Phill McKenna
@phillmckenna.bsky.social
Science and music. In no particular order. Bass player with Joe Geia Band. UQ researcher with PhD in restoration ecology and remote sensing. Meanjin.
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Unbelievable. I told the Sky News guy to fuck off with his questions and now *that* is the story.
This hungry beast is insatiable.
How’s that Royal Commission into Murdoch media going?
This hungry beast is insatiable.
How’s that Royal Commission into Murdoch media going?
January 12, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Unbelievable. I told the Sky News guy to fuck off with his questions and now *that* is the story.
This hungry beast is insatiable.
How’s that Royal Commission into Murdoch media going?
This hungry beast is insatiable.
How’s that Royal Commission into Murdoch media going?
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Scores of fires, many that are huge, spanning the state of Victoria. Thank you to all the firefighters, you are heroes!
No thanks to politicians that continue to ignore scientists & our evidence-based & urgent warnings about climate change, placing the lives of humans & others species at risk.
No thanks to politicians that continue to ignore scientists & our evidence-based & urgent warnings about climate change, placing the lives of humans & others species at risk.
January 9, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Scores of fires, many that are huge, spanning the state of Victoria. Thank you to all the firefighters, you are heroes!
No thanks to politicians that continue to ignore scientists & our evidence-based & urgent warnings about climate change, placing the lives of humans & others species at risk.
No thanks to politicians that continue to ignore scientists & our evidence-based & urgent warnings about climate change, placing the lives of humans & others species at risk.
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I deeply resent emergency services for refusing to leave Twitter. I don’t want to need to lurk there anymore to see the updates
January 8, 2026 at 7:24 AM
I deeply resent emergency services for refusing to leave Twitter. I don’t want to need to lurk there anymore to see the updates
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If you can leave, leave now. Vic Emergency at tonight’s briefing in Seymour. Emergency services will *not* be able to swoop into the middle of these fires tomorrow. #VicFires
January 8, 2026 at 8:15 AM
If you can leave, leave now. Vic Emergency at tonight’s briefing in Seymour. Emergency services will *not* be able to swoop into the middle of these fires tomorrow. #VicFires
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"Power and resistance flow through everyday acts of courage. Together, we hold quite a lot of power." - Polly Hemming
There's bravery out there right now, in Australia and around the world. You can pre-order our new book about bravery here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time-for-bravery
There's bravery out there right now, in Australia and around the world. You can pre-order our new book about bravery here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time-for-bravery
January 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"Power and resistance flow through everyday acts of courage. Together, we hold quite a lot of power." - Polly Hemming
There's bravery out there right now, in Australia and around the world. You can pre-order our new book about bravery here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time-for-bravery
There's bravery out there right now, in Australia and around the world. You can pre-order our new book about bravery here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time-for-bravery
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I assume our highly-paid Antisemitism Envoy has made a public statement denouncing Nazis marching in the streets & assaulting people, including First Nations peoples. I assume she'll demand police take decisive action & they're charged?
I've probably just missed it, can someone send me the link?
I've probably just missed it, can someone send me the link?
September 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I assume our highly-paid Antisemitism Envoy has made a public statement denouncing Nazis marching in the streets & assaulting people, including First Nations peoples. I assume she'll demand police take decisive action & they're charged?
I've probably just missed it, can someone send me the link?
I've probably just missed it, can someone send me the link?
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"Nothing's off the table at the tax round table Brian"
"Nothing?"
"Well except for those ideas that our donors told us not to table because they found them too taxing"
"Nothing?"
"Well except for those ideas that our donors told us not to table because they found them too taxing"
August 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
"Nothing's off the table at the tax round table Brian"
"Nothing?"
"Well except for those ideas that our donors told us not to table because they found them too taxing"
"Nothing?"
"Well except for those ideas that our donors told us not to table because they found them too taxing"
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Cancelled my subscription. So should you. Well said @davidbridie.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Spotify used to seem like a necessary evil for musicians. Now it just seems evil | David Bridie
I am removing my music from Spotify because I don’t want my songs – some written with survivors of conflict – to enrich people who fund weapons
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Cancelled my subscription. So should you. Well said @davidbridie.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
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Australians all let us rejoice
For my wisdom is a suppository
We've coal mined it all and play football
I shirtfront because I’m from Manly
Our land abounds in middle class gifts
We eat our onions rare
In history's fax let everyone relax
Cause Australia’s (mostly) fair
For my wisdom is a suppository
We've coal mined it all and play football
I shirtfront because I’m from Manly
Our land abounds in middle class gifts
We eat our onions rare
In history's fax let everyone relax
Cause Australia’s (mostly) fair
June 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Australians all let us rejoice
For my wisdom is a suppository
We've coal mined it all and play football
I shirtfront because I’m from Manly
Our land abounds in middle class gifts
We eat our onions rare
In history's fax let everyone relax
Cause Australia’s (mostly) fair
For my wisdom is a suppository
We've coal mined it all and play football
I shirtfront because I’m from Manly
Our land abounds in middle class gifts
We eat our onions rare
In history's fax let everyone relax
Cause Australia’s (mostly) fair
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Societies can't let oligarchs get this rich. That's the problem. Tax their wealth and their influence on the rest of is diminished. Media would improve as a byproduct of limper oligarchs, and more connected, informed communities would result.
What is your proposed alternative to journalism???
We kept being told that journalism was a bulwark against fascism, a "fourth estate". This is the liberal frame for perceiving the industry's worth. But the reality is the polar opposite: fascism has been allowed to thrive, and could not have done so, without journalism.
June 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Societies can't let oligarchs get this rich. That's the problem. Tax their wealth and their influence on the rest of is diminished. Media would improve as a byproduct of limper oligarchs, and more connected, informed communities would result.
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Boy multimillionaires are good at getting media when they feel sad about government tax policy
Imagine if we reported on the feelings of young people who are worried coal and gas expansion will cause catastrophic climate change the way we reported on the crocodile tears of the wealthiest 0.5%…
Imagine if we reported on the feelings of young people who are worried coal and gas expansion will cause catastrophic climate change the way we reported on the crocodile tears of the wealthiest 0.5%…
"The vast majority of Australians have got less than $200,000 worth of super."
"We're having this entire media obsession about a small increase in the amount of tax that will be paid by people with more than 15 times that."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
"We're having this entire media obsession about a small increase in the amount of tax that will be paid by people with more than 15 times that."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
June 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Boy multimillionaires are good at getting media when they feel sad about government tax policy
Imagine if we reported on the feelings of young people who are worried coal and gas expansion will cause catastrophic climate change the way we reported on the crocodile tears of the wealthiest 0.5%…
Imagine if we reported on the feelings of young people who are worried coal and gas expansion will cause catastrophic climate change the way we reported on the crocodile tears of the wealthiest 0.5%…
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While the media drone on about how hard it is for people with most than $3 million in super to lose some of their tax breaks, in reality the vast majority of Australians have less than $200k in super. The median for a 60 year old woman is just $158k, which means half of women have less than that!
June 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
While the media drone on about how hard it is for people with most than $3 million in super to lose some of their tax breaks, in reality the vast majority of Australians have less than $200k in super. The median for a 60 year old woman is just $158k, which means half of women have less than that!
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"Approval of the North West Shelf extension would be easily one of the worst decisions ever made by an Environment Minister in Australia's history," said @grogsgamut.bsky.social.
May 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"Approval of the North West Shelf extension would be easily one of the worst decisions ever made by an Environment Minister in Australia's history," said @grogsgamut.bsky.social.
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People reacting to the She Matters mural in Hosier Lane, Melbourne. The mural contains the names & faces of 128 Australian women killed since Jan 1, 2024
This is the work of Sherele Moody of #FemicideWatch
Donate: australianfemicidewatch.org/support/
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This is the work of Sherele Moody of #FemicideWatch
Donate: australianfemicidewatch.org/support/
Shop: australianfemicidewatch.org/shop-2/
May 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
People reacting to the She Matters mural in Hosier Lane, Melbourne. The mural contains the names & faces of 128 Australian women killed since Jan 1, 2024
This is the work of Sherele Moody of #FemicideWatch
Donate: australianfemicidewatch.org/support/
Shop: australianfemicidewatch.org/shop-2/
This is the work of Sherele Moody of #FemicideWatch
Donate: australianfemicidewatch.org/support/
Shop: australianfemicidewatch.org/shop-2/
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A reflection on Paul Kelly's Post, still one of the best records he ever made. Realised it turned 40 this month and went back to it www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...
Paul Kelly’s Post at 40: the album in which a future star found his voice
It was the launchpad for everything that followed, but the singer-songwriter’s 1985 record – made on the smell of an oily rag, when he was down and out – almost didn’t happen
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A reflection on Paul Kelly's Post, still one of the best records he ever made. Realised it turned 40 this month and went back to it www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...
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One of the best 3 minutes of your life will be spent watching this. It's powerful stuff
Atlas Network - the subversive people manipulating and controlling public debate and holding Australia back from its full potential. #AusVotes2025
Credit: Regenerators
Full vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecqD...
Atlas Network - the subversive people manipulating and controlling public debate and holding Australia back from its full potential. #AusVotes2025
Credit: Regenerators
Full vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecqD...
April 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
One of the best 3 minutes of your life will be spent watching this. It's powerful stuff
Atlas Network - the subversive people manipulating and controlling public debate and holding Australia back from its full potential. #AusVotes2025
Credit: Regenerators
Full vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecqD...
Atlas Network - the subversive people manipulating and controlling public debate and holding Australia back from its full potential. #AusVotes2025
Credit: Regenerators
Full vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecqD...
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'Have you noticed that things are getting a little Trumpian in Australia?'
Damon Gameau looks at Atlas and Advance #auspol
> youtu.be/ecqDvx9HMhs?...
Let's share this - a lot!!! 🙌 🙌
Damon Gameau looks at Atlas and Advance #auspol
> youtu.be/ecqDvx9HMhs?...
Let's share this - a lot!!! 🙌 🙌
What is the Atlas network?
YouTube video by Regenerators
youtu.be
April 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
'Have you noticed that things are getting a little Trumpian in Australia?'
Damon Gameau looks at Atlas and Advance #auspol
> youtu.be/ecqDvx9HMhs?...
Let's share this - a lot!!! 🙌 🙌
Damon Gameau looks at Atlas and Advance #auspol
> youtu.be/ecqDvx9HMhs?...
Let's share this - a lot!!! 🙌 🙌
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The welcome to country was booed at the Melbourne dawn service.
This group of bad actors, "Advance", has been aggressively sowing hate and division behind-the-scenes against the Indigenous ceremony.
Advance is quietly funded by the Liberal Party. (ICYMI:)
theklaxon.com.au/liberal-part...
This group of bad actors, "Advance", has been aggressively sowing hate and division behind-the-scenes against the Indigenous ceremony.
Advance is quietly funded by the Liberal Party. (ICYMI:)
theklaxon.com.au/liberal-part...
Liberal Party's "Advance" in Indigenous hate rant - The Klaxon
Mega-millionaire-funded disinformation group “Advance” has declared the Indigenous “Welcome to Country” is part of a secretive plan by “elites” to “delegitimise Australia’s history”.
theklaxon.com.au
April 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The welcome to country was booed at the Melbourne dawn service.
This group of bad actors, "Advance", has been aggressively sowing hate and division behind-the-scenes against the Indigenous ceremony.
Advance is quietly funded by the Liberal Party. (ICYMI:)
theklaxon.com.au/liberal-part...
This group of bad actors, "Advance", has been aggressively sowing hate and division behind-the-scenes against the Indigenous ceremony.
Advance is quietly funded by the Liberal Party. (ICYMI:)
theklaxon.com.au/liberal-part...
Brilliant Graphics! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
This triangle helps explain a titanic shift in how Australia votes
This triangle is going to help us explain how Australian politics has fundamentally changed over the past five decades.
www.abc.net.au
April 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Brilliant Graphics! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
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I've seen some of the latest polling (some) and as far as the general Australian electorate is concerned, Peter Dutton stinks like the fetid carcass of a 10-days-dead whale washed up on the shores of Desperation Beach.
His stench of failure is everywhere.
And a falling tide grounds all boats.
His stench of failure is everywhere.
And a falling tide grounds all boats.
April 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I've seen some of the latest polling (some) and as far as the general Australian electorate is concerned, Peter Dutton stinks like the fetid carcass of a 10-days-dead whale washed up on the shores of Desperation Beach.
His stench of failure is everywhere.
And a falling tide grounds all boats.
His stench of failure is everywhere.
And a falling tide grounds all boats.
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A balanced parliament means no one party has all the power. They have to listen, negotiate & act. That’s how independents have delivered progress on climate, tax, housing & more. Not spin—results. This is what Australia needs. Independence works.
April 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A balanced parliament means no one party has all the power. They have to listen, negotiate & act. That’s how independents have delivered progress on climate, tax, housing & more. Not spin—results. This is what Australia needs. Independence works.
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