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@ozprogressive.bsky.social
I will in time change my display name to the one on my passport (starts with Malcolm), but I think that the problem of unaccountability in social media is so damaging that I will persist with my slogan for now.
I asked Grok, Elon Musk's X based AI, if UK should have a comprehensive ban on foreign funding of politics, like the US has. The following is the last answer it came up with.
September 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I asked Grok, Elon Musk's X based AI, if UK should have a comprehensive ban on foreign funding of politics, like the US has. The following is the last answer it came up with.
Keen to see feedback on flaws or merit in the proposition.
September 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Keen to see feedback on flaws or merit in the proposition.
Xi's parade is a message not a threat (yet). Americans need to be wiser than Trump is capable of.
September 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Xi's parade is a message not a threat (yet). Americans need to be wiser than Trump is capable of.
Putting all executive power in the hands of a single individual is a self-evidently a high-risk systemic design flaw.
This is why the vast majority of rich nations do not do it.
This is why the vast majority of rich nations do not do it.
August 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Putting all executive power in the hands of a single individual is a self-evidently a high-risk systemic design flaw.
This is why the vast majority of rich nations do not do it.
This is why the vast majority of rich nations do not do it.
Eight therapists
August 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Eight therapists
Trump isn't the first bumbling fool to demonstrate that an all powerful US President can be a catastrophe for American foreign affairs, and the world.
The contiuum of slaughter over the creation of Israel & timidity on Russian threat to Europeans seeking protection from autocracy are key examples.
The contiuum of slaughter over the creation of Israel & timidity on Russian threat to Europeans seeking protection from autocracy are key examples.
August 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Trump isn't the first bumbling fool to demonstrate that an all powerful US President can be a catastrophe for American foreign affairs, and the world.
The contiuum of slaughter over the creation of Israel & timidity on Russian threat to Europeans seeking protection from autocracy are key examples.
The contiuum of slaughter over the creation of Israel & timidity on Russian threat to Europeans seeking protection from autocracy are key examples.
As America wrestles with its political culture & Europe wrestles with what that means for Ukraine, Australia has a related cultural matter to address.
August 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
As America wrestles with its political culture & Europe wrestles with what that means for Ukraine, Australia has a related cultural matter to address.
History was kind to Elbridge GERRY but his political opponents thought the electorate boundaries he defined were unfair & coz the shape resembled a slimy SALAMANDER coined the word "gerrymander".
Cheating in politics is still slimy, underhanded & deserving of scorn. History will now scorn Texas.
Cheating in politics is still slimy, underhanded & deserving of scorn. History will now scorn Texas.
August 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
History was kind to Elbridge GERRY but his political opponents thought the electorate boundaries he defined were unfair & coz the shape resembled a slimy SALAMANDER coined the word "gerrymander".
Cheating in politics is still slimy, underhanded & deserving of scorn. History will now scorn Texas.
Cheating in politics is still slimy, underhanded & deserving of scorn. History will now scorn Texas.
The Trump administration could be likened to a Banana Republic, except for the fact that nations that were deemed Banana Republics have become more responsible.
August 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The Trump administration could be likened to a Banana Republic, except for the fact that nations that were deemed Banana Republics have become more responsible.
Trump shows democracy's fragility so of course confidence in our political system is a crucial matter for of Australia's of national security.
BUT what gets advocated cannot be in any way party-political, it must be the ideals of our system & the ethics that go with them.
Selflessness is the key
BUT what gets advocated cannot be in any way party-political, it must be the ideals of our system & the ethics that go with them.
Selflessness is the key
July 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Trump shows democracy's fragility so of course confidence in our political system is a crucial matter for of Australia's of national security.
BUT what gets advocated cannot be in any way party-political, it must be the ideals of our system & the ethics that go with them.
Selflessness is the key
BUT what gets advocated cannot be in any way party-political, it must be the ideals of our system & the ethics that go with them.
Selflessness is the key
What would it take to get the GOP to act to address the threat the President is to America's place in the world?
July 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
What would it take to get the GOP to act to address the threat the President is to America's place in the world?
In August a Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail aircraft will deploy to Europe to help protect a vital international gateway for humanitarian and military assistance into Ukraine. Under Operation Kudu, up to 100 ADF personnel will deploy alongside the aircraft.
June 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In August a Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail aircraft will deploy to Europe to help protect a vital international gateway for humanitarian and military assistance into Ukraine. Under Operation Kudu, up to 100 ADF personnel will deploy alongside the aircraft.
58,220 American service personnel lost their lives fighting the evils of communism. The Putin regime is the epitome of the evils Americans died fighting against, yet President Trump's support of Putin and betrayal of Ukraine is tolerated by Congress. WHY?
June 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
58,220 American service personnel lost their lives fighting the evils of communism. The Putin regime is the epitome of the evils Americans died fighting against, yet President Trump's support of Putin and betrayal of Ukraine is tolerated by Congress. WHY?
Reverse view from 3D image of sculpture. The three women supporting are suggestive of the grieving Wife, Mother or Sister. Those who bear the greatest loss.
June 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Reverse view from 3D image of sculpture. The three women supporting are suggestive of the grieving Wife, Mother or Sister. Those who bear the greatest loss.
"Sacrifice" by Rayner Hoff - depicting fallen warrior on his shield borne on the shoulders of women. In Memorial to war dead in Sydney Australia.
Victory will come, and when it has, Ukraine's sacrifices will never be forgotten.
Victory will come, and when it has, Ukraine's sacrifices will never be forgotten.
June 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
"Sacrifice" by Rayner Hoff - depicting fallen warrior on his shield borne on the shoulders of women. In Memorial to war dead in Sydney Australia.
Victory will come, and when it has, Ukraine's sacrifices will never be forgotten.
Victory will come, and when it has, Ukraine's sacrifices will never be forgotten.
ABC is Australia's national broadcaster and thus has a responsibility to serve the national interest. Trump is reminding the world of democracy's innate fragility - as Pres Eisenhower did in his "Beware the military industrial complex" speech.
Accountability to Parliament is essential.
Accountability to Parliament is essential.
May 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM
ABC is Australia's national broadcaster and thus has a responsibility to serve the national interest. Trump is reminding the world of democracy's innate fragility - as Pres Eisenhower did in his "Beware the military industrial complex" speech.
Accountability to Parliament is essential.
Accountability to Parliament is essential.
Trump's big bill ...
May 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Trump's big bill ...
The Trump-proofing that a Parliamentary system provides.
Compulsory and Preferential voting also helps.
Compulsory and Preferential voting also helps.
May 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The Trump-proofing that a Parliamentary system provides.
Compulsory and Preferential voting also helps.
Compulsory and Preferential voting also helps.