koz
@auskoz.bsky.social
Born 1955.
Australian. Novocastrian.
Here for politics, current affairs, etc.
#auspol
Australian. Novocastrian.
Here for politics, current affairs, etc.
#auspol
Lawrence O’Donnell details Donald Trump’s “complete reversal” of what he said about New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani in just 18 days, “the kind of reversal a politician offers only in defeat, only in surrender.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=odyM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=odyM...
Lawrence: The image of Trump and Mamdani perfectly captures the decline and fall of Trump.
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Lawrence O’Donnell details Donald Trump’s “complete reversal” of what he said about New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani in just 18 days, “the kind of reversal a politician offers only in defeat, only in surrender.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=odyM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=odyM...
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Defend our ABC!
Our ABC is under attack by far-right wreckers – we're fighting back.
getup.to
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Shout out to all the kids who couldn’t wait to finish school so they didn’t have to put up with dickheads like this. Fancy still being like this into adulthood.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Shout out to all the kids who couldn’t wait to finish school so they didn’t have to put up with dickheads like this. Fancy still being like this into adulthood.
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Pretty funny that the party who fights culcha wars for Aussie flag thongs in supermarkets on Australia Day sold our gas to tax dodging foreign owned multinationals so you pay more. How very patriotic
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Pretty funny that the party who fights culcha wars for Aussie flag thongs in supermarkets on Australia Day sold our gas to tax dodging foreign owned multinationals so you pay more. How very patriotic
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Huda Ammori calls into question the pro-Palestine group’s ban under ‘antiterrorism’ laws.
Palestine Action cofounder to challenge group’s proscription in UK court
Huda Ammori calls into question the pro-Palestine group’s ban under ‘antiterrorism’ laws.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Huda Ammori calls into question the pro-Palestine group’s ban under ‘antiterrorism’ laws.
#auspol
The modern ALP no longer sees Richo’s methods as aberrant.
It sees them as heritage.
Factional apparatchiks and party hacks like Marles hail Richo as a “hero”
They are operating from his playbook
The current leadership has clearly learned. And learned well.
theaimn.net/a-state-fune...
The modern ALP no longer sees Richo’s methods as aberrant.
It sees them as heritage.
Factional apparatchiks and party hacks like Marles hail Richo as a “hero”
They are operating from his playbook
The current leadership has clearly learned. And learned well.
theaimn.net/a-state-fune...
A State Funeral for Richo? What is Labor thinking?
There is a joke circulating among NSW Labor veterans about Graham Richardson’s state funeral: “It will be the only funeral where the pallbearers are lobbyists.” It is a good line. It gets a laugh. But...
theaimn.net
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
#auspol
The modern ALP no longer sees Richo’s methods as aberrant.
It sees them as heritage.
Factional apparatchiks and party hacks like Marles hail Richo as a “hero”
They are operating from his playbook
The current leadership has clearly learned. And learned well.
theaimn.net/a-state-fune...
The modern ALP no longer sees Richo’s methods as aberrant.
It sees them as heritage.
Factional apparatchiks and party hacks like Marles hail Richo as a “hero”
They are operating from his playbook
The current leadership has clearly learned. And learned well.
theaimn.net/a-state-fune...
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Oil companies…”Beware the military industrial complex.”- Eisenhower.
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Oil companies…”Beware the military industrial complex.”- Eisenhower.
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“Albanese is about defending the status quo.
This is difficult for a government that identifies as centre-left.
How do you tackle #inequality if you are not prepared for conflict with vested interests?” - Sean Kelly #SundayShot #auspol
This is difficult for a government that identifies as centre-left.
How do you tackle #inequality if you are not prepared for conflict with vested interests?” - Sean Kelly #SundayShot #auspol
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“Albanese is about defending the status quo.
This is difficult for a government that identifies as centre-left.
How do you tackle #inequality if you are not prepared for conflict with vested interests?” - Sean Kelly #SundayShot #auspol
This is difficult for a government that identifies as centre-left.
How do you tackle #inequality if you are not prepared for conflict with vested interests?” - Sean Kelly #SundayShot #auspol
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We need Change
Labor pushing forward environmental protection laws that benefit the mining industry, refusing to implement gambling ad reforms, sacking scientists, cosying up to authoritarian babymen, actively harming the unemployed, criticising & condemning protesters against genocide,
#Auspol
Labor pushing forward environmental protection laws that benefit the mining industry, refusing to implement gambling ad reforms, sacking scientists, cosying up to authoritarian babymen, actively harming the unemployed, criticising & condemning protesters against genocide,
#Auspol
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We need Change
Labor pushing forward environmental protection laws that benefit the mining industry, refusing to implement gambling ad reforms, sacking scientists, cosying up to authoritarian babymen, actively harming the unemployed, criticising & condemning protesters against genocide,
#Auspol
Labor pushing forward environmental protection laws that benefit the mining industry, refusing to implement gambling ad reforms, sacking scientists, cosying up to authoritarian babymen, actively harming the unemployed, criticising & condemning protesters against genocide,
#Auspol
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New rule: if you’re a Supreme Court Justice and you’re mentioned in the Epstein files, you have to recuse from any future lawsuit about the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
New rule: if you’re a Supreme Court Justice and you’re mentioned in the Epstein files, you have to recuse from any future lawsuit about the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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“Idleness so called, which does not consist in doing nothing, but in doing a great deal not recognised in the dogmatic formularies of the ruling class, has as good a right to state its position as industry itself.”
—“An Apology for Idlers”
Robert Louis Stevenson (1877)
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69825
—“An Apology for Idlers”
Robert Louis Stevenson (1877)
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69825
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“Idleness so called, which does not consist in doing nothing, but in doing a great deal not recognised in the dogmatic formularies of the ruling class, has as good a right to state its position as industry itself.”
—“An Apology for Idlers”
Robert Louis Stevenson (1877)
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69825
—“An Apology for Idlers”
Robert Louis Stevenson (1877)
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69825
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"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted."
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted."
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Maybe we shouldn't call it giving away money when billionaires give it to themselves.
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Maybe we shouldn't call it giving away money when billionaires give it to themselves.
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The world’s 3 biggest music companies have all licensed their works to an AI music startup.
The company, called Klay, is building a streaming service where users to remake songs using AI.
Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music have all signed on.
The company, called Klay, is building a streaming service where users to remake songs using AI.
Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music have all signed on.
Major Music Labels Strike Deals With New AI Streaming Service
The world’s largest music companies have licensed their works to a music startup called Klay, which is building a streaming service that will allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The world’s 3 biggest music companies have all licensed their works to an AI music startup.
The company, called Klay, is building a streaming service where users to remake songs using AI.
Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music have all signed on.
The company, called Klay, is building a streaming service where users to remake songs using AI.
Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music have all signed on.
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Federal election spending by the 100 wealthiest Americans is now 140x what it was in 2000.
Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Federal election spending by the 100 wealthiest Americans is now 140x what it was in 2000.
Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks' largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, coffee beans, and other supplies to the entire northeast.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks' largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, coffee beans, and other supplies to the entire northeast.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
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This will be the first piece of evidence entered at the RoboDebt Two Point Zero Royal Commission.
Fools.
Arrogant fools.
Fools.
Arrogant fools.
Minister Gallagher refuses to answer basic questions from @davidpocock.bsky.social about whether they got legal advice that giving cops these powers to cancel welfare payments is constitutional
"This is extraordinary that the government won't even confirm"
"This is extraordinary that the government won't even confirm"
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This will be the first piece of evidence entered at the RoboDebt Two Point Zero Royal Commission.
Fools.
Arrogant fools.
Fools.
Arrogant fools.
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David Pocock arguing in the #Senate against the cancelling of Centrelink benefits pending criminal prosecution. This is what an ethical equality warrior looks like. We need 20 more like him in the halls of power and hope we get them in the next election. He makes me proud to be Australian. #auspol
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Zohran Mamdani ran on a platform without taking a dime from corporations. He defeated a member of a political dynasty and the billionaires who backed him.
He has set an example for others to follow and given hope to many in a tumultuous political era.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=62Vn...
He has set an example for others to follow and given hope to many in a tumultuous political era.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=62Vn...
Dialectic at Work: A Socialist Win in NYC: How, Why, & What it Means
YouTube video by Democracy At Work
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Zohran Mamdani ran on a platform without taking a dime from corporations. He defeated a member of a political dynasty and the billionaires who backed him.
He has set an example for others to follow and given hope to many in a tumultuous political era.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=62Vn...
He has set an example for others to follow and given hope to many in a tumultuous political era.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=62Vn...
