Rob
@crigs.bsky.social
I am interested in Climate Change, SF (hard) environment, gardening, cooking, and beaches. In many ways an old school left social democrat but politically the climate emergency is my overarching political concern.
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I can't wait for the Hanson Joyce diumverate. It will be a political movement laser focused on grafting, focus pulling and sheer incompetence.
#Auspol
#Auspol
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I can't wait for the Hanson Joyce diumverate. It will be a political movement laser focused on grafting, focus pulling and sheer incompetence.
#Auspol
#Auspol
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“They’re killing civilians in the first place, and then if you assume they’re combatants, it’s also unlawful—under the law of armed conflict, if somebody is ‘hors de combat’ and no longer able to fight, then they have to be treated humanely.”
“They’re killing civilians in the first place, and then if you assume they’re combatants, it’s also unlawful—under the law of armed conflict, if somebody is ‘hors de combat’ and no longer able to fight, then they have to be treated humanely.”
Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over ‘Kill Them All’ Orders
A follow-up missile allegedly killed survivors of a U.S. strike on a drug boat.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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“They’re killing civilians in the first place, and then if you assume they’re combatants, it’s also unlawful—under the law of armed conflict, if somebody is ‘hors de combat’ and no longer able to fight, then they have to be treated humanely.”
“They’re killing civilians in the first place, and then if you assume they’re combatants, it’s also unlawful—under the law of armed conflict, if somebody is ‘hors de combat’ and no longer able to fight, then they have to be treated humanely.”
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How adorable that he thinks he will live that long.
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
How adorable that he thinks he will live that long.
Come on research nerds! Someone should do an Australian version.
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
#Auspol
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
#Auspol
November 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Come on research nerds! Someone should do an Australian version.
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
#Auspol
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
#Auspol
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
After gaining some traction because she is NOT the liberal party Hanson has decided to go full-bore with her moronic brand of racism. She has simply reminded people that she does not lead a vote-worthy party.
After gaining some traction because she is NOT the liberal party Hanson has decided to go full-bore with her moronic brand of racism. She has simply reminded people that she does not lead a vote-worthy party.
Pauline Hanson faces widespread condemnation after repeating ‘disgraceful’ burqa stunt in Senate
Nationals senator Matt Canavan says One Nation leader ‘debased’ parliament while independent Fatima Payman says she is ‘disrespecting Muslim Australians’
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
After gaining some traction because she is NOT the liberal party Hanson has decided to go full-bore with her moronic brand of racism. She has simply reminded people that she does not lead a vote-worthy party.
After gaining some traction because she is NOT the liberal party Hanson has decided to go full-bore with her moronic brand of racism. She has simply reminded people that she does not lead a vote-worthy party.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne....
#Auspol
Why is this reported like some sort of random calamity and not a government decision?
This is squarely an Albanese ALP government choice.
And they are just as bad as the anti-science Liberal government they replaced!
#Auspol
Why is this reported like some sort of random calamity and not a government decision?
This is squarely an Albanese ALP government choice.
And they are just as bad as the anti-science Liberal government they replaced!
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 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne....
#Auspol
Why is this reported like some sort of random calamity and not a government decision?
This is squarely an Albanese ALP government choice.
And they are just as bad as the anti-science Liberal government they replaced!
#Auspol
Why is this reported like some sort of random calamity and not a government decision?
This is squarely an Albanese ALP government choice.
And they are just as bad as the anti-science Liberal government they replaced!
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At the behest of Pope Leo from the Southside, U.S. Catholic bishops voted 216–5 to condemn Trump and his Catholic VP JD Vance’s immigration raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing.” The vote represents one of the strongest rebukes the Church has ever given to a US president.
November 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
At the behest of Pope Leo from the Southside, U.S. Catholic bishops voted 216–5 to condemn Trump and his Catholic VP JD Vance’s immigration raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing.” The vote represents one of the strongest rebukes the Church has ever given to a US president.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
So much for the government story that we had no defence ties with Israel.
#Auspol
So much for the government story that we had no defence ties with Israel.
#Auspol
Australia’s $20m ‘iron fist’ deal with Israel’s largest arms company signed two weeks before UN genocide finding
Experts criticise federal government’s contract with Elbit Systems as ‘troubling acceptance’ of Israel’s conduct in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
So much for the government story that we had no defence ties with Israel.
#Auspol
So much for the government story that we had no defence ties with Israel.
#Auspol
I don't think Australia is immune to fascism but I do think that this joining, unjoining, mutation, hybridisation that's going on with the rightwing parties is a road to nowhere.
They need an Australian Trump. Someone who is a clean skin when it comes to politics.
#Auspol
They need an Australian Trump. Someone who is a clean skin when it comes to politics.
#Auspol
October 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I don't think Australia is immune to fascism but I do think that this joining, unjoining, mutation, hybridisation that's going on with the rightwing parties is a road to nowhere.
They need an Australian Trump. Someone who is a clean skin when it comes to politics.
#Auspol
They need an Australian Trump. Someone who is a clean skin when it comes to politics.
#Auspol
Tony Abbott; yesterday's man campaigning for yesterday's men so we can go back to yesterday.
#Auspol
#Auspol
poor old Tony Abbott is on the public broadcaster dismissing the oldest and longest continuous oral histories in the history of humanity as “hearsay” how’s your morning going.
October 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tony Abbott; yesterday's man campaigning for yesterday's men so we can go back to yesterday.
#Auspol
#Auspol
America is unravelling. The rest of the world can't help them and they can't seem to help themselves.
October 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
America is unravelling. The rest of the world can't help them and they can't seem to help themselves.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
This is on par with Trump's pick of RFK junior as the Secretary of Health.
Blair's tendency to "exaggerate" when dealing with the Arab world was called out by a 2016 UK government report on the Iraq war.
This is a disaster waiting to happen
This is on par with Trump's pick of RFK junior as the Secretary of Health.
Blair's tendency to "exaggerate" when dealing with the Arab world was called out by a 2016 UK government report on the Iraq war.
This is a disaster waiting to happen
Tony Blair: Ruler of Gaza? Why the former British leader is suddenly in the frame
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has praised former UK prime minister Tony Blair for his "constructive" involvement in the Middle East.
www.sbs.com.au
September 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
This is on par with Trump's pick of RFK junior as the Secretary of Health.
Blair's tendency to "exaggerate" when dealing with the Arab world was called out by a 2016 UK government report on the Iraq war.
This is a disaster waiting to happen
This is on par with Trump's pick of RFK junior as the Secretary of Health.
Blair's tendency to "exaggerate" when dealing with the Arab world was called out by a 2016 UK government report on the Iraq war.
This is a disaster waiting to happen
Strong man Trump:
Let's Israel lead him around by his nose.
Has a summit with Putin and Russia tests NATO defences within a few weeks
Has a public shitfit about escalator malfunction.
Gets mean comedians taken off the air.
Let's Israel lead him around by his nose.
Has a summit with Putin and Russia tests NATO defences within a few weeks
Has a public shitfit about escalator malfunction.
Gets mean comedians taken off the air.
September 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Strong man Trump:
Let's Israel lead him around by his nose.
Has a summit with Putin and Russia tests NATO defences within a few weeks
Has a public shitfit about escalator malfunction.
Gets mean comedians taken off the air.
Let's Israel lead him around by his nose.
Has a summit with Putin and Russia tests NATO defences within a few weeks
Has a public shitfit about escalator malfunction.
Gets mean comedians taken off the air.
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The headlines should be, but won't be:
"Trump embarrasses himself and the US in incoherent, rambling, shameful speech at the UN"
"Trump embarrasses himself and the US in incoherent, rambling, shameful speech at the UN"
September 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The headlines should be, but won't be:
"Trump embarrasses himself and the US in incoherent, rambling, shameful speech at the UN"
"Trump embarrasses himself and the US in incoherent, rambling, shameful speech at the UN"
"The response to the latest attempt to impose a terrorist state in the heart of our land will be given after my return from the United States. Wait for it." -Netanyahu
What a two bit gangster is Netanyahu. What's he going to do to Australia? Bomb us?
#Auspol
What a two bit gangster is Netanyahu. What's he going to do to Australia? Bomb us?
#Auspol
'Wait for it': Netanyahu warns Australia, other nations for recognising Palestinian state
Australia's recognition does not require ratification in the parliament or any United Nations vote to come into effect — it is now official government policy.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
"The response to the latest attempt to impose a terrorist state in the heart of our land will be given after my return from the United States. Wait for it." -Netanyahu
What a two bit gangster is Netanyahu. What's he going to do to Australia? Bomb us?
#Auspol
What a two bit gangster is Netanyahu. What's he going to do to Australia? Bomb us?
#Auspol
"There are no evident examples of a UN member country ceding recognised, independent territory to another UN member following a war or invasion"...."since the end of World War Two"
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Since WWII, it’s been taboo to force nations to cede land after war. Russia wants to normalise conquest again
Territorial concessions used to be common after wars. The formation of the UN after WWII was meant to put an end to this.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"There are no evident examples of a UN member country ceding recognised, independent territory to another UN member following a war or invasion"...."since the end of World War Two"
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Opposing the Italian state's war aims in the 1930s would not make one an anti-Italian racist just as opposing Israel actions in Gaza today does not make one antisemitic.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Jews and Israel are not the same. That lie is enabling atrocities | Norman Solomon
The claim is central to rationales for arming Israel even as leading human rights groups decry genocide in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Opposing the Italian state's war aims in the 1930s would not make one an anti-Italian racist just as opposing Israel actions in Gaza today does not make one antisemitic.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It's now obvious that the far right of the Liberal Party is stalking Sussan Ley.
Expect more resignations and provocations.
Sky News and The Australian will start spewing their hate towards her as if on cue.
#Auspol
Expect more resignations and provocations.
Sky News and The Australian will start spewing their hate towards her as if on cue.
#Auspol
September 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It's now obvious that the far right of the Liberal Party is stalking Sussan Ley.
Expect more resignations and provocations.
Sky News and The Australian will start spewing their hate towards her as if on cue.
#Auspol
Expect more resignations and provocations.
Sky News and The Australian will start spewing their hate towards her as if on cue.
#Auspol
I believe firmly in gun control. This is meant as no disrespect to Charlie Kirk.
September 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I believe firmly in gun control. This is meant as no disrespect to Charlie Kirk.