John Ready
@john-ready.bsky.social
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(international, Australia, NZ, sports, privacy, progressive)
(international, Australia, NZ, sports, privacy, progressive)
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Epstein Survivor Jess Michaels: I'm feeling strangely validated. Because in plain sight, and with even with an act of Congress, we're seeing the exact same delays, negligence, corruption, incompetence that we've seen consistently and have been advocating about. They've actually proved our point.
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Epstein Survivor Jess Michaels: I'm feeling strangely validated. Because in plain sight, and with even with an act of Congress, we're seeing the exact same delays, negligence, corruption, incompetence that we've seen consistently and have been advocating about. They've actually proved our point.
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Hotels talk a lot about sustainability, but often it’s no more than a marketing ploy.
Planning your next holiday? Here’s how to spot and avoid greenwashing
theconversation.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Hotels talk a lot about sustainability, but often it’s no more than a marketing ploy.
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Government: get off social media and go outside
Also the government: no! Not like that!
Also the government: no! Not like that!
The increasing capitalisation of third spaces, the social media ban, disconnect from public sentiment around current affairs in other places atm, and boredom. So much boredom
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Government: get off social media and go outside
Also the government: no! Not like that!
Also the government: no! Not like that!
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If the last three days demonstrate one thing, it's that the right (via the media) controls the narrative in this country.
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
December 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If the last three days demonstrate one thing, it's that the right (via the media) controls the narrative in this country.
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
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PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
December 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
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Now we live in a city that has experienced a racially targeted mass-casualty terror attack. There is a pervasive sadness and sense of something lost. The fall-out so far has been predictable and depressing. We'd prefer the focus to be on grief and reflection, not blame, but that's not how it goes.
December 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Now we live in a city that has experienced a racially targeted mass-casualty terror attack. There is a pervasive sadness and sense of something lost. The fall-out so far has been predictable and depressing. We'd prefer the focus to be on grief and reflection, not blame, but that's not how it goes.
December 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Dear LinkdIn. I don’t need your encouragement. I only signed up to find one organisation I needed to contact. I don’t need Premium. I don’t want to connect with people I might know there. I don’t care who is searching for me. I’m sorry. I never meant to join. It was all a mistake.
December 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Dear LinkdIn. I don’t need your encouragement. I only signed up to find one organisation I needed to contact. I don’t need Premium. I don’t want to connect with people I might know there. I don’t care who is searching for me. I’m sorry. I never meant to join. It was all a mistake.
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Kids can see stuff on most of the platforms without being logged in, just quietly
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Kids can see stuff on most of the platforms without being logged in, just quietly
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This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
December 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
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In an interview with Rick Morton, the Commonwealth ombudsman has slammed the government's 'robodebt'-style approach to welfare compliance. satpa.pe/nyukBoV
‘Particularly strange’: Ombudsman damns welfare compliance
In an interview with The Saturday Paper, the Commonwealth ombudsman says government departments still need to ‘unlearn’ the culture that produced robodebt.
satpa.pe
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
In an interview with Rick Morton, the Commonwealth ombudsman has slammed the government's 'robodebt'-style approach to welfare compliance. satpa.pe/nyukBoV
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This week’s cartoon, by Oslo Davis: satpa.pe/mOjnckB
Oslo Davis cartoon, December 13, 2025
satpa.pe
December 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This week’s cartoon, by Oslo Davis: satpa.pe/mOjnckB
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The ALP designed the NACC with the assistance of the LNP to ensure everyone remained very, very safe and comfortable
After Commr Brereton rates NACC 7 out of 10, David Shoebridge reveals a shocking case where survivor of child sexual abuse had her case against AFP botched by NACC who apologised “for not using relevant evidence”
“Do u stand by your 7/10 rating?”🔥Shameless Brereton stands by it
“Do u stand by your 7/10 rating?”🔥Shameless Brereton stands by it
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The ALP designed the NACC with the assistance of the LNP to ensure everyone remained very, very safe and comfortable
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With the age verification requirements in place in Australia now, here's a reminder that uploading your ID to the internet is a bad idea as it can and will inevitably get hacked and stolen.
Politicians have no clue about cybersecurity, nor do they care.
Politicians have no clue about cybersecurity, nor do they care.
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
With the age verification requirements in place in Australia now, here's a reminder that uploading your ID to the internet is a bad idea as it can and will inevitably get hacked and stolen.
Politicians have no clue about cybersecurity, nor do they care.
Politicians have no clue about cybersecurity, nor do they care.
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Michael de Adder / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Michael de Adder / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.
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Furness went on to say that in their first year NACC received approx 3000 referrals compared to 3500 for NSW ICAC, & in their 2nd yr NACC dropped to about 2000 while NSW ICAC was again approx 3500. Despite these numbers, NSW ICAC concludes their matters faster.
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Furness went on to say that in their first year NACC received approx 3000 referrals compared to 3500 for NSW ICAC, & in their 2nd yr NACC dropped to about 2000 while NSW ICAC was again approx 3500. Despite these numbers, NSW ICAC concludes their matters faster.
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Started / Going
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Started / Going
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Walter Sofronoff loses appeal against ACT Integrity Commission. He was found to have given confidential material to Janet Albrechtsen of The Australian, & a copy of his final report to her & ABC's Elizabeth Byrne before it was officially released. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Walter Sofronoff loses appeal against corruption finding
The man who led the inquiry into the criminal prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann loses his appeal to have serious corruption findings against him overturned.
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Walter Sofronoff loses appeal against ACT Integrity Commission. He was found to have given confidential material to Janet Albrechtsen of The Australian, & a copy of his final report to her & ABC's Elizabeth Byrne before it was officially released. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Reflections on the day 1 of the age ban: experts sidelined again, nuance ignored, and the debate drowned by low-effort vox pops. Policy built on vibes not evidence gets sold as "protecting kids" with all the spectacle of a state propaganda march, loud, choreographed, & divorced from substance.
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Reflections on the day 1 of the age ban: experts sidelined again, nuance ignored, and the debate drowned by low-effort vox pops. Policy built on vibes not evidence gets sold as "protecting kids" with all the spectacle of a state propaganda march, loud, choreographed, & divorced from substance.
Are we expected to believe that this oil tanker was carrying drugs, or is that a claim even the US govt would consider a step too far?
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Are we expected to believe that this oil tanker was carrying drugs, or is that a claim even the US govt would consider a step too far?
The welfare system isn’t just on fire, it’s burning out of control
#auspol
"despite unemployment being baked into economic policy, no one is ever held responsible for the harm"
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
#auspol
"despite unemployment being baked into economic policy, no one is ever held responsible for the harm"
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
The welfare system isn't just on fire, it's burning out of control
A second report into the use of job-seeker mutual obligations is even more damning then the first – but will the government act?
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The welfare system isn’t just on fire, it’s burning out of control
#auspol
"despite unemployment being baked into economic policy, no one is ever held responsible for the harm"
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
#auspol
"despite unemployment being baked into economic policy, no one is ever held responsible for the harm"
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
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The fiasco of the Lady GaGa concert in Brisbane is quintessential Australia 2025.
From banks to aged care, internet service providers to events organisers, "Sorry for the delay", "Thank you for your patience" and "Retain your place in the queue" hide the consistent and rampant abuse of "clients".
From banks to aged care, internet service providers to events organisers, "Sorry for the delay", "Thank you for your patience" and "Retain your place in the queue" hide the consistent and rampant abuse of "clients".
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The fiasco of the Lady GaGa concert in Brisbane is quintessential Australia 2025.
From banks to aged care, internet service providers to events organisers, "Sorry for the delay", "Thank you for your patience" and "Retain your place in the queue" hide the consistent and rampant abuse of "clients".
From banks to aged care, internet service providers to events organisers, "Sorry for the delay", "Thank you for your patience" and "Retain your place in the queue" hide the consistent and rampant abuse of "clients".
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The mismatch between commentary about the social media ban in MSM/ABC compared with commentary in independent media should concern every Australian.
We see the same with so many issues from commentary on climate to crime to immigration - and so much more!
Why? #auspol
We see the same with so many issues from commentary on climate to crime to immigration - and so much more!
Why? #auspol
December 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The mismatch between commentary about the social media ban in MSM/ABC compared with commentary in independent media should concern every Australian.
We see the same with so many issues from commentary on climate to crime to immigration - and so much more!
Why? #auspol
We see the same with so many issues from commentary on climate to crime to immigration - and so much more!
Why? #auspol
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The troubling lack of data behind Australia's social media ban on children
The trouble with the scientific evidence behind the social media ban in Australia is that there is not more of it.
The trouble with the scientific evidence behind the social media ban in Australia is that there is not more of it.
The troubling lack of data behind Australia's social media ban on children
A study of 1,094,890 adolescents put the link between social media use and mental health symptoms at no more than 0.12 - a tiny figure.
news.sky.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The troubling lack of data behind Australia's social media ban on children
The trouble with the scientific evidence behind the social media ban in Australia is that there is not more of it.
The trouble with the scientific evidence behind the social media ban in Australia is that there is not more of it.