@syzyblue.bsky.social
Greenie; gardener; wildlife admirer; cat servant; dog friend; lifelong leftwinger; she/her; living on Yuggera land; antifa
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Hi. Please don't follow me unless I've followed you first. I'm on here to learn from others and spread their thoughts. I don't want a lot of followers. Thanks.
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The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
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Venezuela accuses US of 'blatant theft' after tanker seized in Caribbean reut.rs/3Yjvncn
Venezuela accuses US of 'blatant theft' after tanker seized in Caribbean
The Venezuelan government has accused the United States of "blatant theft" after it seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, it said in a statement.
reut.rs
December 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Venezuela accuses US of 'blatant theft' after tanker seized in Caribbean reut.rs/3Yjvncn
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After Commr Brereton rates NACC 7 out of 10, David Shoebridge reveals a shocking case where survivor of child sexual abuse had her case against AFP botched by NACC who apologised “for not using relevant evidence”
“Do u stand by your 7/10 rating?”🔥Shameless Brereton stands by it
“Do u stand by your 7/10 rating?”🔥Shameless Brereton stands by it
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
After Commr Brereton rates NACC 7 out of 10, David Shoebridge reveals a shocking case where survivor of child sexual abuse had her case against AFP botched by NACC who apologised “for not using relevant evidence”
“Do u stand by your 7/10 rating?”🔥Shameless Brereton stands by it
“Do u stand by your 7/10 rating?”🔥Shameless Brereton stands by it
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The ALP designed the NACC with the assistance of the LNP to ensure everyone remained very, very safe and comfortable
After Commr Brereton rates NACC 7 out of 10, David Shoebridge reveals a shocking case where survivor of child sexual abuse had her case against AFP botched by NACC who apologised “for not using relevant evidence”
“Do u stand by your 7/10 rating?”🔥Shameless Brereton stands by it
“Do u stand by your 7/10 rating?”🔥Shameless Brereton stands by it
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The ALP designed the NACC with the assistance of the LNP to ensure everyone remained very, very safe and comfortable
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1. We've had a huge response to the launch of the Earth Rover Program, above all from small farmers, especially in Africa. Farmers all over the world are highly attuned to the need for a better understanding of soil, and have immediately seen the potential. 🧵 1/10
www.earthroverprogram.org
www.earthroverprogram.org
The Earth Rover Program
The Earth Rover Program unites scientists, farmers, and innovators to monitor, understand, and restore soils worldwide. Advancing food security, climate resilience, and biodiversity through open scien...
www.earthroverprogram.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
1. We've had a huge response to the launch of the Earth Rover Program, above all from small farmers, especially in Africa. Farmers all over the world are highly attuned to the need for a better understanding of soil, and have immediately seen the potential. 🧵 1/10
www.earthroverprogram.org
www.earthroverprogram.org
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"We continue to see these projects socialising cost while privatising benefits."
Gwii Lok’im Gibuu Jesse Stoeppler of the Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en Nations unpacks the First Nations fight against gas in Canada on the latest episode of Follow the Money!
#auspol @leanneminshull.bsky.social
Gwii Lok’im Gibuu Jesse Stoeppler of the Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en Nations unpacks the First Nations fight against gas in Canada on the latest episode of Follow the Money!
#auspol @leanneminshull.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
"We continue to see these projects socialising cost while privatising benefits."
Gwii Lok’im Gibuu Jesse Stoeppler of the Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en Nations unpacks the First Nations fight against gas in Canada on the latest episode of Follow the Money!
#auspol @leanneminshull.bsky.social
Gwii Lok’im Gibuu Jesse Stoeppler of the Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en Nations unpacks the First Nations fight against gas in Canada on the latest episode of Follow the Money!
#auspol @leanneminshull.bsky.social
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Australia needs a national psychosocial support system — not another funding shuffle www.croakey.org/australia-ne... #publichealth
Australia needs a national psychosocial support system — not another funding shuffle
www.croakey.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Australia needs a national psychosocial support system — not another funding shuffle www.croakey.org/australia-ne... #publichealth
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There is one respect, however, in which the drowned girls in Footscray Park reflect the bigger picture: both were from backgrounds other than Anglo-Celtic. There are multicultural dimensions when it comes to drowning vulnerability. mnth.ly/rxlFELA
Drowning
As we head into another summer of beaches and swimming pools, creeks and rivers, is Australia failing on water safety?
mnth.ly
December 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
There is one respect, however, in which the drowned girls in Footscray Park reflect the bigger picture: both were from backgrounds other than Anglo-Celtic. There are multicultural dimensions when it comes to drowning vulnerability. mnth.ly/rxlFELA
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A very short article on the West Papuan struggle: www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/12/01/w...
West Papua: Once was Papuan Independence Day, now deforested, population diluted
On Papuan Independence Day we discuss protests against Indonesia’s transmigration programme, environmental destruction, and militarisation, and the struggle for self-determination.
www.teaonews.co.nz
December 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
A very short article on the West Papuan struggle: www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/12/01/w...
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Free West Papua ✊🏿
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Free West Papua ✊🏿
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Four Papuan political prisoners have been sentenced to 7 month imprisonment on treason charges. In April, they sent letters to government institutions in Sorong, asking for peaceful dialogue between President Prabowo and the Federal Republic of West Papua www.rnz.co.nz/internationa...
Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges
A West Papua independence advocate says Indonesia is using its law to silence opposition.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Four Papuan political prisoners have been sentenced to 7 month imprisonment on treason charges. In April, they sent letters to government institutions in Sorong, asking for peaceful dialogue between President Prabowo and the Federal Republic of West Papua www.rnz.co.nz/internationa...
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Will the government really introduce a gas reservation scheme that won’t work to appease the gas industry?
"No other jurisdiction allows foreign companies to come in, write the rules, export the gas and give you nothing in return."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
"No other jurisdiction allows foreign companies to come in, write the rules, export the gas and give you nothing in return."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
December 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Will the government really introduce a gas reservation scheme that won’t work to appease the gas industry?
"No other jurisdiction allows foreign companies to come in, write the rules, export the gas and give you nothing in return."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
"No other jurisdiction allows foreign companies to come in, write the rules, export the gas and give you nothing in return."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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MEDIA-OPOLY
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
MEDIA-OPOLY
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
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First, let me say: Fuck the Heritage Foundation. This is adjacent to 2025.
Second: Don't go to their website because don't give them the traffic.
Third: This is their nonsense plan for making everyone miserable in '26.
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Second: Don't go to their website because don't give them the traffic.
Third: This is their nonsense plan for making everyone miserable in '26.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
First, let me say: Fuck the Heritage Foundation. This is adjacent to 2025.
Second: Don't go to their website because don't give them the traffic.
Third: This is their nonsense plan for making everyone miserable in '26.
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Second: Don't go to their website because don't give them the traffic.
Third: This is their nonsense plan for making everyone miserable in '26.
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Trump is letting NVIDIA export cutting-edge AI chips that his own DOJ revealed are being illegally smuggled into China.
His own DOJ called these chips "building blocks of AI superiority."
Trump and Lutnick need to answer to Congress on why they are selling out US security.
His own DOJ called these chips "building blocks of AI superiority."
Trump and Lutnick need to answer to Congress on why they are selling out US security.
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Trump is letting NVIDIA export cutting-edge AI chips that his own DOJ revealed are being illegally smuggled into China.
His own DOJ called these chips "building blocks of AI superiority."
Trump and Lutnick need to answer to Congress on why they are selling out US security.
His own DOJ called these chips "building blocks of AI superiority."
Trump and Lutnick need to answer to Congress on why they are selling out US security.
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More than 1,800 people have died as floods have ravaged Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
Satellite images show the scale of destruction from Asia floods
More than 1,800 people have died as floods have ravaged Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
More than 1,800 people have died as floods have ravaged Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
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"At the event, which barred questions, Hegseth said the US was seeking “practical, realistic” ways to improve #AUKUS."
Many Australians are seeking practical, realistic ways to #DitchAUKUS. #auspol
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
Many Australians are seeking practical, realistic ways to #DitchAUKUS. #auspol
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
Turnbull slams secrecy over Pentagon’s AUKUS demands
Richard Marles should reveal what changes to the pact the US review has requested before Australia hands over its next cheque, the former prime minister says.
www.afr.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
"At the event, which barred questions, Hegseth said the US was seeking “practical, realistic” ways to improve #AUKUS."
Many Australians are seeking practical, realistic ways to #DitchAUKUS. #auspol
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
Many Australians are seeking practical, realistic ways to #DitchAUKUS. #auspol
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
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You truly will drive yourself nuts over federal politician travel expenses & what to do about it. The only person not allowed to repay expenses under the Minchin Protocol was Peter Slipper. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09...
Peter Slipper sentenced to community service
Former federal parliamentary speaker Peter Slipper has been ordered to complete 300 hours of community service after being sentenced for misusing his Cabcharge allowance to visit Canberra wineries in ...
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
You truly will drive yourself nuts over federal politician travel expenses & what to do about it. The only person not allowed to repay expenses under the Minchin Protocol was Peter Slipper. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09...
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Santos has not. It siphons gas out of the domestic market at an enormous rate to fulfill its export contracts. Since 2017, it has drained about two years of gas supply from the domestic market.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Time to stop tiptoeing around and step on the gas to ease inflation
For a decade, a disaster has unfolded. We've run short of gas through indecision and incompetence, and that's driving energy costs and inflation. We need a solution and an unlikely source may have one...
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Santos has not. It siphons gas out of the domestic market at an enormous rate to fulfill its export contracts. Since 2017, it has drained about two years of gas supply from the domestic market.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Taxing gas exports is such an easy & smart win both policy and politics wise
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Time to stop tiptoeing around and step on the gas to ease inflation
For a decade, a disaster has unfolded. We've run short of gas through indecision and incompetence, and that's driving energy costs and inflation. We need a solution and an unlikely source may have one...
www.abc.net.au
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Taxing gas exports is such an easy & smart win both policy and politics wise
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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I'm preparing a briefing on #SeaLevelRise and my hunt for an image led me to the wikipedia page and holy moly it's good...
If you want to learn about many different aspects, I'd definitely start there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_lev...
If you want to learn about many different aspects, I'd definitely start there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_lev...
Sea level rise - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I'm preparing a briefing on #SeaLevelRise and my hunt for an image led me to the wikipedia page and holy moly it's good...
If you want to learn about many different aspects, I'd definitely start there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_lev...
If you want to learn about many different aspects, I'd definitely start there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_lev...
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Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.
The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.