Greybeard
@greybeard.bsky.social
Former IT Geek, snake catcher and book hoarder
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I've attended many rallies in Sydney: anti-nuclear, anti-war, Aboriginal rights, climate action, gay marriage, Voice, pro-Palestine.
At the #HerzogNotWelcome rally tonight, I felt genuinely afraid of our NSW Police. Protesters were peaceful & cooperative. The police were angry & violent. 😔 #nswpol
At the #HerzogNotWelcome rally tonight, I felt genuinely afraid of our NSW Police. Protesters were peaceful & cooperative. The police were angry & violent. 😔 #nswpol
February 9, 2026 at 11:24 AM
I've attended many rallies in Sydney: anti-nuclear, anti-war, Aboriginal rights, climate action, gay marriage, Voice, pro-Palestine.
At the #HerzogNotWelcome rally tonight, I felt genuinely afraid of our NSW Police. Protesters were peaceful & cooperative. The police were angry & violent. 😔 #nswpol
At the #HerzogNotWelcome rally tonight, I felt genuinely afraid of our NSW Police. Protesters were peaceful & cooperative. The police were angry & violent. 😔 #nswpol
A group who, with few exceptions, still speak truth to power. We need more of that.
It's telling, isn't it, how our utmost respect these days goes to the cartoonists.
A stark contrast to how we feel about politicians, media magnates, billionaires and tech bros.
A stark contrast to how we feel about politicians, media magnates, billionaires and tech bros.
February 9, 2026 at 8:13 AM
A group who, with few exceptions, still speak truth to power. We need more of that.
Got me a couple of them Ediphone gadgets. They say you can talk inter them and they write it on tinfoil. I'm living in the future!
February 9, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Got me a couple of them Ediphone gadgets. They say you can talk inter them and they write it on tinfoil. I'm living in the future!
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Someone brought their cool wheels to the shops. Daddio?
February 7, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Someone brought their cool wheels to the shops. Daddio?
Once upon a midday dreary, while I laboured, hot and weary,
Cleaning out an old neglected gutter,
just above my head - a flutter!
'Twas a magpie on the scrounge for more.
On the scrounge and nothing more
Cleaning out an old neglected gutter,
just above my head - a flutter!
'Twas a magpie on the scrounge for more.
On the scrounge and nothing more
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Once upon a midday dreary, while I laboured, hot and weary,
Cleaning out an old neglected gutter,
just above my head - a flutter!
'Twas a magpie on the scrounge for more.
On the scrounge and nothing more
Cleaning out an old neglected gutter,
just above my head - a flutter!
'Twas a magpie on the scrounge for more.
On the scrounge and nothing more
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When I was a medical student 45 years ago, I clerked in a 13 year old girl with deep jaundice and an abdominal mass. She was Hepatitis B positive. That had led to a primary liver tumour. In a 13-year-old. She was dead within the month. Avoidable with vaccination.
The CDC has endorsed ACIP’s decision of revoking universal access in USA to hepatitis B vaccines at birth. The policy had been in place for 34y and was changed despite no new evidence emerging of any risk of vaccination. #HealthPolicy 🧵
CDC accepts ACIP’s hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for babies
The CDC also said if a baby is not receiving a birth dose of vaccine, the initial dose should be administered no earlier than 2 months of age.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
When I was a medical student 45 years ago, I clerked in a 13 year old girl with deep jaundice and an abdominal mass. She was Hepatitis B positive. That had led to a primary liver tumour. In a 13-year-old. She was dead within the month. Avoidable with vaccination.
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Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
February 3, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
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Go the kids!
Buda, TX: Man in MAGA hat attacks a girl at a high school anti-ICE protest and gets his ass handed to him by high school students. Video is from ReportAustin on Instagram.
February 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Go the kids!
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As if Aussies needed yet another reason not to travel to the US.
#auspol #ICEout
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/a...
#auspol #ICEout
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/a...
Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians' biometric data, ID documents
The Albanese government is giving the Trump administration and agencies like ICE access to Australians' biometric data — and we're not being told anything about it.
www.crikey.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 3:16 AM
As if Aussies needed yet another reason not to travel to the US.
#auspol #ICEout
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/a...
#auspol #ICEout
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/a...
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Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
Amegilla (blue-banded bee) doing bee things
February 2, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Amegilla (blue-banded bee) doing bee things
Absolutely!
Private schools are businesses and should not receive any public money whatsoever.
Strong public schools are better for everyone instead of entrenching classism from their pre-enrolled birth.
Strong public schools are better for everyone instead of entrenching classism from their pre-enrolled birth.
February 2, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Absolutely!
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In the USA, UK & definitely here in Australia for 25 years there has been a complete absence of care about thinking “what if your enemy was in charge & took advantage of these laws?”
Comes IMO from both sides mostly agreeing those who challenge the status quo / power structures as the bad guys
Comes IMO from both sides mostly agreeing those who challenge the status quo / power structures as the bad guys
Every single “national security” law since 9/11: “cripes this is the type of stuff Hitler or Stalin would’ve loved”
“Don’t exaggerate, that’s not how it will be used”
“Don’t exaggerate, that’s not how it will be used”
straight up Gestapo shit
February 1, 2026 at 12:17 AM
In the USA, UK & definitely here in Australia for 25 years there has been a complete absence of care about thinking “what if your enemy was in charge & took advantage of these laws?”
Comes IMO from both sides mostly agreeing those who challenge the status quo / power structures as the bad guys
Comes IMO from both sides mostly agreeing those who challenge the status quo / power structures as the bad guys
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BREAKING
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation releases Barnaby movie
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation releases Barnaby movie
January 31, 2026 at 5:04 AM
BREAKING
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation releases Barnaby movie
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation releases Barnaby movie
Had the grandkids after school, then dinner at their place. Played with both, hugs when leaving. Daughter phoned to say they both have head lice.
a man wearing a shirt that says samurai holds his head
Alt: a man scratching his head frantically
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Had the grandkids after school, then dinner at their place. Played with both, hugs when leaving. Daughter phoned to say they both have head lice.
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These gold coins were found on the Mary Rose, but they don't contain as much gold as you might think!
Instead, they were debased, or mixed with cheaper metals such as silver and copper, so Henry VIII would have more gold to fund his expensive wars.
Instead, they were debased, or mixed with cheaper metals such as silver and copper, so Henry VIII would have more gold to fund his expensive wars.
January 30, 2026 at 9:10 AM
These gold coins were found on the Mary Rose, but they don't contain as much gold as you might think!
Instead, they were debased, or mixed with cheaper metals such as silver and copper, so Henry VIII would have more gold to fund his expensive wars.
Instead, they were debased, or mixed with cheaper metals such as silver and copper, so Henry VIII would have more gold to fund his expensive wars.
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Here's me. "It's only terrorism if they're not white"
In a world of tyrants and toadies, it’s only “terrorism” if they're not white - The Shot
“Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me” – Rage Against the Machine The state-sanctioned, IDF-trained, ICE murders on...
theshot.net.au
January 29, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Here's me. "It's only terrorism if they're not white"
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I was always taught that if you cut the head off the monster, filled its mouth with salt, and buried the carcass at a crossroads at midnight, everything would be tickety-boo. Yet somehow Scott Morrison came back from the dead this week.
The evangelical creepshow returns.
I was always taught that if you cut the head off the monster, filled its mouth with salt, and buried the carcass at a crossroads at midnight, everything would be tickety-boo.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I was always taught that if you cut the head off the monster, filled its mouth with salt, and buried the carcass at a crossroads at midnight, everything would be tickety-boo. Yet somehow Scott Morrison came back from the dead this week.
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The Curious Case of the Companies that Settled in the Night. But both were totally not guilty and didn't sell your private conversations to advertisers. Honest.
January 29, 2026 at 6:27 AM
The Curious Case of the Companies that Settled in the Night. But both were totally not guilty and didn't sell your private conversations to advertisers. Honest.
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And yet media is obsessed by their internal machinations… why?
current polling has the Nationals at 2% of primary vote
....2%....!!!!!
that's NOT a serious political party
that's a takeover opportunity for Clive Palmer
....2%....!!!!!
that's NOT a serious political party
that's a takeover opportunity for Clive Palmer
January 29, 2026 at 3:45 AM
And yet media is obsessed by their internal machinations… why?
I am Burdened with a Glorious Purpose.
(Also a pretty shitty day.)
(Also a pretty shitty day.)
January 27, 2026 at 7:35 AM
I am Burdened with a Glorious Purpose.
(Also a pretty shitty day.)
(Also a pretty shitty day.)
Looking for as many packets as I can get. Would RFK Jr be dumb enough to use them? The Gurning Shitgibbon?
January 27, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Looking for as many packets as I can get. Would RFK Jr be dumb enough to use them? The Gurning Shitgibbon?