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This thing about the US transportation secretary saying that pilots should stop “depending on” air traffic control and go with their “gut feelings” never happened.
Put most charitably, maybe someone made a joke and others ran with it as fact.
Put most charitably, maybe someone made a joke and others ran with it as fact.
Fact Check: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Did NOT Say Pilots Don't Need Air Traffic Controllers And Should 'Suck It Up And Go With Their Gut Feelings'
Fact Check: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Did NOT Say Pilots Don't Need Air Traffic Controllers And Should 'Suck It Up And Go With Their Gut Feelings'
Did U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy say in a Fox News interview in November 2025 that "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings"? No, that's not...
leadstories.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This thing about the US transportation secretary saying that pilots should stop “depending on” air traffic control and go with their “gut feelings” never happened.
Put most charitably, maybe someone made a joke and others ran with it as fact.
Put most charitably, maybe someone made a joke and others ran with it as fact.
Former New South Wales Liberal minister and independent Kiama MP, Gareth Ward, is sentenced to five years and nine months in jail for sexually abusing two young men.
Breaking: Disgraced former NSW MP jailed for sexually abusing two young men
Former New South Wales Liberal minister and independent Kiama MP, Gareth Ward, is sentenced to five years and nine months in jail for sexually abusing two young men.
www.abc.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Sky News Australia pays this far right British MP and lifelong proper bellend, $50000k a year to peddle his divisive rhetoric here in Aus.
#Auspol
#Auspol
October 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Sky News Australia pays this far right British MP and lifelong proper bellend, $50000k a year to peddle his divisive rhetoric here in Aus.
#Auspol
#Auspol
Aus Labor could take a leaf out of this book.
‘This result carries weight far beyond one seat. It shows that Starmer’s Labour, and Westminster politics as a whole, can no longer take Wales for granted. The old order of British politics is breaking down.’
#Auspol
‘This result carries weight far beyond one seat. It shows that Starmer’s Labour, and Westminster politics as a whole, can no longer take Wales for granted. The old order of British politics is breaking down.’
#Auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Albanese should read this. Have values and stick to them, don’t try to be the other side. #LaborFail
How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth
Welsh voters have rejected Labour and Starmerite managerialism. By offering hope and not division we showed the populist right can be beaten, says Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Aus Labor could take a leaf out of this book.
‘This result carries weight far beyond one seat. It shows that Starmer’s Labour, and Westminster politics as a whole, can no longer take Wales for granted. The old order of British politics is breaking down.’
#Auspol
‘This result carries weight far beyond one seat. It shows that Starmer’s Labour, and Westminster politics as a whole, can no longer take Wales for granted. The old order of British politics is breaking down.’
#Auspol
Been to Canada a couple of times. Can confirm, Canadians are definitely NICE and Tim Hortons is great 😁
Love it, America a world wide joke 🤣
I want to go to Canada. Love the videos Canada is making. Y’all saw the one w Reagan narrating the video? #canada
October 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Been to Canada a couple of times. Can confirm, Canadians are definitely NICE and Tim Hortons is great 😁
It wouldn’t hurt for some adults to do a course like this. Critical thinking seems to have gone out the window thanks to AI, bots, SM propaganda.
#Auspol
#Auspol
Finland is teaching kids how to identify fake news/propaganda
Our Australian curriculums must mirror the rise of AI to empower students how to identify, use & interact with AI today & in the future
It all starts early with critical literacy
🐝
#auspol
Our Australian curriculums must mirror the rise of AI to empower students how to identify, use & interact with AI today & in the future
It all starts early with critical literacy
🐝
#auspol
October 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It wouldn’t hurt for some adults to do a course like this. Critical thinking seems to have gone out the window thanks to AI, bots, SM propaganda.
#Auspol
#Auspol
“…described as one of parliament's more colourful and controversial characters.”
Like rabid Bob, Barnaby is given cover by the media. Descriptive prose like ‘colourful’ ‘controversial’ and ‘a character’ deliberately softens the image.
Grub would be a better descriptor in both cases.
#Auspol
Like rabid Bob, Barnaby is given cover by the media. Descriptive prose like ‘colourful’ ‘controversial’ and ‘a character’ deliberately softens the image.
Grub would be a better descriptor in both cases.
#Auspol
Threatening to euthanase Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's dogs, repeatedly calling out "caaarp" in parliament, that notorious moment on a Canberra footpath, Barnaby Joyce's career has had plenty of colour and movement.
From Pistol and Boo to leaked texts, Joyce has always run his own race
Threatening to euthanase Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's dogs, repeatedly calling out "caaarp" in parliament, that notorious moment on a Canberra footpath, Barnaby Joyce's career has had plenty of colour and movement.
www.abc.net.au
October 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“…described as one of parliament's more colourful and controversial characters.”
Like rabid Bob, Barnaby is given cover by the media. Descriptive prose like ‘colourful’ ‘controversial’ and ‘a character’ deliberately softens the image.
Grub would be a better descriptor in both cases.
#Auspol
Like rabid Bob, Barnaby is given cover by the media. Descriptive prose like ‘colourful’ ‘controversial’ and ‘a character’ deliberately softens the image.
Grub would be a better descriptor in both cases.
#Auspol
Stori hyfryd am Olive a Yvonne. Dw i’n dwlu eu fideos nhw 🩵
#PetheOlyv
Mwy👇
www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...
#PetheOlyv
Mwy👇
www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...
Olive ac Yvonne: y cyn-nyrsys sy'n sêr y cyfryngau cymdeithasol
Ddegawd ers ymddeol fel nyrsys seiciatryddol mae'r ddwy ffrind o Gaerfyrddin, sydd wedi agor siop ddillad, yn dal i helpu eraill.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Stori hyfryd am Olive a Yvonne. Dw i’n dwlu eu fideos nhw 🩵
#PetheOlyv
Mwy👇
www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...
#PetheOlyv
Mwy👇
www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...
How bad do you have to be to be the persona non grata in amongst THAT lot
😂😂😂 🍻🍻🍻
"And just the atmospherics in the party room, where I am seated in the far corner of the Coalition in the chamber, means I am seen and now turning into a discordant note.
"That is not who I want to be.
#BarnabyBad
😂😂😂 🍻🍻🍻
"And just the atmospherics in the party room, where I am seated in the far corner of the Coalition in the chamber, means I am seen and now turning into a discordant note.
"That is not who I want to be.
#BarnabyBad
October 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
How bad do you have to be to be the persona non grata in amongst THAT lot
😂😂😂 🍻🍻🍻
"And just the atmospherics in the party room, where I am seated in the far corner of the Coalition in the chamber, means I am seen and now turning into a discordant note.
"That is not who I want to be.
#BarnabyBad
😂😂😂 🍻🍻🍻
"And just the atmospherics in the party room, where I am seated in the far corner of the Coalition in the chamber, means I am seen and now turning into a discordant note.
"That is not who I want to be.
#BarnabyBad
A story so awful you'd think it could only be fiction....
About people some of us elect to govern us. #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2025/10/18/l...
About people some of us elect to govern us. #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2025/10/18/l...
Linda Reynolds’ latest move
Imagine that a young woman is raped in your office. You are a minister and she is the most junior member of your staff. In the footage you see later, she is too drunk to put on her shoes. She walks ba...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
October 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Welsh Mam gives the Farage candidate a serve of truth.
👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
October 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Welsh Mam gives the Farage candidate a serve of truth.
Australia should take note
#Auspol
#Auspol
Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
nation.cymru
October 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Australia should take note
#Auspol
#Auspol
Wnes i Pice Ar Y Maen ddoe am y tro cynta achos heddiw yn Diwrnod Shwmae Sumae 👋
Mae nhw'n hyfryd gyda paned! ☕️
#WelshCakes #DysguCymraeg #ShwmaePawb
Mae nhw'n hyfryd gyda paned! ☕️
#WelshCakes #DysguCymraeg #ShwmaePawb
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Wnes i Pice Ar Y Maen ddoe am y tro cynta achos heddiw yn Diwrnod Shwmae Sumae 👋
Mae nhw'n hyfryd gyda paned! ☕️
#WelshCakes #DysguCymraeg #ShwmaePawb
Mae nhw'n hyfryd gyda paned! ☕️
#WelshCakes #DysguCymraeg #ShwmaePawb
Info for Newcastle/Lower Hunter Blueskyers.
“Putting Community at the Centre of Politics”
Presented by
Cathy McGowan AO
Former MP for Indi
Wednesday, 15 October, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Lovett Gallery, Newcastle (City) Library
www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
#Auspol #Independent #Newcastle
“Putting Community at the Centre of Politics”
Presented by
Cathy McGowan AO
Former MP for Indi
Wednesday, 15 October, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Lovett Gallery, Newcastle (City) Library
www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
#Auspol #Independent #Newcastle
2025 Margaret Henry Memorial Lecture with Cathy McGowan AO
The Margaret Henry Memorial Association (MHMA) is delighted to announce their 2025 lecture will be delivered by Cathy McGowan AO, known in...
www.trybooking.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Info for Newcastle/Lower Hunter Blueskyers.
“Putting Community at the Centre of Politics”
Presented by
Cathy McGowan AO
Former MP for Indi
Wednesday, 15 October, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Lovett Gallery, Newcastle (City) Library
www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
#Auspol #Independent #Newcastle
“Putting Community at the Centre of Politics”
Presented by
Cathy McGowan AO
Former MP for Indi
Wednesday, 15 October, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Lovett Gallery, Newcastle (City) Library
www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
#Auspol #Independent #Newcastle
Oh diddums, did someone air your dirty laundry?
“He has been removed from group chats discussing its events.”
This is school kid behaviour.
#Pwdy
“He has been removed from group chats discussing its events.”
This is school kid behaviour.
#Pwdy
This is hilariously stupid stuff. Real “the Gallery Midwinter Ball is not political” Braine Genius stuff.
Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club
October 10, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Oh diddums, did someone air your dirty laundry?
“He has been removed from group chats discussing its events.”
This is school kid behaviour.
#Pwdy
“He has been removed from group chats discussing its events.”
This is school kid behaviour.
#Pwdy
That’ll do Cheese. That’ll do.
#GoodestBoy
#GoodestBoy
Cheese was on track to be a champion when his working dog trial career was cut short by an accident. A year after recovering from surgery to amputate his front leg, the yellow border collie is back in the yards and the winner's circle.
'No way I was putting him down': Three-legged muster dog mounts comeback
Cheese was on track to be a champion when his working dog trial career was cut short by an accident. A year after recovering from surgery to amputate his front leg, the yellow border collie is back in the yards and the winner's circle.
www.abc.net.au
October 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
That’ll do Cheese. That’ll do.
#GoodestBoy
#GoodestBoy
Go David! #auspol
Senator Pocock kicked out of Parliament Sports Club after protesting gambling sponsors.( Paywalled.)
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9085531/david-pocock-ousted-from-parliament-sports-club/
Senator Pocock kicked out of Parliament Sports Club after protesting gambling sponsors.( Paywalled.)
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9085531/david-pocock-ousted-from-parliament-sports-club/
Senator Pocock kicked out of Parliament Sports Club after protesting gambling sponsors
The senator was removed on Thursday evening.
www.canberratimes.com.au
October 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
On the daily, they will tell us that wrong is right, up is down, blame the one calling them out.
They argue the peripherals instead of the core argument in order to confuse all meaning.
Sneaky, weasel words equalling gaslighting.
#Auspol
They argue the peripherals instead of the core argument in order to confuse all meaning.
Sneaky, weasel words equalling gaslighting.
#Auspol
Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club
Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
On the daily, they will tell us that wrong is right, up is down, blame the one calling them out.
They argue the peripherals instead of the core argument in order to confuse all meaning.
Sneaky, weasel words equalling gaslighting.
#Auspol
They argue the peripherals instead of the core argument in order to confuse all meaning.
Sneaky, weasel words equalling gaslighting.
#Auspol
Oh yeah. Remember #Robodebt Royal Commission and Comm Holmes “has referred multiple individuals involved with the illegal scheme for civil and criminal prosecutions and other actions. But the names remain secret” then the NACC itself had a conflict of interest?
Yeah. That.
#PeopleVsRobodebt #Auspol
Yeah. That.
#PeopleVsRobodebt #Auspol
RELEASE the robo debt names. #auspol
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Oh yeah. Remember #Robodebt Royal Commission and Comm Holmes “has referred multiple individuals involved with the illegal scheme for civil and criminal prosecutions and other actions. But the names remain secret” then the NACC itself had a conflict of interest?
Yeah. That.
#PeopleVsRobodebt #Auspol
Yeah. That.
#PeopleVsRobodebt #Auspol
Da.
Mae dau ddyn o Northampton wedi eu cyhuddo o ddwyn yn dilyn lladrad o amgueddfa Sain Ffagan.
newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/30717
newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/30717
Cyhuddo dau yn dilyn lladrad o Amgueddfa Sain Ffagan
Mae dau ddyn wedi eu cyhuddo o ddwyn yn dilyn lladrad o amgueddfa Sain Ffagan
newyddion.s4c.cymru
October 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Da.
I’m sure there are at least 6 people who would really like #Robodebt to go away.
We can’t let that happen.
#Robodebt #ThePeoplevsRobodebt
We can’t let that happen.
#Robodebt #ThePeoplevsRobodebt
Final part of The People vs. Robodebt will air on SBS TV tonight at 7:30pm covering the Royal Commission so you know. I will be in the background. Of that
October 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I’m sure there are at least 6 people who would really like #Robodebt to go away.
We can’t let that happen.
#Robodebt #ThePeoplevsRobodebt
We can’t let that happen.
#Robodebt #ThePeoplevsRobodebt
October 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
My latest article in The Shot
"The largest contributors to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia are the governments of Australia, practising a privileged fuck-you version of democracy that makes its own rules & caters for those within the club"
#pffft
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
"The largest contributors to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia are the governments of Australia, practising a privileged fuck-you version of democracy that makes its own rules & caters for those within the club"
#pffft
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The myth of 'social cohesion' - do as they say, not as they do - The Shot
There’s an established principle in law: he who comes looking for equity must come with clean hands. The clean hands...
theshot.net.au
October 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
October 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM