A T Tate
@spudonthetracks.bsky.social
Then: Journo stuff, news-sport 1984-2021 (ABC/BBC/TheAge). Now: Zombie apocalypse prep, Fitzroy by the sea, SWVic🦞🐋
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Marles: “what’s important is that the US is fully supportive of Aukus”
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Marles: “what’s important is that the US is fully supportive of Aukus”
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
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AI is an absolute net negative for humanity. So of course govts are clamouring for more of it.
I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?
Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
AI is an absolute net negative for humanity. So of course govts are clamouring for more of it.
I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Alex Horton, one of the two Washington Post reporters who broke the story, has been a participant in more violent combat than Pete Hegseth by an order of magnitude.
It's not a coincidence that he got the scoop.
It's not a coincidence that he got the scoop.
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Alex Horton, one of the two Washington Post reporters who broke the story, has been a participant in more violent combat than Pete Hegseth by an order of magnitude.
It's not a coincidence that he got the scoop.
It's not a coincidence that he got the scoop.
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"These people are garbage."
—Donald Trump, while being garbage.
“They took billions of dollars.”
—Donald Trump, while taking billions of dollars.
"They accomplish nothing."
—Donald Trump, while accomplishing nothing.
"All they do is complain."
—Donald Trump, while complaining.
#Projection
—Donald Trump, while being garbage.
“They took billions of dollars.”
—Donald Trump, while taking billions of dollars.
"They accomplish nothing."
—Donald Trump, while accomplishing nothing.
"All they do is complain."
—Donald Trump, while complaining.
#Projection
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"These people are garbage."
—Donald Trump, while being garbage.
“They took billions of dollars.”
—Donald Trump, while taking billions of dollars.
"They accomplish nothing."
—Donald Trump, while accomplishing nothing.
"All they do is complain."
—Donald Trump, while complaining.
#Projection
—Donald Trump, while being garbage.
“They took billions of dollars.”
—Donald Trump, while taking billions of dollars.
"They accomplish nothing."
—Donald Trump, while accomplishing nothing.
"All they do is complain."
—Donald Trump, while complaining.
#Projection
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I am personally more interested in the arc of moral justice than an arch
December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I am personally more interested in the arc of moral justice than an arch
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Turnbull was right – but it’s government that really matters https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/turnbull-was-right-but-its-government-that-really-matters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turnbull-was-right-but-its-government-that-really-matters #auspol
Turnbull was right – but it’s government that really matters
On the eve of his defeat as Liberal Party leader in 2009, Malcolm Turnbull gave an interview to press gallery legend Laurie Oakes that still shocks hardened political watchers today.
australiainstitute.org.au
December 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Turnbull was right – but it’s government that really matters https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/turnbull-was-right-but-its-government-that-really-matters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turnbull-was-right-but-its-government-that-really-matters #auspol
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Much of the US press is not "even acknowledging that they have a role in saving democracy, much less doing anything about it."
@sulliview.bsky.social is relevant to Australia.
Mainstream media too often treats the #FarRight as click bait. #auspol
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/do-better-...
@sulliview.bsky.social is relevant to Australia.
Mainstream media too often treats the #FarRight as click bait. #auspol
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/do-better-...
Do better, Big Journalism. Please do much, much better
Low points from the New York Times, the BBC, the Washington Post and the New Yorker. And some highs.
margaretsullivan.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Much of the US press is not "even acknowledging that they have a role in saving democracy, much less doing anything about it."
@sulliview.bsky.social is relevant to Australia.
Mainstream media too often treats the #FarRight as click bait. #auspol
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/do-better-...
@sulliview.bsky.social is relevant to Australia.
Mainstream media too often treats the #FarRight as click bait. #auspol
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/do-better-...
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I think about this a lot.
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I think about this a lot.
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Now what can I do to distract Aussies from our major partner’s unlawful war against Venezuela
December 1, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Now what can I do to distract Aussies from our major partner’s unlawful war against Venezuela
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*deep sigh* www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
‘It’s going much too fast’: the inside story of the race to create the ultimate AI
In Silicon Valley, rival companies are spending trillions of dollars to reach a goal that could change humanity – or potentially destroy it
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
*deep sigh* www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
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Labor’s become the party of symbolic progress: flags, diversity panels, and feel-good language while the economic screws tighten. Cultural gestures up top, neoliberalism underneath. It’s liberal identity politics dressed as a workers’ party.
#auspol
#auspol
December 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Labor’s become the party of symbolic progress: flags, diversity panels, and feel-good language while the economic screws tighten. Cultural gestures up top, neoliberalism underneath. It’s liberal identity politics dressed as a workers’ party.
#auspol
#auspol
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“Australians voters deserve a government that prioritizes ecological survival over mining profits.”
theaimn.net/part-four-wh...
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Part Four: “When ‘Historic Reform’ Means Managed Decline”
This is how you capture environmental policy without killing the environment entirely. You write laws that prevent environmental protection from working. The Real Question Did the federal government’s...
theaimn.net
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
“Australians voters deserve a government that prioritizes ecological survival over mining profits.”
theaimn.net/part-four-wh...
theaimn.net/part-four-wh...
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Job One should be getting Marles as far away from our tax dollars, and National Security as possible.
#MarlesIsTheProblemNotTheSolution
#ThePerfumedWarlord
#SpivsRUs
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#MarlesIsTheProblemNotTheSolution
#ThePerfumedWarlord
#SpivsRUs
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia tracking Chinese navy flotilla in Philippine Sea as Marles announces major defence overhaul
Biggest changes to defence bureaucracy since the 1970s aim to tackle budget and timeline blowouts, government says
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Job One should be getting Marles as far away from our tax dollars, and National Security as possible.
#MarlesIsTheProblemNotTheSolution
#ThePerfumedWarlord
#SpivsRUs
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#MarlesIsTheProblemNotTheSolution
#ThePerfumedWarlord
#SpivsRUs
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Bravo 💪👏 #auspol
Pennings Reigns Victorious Over Adanis’ Five-Year “Attack Dog” Legal Pursuit
Environmental activist Ben Pennings has come out victorious after Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani dragged him across hot coals in the courts for five years.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Bravo 💪👏 #auspol
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Here’s the answer to where nuclear waste from reopened Three Mile Island will go. Are you onto this Albo? This is more important to us than your upcoming wedding.
This from Sen. David Shoebridge:
'AUKUS submarines create nuclear waste-and they want to dump it on this Arrente land near - Alice Springs. The same US companies running Pine Gap want to turn this ancient salt lake into a global nuclear dump.'
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social
#AUKUS #nuclearwaste
'AUKUS submarines create nuclear waste-and they want to dump it on this Arrente land near - Alice Springs. The same US companies running Pine Gap want to turn this ancient salt lake into a global nuclear dump.'
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social
#AUKUS #nuclearwaste
November 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here’s the answer to where nuclear waste from reopened Three Mile Island will go. Are you onto this Albo? This is more important to us than your upcoming wedding.
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“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
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Well worth the time to listen to this. 🤔
November 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Well worth the time to listen to this. 🤔
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2025 is like: "Here’s your tiny bit of joy… aaaand here’s a fresh pile of global shit to balance it."
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
2025 is like: "Here’s your tiny bit of joy… aaaand here’s a fresh pile of global shit to balance it."
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Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?
Sesame Street - Mahna Mahna (1969)
YouTube video by Tiny Dancer
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?
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I don't see how Tesla's Model 3 can survive if Benz can offer an alternative EV this cheap, with this kind of performance, on top of the 15% tariff that it's charged in the US.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I don't see how Tesla's Model 3 can survive if Benz can offer an alternative EV this cheap, with this kind of performance, on top of the 15% tariff that it's charged in the US.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.