Bob Elliston
@brunybob.bsky.social
For: government for the biosphere, sustainable World, and a kind, egalitarian-democracy.
Panphilist, Feminist, Peacenik, author of Liberation Economics
#John13_34 #Matthew5_44 #अहिंसा #WorldPeaceNow
Panphilist, Feminist, Peacenik, author of Liberation Economics
#John13_34 #Matthew5_44 #अहिंसा #WorldPeaceNow
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Bob Elliston
@brunybob.bsky.social
· May 21
There's LOTS we CAN DO to slow global heating.
Denial's no use!
e.g. 'degrowth';
make economics fair, for need, not greed;
end fossil fuels;
restore Albedo;
go full electric;
environment treaty;
stop militarism/war;
minimise flying;
go vegetarian;
#TalkCollapse
#WorldPeaceNow
Denial's no use!
e.g. 'degrowth';
make economics fair, for need, not greed;
end fossil fuels;
restore Albedo;
go full electric;
environment treaty;
stop militarism/war;
minimise flying;
go vegetarian;
#TalkCollapse
#WorldPeaceNow
It's all just so stupid, isn't it?
You may be feeling overwhelmed by the flurry of crises – and that's by design, writes Amy Remeikis.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
You may be feeling overwhelmed by the flurry of crises – and that's by design, writes Amy Remeikis.
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 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
It's all just so stupid, isn't it?
You may be feeling overwhelmed by the flurry of crises – and that's by design, writes Amy Remeikis.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
You may be feeling overwhelmed by the flurry of crises – and that's by design, writes Amy Remeikis.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
Anthony Albanese says Senator Pocock should not be kicked from Parliament’s sports club, but the PM says his concerns over lobbying are “absurd”
OBVIOUSLY @AlboMP HAS LOST HIS MORAL COMPASS and HE NEEDS DAVID @davidpocock.bsky.social TO HELP HIM FIND IT AGAIN
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
OBVIOUSLY @AlboMP HAS LOST HIS MORAL COMPASS and HE NEEDS DAVID @davidpocock.bsky.social TO HELP HIM FIND IT AGAIN
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
PM criticises Pocock’s ban from parliamentary sports club but dismisses concerns about betting lobby
Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Anthony Albanese says Senator Pocock should not be kicked from Parliament’s sports club, but the PM says his concerns over lobbying are “absurd”
OBVIOUSLY @AlboMP HAS LOST HIS MORAL COMPASS and HE NEEDS DAVID @davidpocock.bsky.social TO HELP HIM FIND IT AGAIN
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
OBVIOUSLY @AlboMP HAS LOST HIS MORAL COMPASS and HE NEEDS DAVID @davidpocock.bsky.social TO HELP HIM FIND IT AGAIN
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.
October 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.
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What???
They threw a former Wallabies Captain out of their Parliamentary sporting club because he spoke up about gambling!!!! What???
#auspol #4Corners > www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
They threw a former Wallabies Captain out of their Parliamentary sporting club because he spoke up about gambling!!!! What???
#auspol #4Corners > www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
October 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
What???
They threw a former Wallabies Captain out of their Parliamentary sporting club because he spoke up about gambling!!!! What???
#auspol #4Corners > www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
They threw a former Wallabies Captain out of their Parliamentary sporting club because he spoke up about gambling!!!! What???
#auspol #4Corners > www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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“They make a desert and call it peace.” - Tacitus
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October 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
“They make a desert and call it peace.” - Tacitus
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New evidence presented at the UN confirms Palestinian women are being gang-raped by Israelis who videotape it as they do it.
Israel is a deeply depraved Estate.
Israel is a deeply depraved Estate.
October 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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just DFAT officials blaming humanitarians for having their human and legal rights violated by Israelis while ignoring the criminality of abduction and torture.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Dfat officials supporting five Australians in Israeli prison after they were detained on pro-Palestinian flotilla
The Global Movement to Gaza group have raised concerns about the conditions in which the Australians are being held in detention
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
just DFAT officials blaming humanitarians for having their human and legal rights violated by Israelis while ignoring the criminality of abduction and torture.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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This is a truly excoriating and well-deserved take-down of the National Press Club @PressClubAust by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges.
You really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 should read it. His words cut like a hot knife into butter. #auspol #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
You really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 should read it. His words cut like a hot knife into butter. #auspol #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Hedges Report: NPC Australia caves to Israel Lobby, cancels talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists
The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.
johnmenadue.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is a truly excoriating and well-deserved take-down of the National Press Club @PressClubAust by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges.
You really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 should read it. His words cut like a hot knife into butter. #auspol #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
You really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 should read it. His words cut like a hot knife into butter. #auspol #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Independent Senator David Pocock, previous captain of Australia's national rugby team, The Wallabies, was told he is not welcome at the Parliamentary Sports Club after questioning the club’s sponsorship by gambling, alcohol and fossil fuel companies.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
PM criticises Pocock’s ban from parliamentary sports club but dismisses concerns about betting lobby
Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Independent Senator David Pocock, previous captain of Australia's national rugby team, The Wallabies, was told he is not welcome at the Parliamentary Sports Club after questioning the club’s sponsorship by gambling, alcohol and fossil fuel companies.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Great turn of sarcasm here, @timdunlop.bsky.social 👇
A mere 2500-word ABC puff piece on rightwing extremist Andrew Hastie. The sort of balanced, professional reporting that has helped turn America into the democratic powerhouse of moderation and reasonableness we know today.
September 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Great turn of sarcasm here, @timdunlop.bsky.social 👇
We are calling on the United Nations General Assembly to deploy an Emergency Armed Multinational Protection Force to stop the #GazaGenocide
The Netanyahu government does NOT want PEACE, but we citizens of the world DO!!!
PLEASE sign this Petition via @changeaus.bsky.social
chng.it/VyY9smpZHH
The Netanyahu government does NOT want PEACE, but we citizens of the world DO!!!
PLEASE sign this Petition via @changeaus.bsky.social
chng.it/VyY9smpZHH
UN General Assembly: Deploy an Emergency Armed Multinational Protection Force to Gaza!
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
chng.it
September 28, 2025 at 7:07 AM
We are calling on the United Nations General Assembly to deploy an Emergency Armed Multinational Protection Force to stop the #GazaGenocide
The Netanyahu government does NOT want PEACE, but we citizens of the world DO!!!
PLEASE sign this Petition via @changeaus.bsky.social
chng.it/VyY9smpZHH
The Netanyahu government does NOT want PEACE, but we citizens of the world DO!!!
PLEASE sign this Petition via @changeaus.bsky.social
chng.it/VyY9smpZHH
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This article by @ronnisalt.bsky.social should be compulsory reading for those of us that are terminally online...
Atlas/The Heritage Foundation: "Here's some rage baiting we prepared earlier..."
Seems like you can't trust anything from the FBI anymore-is that on purpose?
#uspol #epstein #auspol
Atlas/The Heritage Foundation: "Here's some rage baiting we prepared earlier..."
Seems like you can't trust anything from the FBI anymore-is that on purpose?
#uspol #epstein #auspol
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 4:34 AM
This article by @ronnisalt.bsky.social should be compulsory reading for those of us that are terminally online...
Atlas/The Heritage Foundation: "Here's some rage baiting we prepared earlier..."
Seems like you can't trust anything from the FBI anymore-is that on purpose?
#uspol #epstein #auspol
Atlas/The Heritage Foundation: "Here's some rage baiting we prepared earlier..."
Seems like you can't trust anything from the FBI anymore-is that on purpose?
#uspol #epstein #auspol
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I just signed The Australia Institute's petition to phase out fossil fuels. Will you please join me?
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/phase-out-fo...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/phase-out-fo...
✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: Phase out fossil fuels
Emissions reduction targets won’t solve the climate crisis if they’re built on fiction. It's time for the government to tackle the biggest source of carbon emissions in Australia – fossil fuels.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
September 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I just signed The Australia Institute's petition to phase out fossil fuels. Will you please join me?
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/phase-out-fo...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/phase-out-fo...
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Huge news that Spain and Italy have sent navy boats to protect the Sumud flotilla - the world should support and join them protecting the flotilla in international waters
September 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Huge news that Spain and Italy have sent navy boats to protect the Sumud flotilla - the world should support and join them protecting the flotilla in international waters
Australia needs transition - to reality!
As the third largest Petrostate (by Fossil fuel exports) Australia's entire fossil fuel sector contributes only 2.5% of total federal & state government revenues.
And that’s before they get big subsidies.
By David McEwen
michaelwest.com.au/climate-risk...
As the third largest Petrostate (by Fossil fuel exports) Australia's entire fossil fuel sector contributes only 2.5% of total federal & state government revenues.
And that’s before they get big subsidies.
By David McEwen
michaelwest.com.au/climate-risk...
Climate risk report is old news. Australia needs transition ... to reality - Michael West
The National Climate Risk Assessment, released this week, has made headlines, but adds little to all the other such reports of recent decades
michaelwest.com.au
September 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Australia needs transition - to reality!
As the third largest Petrostate (by Fossil fuel exports) Australia's entire fossil fuel sector contributes only 2.5% of total federal & state government revenues.
And that’s before they get big subsidies.
By David McEwen
michaelwest.com.au/climate-risk...
As the third largest Petrostate (by Fossil fuel exports) Australia's entire fossil fuel sector contributes only 2.5% of total federal & state government revenues.
And that’s before they get big subsidies.
By David McEwen
michaelwest.com.au/climate-risk...
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Endless lies by propaganda outlet Fox News has brought US democracy to its knees, in the process ushering in the most dangerous international environment since the Cold War.
Those destructive forces have been locked in to 2050.
By Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson
theklaxon.com.au/massive-loss...
Those destructive forces have been locked in to 2050.
By Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson
theklaxon.com.au/massive-loss...
Massive loss for climate, democracy and western power as Murdoch battle ends - The Klaxon
The destructive forces that brought US democracy to its knees, ushering in the most dangerous global environment since the Cold War, have been locked in to 2050.
theklaxon.com.au
September 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Endless lies by propaganda outlet Fox News has brought US democracy to its knees, in the process ushering in the most dangerous international environment since the Cold War.
Those destructive forces have been locked in to 2050.
By Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson
theklaxon.com.au/massive-loss...
Those destructive forces have been locked in to 2050.
By Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson
theklaxon.com.au/massive-loss...
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Optus.com.au triple-0 failure linked to deaths. Again! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... Unless such lethal repeat 'failures' are linked to jail terms for senior executives, all the handwringing in the world will yield no positive change. #auspol
Optus admits early warning about triple-0 failure as fourth death investigated
Optus reveals it received an early warning of Thursday's system failure — which has since been linked to a fourth death — hours before the situation was fixed, but that it did not respond appropriatel...
www.abc.net.au
September 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Optus.com.au triple-0 failure linked to deaths. Again! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... Unless such lethal repeat 'failures' are linked to jail terms for senior executives, all the handwringing in the world will yield no positive change. #auspol
WHY is #abc730 interviewing yet another irrelevant LNP member over reducing global heating emissions, when there are plenty of actual CLIMATE SCIENTISTS who could be MUCH MORE INFORMATIVE?!?
September 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
WHY is #abc730 interviewing yet another irrelevant LNP member over reducing global heating emissions, when there are plenty of actual CLIMATE SCIENTISTS who could be MUCH MORE INFORMATIVE?!?
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www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/trump-admi...
Americans who don't agree with conservative views held by MAGA & Republicans are now designated "far left terrorist organisations" & antisemitic. Trump's Government will "disrupt, dismantle & destroy these networks" to make America safe again: for Charlie Kirk.
Americans who don't agree with conservative views held by MAGA & Republicans are now designated "far left terrorist organisations" & antisemitic. Trump's Government will "disrupt, dismantle & destroy these networks" to make America safe again: for Charlie Kirk.
Trump Administration Rushes To Kill Free Speech In Response To Kirk Assassination
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
September 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/trump-admi...
Americans who don't agree with conservative views held by MAGA & Republicans are now designated "far left terrorist organisations" & antisemitic. Trump's Government will "disrupt, dismantle & destroy these networks" to make America safe again: for Charlie Kirk.
Americans who don't agree with conservative views held by MAGA & Republicans are now designated "far left terrorist organisations" & antisemitic. Trump's Government will "disrupt, dismantle & destroy these networks" to make America safe again: for Charlie Kirk.
Should have included 'catastrophic' among the 'c' alliterations. 😰
‘Cascading, compounding’: five key takeaways from Australia’s national climate risk assessment
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Cascading, compounding’: five key takeaways from Australia’s national climate risk assessment
From rising heat-related deaths to the environmental and economic cost of climate change, here’s what the landmark report warns
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Should have included 'catastrophic' among the 'c' alliterations. 😰
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"Israel says" is not journalism, @australia.theguardian.com.
Just like GENOCIDE is not "war" nor an "offensive." #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #WesternMediaToTheHague
Just like GENOCIDE is not "war" nor an "offensive." #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #WesternMediaToTheHague
September 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"Israel says" is not journalism, @australia.theguardian.com.
Just like GENOCIDE is not "war" nor an "offensive." #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #WesternMediaToTheHague
Just like GENOCIDE is not "war" nor an "offensive." #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #WesternMediaToTheHague
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