Tom Conley
@tomjconley.bsky.social
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"We will be monitoring this delicate situation to make sure there is no unnecessary loss of innocent oil” chaser.com.au/world/ally-l...
January 4, 2026 at 4:21 AM
"We will be monitoring this delicate situation to make sure there is no unnecessary loss of innocent oil” chaser.com.au/world/ally-l...
Sheesh. Embarrassing.
"There is this persistent idea that the U.S. invades countries for oil. And I think it was really not the case in Iraq ....Oil, there's too much of it right now for global demand. ...It doesn't strike me that it's enough to drive this," says @profsaunders.bsky.social.
January 4, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Sheesh. Embarrassing.
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"They got money for war but can't feed the poor"
Sticker spotted in Pittsburgh
Sticker spotted in Pittsburgh
January 4, 2026 at 2:03 AM
"They got money for war but can't feed the poor"
Sticker spotted in Pittsburgh
Sticker spotted in Pittsburgh
January 4, 2026 at 2:15 AM
If international law doesn’t exist when it matters it doesn't exist.
a large cloud of smoke is coming out of a black top hat .
ALT: a large cloud of smoke is coming out of a black top hat .
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:09 AM
If international law doesn’t exist when it matters it doesn't exist.
Seriously: fuck the United States.
This is my considered opinion after 30 years of political science.
This is my considered opinion after 30 years of political science.
January 4, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Seriously: fuck the United States.
This is my considered opinion after 30 years of political science.
This is my considered opinion after 30 years of political science.
So one of my banks Bank Australia transfers money instantly while one of my banks National Australia Bank keeps the money for itself for several days before completion.
Bank Australia the best and most ethical bank I've used.
NAB is the worst.
Bank Australia the best and most ethical bank I've used.
NAB is the worst.
January 4, 2026 at 12:07 AM
So one of my banks Bank Australia transfers money instantly while one of my banks National Australia Bank keeps the money for itself for several days before completion.
Bank Australia the best and most ethical bank I've used.
NAB is the worst.
Bank Australia the best and most ethical bank I've used.
NAB is the worst.
These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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Chuck Schumer: The Trump administration lied to me in three separate briefings about their plans for Venezuela.
The Democrats: WE DEMAND A FOURTH BRIEFING IMMEDIATELY.
The Democrats: WE DEMAND A FOURTH BRIEFING IMMEDIATELY.
January 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Chuck Schumer: The Trump administration lied to me in three separate briefings about their plans for Venezuela.
The Democrats: WE DEMAND A FOURTH BRIEFING IMMEDIATELY.
The Democrats: WE DEMAND A FOURTH BRIEFING IMMEDIATELY.
This is a better framing.
The US has always been a ruthless (and incompetent) empire.
Largely given up on pretending.
The US has always been a ruthless (and incompetent) empire.
Largely given up on pretending.
The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
A Criminal Empire
The United States launches a conquest and occupation of Venezuela to extract its oil wealth. The neocon dream is the America First dream
www.forever-wars.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM
This is a better framing.
The US has always been a ruthless (and incompetent) empire.
Largely given up on pretending.
The US has always been a ruthless (and incompetent) empire.
Largely given up on pretending.
To be fair its always been like this.
Just nicer words and greater efforts to deceive in the past ...
Just nicer words and greater efforts to deceive in the past ...
Quick update for US media: the story is not about Maduro or what’s going on in Venezuela. It’s about the massive rupture in US history where the country now stands for invading and occupying any country it likes.
Trump in his press conference made it very clear this is a new age. Did you miss that?
Trump in his press conference made it very clear this is a new age. Did you miss that?
January 3, 2026 at 11:21 PM
To be fair its always been like this.
Just nicer words and greater efforts to deceive in the past ...
Just nicer words and greater efforts to deceive in the past ...
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Another downside of spending ungodly amounts on the military is that you become prone to doing the things like this. It’s the international equivalent of leaving loaded assault rifles scattered around your house.
January 3, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Another downside of spending ungodly amounts on the military is that you become prone to doing the things like this. It’s the international equivalent of leaving loaded assault rifles scattered around your house.
Murder, kidnapping, theft, greed and arrogance - Trump’s war on Venezuela is all of this. The US is a brutal and dangerous ‘ally’ that Australia, and the rest of the world, needs to protect itself from
January 3, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Stewart Lee starts the new year absolutely on point.
So "globalise the intifada" seems to be this year's "from the river to the sea".
We're still cool with people flying Southern Cross flags though right? Got it.
So "globalise the intifada" seems to be this year's "from the river to the sea".
We're still cool with people flying Southern Cross flags though right? Got it.
Stewart Lee: Did you say ‘intifada’? The language police would like a word
Some protests are forbidden. Others – such as flying an England flag outside an Asian person’s front door – are not. How’s a poor copper to know the difference?
www.thenerve.news
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Stewart Lee starts the new year absolutely on point.
So "globalise the intifada" seems to be this year's "from the river to the sea".
We're still cool with people flying Southern Cross flags though right? Got it.
So "globalise the intifada" seems to be this year's "from the river to the sea".
We're still cool with people flying Southern Cross flags though right? Got it.
I saw the Fall in Hamburg in 1988.
And then I am curious orange at Sadler's Wells.
One of the greats.
And then I am curious orange at Sadler's Wells.
One of the greats.
January 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I saw the Fall in Hamburg in 1988.
And then I am curious orange at Sadler's Wells.
One of the greats.
And then I am curious orange at Sadler's Wells.
One of the greats.
She'll be right
Prof Eliot Jacobson: And it's a wrap. The year 2025 came in at 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, making it the 3rd warmest year on record behind 2023 (1.48°C) and 2024 (1.60°C), and likely the 3rd warmest in the last 120,000 years.
January 3, 2026 at 6:25 AM
She'll be right
I'm eating out less and loving life more ...
And the ABS says CPI is around 3%? Someone is cooking the books! #cpi #inflation #prices
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‘Robbed’: Proof Aussie cafes have lost the plot — news.com.au
Cafe and restaurant prices have jumped more than 3 per cent in 2025, with diners now paying up to triple pre-pandemic costs for everyday meals.
apple.news
January 3, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I'm eating out less and loving life more ...
Yeah naah
Israeli billionaire Shlomo Kramer on CNBC "I mean that we need to control the platforms, all the social platforms. We need to stack, rank the authenticity of every person that expresses themselves online and take control over what they are saying, based on that ranking,"
#auspol #royalcommission
#auspol #royalcommission
Israeli tech CEO calls on US govt to 'limit' First Amendment,' take control of social media to prevent 'lies'
Tech CEO Shlomo Kramer advocated government regulation of free speech during a CNBC interview, claiming First Amendment limitations necessary to prevent polarization and "lies."
www.foxbusiness.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Yeah naah
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In recent days, Israel has:
• extended its ban on foreign media access to Gaza for another 2yrs, til 2027
• banned 37 humanitarian aid orgs from Gaza: Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) among them.
STILL no sanctions by AUS Govt #auspol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide
• extended its ban on foreign media access to Gaza for another 2yrs, til 2027
• banned 37 humanitarian aid orgs from Gaza: Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) among them.
STILL no sanctions by AUS Govt #auspol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide
January 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
In recent days, Israel has:
• extended its ban on foreign media access to Gaza for another 2yrs, til 2027
• banned 37 humanitarian aid orgs from Gaza: Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) among them.
STILL no sanctions by AUS Govt #auspol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide
• extended its ban on foreign media access to Gaza for another 2yrs, til 2027
• banned 37 humanitarian aid orgs from Gaza: Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) among them.
STILL no sanctions by AUS Govt #auspol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide
Quality media
January 3, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Quality media
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The fix is in, folks.
Maybe they could teach us how to murder 380,000 children under the age of five in a two year period as well?
Maybe they could teach us how to murder 380,000 children under the age of five in a two year period as well?
January 2, 2026 at 10:55 PM
The fix is in, folks.
Maybe they could teach us how to murder 380,000 children under the age of five in a two year period as well?
Maybe they could teach us how to murder 380,000 children under the age of five in a two year period as well?
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It appears extra Special Envoy Jillian Segal's handpicked expert to conduct antisemitic report cards at universities - Greg Craven - is getting paid $232,466
January 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
It appears extra Special Envoy Jillian Segal's handpicked expert to conduct antisemitic report cards at universities - Greg Craven - is getting paid $232,466
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What’s more absurd than Israel blocking aid organizations from Gaza is the fact that it’s accepted that Israel should have the power to decide how the people of Palestine live. Every story is framed as if it’s normal and natural for them to rule over another people like that.
January 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
What’s more absurd than Israel blocking aid organizations from Gaza is the fact that it’s accepted that Israel should have the power to decide how the people of Palestine live. Every story is framed as if it’s normal and natural for them to rule over another people like that.
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The story of Italy is emblematic of western Europe. In 1952 when the modern GDP data begin, Italy's real GDP per capita was slightly less than twice the world average. It passed the 2 landmark in 1956. It continued its upward trajectory of the Trente Glorieuses.
January 3, 2026 at 12:03 AM
The story of Italy is emblematic of western Europe. In 1952 when the modern GDP data begin, Italy's real GDP per capita was slightly less than twice the world average. It passed the 2 landmark in 1956. It continued its upward trajectory of the Trente Glorieuses.