Redmond Herring
@redmondherring.bsky.social
Unimpressed by billionaires. Occasionally humorous. Flaneur.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
This is absolutely appalling!
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.
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This is absolutely appalling!
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Australia has an opportunity to reconsider its involvement in AUKUS.
"It’s the biggest transfer of Australian sovereign wealth in our history, and it's had no democratic accountability whatsoever."
- International & Security Affairs Director Dr Emma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
"It’s the biggest transfer of Australian sovereign wealth in our history, and it's had no democratic accountability whatsoever."
- International & Security Affairs Director Dr Emma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
October 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Australia has an opportunity to reconsider its involvement in AUKUS.
"It’s the biggest transfer of Australian sovereign wealth in our history, and it's had no democratic accountability whatsoever."
- International & Security Affairs Director Dr Emma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
"It’s the biggest transfer of Australian sovereign wealth in our history, and it's had no democratic accountability whatsoever."
- International & Security Affairs Director Dr Emma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
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When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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On this day 46 years ago, Exxon's chief scientist working on carbon dioxide build-up said he agreed with the American Petroleum Institute's "no research on CO2" position...
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September 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
On this day 46 years ago, Exxon's chief scientist working on carbon dioxide build-up said he agreed with the American Petroleum Institute's "no research on CO2" position...
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You’re not allowed to ask Bob Katter about his Lebanese ancestry, as that’s considered to be tabooli in his culture
* I will let myself out *
* I will let myself out *
August 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
You’re not allowed to ask Bob Katter about his Lebanese ancestry, as that’s considered to be tabooli in his culture
* I will let myself out *
* I will let myself out *
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1. Some people align their morality with the law, and consider breaking it to be immoral, even when the law is oppressive.
I point them to my Dutch in-laws, who broke the law by sheltering a Jewish boy, and the Nazi soldiers and Dutch police, whose raids seeking criminals like them upheld the law.🧵
I point them to my Dutch in-laws, who broke the law by sheltering a Jewish boy, and the Nazi soldiers and Dutch police, whose raids seeking criminals like them upheld the law.🧵
July 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
1. Some people align their morality with the law, and consider breaking it to be immoral, even when the law is oppressive.
I point them to my Dutch in-laws, who broke the law by sheltering a Jewish boy, and the Nazi soldiers and Dutch police, whose raids seeking criminals like them upheld the law.🧵
I point them to my Dutch in-laws, who broke the law by sheltering a Jewish boy, and the Nazi soldiers and Dutch police, whose raids seeking criminals like them upheld the law.🧵
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Overheard: I'm surprised the nickname “Pedofuhrer" hasn't caught on yet.
July 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Overheard: I'm surprised the nickname “Pedofuhrer" hasn't caught on yet.
This one is definitely worth a read
Here's @omarsakr.bsky.social, making his debut on The Shot. "The end of reality"
The end of reality - The Shot
Our establishment has asked us to believe that up is down, and that might is right. That this slaughter is ok. They are lying to you.
theshot.net.au
June 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
This one is definitely worth a read
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I mean it - ignore them.
They are not relevant to any policy discussion.
Their votes are not needed to pass any legislation.
Their power of opposition is imaginary.
Leave them behind.
And do the same to news.corp.
They are not relevant to any policy discussion.
Their votes are not needed to pass any legislation.
Their power of opposition is imaginary.
Leave them behind.
And do the same to news.corp.
Ted O'Brien. All the lulz.
Ahh well.
Ok put them on ignore and put your focus on getting the ALP to change the country for the better.
#TaxGasDentalInMedicare
Ahh well.
Ok put them on ignore and put your focus on getting the ALP to change the country for the better.
#TaxGasDentalInMedicare
May 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I mean it - ignore them.
They are not relevant to any policy discussion.
Their votes are not needed to pass any legislation.
Their power of opposition is imaginary.
Leave them behind.
And do the same to news.corp.
They are not relevant to any policy discussion.
Their votes are not needed to pass any legislation.
Their power of opposition is imaginary.
Leave them behind.
And do the same to news.corp.
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Too afraid to go shopping in Malvern due to roaming gangs of Amelia Hamer signs
April 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Too afraid to go shopping in Malvern due to roaming gangs of Amelia Hamer signs
I'm guessing the mango moron would have a meltdown
Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary.
I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.
I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.
April 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I'm guessing the mango moron would have a meltdown
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Just a reminder for anyone new or who missed it - The @australiainstitute.org.au starter pack
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March 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Just a reminder for anyone new or who missed it - The @australiainstitute.org.au starter pack
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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11AM: How bad could the new administration be?
4PM: And Elon did that how many times?
4PM: And Elon did that how many times?
January 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
11AM: How bad could the new administration be?
4PM: And Elon did that how many times?
4PM: And Elon did that how many times?
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the directors of coal australia are:
• robert bishop, CEO of new hope group
• nicholas jorss, chairman of bowen coking coal
• michael van maanen, general manager of whitehaven coal
…a bunch of coal men spending coal super-profits pretending to be a grassroots movement.
• robert bishop, CEO of new hope group
• nicholas jorss, chairman of bowen coking coal
• michael van maanen, general manager of whitehaven coal
…a bunch of coal men spending coal super-profits pretending to be a grassroots movement.
January 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
the directors of coal australia are:
• robert bishop, CEO of new hope group
• nicholas jorss, chairman of bowen coking coal
• michael van maanen, general manager of whitehaven coal
…a bunch of coal men spending coal super-profits pretending to be a grassroots movement.
• robert bishop, CEO of new hope group
• nicholas jorss, chairman of bowen coking coal
• michael van maanen, general manager of whitehaven coal
…a bunch of coal men spending coal super-profits pretending to be a grassroots movement.
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2025 is set to be a big year.
Want to keep up with the latest research, analysis, and commentary from our whole team?
Here's a handy starter pack:
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Want to keep up with the latest research, analysis, and commentary from our whole team?
Here's a handy starter pack:
go.bsky.app/NYdgWKn #auspol
January 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
2025 is set to be a big year.
Want to keep up with the latest research, analysis, and commentary from our whole team?
Here's a handy starter pack:
go.bsky.app/NYdgWKn #auspol
Want to keep up with the latest research, analysis, and commentary from our whole team?
Here's a handy starter pack:
go.bsky.app/NYdgWKn #auspol
Howls of derisive laughter directed at the NACC.
THREAD: #NACC dishes out kid glove treatment for #Robodebt6
New FOI material shows the NACC treated the #Robodebt6 with kid gloves offering them free, independent and confidential counselling services.
New FOI material shows the NACC treated the #Robodebt6 with kid gloves offering them free, independent and confidential counselling services.
January 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Howls of derisive laughter directed at the NACC.