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kelthehistorian.bsky.social
@kelthehistorian.bsky.social
Local & family historian living on Kaurna land.
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My latest article in @theshot.net.au on the dark days of McCarthyism coming to Australia to eclipse our cultural landscape under the guise of eradicating communism - whoops sorry - antisemitism

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The dark arts - The Shot
The ideology of the Israel lobby in Australia is this - burn it to the ground rather than ever allow an opposing voice.
theshot.net.au
January 21, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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But it's okay guys.
The disbelievers, vested interests & lobbyists have it all in hand.
They'll make sure we stay on track, to disaster.
The political games, lies & tinkering around the edges will destroy our food & water resources ➡️ death & famine.
Greay leading
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Australia joins Canada in rejecting Trumpist cruelty, our faux Trump - like Poilievre - lost his seat (to a young woman) - except we did it even more emphatically. Proud of my country.
May 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Trump’s henchbros have closed the federal department of libraries & museums, & fired everyone. It will be replaced with rules that all collections & exhibitions be positive and patriotic. That’s right: Americans will now need to hide books from the Nazis.
everyone.it
April 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Trust’s ’flood-the-zone’ torrent of executive orders is both an effort to demonstrate autocratic power and to overwhelm and exhaust people who might resist the changes.
What’s behind Trump’s flurry of executive action: 4 essential reads on autocrats and authoritarianism
What’s happening now in Washington, DC, is different from most presidential transitions − in volume, pace, content and breadth of the changes ordered.
theconversation.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Grace Tame is a brilliant, strategic activist. Like Trump & Murdoch, she understands the power of attention. The difference is she uses hers for good, not evil. My latest in Nine Media. www.smh.com.au/national/tam...
Tame Grace? Good luck with that. I delight in her brave belligerence
As a lifelong feminist, witnessing the blunt and precise advocacy of women like Grace Tame fills me with joy.
www.smh.com.au
January 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Fascinating analysis of the foolish, belligerent, bellicose ignorance of MAGA. www.smh.com.au/business/mar...
When it comes to energy, Donald Trump is China’s useful idiot
Trump’s plans to “drill, baby, drill” at the expense of clean energy is a blessing for China. For at least the next four years, the US is withdrawing from the greatest economic battle of our time.
www.smh.com.au
January 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Truth from former Australian of the Year, Grace Tame: The pearl-clutching among the political and media class over her T-shirt decrying the malign influence of the Murdoch empire just proves her point.
Why is my t-shirt more offensive to our prime minister than a 50-year assault on democracy?
The boy who lived in public housing comes to die on a corporately owned hill.
www.crikey.com.au
January 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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They both can’t fit up Trump‘s arse. They’ll have to take turns…
Australian billionaires Anthony Pratt and Gina Rinehart praise Trump in US newspaper ads ahead of inauguration
Rinehart lauds ‘outstanding leader’ while Pratt says he is ‘honored to support your call to Make America Great Again’
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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George Monbiot sums up our current moment in history succinctly. We must resist the oligarchs with everything we have. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump and Musk have launched a new class war. In the UK, we must prepare to defend ourselves | George Monbiot
Across the world, societies are reverting to oligarchies. How to resist? Fight for democracy with all we’ve got, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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‘Free speech’ is a fiction perpetrated by media oligarchs. The Chinese block social media platforms not to censor speech, but to prevent oligarchs controlling their communities.

Read what happens when that doesn’t happen. Social media is a hijacking of societies.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
'Dangerous times ahead': Warnings of misinformation surge as Meta retreats
By scaling back its independent fact-checking, Meta has triggered alarm among civil society groups in Asia where misinformation's consequences have proven deadly.
www.abc.net.au
January 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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January 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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What’s going on in the USA is not normal. We need a collective global effort to defeat fascism & the dark forces of fossil fuel interests, ‘Christian’ nationalists, white supremacists and billionaires on an ego trip. We need to take the gloves off with these people. Our kids lives are at stake.
January 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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American voters will never be forgiven, not just those who voted for Trump, but those who stayed home. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the LA fires: Donald Trump’s denial and division fuel climate inaction | Editorial
Editorial: Events in California reveal how political obstruction is deepening a climate crisis that needs urgent action to prevent it becoming an irreversible disaster
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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57 companies are responsible for 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016.

These companies include fossil fuel giants like Chevron, Shell, and BP, who have been raking in record profits.

The profits of Big Oil should not be more important than the future of our planet.
Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016
Analysis reveals many big producers increased output of fossil fuels and related emissions in seven years after Paris climate deal
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Last year, China installed more solar panels than the U.S. did in the last 20 years. China’s total installed solar energy capacity is now 600 GW.

There is no time to waste. Time to dump fossil fuels and embrace the renewable revolution.

#ActOnClimate
January 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Ya don’t say. High time Labor stopped pandering to the Murdochracy and ran over the bastards. The senior Murdochs, Rupert and Lachlan, are a cancer on democracy. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
News Corp is working with Dutton to bring us down: Albanese
Ministers reported that the prime minister told his cabinet meeting “News Corp and the opposition were now working hand in glove”.
www.smh.com.au
December 10, 2024 at 6:36 AM
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Why does our braindead mainstream media play along with Dutton’s charade about nuclear power? It’s unaffordable, it’s dangerous, it’s impractical, it isn’t going to happen. This is a device to prolong the use of fossil fuels. I can’t believe this is being characterised as a ‘debate’.
December 10, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Listening to 80s music through headphones at my work desk and resisting the urge to belt out the chorus to this gem
a picture of three people standing in the dark with the caption this means nothing to me oh vienna
ALT: a picture of three people standing in the dark with the caption this means nothing to me oh vienna
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Me after deactivating my X account this morning
a woman in a sweater is sitting in a chair and talking to someone .
ALT: a woman in a sweater is sitting in a chair and talking to someone .
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:04 AM
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I'm constantly worried by the influence of Murdoch over this country's values, but you can double that as this dangerous individual feels more empowered to flex her corporate muscles. Really is time for our apathetic country to wake TF up & realise we're all being f----- over by these selfish *&^@s
How Trump’s victory emboldens Gina Rinehart’s political plays
Gina Rinehart’s celebration of Donald Trump’s victory has focused attention on her cultivation of a right-wing network with sympathy for her own political objectives.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 25, 2024 at 9:17 AM
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Gold!
This week’s news, as seen through the eyes of the world’s political cartoonists.
World’s cartoonists on this week’s events
Drawing the top stories around the globe.
www.politico.eu
November 16, 2024 at 10:45 AM
To lighten the mood, and due to the extraordinary number of cat posts in my feed, here is one for my first post 🐈
November 16, 2024 at 9:08 PM