Damo LB
@damo1954.bsky.social
I eschew capitalism as much as I can. Treehugger. I'm also a Lawnbowler. I'm out of fashion,especially on this.Old fossil.
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A little history - the minister in charge of the 1950s mass immigration of Commonwealth workers in order to rebuild post-war Britain, was …
Enoch Powell, a wannabe PM who reckoned he could win support by whipping-up racism. He unleashed a storm of lethal hatred and fear on the streets.
Enoch Powell, a wannabe PM who reckoned he could win support by whipping-up racism. He unleashed a storm of lethal hatred and fear on the streets.
Nigel Farage uses his post-Budget press conference to say Enoch Powell was right.
Why are we not even surprised anymore?
Why are we not even surprised anymore?
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A little history - the minister in charge of the 1950s mass immigration of Commonwealth workers in order to rebuild post-war Britain, was …
Enoch Powell, a wannabe PM who reckoned he could win support by whipping-up racism. He unleashed a storm of lethal hatred and fear on the streets.
Enoch Powell, a wannabe PM who reckoned he could win support by whipping-up racism. He unleashed a storm of lethal hatred and fear on the streets.
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I am a British emigrant, and I endorse this message.
I see Farage now hates emigration as well as immigration. The trouble is, he’s a big part of why people are emigrating. Brexit has made the U.K. a less attractive place for everyone.
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I am a British emigrant, and I endorse this message.
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Seems to me, such drugs are seen as the antidote to an evil greedy and soulless capitalist system.
A system that chews up and spits out human beings, without care for the discarded.
A system that chews up and spits out human beings, without care for the discarded.
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Seems to me, such drugs are seen as the antidote to an evil greedy and soulless capitalist system.
A system that chews up and spits out human beings, without care for the discarded.
A system that chews up and spits out human beings, without care for the discarded.
More of my roses.I didn't plant them.I look after them until Bush Heritage takes over in the next few years
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
More of my roses.I didn't plant them.I look after them until Bush Heritage takes over in the next few years
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #climatecatastrohe American Cultural Imperialism,Slave wages,pollution.
‘You can’t spend your whole life trying to stop a McDonald’s’: how the fast-food chain keeps opening new Australian stores
Darebin city council has rejected a 24-hour store in the Melbourne suburb of Northcote. But will community opposition hold?
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #climatecatastrohe American Cultural Imperialism,Slave wages,pollution.
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Gotta love a Coalition government, don't you? #AlwaysPunchingDown
Department of Transport and Main Roads wants to shut a street-side charity in North Ipswich.
The department told residents the free shop constituted illegal dumping on state-owned land.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Department of Transport and Main Roads wants to shut a street-side charity in North Ipswich.
The department told residents the free shop constituted illegal dumping on state-owned land.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Government threatens to shut down 'illegal' street charity
Queensland's transport department has threatened to penalise residents who set up street-side charity cupboards without filling in the requisite paperwork.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Gotta love a Coalition government, don't you? #AlwaysPunchingDown
Department of Transport and Main Roads wants to shut a street-side charity in North Ipswich.
The department told residents the free shop constituted illegal dumping on state-owned land.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Department of Transport and Main Roads wants to shut a street-side charity in North Ipswich.
The department told residents the free shop constituted illegal dumping on state-owned land.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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It’s all about power for the sake of power and keeping that power firmly inside a duopoly that imposes IDEOLOGY and not SOLUTIONS
Voters trapping themselves in a cycle of low expectations, mediocrity and the status quo because politicians insist
And voters have no alternative vision
Voters trapping themselves in a cycle of low expectations, mediocrity and the status quo because politicians insist
And voters have no alternative vision
BREAKING: Albanese, the affirmed enemy of transparency and accountability, to set up yet another secretive body to cover for the government's shitfuckery.
#AusPol
#AUKUS
#AusPol
#AUKUS
Albanese and Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus – but Greens excluded
No more than seven government MPs will be appointed but Greens and independents will not be included
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It’s all about power for the sake of power and keeping that power firmly inside a duopoly that imposes IDEOLOGY and not SOLUTIONS
Voters trapping themselves in a cycle of low expectations, mediocrity and the status quo because politicians insist
And voters have no alternative vision
Voters trapping themselves in a cycle of low expectations, mediocrity and the status quo because politicians insist
And voters have no alternative vision
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"Deeply flawed human beings with oversized egos and pathological insecurities have risen to dominate politics in many of the world's democracies. This is the age of the killer clowns ... distinguished by buffoonery, shamelessness, and a disregard for justice, due process and political standards."
"Prvatization is legalzed theft from the public realm."
Get this book!
www.penguin.com.au/books/the-in...
Get this book!
www.penguin.com.au/books/the-in...
The Invisible Doctrine by Peter Hutchison
A short anatomy of neoliberalism that shatters its founding myths and points the way to an alternative system
www.penguin.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
"Deeply flawed human beings with oversized egos and pathological insecurities have risen to dominate politics in many of the world's democracies. This is the age of the killer clowns ... distinguished by buffoonery, shamelessness, and a disregard for justice, due process and political standards."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... Keep Walking
Australia's largest coal producer walks from project over royalties
An environmental impact statement found the project site would clear 136 hectares of koala habitat and significantly affect 33.55 hectares supporting greater glider populations.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... Keep Walking
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50 years ago
The Runaways, 3 months after founding the band, pose for a portrait with their producer Kim Fowley in Los Angeles, November 1975.
(L-R) Joan Jett, Peggy Foster, Sandy West, Cherie Currie, Lita Ford & Kim Fowley.
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #runaways #history
The Runaways, 3 months after founding the band, pose for a portrait with their producer Kim Fowley in Los Angeles, November 1975.
(L-R) Joan Jett, Peggy Foster, Sandy West, Cherie Currie, Lita Ford & Kim Fowley.
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #runaways #history
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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These are diabolical pollution numbers that suggest we are on track for cataclysmic climate change.
48% is a country mile away from the 62% emissions reduction that Labor promised.
48% is a country mile away from the 62% emissions reduction that Labor promised.
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
These are diabolical pollution numbers that suggest we are on track for cataclysmic climate change.
48% is a country mile away from the 62% emissions reduction that Labor promised.
48% is a country mile away from the 62% emissions reduction that Labor promised.
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Two years ago we secured an empty homes tax across Victoria but Labor is too afraid to upset property investors to actually enforce the damn thing.
This is what you get when the major parties work for the property lobby, not the people.
This is what you get when the major parties work for the property lobby, not the people.
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Two years ago we secured an empty homes tax across Victoria but Labor is too afraid to upset property investors to actually enforce the damn thing.
This is what you get when the major parties work for the property lobby, not the people.
This is what you get when the major parties work for the property lobby, not the people.
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The Greens have secured enviro laws with new protections for native forests & stopped Labor from fast-tracking coal & gas.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Greens have secured enviro laws with new protections for native forests & stopped Labor from fast-tracking coal & gas.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... Staggering Heat.10C above average. #climatecatastrophe
Heatwave sweeps south-east Queensland as temperatures climb into high 30s
South-east Queensland is set to swelter through the next few days, with forecast temperatures way above average and more storms on the way.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... Staggering Heat.10C above average. #climatecatastrophe
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Everyone knows data centers use a lot of water. What’s less known is how they can poison the drinking water that remains.
It’s already happening in eastern Oregon, according to a new bombshell investigation from Rolling Stone and the Food and Env Reporting Network.
heated.world/p/data-cente...
It’s already happening in eastern Oregon, according to a new bombshell investigation from Rolling Stone and the Food and Env Reporting Network.
heated.world/p/data-cente...
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Everyone knows data centers use a lot of water. What’s less known is how they can poison the drinking water that remains.
It’s already happening in eastern Oregon, according to a new bombshell investigation from Rolling Stone and the Food and Env Reporting Network.
heated.world/p/data-cente...
It’s already happening in eastern Oregon, according to a new bombshell investigation from Rolling Stone and the Food and Env Reporting Network.
heated.world/p/data-cente...
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Labor’s nature laws risk collapse with deal yet to be struck on eve of parliament’s final sitting day
Labor’s nature laws risk collapse with deal yet to be struck on eve of parliament’s final sitting day
Greens expected to sign on to 11th-hour compromise after Labor offers new concessions
Anthony Albanese is yet to land a deal to rewrite federal nature laws ahead of parliament’s final sitting day of the year, leaving the long-promised reforms at risk of collapse for the second time in 12 months.
But political, industry and environment movement sources expect the Greens will eventually accept an 11th-hour compromise after Labor offered new concessions to secure the minor party’s support. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Released 49 years ago today
"Anarchy in the U.K." the legendary debut single by the Sex Pistols
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #sexpistols #anarchyintheuk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
"Anarchy in the U.K." the legendary debut single by the Sex Pistols
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #sexpistols #anarchyintheuk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Released 49 years ago today
"Anarchy in the U.K." the legendary debut single by the Sex Pistols
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #sexpistols #anarchyintheuk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
"Anarchy in the U.K." the legendary debut single by the Sex Pistols
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #sexpistols #anarchyintheuk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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Worst case scenario:
New Guinea becomes the planet’s newest industrial firewood department.
Indonesia and PNG keep green-lighting mega-concessions, chainsaws become the national anthem, and by 2040, half the primary forests are gone. #WestPapua #PNG #NewGuinea
New Guinea becomes the planet’s newest industrial firewood department.
Indonesia and PNG keep green-lighting mega-concessions, chainsaws become the national anthem, and by 2040, half the primary forests are gone. #WestPapua #PNG #NewGuinea
“New Guinea’s Forests: The Last Stand Against Our Global Climate Cowardice”
#WestPapua #PNG #NewGuinea
#WestPapua #PNG #NewGuinea
New Guinea’s forests: a global test of climate and biodiversity resolve - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
The Tropical Forests Forever Facility launched at COP30 represents a promising new financial model to protect our region's forests, says Peter Raynes.
devpolicy.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Worst case scenario:
New Guinea becomes the planet’s newest industrial firewood department.
Indonesia and PNG keep green-lighting mega-concessions, chainsaws become the national anthem, and by 2040, half the primary forests are gone. #WestPapua #PNG #NewGuinea
New Guinea becomes the planet’s newest industrial firewood department.
Indonesia and PNG keep green-lighting mega-concessions, chainsaws become the national anthem, and by 2040, half the primary forests are gone. #WestPapua #PNG #NewGuinea
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We have no answers from our institutions as to why Go8 universities endorsed BCA's regressive EPBC recommendations
But 90 of us have signed an 'Independent statement on the Group of Eight’s position on EPBC Act reforms'
🙏 Prof Justine Bell-James for writing & coordinating the independent statement
But 90 of us have signed an 'Independent statement on the Group of Eight’s position on EPBC Act reforms'
🙏 Prof Justine Bell-James for writing & coordinating the independent statement
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We have no answers from our institutions as to why Go8 universities endorsed BCA's regressive EPBC recommendations
But 90 of us have signed an 'Independent statement on the Group of Eight’s position on EPBC Act reforms'
🙏 Prof Justine Bell-James for writing & coordinating the independent statement
But 90 of us have signed an 'Independent statement on the Group of Eight’s position on EPBC Act reforms'
🙏 Prof Justine Bell-James for writing & coordinating the independent statement
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We should treat corporate environmental criminals like the serial killers that they are!!
youtu.be/vcnqUWVlYXc?...
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Inside the Mind of a Planet Killer
YouTube video by New Scientist
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November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We should treat corporate environmental criminals like the serial killers that they are!!
youtu.be/vcnqUWVlYXc?...
youtu.be/vcnqUWVlYXc?...