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Tony Cartledge
@decentral21.bsky.social
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Writer interested in social equality and new forms of leadership, determined by Taoist principles. Social Idealist/Metaphysical Idealist. Decency + Consciousness are primary. Queenslander, on Taribelang Bunda, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang, and Bailail country
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Tony Cartledge @decentral21.bsky.social · Feb 12
The best captain doesn't rush in front
The fiercest fighter doesn't bluster
The big winner isn't competing
The best boss takes a low footing
This is the power of noncompetition
This is the right use of ability

Tao Te Ching 68
trans. Ursula Le Guin
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dontattempt.bsky.social
"If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.” - David Sedaris
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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richarddenniss.bsky.social
'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia.

But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
'The good has become the enemy of better’: why the Senate refused to accept Labor’s first EPBC draft
'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia. But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better.
thepoint.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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mariapopova.bsky.social
Revelatory read on music, the neural harmonics of emotion, and how love rewires the brain www.themarginalian.org/2021/12/04/g...
Music, the Neural Harmonics of Emotion, and How Love Recomposes the Brain
“Who we are and who we become depends, in part, on whom we love.”
www.themarginalian.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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caitoz.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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suebarrett.bsky.social
Your Fairness Instinct is Universal. Your Cultural Toolkit Isn't.
Welcome to Question of Fairness Article 4 where we explore how cultures across the globe have honed different tools for justice - and why the 'culture wars' are designed to keep you from using them
open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...
Your Fairness Instinct is Universal. Your Cultural Toolkit Isn't.
Question of Fairness Article 4: Explore how cultures across the globe have honed different tools for justice - and why the 'culture wars' are designed to keep you from using them
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
decentral21.bsky.social
Marlene Engelhorn is my new hero. She is a millionaire campaigning to tax the uber-rich and conducted a citizen's assembly to give away her fortune. This is who should be running the world. Invite her here, please #Auspol
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene...
Marlene Engelhorn - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
decentral21.bsky.social
I don't like to mark books but I'm reading Arend Lijphart's book and there are so many gems of knowledge on each page I've stooped to writing little stars with a pencil. This book is a champion piece for consensus democracy over the majoritarian model. #Auspol
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Patterns of Democracy
In this updated and expanded edition of his classic text, Arend Lijphart offers a broader and deeper analysis of worldwide democratic institutions than ever ...
yalebooks.yale.edu
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
decentral21.bsky.social
We have seen this a lot with the factional ructions within the Coalition but the same could be true for policy flips, like neg gearing and cap gains. Or taxing the rich and the resource robber-barons. Or a gambling ads ban. #Auspol
decentral21.bsky.social Tony Cartledge @decentral21.bsky.social · 1d
The Aus Institute does a good job of that already but it doesn't reach the MSM. For big political trends like that a tide has to turn and that usually involves someone breaking ranks, someone with enough profile to get on the evening news. Then others form behind them and we have a revolution.
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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humanrightsindex.bsky.social
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November 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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bernardokastrup.bsky.social
Professor of Biology Denis Noble, best known for creating the first mathematical model of a beating cardiac cell, proposes a profound shift in how we understand life.
www.essentiafoundation.org/denis-noble-...
Denis Noble: "Neo-Darwinism is dead"
Professor of Biology Denis Noble, best known for creating the first mathematical model of a beating cardiac cell, proposes a profound shift in how we understand life. In this conversation with Hans Bu...
www.essentiafoundation.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
decentral21.bsky.social
"At the last election, a staggering 60 per cent of voters refused to give their first preference to either major party. Nearly a third chose independents or minor parties. Australians are hungry for change, and the old parties are failing to deliver." #Auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Why Australia needs a political party for the under-40s
With most Australians increasingly voting outside the major parties, Ian Bowrey argues it’s time for a new political force that genuinely represents under-40s and plans for the country’s long-term fut...
johnmenadue.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
decentral21.bsky.social
Septle 1624 - 🔥 32 day streak - septle.com

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Septle - The Seven Letter Wordle
Guess the hidden word in 8 tries. New puzzles are available each day.
septle.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
decentral21.bsky.social
Quintalist #471 1/5
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#quintalist
Quintalist - Daily Ranking Challenge
Correctly answer the Daily Question in 5 tries or fewer. Select 5 choices and click Submit. Play each day!
quintalist.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
decentral21.bsky.social
Wordle 1,624 3/6

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November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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instanterudite.bsky.social
On this week's #SundayShot, @roycerk2.bsky.social rolls off the plane from @cop30brazil.bsky.social to join Lorena Allam on the panel. Plus an interview with newly minted @walkleys.bsky.social-award winner Yaara Bou Melham on her powerful documentary feature KURLU COUNTRY.

Join us!
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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davidshoebridge.bsky.social
This man’s values are based in power, greed and division. They are so far removed from the values of the Australian people.
We need a government that has the courage to stand up to him, reject his racism, reject US bases and forge an independent peaceful path for Australia.
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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archedeyebrow.bsky.social
Canberrans will be able to polish Barnaby Joyce's legacy ... every time they walk past it in the street.
#AusPol
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
decentral21.bsky.social
The first time that my mind was boggled in my study of #Auspol I saw this live on the ABC. An economist of his standing whose mind was boggled was hard to ignore. And he's telling us we made stupid deals that rip off every Australian. This is why we can't have nice things.
australiainstitute.org.au The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d
“I find it mind boggling . . . the fact that [Australia is] giving away these natural resources”. – Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist

Explore how other leading thinkers are finding the courage we all need. Preorder ‘A Time for Bravery’ today: australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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mariapopova.bsky.social
Albert Camus on the importance of stubbornness in creative work www.themarginalian.org/2023/08/22/a...
Albert Camus on Writing and the Importance of Stubbornness in Creative Work
“There is no greatness without a little stubbornness… Works of art are not born in flashes of inspiration but in a daily fidelity.”
www.themarginalian.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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crikey.com.au
When it comes to capturing who has real relevance, the Shitstirrer of the Year award leaves the sycophantic “power lists” in the dust. Who should be honoured in 2025?
Nominations now open for Crikey's 2025 Shitstirrer of the Year
www.crikey.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
decentral21.bsky.social
Barna-begone! #Auspol
cathywilcox.bsky.social The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d
Barnaby out.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Barnaby exiting a room from which a leg kicks, a hand flipping the bird, another throwing a tomato, an akubra hat and a beetroot flying, and “BUGGER OFF!” and “GOOD RIDDANCE!” Barnaby in melodramatic pose looking back says “Don’t try to beg me - I’ve made up my mind.” In front of him, Pauline Hanson in burqa (dress, legs and high heels showing) arms outstretched, saying “COME TO MAMA!” - eclipsed by Gina Rinehart behind her, long white dress, same pose also saying “COME TO MAMA!”
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
decentral21.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:

Daddy Cool
Doug Parkinson In Focus (Double bill with above)
Jethro Tull
Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

(Last three at the old Festival Hall)
debbiefearon.medsky.social Debbie Fearon (she/her) @debbiefearon.medsky.social · 1d
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:

Bic Runga
Neil Finn, Eddie Veder, Johnny Marr etc (7 worlds collide)
Robbie Williams and Duran Duran
Incubus and Creed
Cold Chisel and Midnight Oil
clintfern.bsky.social Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 1d
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:

Stone Roses
Pixies
New Order
Prodigy
Super Furry Animals
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
decentral21.bsky.social
Of course they did. Giving hope to wife-beaters and rapists across the nation. One Nation.

Appalling.
#Auspol
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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richarddenniss.bsky.social
Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of

In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…

As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate

thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense
Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
decentral21.bsky.social
Clare O'Neill in ABC News Breakfast dodging a pointy question from James Glenday about housing being a right for buyers or an investment scheme. All the Lib/Lab duopoly members who own several investment properties know the answer. Let's ban that! #Auspol
November 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM