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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 9h

My column on tax, fairness and companies paying nothing.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If we want a better, more equal society, we need more tax. But more tax only works if big business pays their fair share | Grogonomics

Trust in both the tax and political system will falter if people feel they are being punished for not paying tax while large companies legally get away with paying nothing

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 9h

Burning in my hands. #morningpop #thursdayvinyl #tiftmerritt #tambourine

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 10h

Laying underneath the stars
And it can be so much fun
Especially when you’re feeling good
When you’re with the one you love #morningpop #thursdayvinyl #vanmorrison #saintdominicspreview

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 22h

About time.

www.smh.com.au/business/wor...

Merivale dropped from Good Food Guide

Australia’s largest hospitality company has been excluded from the Good Food Guide following claims it exploited workers and prioritised VIP treatment over staff safety.

www.smh.com.au

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 1d

Your midweek reminder of the current playlist is here. Hear Three Degrees, Maxwell & The Cardigans, Robert Plant, Warmer & Carlita, Dry Cleaning, Meg Mac & Curtis Harding, Jessie Ware, The Toys & Roger McGuinn. But wait, there's also SG Lewis, Kinks +more
open.spotify.com/playlist/4Vi...

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 1d

As you check out a new song & podcast on a life very well lived in Australian music - without him would we even have Australian music? - indulge WindBackWednesday as Harry Vanda gets loved. "It wasn’t cynical at all it was just enthusiastic. He's very inspiring.” www.bernardzuel.net/post/harry-v...

HARRY VANDA LETS THE DEVIL LOOSE IN WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

One of the giants of Australian music, Harry Vanda, is old enough to know better than to release music these days. Not just because it’s a different world from when he was writing some of the biggest ...

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 1d

Talking Heads, with Remain In Light, and Prince, with Dirty Mind, released at the same time in 1980? That's one fine day.

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 1d

A new (& for the first time solo) single 60+ yrs since his first with a little group called The Easybeats, a podcast talking history - & lordy what a history - method & inspiration, & now a WindBackWednesday appearance. It's all happening for Harry Vanda.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/harry-v...

HARRY VANDA LETS THE DEVIL LOOSE IN WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

One of the giants of Australian music, Harry Vanda, is old enough to know better than to release music these days. Not just because it’s a different world from when he was writing some of the biggest ...

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Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 1d

As an Australian, I should not be obliged to know who Bari Weiss even is but this is like reading that Jay Rayner review of Le Cinq. You don't need to have first hand knowledge to enjoy such a filleting.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

“To make matters worse, you have never reported, and they all know it. You don’t know anything about the challenges or judgment calls required for complicated stories.” www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

Canaries.
My @smh cartoon.

Two scenes. 1: advisor to Albo at his desk: “Sir, I must inform you that our canaries-in-the-coal-mines of climate change, transparency, accountability and social equity are all looking sickly…” PM: “Hmm…”
Scene 2: Albo at a lectern with press around: “…and that’s why my government is proud to announce the development of a new SUPER BREED of canaries…”

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 1d

Holds most decidedly unbarred. #morningpop #amandashires #nobodysgirl

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, but we do Frank. We do. #morningpop #franksinatra #noonecares

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 2d

No doubt the freedom-of-the-press warriors in Canberra's gallery will be cancelling membership of the Press Club. Or criticising the club's decision on Chris Hedges. Or asking questions publicly. Or ... doing nothing at all.
Yeah, I think we know which.

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 2d

I and I could not live in a negative way. #morningpop #tuesdayvinyl #bobmarleyandthewailers #babylonbybus

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 3d

New week/new playlist. Has SG Lewis+Oliver Sim & Jessie Ware vs The Three Degrees & The Commodores; Touch Sensitive+Connie Mitchell & Stereolab vs Mary J Blige & Neko Case; Adrian Deutsch & Lighthouse Keepers vs Dry Cleaning & The Toys +15more
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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 3d

Start the week properly with a playlist giving you Curtis Harding, Jean Carn & Maxwell alongside Meg Mac, Blossoms & The Kinks; O'Jays, Carlita & The Cardigans with Warmer, Tristen & Roger McGuinn; then some Loaded Honey (from Jungle) & Edison Lighthouse +13 more
www.bernardzuel.net/post/fed-up-...

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 4d

Self identifying as another old man!

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 4d

Pointing Percy at the breakfast porcelain. #morningpop #robertplant #mojo #higherrock

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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 4d

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out - The New York Times share.google/COX0APqX8No1...

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 5d

Taylor with a mo? #morningpop #jefftweedy #twilightoverride

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 5d

Between Taylor trips, another “wrong kinda girl”. #morningpop #buckinghamnicks

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 5d

Saturday read (& listen) #5. A playlist for music-hungry beasts has Amyl And The Sniffers, Emmylou Harris & David Keenan, with Tune-Yards, Rosanne Cash & Baker Boy; Abbe May, Veto & Bruce Springsteen with Fairport Convention, Patsy Cline & Spoon +14 more bangers! open.spotify.com/playlist/0QI...

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 5d

Saturday read #4. Hands across the water for WindBackWednesday as Francoise Hardy & Jane Birkin come at us 3 ways, always.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/c-est-l...

Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 5d

Saturday read #3. Out of the cinema, songs blinking in the daylight, in pt 2, Peter Milton Walsh brings Sinatra, Solaris & "separating us from the animals of AI” to the party. "If we have to be in this broken world then bring something beautiful to it.”
www.bernardzuel.net/post/what-s-...

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