Ian Bates
@mudda2012.bsky.social
non-duality, the ocean, books, dogs, climate change literate, living in the bush, wilderness, Socceroos fan.
Heroes: Walt Whitman, Doris Lessing, Tim Winton, Sophie Scholl and the White Rose, MLK, Nelson Mandela, Michelle Obama, James Baldwin, Harvey Milk.
Heroes: Walt Whitman, Doris Lessing, Tim Winton, Sophie Scholl and the White Rose, MLK, Nelson Mandela, Michelle Obama, James Baldwin, Harvey Milk.
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
October 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
Extract from Shelley's 1817 poem"Ozymandias" which starts:
"
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
"
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
October 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Extract from Shelley's 1817 poem"Ozymandias" which starts:
"
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
"
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
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This fucking violence brought to you by the racist GOP and its voters is meant to accomplish only one thing: to beget more violence. Our local and state leaders need to do more to protect us from these fascists. Regardless of consequences. We need to have a nationwide general strike.
October 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This fucking violence brought to you by the racist GOP and its voters is meant to accomplish only one thing: to beget more violence. Our local and state leaders need to do more to protect us from these fascists. Regardless of consequences. We need to have a nationwide general strike.
Yes he's normalising superlatives so they're no longer superlatives!
August 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Yes he's normalising superlatives so they're no longer superlatives!
Exactly. Ridiculous that Brazil receives such little world attention for doing what the USA was unable to do: effect legal judidicial punishment of insurrectionists against the constitution. Who could foresee that Latin American democracy could be stronger than America's.
May 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Exactly. Ridiculous that Brazil receives such little world attention for doing what the USA was unable to do: effect legal judidicial punishment of insurrectionists against the constitution. Who could foresee that Latin American democracy could be stronger than America's.
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Don’t forget Brazil doing it first back in 2022. We had neonazi as president and now he is facing Supreme Court for attempting against democracy. We have been giving example but as usual latin countries are ignored.
Bolsonaro was very close friends with Trump and neonazi German party.
Bolsonaro was very close friends with Trump and neonazi German party.
May 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Don’t forget Brazil doing it first back in 2022. We had neonazi as president and now he is facing Supreme Court for attempting against democracy. We have been giving example but as usual latin countries are ignored.
Bolsonaro was very close friends with Trump and neonazi German party.
Bolsonaro was very close friends with Trump and neonazi German party.
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Goodness. What a question! The OL was never going to be a viable alternate PM. #Auspol
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
johnmenadue.com/the-track-re...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
johnmenadue.com/the-track-re...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Peter Dutton ranked as worst health minister in 35 years in poll of doctors
Australian Doctor magazine says 1,100 readers took part in survey and quoted one GP as saying Dutton ‘will be remembered as the dullest, least innovative and most gullible’
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Goodness. What a question! The OL was never going to be a viable alternate PM. #Auspol
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
johnmenadue.com/the-track-re...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
johnmenadue.com/the-track-re...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
that's defense for those north of the Gulf of MEXIFUCKINGCO
February 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
that's defense for those north of the Gulf of MEXIFUCKINGCO
In the time that it took Trump to write this shit Obama would've read 10 defence briefs
February 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
In the time that it took Trump to write this shit Obama would've read 10 defence briefs