Simon Cox
@dr-shorthair.bsky.social
Cheese lover, union member, scientist
Concerned about the future.
Still learning.
Concerned about the future.
Still learning.
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What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't
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We've attended two discussions so far. Such a relief to find some fellowship
If you identify as Jewish, please listen and sign up.
And listen anyway for confirmation that the anti-Zionist Jewish movement is growing in Australia. #FreePalestine
And listen anyway for confirmation that the anti-Zionist Jewish movement is growing in Australia. #FreePalestine
Sign on to our statement of core values to join a growing movement of Jewish people in Australia who stand for Palestinian freedom and justice - www.jewishcouncil.com.au/supporters#a...
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We've attended two discussions so far. Such a relief to find some fellowship
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What do you need to do to ‘earn’ a trillion dollars in this economy?
— First Dog on the Moon
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
— First Dog on the Moon
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 AM
What do you need to do to ‘earn’ a trillion dollars in this economy?
— First Dog on the Moon
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
— First Dog on the Moon
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Reminder: Resistance and even armed struggle against a colonial occupation force is not just recognised under international law but it's specifically endorsed. I wish Penny Wong would acknowledge this fact. #auspol
#IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
aje.io/feubis
#IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
aje.io/feubis
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Reminder: Resistance and even armed struggle against a colonial occupation force is not just recognised under international law but it's specifically endorsed. I wish Penny Wong would acknowledge this fact. #auspol
#IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
aje.io/feubis
#IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
aje.io/feubis
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Zohran's victory speech made me so happy. I had a huge ear to ear smile on my face the entire time he was talking. My face wasn't used to being used in this way and hurt afterwards.
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Zohran's victory speech made me so happy. I had a huge ear to ear smile on my face the entire time he was talking. My face wasn't used to being used in this way and hurt afterwards.
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Australians see our political system as less corrupt than the US.
But for anyone feeling complacent, I offer you:
- environment 'protection' reforms
- fossil fuel expansion
- failure to ban gambling ads
- the protection rackets for dodgy providers in #childcare, #agedcare, employment services...
But for anyone feeling complacent, I offer you:
- environment 'protection' reforms
- fossil fuel expansion
- failure to ban gambling ads
- the protection rackets for dodgy providers in #childcare, #agedcare, employment services...
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Australians see our political system as less corrupt than the US.
But for anyone feeling complacent, I offer you:
- environment 'protection' reforms
- fossil fuel expansion
- failure to ban gambling ads
- the protection rackets for dodgy providers in #childcare, #agedcare, employment services...
But for anyone feeling complacent, I offer you:
- environment 'protection' reforms
- fossil fuel expansion
- failure to ban gambling ads
- the protection rackets for dodgy providers in #childcare, #agedcare, employment services...
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Unemployment is a feature of our economic system. It’s designed in.
A pool of unemployed people keeps wages low and ensures there’s always labour available during peak times.
That our government craps on those who are already missing out on many benefits of our society is bizarre and sick.
#AusPol
A pool of unemployed people keeps wages low and ensures there’s always labour available during peak times.
That our government craps on those who are already missing out on many benefits of our society is bizarre and sick.
#AusPol
How Centrelink illegally cancelled jobseeker payments – podcast
Inequality reporter Cait Kelly speaks to Nour Haydar about how an automated system illegally cancelled thousands of Centrelink payments, and the human toll of a broken system
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Unemployment is a feature of our economic system. It’s designed in.
A pool of unemployed people keeps wages low and ensures there’s always labour available during peak times.
That our government craps on those who are already missing out on many benefits of our society is bizarre and sick.
#AusPol
A pool of unemployed people keeps wages low and ensures there’s always labour available during peak times.
That our government craps on those who are already missing out on many benefits of our society is bizarre and sick.
#AusPol
Labor tried to gang up with the coalition against the Greens, on an issue which is the absolute core of the Greens pitch. The coalition's rejection clarifies the situation.
October 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Labor tried to gang up with the coalition against the Greens, on an issue which is the absolute core of the Greens pitch. The coalition's rejection clarifies the situation.
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Australia has used the money of all taxpayers to further advantage some of their children, and further disadvantage others
…this country has used that money to create the very thing public education was originally designed to break down: a class system
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21678/...
…this country has used that money to create the very thing public education was originally designed to break down: a class system
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The segregation crisis in schools funding
In the Albanese government’s first term, Education Minister Jason Clare observed that Australia has one of the most segregated education systems in the OECD. What is deeply shocking – though not surpr...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
September 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Australia has used the money of all taxpayers to further advantage some of their children, and further disadvantage others
…this country has used that money to create the very thing public education was originally designed to break down: a class system
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21678/...
…this country has used that money to create the very thing public education was originally designed to break down: a class system
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21678/...
Australian public education really under threat from these distortions. I'm happy to pay my taxes, but furious to see it creamed off to embed privilege and division
"All schools in receipt of public money must accept in-area enrolments and deal with behaviour issues internally rather than simply expelling troublesome or low-performing students and expecting the public system to pick them up." | Jane Caro satpa.pe/sij8x5v
The segregation crisis in schools funding
satpa.pe
September 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Australian public education really under threat from these distortions. I'm happy to pay my taxes, but furious to see it creamed off to embed privilege and division
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Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner!
“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
Double harvest: Vertical solar panels and crops thrive side by side
Imagine a field where solar panels and crops coexist—with no trade-off. It sounds like science fiction, but that's precisely what researchers from Aarhus University have now documented in a full-scale...
techxplore.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner!
“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
September 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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Brian Krassenstein
“This is America.
This is sick.
This is not what I voted for.”
“This is America.
This is sick.
This is not what I voted for.”
September 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Brian Krassenstein
“This is America.
This is sick.
This is not what I voted for.”
“This is America.
This is sick.
This is not what I voted for.”
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Betteridge's law of headlines* strikes again.
* Any headline framed as a question can very confidently be answered with the word "No".
* Any headline framed as a question can very confidently be answered with the word "No".
Seven years after it was first mooted, the extension of Australia's biggest gas project could not have landed at a more critical juncture for the nation's climate credentials.
Can Australia be both a gas giant and a climate leader?
Seven years after it was first mooted, the extension of Australia's biggest gas project could not have landed at a more critical juncture for the nation's climate credentials.
www.abc.net.au
September 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Betteridge's law of headlines* strikes again.
* Any headline framed as a question can very confidently be answered with the word "No".
* Any headline framed as a question can very confidently be answered with the word "No".
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Those who voted for Tim Wilson should hang their heads in shame.
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What Mark Dreyfus' Parliamentary Address Reveals About Tim Wilson's Campaign Conduct
How to Lobby for Change: Engaging Parliamentary Committees to Reform Our Democracy By Sue Barrett When a seasoned politician like Mark Dreyfus, Australia’s former Attorney-General and a parliamentaria...
theaimn.net
August 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Those who voted for Tim Wilson should hang their heads in shame.
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Islamophobia special envoy Aftab Malik gets emotional as he speaks about some recent Islamophobic incidents in Australia
“A man told a Muslim couple that he would love to kill their 3 children”
Where has media been on this? Silence. #Abc
“A man told a Muslim couple that he would love to kill their 3 children”
Where has media been on this? Silence. #Abc
September 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Islamophobia special envoy Aftab Malik gets emotional as he speaks about some recent Islamophobic incidents in Australia
“A man told a Muslim couple that he would love to kill their 3 children”
Where has media been on this? Silence. #Abc
“A man told a Muslim couple that he would love to kill their 3 children”
Where has media been on this? Silence. #Abc
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Someday we’re going to invent batteries that can store energy and it’s going to be awesome. 🤡
Burgum to CNBC: "The intermittent sources, the unreliable and expensive sources like solar and wind -- you don't know when the wind's gonna blow, we do know when the sun is gonna shine and it's not 24 hours a day."
September 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Someday we’re going to invent batteries that can store energy and it’s going to be awesome. 🤡
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Hard to argue with Ross Gittins. If Albanese plans to just sit on his huge majority without doing anything useful to address climate change, generational inequity, housing, tax rorts and plenty else, he should quit and bequeath the job to someone with the bottle. www.smh.com.au/business/the...
If Albanese’s lost his bottle, he should retire
Under the leadership of Anthony Albanese, Labor has lost its reforming zeal. It knows we have plenty of problems, and would like to do something about them, but not yet.
www.smh.com.au
September 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hard to argue with Ross Gittins. If Albanese plans to just sit on his huge majority without doing anything useful to address climate change, generational inequity, housing, tax rorts and plenty else, he should quit and bequeath the job to someone with the bottle. www.smh.com.au/business/the...
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The antisemitism envoy saying nothing about the Nazi march, meanwhile her husband donates 50k to the people promoting the Nazi march 🧐
September 2, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The antisemitism envoy saying nothing about the Nazi march, meanwhile her husband donates 50k to the people promoting the Nazi march 🧐
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Oh yeah, this, so much this. FMD politics in this country is (to be perfectly blunt) absolutely rooted.
The antisemitism envoy saying nothing about the Nazi march, meanwhile her husband donates 50k to the people promoting the Nazi march 🧐
September 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Oh yeah, this, so much this. FMD politics in this country is (to be perfectly blunt) absolutely rooted.