Mike Lowe
@themikelowe.bsky.social
Listening, reading, reflecting, walking and holding space, currently on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Bunurong peoples in Melbourne, Australia.
Election time in Australia and the oligarchs are hoping to exploit people's dissatisfaction with the way things are going. Beware! Just because they speak your language of discontent doesn't mean they have any solutions. mikelowe.com.au/the-trap-of-...
The trap of discontentment - Mike Lowe
When people are struggling and discontented they tend to vote against the sitting government. Intuitively it
mikelowe.com.au
April 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Election time in Australia and the oligarchs are hoping to exploit people's dissatisfaction with the way things are going. Beware! Just because they speak your language of discontent doesn't mean they have any solutions. mikelowe.com.au/the-trap-of-...
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Thank you for speaking truth to power through love, Rev Mariann Edgar Budde. The kind, just people of this world see you and appreciate you.
January 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Thank you for speaking truth to power through love, Rev Mariann Edgar Budde. The kind, just people of this world see you and appreciate you.
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Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
January 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
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When the next megafires come, will Australia's media institutions be able to hold out amid the great information collapse?
How megafires and fake news are forcing information collapse
With each new cataclysmic blaze around the world comes ever-worsening fake news and misinformation, left to fester and spread by the right-wing 'broligarchy'.
www.crikey.com.au
January 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
When the next megafires come, will Australia's media institutions be able to hold out amid the great information collapse?
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The "he's not gonna listen to her" reactions are missing many points. Lots of other people are also hearing it. Lots of people can see him hearing it, then weigh what she's said with what he'll do. Lots of people can see her refusal to surrender these ancient teachings to the latest face of empire
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The "he's not gonna listen to her" reactions are missing many points. Lots of other people are also hearing it. Lots of people can see him hearing it, then weigh what she's said with what he'll do. Lots of people can see her refusal to surrender these ancient teachings to the latest face of empire
Projections, Trump and politics. We humans are always projecting. It is how we cope with the overwhelming amount of information coming at us all the time. It is too much to see things as they really are, all of the time. So we create a simplified model of reality and project that onto the world.
January 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Projections, Trump and politics. We humans are always projecting. It is how we cope with the overwhelming amount of information coming at us all the time. It is too much to see things as they really are, all of the time. So we create a simplified model of reality and project that onto the world.
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A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, our healthcare, and the information we receive.
Many are now currying favor with Trump to avoid accountability and maintain their power.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Many are now currying favor with Trump to avoid accountability and maintain their power.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
January 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, our healthcare, and the information we receive.
Many are now currying favor with Trump to avoid accountability and maintain their power.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Many are now currying favor with Trump to avoid accountability and maintain their power.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
This, more than anything, fuels the mistrust which is collapsing our democracies.
CEOs in the U.S. earn more before lunch than the average worker earns in a year.
Let that sink in:
One morning of ‘leadership’ vs. 12 months of hard work.
Let that sink in:
One morning of ‘leadership’ vs. 12 months of hard work.
January 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This, more than anything, fuels the mistrust which is collapsing our democracies.
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Noam Chomsky: I don't know what word in the English language - I can't find one - applies to people who are willing to sacrifice the literal existence of organized human life so they can put a few more dollars into highly stuffed pockets. The word 'evil' doesn't even begin to approach it.
January 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Noam Chomsky: I don't know what word in the English language - I can't find one - applies to people who are willing to sacrifice the literal existence of organized human life so they can put a few more dollars into highly stuffed pockets. The word 'evil' doesn't even begin to approach it.
Disinformation and propaganda is ramping up. To discern truth it's essential to listen to rational well informed people like these two. youtu.be/JTtqGSwTLO0?...
Musk’s Supervillain Era Begins
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics
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January 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Disinformation and propaganda is ramping up. To discern truth it's essential to listen to rational well informed people like these two. youtu.be/JTtqGSwTLO0?...
Wishing you all lots of Christmas Presence! www.facebook.com/share/p/15rp...
December 24, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Wishing you all lots of Christmas Presence! www.facebook.com/share/p/15rp...
Welcome to the world of #oligarchy - government of the people by the billionaires for the billionaires. #berniesanders youtu.be/79KDKWEOJ1s?...
Welcome to the world of oligarchy.
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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December 21, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Welcome to the world of #oligarchy - government of the people by the billionaires for the billionaires. #berniesanders youtu.be/79KDKWEOJ1s?...
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Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
December 18, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
I'm loving @crikey.com.au's Shitstirrers Index!
Ranked 6th on our Shitstirrers Index: A quiet artist who let his painting — and one very powerful woman's bullying reaction to it — speak for itself.
Find out who else made the list here: www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/17/c...
Find out who else made the list here: www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/17/c...
December 18, 2024 at 12:01 AM
I'm loving @crikey.com.au's Shitstirrers Index!
Yep, always happens!
December 17, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Yep, always happens!
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🇦🇫Laleh Osmany, WHRD: “1,187 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from school, 727 days since they banned women from university, and 14 days since medical institutes were closed to women. No female doctors for 13 years—a deliberate killing of women.”
December 17, 2024 at 9:45 PM
🇦🇫Laleh Osmany, WHRD: “1,187 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from school, 727 days since they banned women from university, and 14 days since medical institutes were closed to women. No female doctors for 13 years—a deliberate killing of women.”
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We can’t look at climate change, biodiversity loss, and human wellbeing in separate silos anymore.
Next — we need to look for effective, evidence-based solutions at the intersection of climate, nature, and people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Next — we need to look for effective, evidence-based solutions at the intersection of climate, nature, and people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
IPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinked
A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.
www.bbc.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:25 PM
We can’t look at climate change, biodiversity loss, and human wellbeing in separate silos anymore.
Next — we need to look for effective, evidence-based solutions at the intersection of climate, nature, and people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Next — we need to look for effective, evidence-based solutions at the intersection of climate, nature, and people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Celebrating #InternationalMigrantsDay. Globally 1 in 30 people are migrants. In Australia it's nearly 30%. Some (like me) migrate by choice, but many are forced to leave due to war or starvation. Done well, migration enriches all. Done badly ... not so much! www.un.org/en/observanc...
International Migrants Day | United Nations
International Migrants Day aims to raise awareness about the challenges and difficulties of international migration. The United Nations is actively playing a catalyst role in this area, with the aim o...
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December 17, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Celebrating #InternationalMigrantsDay. Globally 1 in 30 people are migrants. In Australia it's nearly 30%. Some (like me) migrate by choice, but many are forced to leave due to war or starvation. Done well, migration enriches all. Done badly ... not so much! www.un.org/en/observanc...
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@joebrewer.bsky.social: A special invitation to join around a planetary vision for 2025 -- to help us organize into local "life places" as bioregional and living landscapes youtu.be/edLlicg0ASM
@projectdrawdown.bsky.social @themikelowe.bsky.social @globalecoguy.bsky.social @joncors.bsky.social
@projectdrawdown.bsky.social @themikelowe.bsky.social @globalecoguy.bsky.social @joncors.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 1:16 PM
@joebrewer.bsky.social: A special invitation to join around a planetary vision for 2025 -- to help us organize into local "life places" as bioregional and living landscapes youtu.be/edLlicg0ASM
@projectdrawdown.bsky.social @themikelowe.bsky.social @globalecoguy.bsky.social @joncors.bsky.social
@projectdrawdown.bsky.social @themikelowe.bsky.social @globalecoguy.bsky.social @joncors.bsky.social
Chris Hedges: Capitalists should never be allowed near a healthcare system. They hold sick children hostage as they force parents to bankrupt themselves in the desperate scramble to pay for medical care. The sick to not have a choice.
December 17, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Chris Hedges: Capitalists should never be allowed near a healthcare system. They hold sick children hostage as they force parents to bankrupt themselves in the desperate scramble to pay for medical care. The sick to not have a choice.
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Who here agrees? 🖐🏾
December 16, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Who here agrees? 🖐🏾