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⌛️🧮 Bruce Carnwell (🐣 & 🌴) Australia

@brucec01.bsky.social

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Equity Trader. I still hope we can find a path through the #ClimateCrisis using enlightened capitalism & technology; no atom splitting!, but some days it is quite hard to sustain this belief! #Climate200 🩵 #AusPol Also, duck feeder 🦆😁 Gold Coast, Australia

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⌛️🧮 Bruce Carnwell (🐣 & 🌴) Australia @brucec01.bsky.social · May 25

#JenniferHewitt, is back to her key talking point on *how* is the #ALP govt is going to get to #NetZero (clearly still has not read the #ISP) & the excellent #MarkKenny comments that if we still had a #carbonPrice, if the #LNP had not trashed it, we would be a lot closer than we are now! #Insiders

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crglddl @crglddl.bsky.social · 4d

Modern Monetary Theory

A primer by Brett Scott on Substack

open.substack.com/pub/brettsco...

Modern Monetary Theory: A Primer

A beginner's guide to the world's most controversial monetary theory

open.substack.com

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Jane Birdwatcher @janebirdwatcher.bsky.social · 7h

Pure populism, playing to their National Party groupies. Delaying the transition will not help rural communities one jot, and will probably cost all Queenslanders dearly, as plants age, and fossil fuel companies leave the areas.

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Andrew Gardiner @ajgardineresq.bsky.social · 6h

I'm not sure Abbott's old seat of Warringah is up for grabs, Pricey. ⤵️

(I mean where 𝒄𝒂𝒏 a Liberal return to the House of Reps in NSW?)

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Renee de St. Croix @reneedsc.bsky.social · Sep 1

“The change shows how ambitious policymaking can directly improve health in large cities. Air pollution is often described by health experts as a silent killer. Both PM 2.5 and nitrogen dioxide have been linked to major health problems, including heart attacks, lung cancer, bronchitis and asthma.”

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Sarajadebl @sarajadebl.bsky.social · 6h

#MelissaMcIntosh #Insiders
“The future is bright for the Liberal party.” HYPOCRITE! Why aren’t you talking about #ROBODEBT . FAKE EMPATHY! Butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth. COVERT FAKE CONCERN. 2030 people died as a result of ROBODEBT! Lives ruined!

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Heather Evans @feather1952.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 5h

@brucec01.bsky.social
That’s a great idea 😃.

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⌛️🧮 Bruce Carnwell (🐣 & 🌴) Australia @brucec01.bsky.social · 5h

Well, I know there are slim pickings, but if she is the best to offer up, they should contemplate party dissolution this month ! 🙄

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Heather Evans @feather1952.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 5h

@brucec01.bsky.social
She’s Melissa everywhere at the moment too - must be the new mouthpiece.

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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 1d

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Mosman Resources @mosmanresources.bsky.social · 10h

Fascism and conspiracies prosper when governments become secretive and particularly when they reduce transparency and accountability. Our political duopoly are promoting and even encouraging this social disruption and degradation of our democracy.

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💧 Johny Miller @jmil4000.bsky.social · Feb 20

Easily the best Canberra-based journalist at the ABC is #MelissaClarke. Since the excellent #SallySara took over at @RNBreakfast , Melissa has been providing the political commentary from Canberra. Smart, insightful and objective. The RN Breakfast menu has improved dramatically.

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Mr Krabappel @krabappel.bsky.social · 8h

Speers set the tone well by bringing up the 000 outage when the LNP were in power.

Melissa could've done the Dan Andrews "that was then, this is now" routine, but she just let herself be outclassed.

I agree, they'll win diddly fuck votes with performances like this.

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Australian Renewable Energy News @solardirectory.bsky.social · 10h

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.
#auspol #renewables
www.wired.com/story/as-coa...

Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

www.wired.com

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Mr Krabappel @krabappel.bsky.social · 10h

Waleed Aly actually surprised me with some good points about the unspoken financial agenda in the ME. He hasn't erased some of the shit he pulled on The Project, but fair call - he was OK this morning.

Anyway, Sunday Shot time... 😀

#Insiders

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 10h

Queensland politics is complicated & the battle against the Crisafulli Colosseum in Victoria Park is no exception. Former Greens Councillor Jonathan Sriranganathan could be standing with former Premier Campbell Newman against Jarrod Bleijie's bulldozers. #qldpol www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

‘Uneasy alliance’: why Brisbane’s Olympics has a former LNP premier and Greens radical fighting on the same side

Queensland government’s plan to build the 2032 Games’ main stadium at Victoria Park has united an unlikely group of protesters

www.theguardian.com

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Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 9h

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OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 12h

SPIEGEL:

📍 “Before the attack on Ukraine in 2014, on the decision of Angela Merkel, the German armed forces were training the Russian army in modern combat tactics.”

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 9h

The Crisafulli government's energy roadblock cancels decommissioning to keep the coal fires burning in the regions. Repairs & overhauls will continue to feature as it proposes a new plant in central Qld between Qld Investment Corp & private sector. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Plan to extend life of coal-fired power stations sends 'mixed messages'

Communities across Queensland have welcomed plans to keep coal and gas burning across the state, though some warn a lack of future planning could undermine short-term benefits.

www.abc.net.au

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Mr Krabappel @krabappel.bsky.social · 11h

John Lyons gave a fair bit of quality to #Insiders .

Walked Aly up in a minute...

a man in a suit is sitting in a chair with the words i mean written on the screen

ALT: a man in a suit is sitting in a chair with the words i mean written on the screen

media.tenor.com

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⌛️🧮 Bruce Carnwell (🐣 & 🌴) Australia @brucec01.bsky.social · 8h

Bloody hell … I have said this previously, but once again I could feel the #Liberal vote slip sliding away, every time #MelissaMcIntosh answered a #DavidSpeers question. Barely coherent thought, especially regarding the state of Palestine 🇵🇸 !!
#Insiders And she wasn’t much better on her portfolio 😫

Paul VK2AHB @paul-vk2ahb.bsky.social · 11h

Once again #insiders has a carping, useless Opposition spokesmouth.

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Level 98 🇺🇦 @level98.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h

If you want to follow me, please don't check out all my past posts, I promise to do better!

"Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance,"

[This is for Australian's who've ever seen/heard/whatever an Aussie ad for superannuation. everyone else can rightly feel bemused.]

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Mr Krabappel @krabappel.bsky.social · 11h

Nice to see Melissa McIntosh politely tell Andrew Hastie to go fuck himself.

#Insiders #auspol

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 20h

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 11, 2025 ~ Everything is fine.

"The invisible gas can be seen in streams of bubbles originating on the seafloor of Antarctica's Ross Sea ... describing the mechanism as 'seemingly widespread' throughout the region... "

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Researchers find methane leaking out of cracks in Antarctic seabed

One of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions has been discovered seeping out of cracks of the Antarctic sea floor, researchers have found.

abcnews.go.com

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⌛️🧮 Bruce Carnwell (🐣 & 🌴) Australia @brucec01.bsky.social · 19h

Let’s be absolutely clear… the key thing is that #DonnieDuck did not get the award !!! 🥂

Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 1d

Many are going to very disappointed and dismayed when they find out the truth about the #nobelwarprize recipient - as I was 😞😞😩 #auspol #NobelPeacePrize

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jacknimrod.bsky.social @jacknimrod.bsky.social · 1d

The winners are all flawed in some way. It’s a pretty pointless award really. Those that really deserve it are unsung or have often died for the cause

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 21h

‘Beijing’s central planners, having underestimated the country’s swift adoption of solar and wind energy, are building the world’s first nationwide grid of ultrahigh-voltage power transmission lines.’

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/b...

How China Powers Its Electric Cars and High-Speed Trains

www.nytimes.com

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