Schmootles 🇦🇺
@schmootles.bsky.social
Old science guy working as physicist well past retirement age. Love the process of design and construction.
Socially progressive lefty. Woke AF.
Married. Kids, grandkids, large dogs, and everything’s a bit chaotic.
Socially progressive lefty. Woke AF.
Married. Kids, grandkids, large dogs, and everything’s a bit chaotic.
Anyone use AI and find it boosts productivity? How do you use it?
It’s not part of my workflows yet.
It’s not part of my workflows yet.
January 24, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Anyone use AI and find it boosts productivity? How do you use it?
It’s not part of my workflows yet.
It’s not part of my workflows yet.
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We don't hate Jews or Judaism, Greg.
We hate genocide. We hate apartheid. We hate ethnic cleansing. We hate racism. We hate war. We hate terrorism. We hate settler-colonialism. We hate all these things that Israel was and is guilty of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
We want Israel to stop.
We hate genocide. We hate apartheid. We hate ethnic cleansing. We hate racism. We hate war. We hate terrorism. We hate settler-colonialism. We hate all these things that Israel was and is guilty of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
We want Israel to stop.
January 20, 2026 at 12:12 AM
We don't hate Jews or Judaism, Greg.
We hate genocide. We hate apartheid. We hate ethnic cleansing. We hate racism. We hate war. We hate terrorism. We hate settler-colonialism. We hate all these things that Israel was and is guilty of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
We want Israel to stop.
We hate genocide. We hate apartheid. We hate ethnic cleansing. We hate racism. We hate war. We hate terrorism. We hate settler-colonialism. We hate all these things that Israel was and is guilty of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
We want Israel to stop.
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Israel did it all by itself. Destroyed its own brand. #genocide
Israel ranks lowest (50th out of 50 countries) in global brand 2025 index, marking Israel’s lowest position in the index in nearly two decades.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
Israel ranks lowest in global brand index
Report shows growing disapproval not just of the Israeli government but of its citizens as well due to war on Gaza
www.middleeasteye.net
January 24, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Israel did it all by itself. Destroyed its own brand. #genocide
USA interest rates will have to rise. Sorry, but someone has to pay for Trump’s madness.
January 24, 2026 at 1:12 AM
USA interest rates will have to rise. Sorry, but someone has to pay for Trump’s madness.
The era of Trump has forced me to accept that 30% of humanity are cvnts.
January 24, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The era of Trump has forced me to accept that 30% of humanity are cvnts.
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Remind you of anything, Americans? #USA #FascistStatesOfSmerica
January 22, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Remind you of anything, Americans? #USA #FascistStatesOfSmerica
Sitting in a departure lounge at an airport and listening to the sound of air being sliced, pushed, squeezed and blown. Thousands of horsepower used to move air around.
January 21, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Sitting in a departure lounge at an airport and listening to the sound of air being sliced, pushed, squeezed and blown. Thousands of horsepower used to move air around.
Thanks to Dyson I now treat with contempt any hand dryer that doesn’t rip the skin off my hands.
January 20, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Thanks to Dyson I now treat with contempt any hand dryer that doesn’t rip the skin off my hands.
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What brings more energy to #Australia? 1 ship full of Solar panels, or 10 ships of coal??
if you guess coal, try again..
reneweconomy.com.au/one-ship-loa...
if you guess coal, try again..
reneweconomy.com.au/one-ship-loa...
One ship loaded with solar PV is now worth more to the grid than 120 coal-carriers
Technology gains mean that one ship load of solar PV panels is now worth more to the grid than 120 coal carriers, or 57 LNG tankers.
reneweconomy.com.au
January 20, 2026 at 1:18 AM
What brings more energy to #Australia? 1 ship full of Solar panels, or 10 ships of coal??
if you guess coal, try again..
reneweconomy.com.au/one-ship-loa...
if you guess coal, try again..
reneweconomy.com.au/one-ship-loa...
Archie (standard poodle) rests so hard it makes me feel weary just to look at him. This is this morning.
January 19, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Archie (standard poodle) rests so hard it makes me feel weary just to look at him. This is this morning.
Going to a family gathering in QLD. I’m not going to talk about:
Climate change
Immigration
Housing
Trump
Hanson
Vaccines
The earth as a sphere
The heliocentric model of the solar system.
#auspol
Climate change
Immigration
Housing
Trump
Hanson
Vaccines
The earth as a sphere
The heliocentric model of the solar system.
#auspol
January 19, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Going to a family gathering in QLD. I’m not going to talk about:
Climate change
Immigration
Housing
Trump
Hanson
Vaccines
The earth as a sphere
The heliocentric model of the solar system.
#auspol
Climate change
Immigration
Housing
Trump
Hanson
Vaccines
The earth as a sphere
The heliocentric model of the solar system.
#auspol
How about EU just shuts down USA’s favourite industry.
Google
Amazon
Facebook
X
They’d all be easy enough to unplug because they’re just a Buncha URLs.
Amazon
X
They’d all be easy enough to unplug because they’re just a Buncha URLs.
January 19, 2026 at 9:36 AM
How about EU just shuts down USA’s favourite industry.
Google
Amazon
Facebook
X
They’d all be easy enough to unplug because they’re just a Buncha URLs.
Amazon
X
They’d all be easy enough to unplug because they’re just a Buncha URLs.
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I’m calling the Peace Board The United Donations
January 19, 2026 at 5:39 AM
I’m calling the Peace Board The United Donations
And the only people unhappy with this are the investors. Well boo hoo.
For info, Victoria has a land tax that is levied as a % of land value on investment property. Can get up to 2.5% if you own a lot of real estate. A sort of wealth tax. I approve.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
For info, Victoria has a land tax that is levied as a % of land value on investment property. Can get up to 2.5% if you own a lot of real estate. A sort of wealth tax. I approve.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Melbourne goes from among the most to least expensive capital cities
Property analysts say a mix of economic conditions, policy settings and demographic shifts are among the reasons for the city's subdued dwelling price growth in the past five years.
www.abc.net.au
January 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
And the only people unhappy with this are the investors. Well boo hoo.
For info, Victoria has a land tax that is levied as a % of land value on investment property. Can get up to 2.5% if you own a lot of real estate. A sort of wealth tax. I approve.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
For info, Victoria has a land tax that is levied as a % of land value on investment property. Can get up to 2.5% if you own a lot of real estate. A sort of wealth tax. I approve.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
OK. So take hate speech out of religion and you might remove a key element?
That’d be a shame, wouldn’t it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
That’d be a shame, wouldn’t it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Top faith leaders urge PM to scrap new racial hatred offence
A broad of coalition of Australia's most influential religious leaders have urged the prime minister to scrap Labor's proposal to outlaw the promotion of racial hatred.
www.abc.net.au
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
OK. So take hate speech out of religion and you might remove a key element?
That’d be a shame, wouldn’t it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
That’d be a shame, wouldn’t it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Trump courageously seizing Venezuelan oil tankers.
I’d like to see him seize a Chinese tanker. That’d show some courage.
I’d like to see him seize a Chinese tanker. That’d show some courage.
January 16, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Trump courageously seizing Venezuelan oil tankers.
I’d like to see him seize a Chinese tanker. That’d show some courage.
I’d like to see him seize a Chinese tanker. That’d show some courage.
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January 15, 2026 at 11:46 PM
How’s this for an admission that the holy writings of our religions contains bits that would be called hate speech today.
Had the drafters of this bill thought this through?
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Had the drafters of this bill thought this through?
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
'Just get rid of it': Call to scrap religious text carve-out in hate laws
Representatives of the Jewish community and Australian National Imams Council front a snap parliamentary hearing called to probe Labor's legislative response to the Bondi terror attack.
www.abc.net.au
January 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
How’s this for an admission that the holy writings of our religions contains bits that would be called hate speech today.
Had the drafters of this bill thought this through?
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Had the drafters of this bill thought this through?
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
We did it first! Remember Federal Police raiding Annika Smethurst’s home?
That was under that smarmy arse Morrison.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
That was under that smarmy arse Morrison.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move
Agents searched Hannah Natanson’s Virginia home and seized devices in inquiry tied to a classified materials case
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
We did it first! Remember Federal Police raiding Annika Smethurst’s home?
That was under that smarmy arse Morrison.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
That was under that smarmy arse Morrison.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
When your scriptures can be confused with hate speech I’d say you’ve got a problem with your actual religions.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
'Just get rid of it': Call to scrap religious text carve-out in hate laws
Representatives of the Jewish community and Australian National Imams Council front a snap parliamentary hearing called to probe Labor's legislative response to the Bondi terror attack.
www.abc.net.au
January 14, 2026 at 11:30 AM
When your scriptures can be confused with hate speech I’d say you’ve got a problem with your actual religions.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Superbly insightful cartoon.
(To the tune of Netananyahu and his relentless, ruthless and monotonous tin drum)
(To the tune of Netananyahu and his relentless, ruthless and monotonous tin drum)
Send some love to Cathy Wilcox. Screw the Zionist bullies and their opportunistic supporters. #IStandwithCathyWilcox
January 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Superbly insightful cartoon.
(To the tune of Netananyahu and his relentless, ruthless and monotonous tin drum)
(To the tune of Netananyahu and his relentless, ruthless and monotonous tin drum)
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Nailed it. The hypocrisy is staggering.
“But it’s worth recalling the Leak brouhaha because it shows how sharply the Gaza genocide has reoriented a conservative movement that once prided itself on its ‘fuck your feelings’ free speech advocacy.”
#AusPol
“But it’s worth recalling the Leak brouhaha because it shows how sharply the Gaza genocide has reoriented a conservative movement that once prided itself on its ‘fuck your feelings’ free speech advocacy.”
#AusPol
January 12, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Nailed it. The hypocrisy is staggering.
“But it’s worth recalling the Leak brouhaha because it shows how sharply the Gaza genocide has reoriented a conservative movement that once prided itself on its ‘fuck your feelings’ free speech advocacy.”
#AusPol
“But it’s worth recalling the Leak brouhaha because it shows how sharply the Gaza genocide has reoriented a conservative movement that once prided itself on its ‘fuck your feelings’ free speech advocacy.”
#AusPol
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January 11, 2026 at 8:18 AM