Steve C
@stevefc65.bsky.social
Retired. Interested in craft beer, science, anime/manga, nerdy stuff sport and #auspol. May not post a lot but am a keen follower of topics.
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Hanson has fallen one spot since last month. Malcolm Roberts – who believes the Government is trying to control him through the use of grammar – has retained first spot.
theshovel.com.au/2025/12/08/p...
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Pauline Hanson Falls to Third Place On List of Most Ridiculous One Nation Politicians — The Shovel
Malcolm Roberts – who believes the Government is trying to control him through the use of grammar – has retained first spot.
theshovel.com.au
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Hanson has fallen one spot since last month. Malcolm Roberts – who believes the Government is trying to control him through the use of grammar – has retained first spot.
theshovel.com.au/2025/12/08/p...
theshovel.com.au/2025/12/08/p...
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If dystopia is the new norm, @amyremeikis.bsky.social asks, does it have to be so dumb?
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
It's all just so stupid, isn't it? - Amy Remeikis
You may be feeling overwhelmed by the flurry of crises – and that's by design, writes Amy Remeikis
www.deepcutnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If dystopia is the new norm, @amyremeikis.bsky.social asks, does it have to be so dumb?
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
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Recent programs have confirmed ABC News is increasingly under the control of pro-Coalition activists.
ABC News advances its alliance with Murdoch’s Sky News
~ @alanaustin.bsky.social
ABC News advances its alliance with Murdoch’s Sky News
~ @alanaustin.bsky.social
ABC News advances its alliance with Murdoch’s Sky News
Recent programs have confirmed ABC News is increasingly under the control of pro-Coalition activists.
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Recent programs have confirmed ABC News is increasingly under the control of pro-Coalition activists.
ABC News advances its alliance with Murdoch’s Sky News
~ @alanaustin.bsky.social
ABC News advances its alliance with Murdoch’s Sky News
~ @alanaustin.bsky.social
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Pressed to outline how the LNP will reduce emissions with their new energy plan, Sussan Ley says they’ll rely on “breakthrough technologies” in about “25 years time”😳 - ones not invented yet & “we’re not talking about today”🤔
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Pressed to outline how the LNP will reduce emissions with their new energy plan, Sussan Ley says they’ll rely on “breakthrough technologies” in about “25 years time”😳 - ones not invented yet & “we’re not talking about today”🤔
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
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ladies and gentlemen, the weekend
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
ladies and gentlemen, the weekend
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🧵 Must read. #AtlasNetwork partners were boasting in an Australian parliamentary hearing & emails about their destruction of climate action in Australia. They claimed it. They were triumphant, arrogant about the law not forcing them to reveal donors. #auspol
reneweconomy.com.au/dead-man-wal...
reneweconomy.com.au/dead-man-wal...
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🧵 Must read. #AtlasNetwork partners were boasting in an Australian parliamentary hearing & emails about their destruction of climate action in Australia. They claimed it. They were triumphant, arrogant about the law not forcing them to reveal donors. #auspol
reneweconomy.com.au/dead-man-wal...
reneweconomy.com.au/dead-man-wal...
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The obsessive focus by political media on coalition policy deliberations … maybe talk about something that has a real world impact? This constant propping of a two-party formula just because it suits your notion of horse race politics is beyond dull.
Think.
Talk issues not numbers.
Do better.
Think.
Talk issues not numbers.
Do better.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The obsessive focus by political media on coalition policy deliberations … maybe talk about something that has a real world impact? This constant propping of a two-party formula just because it suits your notion of horse race politics is beyond dull.
Think.
Talk issues not numbers.
Do better.
Think.
Talk issues not numbers.
Do better.
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I'm a massive fan of Beddy Rays. They do a sorta surf punk style which I enjoy. They've done a version of Khe Sanh for JJJ which you may like to watch/listen to. Whadaya reckon @jane13barnes.bsky.social?
www.abc.net.au/triplej/like...
www.abc.net.au/triplej/like...
Beddy Rays cover Cold Chisel 'Khe Sanh' for Like A Version - triple j
Your favourite musicians cover a song they love
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I'm a massive fan of Beddy Rays. They do a sorta surf punk style which I enjoy. They've done a version of Khe Sanh for JJJ which you may like to watch/listen to. Whadaya reckon @jane13barnes.bsky.social?
www.abc.net.au/triplej/like...
www.abc.net.au/triplej/like...
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✳️ A looming recession;
✳️ The longest government shutdown in US history;
✳️ Farm bankruptcies up 56 percent.
Still, it's the speech Gina wanted Pauline to make ... ⬇️
✳️ The longest government shutdown in US history;
✳️ Farm bankruptcies up 56 percent.
Still, it's the speech Gina wanted Pauline to make ... ⬇️
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
✳️ A looming recession;
✳️ The longest government shutdown in US history;
✳️ Farm bankruptcies up 56 percent.
Still, it's the speech Gina wanted Pauline to make ... ⬇️
✳️ The longest government shutdown in US history;
✳️ Farm bankruptcies up 56 percent.
Still, it's the speech Gina wanted Pauline to make ... ⬇️
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Advance, NewsCorp, Nine radio etc - are all going after any Lib member who supports net zero - on behalf of their fossil fuel backers and donors.
It’s as straight forward as that. #auspol
It’s as straight forward as that. #auspol
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Advance, NewsCorp, Nine radio etc - are all going after any Lib member who supports net zero - on behalf of their fossil fuel backers and donors.
It’s as straight forward as that. #auspol
It’s as straight forward as that. #auspol
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Also - no one deserves to have the same follower numbers they had on the old site.
Engage, laugh, be interesting, have fun.
(And blockity blockity block if you want a better mental health)
Engage, laugh, be interesting, have fun.
(And blockity blockity block if you want a better mental health)
Counterpoint - if you engage with people your audience will grow regardless of the few block lists you might be on.
No one must be heard
No one must be heard
Blocking hatemongers is one thing but this trend of using mass block lists to avoid hearing from people who might or might not hold points of view you expect to disagree with is unhealthy imo and hurts the platform.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
November 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Also - no one deserves to have the same follower numbers they had on the old site.
Engage, laugh, be interesting, have fun.
(And blockity blockity block if you want a better mental health)
Engage, laugh, be interesting, have fun.
(And blockity blockity block if you want a better mental health)
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Fashions on the field
#melbournecup
#melbournecup
November 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Fashions on the field
#melbournecup
#melbournecup
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Thousands of freshly spray-tanned punters have descended on Flemington with an unspoken yet universally understood goal of getting absolutely, unapologetically Barnaby-ed.
Dolled-Up Bogans Descend on Racetrack With Singular Goal of Getting Barnaby-Ed — The Shovel
“You’re not here to back winners. You’re here to lose your phone, ruin your dress, and fall asleep next to a discarded KFC box. That’s the real spirit of the races".
theshovel.com.au
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Thousands of freshly spray-tanned punters have descended on Flemington with an unspoken yet universally understood goal of getting absolutely, unapologetically Barnaby-ed.
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What’s the lettuce equivalent for Australia’s Liz Truss?
November 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
What’s the lettuce equivalent for Australia’s Liz Truss?
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To all the extremely obvious astro-turfers (thank you for your attention, it's validating 👋) in The Sunday Shot's live chat that want to see more "balance" i.e. right-wing bullshit, just watch.... I dunno, every single other show on TV? We are the balance across a decrepit landscape. You'll cope!
November 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
To all the extremely obvious astro-turfers (thank you for your attention, it's validating 👋) in The Sunday Shot's live chat that want to see more "balance" i.e. right-wing bullshit, just watch.... I dunno, every single other show on TV? We are the balance across a decrepit landscape. You'll cope!
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Watch me embarrass myself in tech terms on the #SundayShot tomorrow morning. Otherwise watch it for the awesome hosts and the epic Ketan Joshi.
#Auspol
#Auspol
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Watch me embarrass myself in tech terms on the #SundayShot tomorrow morning. Otherwise watch it for the awesome hosts and the epic Ketan Joshi.
#Auspol
#Auspol
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"So there was our PM - a man who talks and lives in all lower-case letters - sitting up at the table with the man who lives permanently in an all-caps world."
My latest article in The Shot: Mr Albanese Goes To Washington.
😎
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
My latest article in The Shot: Mr Albanese Goes To Washington.
😎
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Mr. Albanese goes to Washington - The Shot
Albanese’s pilgrimage to pay homage at the feet of our lords and masters, the United States of America, is over...
theshot.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 5:31 AM
"So there was our PM - a man who talks and lives in all lower-case letters - sitting up at the table with the man who lives permanently in an all-caps world."
My latest article in The Shot: Mr Albanese Goes To Washington.
😎
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
My latest article in The Shot: Mr Albanese Goes To Washington.
😎
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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Here's Australia's current #1 bestselling novelist, @ronnisalt.bsky.social. 'Mr. Albanese goes to Washington'
Mr. Albanese goes to Washington - The Shot
Albanese’s pilgrimage to pay homage at the feet of our lords and masters, the United States of America, is over...
theshot.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Here's Australia's current #1 bestselling novelist, @ronnisalt.bsky.social. 'Mr. Albanese goes to Washington'
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Sussan Ley, whose modified name happens to contain the same letter combination as Hitler’s police force, has tried to make the tenuous case that the Prime Minister wearing a Joy Division t-shirt is antisemitic.
Woman Who Changed Name To Contain ‘SS’ Mock-Rages That Albo’s T-Shirt Is Antisemitic — The Shovel
Sussan Ley, who added an extra S to her name thereby inadvertently recreating the name of one of the most feared Nazi organisations, has tried to make the tenuous case that the Prime Minister wearing ...
theshovel.com.au
October 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Sussan Ley, whose modified name happens to contain the same letter combination as Hitler’s police force, has tried to make the tenuous case that the Prime Minister wearing a Joy Division t-shirt is antisemitic.
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Incredible - Sussan Ley’s first car was a VW Beetle, which she celebrated in May 2024 with this social media post.
Is someone going to tell her?
Is someone going to tell her?
October 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Incredible - Sussan Ley’s first car was a VW Beetle, which she celebrated in May 2024 with this social media post.
Is someone going to tell her?
Is someone going to tell her?
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Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, expert says
Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, expert says
Prof Christian Downie points to the Business Council of Australia and News Corp newspapers as examples of deliberate obstruction
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Political and media attacks on renewable energy and climate action in Australia in recent months have come “out of the climate obstruction playbook” that has been honed over decades around the world by fossil fuel interests.
Prof Christian Downie, an Australian researcher, says he has studied techniques used by business groups and lobbyists all over the world which are now being seen in Australia. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, expert says
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Andrew Hastie is on the Board of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship 🤡 with Tony Abbott & John Howard. You can’t afford to miss the dangerous implications of that international networking for climate, freedom & rights, militarism, Islamophobia. #auspol
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September 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Andrew Hastie is on the Board of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship 🤡 with Tony Abbott & John Howard. You can’t afford to miss the dangerous implications of that international networking for climate, freedom & rights, militarism, Islamophobia. #auspol
lucyham29.substack.com/p/andrew-has...
lucyham29.substack.com/p/andrew-has...
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Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social. "You’re being played – your part in the culture wars"
You’re being played – your part in the culture wars - The Shot
When Zack de la Rocha told you to rage against the machine, he didn’t mean take it literally. Agitprop. Fury bait. Yes, you feed it too.
theshot.net.au
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social. "You’re being played – your part in the culture wars"
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Dig a little deeper, and it is clear BHP’s campaign against royalties is obfuscating the real drivers of the operational reviews of its coal division.
reneweconomy.com.au
September 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Dig a little deeper, and it is clear BHP’s campaign against royalties is obfuscating the real drivers of the operational reviews of its coal division.
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The performative mourning driven by social media, was from blueprints sitting there in large conservative think-tanks like the Heritage Foundation, waiting to be deployed
The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait
My latest in The Shot
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait
My latest in The Shot
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
You’re being played – your part in the culture wars - The Shot
When Zack de la Rocha told you to rage against the machine, he didn’t mean take it literally. Agitprop. Fury bait. Yes, you feed it too.
theshot.net.au
September 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The performative mourning driven by social media, was from blueprints sitting there in large conservative think-tanks like the Heritage Foundation, waiting to be deployed
The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait
My latest in The Shot
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait
My latest in The Shot
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...