Rosco The Grouch
@roscothegrouch.bsky.social
Retired secondary school teacher. #Aikido student. Lover of Australian #wildlife. Born 310ppm CO₂. Life science student. Had a gutful of hyperpartisanship threatening democracy and climate action. Canadian expat Living on #Bundjalung country. Voted YES.
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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
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BREAKING: Labor has secured the passage of its new environmental laws with the support of The Greens.
Albanese says the Liberals inc. Sussan Ley refused to meet him.
PM “I must say that the Greens showed maturity.”
Great result. ✅ #auspol
Albanese says the Liberals inc. Sussan Ley refused to meet him.
PM “I must say that the Greens showed maturity.”
Great result. ✅ #auspol
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
BREAKING: Labor has secured the passage of its new environmental laws with the support of The Greens.
Albanese says the Liberals inc. Sussan Ley refused to meet him.
PM “I must say that the Greens showed maturity.”
Great result. ✅ #auspol
Albanese says the Liberals inc. Sussan Ley refused to meet him.
PM “I must say that the Greens showed maturity.”
Great result. ✅ #auspol
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Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
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In the hope that something beautiful will grow out of the mud and pain of 2025, everyone please say hi to Lotus.
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
In the hope that something beautiful will grow out of the mud and pain of 2025, everyone please say hi to Lotus.
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Since Paris, Australia has increased fossil fuel Production by 77% - worst globally
Australia is a rogue state
And you @albomp.bsky.social , can get fucked with your stupid commentary about gas being needed as a transition fuel.
Australia is a rogue state
And you @albomp.bsky.social , can get fucked with your stupid commentary about gas being needed as a transition fuel.
While the message out of COP and the EU seems to be that we can keep burning fossil fuels, the message from the UN in their methane report is different.
"This leads the UN to conclude that we cannot just reduce emissions from oil and gas emissions, we must also reduce oil and gas production."
"This leads the UN to conclude that we cannot just reduce emissions from oil and gas emissions, we must also reduce oil and gas production."
Factsheet: Global Methane Pledge 2025 - Oilfield Witness
Last week, the UN released its 2025 Global Methane Pledge report. At 147 pages, the report is dense. Oilfield Witness waded through it so you don’t have too. While framed in an optimistic light, the r...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Since Paris, Australia has increased fossil fuel Production by 77% - worst globally
Australia is a rogue state
And you @albomp.bsky.social , can get fucked with your stupid commentary about gas being needed as a transition fuel.
Australia is a rogue state
And you @albomp.bsky.social , can get fucked with your stupid commentary about gas being needed as a transition fuel.
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Climate warming
AUSTRALIA plays a double-game of hypocrisy
Voters wake up!
Labor’s agenda is a corporate agenda of PROFIT TILL DEATH
Cities and countries globally are starting already to succumb to climate change, needing to evacuate
ARE YOU READY YET TO VOTE FOR CLIMATE ACTION?
AUSTRALIA plays a double-game of hypocrisy
Voters wake up!
Labor’s agenda is a corporate agenda of PROFIT TILL DEATH
Cities and countries globally are starting already to succumb to climate change, needing to evacuate
ARE YOU READY YET TO VOTE FOR CLIMATE ACTION?
Since Paris, Australia has increased fossil fuel Production by 77% - worst globally
Australia is a rogue state
And you @albomp.bsky.social , can get fucked with your stupid commentary about gas being needed as a transition fuel.
Australia is a rogue state
And you @albomp.bsky.social , can get fucked with your stupid commentary about gas being needed as a transition fuel.
While the message out of COP and the EU seems to be that we can keep burning fossil fuels, the message from the UN in their methane report is different.
"This leads the UN to conclude that we cannot just reduce emissions from oil and gas emissions, we must also reduce oil and gas production."
"This leads the UN to conclude that we cannot just reduce emissions from oil and gas emissions, we must also reduce oil and gas production."
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Climate warming
AUSTRALIA plays a double-game of hypocrisy
Voters wake up!
Labor’s agenda is a corporate agenda of PROFIT TILL DEATH
Cities and countries globally are starting already to succumb to climate change, needing to evacuate
ARE YOU READY YET TO VOTE FOR CLIMATE ACTION?
AUSTRALIA plays a double-game of hypocrisy
Voters wake up!
Labor’s agenda is a corporate agenda of PROFIT TILL DEATH
Cities and countries globally are starting already to succumb to climate change, needing to evacuate
ARE YOU READY YET TO VOTE FOR CLIMATE ACTION?
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Things online are often not as they appear.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Things online are often not as they appear.
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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Monday dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) cases against FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding that the prosecutor President Donald Trump handpicked to bring charges against them had been unlawfully serving since September.
Federal Judge Dismisses Trump’s Political Prosecutions of former FBI Chief Comey, NY AG James
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Monday dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) cases against FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding that the prosecutor President Donald Trump handpicked to bring charges against them had been unlawfully serving since September.
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One of the 7 sins is gluttony.
Billionaires should not exist.
Can't be Chritians.
Billionaires should not exist.
Can't be Chritians.
November 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
One of the 7 sins is gluttony.
Billionaires should not exist.
Can't be Chritians.
Billionaires should not exist.
Can't be Chritians.
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
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#auspol
Geez! Trying to engage a Support At Home aged care provider as a potential new client (with package funds ready to hand over) is now like trying to deal with Centrelink! Have left emails & phone messages with several in the past week & they are just not returning calls.
Geez! Trying to engage a Support At Home aged care provider as a potential new client (with package funds ready to hand over) is now like trying to deal with Centrelink! Have left emails & phone messages with several in the past week & they are just not returning calls.
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 AM
#auspol
Geez! Trying to engage a Support At Home aged care provider as a potential new client (with package funds ready to hand over) is now like trying to deal with Centrelink! Have left emails & phone messages with several in the past week & they are just not returning calls.
Geez! Trying to engage a Support At Home aged care provider as a potential new client (with package funds ready to hand over) is now like trying to deal with Centrelink! Have left emails & phone messages with several in the past week & they are just not returning calls.
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#auspol
Aged care recipients can potentially stretch their Support At Home funds by administering some of the process themselves. BUT...
hellocare.com.au/self-managin...
Aged care recipients can potentially stretch their Support At Home funds by administering some of the process themselves. BUT...
hellocare.com.au/self-managin...
Self managing your Support at Home budget? Be very careful which provider you choose - Hellocare
A rule change now in force means some older Australians are being asked to pay thousands upfront before they can receive care.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
#auspol
Aged care recipients can potentially stretch their Support At Home funds by administering some of the process themselves. BUT...
hellocare.com.au/self-managin...
Aged care recipients can potentially stretch their Support At Home funds by administering some of the process themselves. BUT...
hellocare.com.au/self-managin...
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“In negotiations at UN Cop30 summit in Brazil, a deal was struck in which Turkey would host and run COP31, including a massive green trade fair, in Antalya, while an Australian – Bowen, the climate change and energy minister – would be appointed vice-president and “president of negotiations”.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“In negotiations at UN Cop30 summit in Brazil, a deal was struck in which Turkey would host and run COP31, including a massive green trade fair, in Antalya, while an Australian – Bowen, the climate change and energy minister – would be appointed vice-president and “president of negotiations”.”
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“Bowen would be given “exclusive authority in relation to the COP31 negotiations” between nearly 200 countries, starting immediately. His role will include presiding over a pre-Cop31 meeting in the Pacific late next year.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“Bowen would be given “exclusive authority in relation to the COP31 negotiations” between nearly 200 countries, starting immediately. His role will include presiding over a pre-Cop31 meeting in the Pacific late next year.”
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“Of the 10 COPS held since the landmark Paris agreement was reached in 2015, 7 have been led by continuing government ministers, one by a prime minister and one by a senior diplomat.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“Of the 10 COPS held since the landmark Paris agreement was reached in 2015, 7 have been led by continuing government ministers, one by a prime minister and one by a senior diplomat.”
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Adam Morton: “Howard Bamsey, former Australian special climate envoy and now honorary professor at ANU’s school of regulation and global governance, said as Australia had taken on leading the (COP31) climate negotiations – a significant foreign policy task – the role should have national support.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Adam Morton: “Howard Bamsey, former Australian special climate envoy and now honorary professor at ANU’s school of regulation and global governance, said as Australia had taken on leading the (COP31) climate negotiations – a significant foreign policy task – the role should have national support.”
The federal Coalition is a rabble. Now is the moment for the Greens to take the role of official opposition in Australia.
The Libs have become a junk party, befitting their connection to the IPA and Murdoch.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Libs have become a junk party, befitting their connection to the IPA and Murdoch.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Culture cringe’: experts dismiss Coalition claims Chris Bowen cannot remain minister while leading Cop31 negotiations
Coalition claims key diplomatic role at next year’s conference in Turkey would make Bowen a ‘part-time minister’ while Australians face inflated energy prices
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The federal Coalition is a rabble. Now is the moment for the Greens to take the role of official opposition in Australia.
The Libs have become a junk party, befitting their connection to the IPA and Murdoch.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Libs have become a junk party, befitting their connection to the IPA and Murdoch.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Time for the Greens to step up and be a party of government. Australia URGENTLY needs a genuine opposition party and the LNP ain't it. The Greens need to become a viable alternative to the current Labor government, and they need to do it now. As little as 2 years until the next fed election
#auspol
#auspol
"The Morrison government was brazen in its corruption. The Albanese government is more insidious. It uses the mask of virtue to hide a vicious agenda. It was elected to end the cruelty and has instead systematised it, ..."
@revandrewklein.bsky.social
#AusPol
#MostDisappointingPM
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#AusPol
#MostDisappointingPM
The Great Betrayal: How the Albanese Government Perfected the Art of Accountability Laundering
They were elected on a promise of integrity. They vowed to be kinder, more transparent, and to govern for all Australians. The Albanese government presented itself as the antidote to a decade of Coali...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Time for the Greens to step up and be a party of government. Australia URGENTLY needs a genuine opposition party and the LNP ain't it. The Greens need to become a viable alternative to the current Labor government, and they need to do it now. As little as 2 years until the next fed election
#auspol
#auspol