A Scot in Oz
@garybryson.bsky.social
Lefty troublemaker and recovering Glaswegian, living in the glorious Blue Mountains west of Sydney. No DMs, please.
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Breaking - Woodside knowingly pollutes our environment…hang on, isnt that their whole business model?
Hard to believe the regulator is surprised…
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Hard to believe the regulator is surprised…
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Oil and gas giant knowingly shed kilograms of plastic into the ocean
Documents reveal one of Australia's biggest oil and gas companies knowingly shed plastic into the ocean for two months before notifying the offshore regulator.
www.abc.net.au
December 31, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Breaking - Woodside knowingly pollutes our environment…hang on, isnt that their whole business model?
Hard to believe the regulator is surprised…
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Hard to believe the regulator is surprised…
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Mamdani will be sworn in at a New Year’s Day City Hall ceremony, with AOC introducing him—
“For the many New Yorkers who have long felt betrayed by a broken status quo, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez embodies a new kind of politics that puts working people at the heart of it” —Mamdani
“For the many New Yorkers who have long felt betrayed by a broken status quo, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez embodies a new kind of politics that puts working people at the heart of it” —Mamdani
December 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Mamdani will be sworn in at a New Year’s Day City Hall ceremony, with AOC introducing him—
“For the many New Yorkers who have long felt betrayed by a broken status quo, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez embodies a new kind of politics that puts working people at the heart of it” —Mamdani
“For the many New Yorkers who have long felt betrayed by a broken status quo, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez embodies a new kind of politics that puts working people at the heart of it” —Mamdani
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-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
December 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
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Fun fact: The men who invented insulin sold the patent for $1 in 1923 so it could be affordable to all.
Today, prescriptions in the United States are so high that people can’t even afford the shit they need to survive.
Today, prescriptions in the United States are so high that people can’t even afford the shit they need to survive.
December 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fun fact: The men who invented insulin sold the patent for $1 in 1923 so it could be affordable to all.
Today, prescriptions in the United States are so high that people can’t even afford the shit they need to survive.
Today, prescriptions in the United States are so high that people can’t even afford the shit they need to survive.
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Gift link for a fascinating & characteristically problematic NYTimes article:
What's problematic is the wholesale importation (pun intended) of the empty-headed zero-sum Trumpian view of trade. China sells & finances African solar, which is bad because...Africa won't build solar factories? C'mon
What's problematic is the wholesale importation (pun intended) of the empty-headed zero-sum Trumpian view of trade. China sells & finances African solar, which is bad because...Africa won't build solar factories? C'mon
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Gift link for a fascinating & characteristically problematic NYTimes article:
What's problematic is the wholesale importation (pun intended) of the empty-headed zero-sum Trumpian view of trade. China sells & finances African solar, which is bad because...Africa won't build solar factories? C'mon
What's problematic is the wholesale importation (pun intended) of the empty-headed zero-sum Trumpian view of trade. China sells & finances African solar, which is bad because...Africa won't build solar factories? C'mon
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12.... Many of has have been saying that it's not just our Jewish Community dealing with hate... #Auspol #News @albomp.bsky.social NOTE Muss have been dealing with hate since 911 and deserve better protections as well.
Women wearing hijabs targeted in anti-Muslim abuse since Bondi attack
There are concerns women wearing hijabs are bearing the brunt of a "horrifying" wave of Islamophobia in the wake of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, with the Australian National Imams Council reporti...
www.abc.net.au
December 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12.... Many of has have been saying that it's not just our Jewish Community dealing with hate... #Auspol #News @albomp.bsky.social NOTE Muss have been dealing with hate since 911 and deserve better protections as well.
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Israeli Gov's list of top 10 Australian 'anti-Semitic' orgs, politicians & people.
No actual Nazi groups ie National Socialist Network.
Most solely oppose genocide of Palestinian civilians - this is Not anti-semitic.
Netanyahu's propaganda & true agenda are clear #Auspol
No actual Nazi groups ie National Socialist Network.
Most solely oppose genocide of Palestinian civilians - this is Not anti-semitic.
Netanyahu's propaganda & true agenda are clear #Auspol
December 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Israeli Gov's list of top 10 Australian 'anti-Semitic' orgs, politicians & people.
No actual Nazi groups ie National Socialist Network.
Most solely oppose genocide of Palestinian civilians - this is Not anti-semitic.
Netanyahu's propaganda & true agenda are clear #Auspol
No actual Nazi groups ie National Socialist Network.
Most solely oppose genocide of Palestinian civilians - this is Not anti-semitic.
Netanyahu's propaganda & true agenda are clear #Auspol
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Pauline Hanson, who never stops ranting about “elites”, is in hot water after failing to declare a ride on Gina Rinehart’s private jet to attend a cooker conference in the US, breaching parliamentary rules requiring declarations of gifts from multibillionaires. 🙄 #auspol
December 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Pauline Hanson, who never stops ranting about “elites”, is in hot water after failing to declare a ride on Gina Rinehart’s private jet to attend a cooker conference in the US, breaching parliamentary rules requiring declarations of gifts from multibillionaires. 🙄 #auspol
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Do correct me if I'm just forgetful, but I don't remember anyone suggesting we arm groups of Muslim Australians to protect Australians of Muslim faith when an Australian man murdered 51 Muslims just across the ditch in NZ?
Do you, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social? Do you remember that? #auspol #nswpol
Do you, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social? Do you remember that? #auspol #nswpol
December 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Do correct me if I'm just forgetful, but I don't remember anyone suggesting we arm groups of Muslim Australians to protect Australians of Muslim faith when an Australian man murdered 51 Muslims just across the ditch in NZ?
Do you, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social? Do you remember that? #auspol #nswpol
Do you, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social? Do you remember that? #auspol #nswpol
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Has anyone ever explained why the IDF is allowed to recruit here?
Is any other nationality allowed to go and join what equates to a foreign army?
Does dual citizenship give you that option?
Been struggling with this a while thought I’d throw it out there.
Is any other nationality allowed to go and join what equates to a foreign army?
Does dual citizenship give you that option?
Been struggling with this a while thought I’d throw it out there.
December 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Has anyone ever explained why the IDF is allowed to recruit here?
Is any other nationality allowed to go and join what equates to a foreign army?
Does dual citizenship give you that option?
Been struggling with this a while thought I’d throw it out there.
Is any other nationality allowed to go and join what equates to a foreign army?
Does dual citizenship give you that option?
Been struggling with this a while thought I’d throw it out there.
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NB: April 2024: Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom was murdered by Israel in a targeted air strike on a World Central Kitchen aid convoy that was clearly identified and following IDF instructions. Australia imposed no sanctions on Israel and expelled no Israeli diplomats. #IsraeliTerrorism #auspol
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
NB: April 2024: Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom was murdered by Israel in a targeted air strike on a World Central Kitchen aid convoy that was clearly identified and following IDF instructions. Australia imposed no sanctions on Israel and expelled no Israeli diplomats. #IsraeliTerrorism #auspol
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Undisputedly true. It's State-sanctioned child abuse with lifelong untoward consequences for both the child and society. #RaiseTheAge #auspol #vicpol
I missed this earlier in the month, but the state failed these kids at birth, at school, in care, and now it finishes the job in adult prisons. These laws won’t stop violence. They’ll just make sure Aboriginal and other disadvantaged children pay for it forever.
#auspol #vicpol
#auspol #vicpol
Victorian Parliament passes youth justice laws allowing life sentences for children despite human rights concerns
Controversial youth justice reforms that allow children to be sentenced to life in prison have passed the Victorian Parliament, despite strong opposition from legal experts and Indigenous organisation...
nit.com.au
December 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Undisputedly true. It's State-sanctioned child abuse with lifelong untoward consequences for both the child and society. #RaiseTheAge #auspol #vicpol
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Maybe we need to be wary of the “delegitimisation” of legitimate criticism, which is the latest trick.
December 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Maybe we need to be wary of the “delegitimisation” of legitimate criticism, which is the latest trick.
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Trump praises dictator #Netanyahu about his handling the Gaza war. But he forgets to mention the genocide reports that more than 70,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began on October 7, 2023. And another 30,000 thru disease & starvation! How one dictator loves another!
December 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Trump praises dictator #Netanyahu about his handling the Gaza war. But he forgets to mention the genocide reports that more than 70,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began on October 7, 2023. And another 30,000 thru disease & starvation! How one dictator loves another!
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BlueSky isn’t much fun for MAGA trolls. Our “block and ignore” culture means that they don’t get the engagement they want. Within a short time, they’re so blocked that their trolling is ignored, and they just slink away.
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
BlueSky isn’t much fun for MAGA trolls. Our “block and ignore” culture means that they don’t get the engagement they want. Within a short time, they’re so blocked that their trolling is ignored, and they just slink away.
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The Australian mainstream media and political establishment is at best silent,
and more likely complicit,
with this madness.
'Community safety' is the opposite of what is being delivered. #nswpol #auspol
and more likely complicit,
with this madness.
'Community safety' is the opposite of what is being delivered. #nswpol #auspol
Labor is simultaneously talking about letting CSG, a Zionist security org with close links to the IDF, carry heavy firearms at events in Australia, and also Australians can't protest anymore... What does that feel like?? Seriously?? Anyone that isn't batshit psycho ok with this?
December 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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In 2025, "political journalism in Australia’s mainstream media continued to move away from holding power to account, and closer to the role of PR for conservative interests."
That's why more of us seek independent voices, says @newpolitics.bsky.social.
newpolitics.substack.com/p/the-year-i...
That's why more of us seek independent voices, says @newpolitics.bsky.social.
newpolitics.substack.com/p/the-year-i...
The Year in Review: The collapse of the fourth estate
This instalment of the New Politics six-part review of the year in politics looks at the diminishing state of the mainstream media and the failures in its duty to hold power to account.
newpolitics.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
In 2025, "political journalism in Australia’s mainstream media continued to move away from holding power to account, and closer to the role of PR for conservative interests."
That's why more of us seek independent voices, says @newpolitics.bsky.social.
newpolitics.substack.com/p/the-year-i...
That's why more of us seek independent voices, says @newpolitics.bsky.social.
newpolitics.substack.com/p/the-year-i...
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Solutions described as “obvious,” “straightforward,” or “commonsense” are insulated from scrutiny and attempts to discuss land, minerals, biodiversity, or scale is treated as obstruction: The ecomodernist bully pulpit.
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‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables — Guardian US
The activist and author of Here Comes the Sun discusses rapid advances in solar and wind power and how the US ceded leadership in the sector to its main rival
apple.news
December 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Solutions described as “obvious,” “straightforward,” or “commonsense” are insulated from scrutiny and attempts to discuss land, minerals, biodiversity, or scale is treated as obstruction: The ecomodernist bully pulpit.
apple.news/A7VWOEI7EQGW...
apple.news/A7VWOEI7EQGW...
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🚨 An admission from Trump that his FRIENDS are PEDOPHILES... and Trump doesn't want his PEDOPHILE friends, who violently RAPED young girls, to get hurt!
#TrumpPedoFiles
'My friends will get hurt': Trump blew up over threats to expose Epstein accomplices www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
#TrumpPedoFiles
'My friends will get hurt': Trump blew up over threats to expose Epstein accomplices www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
'My friends will get hurt': Trump blew up over threats to expose Epstein accomplices
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revealed new details about her split with President Donald Trump over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.The retiring Republican congresswoman spoke to the New...
www.rawstory.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🚨 An admission from Trump that his FRIENDS are PEDOPHILES... and Trump doesn't want his PEDOPHILE friends, who violently RAPED young girls, to get hurt!
#TrumpPedoFiles
'My friends will get hurt': Trump blew up over threats to expose Epstein accomplices www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
#TrumpPedoFiles
'My friends will get hurt': Trump blew up over threats to expose Epstein accomplices www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
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Your daily reminder that being in the USA illegally is a misdemeanor, not a felony.
50 ICE agents swarming a public library to arrest one person.
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
December 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Your daily reminder that being in the USA illegally is a misdemeanor, not a felony.
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No one chooses to be disabled or chronically ill.
It’s not a moral failing.
People blame the disabled because it makes them feel morally superior.
They can tell themselves it’ll never happen to them.
It can happen to anyone. It’s a minority group you can join at any time.
It’s not a moral failing.
People blame the disabled because it makes them feel morally superior.
They can tell themselves it’ll never happen to them.
It can happen to anyone. It’s a minority group you can join at any time.
December 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
No one chooses to be disabled or chronically ill.
It’s not a moral failing.
People blame the disabled because it makes them feel morally superior.
They can tell themselves it’ll never happen to them.
It can happen to anyone. It’s a minority group you can join at any time.
It’s not a moral failing.
People blame the disabled because it makes them feel morally superior.
They can tell themselves it’ll never happen to them.
It can happen to anyone. It’s a minority group you can join at any time.
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More artists cancel on Kennedy Center in protest of Trump adding his name
More artists cancel on Kennedy Center in protest of Trump adding his name
More artists cancel on Kennedy Center in protest of Trump adding his name
www.independent.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
More artists cancel on Kennedy Center in protest of Trump adding his name
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Instead of being arrested, the war criminal gets a massive motorcade.
How Americans are OK with this is insane!
Nesferatu’s Florida motorcade dwarfed Trump’s.
Nesferatu’s Florida motorcade dwarfed Trump’s.
December 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Instead of being arrested, the war criminal gets a massive motorcade.
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Millions of workers are toiling away from their families over the holidays. So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Pay all workers a living wage.
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Millions of workers are toiling away from their families over the holidays. So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Pay all workers a living wage.