Brett Edgerton
@macroedgo.bsky.social
Contrarian essayist, blogger and thought-leader, ex-scientist, stay-at-home Dad of 20 years.
I urge all Governments to have greater political courage in developing appropriate safeguards for the protection from gun violence and wellbeing of farming families.
Gun Violence Should Never Be Trivialised
Note: I’ve had this drafted (with only minor modification) since late 2024 intending to release it in gun violence awareness month. However recent events have prompted me to bring forward its…
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January 23, 2026 at 3:30 AM
I urge all Governments to have greater political courage in developing appropriate safeguards for the protection from gun violence and wellbeing of farming families.
Someone at Bloomie dropping truth bombs 🤣👏
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Someone at Bloomie dropping truth bombs 🤣👏
Watching tennis last night I couldn't help but contrast how its administrators had respected its legacy and history while making modest, well-reasoned and measured adjustments whereas Rugby League has been so bastardised as to be (almost) lost ... if the kick-off rule changes it will be, in my view
This is obviously a work of fiction, but ... Are there any real Rugby League fans left? 20 years ago the fight was to save legacy clubs, now the fight is to save the game itself ...
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It’s Rugby Football Jim, But Not As We Know It
Sketch by ChatGPT: prompt “draw a pencil sketch of players playing Rugby League” Just imagine watching the 2035 NRL grand final beamed live from Las Vegas. Gone from NRL games are…
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January 18, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Watching tennis last night I couldn't help but contrast how its administrators had respected its legacy and history while making modest, well-reasoned and measured adjustments whereas Rugby League has been so bastardised as to be (almost) lost ... if the kick-off rule changes it will be, in my view
This is obviously a work of fiction, but ... Are there any real Rugby League fans left? 20 years ago the fight was to save legacy clubs, now the fight is to save the game itself ...
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It’s Rugby Football Jim, But Not As We Know It
Sketch by ChatGPT: prompt “draw a pencil sketch of players playing Rugby League” Just imagine watching the 2035 NRL grand final beamed live from Las Vegas. Gone from NRL games are…
macroedgo.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
This is obviously a work of fiction, but ... Are there any real Rugby League fans left? 20 years ago the fight was to save legacy clubs, now the fight is to save the game itself ...
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Very well said @timdunlop.bsky.social ... This is why I joined the ALP ... I am not so negative on @albomp.bsky.social though - he can pragmatically move to be less incrementalist ... a good start is to take on farmers over guns - why are they politically untouchable on it? - they shouldn't be ...
January 2, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Very well said @timdunlop.bsky.social ... This is why I joined the ALP ... I am not so negative on @albomp.bsky.social though - he can pragmatically move to be less incrementalist ... a good start is to take on farmers over guns - why are they politically untouchable on it? - they shouldn't be ...
I do, and tell them I love them >twice daily, all because I too had to remove a gun from a man, but from someone who should have protected me ... Besides this post, I have filmed a video which I planned to release in gun violence awareness month (June) - perhaps I should bring that forward ....
December 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I do, and tell them I love them >twice daily, all because I too had to remove a gun from a man, but from someone who should have protected me ... Besides this post, I have filmed a video which I planned to release in gun violence awareness month (June) - perhaps I should bring that forward ....
As a survivor of gun violence, few things make me more pleased than learning that authorities have lessened the threat of gun violence in our society ... (even if photographs of guns raise my stress levels due to my PTSD) ...
More than 1,000 guns and parts seized in illicit weapon crackdown in Australia and New Zealand
More than 1,000 guns and parts seized in illicit weapon crackdown in Australia and New Zealand
Police make more than 180 arrests and capture 281 privately manufactured weapons and parts, including those made by 3D printers
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Authorities have seized more than 1,000 firearms and gun parts in a crackdown on the spread of illicit weapons in Australia and New Zealand.
The week-long transnational operation led to more than 180 arrests, according to Australian Border Force, and the seizure of 281 privately manufactured firearms and parts, including those made by 3D printers. Continue reading...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
As a survivor of gun violence, few things make me more pleased than learning that authorities have lessened the threat of gun violence in our society ... (even if photographs of guns raise my stress levels due to my PTSD) ...
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"hate towards Jewish people grew amongst Germans (and elsewhere) through the 1930s, the Nazis first answer to the so-called "Jewish problem" was forced emigration, and the decision to carry out genocide through extermination did not crystallise until 1941"
"hate towards Jewish people grew amongst Germans (and elsewhere) through the 1930s, the Nazis first answer to the so-called "Jewish problem" was forced emigration, and the decision to carry out genocide through extermination did not crystallise until 1941"
October 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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"hate towards Jewish people grew amongst Germans (and elsewhere) through the 1930s, the Nazis first answer to the so-called "Jewish problem" was forced emigration, and the decision to carry out genocide through extermination did not crystallise until 1941"
"hate towards Jewish people grew amongst Germans (and elsewhere) through the 1930s, the Nazis first answer to the so-called "Jewish problem" was forced emigration, and the decision to carry out genocide through extermination did not crystallise until 1941"
I have a new hero ... @Ahona Guha 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
This book reached me on so many levels - truly useful for all trying to survive this system of Extreme capitalism with so many inflicting harm on others even if it does not always fit the definition of trauma ...
This book reached me on so many levels - truly useful for all trying to survive this system of Extreme capitalism with so many inflicting harm on others even if it does not always fit the definition of trauma ...
October 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I have a new hero ... @Ahona Guha 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
This book reached me on so many levels - truly useful for all trying to survive this system of Extreme capitalism with so many inflicting harm on others even if it does not always fit the definition of trauma ...
This book reached me on so many levels - truly useful for all trying to survive this system of Extreme capitalism with so many inflicting harm on others even if it does not always fit the definition of trauma ...
Treatment day for my love, and it's a shortened week which always strains those working in cancer care units (5 treatment days must be done in 4!)... And yet they always turn up working hard to be their best for the benefit of the patients... So much gratitude, respect and love for those who care 💞
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Treatment day for my love, and it's a shortened week which always strains those working in cancer care units (5 treatment days must be done in 4!)... And yet they always turn up working hard to be their best for the benefit of the patients... So much gratitude, respect and love for those who care 💞
"This is why every public hospital cancer service would be enriched by an embedded counsellor or psychologist"
I was feeling a little smug at how much I had helped a cancer patient. Then came a devastating text | Ranjana Srivastava
Misfortunes shouldn’t have to compete to be meaningful but a combination that fills me with dread is cancer and mental illness
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October 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"This is why every public hospital cancer service would be enriched by an embedded counsellor or psychologist"
As far as I could understand through his rambling incoherence, his lobbying for the Nobel prize hinges on just 1 more signature (who he threatens). I really don't know what will be worse - with the carrot still dangling at least he remains incentivised to give the appearance of caring about lives
President Trump Address to Pentagon Leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico – Full Transcript
(0:00 - 0:19) Ladies and gentlemen, the Secretary of War. Well, you've heard from me. So now it's the main
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October 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
As far as I could understand through his rambling incoherence, his lobbying for the Nobel prize hinges on just 1 more signature (who he threatens). I really don't know what will be worse - with the carrot still dangling at least he remains incentivised to give the appearance of caring about lives
People wondering how to lead in this fractured society, this is an important example. This man - who I know - is hurting and is vulnerable to far right voices over gender and trad roles. With compassion I help to see through his pain and understand what is really important. He put on 'like'
September 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
People wondering how to lead in this fractured society, this is an important example. This man - who I know - is hurting and is vulnerable to far right voices over gender and trad roles. With compassion I help to see through his pain and understand what is really important. He put on 'like'
Through his first term I vacillated between favouring Whitlamesque breakthrough over Albo's chosen strategy of (timid) incrementalism. I've decided - last night I applied to become a member of the ALP for exactly the reasons discussed in this article. No more chirping from the sidelines - team 1st
A US fascism expert warns: Australia is not immune and undoing the damage is ‘very, very hard’
The US’s slide towards authoritarianism is part of a global trend, says professor and fascism expert Jason Stanley
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September 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Through his first term I vacillated between favouring Whitlamesque breakthrough over Albo's chosen strategy of (timid) incrementalism. I've decided - last night I applied to become a member of the ALP for exactly the reasons discussed in this article. No more chirping from the sidelines - team 1st
Been saying that for a few years, including in my series of writing entitled "The Great Reset" of which below is an example, but things are getting critical now especially in the US
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September 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Been saying that for a few years, including in my series of writing entitled "The Great Reset" of which below is an example, but things are getting critical now especially in the US
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Respect 💪💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿 ... Fighting structure, authority and political power - organisations/corporations - takes greater strength than many will ever know, but some just don't know how to take a backward step ... (Respect also to @Josh Bornstein )
The final day in Lattouf v ABC.
At 10.15am on Wednesday 24 September, Justice Rangiah will hand down his judgment on the penalty the ABC must pay for my unlawful sacking.
Some thoughts.
At 10.15am on Wednesday 24 September, Justice Rangiah will hand down his judgment on the penalty the ABC must pay for my unlawful sacking.
Some thoughts.
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Respect 💪💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿 ... Fighting structure, authority and political power - organisations/corporations - takes greater strength than many will ever know, but some just don't know how to take a backward step ... (Respect also to @Josh Bornstein )
September 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Each passing day ... this US administration has been in how long?
AI-generated Image by ChatGPT and edited by myself (because it would not do as I requested - read on to see how sensitive the software can be to depicting satire directed at right-wing ideology) ...
September 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Each passing day ... this US administration has been in how long?
Amy you are an (rare) authentic leader in our troubled society ... feel your pain about experience of violence - am sitting on a personal gun violence video (to save others from embarrassment) ... Experiment for all, search AI tool for how many people Hitler killed (Gemini's response below) ...
September 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Amy you are an (rare) authentic leader in our troubled society ... feel your pain about experience of violence - am sitting on a personal gun violence video (to save others from embarrassment) ... Experiment for all, search AI tool for how many people Hitler killed (Gemini's response below) ...
Gee, talk about cutting close ... the parallels with past writing and something I am presently writing are remarkable (though unsurprising given the topic) - except the addition of xenophobia to the misogyny in my writing ...
I’m exhausted but am surviving. How can I heal from burnout without expensive time off? | Leading questions
Lots of us are desperate to come off the watch, advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith writes. One strategy might be to cut the corners you can
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September 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Gee, talk about cutting close ... the parallels with past writing and something I am presently writing are remarkable (though unsurprising given the topic) - except the addition of xenophobia to the misogyny in my writing ...
I have to admit to being shocked ... I thought the Wilsons (of the eponymous fund manager infamy) were better investors ... my put options from Feb 2020 returned 30x !!! I lost all respect for the Wilsons after the dividend imputation political campaign ...
Tim Wilson has a long-held bet against Australia’s sharemarket – it has now lost him ‘quite a bit’ of money
The Liberal MP bought the product, which profits when the ASX 200 falls, in early 2020, his register of interests shows, but an analysis and experts say it has been a poor investment
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September 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I have to admit to being shocked ... I thought the Wilsons (of the eponymous fund manager infamy) were better investors ... my put options from Feb 2020 returned 30x !!! I lost all respect for the Wilsons after the dividend imputation political campaign ...
This supports the role of stress (hormones) in disease progression (spread) of this one of the most serious forms of breast cancer ...
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August 23, 2025 at 5:52 AM
This supports the role of stress (hormones) in disease progression (spread) of this one of the most serious forms of breast cancer ...
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Yep, and politicians and their senior advisors/parliamentary secretaries ... and to the cries about talented people I say talented at what - extracting personal gain in our system of Extreme capitalism ... Another system - quarantine post political salary and super and link access to long term KPIs
If we were looking seriously at productivity, we'd ban this kind of revolving door, which inevitably corrupts public decision-making. How can an RBA governor avoid knowing that their decisions in office will affect their subsequent job prospects
Ex-RBA governor Lowe joins Barrenjoey board
In February 2023 Philip Lowe found himself in hot water after accepting a lunch invite from Barrenjoey. This week he joined the start-up investment bank’s board.
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August 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Yep, and politicians and their senior advisors/parliamentary secretaries ... and to the cries about talented people I say talented at what - extracting personal gain in our system of Extreme capitalism ... Another system - quarantine post political salary and super and link access to long term KPIs
I can get on board with this, BUT there is a related issue that must be addressed immediately ... right now in Brisbane there is such a premium on new houses that even 25-30 year old large, solid (brick) homes are being demolished to build new single family homes ...
Jim Chalmers says environment laws need overhaul to stop people ‘burning cash waiting for approvals’
Treasurer says ‘status quo is no longer acceptable’ on Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act as Labor pushes to build 1.2m new homes by 2029
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I can get on board with this, BUT there is a related issue that must be addressed immediately ... right now in Brisbane there is such a premium on new houses that even 25-30 year old large, solid (brick) homes are being demolished to build new single family homes ...
"All employers are in the extraction business, not just those in the ‘resources’ industry. The resource all employers mine is their people – specifically their ideas, energy and time – ‘just’ the most personal and precious of our resources which define us as human beings."
Australia’s Productivity Roundtable: Putting health and wellbeing first
ChatGPT image of “office workers extremely tired and stressed from trying to compete with AI” All employers are in the extraction business, not just those in the ‘resources’…
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August 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
"All employers are in the extraction business, not just those in the ‘resources’ industry. The resource all employers mine is their people – specifically their ideas, energy and time – ‘just’ the most personal and precious of our resources which define us as human beings."