Phoenix Fitzroy
@phoenixfitzroy.bsky.social
Royal Australian Navy veteran. Social Democrat. Politics junkie. World traveller. Dog and horse lover. Allergic to cats. A bit sweary when other words won’t suffice. Trumpism is a boil on the arse of the world.
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Russian Telegram channels report a fire after an attack on Russian Tuapse.
There are reports that a Rosneft offshore oil terminal might have been hit.
The deep-water berth might have been hit. It was put into operation in 2013 and has the capacity to handle up to ~7 million tons per year
There are reports that a Rosneft offshore oil terminal might have been hit.
The deep-water berth might have been hit. It was put into operation in 2013 and has the capacity to handle up to ~7 million tons per year
November 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Russian Telegram channels report a fire after an attack on Russian Tuapse.
There are reports that a Rosneft offshore oil terminal might have been hit.
The deep-water berth might have been hit. It was put into operation in 2013 and has the capacity to handle up to ~7 million tons per year
There are reports that a Rosneft offshore oil terminal might have been hit.
The deep-water berth might have been hit. It was put into operation in 2013 and has the capacity to handle up to ~7 million tons per year
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Statement from @postguild.bsky.social on the firing of Karen Attiah:
September 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Statement from @postguild.bsky.social on the firing of Karen Attiah:
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The Washington Post can't claim to defend free speech while firing Karen Attiah for exercising hers.
The Post should be a newsroom that promotes the freedom of ideas, speech and the press.
The Post should be a newsroom that promotes the freedom of ideas, speech and the press.
Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah
September 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Washington Post can't claim to defend free speech while firing Karen Attiah for exercising hers.
The Post should be a newsroom that promotes the freedom of ideas, speech and the press.
The Post should be a newsroom that promotes the freedom of ideas, speech and the press.
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Boy George letting rip with a reply to Rowling on Twitter
June 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Boy George letting rip with a reply to Rowling on Twitter
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Gotta love Jimmy! ❤️✨
June 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Gotta love Jimmy! ❤️✨
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Jenny Wilkinson will be the first woman to serve as Secretary to the Australian Treasury. She's a brilliant economist, intensely thoughtful and a great public servant.
She was also my boss in my first job after uni (at the RBA). She was a great (& supportive) first boss!
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
She was also my boss in my first job after uni (at the RBA). She was a great (& supportive) first boss!
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
‘Best of the best’: New Treasury boss takes helm in historic move
Jenny Wilkinson, a “level-headed and sensible” economist, succeeds Steven Kennedy who will shift to secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
www.afr.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Jenny Wilkinson will be the first woman to serve as Secretary to the Australian Treasury. She's a brilliant economist, intensely thoughtful and a great public servant.
She was also my boss in my first job after uni (at the RBA). She was a great (& supportive) first boss!
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
She was also my boss in my first job after uni (at the RBA). She was a great (& supportive) first boss!
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
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Via Haaretz: Netanyahu has repeated his mission, saying “we are going to take over all of Gaza”, admitting that aid is being allowed in, only because Israel’s reputation is being damaged.
Yet our politicians pretend that Israel is not committing genocide or ethnic cleansing. A disgrace.
Yet our politicians pretend that Israel is not committing genocide or ethnic cleansing. A disgrace.
May 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Via Haaretz: Netanyahu has repeated his mission, saying “we are going to take over all of Gaza”, admitting that aid is being allowed in, only because Israel’s reputation is being damaged.
Yet our politicians pretend that Israel is not committing genocide or ethnic cleansing. A disgrace.
Yet our politicians pretend that Israel is not committing genocide or ethnic cleansing. A disgrace.
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Appears to be genuinely the case. What a missed opportunity.
early Lucas drafts show Star Wars very nearly had the chance to be the funniest movie of all time for Australians.
May 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Appears to be genuinely the case. What a missed opportunity.
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Fascism comes to the US. They arrest women for refusing to have a baby and then drag them away from the babies they do have.
🧵Update: In Worcester, MA, ICE dragged a mother away from her baby & family—without identifying themselves or showing a warrant. She’s now in San Antonio. The community tried to stop them. They were met with force. Read it. Share it. Never forget it
tinyurl.com/No-warrant
@lukeoneil47.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/No-warrant
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May 9, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Fascism comes to the US. They arrest women for refusing to have a baby and then drag them away from the babies they do have.
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Earlier today, watched footage of a woman in the US being taken away by masked men from ICE.
Her daughter crying piteously for her mother,neighbours trying to stop it.
I cried. Haven't stopped thinking all day of the sheer cruelty of it...if that was me, my daughter?
The US has lost its way.
Her daughter crying piteously for her mother,neighbours trying to stop it.
I cried. Haven't stopped thinking all day of the sheer cruelty of it...if that was me, my daughter?
The US has lost its way.
May 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Earlier today, watched footage of a woman in the US being taken away by masked men from ICE.
Her daughter crying piteously for her mother,neighbours trying to stop it.
I cried. Haven't stopped thinking all day of the sheer cruelty of it...if that was me, my daughter?
The US has lost its way.
Her daughter crying piteously for her mother,neighbours trying to stop it.
I cried. Haven't stopped thinking all day of the sheer cruelty of it...if that was me, my daughter?
The US has lost its way.
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New post looks at the history of the Indo-Pak dispute over Kashmir, why neither side wants to escalate, and why little is resolved by the militarty action (free) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...?
The Kashmir Crisis
Both sides have an interest in de-escalating but even if they do the underlying conflict remains unresolved.
open.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
New post looks at the history of the Indo-Pak dispute over Kashmir, why neither side wants to escalate, and why little is resolved by the militarty action (free) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...?
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May 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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If, as seems increasingly likely, Sussan Ley, will be the next federal opposition leader, the irony in a male dominated Liberal Party would be stark. But we’ve seen this movie before? Give the poison chalice to a woman to do a clean-up as best she can. A doomed, dispensable placeholder. #auspol
May 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
If, as seems increasingly likely, Sussan Ley, will be the next federal opposition leader, the irony in a male dominated Liberal Party would be stark. But we’ve seen this movie before? Give the poison chalice to a woman to do a clean-up as best she can. A doomed, dispensable placeholder. #auspol
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You know it’s bad if your name can be verbed.
She Poilievre’d his ass.😂😁
“Ali France, the Labor candidate who is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election, is a disability advocate, former journalist and world champion para-athlete.“
“Ali France, the Labor candidate who is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election, is a disability advocate, former journalist and world champion para-athlete.“
Who is Ali France, the Labor candidate who has unseated Peter Dutton in Dickson?
The 49-year-old disability advocate is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
You know it’s bad if your name can be verbed.
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This is two global elections in ONE WEEK where the conservative candidate trying to become prime minister not only led his party to a big loss but lost their own seat in parliament (!) in huge upsets. We are global pariahs unseen since the end of the Cold War and need stronger domestic opposition.
Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as Labor rides anti-Trump wave to seal crushing win
Opposition leader Peter Dutton fails to dissociate himself from Trump-like rhetoric and policies – and loses his seat
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is two global elections in ONE WEEK where the conservative candidate trying to become prime minister not only led his party to a big loss but lost their own seat in parliament (!) in huge upsets. We are global pariahs unseen since the end of the Cold War and need stronger domestic opposition.
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Oh to be able to achieve so much with so little as this drawing by Frédéric Forest.
May 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Oh to be able to achieve so much with so little as this drawing by Frédéric Forest.
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After years of saying (correctly) that crypto is a scam, I wonder if there was one specific moment when Trump smacked his head and said "Wait a minute! Of course it's a scam! How come I'm not in on it? This is the greatest opportunity for bribery any president ever had!"
Blatant pay-to-play that we only know about because the company admits it www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Company Boasts Spending Up To $20 Million On Trump Crypto Coin To Buy Influence
The arrangement puts money in Trump’s pocket in return for the opportunity to change policy — exactly the sort of pay-to-play scheme critics warned about.
www.huffpost.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
After years of saying (correctly) that crypto is a scam, I wonder if there was one specific moment when Trump smacked his head and said "Wait a minute! Of course it's a scam! How come I'm not in on it? This is the greatest opportunity for bribery any president ever had!"
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Trump has proven very good at electing liberals. Just not in the United States www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Australia’s Labor Party, buoyed by anti-Trump bump, set to win reelection
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his ruling Labor Party were trailing in polls until recently, but his conservative rival was hurt by Trumpian tendencies.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Trump has proven very good at electing liberals. Just not in the United States www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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These activists are ‘flooding the zone with Black history’ to protest Trump’s attacks on DEI https://twp.ai/4im2C2
www.theguardian.com
These activists are ‘flooding the zone with Black history’ to protest Trump’s attacks on DEI
twp.ai
May 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
These activists are ‘flooding the zone with Black history’ to protest Trump’s attacks on DEI https://twp.ai/4im2C2
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Election trend for 2024: Incumbents, everywhere, lost.
Election trend for 2025: Trump aligned parties losing massive vote share as American dysfunction becomes a cautionary tale.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/w...
Election trend for 2025: Trump aligned parties losing massive vote share as American dysfunction becomes a cautionary tale.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/w...
Australia’s Prime Minister Clinches Second Term
Heading to the polls amid global uncertainty arising from the Trump administration, voters opted for the known quantity of the incumbent leader, Anthony Albanese.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Election trend for 2024: Incumbents, everywhere, lost.
Election trend for 2025: Trump aligned parties losing massive vote share as American dysfunction becomes a cautionary tale.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/w...
Election trend for 2025: Trump aligned parties losing massive vote share as American dysfunction becomes a cautionary tale.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/w...
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June 14 is Trump’s birthday and his military parade in DC — but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. Join our nationwide day of defiance to show that organized people power is stronger than Trump’s authoritarian aspirations: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
May 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
June 14 is Trump’s birthday and his military parade in DC — but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. Join our nationwide day of defiance to show that organized people power is stronger than Trump’s authoritarian aspirations: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
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It’s not just Dutton and Liberal National Coalition defeated at this election. It is lies and hate, it is division and extremism, it is a political party reliant on fear campaigns that polarise and spread fear and confusion. Australia has said no to MAGA politics. This is bigger than an election win
May 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It’s not just Dutton and Liberal National Coalition defeated at this election. It is lies and hate, it is division and extremism, it is a political party reliant on fear campaigns that polarise and spread fear and confusion. Australia has said no to MAGA politics. This is bigger than an election win
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SAM RAE (re-elected Labor member for Hawke): “this is an overwhelming repudiation of the politics of hate, and the forces that seek to divide our community. Well, Australians will NOT be divided.”
#auspol
#auspol
May 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
SAM RAE (re-elected Labor member for Hawke): “this is an overwhelming repudiation of the politics of hate, and the forces that seek to divide our community. Well, Australians will NOT be divided.”
#auspol
#auspol
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May 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM