@potcalling.bsky.social
Chap with 2 greyhounds living in southern Tasmania
Just outside the gate this morning - one Tasmanian Devil!
WOW!
WOW!
December 23, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Just outside the gate this morning - one Tasmanian Devil!
WOW!
WOW!
Greetings from Blondy Sunday morning
December 14, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Greetings from Blondy Sunday morning
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A couple of really small disability-led organisations are about to shut due to a lack of funding, including Brain Injury Matters and Reinforce. Reinforce is famous in our movement here for bolshy activism, led by people with an intellectual disability.
reinforce.org.au/our-history/
reinforce.org.au/our-history/
Our History - Reinforce Self Advocacy: run for and by people with an intellectual disability
Reinforce was started in 1981. We are the longest running self-advocacy group in Victoria! We were a founding member of People First Australia and have led campaigns that SPEAK UP for the rights of p...
reinforce.org.au
December 10, 2024 at 8:50 PM
A couple of really small disability-led organisations are about to shut due to a lack of funding, including Brain Injury Matters and Reinforce. Reinforce is famous in our movement here for bolshy activism, led by people with an intellectual disability.
reinforce.org.au/our-history/
reinforce.org.au/our-history/
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Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand)
Results:
Last week: 100% RE
Last 172 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
Results:
Last week: 100% RE
Last 172 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
December 11, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand)
Results:
Last week: 100% RE
Last 172 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
Results:
Last week: 100% RE
Last 172 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
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Many mosques and Islamic schools have been subjected to similar attacks of arson, vandalism, and racism. We never saw such a rush to condemn and generosity to protect Australian Muslims, nor prime ministers and ministers visiting. #auspol #Synagogue
Who benefits from an attack on the synagogue in Melbourne? - Pearls and Irritations
The synagogue attack, who is behind it? To answer this question, we must determine who benefits from this criminal act.
johnmenadue.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Many mosques and Islamic schools have been subjected to similar attacks of arson, vandalism, and racism. We never saw such a rush to condemn and generosity to protect Australian Muslims, nor prime ministers and ministers visiting. #auspol #Synagogue
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1 million+ Australians are living in poverty now. Families are going without meals. Struggling to even keep their utilities on and pay the rent. So remember next time Dutton is punching down on another marginalised group it’s to distract you from fact has no plan to help families
December 11, 2024 at 10:18 PM
1 million+ Australians are living in poverty now. Families are going without meals. Struggling to even keep their utilities on and pay the rent. So remember next time Dutton is punching down on another marginalised group it’s to distract you from fact has no plan to help families
Social security in Australia is a cruel joke
“They just don’t get it. There is a massive gap between government rhetoric and our reality”
They get it alright
Deliberate cruelty
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“They just don’t get it. There is a massive gap between government rhetoric and our reality”
They get it alright
Deliberate cruelty
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Welfare payments to increase for 1 million Australians but advocates say it’s not enough
Anti-poverty activists say indexed rise in Centrelink payments on 1 January won’t cover soaring rent and the high cost of living
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Social security in Australia is a cruel joke
“They just don’t get it. There is a massive gap between government rhetoric and our reality”
They get it alright
Deliberate cruelty
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“They just don’t get it. There is a massive gap between government rhetoric and our reality”
They get it alright
Deliberate cruelty
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
30 wasted months thanks to timid & gutless @AlboMP & @AustralianLabor
Yawning & disastrous gulf between Australians & the duopoly, neither party is fit to govern
johnmenadue.com/weve-entered...
Yawning & disastrous gulf between Australians & the duopoly, neither party is fit to govern
johnmenadue.com/weve-entered...
We’ve entered the era of gutless government - Pearls and Irritations
Labor in 2.5 years turned its mind to many of the problems left by its Liberal predecessors, did a bit to help, but never nearly enough.
johnmenadue.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:18 PM
30 wasted months thanks to timid & gutless @AlboMP & @AustralianLabor
Yawning & disastrous gulf between Australians & the duopoly, neither party is fit to govern
johnmenadue.com/weve-entered...
Yawning & disastrous gulf between Australians & the duopoly, neither party is fit to govern
johnmenadue.com/weve-entered...
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David Crisafulli told Kerry O'Brien in 2023 that he wouldn't be a leader to lock people into a party position on a conscience vote issue. He's just locked his whole side into the Termination of Pregnancy Act for the term. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10...
December 10, 2024 at 8:22 AM
David Crisafulli told Kerry O'Brien in 2023 that he wouldn't be a leader to lock people into a party position on a conscience vote issue. He's just locked his whole side into the Termination of Pregnancy Act for the term. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10...
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Watch your step!
A jetty poking out into Proper Bay, Eyre Peninsula, on one of those spectacular mornings.
A jetty poking out into Proper Bay, Eyre Peninsula, on one of those spectacular mornings.
December 10, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Watch your step!
A jetty poking out into Proper Bay, Eyre Peninsula, on one of those spectacular mornings.
A jetty poking out into Proper Bay, Eyre Peninsula, on one of those spectacular mornings.
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When politicians allowed housing to become an “investment
When social housing was sold off
When no more social housing was built
We end up with enhanced homelessness
It’s political
Its policy
When social housing was sold off
When no more social housing was built
We end up with enhanced homelessness
It’s political
Its policy
This piece from @daisydumas.bsky.social reflecting on what she has learned writing up @australia.theguardian.com's latest series on the housing crisis is ... harrowing ... and should be a wake-up call for all politicians www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
People are exhausted, angry, and anxious: what I learned from your stories of Australia's housing affordability crisis | Daisy Dumas
Hundreds of reader replies about housing create a picture of overwhelming insecurity. People across the income spectrum are being forced to change the way they live
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:03 PM
When politicians allowed housing to become an “investment
When social housing was sold off
When no more social housing was built
We end up with enhanced homelessness
It’s political
Its policy
When social housing was sold off
When no more social housing was built
We end up with enhanced homelessness
It’s political
Its policy
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The Koala is a marsupial and considered endangered by the Australian government after the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires. The koala population dropped by 30% between 2018 and 2021. Threats to koalas include habitat loss, deforestation, urbanization, droughts, and bushfires
December 10, 2024 at 8:56 PM
The Koala is a marsupial and considered endangered by the Australian government after the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires. The koala population dropped by 30% between 2018 and 2021. Threats to koalas include habitat loss, deforestation, urbanization, droughts, and bushfires
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Prosecutors are cowards. The good man defence succeeds again. Won’t go to jail and will retain custody of his kids.
December 10, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Prosecutors are cowards. The good man defence succeeds again. Won’t go to jail and will retain custody of his kids.
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FUCK SAKE
91 DEAD WOMEN AS OF TODAY IN AUSTRALIA
ALL MURDERED
MANY MUTILATED
DISMEMBERED
THROWN AWAY
BUT SURE LET’s FOCUS ALL THE NATION’s ATTENTION ON ONE BURNT BUILDING
91 DEAD WOMEN AS OF TODAY IN AUSTRALIA
ALL MURDERED
MANY MUTILATED
DISMEMBERED
THROWN AWAY
BUT SURE LET’s FOCUS ALL THE NATION’s ATTENTION ON ONE BURNT BUILDING
December 9, 2024 at 8:52 AM
FUCK SAKE
91 DEAD WOMEN AS OF TODAY IN AUSTRALIA
ALL MURDERED
MANY MUTILATED
DISMEMBERED
THROWN AWAY
BUT SURE LET’s FOCUS ALL THE NATION’s ATTENTION ON ONE BURNT BUILDING
91 DEAD WOMEN AS OF TODAY IN AUSTRALIA
ALL MURDERED
MANY MUTILATED
DISMEMBERED
THROWN AWAY
BUT SURE LET’s FOCUS ALL THE NATION’s ATTENTION ON ONE BURNT BUILDING
Doh! We all know how well prohibition works & yet Albanese proceeded with the madness of banning SM for under 16s. Bound to blow up
This country restricted young people from video games. But kids are evading the bans
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
This country restricted young people from video games. But kids are evading the bans
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
This country restricted young people from video games. But kids are evading the bans
Parental anxiety paved the way for strict regulations on children's online gaming to be implemented.
www.sbs.com.au
December 9, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Doh! We all know how well prohibition works & yet Albanese proceeded with the madness of banning SM for under 16s. Bound to blow up
This country restricted young people from video games. But kids are evading the bans
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
This country restricted young people from video games. But kids are evading the bans
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Murdoch is NOT right wing or a Conservative.
He’s a new breed of cultural war monger who sells division for personal power. He promotes inferior political actors for self enrichment. Wake up mainstream media - are you asleep at the wheel? #Gooddecision
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...
He’s a new breed of cultural war monger who sells division for personal power. He promotes inferior political actors for self enrichment. Wake up mainstream media - are you asleep at the wheel? #Gooddecision
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...
Rupert Murdoch Fails in Bid to Change Family Trust
A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly against Mr. Murdoch, who was trying to give full control of his empire to his son Lachlan and lock in Fox News’s right-wing editorial slant.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Murdoch is NOT right wing or a Conservative.
He’s a new breed of cultural war monger who sells division for personal power. He promotes inferior political actors for self enrichment. Wake up mainstream media - are you asleep at the wheel? #Gooddecision
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...
He’s a new breed of cultural war monger who sells division for personal power. He promotes inferior political actors for self enrichment. Wake up mainstream media - are you asleep at the wheel? #Gooddecision
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...
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I dunno about you, but I'm not sure "doubling down" is quite the word for "reiterates data based conclusion"
After heavy criticism, Australia's leading science agency doubles down its findings that the cost of nuclear power for Australia would likely be double that of renewable energy, and it would take at least 15 years for a plant to be built.
CSIRO reaffirms nuclear power likely to cost twice as much as renewables
After heavy criticism, Australia's leading science agency doubles down its findings that the cost of nuclear power for Australia would likely be double that of renewable energy, and it would take at least 15 years for a plant to be built.
www.abc.net.au
December 8, 2024 at 7:21 PM
I dunno about you, but I'm not sure "doubling down" is quite the word for "reiterates data based conclusion"
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December 9, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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We have a right to social security and to be treated with respect. When that payment doesn’t cover the basics it’s not respectful.
December 9, 2024 at 5:27 AM
We have a right to social security and to be treated with respect. When that payment doesn’t cover the basics it’s not respectful.
Everyday we wake up & bloody hell the world has got just that little bit worse
Every bloody day!
Every bloody day!
December 9, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Everyday we wake up & bloody hell the world has got just that little bit worse
Every bloody day!
Every bloody day!
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Did you guys know that Israel has genocide tourism?
Only in Israel, tourists and school children go on trips to witness Israel’s genocide live!
Only in Israel, tourists and school children go on trips to witness Israel’s genocide live!
December 9, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Did you guys know that Israel has genocide tourism?
Only in Israel, tourists and school children go on trips to witness Israel’s genocide live!
Only in Israel, tourists and school children go on trips to witness Israel’s genocide live!
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