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Brett

@23brett.bsky.social

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I like reading, listening to music, long walks through the valley of death, and pineapple and coriander pizza. Dislike fascist pathological liar billionaires, long walks through the valley of death, and pineapple and coriander pizza.

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Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 46m

"Allegedly"?

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 22h

Can anyone find whatever bed Albo's hiding under and tell him to grow a spine and just for once, do the right thing?

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 23h

News Corp, who's never met a war criminal or paedophile they didn't support, who's a cheerleader for Trump's cruelty and facism, who are climate change deniers, who demonise asylum seekers, migrants and the unemployed, and who hack people's phones, are taking the moral highlighting ground?
Bless.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 1d

The Tories looked at what's shocking and disgusting most Americans and the rest of the world and thought, that'll make us popular again.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 1d

You're just embarrassing yourself now.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 1d

He is though.
Pretending he isn't will not help.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 1d

Americans have the strangest interpretation of what "left" is.
In most countries, the Democrats would be considered centre right at best.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 1d

Stop being anti-trans, and you'll get a lot more support.
So many good people who want to help have trouble getting behind a bigot.
Please knock it off.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 1d

I guess in a fascist government doing everything they can to emulate the Nazis, the most evil, sick, twisted psychopaths will naturally rise to the top.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 1d

Yep.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 1d

He wishes his dad was still alive so he could ask who was in charge of entertainment at all those Klan rallies.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 2d

I agree, but to be fair, they never need pretext. They just make it up.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research. A report by the climate thinktank Ember found that in the first six months of 2025, renewable energy outpaced the world’s growing appetite for electricity, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use. Continue reading...

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Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 2d

Even if he was fired, he'd just end up in Trump's cabinet.
That's the insane timeline we're in.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 2d

"Clueless Tories copy Trump without looking at his abysmal popularity rating."
Fixed it.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 2d

I can only imagine that when this bubble bursts, it's gonna make every other "global financial crisis" look like nothing.
And of course we'll pay for it.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 2d

And we can see what Albo's doing.
Pretending it's not happening.
Letting Australians be illegally kidnapped in international waters, imprisoned and tortured, and staying silent.
The most spineless PM we've ever had.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 2d

If right wing parties could go back to at least protending to not be Nazis, that'd be appreciated.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 2d

Apart from the illegal kidnapping in international waters?

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 3d

He's clearly a psychopath and a pathological liar.
And if there were any journalists or Democrats left with an actual spine, they'd all be saying it too, because it's undeniable.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 3d

The Venn diagram of what Kirk said and what Nazis say is basically a circle, so I certainly hope it's "out of step with mainstream values".

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder what percentage are antivaxer sovereign citzen wilfully ignorant cookers.
I'm guessing most.
Must be dangerously close to child abuse.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 4d

"Fascism is here" should be the headline of every news story in America, but it isn't, because the media are normalizing it, and/or pretending it's not happening, which is the only way fascism can take hold.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · 4d

During a News Corp annual meeting a few years ago, Murdoch was widely quoted as saying there were “no climate change deniers” around his company.
Oh how we laughed until we cried.