@unionrabble.bsky.social
Union Delegate in West Australia. Socialist. Proudly antifa. Sick of LNP/ALP duopoly ripping off workers. Sick of seeing billions of taxpayer’s money being wasted on foreign companies who pay no tax. Sick of duopoly doing nothing in cost of living crisis.
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More good coverage on crypto fraud in the NYT this morning. Note the phrase "at least $28 billion". It is undoubtedly A LOT more than $28 billion because the technology is so perfectly designed to be untraceable AND this doesn't include all kinds of fraud. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
More good coverage on crypto fraud in the NYT this morning. Note the phrase "at least $28 billion". It is undoubtedly A LOT more than $28 billion because the technology is so perfectly designed to be untraceable AND this doesn't include all kinds of fraud. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
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"The rate of warming is showing signs of accelerating" PIK Director Johan Rockström gives an analysis of the current situation on climate & planetary boundaries at #COP30. The data suggests the world is heading for global temperatures not seen in millions of years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnNn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnNn...
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"The rate of warming is showing signs of accelerating" PIK Director Johan Rockström gives an analysis of the current situation on climate & planetary boundaries at #COP30. The data suggests the world is heading for global temperatures not seen in millions of years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnNn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnNn...
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From Gaza to the West Bank, the #genocide is unrelenting.
End the bigotry and denial which is #ComplicitinGenocide.
#StoptheGenocide
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
End the bigotry and denial which is #ComplicitinGenocide.
#StoptheGenocide
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Israeli settlers torch homes and vehicles in Palestinian West Bank villages
New attacks near Bethlehem and Hebron underscore intensifying Israeli violence in occupied Palestinian territory.
www.aljazeera.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
From Gaza to the West Bank, the #genocide is unrelenting.
End the bigotry and denial which is #ComplicitinGenocide.
#StoptheGenocide
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
End the bigotry and denial which is #ComplicitinGenocide.
#StoptheGenocide
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
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I wrote about the stomach clenching reality of work now -- where rolling layoffs are the norm and no one feels secure in their job. Happy Monday! www.axios.com/2025/11/16/r...
It's a rolling layoff world
These silent layoffs are now just a part of doing business.
www.axios.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I wrote about the stomach clenching reality of work now -- where rolling layoffs are the norm and no one feels secure in their job. Happy Monday! www.axios.com/2025/11/16/r...
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May we have a "deep concern" or a "grave concern" or even just a "concern" for the Palestinian hostages held in Israeli torture chambers please @senatorwong.bsky.social. Just to let us know you care like you cared about the Israeli hostages. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦. #auspol #IsraelTerroristState
November 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
May we have a "deep concern" or a "grave concern" or even just a "concern" for the Palestinian hostages held in Israeli torture chambers please @senatorwong.bsky.social. Just to let us know you care like you cared about the Israeli hostages. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦. #auspol #IsraelTerroristState
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Oxford Union: Israel, Not Iran, Poses the Larger Risk to Regional Stability www.palestinechronicle.com/oxford-union...
November 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Oxford Union: Israel, Not Iran, Poses the Larger Risk to Regional Stability www.palestinechronicle.com/oxford-union...
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The fools who sold us $375 billion AUKUS nuclear submarines are now telling us they will cost more, a lot more. Their war plans with China, their surrender to Trump and their back of-the-envelope costings are all super dangerous. Don’t trust them.
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The fools who sold us $375 billion AUKUS nuclear submarines are now telling us they will cost more, a lot more. Their war plans with China, their surrender to Trump and their back of-the-envelope costings are all super dangerous. Don’t trust them.
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My column - Japan imports stonks of our gas for powering its electricity and yet Japan has cheaper electricity than Australia, what the?? #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...
Japan imports Australian gas yet has cheaper electricity than Australia?
The broken nature of Australia energy market has been highlighted by a report that Japanese households pay less for electricity than Australians do, despite Japanese electricity being reliant on Austr...
thepoint.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My column - Japan imports stonks of our gas for powering its electricity and yet Japan has cheaper electricity than Australia, what the?? #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...
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‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed
A new study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after emissions target reached
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A report released this month by Canberra-based non-partisan researcher the Australia Institute found there were 50 per cent more pokies in Local Government Areas with an Indigenous population of at least 10 per cent
"We would go as far as saying they're actually targeting Aboriginal communities''
"We would go as far as saying they're actually targeting Aboriginal communities''
'Very disturbing' rate of pokies in Indigenous communities
New figures show there are 50 per cent more pokies in areas with an Indigenous population of at least 10 per cent. Gambling groups say it is "not surprising".
www.abc.net.au
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A report released this month by Canberra-based non-partisan researcher the Australia Institute found there were 50 per cent more pokies in Local Government Areas with an Indigenous population of at least 10 per cent
"We would go as far as saying they're actually targeting Aboriginal communities''
"We would go as far as saying they're actually targeting Aboriginal communities''
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We've also been practicing singing, dancing and air guitar for the Rising Tide Protestival. knittingnannas.org/2025/11/18/n...
Nanna News 17 Nov 2025
Nannas are following COP30 in Brazil, Murray Watt’s environment bill, the UN intervening in North West Shelf legal challenges and the Disinformation Senate Inquiry – all while practicing sing…
knittingnannas.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We've also been practicing singing, dancing and air guitar for the Rising Tide Protestival. knittingnannas.org/2025/11/18/n...
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Jumping forward in time to 2075,👇here’s a letter👇 from a 2025 key LNP-destructor politician (I’ll let you guess who) to his great grandchildren, apologising for always looking backwards. His letter tells a story of politics defeated by progress. #auspol
“I only looked backwards”: A letter to my great grandchildren - Michael West
A letter from 2075, written by a former right-wing politician to his eight great grandchildren. Rex Patrick Junior reports deathbed confessions
michaelwest.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Jumping forward in time to 2075,👇here’s a letter👇 from a 2025 key LNP-destructor politician (I’ll let you guess who) to his great grandchildren, apologising for always looking backwards. His letter tells a story of politics defeated by progress. #auspol
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Albanese’s Labor Government has once only opportunity to put in place big structural changes that are urgently needed.
@albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social Labor Government has been handed gift of a mega majority to carry out big structural changes unimpeded. To not do so unforgivable.
@albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social Labor Government has been handed gift of a mega majority to carry out big structural changes unimpeded. To not do so unforgivable.
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Albanese’s Labor Government has once only opportunity to put in place big structural changes that are urgently needed.
@albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social Labor Government has been handed gift of a mega majority to carry out big structural changes unimpeded. To not do so unforgivable.
@albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social Labor Government has been handed gift of a mega majority to carry out big structural changes unimpeded. To not do so unforgivable.
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The cost.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The cost.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Even the most optimistic calculations for Tasmania's new AFL stadium show more cost than benefit.
Tasmania’s Macquarie Point Stadium by the (ruinous) numbers
www.crikey.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Even the most optimistic calculations for Tasmania's new AFL stadium show more cost than benefit.
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“More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém, significantly outnumbering every single country’s delegation apart from the host Brazil, new analysis has found…” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém, significantly outnumbering every single country’s delegation apart from the host Brazil, new analysis has found…” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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GENOCIDE
There're lots of ways to commit GENOCIDE and commit crimes against humanity
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞, 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛 .. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞
Aljazeera reports that Israel is trafficking Palestinians out of Gaza and engaging in ethnic cleansing
www.aljazeera.com/video/inside...
There're lots of ways to commit GENOCIDE and commit crimes against humanity
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞, 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛 .. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞
Aljazeera reports that Israel is trafficking Palestinians out of Gaza and engaging in ethnic cleansing
www.aljazeera.com/video/inside...
Are Israeli-backed human trafficking networks forcing people out of Gaza?
Rights activists warn of possible ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
www.aljazeera.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
GENOCIDE
There're lots of ways to commit GENOCIDE and commit crimes against humanity
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞, 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛 .. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞
Aljazeera reports that Israel is trafficking Palestinians out of Gaza and engaging in ethnic cleansing
www.aljazeera.com/video/inside...
There're lots of ways to commit GENOCIDE and commit crimes against humanity
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞, 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛 .. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞
Aljazeera reports that Israel is trafficking Palestinians out of Gaza and engaging in ethnic cleansing
www.aljazeera.com/video/inside...
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So uh is importing gas the energy independence we were looking for?
The only thing this is good for is gentailer profits
The more expensive our peak electricity is the larger the margin they make
They currently make 93% margin
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
The only thing this is good for is gentailer profits
The more expensive our peak electricity is the larger the margin they make
They currently make 93% margin
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
So uh is importing gas the energy independence we were looking for?
The only thing this is good for is gentailer profits
The more expensive our peak electricity is the larger the margin they make
They currently make 93% margin
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
The only thing this is good for is gentailer profits
The more expensive our peak electricity is the larger the margin they make
They currently make 93% margin
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Look. What I say to you is this.
We're lazer focued on the cost of living. That's why we're gutting clean car standards (during COP) to get more struggling families into cars that'll cost them thousands more to run.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
We're lazer focued on the cost of living. That's why we're gutting clean car standards (during COP) to get more struggling families into cars that'll cost them thousands more to run.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Watch: PM Christopher Luxon at post-cab conference
The prime minister is speaking at this week's post-cab media conference about more changes to the Clean Car Standard.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Look. What I say to you is this.
We're lazer focued on the cost of living. That's why we're gutting clean car standards (during COP) to get more struggling families into cars that'll cost them thousands more to run.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
We're lazer focued on the cost of living. That's why we're gutting clean car standards (during COP) to get more struggling families into cars that'll cost them thousands more to run.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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The climate crisis is a crisis mostly of the fossil fuel industry's own making – and one they do not want to fix nor be held accountable for
The presence and involvement of oil, gas and coal lobbyists at the #COP30 UN climate summit is like tobacco lobbyists at a lung cancer summit: unacceptable
The presence and involvement of oil, gas and coal lobbyists at the #COP30 UN climate summit is like tobacco lobbyists at a lung cancer summit: unacceptable
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The climate crisis is a crisis mostly of the fossil fuel industry's own making – and one they do not want to fix nor be held accountable for
The presence and involvement of oil, gas and coal lobbyists at the #COP30 UN climate summit is like tobacco lobbyists at a lung cancer summit: unacceptable
The presence and involvement of oil, gas and coal lobbyists at the #COP30 UN climate summit is like tobacco lobbyists at a lung cancer summit: unacceptable