Tom Swann
@tomswann.bsky.social
Don't worry, everything can always get worse.
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It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
My year 8 teacher had me write an essay about the CIA / US covert interests and the Dismissal. "Conspiracies do happen" she said.
What do we know about it?
A few things I recall from the chapter in Brian Toohey's excellent book "Secret"
What do we know about it?
A few things I recall from the chapter in Brian Toohey's excellent book "Secret"
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
My year 8 teacher had me write an essay about the CIA / US covert interests and the Dismissal. "Conspiracies do happen" she said.
What do we know about it?
A few things I recall from the chapter in Brian Toohey's excellent book "Secret"
What do we know about it?
A few things I recall from the chapter in Brian Toohey's excellent book "Secret"
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
Canberra Liberals trying their hardest to never be elected again.
The Canberra Liberals' leader and her deputy are stepping down, a week and a half after the former leader and another backbencher were suspended from the party room for crossing the floor
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Breaking: Leanne Castley steps down as Canberra Liberals leader
Leanne Castley's resignation comes after weeks of silence following the removal of Elizabeth Lee and Peter Cain from the Canberra Liberals party room.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Canberra Liberals trying their hardest to never be elected again.
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John Laws is dead, so as well as remembering him for outrageous on-air statements and the cash-for-comment affair, let me take this opportunity to remind everyone that in 1976 he released an album of country music covers called You've Never Been Trucked Like This Before
It reached 69 on the charts
It reached 69 on the charts
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
John Laws is dead, so as well as remembering him for outrageous on-air statements and the cash-for-comment affair, let me take this opportunity to remind everyone that in 1976 he released an album of country music covers called You've Never Been Trucked Like This Before
It reached 69 on the charts
It reached 69 on the charts
Australia has a dumber economy - overall - than Indonesia, Vietnam and basically all of the major countries in our region.
Economic Complexity Index (ECI) is a holistic measure of the knowledge/productive capabilities of a country. ECI indicates a lot about long term prosperity and resilience. Here’s how Australia is trending compared with our Asian neighbours. 1/2 #StopJustExportingRocks #auspol
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Australia has a dumber economy - overall - than Indonesia, Vietnam and basically all of the major countries in our region.
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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In 2025 Labor's vote was higher in the Senate than the House. In 14 Coalition v Independent seats, Labor had 250,000 more Senate votes, but just 31,000 fewer in the other 136 seats. It all points to deliberate Labor strategic voting to elect Independents. antonygreen.com.au/fed2025-evid...
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
In 2025 Labor's vote was higher in the Senate than the House. In 14 Coalition v Independent seats, Labor had 250,000 more Senate votes, but just 31,000 fewer in the other 136 seats. It all points to deliberate Labor strategic voting to elect Independents. antonygreen.com.au/fed2025-evid...
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Shocking post by #walksydney -
5 pedestrians killed last week.
Look at the types of big vehicles involved
Shrink sizes, slow speeds
5 pedestrians killed last week.
Look at the types of big vehicles involved
Shrink sizes, slow speeds
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Shocking post by #walksydney -
5 pedestrians killed last week.
Look at the types of big vehicles involved
Shrink sizes, slow speeds
5 pedestrians killed last week.
Look at the types of big vehicles involved
Shrink sizes, slow speeds
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Thanks Grog, let me save y'all a click or two:
November 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Thanks Grog, let me save y'all a click or two:
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AI sitcom accidentally a Lynchian fever dream. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and insane lament.
October 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
AI sitcom accidentally a Lynchian fever dream. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and insane lament.
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The government has finally stopped drip feeding EPBC details and provided them to everyone! www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/...
One of many howlers
"The proposed changes will also allow certain biodiversity certificates issued under the Nature Repair Market to be used for environmental offsetting."
One of many howlers
"The proposed changes will also allow certain biodiversity certificates issued under the Nature Repair Market to be used for environmental offsetting."
www.dcceew.gov.au
October 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The government has finally stopped drip feeding EPBC details and provided them to everyone! www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/...
One of many howlers
"The proposed changes will also allow certain biodiversity certificates issued under the Nature Repair Market to be used for environmental offsetting."
One of many howlers
"The proposed changes will also allow certain biodiversity certificates issued under the Nature Repair Market to be used for environmental offsetting."
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X% of Canadians want Y, why don’t politicians just do that?
Because issue polling is shit and if you flip the script and poll on the *effects* of Y, often the level of support drops massively. People love the causes but hate the effects.
Because issue polling is shit and if you flip the script and poll on the *effects* of Y, often the level of support drops massively. People love the causes but hate the effects.
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
X% of Canadians want Y, why don’t politicians just do that?
Because issue polling is shit and if you flip the script and poll on the *effects* of Y, often the level of support drops massively. People love the causes but hate the effects.
Because issue polling is shit and if you flip the script and poll on the *effects* of Y, often the level of support drops massively. People love the causes but hate the effects.
The last time I posted about the WA GST bribe, I had a Westralian in so many words threaten civil war.
They are fabulously wealthy. They should tax their mining industry properly. The rest of the country should not subsidise them for not doing this.
They are fabulously wealthy. They should tax their mining industry properly. The rest of the country should not subsidise them for not doing this.
WA is getting a bigger share of GST revenue than it should, despite being Australia's richest state.
"How anyone can defend that as a sensible use of federal taxpayers money is kind of beyond me."
- Independent Economist Saul Eslake speaking at our #RevenueSummit25
@sauleslake.bsky.social #auspol
"How anyone can defend that as a sensible use of federal taxpayers money is kind of beyond me."
- Independent Economist Saul Eslake speaking at our #RevenueSummit25
@sauleslake.bsky.social #auspol
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The last time I posted about the WA GST bribe, I had a Westralian in so many words threaten civil war.
They are fabulously wealthy. They should tax their mining industry properly. The rest of the country should not subsidise them for not doing this.
They are fabulously wealthy. They should tax their mining industry properly. The rest of the country should not subsidise them for not doing this.
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
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Bodies representing remote Indigenous Australians have warned that communities are becoming uninhabitable, as they push the federal government to strengthen proposed environmental reforms.
Land councils say federal government did not consult them on environment reform
Bodies representing remote Indigenous Australians have warned that communities are becoming uninhabitable, as they push the federal government to strengthen proposed environmental reforms.
www.abc.net.au
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Bodies representing remote Indigenous Australians have warned that communities are becoming uninhabitable, as they push the federal government to strengthen proposed environmental reforms.
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This is the protest march that an Australian court just ruled 'inoffensive'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This is the protest march that an Australian court just ruled 'inoffensive'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Things that did not kill all homo sapiens sapiens and therefore not a big deal.
- the world wars
- the black plague
- the volcanic eruption 75k years ago that shows up in the genetic history as a bottleneck of a few thousand people
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
- the world wars
- the black plague
- the volcanic eruption 75k years ago that shows up in the genetic history as a bottleneck of a few thousand people
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Things that did not kill all homo sapiens sapiens and therefore not a big deal.
- the world wars
- the black plague
- the volcanic eruption 75k years ago that shows up in the genetic history as a bottleneck of a few thousand people
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
- the world wars
- the black plague
- the volcanic eruption 75k years ago that shows up in the genetic history as a bottleneck of a few thousand people
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
the deep cut biographies on wtf happened to albo and penny are going to be so good
Penny Wong accidentally saying the quiet bit out loud - for Labor the US relationship is more important than the Australian environment. Who do this lot think they work for?
October 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
the deep cut biographies on wtf happened to albo and penny are going to be so good
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Our federal government continues to prioritise the gas industry over regional towns that are being devastated by climate disasters.
Australia’s environmental laws need to stop the approval of new coal and gas projects.
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
Australia’s environmental laws need to stop the approval of new coal and gas projects.
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
October 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Our federal government continues to prioritise the gas industry over regional towns that are being devastated by climate disasters.
Australia’s environmental laws need to stop the approval of new coal and gas projects.
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
Australia’s environmental laws need to stop the approval of new coal and gas projects.
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
Gas exports always push out coal, not renewables, but coal exports never push out gas, only other coal.
God it's so dumb.
God it's so dumb.
October 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Gas exports always push out coal, not renewables, but coal exports never push out gas, only other coal.
God it's so dumb.
God it's so dumb.
Thom Yorke to leave Europe, all of which is within 5000 miles of Israel.
"I wouldn’t want to be 5,000 miles anywhere near the Netanyahu regime."
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke says he would not now perform in Israel eight years after the band defied boycott calls to play a gig in Tel Aviv.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/nhcg5r
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke says he would not now perform in Israel eight years after the band defied boycott calls to play a gig in Tel Aviv.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/nhcg5r
October 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Thom Yorke to leave Europe, all of which is within 5000 miles of Israel.
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"Australia is also the first nation to surpass 1 GWh of utility battery capacity per million people, launching it into a league of its own, far ahead of China and the United States, each with less than 400 MWh per 1 million people."
Australia becomes world’s third-largest utility battery market
Australia has overtaken the United Kingdom to rank behind China and the United States in utility-scale battery capacity, with 14 GW/37 GWh of projects at or nearing financial close.
www.pv-magazine.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:08 AM
"Australia is also the first nation to surpass 1 GWh of utility battery capacity per million people, launching it into a league of its own, far ahead of China and the United States, each with less than 400 MWh per 1 million people."
More bike lanes more local business.
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
More bike lanes more local business.