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abhoth.bsky.social
Ötzi (=>÷)
@abhoth.bsky.social
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Banner: The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates Phaemon's dog was right. Old fart suffering from various chronic, incurable illnesses including a predilection for satire. Australian world citizen.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · Mar 8
Luxurious living and base cruelty are not mutually exclusive.

Quintus Curtius Rufus.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 3h
What an excellent analysis.

Some people are big on the inside, Whitlam for instance, some are very small, Morrison for instance.

Reynolds has a gaping vacuum.

A black hole.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 7h
Vindictive and ignorant.

She will never have enough.

Never.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 8h
Makes me feel sick.

You could do away with the lot and replace them with an AI.

I'm beginning to suspect this has already happened.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 11h
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Hunger, poverty and homelessness are not natural conditions nor unavoidable tragedies.

They are the result of choices made by governments with economic systems that chose to turn a blind eye to inequalities.

Here is our government promoting hardship.

#AusPol
Labor scraps key elements of controversial superannuation tax plan as Greens call move ‘gift to the super-rich’
Jim Chalmers announces backflip on policy to tax unrealised gains on super account balances of more than $3m
www.theguardian.com
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abhoth.bsky.social
Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 12h
This is strutting and tail display is totally irrelevant to government.

It's only use is to (try to) justify their existence.

Question time is pathetic really and given the chance to clean it up Anthony declined - tells us a lot about him.
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abhoth.bsky.social
Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 14h
Perhaps the most egregious aspect of the Duopoly is the constant attack on each other for holding policy positions they don’t actually hold.

This creates the illusion that they have meaningful disagreements.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 1d
Spot on Thommo.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 1d
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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#auspol
Labor scraps key elements of controversial superannuation tax plan as Greens call move ‘gift to the super-rich’
Jim Chalmers announces backflip on policy to tax unrealised gains on super account balances of more than $3m
www.theguardian.com
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abhoth.bsky.social
Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 1d
All I can do is avoid his products and services which I do.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 1d
When they muzzle free speech it's no longer a democracy.

Just ask Socrates.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 1d
The very last thing any of our fearless leaders want is independent thinkers.

It's counter to group think, oops, I meant social cohesion.

Anyway enormous investment is being main education. Have you not seen how well endowed with public money schools are?
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 1d
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 1d
The price we pay for his fulfillment.

Is there anything within our reach that we haven't despoiled?

I've observed this before but I still don't think we're smart enough to be in charge of a planet.
abhoth.bsky.social
Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 1d
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

How appropriate that a war criminal be part of the 'Board of Peace'.

His experience in sophistry and personal profiteering will be very handy indeed.

And a note to the person who named it 'Board of Peace';

1984 was a novel, not an instruction manual.
Tony Blair wins nod from Palestinian Authority for role in postwar Gaza
Senior PA leader confirms readiness to work with former UK PM on post-ceasefire recovery
www.theguardian.com
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 1d
The children in charge don't wanna.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 2d
It's Women and children first, especially in war.

Men somewhere on the other side of the planet make the profits.

The women and children pay the price.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 2d
What an achievement.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 2d
Women and children alway fare the worst in any war because they are the most vulnerable. This one is no different.

#FuckWar
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 2d
Exactly.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 2d
Sometimes I wonder if we have survived.

If something does start involving the US the first response will be against Pine Gap.

I wonder if submarines are of any use as nuclear shelters.
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abhoth.bsky.social
Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 2d
If Felon wants another $Bazillion you endeavours have no relevance at all.

I just look at the sky almost every night.

Virtually no light pollution with the nearest neighbour over a kilometre away and no cities in sight.

Now a megalomaniac on the other side of the world is spoiling it.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 2d
What could possibly go wrong, Peter?
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 2d
Some Australian leaders were born sycophants, like Menzies.

Some had sycophancy thrust upon them, like Keating.

Now we have Anthony, fresh from tugging the forelock to royalty, who has studied and practiced sycophancy for years, who will embarrass us all by bowing down to a vindictive child.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 2d
So now we have a world where 'social worker' is an insult.
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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 2d
US anti semitism never really went away but they were never going to let prejudice get in the way of profit.