@scottelaurant.bsky.social
Adelaide based engineer - economist. My wife and a home full of cats keep me happy in a dystopian world.
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This year Oscars decided to whitewash russians. They nominated two russian propaganda movies for this year’s ceremony. Choosing those two over two Ukrainian movies that already won multiple awards in Europe.
#UkrainianView
#UAView
#UkrainianView
#UAView
January 23, 2026 at 9:46 AM
This year Oscars decided to whitewash russians. They nominated two russian propaganda movies for this year’s ceremony. Choosing those two over two Ukrainian movies that already won multiple awards in Europe.
#UkrainianView
#UAView
#UkrainianView
#UAView
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 4:56 AM
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State owned #CleanCo has nixed an option to buy a 360 MW #wind project, saying it doesn’t fit with its new remit. Instead, it has signed up to a small 10-year-old wind farm.
Queensland utility dumps plans to buy new wind project, signs PPA with small, 10-year-old wind farm instead
State owned CleanCo has nixed an option to buy a 360 MW wind project, saying it doesn't fit with its new remit. Instead, it has signed up to a small 10-year-old wind farm.
reneweconomy.com.au
January 29, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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You need to listen to this whole thing.
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 AM
You need to listen to this whole thing.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
After a month of racially divisive attacks in Australian politics, this Morgan poll suggests the political balance has hardly shifted. www.roymorgan.com/findings/fed...
Federal Voting Intention (Late January): ALP increases two-party preferred lead as One Nation overtakes the Liberal Party for the first time as Coalition splits - Roy Morgan Research
In the week of January 19-25, 2026, the Roy Morgan Poll shows primary support for the ALP up 2% to 30.5% and One Nation support up 1.5% to 22.5% and ahead of the Liberal Party on 20% (down 2%) for the...
www.roymorgan.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:43 PM
After a month of racially divisive attacks in Australian politics, this Morgan poll suggests the political balance has hardly shifted. www.roymorgan.com/findings/fed...
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If that's what they're willing to do in public, while being filmed, what do they do behind closed doors?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Video shows moments around fatal shooting in Minneapolis
Bystander footage has captured the seconds before the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM
If that's what they're willing to do in public, while being filmed, what do they do behind closed doors?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
January 26, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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What kind of country permits its government to murder its citizens?
Trump is a fascist and ICE are his Brownshirts. #Minneapolis
Trump is a fascist and ICE are his Brownshirts. #Minneapolis
January 24, 2026 at 9:34 PM
What kind of country permits its government to murder its citizens?
Trump is a fascist and ICE are his Brownshirts. #Minneapolis
Trump is a fascist and ICE are his Brownshirts. #Minneapolis
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"He can stay, he can go. He can be impeached or voted out. But removing Trump will not remove the infrastructure of an entire party that embraced him; the dark money that funded him, online radicalization that drummed his army; nor the racism he amplified and reanimated."
-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
"He can stay, he can go. He can be impeached or voted out. But removing Trump will not remove the infrastructure of an entire party that embraced him; the dark money that funded him, online radicalization that drummed his army; nor the racism he amplified and reanimated."
-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The USA’s new defense strategy is out.
It focuses on US defense with less priority on China (or NATO). I cannot find mention of Australia or AUKUS in it.
Mark Carney was correct.
Australia is on its own.
@samroggeveen.bsky.social
@turnbullmalcolm.bsky.social
media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/23/...
It focuses on US defense with less priority on China (or NATO). I cannot find mention of Australia or AUKUS in it.
Mark Carney was correct.
Australia is on its own.
@samroggeveen.bsky.social
@turnbullmalcolm.bsky.social
media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/23/...
media.defense.gov
January 24, 2026 at 6:56 AM
The USA’s new defense strategy is out.
It focuses on US defense with less priority on China (or NATO). I cannot find mention of Australia or AUKUS in it.
Mark Carney was correct.
Australia is on its own.
@samroggeveen.bsky.social
@turnbullmalcolm.bsky.social
media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/23/...
It focuses on US defense with less priority on China (or NATO). I cannot find mention of Australia or AUKUS in it.
Mark Carney was correct.
Australia is on its own.
@samroggeveen.bsky.social
@turnbullmalcolm.bsky.social
media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/23/...
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Military Court Admits Ukrainian Missile Strike Sank Moskva Cruiser - The Moscow Times
⚓️ “ Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has designated The Moscow Times as an "undesirable" organization, criminalizing our work and putting our staff at risk of prosecution” MT
⚓️ “ Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has designated The Moscow Times as an "undesirable" organization, criminalizing our work and putting our staff at risk of prosecution” MT
Military Court Admits Ukrainian Missile Strike Sank Moskva Cruiser - The Moscow Times
A Moscow military court has for the first time acknowledged that 20 sailors were killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on the flagship of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet nearly four years ago.
www.themoscowtimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Military Court Admits Ukrainian Missile Strike Sank Moskva Cruiser - The Moscow Times
⚓️ “ Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has designated The Moscow Times as an "undesirable" organization, criminalizing our work and putting our staff at risk of prosecution” MT
⚓️ “ Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has designated The Moscow Times as an "undesirable" organization, criminalizing our work and putting our staff at risk of prosecution” MT
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Real actual #hatecrime #domesticterrorism
January 23, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Real actual #hatecrime #domesticterrorism
Paul Keating's words on Trump and USA are still relevant almost ten years later. #Auspol #Politics #AUKUS
www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11...
Australia should 'cut the tag' with American foreign policy: Keating
Australia should focus less on the alliance with the United States now that Donald Trump has been elected president, former prime minister Paul Keating says.
www.abc.net.au
January 21, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Paul Keating's words on Trump and USA are still relevant almost ten years later. #Auspol #Politics #AUKUS
www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11...
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"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
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Profits go down: We regret to announce that we have to destroy the world.
Profits go up: We're delighted to announce that we have to destroy the world.
Profits go up: We're delighted to announce that we have to destroy the world.
January 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Profits go down: We regret to announce that we have to destroy the world.
Profits go up: We're delighted to announce that we have to destroy the world.
Profits go up: We're delighted to announce that we have to destroy the world.
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It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
The Trump administration is really doing their best to lose the Canadian F35 contract. #Gripen
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-inside...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-inside...
Trump Insiders Reveal Secret Plot for Bigger Takeover Target
The president has his eyes on a new sovereign-state prize.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:21 PM
The Trump administration is really doing their best to lose the Canadian F35 contract. #Gripen
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-inside...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-inside...
Star Trek recognises Trump.
January 17, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Star Trek recognises Trump.
Hugh White and Adm Peter Briggs speak some plain truth about (lack of) progress on AUKUS submarines in this article. It’s an embarrassment the RAN doesn’t want to face.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
‘Rich dummy’: How the AUKUS deal is set to fail
Defence experts say while Australia keeps meeting downpayments on the promised Virginia-class nuclear submarines, it is getting nothing in return for a deal that shows signs of failure on several fron...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
January 17, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Hugh White and Adm Peter Briggs speak some plain truth about (lack of) progress on AUKUS submarines in this article. It’s an embarrassment the RAN doesn’t want to face.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
This book should be required reading in every high school.
Every citizen should know this.
Every citizen should know this.
January 14, 2026 at 9:46 PM
This book should be required reading in every high school.
Every citizen should know this.
Every citizen should know this.
Israel is deliberately making the West Bank uninhabitable for Palelstinians.
FIFA urged to intervene as Israel prepares to demolish West Bank football field
FIFA urged to intervene as Israel prepares to demolish West Bank football field
FIFA urged to intervene as Israel prepares to demolish West Bank football field
www.independent.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Israel is deliberately making the West Bank uninhabitable for Palelstinians.
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And another letter from a lawyer. On behalf of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah
January 11, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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Is Australia really awash in antisemitism?
This article applies some journalistic rigour to the question and finds the evidence lacking. #aupol #politics
michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
This article applies some journalistic rigour to the question and finds the evidence lacking. #aupol #politics
michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
Antisemitism crisis. What is real and what is not - Michael West
Anthony Albanese has announced a Royal Commission into the Bondi Attacks and antisemitism. Is Australia's antisemitism crisis exaggerated?
michaelwest.com.au
January 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Is Australia really awash in antisemitism?
This article applies some journalistic rigour to the question and finds the evidence lacking. #aupol #politics
michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
This article applies some journalistic rigour to the question and finds the evidence lacking. #aupol #politics
michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...