Marquis d’Russell
@ashmarquisdrussell.bsky.social
Two and Two makes 22 & the important things in life usually happen unexpectedly
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Oh ,I don’t know….he’s matched his dad already in being a enabler of Trump and his desire to crush democracy and a full on climate change denier
Oh ,I don’t know….he’s matched his dad already in being a enabler of Trump and his desire to crush democracy and a full on climate change denier
The curse of Rupert: Lachlan Murdoch has a long way to go to match his dad
The empire is now safely in Lachlan Murdoch’s hands, but as his Christmas party showed, the shadow of his father looms large.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Oh ,I don’t know….he’s matched his dad already in being a enabler of Trump and his desire to crush democracy and a full on climate change denier
Oh ,I don’t know….he’s matched his dad already in being a enabler of Trump and his desire to crush democracy and a full on climate change denier
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Booker T and the MGs …so so great ….
Thanks Steve for your amazing music 👏👏🙏🙏🎸
Booker T and the MGs …so so great ….
Thanks Steve for your amazing music 👏👏🙏🙏🎸
From Otis Redding to Booker T, Steve Cropper was a strong yet subtle force that shaped so many soul classics
The guitarist for Booker T & the MGs defined the sound of original R&B, co-creating soul anthems and proving himself one of the most influential musicians of the 60s
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December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Booker T and the MGs …so so great ….
Thanks Steve for your amazing music 👏👏🙏🙏🎸
Booker T and the MGs …so so great ….
Thanks Steve for your amazing music 👏👏🙏🙏🎸
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Watch ATO’s Rob Heferen panic & go red in the face as Barbara Pocock questions why they pushed Michael O’Neill into a new role, after he was investigating the PwC scandal.
Pocock asks if he’s made any complaints.
Heferen “You mean about me?” Geezus take a breath - sounds dodgy🚩 #Estimates
Pocock asks if he’s made any complaints.
Heferen “You mean about me?” Geezus take a breath - sounds dodgy🚩 #Estimates
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Watch ATO’s Rob Heferen panic & go red in the face as Barbara Pocock questions why they pushed Michael O’Neill into a new role, after he was investigating the PwC scandal.
Pocock asks if he’s made any complaints.
Heferen “You mean about me?” Geezus take a breath - sounds dodgy🚩 #Estimates
Pocock asks if he’s made any complaints.
Heferen “You mean about me?” Geezus take a breath - sounds dodgy🚩 #Estimates
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140,000 homes are currently being left vacant in Australia. 32,000 homes in Melbourne alone!
Air BnB has 160,000 homes on its books.
There are thousands of developers land banking properties in our cities.
We could legislate the end of a housing crisis very quickly.
Air BnB has 160,000 homes on its books.
There are thousands of developers land banking properties in our cities.
We could legislate the end of a housing crisis very quickly.
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
140,000 homes are currently being left vacant in Australia. 32,000 homes in Melbourne alone!
Air BnB has 160,000 homes on its books.
There are thousands of developers land banking properties in our cities.
We could legislate the end of a housing crisis very quickly.
Air BnB has 160,000 homes on its books.
There are thousands of developers land banking properties in our cities.
We could legislate the end of a housing crisis very quickly.
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Obscene. I'd love to see figures for Australia's uber-rich - Rinehart and her demented ilk. Someone in the halls of power please introduce a wealth tax, and save us all. #Auspol
While millions of families struggle to put food on the table Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos & Mark Zuckerberg own more wealth than the bottom HALF of Americans.
That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.
Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.
Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Obscene. I'd love to see figures for Australia's uber-rich - Rinehart and her demented ilk. Someone in the halls of power please introduce a wealth tax, and save us all. #Auspol
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The claim: “We do not have a gas supply problem. We have a gas export problem.”
That’s from Independent Member for Bradfield, Nicolette Boele, who moved a private member’s motion urging the Government to restrict gas exports to ease shortages.
Read the factcheck: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
That’s from Independent Member for Bradfield, Nicolette Boele, who moved a private member’s motion urging the Government to restrict gas exports to ease shortages.
Read the factcheck: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
December 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The claim: “We do not have a gas supply problem. We have a gas export problem.”
That’s from Independent Member for Bradfield, Nicolette Boele, who moved a private member’s motion urging the Government to restrict gas exports to ease shortages.
Read the factcheck: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
That’s from Independent Member for Bradfield, Nicolette Boele, who moved a private member’s motion urging the Government to restrict gas exports to ease shortages.
Read the factcheck: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
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Paul Bronks—
"𝘒𝘐𝘊𝘒 𝘔𝘠 𝘚𝘌𝘈𝘛 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘔𝘖𝘙𝘌 𝘍𝘜𝘊𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘛𝘐𝘔𝘌 𝘐 𝘋𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘠𝘖𝘜"
"𝘒𝘐𝘊𝘒 𝘔𝘠 𝘚𝘌𝘈𝘛 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘔𝘖𝘙𝘌 𝘍𝘜𝘊𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘛𝘐𝘔𝘌 𝘐 𝘋𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘠𝘖𝘜"
December 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Paul Bronks—
"𝘒𝘐𝘊𝘒 𝘔𝘠 𝘚𝘌𝘈𝘛 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘔𝘖𝘙𝘌 𝘍𝘜𝘊𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘛𝘐𝘔𝘌 𝘐 𝘋𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘠𝘖𝘜"
"𝘒𝘐𝘊𝘒 𝘔𝘠 𝘚𝘌𝘈𝘛 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘔𝘖𝘙𝘌 𝘍𝘜𝘊𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘛𝘐𝘔𝘌 𝘐 𝘋𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘠𝘖𝘜"
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What could go wrong?
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
What could go wrong?
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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As ever, straight talker #TimWilliams dismantling many myths around housing supply that so distort our politics & society.
As practiced in Europe, Govts must step up & build public housing themselves - stop pretending anything else will work
thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spin...
As practiced in Europe, Govts must step up & build public housing themselves - stop pretending anything else will work
thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spin...
The UK and Aus ‘inspire’ each other on housing failure. Both need to remember public housing works
The housing crisis is international. It is not confined to Australia or New South Wales, though, from the hysteria of NSW property lobbyists, you would assume that the problem is caused by public sect...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
As ever, straight talker #TimWilliams dismantling many myths around housing supply that so distort our politics & society.
As practiced in Europe, Govts must step up & build public housing themselves - stop pretending anything else will work
thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spin...
As practiced in Europe, Govts must step up & build public housing themselves - stop pretending anything else will work
thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spin...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Disgraceful…..this is the thin edge of the wedge,soon they will want all government departments to be run by AI …
Disgraceful…..this is the thin edge of the wedge,soon they will want all government departments to be run by AI …
NDIS plans will be computer-generated with human involvement dramatically cut under sweeping overhaul
Exclusive: Staff were told of major changes to the way NDIS funding and support plans will be made during a recent internal briefing
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December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Disgraceful…..this is the thin edge of the wedge,soon they will want all government departments to be run by AI …
Disgraceful…..this is the thin edge of the wedge,soon they will want all government departments to be run by AI …
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Sums thing up really.
To top things off, perhaps they could forward the report to the NACC? 😂
To top things off, perhaps they could forward the report to the NACC? 😂
The Albanese govt sat on this report for TWO YEARS, and then only released it after parliament finished for the year.
The report was originally commissioned “to enhance integrity and trust in government institutions” lol
The report was originally commissioned “to enhance integrity and trust in government institutions” lol
Scathing ‘jobs for mates’ review finds appointments to government boards routinely abused
A report by Lynelle Briggs says placements ‘look like nepotism’ and are undermining confidence in government
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December 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Sums thing up really.
To top things off, perhaps they could forward the report to the NACC? 😂
To top things off, perhaps they could forward the report to the NACC? 😂
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December 1, 1960: Paul McCartney & Pete Best are arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany accused of attempted arson. They fixed a condom to the wall and lit it up as a prank.
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
December 1, 1960: Paul McCartney & Pete Best are arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany accused of attempted arson. They fixed a condom to the wall and lit it up as a prank.
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So difficult to predict anything. Snow and fires. But I’m sure another coal mine will help the environment 😉🙃
So difficult to predict anything. Snow and fires. But I’m sure another coal mine will help the environment 😉🙃
Heat and fires in the west, while record cold delivers snow in the east
Summer has arrived in Australia with a bang, with fire and searing heat in the west, while a sprinkling of snow accompanied record cold temperatures in the south-east of the country.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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So difficult to predict anything. Snow and fires. But I’m sure another coal mine will help the environment 😉🙃
So difficult to predict anything. Snow and fires. But I’m sure another coal mine will help the environment 😉🙃
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"If current trends continue, a child born today living within three metres of sea level will almost certainly lose their home within their lifetime"
I find this terrifying - and the opposition parties are deep in the climate denial hole #AusPol
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I find this terrifying - and the opposition parties are deep in the climate denial hole #AusPol
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Can we handle the truth on climate?
As the latest round of United Nations climate talks were under way at COP30 in Brazil, the Liberal Party finally caved in to the pressure of climate change deniers in the National Party, reminding us ...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"If current trends continue, a child born today living within three metres of sea level will almost certainly lose their home within their lifetime"
I find this terrifying - and the opposition parties are deep in the climate denial hole #AusPol
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I find this terrifying - and the opposition parties are deep in the climate denial hole #AusPol
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his numbers have never been better ….especially in this ranking 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🥂
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
his numbers have never been better ….especially in this ranking 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🥂
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Pollies and public servants grifted by consultants. @joshbarnettmw.bsky.social goes inside the BOM $96m fancy website spend, and the rest.
(Could have gone to CSIRO scientists)
#pwc #deloitte #accenture
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(Could have gone to CSIRO scientists)
#pwc #deloitte #accenture
youtu.be/mBbHzJC-aaY?...
Why was the BOM website so expensive? | The West Report
YouTube video by The West Report
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November 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Pollies and public servants grifted by consultants. @joshbarnettmw.bsky.social goes inside the BOM $96m fancy website spend, and the rest.
(Could have gone to CSIRO scientists)
#pwc #deloitte #accenture
youtu.be/mBbHzJC-aaY?...
(Could have gone to CSIRO scientists)
#pwc #deloitte #accenture
youtu.be/mBbHzJC-aaY?...
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Amazon employees in over 30 countries are walking off the job today as part of a global protest called “Make Amazon Pay”.
They’re demanding the company honour workers rights to unionize, improve environmental sustainability and raise wages.
This is the biggest disruption in the company’s history.
They’re demanding the company honour workers rights to unionize, improve environmental sustainability and raise wages.
This is the biggest disruption in the company’s history.
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Amazon employees in over 30 countries are walking off the job today as part of a global protest called “Make Amazon Pay”.
They’re demanding the company honour workers rights to unionize, improve environmental sustainability and raise wages.
This is the biggest disruption in the company’s history.
They’re demanding the company honour workers rights to unionize, improve environmental sustainability and raise wages.
This is the biggest disruption in the company’s history.
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I brought this when it came out because it was Factory and because of the Dufy cover ….all these years later ,still one of my most cherished LPs..
I brought this when it came out because it was Factory and because of the Dufy cover ….all these years later ,still one of my most cherished LPs..
The Durutti Column: The Return of the Durutti Column review – fragile classic that echoes far beyond its time
The delicate experimentation of the band’s debut may not have chimed with the post-punk 1980s, but its durability makes this deluxe reissue thoroughly deserved
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November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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I brought this when it came out because it was Factory and because of the Dufy cover ….all these years later ,still one of my most cherished LPs..
I brought this when it came out because it was Factory and because of the Dufy cover ….all these years later ,still one of my most cherished LPs..
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Yes
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yes