@2jays.bsky.social
And what is good, Phaedrus,
And what is not good -
Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?
Australian, stoic (except when revved up...), often hopeful.
And what is not good -
Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?
Australian, stoic (except when revved up...), often hopeful.
Just in case you think AfD is*just* about "cost of living pressures".
Alice Weidel’s grandfather Hans Weidel was a prominent Nazi judge, appointed directly by Adolf Hitler, responsible for sentencing opponents of the Third Reich.
The hidden Nazi heritage of Germany’s far-right leader
Alice Weidel’s grandfather was a military judge in Hitler’s regime.
www.politico.eu
September 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Just in case you think AfD is*just* about "cost of living pressures".
Nepal flood disaster - Australians can donate through the Emergency Action Alliance
emergencyaction.org.au/nepal-flood-...
emergencyaction.org.au/nepal-flood-...
Nepal Flood Appeal - Emergency Action Alliance
Support the Emergency Action Alliance Nepal Tibet Flood Appeal. Help deliver life-saving food, water and medical care to families and communities in need.
emergencyaction.org.au
August 30, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Nepal flood disaster - Australians can donate through the Emergency Action Alliance
emergencyaction.org.au/nepal-flood-...
emergencyaction.org.au/nepal-flood-...
Land of the free.
Free what, I don't know, but not free and fair elections.
Free what, I don't know, but not free and fair elections.
Just 10 billionaires have already poured nearly $670 MILLION into this year's midterms.
In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million.
If you're wondering what the real threat to "election integrity" is, it's Big Money.
In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million.
If you're wondering what the real threat to "election integrity" is, it's Big Money.
August 25, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Land of the free.
Free what, I don't know, but not free and fair elections.
Free what, I don't know, but not free and fair elections.
This outfit, god it stinks.
tinyurl.com/mv9dv2nh
tinyurl.com/mv9dv2nh
Facebook pays controversial creators to produce rage-bait content
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals Facebook is directly funding some controversial Australian content creators including a white nationalist and an anti-vaxxer influencer.
tinyurl.com
August 6, 2026 at 12:27 PM
This outfit, god it stinks.
tinyurl.com/mv9dv2nh
tinyurl.com/mv9dv2nh
Darwinian selection.
Unfortunately, plenty of influencers around, seem to thrive in the current climate.
tinyurl.com/yhswsjsw
Unfortunately, plenty of influencers around, seem to thrive in the current climate.
tinyurl.com/yhswsjsw
More parents refusing lifesaving vitamin K injection for newborns
Rates of parents consenting to vitamin K injections for newborns are dropping, as misinformation spreads among anti-vax communities on social media.
tinyurl.com
July 26, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Darwinian selection.
Unfortunately, plenty of influencers around, seem to thrive in the current climate.
tinyurl.com/yhswsjsw
Unfortunately, plenty of influencers around, seem to thrive in the current climate.
tinyurl.com/yhswsjsw
Hard to speak I'll of the dead, better to have them speak for themselves...
Montage of a bloodthirsty, warmongering Lindsey Graham who joked about killing innocent civilians and suggested Israel should nuke Gaza.
July 13, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Hard to speak I'll of the dead, better to have them speak for themselves...
Pretty disturbing anti-semitic comments directed at Ms Schwartz.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
'Traitor': Jewish human rights lawyer abused online for Palestinian advocacy
The Jewish Council of Australia's executive director has been labelled a "Hitler's Jew" in what she describes to a royal commission as an online harassment campaign by pro-Israel and neo-Nazi groups.
www.abc.net.au
July 2, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Pretty disturbing anti-semitic comments directed at Ms Schwartz.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
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Rising rents and prices outpacing wages provoke global debate: Is housing a basic right or an investment asset?
‘Affordability crisis': How the Western housing crisis spiralled
Rising rents and prices outpacing wages provoke global debate: Is housing a basic right or an investment asset?
www.aljazeera.com
June 26, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Rising rents and prices outpacing wages provoke global debate: Is housing a basic right or an investment asset?
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For all those out there bagging Labor and championing the cross bench as the agents of change, here's the truth.
Independent, yes.
Agents for (your preferred) change, not always.
Allegra Spender failed to put her money where her mouth is on tax reform. Now what? www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/12/a...
Independent, yes.
Agents for (your preferred) change, not always.
Allegra Spender failed to put her money where her mouth is on tax reform. Now what? www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/12/a...
Allegra Spender failed to put her money where her mouth is on tax reform. Now what?
Independent MPs talk a big talk on the need to rein in property tax breaks. But when it came to the crunch, most voted against Labor’s tax reform bill.
www.crikey.com.au
June 12, 2026 at 7:27 AM
For all those out there bagging Labor and championing the cross bench as the agents of change, here's the truth.
Independent, yes.
Agents for (your preferred) change, not always.
Allegra Spender failed to put her money where her mouth is on tax reform. Now what? www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/12/a...
Independent, yes.
Agents for (your preferred) change, not always.
Allegra Spender failed to put her money where her mouth is on tax reform. Now what? www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/12/a...
World's "most moral army".
This yet one more of an unending series of deaths and injuries on Palestinian civilians. How does this end?
tinyurl.com/3af3fht7
This yet one more of an unending series of deaths and injuries on Palestinian civilians. How does this end?
tinyurl.com/3af3fht7
Palestinian baby killed by Israeli gunfire in occupied West Bank, health ministry says
Israeli troops shot at a car in the occupied West Bank, killing a seven-month-old baby and wounding his parents, the Palestinian health ministry says.
tinyurl.com
June 7, 2026 at 2:57 AM
World's "most moral army".
This yet one more of an unending series of deaths and injuries on Palestinian civilians. How does this end?
tinyurl.com/3af3fht7
This yet one more of an unending series of deaths and injuries on Palestinian civilians. How does this end?
tinyurl.com/3af3fht7
Here's a heartwarming story for you.
tinyurl.com/y9668p3n
tinyurl.com/y9668p3n
'His left side was missing:' How teen survived horrific shark attack
Fourteen-year-old Sam Nai survived a devastating shark attack with a desperate swim to safety, followed by 20 surgeries to reconstruct his abdomen.
tinyurl.com
May 30, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Here's a heartwarming story for you.
tinyurl.com/y9668p3n
tinyurl.com/y9668p3n
A handy reference to navigate your way through the hysteria.
What the tax reform tantrum is really about www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/20/d...
What the tax reform tantrum is really about www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/20/d...
'Broken promises', 'death tax': What the tax reform tantrum is really about
A glossary to help you navigate the hysterical language being thrown at Labor's tax reforms.
www.crikey.com.au
May 20, 2026 at 5:02 AM
A handy reference to navigate your way through the hysteria.
What the tax reform tantrum is really about www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/20/d...
What the tax reform tantrum is really about www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/20/d...
Apropos of the Australian gas tax and industry generally:
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
"WA's expenditure in support of the North West Shelf project was calculated in 2010 by the Western Australian Treasury to exceed $8 billion (NPV)".
So much for private sector taking the risk.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
"WA's expenditure in support of the North West Shelf project was calculated in 2010 by the Western Australian Treasury to exceed $8 billion (NPV)".
So much for private sector taking the risk.
Australian taxpayers take on risk for major oil and gas projects
Australian governments take on risk to get major resource projects up and running, so why don't they take an equity stake?
www.abc.net.au
May 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Apropos of the Australian gas tax and industry generally:
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
"WA's expenditure in support of the North West Shelf project was calculated in 2010 by the Western Australian Treasury to exceed $8 billion (NPV)".
So much for private sector taking the risk.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
"WA's expenditure in support of the North West Shelf project was calculated in 2010 by the Western Australian Treasury to exceed $8 billion (NPV)".
So much for private sector taking the risk.
L Tingle is not given to hyperbole, but hits the nail squarely on the head: "There are many bad, rogue states at work in the world these days. But the world has continued to back some of them, even when their actions no longer tally with the values we supposedly hold."
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
Israel's killing of journalists in Lebanon highlights the impunity with which it acts
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Israel Defense Forces have committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government's military since 1992.
www.abc.net.au
April 24, 2026 at 11:55 PM
L Tingle is not given to hyperbole, but hits the nail squarely on the head: "There are many bad, rogue states at work in the world these days. But the world has continued to back some of them, even when their actions no longer tally with the values we supposedly hold."
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west
and my spirit is crying for leaving*
and my spirit is crying for leaving*
April 5, 2026 at 7:46 AM
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west
and my spirit is crying for leaving*
and my spirit is crying for leaving*
Try to understand it: John Farnham’s ‘river to the sea’ and Queensland’s war on words www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/02/j...
Sami makes a few observations about the idiocy of this clumsy and heavy handed attempt by the QLD govt to censor political opinion.
It's a worry & a joke.
Sami makes a few observations about the idiocy of this clumsy and heavy handed attempt by the QLD govt to censor political opinion.
It's a worry & a joke.
Try to understand it: John Farnham's 'river to the sea' and Queensland's war on words
The moment the state gets into the business of deciding which opinions are criminal, the key question shifts from “Is this hateful?” to “Who decides?” And the answer is always the same: politicians.
www.crikey.com.au
April 2, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Try to understand it: John Farnham’s ‘river to the sea’ and Queensland’s war on words www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/02/j...
Sami makes a few observations about the idiocy of this clumsy and heavy handed attempt by the QLD govt to censor political opinion.
It's a worry & a joke.
Sami makes a few observations about the idiocy of this clumsy and heavy handed attempt by the QLD govt to censor political opinion.
It's a worry & a joke.
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Peak demand is expected to double over the next decade as industries flock to take advantage of the world’s first 100 pct net renewable grid built around #wind and #solar.
Peak load tipped to double as industries flock to Australia's world-first 100 pct renewables grid
Peak demand is expected to double over the next decade as industries flock to take advantage of the world's first 100 pct net renewable grid built around wind and solar.
reneweconomy.com.au
March 31, 2026 at 5:51 AM
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Increasingly coming to realise that the opposite of woke is zombie.
March 25, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Increasingly coming to realise that the opposite of woke is zombie.
SA election count showing a high one nation vote in line with polling.
://result.ecsa.sa.gov.au
://result.ecsa.sa.gov.au
March 21, 2026 at 8:54 AM
SA election count showing a high one nation vote in line with polling.
://result.ecsa.sa.gov.au
://result.ecsa.sa.gov.au
Poll conducted by National Seniors Australia about changes to Capital Gains Discount:
February 14, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Poll conducted by National Seniors Australia about changes to Capital Gains Discount:
As ever, Laura Tingle sums up complex issues succinctly and with clarity. In this case, the problem with the Herzog invitation.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Herzog's Australia visit unfortunately links two previously separate events
Unravelling the threads of antisemitism and anti-Israeli sentiment will require both more political courage and more community tolerance than we have seen to date.
www.abc.net.au
February 7, 2026 at 2:10 AM
As ever, Laura Tingle sums up complex issues succinctly and with clarity. In this case, the problem with the Herzog invitation.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Interesting perspective on energy transition in South Australia and how major change can be done. @volts.wtf
Leadership resides in what is learned when #ambition meets complexity, when #systems resist, and when #institutions choose to keep working rather than reset to defaults.
What South Australia is really offering the world through its energy transition
Leadership resides in what is learned when ambition meets complexity, when systems resist, and when institutions choose to keep working rather than reset to defaults.
reneweconomy.com.au
January 29, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Interesting perspective on energy transition in South Australia and how major change can be done. @volts.wtf
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For our American friends, this is how your President’s slur on *our troops who died for you* is being received by the rest of your allies, a 🧵.
Across the world, on threads:
Across the world, on threads:
January 25, 2026 at 12:46 AM
For our American friends, this is how your President’s slur on *our troops who died for you* is being received by the rest of your allies, a 🧵.
Across the world, on threads:
Across the world, on threads: