Leroy
@leroylynch.bsky.social
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ALP member. Social Democrat. Posts are mainly news, plus some history and general interest.
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qldaah.bsky.social
Both Qld Labor & Qld LNP have rejected Fox Resources mineral development licence to explore for coal underneath $1.6b worth of prime agriculture land north of Bundaberg. Now that the company has collapsed residents want the tenement cancelled forever. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Fight to cancel coal exploration permit in Queensland food bowl
Exploration company Fox Resources has gone into administration, but the community that successfully fought off its mining advances vows to keep fighting to cancel the tenement altogether.
www.abc.net.au
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slothropsmap.bsky.social
It feels like a fever dream that just a few months ago, Elon Musk would routinely address the media in the Oval Office in a t-shirt and jacket while the president just sat there and looked at him.
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newyorker.com
Jay Capsian Kang writes about how the internet has deepened the cracks in our fracturing sense of shared reality—and how many Americans have come to embrace a conspiratorial world view.
The Persistent Pull of Planet Epstein
Many Americans have stopped trusting establishment media, and conspiracy-minded content creators are offering them a dark alternative view of the world.
www.newyorker.com
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notalawyer.bsky.social
the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
misoshnik.bsky.social
Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?
A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”
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grugstan.bsky.social
While Twitter might still drive policy in the US, it doesn't in Australia. But neither's Bluesky or LinkedIn.

We've lost a social platform that drives discourse, brings new thinkers to public prominance and connects policymakers and journalists with people with ideas outside our stale institutions.
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picketer.bsky.social
There isn't a suburb in Australia where you couldn't get 200 signatures against absolutely ANYTHING. *Petition against free cake* signed for reasons including, I Like Biscuits More, I'm Dieting, I Hated My Mum's Cake, Satan Loves Cake, Waddabout Famine Overseas, I Want Free Fireworks etc etc.
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picketer.bsky.social
A two storey building with a licensed function area. The horror. Basically Las Vegas.
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picketer.bsky.social
Redeveloping the small site of a lifesaving club now up to its third full set of designs over seven years (!!!!) but "Council has received a petition with 194 signatures" against the latest ones so it's "tensions flare." Absurd stuff. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Tensions flare in seaside suburb over ‘Bondi Icebergs’ proposal
Over seven years, the lifesaving club has gone through three rounds of redevelopment plans, and the neighbourhood is once again divided over the $14.5 million project.
www.theage.com.au
leroylynch.bsky.social
Resolve federal poll
TPP: ALP 55 (0) L/NP 45 (0)
Primary: ALP 34 (-1) L/NP 28 (+1) GRN 11 (0) ON 12 (0) IND 9 (0) OTH 7 (+1)
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed... #auspol
(+/-) changes since September, sample 1800 voters
TTP is respondent allocated preferences
Image of poll graphs taken from page 10 of The Age, 13 Oct 2025.
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xriskology.bsky.social
Basically, these replacement antinatalists believe that it's "fundamentally unethical" to have kids because the future is digital, and hence there's no point to bringing new biological people into the world. It's a fascinating new twist on traditional

www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/the-strang...
The Strange Rise of Antinatalism in Silicon Valley
Most of us are aware that pronatalism is popular within Silicon Valley. But there's a new kind of antinatalism that's catching on, too! In this article, I give it a name: replacement antinatalism.
www.realtimetechpocalypse.com
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xriskology.bsky.social
Most of us know about Silicon Valley pronatalism--people like Musk having as many kids as possible. But did you know that a peculiar kind of *antinatalism* is also becoming popular in the Valley? In this article, I name the phenomenon: replacement antinatalism. Read below:
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kevinbonham.bsky.social
My last-election preferences aggregate post Resolve 55.8 to ALP (-0.1)
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kevinbonham.bsky.social
#ResolvePM This question if correctly quoted is unsatisfactory; its results should be ignored. Presents one side of the debate only, and also refers to L-NP reducing immigration when it is not the government and there is no way yet of knowing when or if it again will be.
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kevinbonham.bsky.social
#ResolvePM ALP 34 L-NP 28 Green 11 ON 12 IND 9 other 7

Their 2PP 55.0 to ALP (respondent prefs)
My 2025 prefs estimate 55.5 to ALP
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seasideferry.bsky.social
Should you be looking for bathroom design inspiration here are some colorful ideas from the late 70s. Couldn't resist picking up a catalogue of sanitary ware from a local bus stop/ book swap. I mean, just look at the colour chart 😍
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edzitron.com
Very funny considering this was about six months ago

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edzitron.com
Under attack from Nate Silver, "the man who is always right"
Nate silver saying "old man yells at cloud vibes" while quote posting my latest newsletter about why ai isn't the next big thing
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edzitron.com
AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over
Nate Silver
@NateSilver538 • 5h
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
“The administration did not like that CDC data did not support their narrative, so they got rid of them. They didn’t like that CDC policy groups would not rubber stamp their unscientific ideas, so they got rid of them”.

The damage to the CDC is “beyond repair”.
‘The damage is beyond repair’: The CDC faces another round of deep staff cuts | CNN
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suffered another round of deep staff cuts late Friday, with disease detectives, outbreak forecasters, policy and data offices among those impacted, ac...
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leroylynch.bsky.social
Back when he was Opposition Leader and then the PM, it seemed to be mainly blokey male journos who told us Abbott was charming "in person" (part of the reason we were repeatedly told he would grow into the job of being PM). Tony as an ex journo always knew how to schmooze the press gallery.
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dov.bsky.social
This man really stood in front of all of Christendom and said, for the first time in like 700 years, that non-Christians possess rights
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