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Barry Tucker

@btucker.bsky.social

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Canoeing, camping, carpentry, a pacifist. Carpentry website: https://t.co/5amjZEGIW9 Respect for Nature now my "religion".

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · Sep 8

Corporate governance of USA (& elsewhere) began with Lewis Powell's 1971 memo to US Chamber of Commerce, regarded as a blueprint.

Read a Greenpeace analysis of blueprint & what's happened since:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/greenpea...

The New Corporation is an update:
www.bing.com/videos/river...

Greenpeace Analyzes the Lewis Powell Memo: Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy - Greenpeace - Greenpeace

Forty years ago, not only was Greenpeace formed, but a then-obscure corporate lawyer (later appointed by President Nixon to the Supreme Court) drafted a memorandum for the U.S. Chamber of…

www.greenpeace.org

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 1m

Along with the right to protest.

Today, *You may protest, if you have our permission*.

Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 2m

There's no news of note at the weekend.

It's all sport -- cultural reinforcement.

Here's the latest from the [insert sport] stadium.

Monday's news: A roundup of weekend sport.

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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 5h

The explosion of independent media sites isn’t merely an echo of dissenting voices – it’s a response to the MSM’s failure to provide objective, impartial reporting.

theaimn.net/the-people-v...

The People versus Murdoch: the rise of independent media

Over a decade ago, I wrote about a subject that remains as relevant today as ever. For nearly twenty years, I’ve been hammering away at the keyboard – a space where I could speak freely, [...]

theaimn.net

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 7m

Why not go for 12? Magical sound.

Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 9m

Heard on radio from USA overnight: Trump is trying to create the conditions he claims to exist.

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Gerry Joyce-Magladene @deaconbluesky.bsky.social · 2h

Everything they do is gas lighting.

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 12m

Religions shd be examined for veracity, required to provide proof of their various claims, be obliged to abandon the bs.

Eg: Jesus turned water into wine. Did he really? Water is made of H2O, wine is made from grape juice--a lengthy process.

ALL religions are Man-made inventions. Always were.

Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 21m

Did he mention that gas exporters are allowed to export gas "surplus to requirements" free of charge (royalties)?

Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 23m

The story so far:

Hamas & Israel have agreed to begin exchanging hostages & prisoners.

The IDF has agreed to pull back from the front line, which means they remain in Gaza for now.

Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 31m

A Liberal polly was rattling on abt Labor fedgovt today, mentioned "world class civil service" providing advice.

I immediately thought of fedgovt's use of huge consulting firms, giving questionable advice, at inflated prices.

Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 38m

I don't know why 2024-25 data is not included.

I'm sure the deadline for posting it after election has been brought forward from earlier years.

Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 41m

We've seen or heard it happen so often.

Responsibility hs bn abandoned, along with the principle of ministerial responsibility. If you stuffed up, you must resign.

Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 47m

I don't agree.

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Freethinkers United @freethinkersunited.bsky.social · 22h

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

Great to see our research being used in Parliament!

Australia Institute research shows that the proposed changes to Freedom of Information laws would make a repeat of the Robodebt coverup more likely, not less.

@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 22h

Follow the money.

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 1d

So - let me get this straight…

They’ll ban social media for under 16s even though most experts say it WON’T work

But they won’t ban gambling advertising & other key recommendations even though most experts say it WILL work

What? #4corners #auspol

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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 1d

Trump recently claimed the US has secured $17 trillion in new investments – an amount so vast it would have wiped out the national debt and still left room for universal healthcare, free college, and a lifetime supply of golf carts for every American.

theaimn.net/trump-claims...

Trump claims he’s secured $17 trillion in investments - OK, where is it?

Somehow, the federal government has run out of money and shut down.So - where’s the $17 trillion in foreign investments Trump boasts about?

theaimn.net

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 22h

Maybe they ran out of blue paint. 😜

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 23h

What??? #auspol > overland.org.au/2025/10/aust...

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 22h

*Y'all fat!*

Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 22h

Bless the cartoonists, so often getting it just right.

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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · 1d

David Rowe pull up!.. Financial Review

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 22h

More redactions per page responsible for increasing processing time?

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 22h

We had hopes that long awaited anti-corruption commission wd investigate some pollies, recommend prosecution if required (#Watergate, #Robodebt).

See how that's turned out.

What principle is it that protects politicians from being held to account for neglect, damage or malfeasance?

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