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Ken

@squiggler1.bsky.social

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Blueskyer from Aus, 19Nov24. Scream for HONEST media. Photos: T002C1 Rocky, Canada, massive male orca a full-on breach, pectoral fins spread wide 📸: Aly Kohlman Tathra Wharf, David Rogers, I love photos especially birds, places and plants. Booklover

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Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 1d

That says it all about Steve Price and the Horse Shit.
Price is so nonsensical, so irrelevant.

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 5d

Australians need educating on Climate Change - post haste.

The deniers are winning the media battle.

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 7d

Oh I forgot to mention the cover - great photography. That's our outback. Well some of it.

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 7d

I want to book made into a TV series or movie - not just for the rich characters but more for the Mercedes car chase across the fields.

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 7d

I loved the title. I kept thinking of Goondiwindi.
Agree with nearly everything the reviewer said - missed her name. Why nearly? Well I've forgotten the part about the Whitlams, so I'll have to re read the book, won't I?
I want to book made into a TV series or movie.

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 7d

Yes I want Free to Air TV. Don't use this as a road block. Find a solution where we can have Free to Air TV but block Gambling Ads.
And block them at sporting events.
Shame on those celebrities / sports people - Ex and Current, who put their names to such Ads

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 7d

I'm with you David and all the others who want the Full Murphy Review Recommendations implemented.
That's what the #Dunkley voted for in the by-election.
The Labor Caucus must cajole the the PM and Cabinet into working their way through this.
Yes I want Free to Air TV. Don't ...

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 9d

Even former gambling execs are calling for action on gambling ads.

Good to hear the Minister is restarting talks on reform, but what’s needed is courage from the PM to take on vested interests & pursue a complete ban on ads - just as the Murphy Review recommended.
www.afr.com/politics/fed...

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 13d

How to deal with this?
Americans and the rest of us need to think of ways to counter this.
Start with organisations - like Murdochs, the media, that support and encourage and spread such stupidity.

Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 13d

I did not think we would get to this point even 12 months ago.

Now I just shrug, as do many.

And THAT is a problem

#NotNormal

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 13d

Setting aside the absolute scientific idiocy of the specifics here, reflect for just a moment on the fact that there's a list of "banned words" at all.
That's fascism and unAmerican.

"Energy Dept adds #climatechange and emissions to list of banned words"

subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

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💙Sue L N @blue-rosary52.bsky.social · 16d

Take Tylenol and call me in the morning …

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 16d

Nope, he has always refused to answer the question.

What's worse about Hastie though, is that like Morrison, he's an opportunistic narcissist.

And he's funded, endorsed and adored by Gina Rinehart.

Andrew Hastie - without the ugly drinking and the scandals - is Gina's new, improved Barnaby toy.

Stejwill @stejwill.bsky.social · 16d

Has he ever disavowed his father’s views about creationism? #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Future Liberal leader or party disruptor? Andrew Hastie and the rise of the ‘Maga right’

WA MP offers a divisive brand of politics that shuns net zero and migration and is anchored in flag-waving patriotism, faith and family

www.theguardian.com

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 22d

Please sign the petition.

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Aug 26

Pro-gun groups are mobilising against gun laws, and celebrating the increase in guns in our community.

We've launched a petition to create a National Firearms Register to help close dangerous loopholes and better protect public safety.

Can you sign and share?
▶️ theaus.in/firearm_regi...

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · Aug 28

Mark Dreyfus has called out Tim Wilson’s nasty & intimidatory electoral campaign in #Goldstein which included incidents of abuse, harassment, even death threats. Dreyfus credits Zoe Daniel & says, unlike Wilson, her campaign was one of integrity.
Shame on you Wilson. #auspol

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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 26d

‘Cascading, compounding’: five key takeaways from Australia’s national climate risk assessment
- by @readfearn.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Cascading, compounding’: five key takeaways from Australia’s national climate risk assessment

From rising heat-related deaths to the environmental and economic cost of climate change, here’s what the landmark report warns

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 25d

Erwin Jackson on where Australia is at on climate adaptation and what is needed is worth a read

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Australia has an Everest to climb if it wants to protect itself from climate catastrophe. But do we have the political resolve? | Erwin Jackson

The National Adaptation Plan is only a small step towards a comprehensive strategy to build resilience into Australia’s economy

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 25d

Battle for the bush? Ignore the noise – most farmers like renewables
theconversation.com/battle-for-t...

Battle for the bush? Ignore the noise – most farmers like renewables

Getting to net zero relies on the bush. Rapid change can create tensions – but media framing and vested interests have inflamed the situation.

theconversation.com

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 27d

If you haven’t already forgotten the #Libs / #LNP then you should after #Hastie’s no surprise rash announcement. Another nail in their coffin.

💧 simon holmes à court @simonahac.bsky.social · 27d

“[hastie] has picked a hell of a day to say he will die on the hill of net zero… millions of australians were just warned about the potentially catastrophic impacts of climate change and he is saying to them ‘i don’t give a stuff’.”

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www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Hastie threatens to quit frontbench, issues net zero ultimatum to Ley

Andrew Hastie’s opposition to net zero emissions is well known, but his provocative comments about quitting the frontbench are a fresh test of Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s authority.

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 27d

@albomp.bsky.social I hope and Chris have this under control.

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 27d

A must-read explainer from @jcobevans.bsky.social on carbon budgets.

If 🇦🇺 is to avoid blowing ours, we need an emissions target of 75% cut by 2035. The Govt must stand up for Australia’s future and set a target that secures their future.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

2036: The year Australia is due to blow its carbon budget

Unless Australia lifts its ambitions, its "fair share" of carbon emissions will be spent 14 years early. With the government announcing a 2035 climate target this week, there is intense debate on how ...

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 27d

Reposting as much for me as for you.

Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 27d

And yet Labor governments continue to approved fossil fuel mega projects and seek to impose heavy penalties on people who protest to make us pay attention to our looming fate
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

First climate risk assessment finds 1.5m Australians at risk from sea level rise by 2050

One and a half million Australians are at risk from sea levels rising by 2050 unless climate change can be limited, Australia’s first national climate risk assessment warns.

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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 27d

"Today I’m here for one purpose. And that is to expose the cover-up."
Some days, I meet a source whose courage absolutely knocks my socks off. Today, Mick Dover is risking one million dollars to tell his story to 4 Corners. Watch ABC TV 8.30pm & YouTube. #PBCC #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

The Plymouth Brethren offered Mick $1 million to stay silent. He refused

The controversial church offered to settle with Mick Dover over his allegations of abuse, but only if he signed a non-disclosure agreement and agreed not to disparage them in any way.

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 27d

So worrying.
A response is needed @albomp.bsky.social
1.5, 2.0 and rising - where is it now? Where will it be in 2030, 2035, 2040, 2050 and now 2070.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 27d

"Anthony Albanese's claim that more fossil gas is needed for the energy transition is unscientific nonsense - it is gas industry propaganda raised to the level of state policy – and reflects a stampede toward more fossil fuels rather than a transition away."

Australian government gaslights the nation as it puts Woodside ahead…

Climate Analytics responds to the Australian government's approval of Woodside Energy's gas production project out to 2070

climateanalytics.org

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 29d

Headings matter @jacobgreber.bsky.social The heading implies such negative things about Albo. Headings Count - time for an apology, even if there is some sweet toothing in the article.
Chief Political Corespondent? Can’t be. To put Albo anywhere near Trump is such an insult to me let alone Albo.

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 29d

Great journalism.

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · 29d

What a slime - even his response, passing the buck, not taking responsibility- has to be held to account.

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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 29d

PM Anthony Albanese has described the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (formerly the “Exclusive Brethren”) as a cult & its activities during the last election will be scrutinised in a parliamentary inquiry. Watch Big Brethren, #4Corners, Monday 8.30 ABC TV & YouTube for our international viewers.

Ken @squiggler1.bsky.social · Sep 12

I've added my name to the petition, will you?

LisaZed 👩🏻‍🎨 🌏 🐨🌳 @lisazed.bsky.social · Sep 12

There are now more licenced firearms in AU than b4 the 1996 Port Arthur massacre – & we still have no National Firearms Register.
Australians need gun laws that live up to the bravery of the 1st laws, but now, these laws are no longer fit for purpose.
#auspol

✍️ PETITION: Australia Needs a National Firearms Register

Our research has revealed there are now more licenced firearms in Australia than before the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. ✍️ Add your name to call on the Federal Government to urgently establish a Nation...

nb.australiainstitute.org.au