Voices of Fadden
@voicesoffadden.bsky.social
Promoting democracy by listening to the people.
https://voices-of-fadden.org
https://voices-of-fadden.org
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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
"The only real valuable thing is intuition." [Albert Einstein]
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"The only real valuable thing is intuition." [Albert Einstein]
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." [attr. to Winston Churchill, but actually it's a 1930s Budweiser beer advert]
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." [attr. to Winston Churchill, but actually it's a 1930s Budweiser beer advert]
"We should not write so that it's possible for the reader to understand us, rather it's impossible for him to misunderstand us." [Quintilian]
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"We should not write so that it's possible for the reader to understand us, rather it's impossible for him to misunderstand us." [Quintilian]
"The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas." [Linus Pauling US chemist & pacifist (1901 - 1994)]
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas." [Linus Pauling US chemist & pacifist (1901 - 1994)]
How does preferential voting work? Here's a data visualisation using recent Fadden elections that demonstrates the process. See also Moncrieff and McPherson, the other two Gold Coast electorates. https://voices-of-fadden.org/voting/preferential-voting.php
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
How does preferential voting work? Here's a data visualisation using recent Fadden elections that demonstrates the process. See also Moncrieff and McPherson, the other two Gold Coast electorates. https://voices-of-fadden.org/voting/preferential-voting.php
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For more 💣 findings read Ellen Ormesher's piece for @desmog.com
Legal analysis commissioned by @commsdeclare.bsky.social from @edolawyers.bsky.social finds partnership may breach the Queensland Museum Act, which requires “leadership and excellence” in communicating the state’s natural heritage
Legal analysis commissioned by @commsdeclare.bsky.social from @edolawyers.bsky.social finds partnership may breach the Queensland Museum Act, which requires “leadership and excellence” in communicating the state’s natural heritage
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
For more 💣 findings read Ellen Ormesher's piece for @desmog.com
Legal analysis commissioned by @commsdeclare.bsky.social from @edolawyers.bsky.social finds partnership may breach the Queensland Museum Act, which requires “leadership and excellence” in communicating the state’s natural heritage
Legal analysis commissioned by @commsdeclare.bsky.social from @edolawyers.bsky.social finds partnership may breach the Queensland Museum Act, which requires “leadership and excellence” in communicating the state’s natural heritage
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." [Frank Lloyd Wright]
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." [Frank Lloyd Wright]
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning." [Einstein]
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning." [Einstein]
"When money speaks, the truth is silent." [Russian proverb]
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"When money speaks, the truth is silent." [Russian proverb]
"There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult." [Warren Buffett]
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult." [Warren Buffett]
"Poor is the pupil that does not surpass his master." [Leonardo da Vinci]
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Poor is the pupil that does not surpass his master." [Leonardo da Vinci]
What are our aims at Voices of Fadden? See https://voices-of-fadden.org/
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What are our aims at Voices of Fadden? See https://voices-of-fadden.org/
"Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful." [John Maeda, US designer and technologist, b. 1966]
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful." [John Maeda, US designer and technologist, b. 1966]
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Fri 5 Dec: weekly protest against @albomp.bsky.social gov's approval of WoodCIDE's North West Shelf Extension carbon 💣
>1,700 dead from floods & landslides across Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam & Malaysia. Many still missing & more extreme rain forecast
#KeepItInTheGround #LossAndDamage
>1,700 dead from floods & landslides across Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam & Malaysia. Many still missing & more extreme rain forecast
#KeepItInTheGround #LossAndDamage
December 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Fri 5 Dec: weekly protest against @albomp.bsky.social gov's approval of WoodCIDE's North West Shelf Extension carbon 💣
>1,700 dead from floods & landslides across Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam & Malaysia. Many still missing & more extreme rain forecast
#KeepItInTheGround #LossAndDamage
>1,700 dead from floods & landslides across Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam & Malaysia. Many still missing & more extreme rain forecast
#KeepItInTheGround #LossAndDamage
"Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means." [Koichi Kawana]
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means." [Koichi Kawana]
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Excellent rebuke from Independent Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social of the Albo Govt, in response to the Saturday Paper's report that the PM's Office encourages lobbyists to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. #auspol
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Excellent rebuke from Independent Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social of the Albo Govt, in response to the Saturday Paper's report that the PM's Office encourages lobbyists to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. #auspol
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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
"If you can't convince them, confuse them." [Harry S. Truman]
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"If you can't convince them, confuse them." [Harry S. Truman]
"Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet." [Robert Schuller, US televangelist, pastor and motivational speaker, 1926-2015]
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet." [Robert Schuller, US televangelist, pastor and motivational speaker, 1926-2015]
"Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers." [Josef Albers]
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers." [Josef Albers]
Upcoming Voices of Fadden events: https://voices-of-fadden.org/events/
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Upcoming Voices of Fadden events: https://voices-of-fadden.org/events/
"Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another." [John Dewey, US philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, 1859-1952]
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another." [John Dewey, US philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, 1859-1952]
Water used to make one pair of blue jeans: 10,977 liters.
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Water used to make one pair of blue jeans: 10,977 liters.
World temperature anomalies http://philogb.github.io/page/temperature-anomalies/ (3D interactive data visualization)
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
World temperature anomalies http://philogb.github.io/page/temperature-anomalies/ (3D interactive data visualization)