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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 6h

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 · 16h

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 · 22h

It's a universal truth.

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 1d

And that's what makes it so magical.✨

Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

"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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 4d

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 · 5d

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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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 4d

Not surprised in any way.

The ALP lost my trust and my vote years ago when they consciously abandoned their heartland in pursuit of centre-right votes.

They are now so far away from the vision and integrity of Gough, they more closely reflect the self-serving dishonestly of Howard or Morrison.

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 5d

Price is one of the people deliberately making Australia less safe with her right-wing conservative lunacy and constant division.

Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 5d

Should be a jail cell.

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 6d

That is clearly a goose.

Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 6d

Imagine repeatedly traumatising a rape victim for years, ultimately bankrupting them and destroying their future - all over an insignificant tweet.

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 6d

What a sickening pile of excrement she is.

thenightly.com.au/politics/lin...

Linda Reynolds moves to make Higgins’ husband bankrupt

Linda Reynolds is seeking to have David Sharaz declared bankrupt, weeks after he was ordered to pay eye-watering damages and legal costs.

thenightly.com.au

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 6d

Fair enough.

Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 6d

Don't we have a NACC that's supposed to identify and investigate corruption?

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 6d

$25 billion is a phenomenal sum.

The govt constantly talks about falling "productivity".

Imagine how much more "productive" our economy would be if that money was being spent on goods, services or creating jobs, instead of being pissed-up the wall on mindless gambling.

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Angie @angiesuniverse.bsky.social · 6d

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Anomander @anomander.bsky.social · 6d

These two things aren't related. The judge who threw-out Trump's deployment happened after the burning house, and two different judges were involved.

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JC Hawman 🏳️‍🌈 @keeptherepublic.bsky.social · 6d

Priorities

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