Noel
@stretch4567.bsky.social
Software engineer, live and let live, moderate, active, Qld, classical gutarist.
Abhors extremes (Musk, Trump, Zucker, Netanyahu..), rejects tobacco, alcohol and most gambling.
Abhors extremes (Musk, Trump, Zucker, Netanyahu..), rejects tobacco, alcohol and most gambling.
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Always loved this one! RIP Chris.
Chris Rea - Fool If You Think Its Over (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Chris Rea
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Always loved this one! RIP Chris.
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Your can't not smile music suggestion for tonight
White Freight Liner Blues | Collaborations | Tommy Emmanuel & Molly Tuttle
YouTube video by Tommy Emmanuel, CGP
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Your can't not smile music suggestion for tonight
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Dann Huff's newish album "When words aren't enough" is the best guitar album I've heard since Andy Timmons "That Was Then This Is Now". Turn it up music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
When Words Aren't Enough - Album by Dann Huff
Listen to When Words Aren't Enough by Dann Huff on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.
music.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Dann Huff's newish album "When words aren't enough" is the best guitar album I've heard since Andy Timmons "That Was Then This Is Now". Turn it up music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Allowing unrestricted gas exports from the east coast of Australia has resulted in domestic wholesale gas prices more than tripling and electricity prices doubling, our research found.
Read:
Read:
Gas exports have tripled Australian gas prices and doubled electricity prices
New Australia Institute research reveals that gas exports have led to the tripling of wholesale east coast gas prices and doubling of electricity prices, since exports began in 2015.
australiainstitute.org.au
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Allowing unrestricted gas exports from the east coast of Australia has resulted in domestic wholesale gas prices more than tripling and electricity prices doubling, our research found.
Read:
Read:
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If America still had a fully functioning democracy, Donald Trump’s speech Tuesday to the assembled generals would have ended his presidency.
An Autocracy of Dunces
How stone-faced generals, Wall Street pushback, and a government shutdown may save America’s quickly declining democracy
paulkrugman.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If America still had a fully functioning democracy, Donald Trump’s speech Tuesday to the assembled generals would have ended his presidency.
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Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
September 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
There is no ‘Trump doctrine’ in foreign policy. Just chaos -
Sidney Blumenthal
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sidney Blumenthal
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There is no ‘Trump Doctrine’ in foreign policy. Just chaos | Sidney Blumenthal
The recent summit meeting in Alaska between Trump and Putin was nothing short of a theater of the absurd
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
There is no ‘Trump doctrine’ in foreign policy. Just chaos -
Sidney Blumenthal
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sidney Blumenthal
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨Antisemitism boss Jillian Segal and her husband are the second biggest funders of far-right group "Advance". The extremist lobby group spreads online racism and xenophobia, including directly targeting Palestinians...
theklaxon.com.au/hrgd
theklaxon.com.au/hrgd
Jillian Segal and husband funding far-right group "Advance" - The Klaxon
Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal and her husband are among the biggest funders of far-right group "Advance”, which spreads hateful propaganda and racist tropes.
theklaxon.com.au
July 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
🚨Antisemitism boss Jillian Segal and her husband are the second biggest funders of far-right group "Advance". The extremist lobby group spreads online racism and xenophobia, including directly targeting Palestinians...
theklaxon.com.au/hrgd
theklaxon.com.au/hrgd
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Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich
Working with the Trump administration, the data company could be used to target the president’s opponents
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
June 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
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In just 130 days, Elon...
-Secured even more contracts
-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations
-Gutted agencies that regulate his business
-Installed loyalists throughout the government
Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.
-Secured even more contracts
-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations
-Gutted agencies that regulate his business
-Installed loyalists throughout the government
Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.
June 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In just 130 days, Elon...
-Secured even more contracts
-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations
-Gutted agencies that regulate his business
-Installed loyalists throughout the government
Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.
-Secured even more contracts
-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations
-Gutted agencies that regulate his business
-Installed loyalists throughout the government
Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.
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Elon Musk getting in a little snit and threatening to pull the rockets essential to supplying the humans on the International Space Station is why the government should NOT award him critical contracts, like SpaceLink proving Internet access in war/disasters.
June 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Elon Musk getting in a little snit and threatening to pull the rockets essential to supplying the humans on the International Space Station is why the government should NOT award him critical contracts, like SpaceLink proving Internet access in war/disasters.
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#MusicLingo
#MusicChallenge
Day 4 : Intro
My fav Zep song, song it has to be this one.
Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
youtu.be/N_lSJ-0Gl7Q?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 4 : Intro
My fav Zep song, song it has to be this one.
Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
youtu.be/N_lSJ-0Gl7Q?...
Since I've Been Loving You (Remaster)
YouTube video by Led Zeppelin - Topic
youtu.be
June 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#MusicLingo
#MusicChallenge
Day 4 : Intro
My fav Zep song, song it has to be this one.
Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
youtu.be/N_lSJ-0Gl7Q?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 4 : Intro
My fav Zep song, song it has to be this one.
Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
youtu.be/N_lSJ-0Gl7Q?...
Philip Low: The neuroscientist taking on Elon Musk
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri...
Philip Low: The neuroscientist taking on Elon Musk
EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk’s former friend, polymath Philip Low, has committed $250 million to litigating tech bros over mail tampering and false advertising.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
May 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Philip Low: The neuroscientist taking on Elon Musk
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri...
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If schadenfreude is the only joy we have left, its wonderful to see it so brilliantly expressed here. Enjoy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So long, Elon: the cuts didn’t go to plan, but you completely shredded your reputation | Marina Hyde
Judging by Musk’s approval ratings, Tesla investors won’t be the only ones happy to see the dethroning of the king of Doge, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If schadenfreude is the only joy we have left, its wonderful to see it so brilliantly expressed here. Enjoy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Lake Eyre in remote north of South Australia starts to fill with Qld floodwater
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
At Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, an 'inland tsunami' is making a sea
Australia’s biggest lake is believed to have reached capacity on only three occasions in the past 160 years, but the mass of floodwater now flowing into Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is raising more than rive...
www.abc.net.au
May 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Lake Eyre in remote north of South Australia starts to fill with Qld floodwater
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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So Far Away by Carole King (James Taylor on guitar). Sad song about her life on the road. "Doesn't anybody stay in one place any more? It would be so fine to see your face at my door. Doesn't help to know you're so far away. #musicsky #nowplaying #King
youtu.be/zBMGovfHccI
youtu.be/zBMGovfHccI
Carole King - So Far Away (BBC In Concert, February 10, 1971)
YouTube video by CaroleKingVEVO
youtu.be
May 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
So Far Away by Carole King (James Taylor on guitar). Sad song about her life on the road. "Doesn't anybody stay in one place any more? It would be so fine to see your face at my door. Doesn't help to know you're so far away. #musicsky #nowplaying #King
youtu.be/zBMGovfHccI
youtu.be/zBMGovfHccI
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In approving Woodside's North West Shelf gas export plant extension, the Government has put big gas ahead of Australians.
“This expansion will do vast damage and deliver almost no benefit to Australia or Australians," said @rodcampbell.bsky.social #climate #auspol
“This expansion will do vast damage and deliver almost no benefit to Australia or Australians," said @rodcampbell.bsky.social #climate #auspol
May 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
In approving Woodside's North West Shelf gas export plant extension, the Government has put big gas ahead of Australians.
“This expansion will do vast damage and deliver almost no benefit to Australia or Australians," said @rodcampbell.bsky.social #climate #auspol
“This expansion will do vast damage and deliver almost no benefit to Australia or Australians," said @rodcampbell.bsky.social #climate #auspol
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This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY.
And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.
And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.
And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY.
And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.
And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.
And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
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Obama: Imagine if I had done *ANY* of this
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtube.com
May 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM