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JRBsays
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Living on Gubbi Gubbi country and loving life.
Purveyor of mediocre haiku and bad humour. #F1 & #Auspol too. You’ve been warned 🤗

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jrbsays.bsky.social
But hey, fuck Net Zero 🤷‍♂️🙆‍♂️🤬

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says she is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
jrbsays.bsky.social
Question: when you hear an American accent these days, what’s your first thought?
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
jrbsays.bsky.social
It’s cherry picking season…

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The $9tn cost to Australians: how a ‘misrepresented’ figure on net zero took on a life of its own
A network of climate academics called Net Zero Australia say the actual cost of building a low-carbon energy system to Australians would be about $300bn
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
jrbsays.bsky.social
When Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shows more respect to a female journalist than the twat he’s with.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Things happen': Trump defends Saudi prince over killing of Washington Post journalist
US President Donald Trump warmly welcomes the Saudi crown prince to the White House where he deflects journalists' questions about Mohammed bin Salman's role in the killing of reporter Jamal Khashoggi...
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
jrbsays.bsky.social
Uh oh, school report time.

We need to talk Sussan.

#AusPol #climate

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sussan Ley, it’s time we took a look at your climate policy report card. You appear to have learned nothing | Tristan Edis
My advice to you if you want to avoid repeating 2025 is to pay far greater attention to the quality of your research sources
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
jrbsays.bsky.social
Sussan Ley keeps saying Labor is allowing gas to be exported before Australia’s needs are met.

She’s right, this is wrong.

However, which government allowed this to happen in the first place?

#AusPol
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
jrbsays.bsky.social
A MAGA Man gets arrested in Seville for groping a women.

Judge: Do you have anything to say before I pass sentence?

MAGA Man: Your honour, the man on the door told me it was a tap ass bar.
a man in a suit and tie is playing drums .
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is playing drums .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
jrbsays.bsky.social
#Humans

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
The puffy, artificial look is rising in popularity - thanks to Maga elite such as Kristi Noem and Matt Gaetz
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
So they want fewer doctors and nurses.

Interesting.
australia.theguardian.com Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d
Liberals to target international students and skilled migrants in proposed cuts to immigration
Liberals to target international students and skilled migrants in proposed cuts to immigration
The Coalition is preparing to thrash out the design of a policy to significantly reduce immigration places * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Liberal MPs say skilled migration and international student numbers must be cut to reduce overseas arrivals into Australia, but have warned colleagues against demonising multicultural communities ahead of the next election. The Coalition is preparing to thrash out the design of a policy to significantly cut immigration places, as the opposition leader, Sussan Ley, struggles to keep moderates and conservatives united. Ley and shadow ministers Jonathon Duniam and Paul Scarr want the policy debate before the end of the year, and could link places for overseas arrivals to capacity for home construction and health and education funding. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
jrbsays.bsky.social
Footage of Pauline Hanson collecting facts for One Nation’s policies.

#AusPol
A lady in a red dress picking cherries from a tree.
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
jrbsays.bsky.social
South Korea, one of Australia’s biggest thermal coal customers vows to go coal free.

Matt Canavan will be apoplectic.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Rude shock for Australia as South Korea unshackles from coal reliance
In a move that has been welcomed by climate campaigners, South Korea has vowed to phase out coal, sparking a warning for Australian exporters.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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goldingcartoons.bsky.social
“No net zero by 2050 shall pass…”
The Age
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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aunz.theconversation.com
Being exposed to trauma in childhood is linked to serious mental and physical health issues later in life. These findings show trauma is not rare.
New study finds 2 in 5 Australians experience traumatic events as children
theconversation.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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wolfierankin.bsky.social
Today's weird YouTube recommendation.
optical illusion dance
YouTube video by walldoo99
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
jrbsays.bsky.social
It was good to hear Pauline Hanson’s interview on Radio National Breakfast today.

I had wondered where she’s been. Now it’s clear she’s been out cherry picking, again 🙄

#AusPol

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
'I'm not saying no migrants': Hanson's call on immigration as Coalition mulls policy - ABC listen
New polling published in the Australian Financial Review shows One Nation is more trusted than Labor or the Coalition to deal with the influx of migrants. In response, party leader Pauline Hanson say...
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
jrbsays.bsky.social
Ah yes, Neoliberalism is alive and ‘well’

CBA boss says repaying excessive fees to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder property www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia news live: CBA boss says repaying excessive fees to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder property
Follow live
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
jrbsays.bsky.social
Killer jailed for 28 years over ex-girlfriend, Hannah McGuire’s murder.

#TooManyMen

aapnews.aap.com.au/a/blpqkURdG
Killer jailed for 28 years over ex-girlfriend's murder
Hannah McGuire's family and friends have gasped out "yes" as her killer Lachlan Young was jailed for nearly three decades for murder.
aapnews.aap.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
jrbsays.bsky.social
As I understand it, in Queensland, it’s illegal for people under the age of 16 to ride e-scooters/bikes without adult supervision.

If so, shouldn’t all schools ban them?

www.sunshinecoastnews.com.au/2025/11/18/t...
Trio of Coast high schools ban e-bikes and e-scooters
Three major Sunshine Coast high schools with a combined enrolment of more than 4000 students have announced a sweeping ban on e-bikes and e-scooters from next year. In a joint letter to families, the ...
www.sunshinecoastnews.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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ajgardineresq.bsky.social
You seem to have forgotten something, Suss ...
#auspol
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
jrbsays.bsky.social
It amuses me that the one that finally COPS it, will have won.
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
jrbsays.bsky.social
Having recently been to an Oasis concert, one believes reports that cocaine use is up by 69%

Liam sent the bouncers to remove a person snorting in the front rows and the toilets were VERY busy, yet strangely clean 🤔
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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margaretmorgan.bsky.social
40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would emigrate from the US permanently if they had the opportunity.

A country run by religious nutters bent on controlling female bodies, misogynistic techbros, rape apologists, and men obsessed with killing things? Seems fair.

news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
jrbsays.bsky.social
Oh thank you Sussan Ley, I’m so much more confident in your policy’s ability to solve our energy and climate issues now.

#ABC730 #AusPol
a man wearing glasses is sitting in front of a bookshelf filled with books
Alt: a man wearing glasses is sitting in front of a bookshelf filled with books
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
I'm sorry folks but this is energy industry propaganda being pushed to exploit the hyper-focus on the Coalition rake-stepping: SPECIFICALLY to advance an agenda to extend coal plant lifespans and mask utility climate failures. This is really bad stuff and v worrying

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
thenationalaccount 4h Energy industry at odds with Liberals' no Net Zero policy > @THENATIONALACCOUNT THE NATIONAL ACCOUNT 20 likes thenationalaccount The people who actually run Australia's energy system say Net Zero is the cheapest way forward. A new survey puts major... more Add ment
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
jrbsays.bsky.social
Good.
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM