Steve
@dazzlerrange.bsky.social
Retired stevedore, recovered organic blueberry producer, inveterate owner builder, lifelong motorcycle rider, fair weather sailor ....part borg
"low expectation means rare disappointment"
"low expectation means rare disappointment"
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I’m always irritated by the terms global north and global south.
They only make sense to academics. For everyone else they sound like euphemisms for rich and poor.
Just say rich and poor. Poor countries know they’re poor, you’re not going to offend anyone.
They only make sense to academics. For everyone else they sound like euphemisms for rich and poor.
Just say rich and poor. Poor countries know they’re poor, you’re not going to offend anyone.
October 2, 2026 at 10:07 AM
I’m always irritated by the terms global north and global south.
They only make sense to academics. For everyone else they sound like euphemisms for rich and poor.
Just say rich and poor. Poor countries know they’re poor, you’re not going to offend anyone.
They only make sense to academics. For everyone else they sound like euphemisms for rich and poor.
Just say rich and poor. Poor countries know they’re poor, you’re not going to offend anyone.
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A dozen federal public servants are earning over $1 million a year at the Future Fund Management Agency. We’re not talking about Secretaries who run big government departments but employees. How can the government justify this? What kind of APS work warrants $1 or $1.5 mil?
October 2, 2026 at 12:22 AM
A dozen federal public servants are earning over $1 million a year at the Future Fund Management Agency. We’re not talking about Secretaries who run big government departments but employees. How can the government justify this? What kind of APS work warrants $1 or $1.5 mil?
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The latest corporate tax data just dropped. And congrats to Santos Ltd - 11yrs in a row of no company tax.
September 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The latest corporate tax data just dropped. And congrats to Santos Ltd - 11yrs in a row of no company tax.
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“Biggest improvement in housing affordability for 40 years”
September 30, 2026 at 9:47 PM
“Biggest improvement in housing affordability for 40 years”
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FFS, instead of probing @davidshoebridge.bsky.social on how he will change The Greens, the ABC AM host is obsessed with why there was a vote this time.
We deserve better from @news.abc.net.au 🤷♂️
#AusPol
We deserve better from @news.abc.net.au 🤷♂️
#AusPol
September 30, 2026 at 9:43 PM
FFS, instead of probing @davidshoebridge.bsky.social on how he will change The Greens, the ABC AM host is obsessed with why there was a vote this time.
We deserve better from @news.abc.net.au 🤷♂️
#AusPol
We deserve better from @news.abc.net.au 🤷♂️
#AusPol
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It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
September 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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#DavidCrisafulli & #LNP have overseen the state's first credit ratings downgrade in 17yrs, costing QLDers an extra $1B.
Tomorrow his Treasurer will front the #NationalPressClub, will he answer why he's given #Adani a $½B royalty holiday when QLDers are struggling to pay the bills.
#AUSPOL #QLDpol
Tomorrow his Treasurer will front the #NationalPressClub, will he answer why he's given #Adani a $½B royalty holiday when QLDers are struggling to pay the bills.
#AUSPOL #QLDpol
September 29, 2026 at 10:25 AM
#DavidCrisafulli & #LNP have overseen the state's first credit ratings downgrade in 17yrs, costing QLDers an extra $1B.
Tomorrow his Treasurer will front the #NationalPressClub, will he answer why he's given #Adani a $½B royalty holiday when QLDers are struggling to pay the bills.
#AUSPOL #QLDpol
Tomorrow his Treasurer will front the #NationalPressClub, will he answer why he's given #Adani a $½B royalty holiday when QLDers are struggling to pay the bills.
#AUSPOL #QLDpol
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How's that social licence for AI going hey www.theguardian.com/business/202...
September 29, 2026 at 8:48 AM
How's that social licence for AI going hey www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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“We’re losing billions and we’re making a product that’s an existential threat to humanity” is a hell of sales pitch www.ft.com/content/c768...
Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO prospectus
Long-awaited S1 filing reports Claude maker lost $8bn last year on $4.6bn in revenue
www.ft.com
September 29, 2026 at 3:10 AM
“We’re losing billions and we’re making a product that’s an existential threat to humanity” is a hell of sales pitch www.ft.com/content/c768...
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"Shakespeare declared that she had a “professional relationship with REDACTED”
@sarahrussell.bsky.social FOIs reveal #NACC still beset by conflict of interest woes
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/the-nacc-sti...
@sarahrussell.bsky.social FOIs reveal #NACC still beset by conflict of interest woes
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/the-nacc-sti...
The NACC still doesn't know what a conflict-of-interest is - Michael West
Conflict-of-interest issues continue to trouble the National Anti-Corruption Commission, while questions remain about who it recruits.
michaelwest.com.au
September 29, 2026 at 12:07 AM
"Shakespeare declared that she had a “professional relationship with REDACTED”
@sarahrussell.bsky.social FOIs reveal #NACC still beset by conflict of interest woes
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/the-nacc-sti...
@sarahrussell.bsky.social FOIs reveal #NACC still beset by conflict of interest woes
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/the-nacc-sti...
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I'm getting increasingly agitated where the ABC both sides a story in the interest of balance but uncritically repeats what Donald Trump says without even adding, "These claims have not been verified."
September 28, 2026 at 9:10 AM
I'm getting increasingly agitated where the ABC both sides a story in the interest of balance but uncritically repeats what Donald Trump says without even adding, "These claims have not been verified."
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The difference between AI and social media is that one was created by men who decline any responsibility for the damage it wreaks, and the other was created by men who decline any responsibility for the damage it wreaks. Hope that’s cleared it up.
September 28, 2026 at 8:13 AM
The difference between AI and social media is that one was created by men who decline any responsibility for the damage it wreaks, and the other was created by men who decline any responsibility for the damage it wreaks. Hope that’s cleared it up.
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I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage
September 27, 2026 at 8:46 AM
I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage
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Watching the Yanks desperately trying to get the vote out for the mid-terms and advising folks of their rights as voters - makes me SO grateful for the AEC.
Tweaks I'd make - four year terms and fixed election date. Stop the endless media fixation and political opportunism.
Tweaks I'd make - four year terms and fixed election date. Stop the endless media fixation and political opportunism.
September 27, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Watching the Yanks desperately trying to get the vote out for the mid-terms and advising folks of their rights as voters - makes me SO grateful for the AEC.
Tweaks I'd make - four year terms and fixed election date. Stop the endless media fixation and political opportunism.
Tweaks I'd make - four year terms and fixed election date. Stop the endless media fixation and political opportunism.
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Greg Sheridan on Insiders says he doesn’t want US AI firms held legally accountable for hacking Australians because then “they won’t come here."
Apparently adding AI regulations to keep Australians safe is an act of “self sabotage” 🙄 Absolute bootlicking trash on ABC. #auspol
Apparently adding AI regulations to keep Australians safe is an act of “self sabotage” 🙄 Absolute bootlicking trash on ABC. #auspol
September 27, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Greg Sheridan on Insiders says he doesn’t want US AI firms held legally accountable for hacking Australians because then “they won’t come here."
Apparently adding AI regulations to keep Australians safe is an act of “self sabotage” 🙄 Absolute bootlicking trash on ABC. #auspol
Apparently adding AI regulations to keep Australians safe is an act of “self sabotage” 🙄 Absolute bootlicking trash on ABC. #auspol
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Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
September 26, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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'After a Deadly Flood, What Does Climate Justice for Nepal Look Like?'
“A country responsible for less than 0.02 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions is paying an even higher price for a crisis it did not create.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/2609202...
“A country responsible for less than 0.02 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions is paying an even higher price for a crisis it did not create.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/2609202...
After a Deadly Flood, What Does Climate Justice for Nepal Look Like? - Inside Climate News
“A country responsible for less than 0.02 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions is paying an even higher price for a crisis it did not create.”
insideclimatenews.org
September 26, 2026 at 10:04 AM
'After a Deadly Flood, What Does Climate Justice for Nepal Look Like?'
“A country responsible for less than 0.02 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions is paying an even higher price for a crisis it did not create.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/2609202...
“A country responsible for less than 0.02 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions is paying an even higher price for a crisis it did not create.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/2609202...
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Superb Truth, Lies & Media Ep75
@nicolechvastek.bsky.social and Denis Muller discuss the use of bots to flood the ABC with complaints. Trump's persecution of the free press & the Australian context. News24 pushing RW content to regional Australia thru WIN TV. Superb. share.google/vH2JSJ7OIo5V...
@nicolechvastek.bsky.social and Denis Muller discuss the use of bots to flood the ABC with complaints. Trump's persecution of the free press & the Australian context. News24 pushing RW content to regional Australia thru WIN TV. Superb. share.google/vH2JSJ7OIo5V...
Ep 75 - The Harassment Industry | Truth, Lies and Media
Weekly discussions of Journalism Ethics
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September 26, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Superb Truth, Lies & Media Ep75
@nicolechvastek.bsky.social and Denis Muller discuss the use of bots to flood the ABC with complaints. Trump's persecution of the free press & the Australian context. News24 pushing RW content to regional Australia thru WIN TV. Superb. share.google/vH2JSJ7OIo5V...
@nicolechvastek.bsky.social and Denis Muller discuss the use of bots to flood the ABC with complaints. Trump's persecution of the free press & the Australian context. News24 pushing RW content to regional Australia thru WIN TV. Superb. share.google/vH2JSJ7OIo5V...
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What do you think piping the most expensive fossil fuel - extracted by the most expensive means - then sending it through an enormous, absurdly expensive pipeline is going to do to your energy bill?
The folks spruiking this shit pretend to be serious, but come the fuck on.
Bloody rent-seekers. 🙄
The folks spruiking this shit pretend to be serious, but come the fuck on.
Bloody rent-seekers. 🙄
Plans to build a 1,561 km gas pipeline from the NT Beetaloo Basin to south-east Queensland could cost as much as $9.74 billion, a new report has found, adding huge costs to a heavily polluting project
https://ow.ly/YmH650ZRfw3
https://ow.ly/YmH650ZRfw3
Cost of "preposterous" fracked gas pipeline could balloon to $10 billion, locking in higher bills for decades
Plans to build a 1,561 km gas pipeline from the NT Beetaloo Basin to south-east Queensland could cost as much as $9.74 billion, a new report has found, adding huge costs to a heavily polluting project.
ow.ly
September 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
What do you think piping the most expensive fossil fuel - extracted by the most expensive means - then sending it through an enormous, absurdly expensive pipeline is going to do to your energy bill?
The folks spruiking this shit pretend to be serious, but come the fuck on.
Bloody rent-seekers. 🙄
The folks spruiking this shit pretend to be serious, but come the fuck on.
Bloody rent-seekers. 🙄
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"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports....You're not alone in thinking that Australia is getting taken for a ride."
Join the call for a national plebiscite: https://gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au
Join the call for a national plebiscite: https://gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au
September 25, 2026 at 8:17 AM
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports....You're not alone in thinking that Australia is getting taken for a ride."
Join the call for a national plebiscite: https://gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au
Join the call for a national plebiscite: https://gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au
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What a brilliant example for little Aussie kids. Even if you grow up in public housing you can still aspire to stand next to a corrupt pathological narcissist, compulsive liar, sex abusing bully who’s destroying the world order, the global economy and the environment, smile and get a selfie
September 23, 2026 at 2:50 AM
What a brilliant example for little Aussie kids. Even if you grow up in public housing you can still aspire to stand next to a corrupt pathological narcissist, compulsive liar, sex abusing bully who’s destroying the world order, the global economy and the environment, smile and get a selfie
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The idea of proximity to coercive power is so utterly corrosive of basic brain function
September 23, 2026 at 3:08 AM
The idea of proximity to coercive power is so utterly corrosive of basic brain function
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RIP former Liberal, National, and Australian Liberty Alliance candidate/supporter Mr Gary 'Angry (At Migrants & Muslims)' Anderson.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQkG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQkG...
Angry Anderson Liberal Party TVC
YouTube video by mushroomandrooster
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2026 at 9:02 AM
RIP former Liberal, National, and Australian Liberty Alliance candidate/supporter Mr Gary 'Angry (At Migrants & Muslims)' Anderson.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQkG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQkG...
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[goose meme] what else did he advocate? WHAT ELSE DID HE ADVOCATE?
September 23, 2026 at 7:21 AM
[goose meme] what else did he advocate? WHAT ELSE DID HE ADVOCATE?
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it is incredibly fucked up that the UK government and police consider it a much worse crime to wear a t-shirt or wave a placard with 'palestine action' on it than to block ports and attack lifeboats
September 23, 2026 at 8:10 AM
it is incredibly fucked up that the UK government and police consider it a much worse crime to wear a t-shirt or wave a placard with 'palestine action' on it than to block ports and attack lifeboats