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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin

@olthwaiteeric.bsky.social

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A bit boring Interests: Precipitation, shovels, black puddings Relationship: Enid Bag, it's complicated Work History: Bank robber, Mayor ⸸💉x6 #auspol

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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · Nov 13

Me on BlueSky vs me on Twitter

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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 5h

Rusties. What can ya do?

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 7h

#GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #WesternMediaComplicity

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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 6h

NE Adelaide today, 4.4C this morning heading for 28C

Even sillier.

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 7h

Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 17h

This is all 'energy' including petrol and gas. Network costs are partly loaded into kWh costs.

A decent array and battery should mean very little grid supply.

There has to be a ceiling for 'supply' charges or people will go off grid.

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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 17h

The best description of our 'market' I have seen.

Granted, I was a 'victim' of Electricity Privatisation so I may be a bit biased.

Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 17h

I am always shocked at the cr*p most hospitals serve.

Do people bring grapes so the patient gets some real food?

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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 1d

Keating makes the point that Labor should spend some political capital.
My wish list:
Be brave.
Ditch AUKUS.
Stop worshiping the “market”
Fix CGT and -ve gearing.
Tackle poverty reduction
Housing as a human right.
Establish a modern Housing Commission.
Build public Housing.
.

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Jen G Lambie @jenglambie.bsky.social · 20h

Another passenger jet just left Sydney with F-35 parts as cargo!

www.instagram.com/p/DPxY8xdErx...

declassifiedaustralia on Instagram: "Exclusive: Despite national coverage and questioning of Defence officials about Australia’s covert F-35 parts pipeline to Israel, e…"

Exclusive: Despite national coverage and questioning of Defence officials about Australia’s covert F-35 parts pipeline to Israel, exports continue. Yet another flight containing an “Aircraft Part” left Sydney for Israel this week in the cargo of a regular passenger plane.Don’t miss the full investigation by @petercronau, in collaboration with @wereontheditch on declassifiedaus.org which details the extensive inventory of weapons parts for the F-35 fighter jet being flown directly to Israel from Australia.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: Three Palestinians were killed after Israeli quadcopter drones opened fire on residents inspecting their homes in the Shujaiyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Israel broke the ceasefire.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 1d

I have a few 18650s that I bought at least 15 years ago to use in cree torches on my bike.

Still going strong. Even with the abuse of sitting flat for too long.

Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 1d

Yep it is not what they say but what they don't say.

Merde-och has been doing it for years. Few 'see' it though.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

Happy week, everyone

7/13/2024: The next week is going to be yet another object lesson in how neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party, & how only one party is ever expected to be held to any standards whatsoever in the National Conversation

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

👇🎯 Joe Biden, who was president during ceasefires in which 100 hostages were released, quite famously never received the same Leni Riefenstahl moment & grading-on-a-curve treatment from major media outlets in 2024. Whatever one thinks of him or Trump on this issue, this is massive goalpost shifting.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

* Over 20,000 Palestinians killed since January
* 100s starved to death, including kids
* Congress bypassed to send more & more bombs to Israel
* US citizens murdered in the West Bank

I hope this ceasefire holds & I am glad the hostages are free, but this is Trump’s *actual record* so far.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 1d

This could get interesting

Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 1d

This is like a wife beater wanting praise for stopping/pausing the beatings.

And the meeja is lapping it up.

Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 1d

I was only a kid but I would not recommend *this* Jerry Lewis film (from memory).

I was probably too young to appreciate Terry Thomas' humour.

After you have watched all of Ripping Yarns you will have to let me know which was your favourite.

Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 1d

Also post Politics sinecures.

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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 1d

Good to see this getting some traction but I'm not holding my breath our captured Government will do anything.

AFAIK Japan is onselling our methane anyway.
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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 1d

Did your Soros cheque not arrive in the mail?

Oh wait, is that shut down too?

Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 1d

And they wonder why One Neuron is seeing a resurgence.

Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 1d

Worse than that. He rushed over to Israhell and gave Naziyahoo a hug for the cameras.

Weird how they lost the election soon after.

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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 1d

I bought some rechargeable 'Lithium' AA batteries last night.

I am quite looking forward to not needing to charge batteries in all my remotes every second week.

Anyway, a bit nippy this a.m. in Adelaide.

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