Scraping Through France

Scraping Through France

@johnjrose.bsky.social

On an old boat. Taking it slow Keen on good food. Half n half, France and Australia.

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I feel bound to point out that the 35 years between Thatcher's demise & today is roughly equal to the time between the election of Clement Attlee & the first election of Thatcher. When do we allow the Thatcher zombie to die and face up to the contemporary truth of our current political positions?

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At this stage it would make as much sense for it to devolve into a goth-versus-skinhead kind of discussion of skull symbols

jamelle@jamellebouie.net

anyway it is just fascinating that this has somehow become some proxy battle over “men” and “identity politics” where the critics represent “woke overreach” but as far as i can see it the strong attachment is pure identity politics! and i think the discourse would be better if people just said that

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Also interestingly ironic is how the thread following this post absolutely reverts to a discussion of typology, masculinity and symbols rather than the central question about the candidate "on its own terms". At least you tried, Jams.

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It might be worthwhile referencing Australian Indigenous beliefs and practices regarding Dreaming stories of landscape, including inorganic elements and geoformations. Although as I (poorly) understand it, the truths therein are reified through relations with landscape, not its inherent qualities.

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You can't maintain your US lifestyle without buying most of your household goods from China. Even Walmart is little more than an outlet for factories in Shenzhen. You've larped yourselves into a client state, but with guns.

Give War A Chance@houfek.bsky.social

You were closer with "disdain". Too many decades of free riding. You were warned, long before Trump came along. And as Democrats mocked Mitt Romney (who would have made a fine President) for pegging Russia as a threat, Europeans were going all in on dependence on Russia for energy.

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You've managed in a generation to turn an extraordinary capacity for innovation and an energy for creativity and business into ashes and resentment. Your greatest national talent now is to blame others for your failures. *That* is the source of your disdain.

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The entire premise of "Make America Great Again" is not "make America better", but rather "make everyone else worse". The whole history of American exceptionalism has been boiled down to a national neurosis of insecurity and self-doubt.

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@johnjrose.bsky.social

You can't maintain your US lifestyle without buying most of your household goods from China. Even Walmart is little more than an outlet for factories in Shenzhen. You've larped yourselves into a client state, but with guns.

Give War A Chance@houfek.bsky.social

You were closer with "disdain". Too many decades of free riding. You were warned, long before Trump came along. And as Democrats mocked Mitt Romney (who would have made a fine President) for pegging Russia as a threat, Europeans were going all in on dependence on Russia for energy.

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You're a nation that has doubled the share price of your leading car company even as its sales have fallen 50% and hasn't introduced a new model *in years*. Your entire rate of productivity is bound up in a *promise* of AI products for your grandchildren, if ever./-

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You can't actually make anything without importing advanced manufacturing equipment from Europe. Your health system depends on bankrupting its clients, and denying them treatments and medications the rest of the world takes for granted./-

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The most unflinchingly honest appraisal of the US electorate and the state of its democracy I've read so far. It will surely end in tears. And American voters will have no one to blame but themselves.

MKrebs 🇺🇦@mkrebs.bsky.social

An absolute must-read here. www.salon.com/2025/08/24/w...

salon.comWe need a new theory of democracy — because this version has failed - Salon.comIt's time to look in the mirror, America: We chose catastrophe — there's no one else to blame
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@johnjrose.bsky.social

Re the Bradfield count, Giselle Kapterian may become the first person nominated to a front bench role unable to take up the position. Started the day 12 votes ahead, now down to 3. It must be horrible to be close enough to taste it but far enough away to feel the chill. #auspol #Bradfield

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Bridget McKenzie's party currently boasts less than 29% women across House and Senate representatives. The Labor government achieved 57%, with 52% women in the Cabinet. She has a hide like a rhinoceros. #auspol #womeninpolitics

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The only thing holding this back will be Musk's insistence that he be the biological father of every baby born above quota

The New York Times@nytimes.com

The Trump administration is assessing ways to persuade women in the U.S. to have more children, as a movement grows on the right to reverse declining birthrates and push conservative family values. Some pitched ideas include cash baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes. nyti.ms/4jh3UAR

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Kakiocracy Unlimited. The depth of idiocy, ignorance, naivety, carelessness, absence of analysis and sheer laziness is appalling. #kakiocracy #loonylutnick #knownothings #tariffmadness www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

theguardian.comNot that Norfolk! Mislabelled shipments led to Trump tariffs on uninhabited islands and remote outposts with no US tradeExclusive: Aquarium systems, Timberland boots and recycling plant parts were mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island or Heard and McDonald islands
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Signed. Hoping others will, too. chng.it/KRXvZwSLCn

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Ali Saoirse@alisaoirse.bsky.social

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chng.itCan you spare a minute to help Ali Saoirse?Demand Spotify Remove Andrew Tate’s Harmful Courses on How to Traffic Women
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#KateHalfpenny is the champion of passive aggressive women hating on other women. Having some fun to make a living is apparently useless because you are not changing the world. Which might mean something if you yourself were not the epitome of trivial irrelevance. www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/li...

smh.com.au‘Lady, you are literally just cooking’: Meghan rebrands as hyper-stylised trad wifeOnce upon a time, the Duchess of Sussex addressed the United Nations. Now she’s back on Insta leaning into her KitchenAid mixer.
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Apparently one of her self-confessed 2023/2024 New Year's resolution was to foster a child. She was happy to admit recently she utterly failed at that, without a single regret or backward thought. Along with getting a tattoo and giving up shopping. We take this candyfloss woman seriously?

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I know today for many will be a day of hatred for Dominique Pelicot and the 60 other men who debased their souls and defiled his wife. I do not think of them. Today is a day to celebrate the grace, composure and dignity of Gisèle. She cast off shame and presented it to her tormentors. #MerciGisèle

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Politicians are typically prone to spinning their narratives. The somewhat alarming possibility is that this poseur, this amateur, claimant to Treasurer of Australia @AngusTaylor actually believes what he is saying. He's innumerate and dangerous. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

smh.com.auIs Angus Taylor really claiming nuclear power will cut power bills by 44 per cent?Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and shadow treasurer Angus Taylor have said their nuclear energy plan will cut power bills by 44 per cent. But experts say this cannot add up.
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This man is consistent. Boycotted the Apology, destroyed The Voice, now disappears the flags. It's not about "national unity", it's about burying identity, about ignoring heritage. He is toxic to our nation. #Duttonracist #AlwayswasAlwayswillbe #ProudAustralia #Reconciliation #FuckDutton

abc.net.au'Trying to disappear us': Dutton won't use Indigenous flags at press events as PMLiberal leader Peter Dutton will not stand beside the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags at press conferences if he becomes prime minister. Some Indigenous leaders say it is a level of "petti...