Tom Conley

Tom Conley

@tomjconley.bsky.social

Political economy and shit

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Scott Horton
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Beatrice Keul, testified that she was introduced by Jeffrey Epstein to Donald J Trump, who then brutally raped her in a hotel room in Atlantic City, NJ, and her claims were deemed credible by a panel of the House Judiciary Committee today. The NYT has decided that this is not reportable news.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)
@iwriteok.bsky.social

it's a family tradition now

AFP News Agency@en.afp.com

BREAKING Brazil's defeated presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro refuses to recognize President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's victory on Sunday. "It is impossible to acknowledge the result," he said from Brasilia, adding that "I am going to request the annulment of these elections"

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Paul Fawcett
@paulyfawcett.bsky.social

So the countries use of alcohol and tobacco and the other illicit substances is to blame for Helen Haines attack…. Or something something rubbish from the AFP commissioner. It’s the fact they are illicit that is the threat I think was the argument. #auspol #insiders 1/2

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Nathan Wind
@nwind.bsky.social

Oh FFS. Can we please have some serious people?

Paul Fawcett@paulyfawcett.bsky.social

The AFP commissioner calls Cannabis use a National Security Threat on Insiders. #auspol

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Feena van
@feenavan2099.bsky.social

"Die Linke, which won Berlin’s state elections in September, has agreed to talks with the city’s Greens and Social Democrats as part of plans to transfer ownership of flats from companies that own more than 10,000 apartments, with the legislation scheduled to be brought forward in 2028."

novaramedia.comBerlin’s Plan to Take Back Homes Will Cost Europe’s Biggest Landlord £7bnLeftwing party Die Linke wants to put private property back into public hands.
Tom Conley
@tomjconley.bsky.social

Mary Wollstonecraft called and wanted her critique of the distinction between men and women back.

@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄‍🟫@amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social

“Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp states ‘AI will undermine the influence of highly educated, often female voters and give it to working class men. We have feminine energy running our cities and our courts,’ he complained.”

futurism.comCEO of Palantir Says AI Will Seize Power Away From College-Educated WomenPalantir CEO Alex Karp said AI would disrupt "humanities trained" and "Democratic voters" who are largely women.
Tom Conley
@tomjconley.bsky.social

Australian real property prices since 1975, A much less dramatic picture about prices rises, especially if you factor in buying and selling costs. Time for an property taxation system that doesn't stop people from selling when their property is no longer fit for purpose. #auspol #AusProperty

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Senator David Shoebridge
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: ASIO no. 2 is being rushed through parliament this week. This is the bill that allows warrantless questioning by ASIO, without a lawyer, and you can't tell a soul without being sent to prison. Share this widely and make some noise.

Tom Conley
@tomjconley.bsky.social

He's right of course

The Point@thepointau.bsky.social

In an address this week, former High Court Justice Michael Kirby argued that poverty wasn’t simply an economic issue but a fundamental human rights matter that was holding people back from participating in democracy. Read the full piece on The Point: https://sbrew.link/FLYSzBP4

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Rex Patrick
@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social

I’m in the Full Federal Court in 11 days seeking a precedent preventing secrecy on the performance of any publicly funded project and allowing the public to have near real time access to cost and schedule info. Who’s against me - every player in the Snowy 2.0 debacle #FOI #auspol

Rex Patrick@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social

$25B direct cost. $6B share purchase cost. $6B transmission line cost. A $37B total for a project sold to the public at $2B . It’s a huge economic debacle delivered by LNP/ALP dunces and fat cat bureaucrats. And no one is held to account. #fail #auspol

Tom Conley
@tomjconley.bsky.social

It's almost like capitalism can't solve it's major problem of wealth concentration. There is no scarcity, just hoarding

Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social

France is not alone in its social crisis. The majority of the world’s governments have undertaken class war austerity policies, under either direct IMF pressure or the indirect discipline of other creditors. We wrote about austerity -> protests ht @IsabelGSJ phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the...

Tom Conley
@tomjconley.bsky.social

#1003GIR Peak fossil fuel is well behind us - this stuff goes exponential. Not even the fascist petrostate can stop this. Interesting position for Musk and Tesla within the regime.

Jaap Burger@jaapburger.eu

According to a Swedish expert in the automotive industry, car dealers no longer wish to keep cars with internal combustion engines in stock for fear of accelerated depreciation

energyloop.seBilhandeln stänger dörren för fossilbilar: "I praktiken inköpsstopp" | Energy LoopDe stora uppköparna inom bilhandeln vill inte längre ta in bensin- och dieselbilar i lagren, av rädsla för fallande andrahandsvärden. Enligt branschkonsulten Ronnie Svensson är elbilarnas historiska v...
Tom Conley
@tomjconley.bsky.social

Not many arguing it isn't fascist now ...

Joe Stieb@joestieb.bsky.social

I’ll take this further. They not only claimed this (open to reasonable debate, although i lean towards ‘yes’) but mocked and psychoanalyzed anyone who made this claim.

Tom Conley
@tomjconley.bsky.social

#1003GIR #3012GIR

The Australia Institute@australiainstitute.org.au

"We know that change is hard, whether it's the change imposed on us or the change we choose for ourselves." @jimchalmers.bsky.social spoke about reform, the far right & changing the status quo in this year's Bernie Fraser Oration. Watch the address now on this episode of Follow the Money. #auspol

youtu.beJim Chalmers on reform and taking on the far right | Follow the MoneyYouTube video by The Australia Institute

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Bruce Buchan
@brucealexb.bsky.social

AI in the tertiary curriculum is now unavoidable, and may even have its uses. Neither of these admissions constitute arguments for mandating AI use across all courses. There has to be a modus vivendi whereby AI use in some areas can coexist with areas where its use is minimised or excluded.

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Antipoverty Centre
@antipovertycentre.org

"The violence against people in poverty is everywhere; it is constant, it is systemic and crafting a pitiful image of destitution to mark Anti-Poverty Week is not going to save anyone’s life." – our co-coordinator Jay Coonan on @thepointau.bsky.social for Anti-Poverty Week READ:

thepoint.com.auPutting destitution on display for Anti-Poverty Week distracts from the true purpose of welfare policyFor decades, academics and policymakers have focused on individual responsibility for improving material conditions. The social security system has intentionally been designed to reflect the manufactu...
Tom Conley
@tomjconley.bsky.social

Australia has had 35 years of outstanding aggregate growth but no inroads on poverty ... #auspol #egalitarianism

Andrew Wilkie MP@andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social

It’s Anti-Poverty Week this week, and I stood with colleagues and community advocates to remind the Gov that while 3.7 million Australians live in poverty, including one in seven adults and one in six children, the Gov’s priorities are clearly out of whack #auspol #raisetherate

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Senator David Shoebridge
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social

Three weeks out from her election Trump has sent Federal agents in to raid US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. This is part of his attack on migrants, especially Somali migrants. We need to resist this racist authoritarian politics wherever it rises. Wrong in the US, wrong here too.

Tom Conley
@tomjconley.bsky.social

Real iron ore prices since 1980 1986 and the Banana republic statement by Paul Keating mark the low point. At this time the belief was that resources could not underpin a first world standard of living. #auspol #ausecon