Willem de Beer
@willemdb.bsky.social
Physicist, seismologist, avgeek, trainlover, passionate believer in public schooling and public health.
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The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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December 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
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Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
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From @mon4kooyong.bsky.social:
We need more transparency - not less - from government.
Encouraging lobbyists to use encrypted apps with disappearing messages in their dealings with public servants is *not* increasing transparency.
Headline from today's Saturday Paper. #auspol
We need more transparency - not less - from government.
Encouraging lobbyists to use encrypted apps with disappearing messages in their dealings with public servants is *not* increasing transparency.
Headline from today's Saturday Paper. #auspol
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
From @mon4kooyong.bsky.social:
We need more transparency - not less - from government.
Encouraging lobbyists to use encrypted apps with disappearing messages in their dealings with public servants is *not* increasing transparency.
Headline from today's Saturday Paper. #auspol
We need more transparency - not less - from government.
Encouraging lobbyists to use encrypted apps with disappearing messages in their dealings with public servants is *not* increasing transparency.
Headline from today's Saturday Paper. #auspol
How did you vote?
Leopard eat your face.
Leopard eat your face.
Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan
Calls for disenfranchisement rest on a single assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditional
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
How did you vote?
Leopard eat your face.
Leopard eat your face.
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This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...
✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: End Government Secrecy
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. But the Labor Government’s proposed changes to freedom of information laws threaten ...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
December 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
Have you voted?
Is bird-dogging your Roman empire? Macquarie Dictionary reveals word of the year finalists
‘AI slop’, ‘Australian sushi’ and ‘ate (left no crumbs)’ are also among the shortlist, which is open for voting until Sunday night
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Have you voted?
The other petrostates are powering ahead. Meanwhile, back in Australia, the Coalition...
This oil-rich country has stood in the way of climate action. It’s quietly building a clean energy empire | CNN
The planet’s ultimate petrostate is making a bet on clean energy — even as the Trump administration seeks to strangle solar and wind.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The other petrostates are powering ahead. Meanwhile, back in Australia, the Coalition...
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That these women have to make this advertisement - AFTER the police inquiries, court cases, constant public media inquisition, the innuendo and the smears - says everything about how child abuse is regarded by those in power when it crosses into their domain.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
That these women have to make this advertisement - AFTER the police inquiries, court cases, constant public media inquisition, the innuendo and the smears - says everything about how child abuse is regarded by those in power when it crosses into their domain.
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👋 Hey #auspol! What's up?!
Quick 🧵
It's not time for us to fully reanimate yet, but looks like we'll clearly be needed for the next election, 'cause there's no way Liberals will try to get this "No #NetZero" thing over the line without A PACK OF LIES. (Probably recycled?)
#factcheck #AusVotes2028
Quick 🧵
It's not time for us to fully reanimate yet, but looks like we'll clearly be needed for the next election, 'cause there's no way Liberals will try to get this "No #NetZero" thing over the line without A PACK OF LIES. (Probably recycled?)
#factcheck #AusVotes2028
IT'S HERE!
Liberal Lies Collector Card #6:
"Renewables are driving up power bills"
The Truth?
Electricity is expensive because of surging fossil fuel prices.
🔄 Repost to share the truth
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👇 See thread for extra details
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#auspol #factcheck #AusVotes2025
Liberal Lies Collector Card #6:
"Renewables are driving up power bills"
The Truth?
Electricity is expensive because of surging fossil fuel prices.
🔄 Repost to share the truth
💾 Save now to quickly share
👇 See thread for extra details
➕ Follow for more!
#auspol #factcheck #AusVotes2025
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
👋 Hey #auspol! What's up?!
Quick 🧵
It's not time for us to fully reanimate yet, but looks like we'll clearly be needed for the next election, 'cause there's no way Liberals will try to get this "No #NetZero" thing over the line without A PACK OF LIES. (Probably recycled?)
#factcheck #AusVotes2028
Quick 🧵
It's not time for us to fully reanimate yet, but looks like we'll clearly be needed for the next election, 'cause there's no way Liberals will try to get this "No #NetZero" thing over the line without A PACK OF LIES. (Probably recycled?)
#factcheck #AusVotes2028
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Evilgelicals 😈
November 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Evilgelicals 😈
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Days since an Australian university admitted to wage theft: 0
Deakin University admits underpaying wages to casual staff totalling $2.9m and announces payback process for those affected.
Read more: nteu.au/News_Article...
#HigherEducation #AcademicSky #HigherEd #auspol
Read more: nteu.au/News_Article...
#HigherEducation #AcademicSky #HigherEd #auspol
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Days since an Australian university admitted to wage theft: 0
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Actually reading the Bible instead of having some Janky Pastor read it for you, can be very eye opening
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Actually reading the Bible instead of having some Janky Pastor read it for you, can be very eye opening
Good on them.
I agree. The #FOI bill
was disastrous and would only reinforce their current aversion to #accountability and #integrity. Thank you.
was disastrous and would only reinforce their current aversion to #accountability and #integrity. Thank you.
We make no apologies for blocking Labor’s disastrous bill to kill FOI. The task for this Parliament is to make government more transparent and more accountable. Right now the Albanese government is the greatest obstacle to that.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Good on them.
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A scatterbrain, populist, naive initiative.
Let parents & education system do their jobs.
Focus on real issues like a functioning # NACC, genuine donor reform, gambling advertising reform, including universal non-cosmetic dental in Medicare…and other big, bold, transformational policies.
#auspol
Let parents & education system do their jobs.
Focus on real issues like a functioning # NACC, genuine donor reform, gambling advertising reform, including universal non-cosmetic dental in Medicare…and other big, bold, transformational policies.
#auspol
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
A scatterbrain, populist, naive initiative.
Let parents & education system do their jobs.
Focus on real issues like a functioning # NACC, genuine donor reform, gambling advertising reform, including universal non-cosmetic dental in Medicare…and other big, bold, transformational policies.
#auspol
Let parents & education system do their jobs.
Focus on real issues like a functioning # NACC, genuine donor reform, gambling advertising reform, including universal non-cosmetic dental in Medicare…and other big, bold, transformational policies.
#auspol
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Friends, can I ask a favour.
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Friends, can I ask a favour.
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
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None of the businesses or government buildings are open on a Saturday
They where protesting to NO ONE!
WHO DOES THAT?
That area on Saturday is like a ghost town
Looking more like they where Government Nazi's
They let a mob of Nazis take pictures of themselves out side our governments building
WHY?
They where protesting to NO ONE!
WHO DOES THAT?
That area on Saturday is like a ghost town
Looking more like they where Government Nazi's
They let a mob of Nazis take pictures of themselves out side our governments building
WHY?
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
None of the businesses or government buildings are open on a Saturday
They where protesting to NO ONE!
WHO DOES THAT?
That area on Saturday is like a ghost town
Looking more like they where Government Nazi's
They let a mob of Nazis take pictures of themselves out side our governments building
WHY?
They where protesting to NO ONE!
WHO DOES THAT?
That area on Saturday is like a ghost town
Looking more like they where Government Nazi's
They let a mob of Nazis take pictures of themselves out side our governments building
WHY?