Damian Coffey

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In the worst news, the great, the amazing, the wonderful @kudelka.bsky.social has died. A great friend, and an amazing man. This is shattering.

This. youtu.be/OjGHf7OvglM?...

Trump's declaration to release the Epstein grand jury testimony is more prevarication. Pay attention to what he said in his statement. The word "pertinent" hangs heavily. There's no chance anything relating to Trump will be in the curated testimony Bondi releases. And it isn't the 'files'.

I hope the Lattouf decision gives other board members decision makers around the country serious pause in the future. Political opinions are still legal in this country. Facts and criticism about horrific human rights violations should be supported, not punished.

But... there's only one of them.

1/5 🚨 New item quietly added to the CDC ACIP agenda: a vote on thimerosal in flu shots. Let's talk about why this worries us 🧵 TL;DR: Thimerosal is safe. This debate was settled decades ago. Reopening it signals a shift toward disinfo-driven policy...and that’s dangerous.

This week at Pissweak World. Come see our military parade!

imagine the having a police officer look at you, point a gun at you and intentionally shoot you, only for your own employer to say that you were 'caught in the crossfire'

A broken state.

Goldstein. First preferences to centre/left leaning (Zoe Daniel, ALP, Greens): 59665 votes. First preferences to right leaning (Tim Wilson, ONP, ToP, Libertarian): 56008. If preferences went 100% as expected, Daniel would have won by 3657 votes. Instead loses by just 175.

WATCH: Dr. Kevin Hall is departing NIH after 21 years at his “dream job.” He says his research findings were being censored under RFK Jr. "What is it going to be like if they want to start actually meddling in the research itself?"

TAPPER: You're imposing a 10% on the Heard and MccDonald islands. They have zero human inhabitants. Why are you putting tariffs on islands entirely populated by penguins? ROLLINS: Whatever. Listen, the people leading this are serious, intentional, patriotic, the smartest I've ever worked with.

Posting twice because it's that good.

Some might say the penguins of Heard and McDonald islands are incapable of manufacturing the “machinery and electrical” goods that are supposedely being imported by the US. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... But we know better!

The penguins are fighting back!

Trump is leading a cult and his followers are paying 25% tariff on the Kool-Aid before drinking it.

ABC at it again, blindly parroting Trump's spin that the tariff imposed today is "reciprocal". It isn't. Under the existing FTA, Australia doesn't impose a tariff on US goods, and will not be reciprocating with a tariff in response to the 10% tariff announced today. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

Trump says he wants Canada to be the 51st state of the USA. But instead he makes the USA the 47th Oblast of Russia. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

When will we learn the lessons from history.

Incredible to think that this happened. Indigenous Australians forced to take part in a commemoration of the First Fleet landing on threat of starvation. And you wonder why so many Australians want to change the date. Shameful.

It would be a mistake to think that everyone experiencing the worsening impacts of climate change will suddenly accept what needs to happen to arrest it. Misinformation and conspiracy theories will be deployed to muddy the waters as much as possible - looking at the comments in the US, it's working

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You'd think they'd have enough $s to stand up for themselves, but ABC caved. Before news organizations were small divisions of entertainment conglomerates. Today, ABC is Disney w/ theme parks & countless other business interests that could be affected. #DemVoice1 #DemCast bsky.app/profile/newr...

Nuclear isn’t a silver bullet: it’s one piece of silver buckshot in the clean energy race. In most countries, it’s not public option holding it back. Rather it’s cost, and the long time it takes to build. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Me: I bought an elephant for your room. Them: Thanks! Me: Don’t mention it.

This is brilliant.

One of the worst hydrogen projects on the planet is another step closer to collapse, after many years in development hell. Also a nice tidbit on how false, fraudulent claims of "carbon neutrality" help cover up the actual climate damage being done. www.theage.com.au/environment/...

Between the earthquake/tsuanmi scare, the UnitedHealthcare shooting and the South Korea martial law stuff this week, it feels like Bluesky is getting more and more critical mass around breaking events that made Twitter so sticky and useful.

Hey @snarfed.org, does this mean that people on BlueSky who use @ap.brid.gy can now be followed by people on Threads as well as Mastodon?

"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"

Just a reminder..... The ENTIRE Domestic gas used in Australia = Gas used by the gas industry to turn gas into LNG for export.

While Facebook is pushing every Instagram user to Threads, and Twitter is desperately trying to shore up its collapsing user base, Bluesky is picking up steam — currently nearly 24 million users — because people actually enjoy using it. Go figure.

You will feel sleepy, you will do as I say! 😊

Worried about the climate convo with your uncle at Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow? Jimmy and I have you covered.

The absolute worst thing about having tradies next door for months - and they are very nice, don't get me wrong - is not the hammering or power tools, it's the fucking commercial radio blaring at 90000 decibels like right now I am borderline homicidal

A child at 10: · Loses 4 baby teeth a year · Knows the complete date · Can name the months of the yr in order ·Can read & understand a paragraph of complex sentences ·Has developed skills in addition, subtraction ·Has some skills in multiplying & division, And, in Aust, can go to prison #RaiseTheAge