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bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 6h

Julia Gilard did a lot of good things, like pushing for technology neutral laws, but looking back isn't useful.
Government has to prioritise the present term, ahead of the past.

bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 10h

Why didn't "The Greens" compromise and offer a better deal than the coalition ?

Labor are moderates. They need extremists of one side to support the legislation. The one who is willing to compromise will win.

If you're blaming Labor, you have one eye closed.

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bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 16h

Labor is supposed to save democracy in other countries now ?
(Our democracy is fine)

bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 1d

You say, "a very narrow set of truths," that's something a politician would say to dismiss an opponent.

Your playing word games because you don't like him, that's fine, but at least admit your only free to judge him because he spoke the truth openly.

bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 1d

I was responding to your words.

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bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 1d

You can have whatever opinion you like about his motives for speaking truth.

I don't understand why you and other conflate his motives and his actions.

He still took personal risks to put the truth out there. There are benefits for society for him doing so irrespective of motives.

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bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 1d

Standing up to abuse of power is important if we want to live a just society.

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bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 1d

He took a personal risk to tell the truth, and he is paying the price. No personal gain in it for him.

I like politics, but trying to be gatekeepers of "the truth" for the benefit of your "side" is why the world is so broken and fragmented.

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bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 1d

Just remember; never put your membership card on the internet, or they will be onto us.

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bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 1d

See all those "fat" chips, they are memory, and someone had to push them into the socket with their thumbs... they were a tight fit to ensure it made good contact. My thumb remembers.

bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 1d

That's where they keep all the membership cards.

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bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 2d

Is an email address more important than a physical address in modern society ?

If you cancel your email services, what you have to go without ?

#thoughtexperiment

bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 6d

Right now yea, but it's still an important reform long term.

bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 7d

The NACC wouldn't exist without Labor.
It need a new commissioner, but politicians can't easily interfere with it without setting a bad precedent.

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bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 7d

Funky gibbous is also cool.

bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 7d

AUKUS, yes, they are on the same page.

How about energy policy, are they same on energy policy, what about employment, health, welfare, are they the same ?

bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 8d

How can you say they are close when the Libs don't have any policies.

Which portfolio do you think is most similar ?

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bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 8d

It WAS taxpayer funds.
It IS government funds.

The amount of tax you pay (or not) doesn't grant you special privileges.

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bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 8d

Israel doesnt have the legal or moral right to speak for citizens of other countries.

bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 8d

bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 9d

I don't remember them from any of the meetings

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bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 9d

Why aren't they wearing masks though ?

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bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 9d

He is not the lord of great communication, is he....

(I'm the same age as him, and experienced those golden years of the simpsons... still no idea what his point is)

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bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 10d

Wait, my keyboard is 10-key-less, and I failing ?

bug1 @bug1.bsky.social · 10d

How about giving users the right to be forgotten so users can reset how they are targeted by "the algorithm".

Their motive is collecting personal information and selling it as a service, attack their business model, not their users.

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