JoeA

JoeA

@josepha.bsky.social

Of the left...though I cringe at times....but clearly the right is wrong. Like music, writing, film, dance, art....the usual shit...but the unusual shit too. Dogs supply the laughs.

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Just reflecting on how much criticism was made by conservatives over the last decade about Simon Holmes a Court using some of his money to help communities support candidates they chose (not him) versus this www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

abc.net.auRinehart allegedly tried to help recruit Liberal MP to join One NationOne Nation's billionaire backer Gina Rinehart allegedly attempted to help recruit a sitting federal Liberal MP at one of her holiday homes.

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To accuse the ABC of anti-Israel bias you would have to be untethered from material reality, drowning in your own victim complex, and compulsively gaslighting. The ABC's pro-genocide bias has been overt and disgusting.

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In the 17 years since the future sub program commenced, Defence has spent 3,400 million NOT buying French subs 🤦‍♂️ and 1,000 million NOT life extending Collins subs 🤦‍♂️ and 5,000 million on US subs that WON’T arrive🤦‍♂️. #waste #CapabilityGap #AUKUS #aupsol

crikey.com.auHundreds of thousands of millions of dollars: Tallying Defence's toxic submarine wasteThe shame of it is $693 million doesn’t even touch the sides of our wasted investment in submarines. Rex Patrick crunches the numbers.

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All worth a listen, as usual. But the NACC story is remarkable. The money they've spent, with *zip* to show for it is staggering. The National Anti-Corruption Commmission needs a national anti-corruption commission to investigate it. What's the solution to that?!?! #auspol

Jo Dyer@instanterudite.bsky.social

The #SundayShot is up! @rachelwithers.bsky.social and I discuss the results of last night's #Farrer by-election, plus @nickfeik.bsky.social on the failing NACC and @davemilbo.bsky.social interviews Surya McEwen from aboard the #Sumud Global Flotilla. youtu.be/5lOmyVETzLE?...

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"Conform to Australian culture," says Barnaby. What is that exactly? Getting shit-faced drunk and collapsing in the street, and being thrown out of home by your wife and daughters for having a "bit on the side." Muslim Australians have more dignity and honour than this buffoon has ever had. #auspol

Tassie Devil@tassiedevil.bsky.social

Look at the colour of his face. He's a massive heart attack or stroke waiting to happen. Ugly, vile man, and I'm not referring to his appearance. #auspol

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Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

theatlantic.comEveryone but Trump Understands What He’s DoneAllied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.

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As an old woman who actually worked for the Labor party as recently as two years ago, yes to this.

Crystal Jane@crystaljane.bsky.social

Me in @crikey.com.au today: Albanese leveraged high profile young women to build his reputation as a leader who "got it". Now those same women tell me they feel the trust is gone, they've lost their patience and believe the PM's mask has slipped. #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/10/a...

That's what makes me laugh when I hear the likes of Elon proposing a workless future of UBI and plenty. No it won't. Not without enormous organisation and fight. The same greedy billionaires will still try to skim every last dollar off the top and leave everyone else in poverty and want.

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social

Here's a nutshell summary of the coming AI job displacement crisis: The tech industry believes Congress will step in to regulate. Congress believes tech will self-regulate. Both of them are wrong. Both of them know they're wrong. They're hoping it'll simply fix itself. 🙃

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Is there anything that John Howard changed for the better, and that we’re not still paying for? (Besides gun laws)

Greg Jericho@grogsgamut.bsky.social

The latest Dollars & Sense is up. Talking about interest rates, John Howard’s ever shite legacy australiainstitute.org.au/post/how-aus...

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The president -Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries -Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory -Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership -Is talking about canceling elections

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Unbelievable. I told the Sky News guy to fuck off with his questions and now *that* is the story. This hungry beast is insatiable. How’s that Royal Commission into Murdoch media going?

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How come Tulsi Gabbard gets a free pass on flattering and glazing up Trump? All other major figures in his admin have to regularly publicly prostrate themselves before him, glaze him up, massage that needy ego. But not Tulsi. How is she exempt from traversing the #WalkOfShame?

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A 'Malignant Narcissist' is a severe personality type combining traits of NPD with antisocial features, marked by grandiosity, lack of empathy, manipulation, and aggression, often finding pleasure in others' suffering, exhibiting paranoia, and actively exploiting and harming people without remorse.

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You can throw in more funding, create new laws & establish as many taskforces as you like to tackle antisemitism, but until Israel stops slaughtering innocent Palestinian men, women & children, and stops stealing land, the underlying problem will always remain.

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Fresh insight into why Labor is refusing to release the AUKUS review. US Undersecretary of Defence Elbridge Colby is backgrounding journalists on the upcoming US National Defence Review, calling Israel an “partner” and Australia “dependent.” That’s how they think. thenightly.com.au/politics/aus...

thenightly.com.auWhy Australia is facing ‘dependent’ status over AUKUS dealThe Pentagon’s review has affirmed the timeline for the ambitious nuclear-submarine endeavour, but another key US defence document is soon expected to refer to Australia as a ‘dependent’ rather than a...