PlsUseYourBrain
@useyourbrain.bsky.social
humanism, secularism, realism, anti-theism, anti-superstition, anti-irrationalism, anti-supernaturalism, anti-fucking-stupidism.
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· Nov 14
Hi Bluesky community 🦋.
I just pushed the official website for Sky Follower Bridge 🚀
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I hope this tool helps with the transition from X to Bluesky.
I just pushed the official website for Sky Follower Bridge 🚀
sky-follower-bridge-docs.vercel.app
I hope this tool helps with the transition from X to Bluesky.
Sky Follower Bridge
Instantly find and follow the same users from your 𝕏 followers on Bluesky
sky-follower-bridge-docs.vercel.app
Yo newbs
Here are a few tips to get you up and running.
Sky Bridge helps migration from Twitsville, thanks to @kawamataryo.bsky.social :
bsky.app/profile/kawa...
Here are a few tips to get you up and running.
Sky Bridge helps migration from Twitsville, thanks to @kawamataryo.bsky.social :
bsky.app/profile/kawa...
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Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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‘Conventions were torn up like confetti, Fraser refused to resign as PM despite the no-confidence motion against him & Kerr refused to acknowledge the motion or receive the Speaker. The critical role played by Justice Anthony Mason re-emerges at this point’ #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The Second Dismissal
In an extract from The Double Dismissal, Emeritus Professor Jenny Hocking, distinguished fellow of the Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University, and Dr Matt Harvey, senior lecturer at Victor...
johnmenadue.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
‘Conventions were torn up like confetti, Fraser refused to resign as PM despite the no-confidence motion against him & Kerr refused to acknowledge the motion or receive the Speaker. The critical role played by Justice Anthony Mason re-emerges at this point’ #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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This is probably the only story you will read about Gough’s left nut today…beautiful piece by Mike Bowers
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
11th November 1975, a pivotal moment for Australian politics and me
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is probably the only story you will read about Gough’s left nut today…beautiful piece by Mike Bowers
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Anthony crouches in Whitlam's shadow when he could be standing on his shoulders.
Would he have implemented the National Sewerage Program?
Possibly, but he would give the contract to some bikie gang.
#AusPol
Would he have implemented the National Sewerage Program?
Possibly, but he would give the contract to some bikie gang.
#AusPol
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Anthony crouches in Whitlam's shadow when he could be standing on his shoulders.
Would he have implemented the National Sewerage Program?
Possibly, but he would give the contract to some bikie gang.
#AusPol
Would he have implemented the National Sewerage Program?
Possibly, but he would give the contract to some bikie gang.
#AusPol
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Terrorist ghouls.
Israel’s parliament has advanced a controversial bill that would allow the death penalty for ‘terrorists,’ seen as targeting Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis.
Far-right Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was seen carrying sweets in the Knesset chamber after the vote.
Far-right Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was seen carrying sweets in the Knesset chamber after the vote.
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Terrorist ghouls.
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Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
The Gillies Report Il Dismissale
YouTube video by NockturneSA
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Read ALP National President Wayne Swan's full speech on the 50th Anniversary of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government at the link below 👇
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Listen to @euanritchie.bsky.social lay down the facts and destroy the myths around domestic cats.
Excellent interview 👍
Excellent interview 👍
Brigitte Duclos & I discuss why 24 hour cat curfews & containment are good for cats, wildlife, & human health, in cities & rural Australia, including on farms.
Interview starts ~ 1:44:26 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
@deakinuniversity.bsky.social @biodivcouncil.bsky.social @ausmammals.bsky.social
Interview starts ~ 1:44:26 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
@deakinuniversity.bsky.social @biodivcouncil.bsky.social @ausmammals.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Listen to @euanritchie.bsky.social lay down the facts and destroy the myths around domestic cats.
Excellent interview 👍
Excellent interview 👍
The Whitlam Dismissal - 11 November 1975
YouTube video by Constitutional Clarion
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
"For a policy to be sound, it has to be based on a specific policy basis"
- Senator Malcolm Roberts
This shitforbrains can't even construct a meaningful sentence.
- Senator Malcolm Roberts
This shitforbrains can't even construct a meaningful sentence.
We really do have a problem in Australian politics when ACTUAL SENATORS are so goddamn ignorant and intellectually bereft.
#AusPol
It's Science, Stupid.
#AusPol
It's Science, Stupid.
Climate scientists Ailie Gallant & Alex Dunne educate RWNJ Malcolm Roberts on science, & explain that “in the case of climate change there is not strong disagreement” among scientists.
Roberts “There isn’t?”
It’s like he was born yesterday.🤔 #Estimates
Roberts “There isn’t?”
It’s like he was born yesterday.🤔 #Estimates
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"For a policy to be sound, it has to be based on a specific policy basis"
- Senator Malcolm Roberts
This shitforbrains can't even construct a meaningful sentence.
- Senator Malcolm Roberts
This shitforbrains can't even construct a meaningful sentence.
We really do have a problem in Australian politics when ACTUAL SENATORS are so goddamn ignorant and intellectually bereft.
#AusPol
It's Science, Stupid.
#AusPol
It's Science, Stupid.
Climate scientists Ailie Gallant & Alex Dunne educate RWNJ Malcolm Roberts on science, & explain that “in the case of climate change there is not strong disagreement” among scientists.
Roberts “There isn’t?”
It’s like he was born yesterday.🤔 #Estimates
Roberts “There isn’t?”
It’s like he was born yesterday.🤔 #Estimates
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
We really do have a problem in Australian politics when ACTUAL SENATORS are so goddamn ignorant and intellectually bereft.
#AusPol
It's Science, Stupid.
#AusPol
It's Science, Stupid.
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Climate scientists Ailie Gallant & Alex Dunne educate RWNJ Malcolm Roberts on science, & explain that “in the case of climate change there is not strong disagreement” among scientists.
Roberts “There isn’t?”
It’s like he was born yesterday.🤔 #Estimates
Roberts “There isn’t?”
It’s like he was born yesterday.🤔 #Estimates
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Climate scientists Ailie Gallant & Alex Dunne educate RWNJ Malcolm Roberts on science, & explain that “in the case of climate change there is not strong disagreement” among scientists.
Roberts “There isn’t?”
It’s like he was born yesterday.🤔 #Estimates
Roberts “There isn’t?”
It’s like he was born yesterday.🤔 #Estimates
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Good collection of Dismissal-related stories.
open.substack.com/pub/truenort...
open.substack.com/pub/truenort...
Wed 11 Nov 2025 - 50 Year Anniversary of the Whitlam Dismissal
SPECIAL TRUENORTH DEEPDIVE ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WHITLAM DISMISSAL
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Good collection of Dismissal-related stories.
open.substack.com/pub/truenort...
open.substack.com/pub/truenort...
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Not just that, but kids form their politician opinions online but Albo would prefer them to learn from the mainstream media's constant stream of bias and BS, in order to keep the uniparty in power.
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Not just that, but kids form their politician opinions online but Albo would prefer them to learn from the mainstream media's constant stream of bias and BS, in order to keep the uniparty in power.
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Like ‘housing affordability’ ‘net zero’ has become one of those meaningless political sayings
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Net Zero hides a truth the mining giants understand perfectly: nothing has to change
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Like ‘housing affordability’ ‘net zero’ has become one of those meaningless political sayings
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
"Guardian analysis in August of the IDF’s intelligence data showed that by the reckoning of Israeli military officials, 83% of those killed in Gaza were civilians, a historic high for modern conflicts, though the IDF disputed the analysis."
"Guardian analysis in August of the IDF’s intelligence data showed that by the reckoning of Israeli military officials, 83% of those killed in Gaza were civilians, a historic high for modern conflicts, though the IDF disputed the analysis."
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
"Guardian analysis in August of the IDF’s intelligence data showed that by the reckoning of Israeli military officials, 83% of those killed in Gaza were civilians, a historic high for modern conflicts, though the IDF disputed the analysis."
"Guardian analysis in August of the IDF’s intelligence data showed that by the reckoning of Israeli military officials, 83% of those killed in Gaza were civilians, a historic high for modern conflicts, though the IDF disputed the analysis."
We're letting kids be kids ... by stopping kids doing the things kids want to do.
We'll decide who uses social media and under what circumstances.
We're actively putting young people in greater danger, against the best advice, while pretending to give a shit.
#AlboTheLiar
#MostDisappointingPM
We'll decide who uses social media and under what circumstances.
We're actively putting young people in greater danger, against the best advice, while pretending to give a shit.
#AlboTheLiar
#MostDisappointingPM
We’re banning social media for under-16s to keep them safe online.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We're letting kids be kids ... by stopping kids doing the things kids want to do.
We'll decide who uses social media and under what circumstances.
We're actively putting young people in greater danger, against the best advice, while pretending to give a shit.
#AlboTheLiar
#MostDisappointingPM
We'll decide who uses social media and under what circumstances.
We're actively putting young people in greater danger, against the best advice, while pretending to give a shit.
#AlboTheLiar
#MostDisappointingPM
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Hi, high school wellbeing worker here, this will create more work for me than it solves largely because it will move kids from safer websites AND make them less willing to talk about what goes on for fear of getting in trouble for breaking the ban
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Hi, high school wellbeing worker here, this will create more work for me than it solves largely because it will move kids from safer websites AND make them less willing to talk about what goes on for fear of getting in trouble for breaking the ban
Israeli air raids target eastern areas of Gaza City while an Israeli drone hits a vehicle in southern Lebanon.
Israeli air raids hit Gaza City, drone targets southern Lebanon
Israeli air raids target eastern areas of Gaza City while an Israeli drone hits a vehicle in southern Lebanon.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Natalie’s on fire 🔥
Perfect response.
If you can’t / won’t do those things why ARE you here?
Perfect response.
If you can’t / won’t do those things why ARE you here?
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Natalie’s on fire 🔥
Perfect response.
If you can’t / won’t do those things why ARE you here?
Perfect response.
If you can’t / won’t do those things why ARE you here?
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Video shows massive waves rising and crashing along the Catanduanes coastline in the Philippines, as Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall, killing at least two people and displacing 1.4 million others.
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Video shows massive waves rising and crashing along the Catanduanes coastline in the Philippines, as Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall, killing at least two people and displacing 1.4 million others.
The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed MAGA-billionaire-owned Ksi Lisims LNG terminal in British Columbia, and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
#ClimateCrisis
#Shitfuckery
#ClimateCrisis
#Shitfuckery
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed MAGA-billionaire-owned Ksi Lisims LNG terminal in British Columbia, and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
#ClimateCrisis
#Shitfuckery
#ClimateCrisis
#Shitfuckery
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Dave Rowe the dismissal..
Financial Review
Financial Review
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Dave Rowe the dismissal..
Financial Review
Financial Review
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
"...for our political class ‘net zero’ is a slogan not a policy.
...the longer the Liberals tear themselves to pieces over the symbolism of net zero, the longer Labor will avoid scrutiny over the disparity between what they say, and what they actually do.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#AusPol
...the longer the Liberals tear themselves to pieces over the symbolism of net zero, the longer Labor will avoid scrutiny over the disparity between what they say, and what they actually do.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#AusPol
Net Zero hides a truth the mining giants understand perfectly: nothing has to change
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
"...for our political class ‘net zero’ is a slogan not a policy.
...the longer the Liberals tear themselves to pieces over the symbolism of net zero, the longer Labor will avoid scrutiny over the disparity between what they say, and what they actually do.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#AusPol
...the longer the Liberals tear themselves to pieces over the symbolism of net zero, the longer Labor will avoid scrutiny over the disparity between what they say, and what they actually do.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#AusPol