BabaK
@babakarani.bsky.social
Radiation physicist | atheist (all gods are myths) | billionaires shouldn’t exist | born at 332 ppm CO2 | Dharawal country | Twitter refugee
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BabaK
@babakarani.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Thread by @BabaKarani: Applying some #reason and #logic from the perspective of the authors of the #Bible In the beginning, man created god. #ReadTheBible #atheism…
Thread by @BabaKarani: Applying some #reason and #logic from the perspective of the authors of the #Bible In the beginning, man created god. Bible #atheism .@BabaKarani Gen 1:4 God divided the light f...
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I read the bible so you don’t have to. Here’s my commentary
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#FirstPost #atheist
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#FirstPost #atheist
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Will always be funny
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Will always be funny
🎵 And I'm a black rainbow, and I'm an ape of god
I've got a face that's made for violence upon
And I'm a teen distortion, survived abortion
A rebel from the waist down 🎵
I've got a face that's made for violence upon
And I'm a teen distortion, survived abortion
A rebel from the waist down 🎵
November 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🎵 And I'm a black rainbow, and I'm an ape of god
I've got a face that's made for violence upon
And I'm a teen distortion, survived abortion
A rebel from the waist down 🎵
I've got a face that's made for violence upon
And I'm a teen distortion, survived abortion
A rebel from the waist down 🎵
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Bark bigger than bite . 🤣😍
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Bark bigger than bite . 🤣😍
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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Attn Labor party:
Announce a national housing guarantee now. Not another inquiry, not another handout to "the market". Every person deserves safe, stable, affordable housing built on public land, publicly funded, and protected from profit. Stop tinkering. Build homes.
#auspol #AffordableHousing
Announce a national housing guarantee now. Not another inquiry, not another handout to "the market". Every person deserves safe, stable, affordable housing built on public land, publicly funded, and protected from profit. Stop tinkering. Build homes.
#auspol #AffordableHousing
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Attn Labor party:
Announce a national housing guarantee now. Not another inquiry, not another handout to "the market". Every person deserves safe, stable, affordable housing built on public land, publicly funded, and protected from profit. Stop tinkering. Build homes.
#auspol #AffordableHousing
Announce a national housing guarantee now. Not another inquiry, not another handout to "the market". Every person deserves safe, stable, affordable housing built on public land, publicly funded, and protected from profit. Stop tinkering. Build homes.
#auspol #AffordableHousing
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“I find it mind boggling . . . the fact that [Australia is] giving away these natural resources”. – Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Explore how other leading thinkers are finding the courage we all need. Preorder ‘A Time for Bravery’ today: australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
Explore how other leading thinkers are finding the courage we all need. Preorder ‘A Time for Bravery’ today: australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“I find it mind boggling . . . the fact that [Australia is] giving away these natural resources”. – Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Explore how other leading thinkers are finding the courage we all need. Preorder ‘A Time for Bravery’ today: australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
Explore how other leading thinkers are finding the courage we all need. Preorder ‘A Time for Bravery’ today: australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
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"At the last election, a staggering 60 per cent of voters refused to give their first preference to either major party. Nearly a third chose independents or minor parties. Australians are hungry for change, and the old parties are failing to deliver." #Auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Why Australia needs a political party for the under-40s
With most Australians increasingly voting outside the major parties, Ian Bowrey argues it’s time for a new political force that genuinely represents under-40s and plans for the country’s long-term fut...
johnmenadue.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"At the last election, a staggering 60 per cent of voters refused to give their first preference to either major party. Nearly a third chose independents or minor parties. Australians are hungry for change, and the old parties are failing to deliver." #Auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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"the researchers estimate that the total death toll from the war among Palestinians in Gaza is between 99,997 and 125,915
...the wide range is a reflection of 'distorted and incomplete data from conflict zones' that make precise estimates difficult." #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
...the wide range is a reflection of 'distorted and incomplete data from conflict zones' that make precise estimates difficult." #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Gaza’s true death toll could be 126,000 or even higher
New research suggests Gaza’s death toll may be far higher than widely reported, with devastating implications for life expectancy, poverty and accountability.
johnmenadue.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"the researchers estimate that the total death toll from the war among Palestinians in Gaza is between 99,997 and 125,915
...the wide range is a reflection of 'distorted and incomplete data from conflict zones' that make precise estimates difficult." #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
...the wide range is a reflection of 'distorted and incomplete data from conflict zones' that make precise estimates difficult." #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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Thank me.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thank me.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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More - privatisation of essential services does not work. People are worth more than the drive to pay less for everything. #stopprivatisation www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘The whole thing stinks’: outsourced ATO call centre workers shocked by conditions as callers complain about inexperienced staff
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand also say the ATO’s ‘phone system just doesn’t work’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
More - privatisation of essential services does not work. People are worth more than the drive to pay less for everything. #stopprivatisation www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Honesty in politics, yes it does exist, just not in the governments of the US, the UK, Israel, Germany, or Australia
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Honesty in politics, yes it does exist, just not in the governments of the US, the UK, Israel, Germany, or Australia
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An utter disgrace. A Trumpian level of destruction being wrought at the CSIRO under Albo.
"The environment unit, which has more than 700 full-time equivalent roles, will be reduced by 130 to 150. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue"
"The environment unit, which has more than 700 full-time equivalent roles, will be reduced by 130 to 150. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue"
Climate of fear: are CSIRO’s sweeping job cuts a sign Australia doesn’t care about the extinction crisis?
Ever decreasing funding for the globally respected government agency mirrors an industry-wide trend that could hinder scientific breakthroughs
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
An utter disgrace. A Trumpian level of destruction being wrought at the CSIRO under Albo.
"The environment unit, which has more than 700 full-time equivalent roles, will be reduced by 130 to 150. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue"
"The environment unit, which has more than 700 full-time equivalent roles, will be reduced by 130 to 150. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue"
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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You can't possum your way out of a koala decline. That's not how bioDIVERSITY works. FFS.
As if carbon offsets weren’t a big enough fraud…welcome to the world of ‘biodiversity offsets’…sure the idea failed dismally in NSW but Murray Watt is keen to have a crack…
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
How many extra possums does it take to compensate for a dead platypus?
That’s the kind of calculation a bureaucrat would literally have to make under Environment Minister Murray Watt’s new ‘environmental laws’.
thepoint.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You can't possum your way out of a koala decline. That's not how bioDIVERSITY works. FFS.
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"Research and development...is the main driver of productivity.
Australian government is however one of the worst funders of R&D across all advanced economies"
But it's one of the 'best' funders of:
- huge tax concessions to the wealthy
- stupid subsidies for fossil fuels
- the dud #AUKUS deal.
Australian government is however one of the worst funders of R&D across all advanced economies"
But it's one of the 'best' funders of:
- huge tax concessions to the wealthy
- stupid subsidies for fossil fuels
- the dud #AUKUS deal.
"CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research" my column on the CSIRO research cuts #ThePoint
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thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM
"Research and development...is the main driver of productivity.
Australian government is however one of the worst funders of R&D across all advanced economies"
But it's one of the 'best' funders of:
- huge tax concessions to the wealthy
- stupid subsidies for fossil fuels
- the dud #AUKUS deal.
Australian government is however one of the worst funders of R&D across all advanced economies"
But it's one of the 'best' funders of:
- huge tax concessions to the wealthy
- stupid subsidies for fossil fuels
- the dud #AUKUS deal.
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"American authorities have demanded an explanation as to why South African man Matthew Gruter had his visa cancelled for attending a Neo-Nazi rally in NSW, rather than being put in charge of the nation’s economic policy." #auspol
theshovel.com.au/2025/11/18/u...
theshovel.com.au/2025/11/18/u...
US Confused by Australia’s Decision To Deport South African Neo-Nazi Rather Than Appointing Him to Senior Government Position — The Shovel
"There is an established protocol for dealing with white South African men evoking neo-Nazi symbolism: give him an office, a security clearance and free rein to systematically dismantle entire Governm...
theshovel.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"American authorities have demanded an explanation as to why South African man Matthew Gruter had his visa cancelled for attending a Neo-Nazi rally in NSW, rather than being put in charge of the nation’s economic policy." #auspol
theshovel.com.au/2025/11/18/u...
theshovel.com.au/2025/11/18/u...
Capitalism doing what capitalism does
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Capitalism doing what capitalism does
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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The "blue plaque" is too polite.
By presiding over the dismantling of USAID, Musk has caused the deaths of an estimated 600,000 people worldwide from hunger and preventable diseases.
Mostly children.
As Bill Gates said: the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children.
By presiding over the dismantling of USAID, Musk has caused the deaths of an estimated 600,000 people worldwide from hunger and preventable diseases.
Mostly children.
As Bill Gates said: the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children.
Someone put this "blue plaque" on a London Tesla showroom to mark his becoming the world's first trillionaire. “World’s first trillionaire Elon Musk. Could have solved world hunger but funded fascists instead. Bellend.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The "blue plaque" is too polite.
By presiding over the dismantling of USAID, Musk has caused the deaths of an estimated 600,000 people worldwide from hunger and preventable diseases.
Mostly children.
As Bill Gates said: the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children.
By presiding over the dismantling of USAID, Musk has caused the deaths of an estimated 600,000 people worldwide from hunger and preventable diseases.
Mostly children.
As Bill Gates said: the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children.
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contacts with foreign nationals, notably Russian President Vladimir Putin, which could jeopardize his existing clearance or lead to a denial.
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Elon Musk's Drug Use Means He Isn't Allowed to Enter Certain SpaceX Buildings
According to the Wall Street Journal, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk isn't allowed inside buildings where spy satellite work is being carried out.
futurism.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
contacts with foreign nationals, notably Russian President Vladimir Putin, which could jeopardize his existing clearance or lead to a denial.
futurism.com/the-byte/elo...
futurism.com/the-byte/elo...
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Oh no! Off to Human Rights Commission "26 journalists and commentators, including Andrew Bolt, Caleb Bond, Chris Kenny, Erin Molan, Rita Panahi, Steve Price"
#whatsthescam #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social
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#whatsthescam #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/racism-human...
Racism. Human Rights Commission to investigate News Corp journos - Michael West
The AHRC has accepted a series of complaints of discrimination and racial hatred against NewsCorp and many of its journalists.
michaelwest.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Oh no! Off to Human Rights Commission "26 journalists and commentators, including Andrew Bolt, Caleb Bond, Chris Kenny, Erin Molan, Rita Panahi, Steve Price"
#whatsthescam #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/racism-human...
#whatsthescam #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/racism-human...
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Waleed Aly is making a strong late case for worst journalist of the year. Truly pathetic.
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Waleed Aly is making a strong late case for worst journalist of the year. Truly pathetic.