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I'm starting my own Think Tank and I'm soaking in it. You'll float too.
Just a turtle named Mack, stacked in the cloud. >16.
Just a turtle named Mack, stacked in the cloud. >16.
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@snotrejected.bsky.social
· Aug 2
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
“History is best told as a story of organised crime,”
…”people are fundamentally egalitarian but are led to collapses by enriched, status-obsessed elites, while past collapses often improved the lives of ordinary citizens.”
…”people are fundamentally egalitarian but are led to collapses by enriched, status-obsessed elites, while past collapses often improved the lives of ordinary citizens.”
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President Bone Spurs on Prince Bone Saws: “We have an extremely respected man in the Oval Office today. And a friend of mine for a long time. A very good friend of mine. I’m very proud of the job he’s done. What he’s done is incredible in terms of human rights.”
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
President Bone Spurs on Prince Bone Saws: “We have an extremely respected man in the Oval Office today. And a friend of mine for a long time. A very good friend of mine. I’m very proud of the job he’s done. What he’s done is incredible in terms of human rights.”
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"Great countries have great institutions. The #CSIRO is one of ours. But even the greatest institutions can be worn down by chronic neglect."
Instead of a stellar national research body, Albanese govt seems to favour a "hollowed out consultancy chasing commercial contracts to stay afloat". #auspol
Instead of a stellar national research body, Albanese govt seems to favour a "hollowed out consultancy chasing commercial contracts to stay afloat". #auspol
Australia is one of the richest countries on Earth, if we can afford $600m for a PNG footy team, we can certainly afford to properly fund our premier scientific agency
My column on the CSIRO job cuts >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/911683...
My column on the CSIRO job cuts >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/911683...
Who needs world-changing, life-saving science when you've got rugby league
What does it say about us when we let CSIRO whither on the vine?
www.canberratimes.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
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A new meditation app that embraces climate breakdown.
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A new meditation app that embraces climate breakdown.
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
Australia has tripled gas production in a decade and “we are still having rolling shortages and high prices. New gas projects just mean more gas is exported and result in net zero additional gas for Australians, unless we cut exports”.
The political cost of keeping the lights on
There was a timely warning from Labor’s national president on the day the party, and the country, was remembering not only our war dead but also the convulsions caused by the ousting of the Whitlam go...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Australia has tripled gas production in a decade and “we are still having rolling shortages and high prices. New gas projects just mean more gas is exported and result in net zero additional gas for Australians, unless we cut exports”.
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Hey @albomp.bsky.social, this is NOT how you set up Australia for the future. We need properly funded Govt research orgs, universities & trade colleges.
Fund our future!!!
#Auspol
Fund our future!!!
#Auspol
“CSIRO has announced it will slash up to 350 jobs as the national science agency grapples with long-term financial challenges … with current funding failing to keep pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency.”
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Hey @albomp.bsky.social, this is NOT how you set up Australia for the future. We need properly funded Govt research orgs, universities & trade colleges.
Fund our future!!!
#Auspol
Fund our future!!!
#Auspol
When dismembering your critics is praised as “incredible human rights” progress.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
When dismembering your critics is praised as “incredible human rights” progress.
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What exactly is the Chancellor going to do?
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What exactly is the Chancellor going to do?
So true..
“The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich”
“…democracy is the problem capital is always trying to solve”
“The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich”
“…democracy is the problem capital is always trying to solve”
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 10:44 AM
So true..
“The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich”
“…democracy is the problem capital is always trying to solve”
“The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich”
“…democracy is the problem capital is always trying to solve”
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"Thank you Konrad. Australia isn’t run by governments anymore. It’s managed by billionaires, corporations and lobbyists who’ve turned democracy into a storefront."
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November 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"Thank you Konrad. Australia isn’t run by governments anymore. It’s managed by billionaires, corporations and lobbyists who’ve turned democracy into a storefront."
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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"The timing is exquisite
"Just as the Liberal party walked away from a firm net zero emissions target, a new International Energy Agency report told the world that a more ambitious clean energy transition means lower household power bills."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"Just as the Liberal party walked away from a firm net zero emissions target, a new International Energy Agency report told the world that a more ambitious clean energy transition means lower household power bills."
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 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
"The timing is exquisite
"Just as the Liberal party walked away from a firm net zero emissions target, a new International Energy Agency report told the world that a more ambitious clean energy transition means lower household power bills."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"Just as the Liberal party walked away from a firm net zero emissions target, a new International Energy Agency report told the world that a more ambitious clean energy transition means lower household power bills."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The original March for Humanity on the harbour bridge in Sydney was planned for Sun Aug 3, 2025
After the Minns govt took the protest orgs to the NSW Supreme Court, it was held on Sun Aug 31, 2025
But please let's hear again about weekend dates not registering as an issue for the Minns govt
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After the Minns govt took the protest orgs to the NSW Supreme Court, it was held on Sun Aug 31, 2025
But please let's hear again about weekend dates not registering as an issue for the Minns govt
🧐
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The original March for Humanity on the harbour bridge in Sydney was planned for Sun Aug 3, 2025
After the Minns govt took the protest orgs to the NSW Supreme Court, it was held on Sun Aug 31, 2025
But please let's hear again about weekend dates not registering as an issue for the Minns govt
🧐
After the Minns govt took the protest orgs to the NSW Supreme Court, it was held on Sun Aug 31, 2025
But please let's hear again about weekend dates not registering as an issue for the Minns govt
🧐
What the NewsCorpse chair is really suggesting is that peer-reviewed debate amongst qualified scientists is equivalent to feel-pinions from two-bit think tank shills.
They are not equal mate.
They are not equal mate.
News Corp Australia chair says outlets not part of climate crisis ‘denial machine’
Michael Miller tells Senate misinformation inquiry platforming climate deniers and net zero critics part of ‘great democracy and healthy debate’
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
What the NewsCorpse chair is really suggesting is that peer-reviewed debate amongst qualified scientists is equivalent to feel-pinions from two-bit think tank shills.
They are not equal mate.
They are not equal mate.
There are only two things conservatives want to conserve in our electricity market; existing profit margins and the current levels of atmospheric pollution.
The spectacular nonsense of the Coalition’s internal brawl over the 2050 net zero emissions target | Clear air
The public stoush is really about whether the party will drop the charade or maintain it while shuffling some words
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
There are only two things conservatives want to conserve in our electricity market; existing profit margins and the current levels of atmospheric pollution.
I’m hoping I misunderstood the context, but I just watched ABC journalist Clare Armstrong repeatedly refer to the Liberal’s position as “we”.
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I’m hoping I misunderstood the context, but I just watched ABC journalist Clare Armstrong repeatedly refer to the Liberal’s position as “we”.
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An sad feature of American culture is the blinders they wear.
Other countries have solved the problems that Americans are made to believe are unsolvable.
Instead of learning they chant "WE'RE #1!" while they go bankrupt from medical debt and do active shooter drills in kindergarten.
Other countries have solved the problems that Americans are made to believe are unsolvable.
Instead of learning they chant "WE'RE #1!" while they go bankrupt from medical debt and do active shooter drills in kindergarten.
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
An sad feature of American culture is the blinders they wear.
Other countries have solved the problems that Americans are made to believe are unsolvable.
Instead of learning they chant "WE'RE #1!" while they go bankrupt from medical debt and do active shooter drills in kindergarten.
Other countries have solved the problems that Americans are made to believe are unsolvable.
Instead of learning they chant "WE'RE #1!" while they go bankrupt from medical debt and do active shooter drills in kindergarten.
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I don’t even spiral anymore. I just gently rotate like a flavorful rotisserie chicken
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I don’t even spiral anymore. I just gently rotate like a flavorful rotisserie chicken
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🇦🇺 pays $1.5mil per person each year to detain people on Nauru.
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
‘Pouring money into a trough’: Senior public servant blows whistle on allegedly ‘corrupt’ millions
The Home Affairs assistant secretary claims money was spent on overinflated contracts or for services that were never provided.
www.smh.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🇦🇺 pays $1.5mil per person each year to detain people on Nauru.
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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Grammar lesson: Your vs. You’re.
July 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Grammar lesson: Your vs. You’re.
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Moderate Liberals breeding program.
The Age
The Age
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Moderate Liberals breeding program.
The Age
The Age
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New Bus Stop poster in London.
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New Bus Stop poster in London.