Brad Scanlan

Brad Scanlan

@bradscanlan.bsky.social

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪩 🇦🇺 happily married, retired ex-cop of thirty years in NSW also Police Gay Lesbian Liaison Officer (PGLLO) for most of that time.

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Brad Scanlan
@bradscanlan.bsky.social

We have a moral obligation to care for the planet for future generations, not just ours.

The Saturday Paper@thesaturdaypaper.com.au

"A country that cannot recognise a duty of care to future generations is not merely failing environmentally. It is failing morally." | Anjali Sharma trib.al/xSKScsy

trib.alThe Coalition’s ‘chainsaw’ climate policyI am no stranger to the spiral of doom that inevitably follows a skim of the morning headlines. Perhaps that is a burden this privilege of youth must carry – the emotion in the immediacy of the world’s crises. Even so, the headlines of Wednesday, September 23 packed a visceral punch.
Brad Scanlan
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A very interesting article about how Sky News, now News 24, is broadcasting free to air in the Regions.

The Saturday Paper@thesaturdaypaper.com.au

A content deal that came out of frustration when Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon failed to take over Network 10 is now pushing regional voters to Pauline Hanson. Jason Koutsoukis reports. trib.al/rWNOY3s

trib.alInside the Murdoch television deal driving One NationA content deal that came out of frustration when Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon failed to take over Network Ten is now pushing regional voters to Pauline Hanson.
Brad Scanlan
@bradscanlan.bsky.social

Reposting this because it’s relevant today. I saw Pansy Division in Boston in the late Nineties; they were introduced as “Pansy Diversion”, they stopped playing and asked to be re-introduced properly, and were.

Geneva 🇨🇦@geneva1111.bsky.social

Very cool of Green Day 😎 thank you for bringing this to my attention @ohhthatsrich.bsky.social

Brad Scanlan
@bradscanlan.bsky.social

Here are some ideas for protest signs this Sunday about NSW Police drug operations happening TWICE on Oxford St (LGBTQI area) even when being investigated following complaints from the first time!

Brad Scanlan
@bradscanlan.bsky.social

This is a great article; no-one talks about the massive cost, and loss, of A.I. either, he says.

The Saturday Paper@thesaturdaypaper.com.au

A platform is good to its users to lock them in, then it turns on them, desperate to feed itself for infinite profit and control. “The harder it got to leave, the worse the deal got.” Cory Doctorow on enshittification and why "AI is not the end of the world": trib.al/CLpqkq9

trib.alAuthor Cory Doctorow on the disenshittification nationCory Doctorow, in Australia to promote his new book, was among the first tech philosophers to name the rot eating the internet. He has not lost hope for a way out.
Brad Scanlan
@bradscanlan.bsky.social

“…And that may ultimately be the clearest sign that this is not a new Great Awakening at all, but the evolution of revivalist religion to support the country’s ongoing reversion to more explicitly authoritarian politics.” newrepublic.com/article/2143...

newrepublic.comMAGA Christianity and the Return of Religious CoercionThe right is increasingly embracing an anti-social version of the Christian faith that favors restrictive control with none of the underlying moral obligations.
Brad Scanlan
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Another good read, Sky “news” on free to air in the regions influencing politics.

The Saturday Paper@thesaturdaypaper.com.au

"It is probably no coincidence that One Nation’s sudden rise in the polls is strongest in the places where Sky News Regional has its free-to-air presence," writes Jonathan Holmes. “If you love Pauline Hanson, you probably love Peta Credlin too.” trib.al/KecYFfB

trib.alHow Murdoch captured regional AustraliaThe imminent rebranding of Sky News Australia is less a makeover than the consolidation of a long-sighted strategy that’s secured a far-right base.
Brad Scanlan
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Worth a read.

The Saturday Paper@thesaturdaypaper.com.au

“The only credible answer to the question of what these AUKUS submarines are for is that they play the role the US manifestly wants them to play, and for which they are best equipped: supplementary assets, effectively embedded into US military command.” trib.al/HIJjEMJ

trib.alThe case against AUKUSAs this week’s ALP National Conference will confirm, the Albanese government remains strongly wedded to the AUKUS nuclear-propelled submarine project. But the project was misconceived from the outset and, five years later, it remains even more obvious that it is not in our national interest.
Brad Scanlan
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It’s true, don’t let intimidation work. c.org/6rJpLbzHds

c.orgRALLY IS TOMORROW + 18,800 SignaturesA reminder that Divine Playhouse’s peaceful sing-in rally is happening tomorrow, Saturday 25 July, at 12pm in Hyde Park. This is about more than one venue. It’s about standing up for queer artists, independent arts and culture, and the right to create without being silenced by targeted campaigns of religious outrage. As Divine Playhouse has said:“If we don't fight, they learn that intimidation …
Brad Scanlan
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#SydneyGayandLesbianMardiGras is dead. An Extraordinary General Meeting disposed of two Directors in a display of public humiliation. #PrideinProtest are the youth and the future and instead were treated with disdain. Shameful.

Brad Scanlan
@bradscanlan.bsky.social

Great revue of #madonna #confessionsII. Only heard it through once but it’s great.

MadonnaTribe@madonnatribe.com

Much like the lot of “Confessions II,” it’s a reminder that while the old Madonna may be long gone, Madonna is still here, reigning over the dance floor as though a second hasn’t ticked by.

variety.comMadonna’s Dance Floor-Dominating ‘Confessions II’ Is Her Best Album in Decades: Album ReviewMadonna reunites with Stuart Price for 'Confessions II,' her best album since releasing its predecessor in 2005.
Brad Scanlan
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Rainbow flags and red flags.

Reggie 🇺🇸@antifaagent.bsky.social

#ResistanceUnited #DefendersOfDemocracy #Pride #ProudAlly Good morning, Bluesky ☕️☕️ As pride month is over, a reminder as to why pride month exists 😁🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

Brad Scanlan
@bradscanlan.bsky.social

“She says it is a lie to call One Nation racist, having spent three quarters of an hour inventorying her racism.”

The Saturday Paper@thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Editorial: Pauline Hanson has again proved herself an empty populist. The government must now do something that is rarely achieved: convince the electorate to vote in line with its own interests. trib.al/Ywa3WpO

trib.alPauline Hanson: an empty populistThe first thing to say about Pauline Hanson is how unimpressive she is as a speaker. To watch her address to the National Press Club was to watch a bigoted archaeopteryx flail through an hour-and-a-half of talking points.