John Pollock
@karlcotton.bsky.social
Old lefty,Always learning from history and science. Traumatised adoptee and needs a haircut. In happy and long term relationship. No DMs please 🙏🏽 Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Living on Gumbaynggirr country. Protect Gaia Born 317.73 Now 421.55
🌏 #auspol
🌏 #auspol
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
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Big hugs for Nanna Alex who has just made it back to the beach after her arrest. She’s here with @risingtideaus.bsky.social and says she decided to take direct action to stop the coal ships because as a Professor of Public Health she knows the risks. Wake up #auspol #RisingTide #ClimateAction
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Especially when they're holding shares in businesses which donate generously to your political party or your political campaigns. Follow the money.
November 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Especially when they're holding shares in businesses which donate generously to your political party or your political campaigns. Follow the money.
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James Bradley: “The search for a scientific explanation for South Australia’s unprecedented algal bloom – which decimated marine life, perhaps irreparably – is being frustrated by a political desire for easy answers.”
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 AM
James Bradley: “The search for a scientific explanation for South Australia’s unprecedented algal bloom – which decimated marine life, perhaps irreparably – is being frustrated by a political desire for easy answers.”
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James Bradley: “The first sign that something unusual was happening in SA waters came March 2025. Surfers at Waitpinga, a starkly beautiful beach on the Fleurieu Peninsula, reported the sand was covered with dense, dirty yellow foam and littered with dead fish, octopuses and other marine animals.”
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
James Bradley: “The first sign that something unusual was happening in SA waters came March 2025. Surfers at Waitpinga, a starkly beautiful beach on the Fleurieu Peninsula, reported the sand was covered with dense, dirty yellow foam and littered with dead fish, octopuses and other marine animals.”
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A reminder we are initiating a mass-extinction event. The ‘costs’ of doing so are effectively infinite and cannot be quantified by our barbaric system of money.
Very comprehensive article on the SA algal bloom. A frightening read. Inaction by our governments, insufficient funding to research and failure to acknowledge the impact of global warming on these sort of events.
#auspol
#environment
#extinction
#auspol
#environment
#extinction
The fatal shore
The search for a scientific explanation for South Australia’s unprecedented algal bloom – which decimated marine life, perhaps irreparably – is being frustrated by a political desire for easy answers
themonthly.com.au
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
A reminder we are initiating a mass-extinction event. The ‘costs’ of doing so are effectively infinite and cannot be quantified by our barbaric system of money.
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Neoliberalism at its finest - shareholder protection is of a higher regard then our rivers!
November 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Neoliberalism at its finest - shareholder protection is of a higher regard then our rivers!
Very comprehensive article on the SA algal bloom. A frightening read. Inaction by our governments, insufficient funding to research and failure to acknowledge the impact of global warming on these sort of events.
#auspol
#environment
#extinction
#auspol
#environment
#extinction
The fatal shore
The search for a scientific explanation for South Australia’s unprecedented algal bloom – which decimated marine life, perhaps irreparably – is being frustrated by a political desire for easy answers
themonthly.com.au
November 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Very comprehensive article on the SA algal bloom. A frightening read. Inaction by our governments, insufficient funding to research and failure to acknowledge the impact of global warming on these sort of events.
#auspol
#environment
#extinction
#auspol
#environment
#extinction
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And it doesn't end with the rivers. Excessive nutrients flowing down the Murray-Darling system are at least partially responsible for the devastation being caused by the algal bloom around the S.A. coast.
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
And it doesn't end with the rivers. Excessive nutrients flowing down the Murray-Darling system are at least partially responsible for the devastation being caused by the algal bloom around the S.A. coast.
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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"My poll numbers have never been better."
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"My poll numbers have never been better."
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
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2025 is like: "Here’s your tiny bit of joy… aaaand here’s a fresh pile of global shit to balance it."
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
2025 is like: "Here’s your tiny bit of joy… aaaand here’s a fresh pile of global shit to balance it."
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Please read this & help save the State Library of Victoria, entering its 'now fully trashed' era. I didn't go to uni - for me the Library was higher education in later life, research for my job, a revelation about what ordinary people could have access to. It changed my life. Not just a building.
The State Library of Victoria’s ‘major’ proposed cuts include slashing the number of reference librarians and free computers for public access. Some staff are shocked.
Proposed cuts at State Library of Victoria go against its mission – and will hurt the disadvantaged
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Please read this & help save the State Library of Victoria, entering its 'now fully trashed' era. I didn't go to uni - for me the Library was higher education in later life, research for my job, a revelation about what ordinary people could have access to. It changed my life. Not just a building.
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Here's a cartoon from a few years ago about ole Pauline
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Here's a cartoon from a few years ago about ole Pauline
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
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A fully landlocked province making demands to move anything anywhere while simultaneously threatening to separate is peak stupidity.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
A fully landlocked province making demands to move anything anywhere while simultaneously threatening to separate is peak stupidity.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
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Donald Trump
Is a convicted Felon
Is an adjudicated Rapist
He defames people
He breaks the Law
Often
He is using the Navy
To murder people in boats
He breaks the Law
And EVERYONE knows it
Is a convicted Felon
Is an adjudicated Rapist
He defames people
He breaks the Law
Often
He is using the Navy
To murder people in boats
He breaks the Law
And EVERYONE knows it
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Donald Trump
Is a convicted Felon
Is an adjudicated Rapist
He defames people
He breaks the Law
Often
He is using the Navy
To murder people in boats
He breaks the Law
And EVERYONE knows it
Is a convicted Felon
Is an adjudicated Rapist
He defames people
He breaks the Law
Often
He is using the Navy
To murder people in boats
He breaks the Law
And EVERYONE knows it
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"In 2019, Albanese said, “We don’t need a culture of secrecy. We need a culture of disclosure.”
Well, in 2023, his government’s own formal review put the number of secrecy provisions in commonwealth law at 875. Two years later, there are more, not fewer secrecy offences."
Well, in 2023, his government’s own formal review put the number of secrecy provisions in commonwealth law at 875. Two years later, there are more, not fewer secrecy offences."
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
"In 2019, Albanese said, “We don’t need a culture of secrecy. We need a culture of disclosure.”
Well, in 2023, his government’s own formal review put the number of secrecy provisions in commonwealth law at 875. Two years later, there are more, not fewer secrecy offences."
Well, in 2023, his government’s own formal review put the number of secrecy provisions in commonwealth law at 875. Two years later, there are more, not fewer secrecy offences."
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Another day, another war crime. IDF is home to depraved murderers and psychopaths.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Another day, another war crime. IDF is home to depraved murderers and psychopaths.
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NSW Minns gov: 'No Pride in Genocide' is a statement that's too political and that we can't be seen choosing sides on genocide
Already have 🙄
Jayden Kitchener-Waters: "we won't be going away until he stands in front of the camera and admits that there's a genocide happening in Gaza right now"
Already have 🙄
Jayden Kitchener-Waters: "we won't be going away until he stands in front of the camera and admits that there's a genocide happening in Gaza right now"
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
NSW Minns gov: 'No Pride in Genocide' is a statement that's too political and that we can't be seen choosing sides on genocide
Already have 🙄
Jayden Kitchener-Waters: "we won't be going away until he stands in front of the camera and admits that there's a genocide happening in Gaza right now"
Already have 🙄
Jayden Kitchener-Waters: "we won't be going away until he stands in front of the camera and admits that there's a genocide happening in Gaza right now"
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New fascistic jargon alert. Another copy of Australian policy of dumping people in a foreign country without hope of a future. EU is using concept of “return hubs” as a prison/human warehousing concept for trapping people who don’t meet narrow def of refugees. 😡 Worse than 🇦🇺 Cambodia/Nauru/PNG
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
New fascistic jargon alert. Another copy of Australian policy of dumping people in a foreign country without hope of a future. EU is using concept of “return hubs” as a prison/human warehousing concept for trapping people who don’t meet narrow def of refugees. 😡 Worse than 🇦🇺 Cambodia/Nauru/PNG
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"Thousands of Sudanese women and children in eastern Chad are coping with severe trauma...
With little or no counselling available, many struggle to process their experiences.
Al Jazeera visited the Tulum camp in Iriba, where survivors support one another."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FoQz...
With little or no counselling available, many struggle to process their experiences.
Al Jazeera visited the Tulum camp in Iriba, where survivors support one another."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FoQz...
Survivors of rape among Sudanese refugees in Chad left with little support
m.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"Thousands of Sudanese women and children in eastern Chad are coping with severe trauma...
With little or no counselling available, many struggle to process their experiences.
Al Jazeera visited the Tulum camp in Iriba, where survivors support one another."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FoQz...
With little or no counselling available, many struggle to process their experiences.
Al Jazeera visited the Tulum camp in Iriba, where survivors support one another."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FoQz...