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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 1h

He might have presidential immunity in the US, but surely this would be a crime under international law? Make overseas travel for him impossible.

Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 12h

Uninsurable = un-mortgageable. If you can't insure a property, no bank will loan you money against it.

And you can't sell it, because nobody will buy it.

Vast swathes of land all worthless.

The cost to taxpayers of the govt stepping-in as insurer of last resort will be astronomical.

Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 12h

Conservative is not how I'd describe them.

If you're not conserving:
- our unique and precious environment
- our hard-fought rights
- our collective commons
- our public assets and essential services, or
- a viable future for our kids and grandkids

Then exactly what the fuck are you conserving?

Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 17h

I suspect there would be ample hanging space for clothes, conveniently located right above the bed.

Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 19h

The dumbing-down Australia of continues apace, as our premier science organisation faces yet more funding cuts.

Yet we can somehow throw billions subsidising fossil fuels and redundant submarines.

CSIRO funding should be permanently guaranteed at 0.25% of GDP.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding

CEO Doug Hilton says the agency’s budget allocation ‘has not kept up with the cost of doing science’

www.theguardian.com

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Lisa the Antifascist “Leftist”🇦🇺 @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 20h

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 23h

I can't believe 1 in 4 of those polled are watching the insanity of the current US administration and thinking it's still a good idea to tie our military future to a chaotic, authoritarian regime being run by anti-vaxers, tech bros, and a felonious, demented lunatic.

Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 23h

Those amounts are a mere drop in the ocean compared to their profits and the resources, to which they have almost free access.

What irks me the most is how readily the major parties are willing to sell us out for, what are essentially, piddling amounts of money.

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine being such a worthless pile of excrement that you would relentlessly pursue and repeatedly traumatise a rape victim, over and over again, to utterly destroy her life - and all over an insignificant tweet that would have been forgotten in seconds.

Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 1d

How did we allow one industry to hamstring our economy, and why won't any government challenge them?

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 1d

They should have sought the expert advice of Tony Abbott. He's an expert in those computer thingys.

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 1d

The only "experts" Labor are interested in are those who donate generously to their campaigns.

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 2d

Wow! We might get lower bills in 25 years? What a stupid lede.

Anyone with even an ounce of nous realises renewables are far cheaper than fossil fuels.

Our increasing energy bills are being driven by the profiteering retail sector of pointless middlemen, whose sole purpose is to skim profits.

Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 2d

So many Australians, especially the right-leaning, are petty, nasty, spiteful pricks who delight in the suffering of those less fortunate.

The type of people who claim we're the "land of a fair go", but who spend much of their time shitting on anyone they deem below them.

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 2d

It's a universal truth.

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 2d

And that's what makes it so magical.✨

Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 2d

The NACC is like Anti-matter.

Just it's existence is enough to eliminate the perception of corruption.

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 3d

I suspect future studies will find definitive links between microplastics and endocrine malfunction, reproductive issues, cognitive decline, and a whole raft of illnesses plaguing humanity.

Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 3d

A royal commission is simply a pointless exercise nowadays.

Most are toothless, with tame commissioners appointed and with severely limited terms of reference.

They are an easy way for a government to feign care while deferring action for years, and then ignore any recommendations they don't like.

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 3d

"Monitor media for information" made me laugh.

A "Smart Traveller" would already know that the greatest threat to their safety is the US government itself.

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Tony Cartledge @decentral21.bsky.social · 3d

It's my birthday in a few weeks and what I really want is journos like Amy Remeikis, Dave Milner, Michael West, the Crikey team, and other Independent media allowed into #auspol pressers to ask the questions I want answered. Could someone organise that for me? Yeah, that'd be great, thanks.

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 3d

Does he not understand that Abbott would first have to win a seat at the next election?

He got booted by the voters in one of the safest seats in NSW, one he'd held for years.

So the chances of him finding another safe seat, where the punters are going to accept him, are virtually non-existent.

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 4d

Surely they are missing a golden opportunity to drink, snort, bathe in and sell magical Christian ostrich urine.

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 6d

I have to keep remining myself that Gough was 50 years ago.

Which means the majority of the population have never experienced visionary and transformative leadership. All they've seen is mediocrity, at best.

The decline, in particular over the last 10 years has been even more pronounced.

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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 6d

Today the Tas Govt officially binned the Planning Commission’s damning report into the proposed Mac Pt AFL stadium. But if the knuckleheads actually knew anything about ‘future prosperity’, they’d be focussed instead on essential infrastructure and services #auspol #politas

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