Robin

Robin

@robin47.bsky.social

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Like so many of us, freaked out that bad actors using AI might steal our Super savings. Time to hit the mattresses (stuffed with cash)? Ironic that most future jobs in IT will be in shoring up defences to protect us from AI. Like the legendary Ouroboros... the snake that eats itself.

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Speech by #KennyO'Brien at Byron Festival is an absolute cracker. Read it below. MP's will deny it but #democracy in Australia is in serious decline and not just in #Parliament. It is hugely aided by mainstream & social media irresponsibility.

Peggy Sanders@peggysanders.bsky.social

Kerry O’Brien:What’s left of the democracy we thought we had? In the eyes of many Australians, government is a hollowed-out husk of what it once was, with limited will and capacity to plan for, let alone exercise, a measure of sovereign control over technology.. www.themonthly.com.au/october-2026...

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As the Australian parliament was working on taking the heat out of political debate, in Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie was at his horrible best doing the opposite. Speaker Pat Weir had earlier called for more respect in the chamber after the Helen Haines attack. #qldpol

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Replying to @chrispomfret.bsky.social

Don’t wait start suing because it will take 10 years to do anything because judges and lawyers are lazy shiny arsed time wasters that make more money if the case takes longer.

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x.com/morgfair/sta... Beatrice Keul, a Swiss former pageant contestant, told committee staff Trump “violently raped” her in a suite at New York’s Plaza Hotel during his November 1993 American Dream pageant. She says earlier that day, Epstein approached her & introduced himself as “Don’s best friend”

x.comMorgan Fairchild (@morgfair) on X7 jaw-dropping claims in new Epstein report accusing Trump of ‘brutal’ rape https://t.co/tlS3IV5bmf

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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... “It is very much a consequence of global heating,” said Stefano Morosini, a professor at the University of Bergamo and the coordinator of heritage projects at Stelvio national park, where some of the explosives were also found.

theguardian.comMelting glaciers in Dolomites reveal cache of first world war munitionsItalian army removes and defuses 250 explosives encased in ice for more than 100 years after hikers’ sightings

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Julian Assange told an interviewer in Belgrade Serbia was “a country where the future happens first”. The phrase circulated widely on Serbian social media in the weeks before Sunday’s election, but in a way that could not have seemed possible 10 years ago.

theguardian.comA leaderless revolution has swept Serbia. The world should be watching | Aleksandar MatkovicI saw a remarkable experiment take shape in Belgrade. Its lessons should be studied by other European countries struggling with unrest, says Serbian academic Aleksandar Matkovic

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www.theguardian.com/environment/... Sweeping cuts to premier US climate agency under Trump severely hampered country’s capacity to forecast, research & respond to extreme weather events, former govt officials & scientists warned, US faces a cascade of hazards fueled by a potentially historic El Niño

theguardian.comTrump’s cuts have exposed US to ‘cascade’ of El Niño dangers, experts warnPresident has taken an axe to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, stalling climate research on and response to extreme weather events

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www.theguardian.com/environment/... The world’s wealthiest people are not just profiting from the polluting causes of climate breakdown, they are also increasingly cashing in on the catastrophic consequences, according to a study by Oxfam.

theguardian.comSuper-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis, report findsOxfam says investing by rich in disaster recovery widens inequality and gives incentive to delay climate action

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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Woodside Energy’s plan to drill for gas off Western Australia’s north-west coast could significantly damage “exceptional” coral reefs & it may be impossible to reduce risk of oil spill to an acceptable level.

theguardian.comEndangered turtles and ‘exceptional’ coral at risk from Woodside’s gas drilling in WA, watchdog saysExclusive: EPA flags oil spill risk from proposed gasfield and threat to pygmy blue whales

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Replying to @raymondwilton.bsky.social

Bruce Hales has said he was appointed head of the secretive sect via miracle. He has also denied the sect having any role in the election - before admitting he hasn’t actually investigated…

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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... “It tells you everything about One Nation that they are happy to keep depicting this kind of violence”. “Australians deserve elected representatives who are working to improve their lives, instead of promoting division, violence and personal attacks.”

theguardian.comLabor condemns One Nation cartoons depicting Penny Wong being murdered as Hanson says videos ‘not going anywhere’Foreign affairs minister says party’s social media content promotes division and violence as One Nation leader claims Liberal and Labor want cartoons censored

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www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10... Further dampened already low expectations the vote would offer any meaningful improvement to lives of Palestinians, as deadly attacks continue daily in Gaza despite a yearlong “ceasefire”, while settler pogroms & Israeli army raids have intensified in West Bank

aljazeera.comIsrael heads to the polls as shift to the right dominates critical electionNetanyahu seeks to extend rule at helm of far right alliance facing off against predominantly right-wing bloc.

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"It’s not a parody of any Bluey work. It’s not a minor use of the IP. In my view, it is an infringement of the intellectual property, number one." ABC to issue Please Explain creators with cease & desist order. #auspol www.theage.com.au/business/com...

theage.com.auCease and desist! ABC demands One Nation stop casting Bluey in its cartoonsABC boss Hugh Marks says the depiction of Bluey is a “shocking use of Australia’s most loved character.”

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Replying to @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social

For the first time ever, batteries storing cheap solar energy overtook expensive gas during the afternoon peak, in the last three months.  The Coalition today committed to scrapping this policy that has helped so many Australians with the cost of living, we're supporting it.

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Nearly 600,000 Australian households have taken up a cheaper home battery.  For them it means massive savings on their energy bills. For everyone else, it means less demand on the energy system, putting downward pressure on prices.

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Replying to @rchristo0407.bsky.social

The systematic racist brainwashing at home and at school and then in the IDF Awful

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Replying to @drsally.bsky.social

Imagine the parental & societal programming that made that young woman so completely prejudiced & devoid of empathy. It's exactly the same as that which created Nazism & told young Germans they should exterminate Jews. Humans can justify anything in the name of their own self-interest.

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Has anyone read Richard Osman’s Thursday murder club? I’ve decided on what my next two books will be after my two children’s historical novels I’m using Richard‘s writing as a guide to making murder humorous But mine are going to be book club murders 😁 Based on my own experience 

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Replying to @chrispomfret.bsky.social

Bridget Mackenzie is now on ABC TV saying that the One Nation cartoons mocking Jackie Lambie’s health condition was wrong but couldn’t bring herself to say the car running over Dan Andrew’s or Albo was wrong. Bridget is a shocker.

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Barnaby Joyce is on ABC TV saying that the children’s cartoon character Bluey depicted in the One Nation political cartoons being run over by a car is an overreaction. ABC boss said earlier they are considering suing One Nation. Robert Irwin has also said he wants to sue. Sue them!

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In recent years, neil Young pulled his music from Spotify as the platform continued streaming Joe Rogan’s podcast and others that spread Covid-19 misinformation

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This is evil in a young body Eva Braun’s spawn

Paul Eric@pauleric70.bsky.social

"Carpet bomb them all". Speaking to The Guardian at an event ahead of Israel’s elections, a young Israeli woman called for Palestinians to be forcibly displaced from the Gaza Strip, saying they should be killed if they cannot be removed.

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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... The far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro was banned from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender his passports just hours after his dramatic loss in the presidential election to the leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

theguardian.comBrazil: defeated Flávio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passportsFar-right senator banned from leaving country as supreme court judge’s ruling makes reference to money-laundering case

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Replying to @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social

It's about making sure that no matter the time of day, Medicare is there for you and your family.  One million calls to 1800 MEDICARE. Free health care, just a phone call away.

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When you or a loved one is sick in the middle of the night, you need someone you can call.  That's why Labor has launched 1800 MEDICARE, a 24/7 free telehealth service you can call anytime, anywhere.

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A counter terrorism police investigation led to Deborah Lee Jackson appearing in Wynnum Magistrates Court in Queensland today on one count of common assault with a serious vilification or hate crime aggravation. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

abc.net.auWoman granted bail after allegedly trying to snatch teen's hijabThe young women and some of their mothers had gathered at Bayside Park on February 21 after Iftar, a meal eaten after sunset during the Islamic month of Ramadan.

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Angus Taylor lost his job today.Andrew Hastie has taken the leadership position in the Liberal Party.Taylors failure to read the room on the “words matter”/ Helen Haines debate and role play One Nations view on the role of political speech will mean the end of his leadership. Only unknown is When?