Ken Scott
@kenscott-bne.bsky.social
Brisbane resident born in Scotland. Lived and worked in UK, PNG, Australia, UAE and Qatar. Interests include information literacy and learning in a second language, transnational higher education, the migrant and expatriate experience, genealogy
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If the last three days demonstrate one thing, it's that the right (via the media) controls the narrative in this country.
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
December 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If the last three days demonstrate one thing, it's that the right (via the media) controls the narrative in this country.
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
Who's going to stand up and make Nazis ashamed again? - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/whos-go...
Who's going to stand up and make Nazis ashamed again?
A "March for Australia" rally sounds benign, but people who plan to attend the "March for Australia" rallies around the country on Sunday will almost certainly be marching alongside white supremacists...
australiainstitute.org.au
August 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Who's going to stand up and make Nazis ashamed again? - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/whos-go...
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The same groups advising on how to disarm the intergenerational economic bombs that have started to explode are the same groups that helped set them, writes Amy Remeikis.
Australia's capital class remains too focused on profit to truly address productivity
www.crikey.com.au
August 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The same groups advising on how to disarm the intergenerational economic bombs that have started to explode are the same groups that helped set them, writes Amy Remeikis.
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Coverage of the Harbour Bridge protest varied wildly depending on the editorial bent of the outlet and the increasingly polarised audiences they serve. Crikey rounded up who reported what.
A study in contrasts: Comparing how media outlets covered the Harbour Bridge protest
One of Australia's most iconic landmarks was host to more than 100,000 protesters marching in torrential rain in support of the Palestinian cause. Here's how media outlets covered the demonstration.
www.crikey.com.au
August 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Coverage of the Harbour Bridge protest varied wildly depending on the editorial bent of the outlet and the increasingly polarised audiences they serve. Crikey rounded up who reported what.
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Whoops
Don't ya just love live TV?
Don't ya just love live TV?
July 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Whoops
Don't ya just love live TV?
Don't ya just love live TV?
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Reconciliation.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
May 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Reconciliation.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
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Unreal: To sustain his lie about a "genocide" of "white farmers" while meeting with the South African president, Trump used a photo of war deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
I looked into this a bit more. It's worse than it first appeared. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
I looked into this a bit more. It's worse than it first appeared. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
Trump’s Lie about Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque
That photo he brandished to Cyril Ramaphosa was from the Democratic Republic of Congo—whose refugees the Trump administration is pointedly not welcoming to America.
newrepublic.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Unreal: To sustain his lie about a "genocide" of "white farmers" while meeting with the South African president, Trump used a photo of war deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
I looked into this a bit more. It's worse than it first appeared. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
I looked into this a bit more. It's worse than it first appeared. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
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Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
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Good bit of reporting, this. Advance portrays itself as a grassroots outfit, but it’s actually a front for some singularly unpleasant oligarchs and their nasty mates.
‘Copied the MAGA model’: The ‘grassroots’ lobby group funded by some of Australia’s richest
The Advance propaganda machine is aimed at ordinary Australians but backed by some of our wealthiest – and has links to a right-wing US foundation.
www.smh.com.au
April 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Good bit of reporting, this. Advance portrays itself as a grassroots outfit, but it’s actually a front for some singularly unpleasant oligarchs and their nasty mates.
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Crowded room.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
April 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Crowded room.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
This not really a debate. It is Speers interviewing them side by side, Insiders style. #leadersdebate
April 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This not really a debate. It is Speers interviewing them side by side, Insiders style. #leadersdebate
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It's a straightforward relationship: high #inequality leads to the triumph of the far right. It will keep winning until governments deliberately seek to make societies more equal. I'm looking at you, Keir Starmer.
This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot
Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It's a straightforward relationship: high #inequality leads to the triumph of the far right. It will keep winning until governments deliberately seek to make societies more equal. I'm looking at you, Keir Starmer.
This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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One of the most powerful forces in politics is the urge to destroy that from which you are excluded. This is why, in the highly unequal US, support for Trump holds up even as he trashes everything that makes a good society. Equality is key to preventing fascism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot
Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
One of the most powerful forces in politics is the urge to destroy that from which you are excluded. This is why, in the highly unequal US, support for Trump holds up even as he trashes everything that makes a good society. Equality is key to preventing fascism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is what you call two different readouts of the same meeting.
Go Denmark, Go Greenland!
Go Denmark, Go Greenland!
April 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is what you call two different readouts of the same meeting.
Go Denmark, Go Greenland!
Go Denmark, Go Greenland!
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Peter Dutton says he'll fly immediately to Washington if he becomes PM. But it's undignified and dumb to rush to be a supplicant, kowtowing to Trump on day one. Better to be reserved and ready to deal the strategic cards we do have at hand to resist trade coercion. #auspol
March 20, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Peter Dutton says he'll fly immediately to Washington if he becomes PM. But it's undignified and dumb to rush to be a supplicant, kowtowing to Trump on day one. Better to be reserved and ready to deal the strategic cards we do have at hand to resist trade coercion. #auspol
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This footage of ICE arresting Palestinian activist and Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil was just released by the ACLU.
ICE: “Stop resisting”
Khalil’s wife: “He’s not resisting”
ICE: “Stop resisting”
Khalil’s wife: “He’s not resisting”
March 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This footage of ICE arresting Palestinian activist and Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil was just released by the ACLU.
ICE: “Stop resisting”
Khalil’s wife: “He’s not resisting”
ICE: “Stop resisting”
Khalil’s wife: “He’s not resisting”
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"Let me say it slowly... you say he broke the law. The White House says he didn't. Check with the White House on talking points before you come on TV."
I explained to GOP Congressman Dan Crenshaw why he's wrong about the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.
Full debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbDh...
I explained to GOP Congressman Dan Crenshaw why he's wrong about the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.
Full debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbDh...
March 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Let me say it slowly... you say he broke the law. The White House says he didn't. Check with the White House on talking points before you come on TV."
I explained to GOP Congressman Dan Crenshaw why he's wrong about the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.
Full debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbDh...
I explained to GOP Congressman Dan Crenshaw why he's wrong about the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.
Full debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbDh...
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ICYMI- yesterday's #auspol cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:56 PM
ICYMI- yesterday's #auspol cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com
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A tax system that incentivises people buying big utes for "work" is terrible for the environment.
Emissions from passenger cars have fallen since 2005.
But that has been more than cancelled out by the increase in emissions from utes and other light commercial vehicles.
Emissions from passenger cars have fallen since 2005.
But that has been more than cancelled out by the increase in emissions from utes and other light commercial vehicles.
November 29, 2024 at 12:17 AM
A tax system that incentivises people buying big utes for "work" is terrible for the environment.
Emissions from passenger cars have fallen since 2005.
But that has been more than cancelled out by the increase in emissions from utes and other light commercial vehicles.
Emissions from passenger cars have fallen since 2005.
But that has been more than cancelled out by the increase in emissions from utes and other light commercial vehicles.
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Opinion polls are inaccurate, distort political debate and should be banned during the final weeks of an election campaign.
That’s the view of the strategist who led the British Conservative Party’s operations in 2024 and 2019.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/ban-...
That’s the view of the strategist who led the British Conservative Party’s operations in 2024 and 2019.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/ban-...
November 20, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Opinion polls are inaccurate, distort political debate and should be banned during the final weeks of an election campaign.
That’s the view of the strategist who led the British Conservative Party’s operations in 2024 and 2019.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/ban-...
That’s the view of the strategist who led the British Conservative Party’s operations in 2024 and 2019.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/ban-...