced “there should not be foreign military bases, stations, installations in Australia. We will honour agreements covering existing stations. We do not favour extensions or prolongation of any of those existing ones”.”
Oh, how I miss him. #auspol
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Oh, how I miss him. #auspol
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The Dismissal, the role of the CIA, MI6 and Austral Americans
I was familiar with many of the events leading to the Dismissal on 11 November 1975. That knowledge was greatly increased by Professor Jenny Hocking with her long and successful campaign to have the P...
johnmenadue.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“Whitlam announced “there should not be foreign military bases, stations, installations in Australia. We will honour agreements covering existing stations. We do not favour extensions or prolongation of any of those existing ones”.”
Oh, how I miss him. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Oh, how I miss him. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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This is a great read:
The 'grotesque policy cock-up' stopping downsizers freeing up their homes: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-09/older-country-australians-dont-have-anywhere-to-downsize-to/105959030
The 'grotesque policy cock-up' stopping downsizers freeing up their homes
In regional Australia, where baby boomers are being told to downsize to free up homes, country communities are having to become developers to build appropriate-sized housing.
www.abc.net.au
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is a great read:
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"The Murdoch papers played a major role in the events leading to the Dismissal."
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Murdoch, the Dismissal and my job in Japan
Rupert Murdoch played a critical role in the Dismissal. He knew how to bring pressure on Kerr and provided strong support for Malcolm Fraser.
johnmenadue.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"The Murdoch papers played a major role in the events leading to the Dismissal."
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johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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This is a good article, worth reading.
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is a good article, worth reading.
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
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The beginning to every Morrissey lyric
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The beginning to every Morrissey lyric
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If economists were serious about boosting housing affordability, they would be strongly advocating for reforms to assist cooperative housing, so challenging bank lending rules, their inflexible& unjustified restrictions on lending on sub 50m2 apartments.
Oh & they’ld be pushing for tax reform…
Oh & they’ld be pushing for tax reform…
Good advice.
Once that is done you could also add “support housing cooperatives”, or anything that can bypass the need for private profits.
One day the message will get through that market housing isn’t the way to housing affordability.
Once that is done you could also add “support housing cooperatives”, or anything that can bypass the need for private profits.
One day the message will get through that market housing isn’t the way to housing affordability.
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
If economists were serious about boosting housing affordability, they would be strongly advocating for reforms to assist cooperative housing, so challenging bank lending rules, their inflexible& unjustified restrictions on lending on sub 50m2 apartments.
Oh & they’ld be pushing for tax reform…
Oh & they’ld be pushing for tax reform…
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"The Palace had put out a statement soon after the Dismissal saying that they had no part to play in the decision that the Governor-General made. We now know that that is completely false."
Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"The Palace had put out a statement soon after the Dismissal saying that they had no part to play in the decision that the Governor-General made. We now know that that is completely false."
Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
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@jennaprice.bsky.social asks if this new law a National Shame. The answer, @tonyburkemp.bsky.social , is a resounding YES! #auspol
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
@jennaprice.bsky.social asks if this new law a National Shame. The answer, @tonyburkemp.bsky.social , is a resounding YES! #auspol
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If 1000 billion dollars for a single human beings work really makes you think about the labor theory of economic value AND the madness of economic reason, do I have the essay for you by @cacrisalves.bsky.social. What Would Marx say?
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/p...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/p...
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Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders
The richest man in the world will get hundreds of millions of new shares if he hits his targets.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
If 1000 billion dollars for a single human beings work really makes you think about the labor theory of economic value AND the madness of economic reason, do I have the essay for you by @cacrisalves.bsky.social. What Would Marx say?
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/p...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/p...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Details of the Garzweiler surface mine - Germany
🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/JJbyiLQvkJ8R...
4K link : imgur.com/a/h5r35F5
🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/JJbyiLQvkJ8R...
4K link : imgur.com/a/h5r35F5
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Details of the Garzweiler surface mine - Germany
🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/JJbyiLQvkJ8R...
4K link : imgur.com/a/h5r35F5
🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/JJbyiLQvkJ8R...
4K link : imgur.com/a/h5r35F5
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Most potential pet owners consider things like breeding, size, coat, intelligence, trainability, and temperament. Often overlooked is the crucially important element of aerodynamics, which can greatly affect your gas mileage, raising the overall cost of ownership significantly.
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Most potential pet owners consider things like breeding, size, coat, intelligence, trainability, and temperament. Often overlooked is the crucially important element of aerodynamics, which can greatly affect your gas mileage, raising the overall cost of ownership significantly.
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"Last week, I watched a flaneur spend his entire afternoon staring at a blank piece of cardboard. When my manager asked what he was doing, the man responded that he was 'Kinda just raw-dogging the Montmartre, waiting for the light to hit.'"
I’m the Owner of This All Day Café in Nineteenth-Century Paris: Can We Stop It with the Fucking Easels?
I opened this café with the best of intentions: to provide a salon par excellence with a focus on good food and live entertainment, a third place t...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Last week, I watched a flaneur spend his entire afternoon staring at a blank piece of cardboard. When my manager asked what he was doing, the man responded that he was 'Kinda just raw-dogging the Montmartre, waiting for the light to hit.'"
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"Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer a city where everyday residents have to work three jobs and are under constant threat of eviction. Anything short of an excruciating existence for the working class just doesn’t cut it for me."
If New York City Is No Longer Going to Be an Unaffordable Police State Run by Crooks, I’m Taking My Hard-Earned Sex-Pest Dollars Elsewhere
“New York millionaires are plotting their exit from the city after the election of Zohran Mamdani, the socialist who plans to increase the taxes of...
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer a city where everyday residents have to work three jobs and are under constant threat of eviction. Anything short of an excruciating existence for the working class just doesn’t cut it for me."
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I am obsessed, OBSESSED I tell you, with the incredible fingernails on this hand. How can it look so real, so human, so divine?
#ClevelandApollo
#ClevelandApollo
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I am obsessed, OBSESSED I tell you, with the incredible fingernails on this hand. How can it look so real, so human, so divine?
#ClevelandApollo
#ClevelandApollo
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New favourite example of structural ambiguity
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
New favourite example of structural ambiguity
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“Trump walks a red carpet of lawlessness, plutocracy and bloodshed woven by Cheney…someone who might never have risen to power had John Tower not drunk himself out of a Pentagon appointment that went to Cheney—decisively shaped the destruction of constitutional governance in 21st-century America.”
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 U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“Trump walks a red carpet of lawlessness, plutocracy and bloodshed woven by Cheney…someone who might never have risen to power had John Tower not drunk himself out of a Pentagon appointment that went to Cheney—decisively shaped the destruction of constitutional governance in 21st-century America.”
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Jeffries: "The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program. That's what they've been doing. And that's the reason they refuse to swear in Representative Elect Adelita Grijalva."
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Jeffries: "The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program. That's what they've been doing. And that's the reason they refuse to swear in Representative Elect Adelita Grijalva."
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Au contraire - as a wing of the Liberal Party after the election of John Howard thought: You can lead the National Party to water, but you can only drown them once.
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“You can lead The Liberals to water, but you can’t make The Nationals think”
Traditional Australian saying
Traditional Australian saying
November 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Au contraire - as a wing of the Liberal Party after the election of John Howard thought: You can lead the National Party to water, but you can only drown them once.
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.