Pat Miller
@patmiller.bsky.social
Good grace, the common good and a healthy irreverence. Spare me the hatred and bullshit, give me the evidence.
Words matter, intelligence wins.
Living lightly and with respect on Bundjalung country in Australia. Gay.
Words matter, intelligence wins.
Living lightly and with respect on Bundjalung country in Australia. Gay.
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Pat Miller
@patmiller.bsky.social
· Dec 8
Thanks to my new followers - I follow most of you back, appreciating a little intelligent discourse.
But not the ones who are fruit loops, god botherers, corporate bullshitters, digital marketers, 'content creators' or just plain dickheads.
You know who you are. Smart, kind people float my boat.
But not the ones who are fruit loops, god botherers, corporate bullshitters, digital marketers, 'content creators' or just plain dickheads.
You know who you are. Smart, kind people float my boat.
Artemis - lofty indeed. Putting a human on the Moon again.
Trump and his cronies have dumbed down the USA, stifled anything worth doing. Any money on how long it takes the Tang flavoured turd to make it all about him?
Watch this space...
#science #NASA #auspol
www.nasa.gov/humans-in-sp...
Trump and his cronies have dumbed down the USA, stifled anything worth doing. Any money on how long it takes the Tang flavoured turd to make it all about him?
Watch this space...
#science #NASA #auspol
www.nasa.gov/humans-in-sp...
Artemis - NASA
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzG1pG Relive the wonder of Artemis I
www.nasa.gov
February 5, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Artemis - lofty indeed. Putting a human on the Moon again.
Trump and his cronies have dumbed down the USA, stifled anything worth doing. Any money on how long it takes the Tang flavoured turd to make it all about him?
Watch this space...
#science #NASA #auspol
www.nasa.gov/humans-in-sp...
Trump and his cronies have dumbed down the USA, stifled anything worth doing. Any money on how long it takes the Tang flavoured turd to make it all about him?
Watch this space...
#science #NASA #auspol
www.nasa.gov/humans-in-sp...
Reposted by Pat Miller
If like me, you are afraid, anxious, and concerned about the incredible and almost unbelievable heat across Australia, be sure to remember that this is brought to you by endless government ineptitude, fossil fuel company greed and media complicity.
I’m so fucking furious.
I’m so fucking furious.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Sleepwalking into extinction because we're too stupid to see past profit.
Tell me again how climate change is a myth.
#auspol #climatechange
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Tell me again how climate change is a myth.
#auspol #climatechange
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
'Heat dome' to shatter records as south-east soars to nearly 50C
A record heatwave across south-east Australia will peak during the coming days, leading to extreme fire danger and temperatures close to 50 degrees Celsius in multiple states.
www.abc.net.au
January 26, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Sleepwalking into extinction because we're too stupid to see past profit.
Tell me again how climate change is a myth.
#auspol #climatechange
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Tell me again how climate change is a myth.
#auspol #climatechange
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Tell me again how we are living in a post-truth world.
Fascists come after academics, journalists and teachers. But if you can capture the teachers and make them teach bullshit. you're on the money.
#auspol #education
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Fascists come after academics, journalists and teachers. But if you can capture the teachers and make them teach bullshit. you're on the money.
#auspol #education
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Science teachers from Queensland Open Brethren schools told to teach students about vegetarian dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark
Teachers who attended ‘compulsory’ creationist conference run by US-based fundamentalist group told radiometric dating techniques were flawed
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Tell me again how we are living in a post-truth world.
Fascists come after academics, journalists and teachers. But if you can capture the teachers and make them teach bullshit. you're on the money.
#auspol #education
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Fascists come after academics, journalists and teachers. But if you can capture the teachers and make them teach bullshit. you're on the money.
#auspol #education
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Further about the cavalier attitude to waste disposal by humans. The longer lasting fatberg.
We really are utterly shit at cleaning up after ourselves.
When it gets too intellectually tough, do what the orange village idiot does and deny.
#auspol #waste #nonukes
www.france24.com/en/environme...
We really are utterly shit at cleaning up after ourselves.
When it gets too intellectually tough, do what the orange village idiot does and deny.
#auspol #waste #nonukes
www.france24.com/en/environme...
Searching for radioactive waste in the depths of the Atlantic
For nearly five decades, more than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste were dumped in the icy depths of the northeast Atlantic. Today, no one knows precisely where these barrels are located, or what…
www.france24.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Further about the cavalier attitude to waste disposal by humans. The longer lasting fatberg.
We really are utterly shit at cleaning up after ourselves.
When it gets too intellectually tough, do what the orange village idiot does and deny.
#auspol #waste #nonukes
www.france24.com/en/environme...
We really are utterly shit at cleaning up after ourselves.
When it gets too intellectually tough, do what the orange village idiot does and deny.
#auspol #waste #nonukes
www.france24.com/en/environme...
How fabulously attractive! The historically cavalier attitude to waste management from the systemic/government level and individuals means shit, literally and metaphorically, is put into the system so it's going to shit.
#auspol #wastemanagement
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol #wastemanagement
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared
Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:10 AM
How fabulously attractive! The historically cavalier attitude to waste management from the systemic/government level and individuals means shit, literally and metaphorically, is put into the system so it's going to shit.
#auspol #wastemanagement
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol #wastemanagement
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Why does bullshit have the aroma of expedient, ego-serving politics?
Never before have I seen an arse kissed by a Nobel Peace Prize.
#auspol #venezuela #fucktrump
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Never before have I seen an arse kissed by a Nobel Peace Prize.
#auspol #venezuela #fucktrump
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
María Corina Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal
The Venezuelan opposition leader did not confirm whether the US president accepted the award
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Why does bullshit have the aroma of expedient, ego-serving politics?
Never before have I seen an arse kissed by a Nobel Peace Prize.
#auspol #venezuela #fucktrump
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Never before have I seen an arse kissed by a Nobel Peace Prize.
#auspol #venezuela #fucktrump
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Democratic Penguins Republic - Greenland (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by demonflyingfox
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Why does this worry the bejeezus out of me?
Australian "debate" will become even more of a bland soup where we can't upset our religious nutters.
Quickly, hide the guns too!
#auspil
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Australian "debate" will become even more of a bland soup where we can't upset our religious nutters.
Quickly, hide the guns too!
#auspil
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Religious teaching or discussion may be defence under new hate laws
Directly quoting from a religious text for the purpose of teaching or discussion may provide a defence under the federal government's hate speech laws proposed in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.
www.abc.net.au
January 12, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Why does this worry the bejeezus out of me?
Australian "debate" will become even more of a bland soup where we can't upset our religious nutters.
Quickly, hide the guns too!
#auspil
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Australian "debate" will become even more of a bland soup where we can't upset our religious nutters.
Quickly, hide the guns too!
#auspil
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
The point I made in my letter stands. The only option left is to completely cancel the event and start again.
Without the one eyed political influence that says calling out genocide is antisemitic.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Without the one eyed political influence that says calling out genocide is antisemitic.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Adelaide Writers' Week 'hangs in the balance' as Jacinda Ardern joins list of authors boycotting event
The future of Adelaide Writers' Week (AWW) remains unclear as Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah says she is considering her legal options. Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Arde...
www.abc.net.au
January 12, 2026 at 10:49 AM
The point I made in my letter stands. The only option left is to completely cancel the event and start again.
Without the one eyed political influence that says calling out genocide is antisemitic.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Without the one eyed political influence that says calling out genocide is antisemitic.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
The force-feeding of AI by the tech bros gallops through our lives. The annual 'Worst in Show' comprehensively demonstrates widespread enshittification.
I'm doing a law subject on AI regulation in Australia for exactly this reason. #auspol #AI
apnews.com/article/ces-...
I'm doing a law subject on AI regulation in Australia for exactly this reason. #auspol #AI
apnews.com/article/ces-...
'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells
Artificial intelligence took center stage at this year's CES gadget show, but not always for the right reasons.
apnews.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The force-feeding of AI by the tech bros gallops through our lives. The annual 'Worst in Show' comprehensively demonstrates widespread enshittification.
I'm doing a law subject on AI regulation in Australia for exactly this reason. #auspol #AI
apnews.com/article/ces-...
I'm doing a law subject on AI regulation in Australia for exactly this reason. #auspol #AI
apnews.com/article/ces-...
Adelaide Writers Week is dead in the water.
I just followed Ronni Salt's advice and urge all literate Australians to protest at the awful hypocrisy of cancelling Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s invitation. Email screenshot below.
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
#auspol #adelaidefestival #adelaidewritersweek
I just followed Ronni Salt's advice and urge all literate Australians to protest at the awful hypocrisy of cancelling Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s invitation. Email screenshot below.
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
#auspol #adelaidefestival #adelaidewritersweek
January 11, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Adelaide Writers Week is dead in the water.
I just followed Ronni Salt's advice and urge all literate Australians to protest at the awful hypocrisy of cancelling Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s invitation. Email screenshot below.
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
#auspol #adelaidefestival #adelaidewritersweek
I just followed Ronni Salt's advice and urge all literate Australians to protest at the awful hypocrisy of cancelling Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s invitation. Email screenshot below.
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
#auspol #adelaidefestival #adelaidewritersweek
Reposted by Pat Miller
January 11, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Twitter currently reveals the pro gun lobby at its shrieking finest.
The number of gun deaths in Australia completely escapes them. We don't have school shootings.
It's because we don't have an aggressive, one-eyed, militarised population for whom violence is always the first resort. #auspol
The number of gun deaths in Australia completely escapes them. We don't have school shootings.
It's because we don't have an aggressive, one-eyed, militarised population for whom violence is always the first resort. #auspol
December 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Twitter currently reveals the pro gun lobby at its shrieking finest.
The number of gun deaths in Australia completely escapes them. We don't have school shootings.
It's because we don't have an aggressive, one-eyed, militarised population for whom violence is always the first resort. #auspol
The number of gun deaths in Australia completely escapes them. We don't have school shootings.
It's because we don't have an aggressive, one-eyed, militarised population for whom violence is always the first resort. #auspol
The brave bloke who disarmed one of the shooters is doomed to a life of misery as the media rat pack try to squeeze every last possible clickbait journalism story out of this.
In a world of ubiquitous phone camera it was inevitable he would be publicly identified.
#auspol
In a world of ubiquitous phone camera it was inevitable he would be publicly identified.
#auspol
December 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The brave bloke who disarmed one of the shooters is doomed to a life of misery as the media rat pack try to squeeze every last possible clickbait journalism story out of this.
In a world of ubiquitous phone camera it was inevitable he would be publicly identified.
#auspol
In a world of ubiquitous phone camera it was inevitable he would be publicly identified.
#auspol
Service for power customers not service to shareholders . If ever there is a reason to get off grid this is it.
Don't forget to thank the LNP for relentlessly privatising everything. We pay through the arse for basic services.
#auspol #renewables #climate
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Don't forget to thank the LNP for relentlessly privatising everything. We pay through the arse for basic services.
#auspol #renewables #climate
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Netflix-like power charges on the cards as energy rule-maker flags major reset
Australians' electricity bills have become a nightmare of complexity and high prices. An energy regulator says subscription fees could be an answer.
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Service for power customers not service to shareholders . If ever there is a reason to get off grid this is it.
Don't forget to thank the LNP for relentlessly privatising everything. We pay through the arse for basic services.
#auspol #renewables #climate
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Don't forget to thank the LNP for relentlessly privatising everything. We pay through the arse for basic services.
#auspol #renewables #climate
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
This was always the long game, it started under Howard. Nobble Medicare and make public health a commodity.
Shareholders before service every time.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Shareholders before service every time.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
'Read the fine print': Insurers are short-changing patients, doctors say
A new report from Australia's peak doctors' body says private health insurance is increasingly failing to deliver value to the roughly 15 million Australians who hold a policy.
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This was always the long game, it started under Howard. Nobble Medicare and make public health a commodity.
Shareholders before service every time.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Shareholders before service every time.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
I'm wondering why this has become a systemic response when a systemin solution is licensing and regulating.
And parental responsibility.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
And parental responsibility.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
When Kai came off his e-bike he felt his leg was 'disconnected'
E-bikes have become a regular sight in Sydney's coastal suburbs. Their surge in popularity among school-aged children has been matched by a rise in injuries.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I'm wondering why this has become a systemic response when a systemin solution is licensing and regulating.
And parental responsibility.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
And parental responsibility.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The digital world is eroding our humanity bit by bit.
The One Nation / Advance Australia / general cookers wing of politics bleat on about immigration based on no facts. Now AI is exercising judgement over the very lives of refugees.
#auspol #immigration
www.lawyersweekly.com.au/biglaw/43171...
The One Nation / Advance Australia / general cookers wing of politics bleat on about immigration based on no facts. Now AI is exercising judgement over the very lives of refugees.
#auspol #immigration
www.lawyersweekly.com.au/biglaw/43171...
The ‘life-changing’ risks of AI replacing human reasoning in refugee and asylum decisions
There has been a global shift in the use of AI in legal systems, where these technologies have been used in life-changing decisions. New research calls for greater accountability and caution when usin...
www.lawyersweekly.com.au
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The digital world is eroding our humanity bit by bit.
The One Nation / Advance Australia / general cookers wing of politics bleat on about immigration based on no facts. Now AI is exercising judgement over the very lives of refugees.
#auspol #immigration
www.lawyersweekly.com.au/biglaw/43171...
The One Nation / Advance Australia / general cookers wing of politics bleat on about immigration based on no facts. Now AI is exercising judgement over the very lives of refugees.
#auspol #immigration
www.lawyersweekly.com.au/biglaw/43171...
I wonder what 'struggling business owners' means. All of them?
ACA isn't exactly a reliable source of journalism, but comparinf he Workers Compensation Scheme in Queensland to the NDIS is a bit of a stretch.
Then there's the overreach.
#auspol
9now.nine.com.au/a-current-af...
ACA isn't exactly a reliable source of journalism, but comparinf he Workers Compensation Scheme in Queensland to the NDIS is a bit of a stretch.
Then there's the overreach.
#auspol
9now.nine.com.au/a-current-af...
Employers hire private investigators to uncover shonky workers' compensation claims
9now.nine.com.au
October 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I wonder what 'struggling business owners' means. All of them?
ACA isn't exactly a reliable source of journalism, but comparinf he Workers Compensation Scheme in Queensland to the NDIS is a bit of a stretch.
Then there's the overreach.
#auspol
9now.nine.com.au/a-current-af...
ACA isn't exactly a reliable source of journalism, but comparinf he Workers Compensation Scheme in Queensland to the NDIS is a bit of a stretch.
Then there's the overreach.
#auspol
9now.nine.com.au/a-current-af...
Whose brilliant idea was this?
ICE-like fascism in Australia next?
Wyndham Vale and Manor Lakes are pretty much what their name suggests. Housing development suburbs that are a function of the appalling house price race in Australia.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
ICE-like fascism in Australia next?
Wyndham Vale and Manor Lakes are pretty much what their name suggests. Housing development suburbs that are a function of the appalling house price race in Australia.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Legal expert slams proposal to arm private security guards with guns - ABC listen
Legal expert Rick Sarre told Ali Moore Victorians should "be careful what you wish for" and arming security guards will result in someone getting "very very hurt".
www.abc.net.au
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Whose brilliant idea was this?
ICE-like fascism in Australia next?
Wyndham Vale and Manor Lakes are pretty much what their name suggests. Housing development suburbs that are a function of the appalling house price race in Australia.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
ICE-like fascism in Australia next?
Wyndham Vale and Manor Lakes are pretty much what their name suggests. Housing development suburbs that are a function of the appalling house price race in Australia.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Nope, nothing to see here.
Just lie back and think of the economy.
#auspol #climatechange
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Just lie back and think of the economy.
#auspol #climatechange
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
36 hours of record heat, winds, storms predicted for south-east Australia
From record October heat to dangerous thunderstorms and gale force winds, the next 36 hours could bring extreme weather across south-east Australia.
www.abc.net.au
October 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Nope, nothing to see here.
Just lie back and think of the economy.
#auspol #climatechange
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Just lie back and think of the economy.
#auspol #climatechange
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
All the records tumbling, not one mention of climate change.
Christ on a stick, when are we going to work it out?
Sleep walking into extinction is hot fun. Just keep thinking of the economy.
#auspol #climate #netzero
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Christ on a stick, when are we going to work it out?
Sleep walking into extinction is hot fun. Just keep thinking of the economy.
#auspol #climate #netzero
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Two of Australia's capital cities on track for warmest October on record
Unseasonable temperatures have lasted along the eastern seaboard for weeks — which has Sydney, and possibly Brisbane, on track to observe their warmest October on record.
www.abc.net.au
October 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
All the records tumbling, not one mention of climate change.
Christ on a stick, when are we going to work it out?
Sleep walking into extinction is hot fun. Just keep thinking of the economy.
#auspol #climate #netzero
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Christ on a stick, when are we going to work it out?
Sleep walking into extinction is hot fun. Just keep thinking of the economy.
#auspol #climate #netzero
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Well colour me surprised! Hatred seems to be the stock in trade for the digital world. Nothing like a bit of hate to get clicks.
Nothing like a bit of hate to dog whistle anybody who thinks rationally.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Nothing like a bit of hate to dog whistle anybody who thinks rationally.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people
Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Well colour me surprised! Hatred seems to be the stock in trade for the digital world. Nothing like a bit of hate to get clicks.
Nothing like a bit of hate to dog whistle anybody who thinks rationally.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Nothing like a bit of hate to dog whistle anybody who thinks rationally.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...