Jon
@pheonixed.bsky.social
He/Him. Born on unceded Kaurna land at 319.08 ppm. Chaotic Good. On your left. Sociology graduate.
Eat the rich by whatever method necessary.
Eat the rich by whatever method necessary.
Pinned
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As it’s Sunday, take a moment to imagine how good life would be if your neighbourhood was built for people.
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
As it’s Sunday, take a moment to imagine how good life would be if your neighbourhood was built for people.
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The Australian Government for the past five years has been pushing weapons sales into the UAE at an astonishing scale. This is the result. Australia tying itself to more appalling war crimes, now in Sudan.
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The Australian Government for the past five years has been pushing weapons sales into the UAE at an astonishing scale. This is the result. Australia tying itself to more appalling war crimes, now in Sudan.
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The problem with politicians is that they are politicians.
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The problem with politicians is that they are politicians.
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Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
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Both major parties have voted against a duty of care for future generations included in climate legislation, as well as having fought against it in court. Children are to inherit our consequences, but have no say in the decision-making.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
#climatecrisis #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
No saving the Coalition – and that should be a warning to Labor
Labor is trying to present itself as the adult in the room, by pointing to the opposition's tantrums. That’s not governing, it’s babysitting.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Both major parties have voted against a duty of care for future generations included in climate legislation, as well as having fought against it in court. Children are to inherit our consequences, but have no say in the decision-making.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
#climatecrisis #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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It’s kinda amusing: ‘progressive media’ has tried for years and failed. Now it’s the turn of the federal coalition … you can’t appease the right. You will never give them enough. They don’t want to make peace, they want to destroy you. They hate you.
November 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It’s kinda amusing: ‘progressive media’ has tried for years and failed. Now it’s the turn of the federal coalition … you can’t appease the right. You will never give them enough. They don’t want to make peace, they want to destroy you. They hate you.
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Climate warming
The real news is likely to be far worse than 2.6ºC warming but I guess we're taking slow ... like frogs boiling in water
The Australian Duopoly decides climate change doesn't need attention
IDEOLOGY not SOLUTIONS
𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍?
The real news is likely to be far worse than 2.6ºC warming but I guess we're taking slow ... like frogs boiling in water
The Australian Duopoly decides climate change doesn't need attention
IDEOLOGY not SOLUTIONS
𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍?
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Climate warming
The real news is likely to be far worse than 2.6ºC warming but I guess we're taking slow ... like frogs boiling in water
The Australian Duopoly decides climate change doesn't need attention
IDEOLOGY not SOLUTIONS
𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍?
The real news is likely to be far worse than 2.6ºC warming but I guess we're taking slow ... like frogs boiling in water
The Australian Duopoly decides climate change doesn't need attention
IDEOLOGY not SOLUTIONS
𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍?
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For a Coalition desperate to prove it can govern again, ignoring millennials and gen Z is a curious kind of strategy.
#climatecrisis #LNPfail #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#climatecrisis #LNPfail #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Liberal party’s betrayal of younger voters on net zero isn’t just a moral failure – it’s electoral stupidity | Intifar Chowdhury
For a Coalition desperate to prove it can govern again, ignoring millennials and gen Z is a curious kind of strategy
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
For a Coalition desperate to prove it can govern again, ignoring millennials and gen Z is a curious kind of strategy.
#climatecrisis #LNPfail #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#climatecrisis #LNPfail #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“The government is cherrypicking available science in its attempts to reassure UNESCO enough is being done to address the destruction of World Heritage caused by the salmon industry.
"This is simply not the case."
-Australia Institute Tasmania Director Eloise Carr
#auspol @eloise-carr.bsky.social
"This is simply not the case."
-Australia Institute Tasmania Director Eloise Carr
#auspol @eloise-carr.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
“The government is cherrypicking available science in its attempts to reassure UNESCO enough is being done to address the destruction of World Heritage caused by the salmon industry.
"This is simply not the case."
-Australia Institute Tasmania Director Eloise Carr
#auspol @eloise-carr.bsky.social
"This is simply not the case."
-Australia Institute Tasmania Director Eloise Carr
#auspol @eloise-carr.bsky.social
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Floods have devalued Australian homes by $42bn. Experts say that’s the cost of ‘a changing climate’.
Of the 2m flood-prone houses across the country, at least 70% have had values reduced.
#climatecrisis #floods #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Of the 2m flood-prone houses across the country, at least 70% have had values reduced.
#climatecrisis #floods #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Floods have devalued Australian homes by $42bn. Experts say that’s the cost of ‘a changing climate’
Of the 2m flood-prone houses across the country, at least 70% have had values reduced, a new report by Climate Council and PropTrack has found
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Floods have devalued Australian homes by $42bn. Experts say that’s the cost of ‘a changing climate’.
Of the 2m flood-prone houses across the country, at least 70% have had values reduced.
#climatecrisis #floods #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Of the 2m flood-prone houses across the country, at least 70% have had values reduced.
#climatecrisis #floods #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I know I’ve said this more than once, and I know it’s really obvious, but taking the train between cities in Europe is just fantastic. So easy.
One of the dumbest mistakes North America ever made, and continues to make, is doing so relatively little with trains. Train networks are nation-building.
One of the dumbest mistakes North America ever made, and continues to make, is doing so relatively little with trains. Train networks are nation-building.
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I know I’ve said this more than once, and I know it’s really obvious, but taking the train between cities in Europe is just fantastic. So easy.
One of the dumbest mistakes North America ever made, and continues to make, is doing so relatively little with trains. Train networks are nation-building.
One of the dumbest mistakes North America ever made, and continues to make, is doing so relatively little with trains. Train networks are nation-building.
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My career to this point is very much a case of "fuck it, someone needs to 🤷♂️"
It boggles my mind that you've taken up this role David (been following your writing since you used to write on videogames), that because our journalism institutions have failed us so badly, people like yourself are stepping up to the role with a mentality of 'I guess I'll do the journalism myself'.
October 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
My career to this point is very much a case of "fuck it, someone needs to 🤷♂️"
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#SundayShot
Dave: I assume these people [press gallery] would feel pangs of shame
Chris Hedges: I don't think these people feel any shame at all ...
The self-adulation is kind of off the charts, and they're not particularly introspective or self-critical
👇🏽
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...
Dave: I assume these people [press gallery] would feel pangs of shame
Chris Hedges: I don't think these people feel any shame at all ...
The self-adulation is kind of off the charts, and they're not particularly introspective or self-critical
👇🏽
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...
October 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
#SundayShot
Dave: I assume these people [press gallery] would feel pangs of shame
Chris Hedges: I don't think these people feel any shame at all ...
The self-adulation is kind of off the charts, and they're not particularly introspective or self-critical
👇🏽
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...
Dave: I assume these people [press gallery] would feel pangs of shame
Chris Hedges: I don't think these people feel any shame at all ...
The self-adulation is kind of off the charts, and they're not particularly introspective or self-critical
👇🏽
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...
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I interviewed Pulitzer Prize winning war correspondent Chris Hedges for an hour about the Western media betrayal of Palestinian journalists, the National Press Club of Australia, fascism and a violent empire in decline.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...
Chris Hedges talks with Dave about journalism, censorship and empire
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
www.youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I interviewed Pulitzer Prize winning war correspondent Chris Hedges for an hour about the Western media betrayal of Palestinian journalists, the National Press Club of Australia, fascism and a violent empire in decline.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...
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Recommended viewing:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_03...
Sarah Swartz is from the Jewish Council of Australia. What she says, particularly in the last ten minutes or so, gives some insights into the impacts of Israel's behaviour on Jewish Australians.
#AusPol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_03...
Sarah Swartz is from the Jewish Council of Australia. What she says, particularly in the last ten minutes or so, gives some insights into the impacts of Israel's behaviour on Jewish Australians.
#AusPol
SUNDAY SHOT - OCT 19 - CHRIS HEDGES, SARAH SCHWARTZ, SCOTT BURCHILL
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
www.youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Recommended viewing:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_03...
Sarah Swartz is from the Jewish Council of Australia. What she says, particularly in the last ten minutes or so, gives some insights into the impacts of Israel's behaviour on Jewish Australians.
#AusPol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_03...
Sarah Swartz is from the Jewish Council of Australia. What she says, particularly in the last ten minutes or so, gives some insights into the impacts of Israel's behaviour on Jewish Australians.
#AusPol
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C.S. Lewis with a pragmatic and courageous perspective for us all.
October 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
C.S. Lewis with a pragmatic and courageous perspective for us all.
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So no terrorism then?
October 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So no terrorism then?
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You can judge any city by the quality and vitality of its places for public life. Here in Torino Italy it’s the many piazzas, the pedestrian streets, & the public market. Many cities had to claim these places back from cars.
Don’t have those kinds of places in your city? Are you sure you’re a city?
Don’t have those kinds of places in your city? Are you sure you’re a city?
October 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
You can judge any city by the quality and vitality of its places for public life. Here in Torino Italy it’s the many piazzas, the pedestrian streets, & the public market. Many cities had to claim these places back from cars.
Don’t have those kinds of places in your city? Are you sure you’re a city?
Don’t have those kinds of places in your city? Are you sure you’re a city?
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Earlier this year (January 2025) Special Envoy Jillian Segal confirms the US govt lobbied and convinced the Aust Govt to get her position established.
www.c-span.org/clip/public-...
www.c-span.org/clip/public-...
User Clip: Jillian Segal
US applies pressure on Australia to introduce Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism.
www.c-span.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Earlier this year (January 2025) Special Envoy Jillian Segal confirms the US govt lobbied and convinced the Aust Govt to get her position established.
www.c-span.org/clip/public-...
www.c-span.org/clip/public-...
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Fantastic.
I can't think of two people better suited to each other.
They'll need a larger meeting room to fit both egos in the door, and they'll need to buy a bigger bar fridge.
And just like the Mark Latham debacle, I give it 12 months.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
I can't think of two people better suited to each other.
They'll need a larger meeting room to fit both egos in the door, and they'll need to buy a bigger bar fridge.
And just like the Mark Latham debacle, I give it 12 months.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Barnaby Joyce in advanced talks with Pauline Hanson
A shock defection by the former Nationals leader to Hanson’s party would cause another headache for the Coalition.
www.smh.com.au
October 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Fantastic.
I can't think of two people better suited to each other.
They'll need a larger meeting room to fit both egos in the door, and they'll need to buy a bigger bar fridge.
And just like the Mark Latham debacle, I give it 12 months.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
I can't think of two people better suited to each other.
They'll need a larger meeting room to fit both egos in the door, and they'll need to buy a bigger bar fridge.
And just like the Mark Latham debacle, I give it 12 months.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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I feel like a disabled autistic 15 year old child going missing and ending up with ICE/HHS should be far bigger news.
Especially considering he’s been located yet NOT returned to his mother.
This is kidnapping.
Yet the combination of racism & ableism means it gets ignored.
Especially considering he’s been located yet NOT returned to his mother.
This is kidnapping.
Yet the combination of racism & ableism means it gets ignored.
www.newsnationnow.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I feel like a disabled autistic 15 year old child going missing and ending up with ICE/HHS should be far bigger news.
Especially considering he’s been located yet NOT returned to his mother.
This is kidnapping.
Yet the combination of racism & ableism means it gets ignored.
Especially considering he’s been located yet NOT returned to his mother.
This is kidnapping.
Yet the combination of racism & ableism means it gets ignored.
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"Soon after Labor’s thumping election win, Jim Chalmers was assuring doubters he would not be ‘changing policies we took to the election’," writes Paul Bongiorno. “Within three months, however, that determination was undercut by Anthony Albanese…” satpa.pe/ihBfMJ8
Chalmers retreats on super reforms
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October 18, 2025 at 4:24 AM
"Soon after Labor’s thumping election win, Jim Chalmers was assuring doubters he would not be ‘changing policies we took to the election’," writes Paul Bongiorno. “Within three months, however, that determination was undercut by Anthony Albanese…” satpa.pe/ihBfMJ8