Bustd
@bustd.bsky.social
Live on Kabi Kabi and Jenibara lands, #votedyes, love a beer and a swim, #Auspol, member of the #grumpyoldmen club and #NoDickheads club.
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did a few rehearsals, travelled to the free concert, played , did a video and put it on here so you could ignore it🙃
youtu.be/gr5uN0LxvdQ?...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
did a few rehearsals, travelled to the free concert, played , did a video and put it on here so you could ignore it🙃
youtu.be/gr5uN0LxvdQ?...
youtu.be/gr5uN0LxvdQ?...
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My latest in the Guardian asks: why is Australia allowing an American-built internet to impose its values over our cultural sovereignty? Especially when those values are hateful, destructive and shit?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
America’s language of extremity is shocking to Australians. With local radicals on the march, we have to push back | Van Badham
If you’re wondering why you feel emotionally assaulted every time you click a social media app it’s not just due to the content of US news
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
My latest in the Guardian asks: why is Australia allowing an American-built internet to impose its values over our cultural sovereignty? Especially when those values are hateful, destructive and shit?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What possible difference to anyone else’s life can another person not feeling defined by gender make?
What’s the problem?
Is it that once we realise one social construct is bullshit we might realise many other social constructs are also bullshit?
What’s the problem?
Is it that once we realise one social construct is bullshit we might realise many other social constructs are also bullshit?
September 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
What possible difference to anyone else’s life can another person not feeling defined by gender make?
What’s the problem?
Is it that once we realise one social construct is bullshit we might realise many other social constructs are also bullshit?
What’s the problem?
Is it that once we realise one social construct is bullshit we might realise many other social constructs are also bullshit?
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IDF war criminals walk among us after murdering children & other civillians.
Now a hostile foreign power engaged in genocide is undermining our democracy by subjecting our elected leaders to propaganda.
Every war Australia has fought in, started with lesser offences than this.
@albomp.bsky.social
Now a hostile foreign power engaged in genocide is undermining our democracy by subjecting our elected leaders to propaganda.
Every war Australia has fought in, started with lesser offences than this.
@albomp.bsky.social
US-based “Combat Antisemitism Movement” and Jillian Segal host an all-expenses-paid conference for Australian mayors and councillors. @wendybacon1.bsky.social @yaakov-aharon.bsky.social investigate.
#auspol
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#auspol
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"The Hebrew Hammer": inside the Gold Coast's antisemitism junket - Michael West
US-based "Combat Antisemitism Movement" and Jillian Segal are hosting an all-expenses-paid conference for Australian mayors and councillors.
michaelwest.com.au
August 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
IDF war criminals walk among us after murdering children & other civillians.
Now a hostile foreign power engaged in genocide is undermining our democracy by subjecting our elected leaders to propaganda.
Every war Australia has fought in, started with lesser offences than this.
@albomp.bsky.social
Now a hostile foreign power engaged in genocide is undermining our democracy by subjecting our elected leaders to propaganda.
Every war Australia has fought in, started with lesser offences than this.
@albomp.bsky.social
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Tuesday
Tuesday, by Jem and Kent
from the album Paris Apartment
jakflute.bandcamp.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Tuesday
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It might be silly but the RW are so bereft of direction now they might even be tempted to ask Blunderby-
May 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It might be silly but the RW are so bereft of direction now they might even be tempted to ask Blunderby-
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What's next? That's a question for how Labor chooses to handle the senate
Why this all-too predictable divorce is really a big question for Labor
Once the schadenfreude settles, there are some very serious questions to be asked about the Coalition’s split.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
May 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What's next? That's a question for how Labor chooses to handle the senate
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Japanese firms are flipping Aussie gas for billions while we face domestic shortages and talk about importing our own damn gas.
Meanwhile, the Coalition calls it a “free market” and Labor calls it “complex.”
Call it what it is: a national embarrassment & theft of our resources.
#auspol #TaxTheGas
Meanwhile, the Coalition calls it a “free market” and Labor calls it “complex.”
Call it what it is: a national embarrassment & theft of our resources.
#auspol #TaxTheGas
Japan makes more money from our offshore gas than we do 🤯🫠
We’re yet to get a cent of Petroleum Resource Rent Tax from offshore LNG exports 😤
Why are the major parties happy to give our gas away for free?!
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8970951/
We’re yet to get a cent of Petroleum Resource Rent Tax from offshore LNG exports 😤
Why are the major parties happy to give our gas away for free?!
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8970951/
Japanese firms reportedly cash in on-selling Aussie gas
More Australian liquefied natural gas appears to be bypassing Japanese ownership before landing in a third destination than...
www.canberratimes.com.au
May 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Japanese firms are flipping Aussie gas for billions while we face domestic shortages and talk about importing our own damn gas.
Meanwhile, the Coalition calls it a “free market” and Labor calls it “complex.”
Call it what it is: a national embarrassment & theft of our resources.
#auspol #TaxTheGas
Meanwhile, the Coalition calls it a “free market” and Labor calls it “complex.”
Call it what it is: a national embarrassment & theft of our resources.
#auspol #TaxTheGas
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There's a little-known psychological disorder called pseudologia fantastica, or mythomania
It often develops in childhood and is accompanied by delusions of grandeur as well as a pathological need for appreciation, approval and attention - oh and head trauma
This just has to be head trauma
#pffft
It often develops in childhood and is accompanied by delusions of grandeur as well as a pathological need for appreciation, approval and attention - oh and head trauma
This just has to be head trauma
#pffft
May 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
There's a little-known psychological disorder called pseudologia fantastica, or mythomania
It often develops in childhood and is accompanied by delusions of grandeur as well as a pathological need for appreciation, approval and attention - oh and head trauma
This just has to be head trauma
#pffft
It often develops in childhood and is accompanied by delusions of grandeur as well as a pathological need for appreciation, approval and attention - oh and head trauma
This just has to be head trauma
#pffft
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23 years ago i lost my son to suicide. There were no dedicated Aboriginal Mental Health Services dealing with youth suicide then.
There is now.
Dr. Tracy Westerman and the Jilya Institute are self funded tgrough donations.
Please donate. It saves lives.
www.thejilyainstitute.com.au/donate/
There is now.
Dr. Tracy Westerman and the Jilya Institute are self funded tgrough donations.
Please donate. It saves lives.
www.thejilyainstitute.com.au/donate/
Donate to Jilya | The Westerman Jilya Institute for Indigenous Mental Health
www.thejilyainstitute.com.au
May 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
23 years ago i lost my son to suicide. There were no dedicated Aboriginal Mental Health Services dealing with youth suicide then.
There is now.
Dr. Tracy Westerman and the Jilya Institute are self funded tgrough donations.
Please donate. It saves lives.
www.thejilyainstitute.com.au/donate/
There is now.
Dr. Tracy Westerman and the Jilya Institute are self funded tgrough donations.
Please donate. It saves lives.
www.thejilyainstitute.com.au/donate/
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"More than 200 marine species, including deepwater sharks, leafy sea dragons and octopuses, have been killed by a toxic algal bloom that has been affecting South Australia’s coastline since March."
(The Guardian)
#collapse
(The Guardian)
#collapse
May 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"More than 200 marine species, including deepwater sharks, leafy sea dragons and octopuses, have been killed by a toxic algal bloom that has been affecting South Australia’s coastline since March."
(The Guardian)
#collapse
(The Guardian)
#collapse
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"... the algal bloom was being driven by an ongoing marine heatwave—with water temperatures 2.5C hotter than usual—as well as relatively calm marine conditions ..."
Well whose fault is the ongoing marine heatwave? Yes ... OUR FAULT. #ClimateCrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Well whose fault is the ongoing marine heatwave? Yes ... OUR FAULT. #ClimateCrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A horror movie’: sharks and octopuses among 200 species killed by toxic algae off South Australia
Karenia mikimotoi algae can suffocate fish, cause haemorrhaging and act as a neurotoxin, one expert says
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"... the algal bloom was being driven by an ongoing marine heatwave—with water temperatures 2.5C hotter than usual—as well as relatively calm marine conditions ..."
Well whose fault is the ongoing marine heatwave? Yes ... OUR FAULT. #ClimateCrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Well whose fault is the ongoing marine heatwave? Yes ... OUR FAULT. #ClimateCrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How hilariously delightful that old mate Angus picked renowned public intellectual and 5 minute Liberal, Jacinta P as his running mate
Like sitting in a coffin and nailing it shut yourself from the inside
Like sitting in a coffin and nailing it shut yourself from the inside
May 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
How hilariously delightful that old mate Angus picked renowned public intellectual and 5 minute Liberal, Jacinta P as his running mate
Like sitting in a coffin and nailing it shut yourself from the inside
Like sitting in a coffin and nailing it shut yourself from the inside
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We really need to address the following in Australia.
1. Charity status.
2. Religion & Taxes
3. Think Tanks
4. Lobbyists
5. Political donations
#auspol
1. Charity status.
2. Religion & Taxes
3. Think Tanks
4. Lobbyists
5. Political donations
#auspol
May 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
We really need to address the following in Australia.
1. Charity status.
2. Religion & Taxes
3. Think Tanks
4. Lobbyists
5. Political donations
#auspol
1. Charity status.
2. Religion & Taxes
3. Think Tanks
4. Lobbyists
5. Political donations
#auspol
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What has happened to the UK.
I heard some boffin say that this scheme was unsustainable.
We hear the same in Australia about the NDIS.
Yet we don’t tax wealth, we don’t tax our resources, Australia it is a tax evasion holiday home for multinationals and climate vandals are subsidised.
#auspol
I heard some boffin say that this scheme was unsustainable.
We hear the same in Australia about the NDIS.
Yet we don’t tax wealth, we don’t tax our resources, Australia it is a tax evasion holiday home for multinationals and climate vandals are subsidised.
#auspol
Single disabled people are already four times more likely to be falling behind on their bills, six times more likely to go cold and nine times more likely to skip meals. Cuts will make things worse
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
The devastating reality of disability benefit cuts
The government must face the consequences of taking support from the poorest, and try to find a better way
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
What has happened to the UK.
I heard some boffin say that this scheme was unsustainable.
We hear the same in Australia about the NDIS.
Yet we don’t tax wealth, we don’t tax our resources, Australia it is a tax evasion holiday home for multinationals and climate vandals are subsidised.
#auspol
I heard some boffin say that this scheme was unsustainable.
We hear the same in Australia about the NDIS.
Yet we don’t tax wealth, we don’t tax our resources, Australia it is a tax evasion holiday home for multinationals and climate vandals are subsidised.
#auspol
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“The cost of living is what it’s all about for most Australians, with energy prices a major concern.
From everything we know so far, nuclear is the far more expensive option, and cheaper practical alternatives exist .. ‘ said AFAE spokesperson Jo Dodds.
#auspol #DuttontheDud
From everything we know so far, nuclear is the far more expensive option, and cheaper practical alternatives exist .. ‘ said AFAE spokesperson Jo Dodds.
#auspol #DuttontheDud
“New modelling confirms a shift to nuclear power could significantly increase household electricity bills… households could face a 30 per cent increase in power bills by 2030 under a nuclear pathway, with households paying an additional $450 annually.”
theaimn.net/nuclear-coul...
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Nuclear could cost households an extra $450 or more a year by 2030
Australians for Affordable Energy Media Release New modelling confirms a shift to nuclear power could significantly increase household electricity bills, with Australians for Affordable Energy (AFAE) ...
theaimn.net
March 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“The cost of living is what it’s all about for most Australians, with energy prices a major concern.
From everything we know so far, nuclear is the far more expensive option, and cheaper practical alternatives exist .. ‘ said AFAE spokesperson Jo Dodds.
#auspol #DuttontheDud
From everything we know so far, nuclear is the far more expensive option, and cheaper practical alternatives exist .. ‘ said AFAE spokesperson Jo Dodds.
#auspol #DuttontheDud
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Peter Dutton might be scoring quick wins with divisive tactics, but the cost is steep. By stoking fears around race and immigration, he risks tearing apart Australia’s social fabric. Is a short-term gain worth long-term divides? Politics #Australia #UnityOverDivision
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March 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Peter Dutton might be scoring quick wins with divisive tactics, but the cost is steep. By stoking fears around race and immigration, he risks tearing apart Australia’s social fabric. Is a short-term gain worth long-term divides? Politics #Australia #UnityOverDivision
blakandblack.com/2025/03/06/t...
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Happy Birthday Spitfire. First flight today in 1936. Best piston engined fighter ever.
At the controls was Vickers test pilot Joseph "Mutt" Summers who said on landing, simply, "Don't touch anything."
At the controls was Vickers test pilot Joseph "Mutt" Summers who said on landing, simply, "Don't touch anything."
March 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Happy Birthday Spitfire. First flight today in 1936. Best piston engined fighter ever.
At the controls was Vickers test pilot Joseph "Mutt" Summers who said on landing, simply, "Don't touch anything."
At the controls was Vickers test pilot Joseph "Mutt" Summers who said on landing, simply, "Don't touch anything."
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A shameful time we live in ..
Israeli mass murder, territorial theft & ethnic cleansing.
A complicit international media & complicit Albanese Aust Govt who refuse to condemn Israel despite the evidence of the live streamed war crimes of Israel being committed.
#auspol #Gaza
@albomp.bsky.social
Israeli mass murder, territorial theft & ethnic cleansing.
A complicit international media & complicit Albanese Aust Govt who refuse to condemn Israel despite the evidence of the live streamed war crimes of Israel being committed.
#auspol #Gaza
@albomp.bsky.social
The Listening Post:
'Israel's Genocide is expanding into the West Bank'
"there is no real ceasefire in Palestine"
#NZpol #USApol #AUSpol #UKpol
www.aljazeera.com/program/the-...
'Israel's Genocide is expanding into the West Bank'
"there is no real ceasefire in Palestine"
#NZpol #USApol #AUSpol #UKpol
www.aljazeera.com/program/the-...
Israel’s genocide is expanding into the West Bank
Amidst the mass displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank, Israeli media cheers, international media is muted.
www.aljazeera.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A shameful time we live in ..
Israeli mass murder, territorial theft & ethnic cleansing.
A complicit international media & complicit Albanese Aust Govt who refuse to condemn Israel despite the evidence of the live streamed war crimes of Israel being committed.
#auspol #Gaza
@albomp.bsky.social
Israeli mass murder, territorial theft & ethnic cleansing.
A complicit international media & complicit Albanese Aust Govt who refuse to condemn Israel despite the evidence of the live streamed war crimes of Israel being committed.
#auspol #Gaza
@albomp.bsky.social
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ANZUS is stupid. It has big holes in it. There's nothing stopping the US abandoning Australia like they have NATO.
February 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
ANZUS is stupid. It has big holes in it. There's nothing stopping the US abandoning Australia like they have NATO.
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Dutton’s plan to break up insurers is a populist stunt that ignores the real issue—climate risk. Insurance costs are soaring, driven by worsening climate disasters. Without investment in mitigation and adaptation they’ll keep rising.
Visit zalisteggall.com.au/media_releases to read my statement.
Visit zalisteggall.com.au/media_releases to read my statement.
February 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Dutton’s plan to break up insurers is a populist stunt that ignores the real issue—climate risk. Insurance costs are soaring, driven by worsening climate disasters. Without investment in mitigation and adaptation they’ll keep rising.
Visit zalisteggall.com.au/media_releases to read my statement.
Visit zalisteggall.com.au/media_releases to read my statement.
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*Personal note: “No intention of admitting error, let alone apologising.’ That could well have been the title of this Royal Commission Report. Have a happy weekend dear friends and #homage will see you all again on Monday for its last thread…at least for Volume 1.
February 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
*Personal note: “No intention of admitting error, let alone apologising.’ That could well have been the title of this Royal Commission Report. Have a happy weekend dear friends and #homage will see you all again on Monday for its last thread…at least for Volume 1.