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Barry Tucker

@btucker.bsky.social

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Canoeing, camping, carpentry, a pacifist. Carpentry website: https://t.co/5amjZEGIW9 Respect for Nature now my "religion".

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · Sep 8

Corporate governance of USA (& elsewhere) began with Lewis Powell's 1971 memo to US Chamber of Commerce, regarded as a blueprint.

Read a Greenpeace analysis of blueprint & what's happened since:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/greenpea...

The New Corporation is an update:
www.bing.com/videos/river...

Greenpeace Analyzes the Lewis Powell Memo: Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy - Greenpeace - Greenpeace

Forty years ago, not only was Greenpeace formed, but a then-obscure corporate lawyer (later appointed by President Nixon to the Supreme Court) drafted a memorandum for the U.S. Chamber of…

www.greenpeace.org

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 8h

If you want to ban an anti-Fascist movement (no such formal organisation, more of an idea) that must make you a Fascist.

Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 8h

India has agreed to stop buying Russian oil after being hit with huge tariffs by USA's Donald Trump.

Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 8h

Always odd to see a web-footed bird sitting on a tree branch.

Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 8h

I call them stink tanks because their ideas & their intentions stink.

They often use lies & misinformation to influence people & to mislead them.

Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 8h

Australians are no fans of Donald Trump, but see no alternative to US alliance, according to poll.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Aussies stick with US in new poll despite disliking Trump

New polling shows most Australians want to stick with the US alliance, despite holding overwhelmingly negative views towards the Trump administration and harbouring deep worries about the erosion of A...

www.abc.net.au

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 9h

Innovative & imaginative Ukraine has struck deep inside Russia, without access to Tomahawks.

EU & NATO in panic over possible war with Russia, but Ukraine war has so depleted Russia I don't think it's possible.

Russia hasn't defeated Ukraine after trying for 4 years.

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 9h

World might soon stop digging up coal, but it's getting busy digging up 'rare earths', minerals essential for modern tech, including solar panels.

Plus ca change, once again.

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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Queensland’s pandering to climate deniers is making it even tougher for Albanese to drive down emissions | Clear Air

Queensland is Australia’s top polluter – even worse than Western Australia, which has no climate target and adores its fossil fuel industry

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 14h

Hey Mike Johnson – the more you facilitate a cover-up and do everything in your power to prevent the release of the Epstein files – the more your constituents, the American public, and the whole world are going to believe you are guilty of the exact same types of crimes as Jeffrey Epstein.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9h

CO2 from wildfires increases by 9% as climate crisis supercharges infernos

Greenhouse gases from wildfires at sixth highest level on record after blazes in large areas of the Americas and Africa Carbon emissions from extreme wildfires increased by 9% last year to reach the sixth highest level on record. Intense fast-spreading fires devastated huge swathes of South America’s rainforests, dry forests and wetlands and decimated Canada’s northern forests, pushing up the levels of damaging greenhouse gases. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 9h

Vladimir Putin gets materiel & soldiers from China & N. Korea in his war on Ukraine.

But when USA signals it might give Ukraine Tomahawk missiles Putin says that wd be a serious upscaling of the war.

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 9h

Notre Dame cathedral has been rebuilt or redesigned 10 times.

Statues of pharaoh Ramesses II were moved to avoid being flooded by Aswan High Dam.

But 'rebuilding' ancient natural cave shelters is kinda make-do, unnatural, unsatisfying.

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 9h

A replica of Juukan Gorge rock shelter (destroyed by Rio Tinto) will be built on the original site.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Inside the plan to rebuild Juukan Gorge rock shelter destroyed by Rio Tinto

Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

www.abc.net.au

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 9h

Bruce Lehrmann ordered to mediate over funds for lawyers.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Bruce Lehrmann ordered into mediation over funds for lawyers

The Federal Court orders mediation for former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann over funding he says he was offered to pay for his lawyers.

www.abc.net.au

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he was disappointed with his mate Vladimir after a rain of missiles on residential areas, following a meeting with Vlad.

He was also pissed off by Bendyamind Netanyahu's attack on Hamas negotiators in Qatar.

Let's see if Trump can be consistent & annoyed at same time.

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 1d

Must be sinful or blasphemous to seek peaceful relations instead of preparing for a war that may never happen.

Has anyone bothered to ask Vladimir Putin or China's Xi Jinping if they want to conquer the world & why?

I'm sure the arms industry drives the tension & competition.

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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 1d

“Australians are increasingly feeling that corporations & lobbyists are drowning out their voices. Major industries donate millions to political parties, hire former politicians as lobbyists, & shape public policy to serve their own private interests.”

socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/democracy-fo...

Democracy for Sale: The Hidden Cost of Corporate Power

Democracy for Sale reveals how the hidden costs of corporate power in Australian politics harm citizens and hinder fair reforms.

socialjusticeaustralia.com.au

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 1d

Think Tanks are killing democracy. Australia is next.

thepolitics.com.au/the-think-ta...

The think-tanks are killing democracy. Australia is next - THE POLITICS

The Coalition is policy-lite and hostile to the idea of government. Waiting in the wings are the right-wing groups, powered up and ready to fill the void.

thepolitics.com.au

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 1d

Ukraine doesn't have a platform for the launching of Tomahawk missiles.

But Ukraine's military is innovative. They'll think of something.

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 1d

Think-tanks are killing democracy. Australia is next.

thepolitics.com.au/the-think-ta...

The think-tanks are killing democracy. Australia is next - THE POLITICS

The Coalition is policy-lite and hostile to the idea of government. Waiting in the wings are the right-wing groups, powered up and ready to fill the void.

thepolitics.com.au

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 1d

True, it ain't capable of deep thought. But many of its MPs are graduates of the IPA stink tank, including James Paterson.

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 1d

Victorian Liberals are talking about cancelling the State's peace treaty with Indigenous people.

Backward & prejudiced Liberals shd just pack their tent & piss off into the wilderness (where Indigenous people will eventually have to save their lost arses).

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 1d

Haiti, south-east of Cuba in the Caribbean & rocked by rioting gangs, may have oil reserves greater than those of Venezuela.

Don't tell Donald Trump. He'll want them for himself.

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 1d

Q: What's the difference between a 16-year-old & a 17-year-old?

A: One day.

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 1d

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