Peter Neale
@peterneale.bsky.social
Happily married for 36 years. Dad, grandad, writer, reader, pétanque player, occasional pessimist. No interest in crypto. Unless we know each other no DMs please. "The universe is not made of atoms; it's made of stories." - Muriel Rukeyser
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Peter Neale
@peterneale.bsky.social
· Dec 3
Away near Kiama for a few days. When I saw Valerie I thought she was pretty cute: great colours and alive with narrative possibility.
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Peter Broelman in Canberra Times
September 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Peter Broelman in Canberra Times
How Peter Dutton misunderstood the Australian heart www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
How Peter Dutton misunderstood the Australian heart
The late Sir Roger Scruton was always among the most admirable and dignified defenders of the tradition of conservatism. He was a British scholar of dignity, humility, intellect and grace. He embodied...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
May 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
How Peter Dutton misunderstood the Australian heart www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
April 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
They’re telling us they’ll be the same as Trump!! #auspol
April 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant que son ordinateur et son téléphone ne soient fouillés.
www.lemonde.fr
March 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
So the Americans are going cold on AUKUS ? Amazing…
Trump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be ‘crazy’ if Taiwan tensions flare
Nominee for undersecretary for defense policy says Aukus deal to deliver Virginia class submarines could leave US sailors ‘vulnerable’
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Trump is clearly preparing for the most treacherous sellout of a European nation since Chamberlain and Hitler carved up Czechoslovakia at Munich in 1938.
U.S. Objects to Calling Russia ‘Aggressor’ in G7 Statement on Ukraine Invasion
The American opposition to a draft of a Group of 7 statement marking the third anniversary of Russia’s attack on Ukraine comes after President Trump blamed Kyiv for starting the war.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Trump is clearly preparing for the most treacherous sellout of a European nation since Chamberlain and Hitler carved up Czechoslovakia at Munich in 1938.
TikTok - Make Your Day
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February 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
TikTok - Make Your Day
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February 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
How the Murdoch Shitigraph tried to whip up social hatred and division, only to have it blow up in their faces. What a disgusting stunt, but typical Murdoch shit.
Inside News Corp’s backfired 'UNDERCOVERJEW' operation
The Daily Telegraph planned a story featuring an ‘undercover Jewish man’ using covert recording eyewear. CCTV footage shows it didn’t go as planned.
www.crikey.com.au
February 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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I’m not sure what this means for the United States, but as a scholar and author this is concerning:
More than half of all adults in the USA have a literacy below the 6th-grade level. A fifth of all adults in the US are illiterate. www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literac...
More than half of all adults in the USA have a literacy below the 6th-grade level. A fifth of all adults in the US are illiterate. www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literac...
February 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I’m not sure what this means for the United States, but as a scholar and author this is concerning:
More than half of all adults in the USA have a literacy below the 6th-grade level. A fifth of all adults in the US are illiterate. www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literac...
More than half of all adults in the USA have a literacy below the 6th-grade level. A fifth of all adults in the US are illiterate. www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literac...
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The Herald squibbed this picture. The guardian did not.
January 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The Herald squibbed this picture. The guardian did not.
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Dutton sabotaged Labor’s plan to provide a free, nutritious meal to millions of school children, many of whom live in poverty, for cheap political points….so that he can score cheaper political points by ensuring free gourmet meals for wealthy business people
What an a*sehole!
What a Liberal!
What an a*sehole!
What a Liberal!
January 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Dutton sabotaged Labor’s plan to provide a free, nutritious meal to millions of school children, many of whom live in poverty, for cheap political points….so that he can score cheaper political points by ensuring free gourmet meals for wealthy business people
What an a*sehole!
What a Liberal!
What an a*sehole!
What a Liberal!
Forty percent of construction workers in California are immigrants.
10-15% are undocumented.
Who will rebuild Los Angeles after the fires?
Immigrants.
eyeonhousing.org/2023/04/stat...
10-15% are undocumented.
Who will rebuild Los Angeles after the fires?
Immigrants.
eyeonhousing.org/2023/04/stat...
States and Construction Trades Most Reliant on Immigrant Workers, 2021
Earlier this year, we published a post highlighting a continuing high reliance of construction on immigrant workers post pandemic. Immigrants make one in four construction workers. The share is signif...
eyeonhousing.org
January 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Accused by a whistleblower of covering up an oil spill that killed dolphins and sea snakes, Santos get fined just $10k 🤯
Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Gas giant Santos fined $10,000 for 25,000-litre oil spill off Pilbara coast
The energy giant has pleaded guilty to causing an oil spill in 2022, that leaked 25,000 litres of oil off WA's north-west coast. Santos will pay a $10,000 fine and $9,700 in court costs for failing to...
www.abc.net.au
January 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Accused by a whistleblower of covering up an oil spill that killed dolphins and sea snakes, Santos get fined just $10k 🤯
Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
