Barry
@yobulator.bsky.social
Music, politics, books, assorted garbage and random thoughts. Now with a longer, greyer beard.
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The rate at which the atmospheric concentration of CO2 is growing jumped to its highest level ever, in 2024
pretty bad shit!!!!
wmo.int/sites/defaul...
pretty bad shit!!!!
wmo.int/sites/defaul...
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The rate at which the atmospheric concentration of CO2 is growing jumped to its highest level ever, in 2024
pretty bad shit!!!!
wmo.int/sites/defaul...
pretty bad shit!!!!
wmo.int/sites/defaul...
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"I, along with every other reporter I know who has worked in Gaza, including the over 278 Palestinians journalists and media workers who have been killed by Israel since the start of the genocide, many in targeted assassinations 1/2
chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-nation...
chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-nation...
The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israeli lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists
The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.
chrishedges.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"I, along with every other reporter I know who has worked in Gaza, including the over 278 Palestinians journalists and media workers who have been killed by Israel since the start of the genocide, many in targeted assassinations 1/2
chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-nation...
chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-nation...
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Not only was Robodebt a colossal failure in raising the revenue it was promised to, it remains a stark reminder of how our governments treat the most vulnerable in our society.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
September 12, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Not only was Robodebt a colossal failure in raising the revenue it was promised to, it remains a stark reminder of how our governments treat the most vulnerable in our society.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
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Today's final approval of the North West Shelf is a climate, economic, and energy security disaster.
Australia Institute analysis shows the 45-year expansion is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
Australia Institute analysis shows the 45-year expansion is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
September 12, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Today's final approval of the North West Shelf is a climate, economic, and energy security disaster.
Australia Institute analysis shows the 45-year expansion is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
Australia Institute analysis shows the 45-year expansion is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
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80 years ago, on August 6, 1945, the United States committed one of the most atrocious crimes in human history and plunged the world into a nuclear dark age. It dropped nuclear weapons on Hiroshima, Japan and mass murdered an estimated 70,000 to 140,000 people, mostly civilians, instantly.
August 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
80 years ago, on August 6, 1945, the United States committed one of the most atrocious crimes in human history and plunged the world into a nuclear dark age. It dropped nuclear weapons on Hiroshima, Japan and mass murdered an estimated 70,000 to 140,000 people, mostly civilians, instantly.
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Here’s a 2019 story about the “model”, explains how she was pulled into Epsteins orbit, eventually raped, taken to the private islands, etc. This seems around the same time she was passed on to Trump. just say mid-90s. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncn...
August 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Here’s a 2019 story about the “model”, explains how she was pulled into Epsteins orbit, eventually raped, taken to the private islands, etc. This seems around the same time she was passed on to Trump. just say mid-90s. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncn...
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NEW: Extraordinary footage has emerged of the huge tsunami that hit Russia’s remote Kamchatka peninsula after the 8.8 magnitude earthquake on July 30th.
(🎥 Doni Nikz)
(🎥 Doni Nikz)
August 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
NEW: Extraordinary footage has emerged of the huge tsunami that hit Russia’s remote Kamchatka peninsula after the 8.8 magnitude earthquake on July 30th.
(🎥 Doni Nikz)
(🎥 Doni Nikz)
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Good of them to make it obvious to us who are the creeps wearing them.
Meta just announced Oakley smart glasses. They start at $399, and they'll be available later this summer www.theverge.com/news/690133/...
June 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Good of them to make it obvious to us who are the creeps wearing them.
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Outstanding piece for @crikey.com.au by @keanebernard.bsky.social. #USPolitics www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/19/d...
June 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Outstanding piece for @crikey.com.au by @keanebernard.bsky.social. #USPolitics www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/19/d...
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Three decades ago, billionaire Ted Turner asked astronomer Carl Sagan if he was a socialist.
June 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Three decades ago, billionaire Ted Turner asked astronomer Carl Sagan if he was a socialist.
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Better approve new gas mine I guess... I keep hearing how gas is actually great for the environment! A transition fuel!!
The latest Greenhouse Gas Emissions figures are out, and we are nowhere near on track for the (woeful and inadequate) 43% below 2005 levels by 2030
May 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Better approve new gas mine I guess... I keep hearing how gas is actually great for the environment! A transition fuel!!
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The full trade paperback of Living Hell is available to preorder now, online or from your favorite bookstore/comic book shop!
Out in stores JULY 15!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781888...
Out in stores JULY 15!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781888...
May 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The full trade paperback of Living Hell is available to preorder now, online or from your favorite bookstore/comic book shop!
Out in stores JULY 15!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781888...
Out in stores JULY 15!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781888...
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Still sleeping on Tales From Eternal Dusk?
Why not pick it up and give it a spin today?
It's pretty damn good, if we do say so ourselves.
Why not pick it up and give it a spin today?
It's pretty damn good, if we do say so ourselves.
OUT NOW!
4 epic tales of dark fantasy, by way of deathened black metal.
Get it HERE:
ashenheart.bandcamp.com/album/tales-...
Or HERE:
ampwall.com/a/ashenheart...
Is streaming your thing? It's available on all the usual platforms!
#Metalsky #BlackMetal #Deathmetal #NewMusicFriday
4 epic tales of dark fantasy, by way of deathened black metal.
Get it HERE:
ashenheart.bandcamp.com/album/tales-...
Or HERE:
ampwall.com/a/ashenheart...
Is streaming your thing? It's available on all the usual platforms!
#Metalsky #BlackMetal #Deathmetal #NewMusicFriday
May 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Still sleeping on Tales From Eternal Dusk?
Why not pick it up and give it a spin today?
It's pretty damn good, if we do say so ourselves.
Why not pick it up and give it a spin today?
It's pretty damn good, if we do say so ourselves.
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This clown is beyond stupid. He’s a moron. A criminal normalized by a Nazi party. Fuck this shit.
May 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This clown is beyond stupid. He’s a moron. A criminal normalized by a Nazi party. Fuck this shit.
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Leader of the leftover Liberals isnt gonna do shit to change anything says Amy Remeikis #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Sussan Ley is yet to make her mark in 24 years in politics
Sussan Ley the politician has shown she’ll offer up whatever helps her own survival. That’s one way to ensure she’s not holding it for long.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
May 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Leader of the leftover Liberals isnt gonna do shit to change anything says Amy Remeikis #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Fabulous news!! 🐾🐭
Some good news to start your day with :) Thank you to all the conservation heroes out there.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
From slim chance to 'shiny and fat', pygmy possums back from the brink
The tiny mammal's population was decimated by drought and bushfires, but after five years of struggle they are starting to thrive.
www.abc.net.au
May 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Fabulous news!! 🐾🐭
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Literal genocide.
#UPDATE Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday a victory for Israel in Gaza means that the Palestinian territory will be "entirely destroyed" before its inhabitants depart for other countries.
May 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Literal genocide.
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hello to Australia & Aotearoa friends :)
tour is coming up so soon - looking forward to being with you there!
tickets: birdsrobe.com or chelseawolfe.com
(sadly, UBOA is no longer able to perform - we wish her all the love & welcome Aphir to the tour!)
tour is coming up so soon - looking forward to being with you there!
tickets: birdsrobe.com or chelseawolfe.com
(sadly, UBOA is no longer able to perform - we wish her all the love & welcome Aphir to the tour!)
April 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
hello to Australia & Aotearoa friends :)
tour is coming up so soon - looking forward to being with you there!
tickets: birdsrobe.com or chelseawolfe.com
(sadly, UBOA is no longer able to perform - we wish her all the love & welcome Aphir to the tour!)
tour is coming up so soon - looking forward to being with you there!
tickets: birdsrobe.com or chelseawolfe.com
(sadly, UBOA is no longer able to perform - we wish her all the love & welcome Aphir to the tour!)
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2GB going with the "hey those Nazis have a point"
This is Nine’s flagship radio host right now, ffs. Honestly it feels like Nine is more committed to waging a war on Welcome to Country than even News Corp.
April 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM
2GB going with the "hey those Nazis have a point"
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I think we’re seeing a reorganisation of the Australian right, which could emerge in a full-blown MAGA version after this election
Moves by Peter Dutton could see One Nation emerge as the leading voice on the right. And he's received plenty of assistance from the mainstream media.
Dutton’s One Nation preference swap a new low aided by a feckless media
The decision — like the 'concerns' over Welcomes to Country — tells us less about the presumed change in One Nation and more about the Dutton-era change in the Coalition.
www.crikey.com.au
April 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I think we’re seeing a reorganisation of the Australian right, which could emerge in a full-blown MAGA version after this election
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If you take anything away from my post, I hope it's this:
April 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
If you take anything away from my post, I hope it's this: