Mark O'Connor
@aussieboroboy.bsky.social
Politics, Environment, Healthcare. North East of Victoria, Australia. Once from North East of England. @aussieboroboy
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You’ll remember the blow-up over Matthew Knott’s SMH piece quoting a Hamas co-founder in what looked like a hit job on Albanese. (Context in the quote tweet below if you aren't up to speed.)
Well, it gets worse, and no one’s noticed. A thread....
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Well, it gets worse, and no one’s noticed. A thread....
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Curious that the Sydney Morning Herald suddenly has direct contact with Hamas.
Even more intriguing is that Matthew Knott - once described as a stenographer for pro-Israel groups got the story. (Article in post 2)
Even more intriguing is that Matthew Knott - once described as a stenographer for pro-Israel groups got the story. (Article in post 2)
August 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
You’ll remember the blow-up over Matthew Knott’s SMH piece quoting a Hamas co-founder in what looked like a hit job on Albanese. (Context in the quote tweet below if you aren't up to speed.)
Well, it gets worse, and no one’s noticed. A thread....
/1
bsky.app/profile/aaro...
Well, it gets worse, and no one’s noticed. A thread....
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bsky.app/profile/aaro...
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A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
August 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
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Gary Stevenson for Chancellor of the Exchequer in a Corbyn government. Just putting that energy out into the universe
August 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Gary Stevenson for Chancellor of the Exchequer in a Corbyn government. Just putting that energy out into the universe
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No doubt these are serious fires, but perhaps we can stop using the word Unprecedented.
15,000h is large. Victoria 2009 Black Saturday was 450,000h.
These catastrophic events are not unparalleled or previously unknown but they are predicted to occur more frequently
No doubt these are serious fires, but perhaps we can stop using the word Unprecedented.
15,000h is large. Victoria 2009 Black Saturday was 450,000h.
These catastrophic events are not unparalleled or previously unknown but they are predicted to occur more frequently
France wildfire: Blaze is 'catastrophe on an unprecedented scale'
The huge wildfire is the largest in France so far this year and has burned an area larger than Paris.
www.bbc.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No doubt these are serious fires, but perhaps we can stop using the word Unprecedented.
15,000h is large. Victoria 2009 Black Saturday was 450,000h.
These catastrophic events are not unparalleled or previously unknown but they are predicted to occur more frequently
No doubt these are serious fires, but perhaps we can stop using the word Unprecedented.
15,000h is large. Victoria 2009 Black Saturday was 450,000h.
These catastrophic events are not unparalleled or previously unknown but they are predicted to occur more frequently
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Kenneth Roth is solid, just after 19 mins in. Fergson still calling the genocide "war" & pushing Roth on whether if Netanyahu stops, this might positively impact the ICC arrest warrants was laughable—BUT Roth speaks of Israel's mass atrocities, war crimes & genocide.
iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2501...
iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2501...
7.30: Tuesday 5/8/2025
A man who almost lost a hand in a machete attack at a shopping centre has questioned security measures. Criminals are targeting Chinese Australians with blessing scams. An inquiry into the CFMEU in Qu...
iview.abc.net.au
August 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Kenneth Roth is solid, just after 19 mins in. Fergson still calling the genocide "war" & pushing Roth on whether if Netanyahu stops, this might positively impact the ICC arrest warrants was laughable—BUT Roth speaks of Israel's mass atrocities, war crimes & genocide.
iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2501...
iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2501...
Can I suggest interested people watch Kenneth Roth talking to Sarah Ferguson on 730 tonight @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
Gaza, Trump, antisemitism.
Some people excel in simple communication of complex ideas.
Gaza, Trump, antisemitism.
Some people excel in simple communication of complex ideas.
August 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Can I suggest interested people watch Kenneth Roth talking to Sarah Ferguson on 730 tonight @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
Gaza, Trump, antisemitism.
Some people excel in simple communication of complex ideas.
Gaza, Trump, antisemitism.
Some people excel in simple communication of complex ideas.
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August 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:
The risk estimate fell again to 0.6% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-170.
That implies a 16% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #Australia
🧵
The risk estimate fell again to 0.6% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-170.
That implies a 16% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #Australia
🧵
August 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:
The risk estimate fell again to 0.6% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-170.
That implies a 16% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #Australia
🧵
The risk estimate fell again to 0.6% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-170.
That implies a 16% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #Australia
🧵
Yet another reminder that Australian 'Public' healthcare is not free. Just to say that in the UK, cancer/cardiac/any hospital treatment is free. No surcharge, no top-up, no credit card care.
These decisions are ours to take. Tax multinationals to pay for healthcare
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
These decisions are ours to take. Tax multinationals to pay for healthcare
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
$500 just on parking: The practical realities of a cancer diagnosis
Cancer diagnosis in young people is on the rise, but there are practical ways to support loved ones going through treatment.
www.abc.net.au
July 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Yet another reminder that Australian 'Public' healthcare is not free. Just to say that in the UK, cancer/cardiac/any hospital treatment is free. No surcharge, no top-up, no credit card care.
These decisions are ours to take. Tax multinationals to pay for healthcare
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
These decisions are ours to take. Tax multinationals to pay for healthcare
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
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Newspaper coverage of climate change around the globe dropped 6% from May to June 2025 -- and by 28% compared to June 2024, despite increasing frequency and severity of climate-fueled extreme weather events.
Read more from the @media-climate.bsky.social here: mecco.colorado.edu/summaries/is...
Read more from the @media-climate.bsky.social here: mecco.colorado.edu/summaries/is...
July 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Newspaper coverage of climate change around the globe dropped 6% from May to June 2025 -- and by 28% compared to June 2024, despite increasing frequency and severity of climate-fueled extreme weather events.
Read more from the @media-climate.bsky.social here: mecco.colorado.edu/summaries/is...
Read more from the @media-climate.bsky.social here: mecco.colorado.edu/summaries/is...
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When I think of the ideas, projects and people that the ABC has passed over in favour of this, I feel ill.
(ILL?!! *cue an ex-Gruen panellist cracking a joke about eating mushrooms, accompanied by canned laughter*)
(ILL?!! *cue an ex-Gruen panellist cracking a joke about eating mushrooms, accompanied by canned laughter*)
July 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
When I think of the ideas, projects and people that the ABC has passed over in favour of this, I feel ill.
(ILL?!! *cue an ex-Gruen panellist cracking a joke about eating mushrooms, accompanied by canned laughter*)
(ILL?!! *cue an ex-Gruen panellist cracking a joke about eating mushrooms, accompanied by canned laughter*)
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That’s why I’ve teamed up with Monique Ryan MP and introduced a bill for strong, clear rules and real-time disclosure of lobbying activity.
We can restore trust in government - but only if we’re willing to act.
We can restore trust in government - but only if we’re willing to act.
July 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
That’s why I’ve teamed up with Monique Ryan MP and introduced a bill for strong, clear rules and real-time disclosure of lobbying activity.
We can restore trust in government - but only if we’re willing to act.
We can restore trust in government - but only if we’re willing to act.
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It’s worth reading the letter. We should ashamed. Forget the tariffs themselves. The errors in grammar and spelling. The insane capitalization of random words. The petulant dauphin-like tone. The factual mistakes. The layout.
Utterly humiliating for our country.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Utterly humiliating for our country.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Read an Annotated Version of Trump’s Tariff Letter to Japan
Letters to other nations were nearly identical, with varying rates depending on the country.
www.wsj.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
It’s worth reading the letter. We should ashamed. Forget the tariffs themselves. The errors in grammar and spelling. The insane capitalization of random words. The petulant dauphin-like tone. The factual mistakes. The layout.
Utterly humiliating for our country.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Utterly humiliating for our country.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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“Every derailment of normalcy matters when what’s becoming normal is a genocide,”
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”
#Genocide #FreePalestine #Auspol
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”
#Genocide #FreePalestine #Auspol
The Western liberal’s moral collapse in Gaza
Omar El Akkad’s new book explores why the West only venerates resistance in hindsight, and how we might reconstruct humanity from the ashes of genocide.
www.972mag.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“Every derailment of normalcy matters when what’s becoming normal is a genocide,”
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”
#Genocide #FreePalestine #Auspol
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”
#Genocide #FreePalestine #Auspol
I've asked this question before, but in the aftermath of another very high-profile 'media trial', what benefit is there of publicising allegations BEFORE a court trial is complete?
Are there legal benefits to the current system?
Do those benefits outweigh the risks ?
Are there legal benefits to the current system?
Do those benefits outweigh the risks ?
July 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I've asked this question before, but in the aftermath of another very high-profile 'media trial', what benefit is there of publicising allegations BEFORE a court trial is complete?
Are there legal benefits to the current system?
Do those benefits outweigh the risks ?
Are there legal benefits to the current system?
Do those benefits outweigh the risks ?
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Inside the digital publishing industry, which I try to monitor closely, this is the big news. By Julia Alexander at Puck.
July 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Inside the digital publishing industry, which I try to monitor closely, this is the big news. By Julia Alexander at Puck.
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gotta wonder if the staff at the ABC are under the same duress... (i'm not really wondering... it's pretty obvious)
surely some of them have the guts to call it out publicly... after all taxpayers need to know!
@albomp.bsky.social
#AusNews #AusPol
www.owenjones.news/p/bbc-staff-...
surely some of them have the guts to call it out publicly... after all taxpayers need to know!
@albomp.bsky.social
#AusNews #AusPol
www.owenjones.news/p/bbc-staff-...
BBC staff: we're forced to do pro-Israel PR
A devastating letter signed by over 100 BBC journalists underlines one of the great scandals of our age
www.owenjones.news
July 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
gotta wonder if the staff at the ABC are under the same duress... (i'm not really wondering... it's pretty obvious)
surely some of them have the guts to call it out publicly... after all taxpayers need to know!
@albomp.bsky.social
#AusNews #AusPol
www.owenjones.news/p/bbc-staff-...
surely some of them have the guts to call it out publicly... after all taxpayers need to know!
@albomp.bsky.social
#AusNews #AusPol
www.owenjones.news/p/bbc-staff-...
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Australia is one of the biggest gas exporters in the world, but we're told to worry about a domestic gas shortage?
Might have something to do with the fact that 80% of our gas is exported.
We have a gas export problem, not a supply problem.
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
Might have something to do with the fact that 80% of our gas is exported.
We have a gas export problem, not a supply problem.
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
July 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Australia is one of the biggest gas exporters in the world, but we're told to worry about a domestic gas shortage?
Might have something to do with the fact that 80% of our gas is exported.
We have a gas export problem, not a supply problem.
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
Might have something to do with the fact that 80% of our gas is exported.
We have a gas export problem, not a supply problem.
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
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Stop putting childcare into private hands. Now.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/900754...
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/900754...
The sooner we close for-profit childcare centres, the better
We let our babies become commodities. That's the problem.
www.canberratimes.com.au
July 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Stop putting childcare into private hands. Now.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/900754...
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/900754...
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If you're ever tempted to reply to my writing with AI-generated options for how I might improve on it as an attempt to make yourself look clever:
Most kindly please fuck off. And when you get to where you are going, please fuck off just a touch further.
Most kindly please fuck off. And when you get to where you are going, please fuck off just a touch further.
July 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If you're ever tempted to reply to my writing with AI-generated options for how I might improve on it as an attempt to make yourself look clever:
Most kindly please fuck off. And when you get to where you are going, please fuck off just a touch further.
Most kindly please fuck off. And when you get to where you are going, please fuck off just a touch further.
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Like so many issues we face today - the shocking events in the childcare sector all started with Howard - who allowed private operators who prioritised profit over care to dominate the sector.
Another thing MSM/ABC refuse to highlight #auspol
Another thing MSM/ABC refuse to highlight #auspol
July 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Like so many issues we face today - the shocking events in the childcare sector all started with Howard - who allowed private operators who prioritised profit over care to dominate the sector.
Another thing MSM/ABC refuse to highlight #auspol
Another thing MSM/ABC refuse to highlight #auspol
Another story about an alleged male sexual predator working in childcare.
Is it too far to say, No males should work in these environments?
How many males now work in CC? How would it affect the industry if males workers were asked to leave (without prejudice).
I know NOT ALL MEN are....
Is it too far to say, No males should work in these environments?
How many males now work in CC? How would it affect the industry if males workers were asked to leave (without prejudice).
I know NOT ALL MEN are....
July 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Another story about an alleged male sexual predator working in childcare.
Is it too far to say, No males should work in these environments?
How many males now work in CC? How would it affect the industry if males workers were asked to leave (without prejudice).
I know NOT ALL MEN are....
Is it too far to say, No males should work in these environments?
How many males now work in CC? How would it affect the industry if males workers were asked to leave (without prejudice).
I know NOT ALL MEN are....
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Whacked on the BBC Glasto coverage to see what they were showing instead of Kneecap and caught Amy of Amyl & the Sniffers giving a pro Palestine speech...
Beeb editors playing whack-a-mole
Beeb editors playing whack-a-mole
June 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Whacked on the BBC Glasto coverage to see what they were showing instead of Kneecap and caught Amy of Amyl & the Sniffers giving a pro Palestine speech...
Beeb editors playing whack-a-mole
Beeb editors playing whack-a-mole
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the Star Tribune just called me and told me they would not be publishing the obituary I wrote for my father as it is “unfair to him” and “in poor taste” so here it is and fuck the strib ✌🏻
June 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
the Star Tribune just called me and told me they would not be publishing the obituary I wrote for my father as it is “unfair to him” and “in poor taste” so here it is and fuck the strib ✌🏻
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Capitalism is not your friend.
Ultra-processed food delivers them higher profit margins, and us expanded waist lines, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, shortened lifespans ...
Brits eat more ultra-processed food than any other European country.
Ultra-processed food delivers them higher profit margins, and us expanded waist lines, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, shortened lifespans ...
Brits eat more ultra-processed food than any other European country.
June 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Capitalism is not your friend.
Ultra-processed food delivers them higher profit margins, and us expanded waist lines, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, shortened lifespans ...
Brits eat more ultra-processed food than any other European country.
Ultra-processed food delivers them higher profit margins, and us expanded waist lines, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, shortened lifespans ...
Brits eat more ultra-processed food than any other European country.