A T Tate
@spudonthetracks.bsky.social
Then: Journo stuff, news-sport 1984-2021 (ABC/BBC/TheAge). Now: Zombie apocalypse prep, Fitzroy by the sea, SWVic🦞🐋
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LEAVE Twitter already, folks. Get the fuck off there.
The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
December 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
LEAVE Twitter already, folks. Get the fuck off there.
Marles selling us out again to the US. We desperately need Labor to be a minority government to rein this free lunch grifter in. #auspol
December 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Marles selling us out again to the US. We desperately need Labor to be a minority government to rein this free lunch grifter in. #auspol
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Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
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Elon Musk is a global enemy to democracy.
December 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Elon Musk is a global enemy to democracy.
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Yes
December 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Yes
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Australia Institute research shows Australian nurses pay more in tax than the gas industry. How’s that fair?
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Australia Institute research shows Australian nurses pay more in tax than the gas industry. How’s that fair?
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
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You'd think that U.S. journalists would have the brains and integrity to do the same, leaving X to rot.
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
You'd think that U.S. journalists would have the brains and integrity to do the same, leaving X to rot.
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Just called Albanese a slut for pats from empire but it really suits Marles and Wong better.
What an evil trio they are.
What an evil trio they are.
This is a good analysis of the “groundbreaking” (yeah sure) return to 2015 with Labor’s new Defence agency. A case of rearranging the deck chairs on the HMAS Titanic from Rex Patrick
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
Marles' new Defence agency - rearranging deck chairs on the HMAS Titanic - Michael West
Defence procurement. Minister Richard Marles' new Defence Delivery Agency is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Rex Patrick reports
michaelwest.com.au
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Just called Albanese a slut for pats from empire but it really suits Marles and Wong better.
What an evil trio they are.
What an evil trio they are.
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When a gov chooses to expand #FossilFuels it's also choosing:
more heat in the system
more extreme fire weather
more pressure on emergency services
more trauma for families
more risk pushed onto our children who haven't consented to any of it
That isn’t just hypocrisy. It’s a failure of duty
#Auspol
more heat in the system
more extreme fire weather
more pressure on emergency services
more trauma for families
more risk pushed onto our children who haven't consented to any of it
That isn’t just hypocrisy. It’s a failure of duty
#Auspol
It’s the first week of summer (December 2025) and we’re already living the script: dangerous heat, fires ripping through communities, homes destroyed, evacuations, and governments activating disaster assistance.
#climatecrisis #bushfires #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/recover...
#climatecrisis #bushfires #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/recover...
Recovery Assistance Photos Ops Aren't Climate Leadership
It’s the first week of summer (December 2025) and we’re already living the script: dangerous heat, fires ripping through communities, homes destroyed, evacuations, and governments activating disaster ...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
When a gov chooses to expand #FossilFuels it's also choosing:
more heat in the system
more extreme fire weather
more pressure on emergency services
more trauma for families
more risk pushed onto our children who haven't consented to any of it
That isn’t just hypocrisy. It’s a failure of duty
#Auspol
more heat in the system
more extreme fire weather
more pressure on emergency services
more trauma for families
more risk pushed onto our children who haven't consented to any of it
That isn’t just hypocrisy. It’s a failure of duty
#Auspol
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Anyone who lives in Perth and doesn’t have rooftop solar is 🥜 🤷♀️
The year thus far with my EV taking 11% of it.
The year thus far with my EV taking 11% of it.
December 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Anyone who lives in Perth and doesn’t have rooftop solar is 🥜 🤷♀️
The year thus far with my EV taking 11% of it.
The year thus far with my EV taking 11% of it.
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The price I pay for gas here in rural SA infuriates me no end when we know this is going on.
Once again, the noxious, pernicious presence of #Santos in Australia's #gas & #lng markets is being displayed as it fights to make Aussie consumers keep underwriting its massive export profits. #auspol
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
‘Crippling prices’: Manufacturers demand gas reservation
The government is being urged to ignore last-minute lobbying to water down its plan for a gas reservation policy.
www.smh.com.au
December 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The price I pay for gas here in rural SA infuriates me no end when we know this is going on.
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This what billions of dollars , gifted land, shitty trade deals get Albanese
He has robbed Australia
He has robbed Australia
Fresh insight into why Labor is refusing to release the AUKUS review. US Undersecretary of Defence Elbridge Colby is backgrounding journalists on the upcoming US National Defence Review, calling Israel an “partner” and Australia “dependent.” That’s how they think. thenightly.com.au/politics/aus...
Why Australia is facing ‘dependent’ status over AUKUS deal
The Pentagon’s review has affirmed the timeline for the ambitious nuclear-submarine endeavour, but another key US defence document is soon expected to refer to Australia as a ‘dependent’ rather than a...
thenightly.com.au
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This what billions of dollars , gifted land, shitty trade deals get Albanese
He has robbed Australia
He has robbed Australia
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If you are wondering what happened to the ALP and how they lost their values, the answer is quite simple. They figured out that corporates have more money than unions.
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If you are wondering what happened to the ALP and how they lost their values, the answer is quite simple. They figured out that corporates have more money than unions.
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this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this shit is just beyond parody, man
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Unsustainable and totally ridiculous in such a dry country
With dozens of new investments in datacentres in Sydney and Melbourne, water demand to service datacentres in Sydney alone is forecast to be larger than the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade. buff.ly/1IFyQ9J
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Unsustainable and totally ridiculous in such a dry country
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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And this is Australia’s ally and defence partner? The one we’re sending billions of dollars?
Not in my name @albomp.bsky.social
#auspol
Not in my name @albomp.bsky.social
#auspol
The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
December 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
And this is Australia’s ally and defence partner? The one we’re sending billions of dollars?
Not in my name @albomp.bsky.social
#auspol
Not in my name @albomp.bsky.social
#auspol
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Errr Tell them to FUCK OFF
#DryestContinentOnEarth
#MostPatheticGovernmentOnEarth
#AnybodyGonnaAskUsDipshitAlbanese
#DryestContinentOnEarth
#MostPatheticGovernmentOnEarth
#AnybodyGonnaAskUsDipshitAlbanese
Sydney Water has estimated up to 250 megalitres a day will be needed to service datacentres planned by 2035, more than Canberra's entire drinking water.
Second feature with @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Second feature with @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Errr Tell them to FUCK OFF
#DryestContinentOnEarth
#MostPatheticGovernmentOnEarth
#AnybodyGonnaAskUsDipshitAlbanese
#DryestContinentOnEarth
#MostPatheticGovernmentOnEarth
#AnybodyGonnaAskUsDipshitAlbanese
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When journalists soften language, chase spectacle or cling to false balance, they risk normalising the far right rather than challenging it, writes Imogen Richards. #Auspol #Media #Extremism
How media coverage helps normalise the far right
Media coverage does more than report on the far right. Through language choices, sensationalism and false balance, journalism can help shift racist politics into the mainstream.
johnmenadue.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
When journalists soften language, chase spectacle or cling to false balance, they risk normalising the far right rather than challenging it, writes Imogen Richards. #Auspol #Media #Extremism
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Marles: “what’s important is that the US is fully supportive of Aukus”
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Marles: “what’s important is that the US is fully supportive of Aukus”
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
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AI is an absolute net negative for humanity. So of course govts are clamouring for more of it.
I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?
Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
AI is an absolute net negative for humanity. So of course govts are clamouring for more of it.
I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Alex Horton, one of the two Washington Post reporters who broke the story, has been a participant in more violent combat than Pete Hegseth by an order of magnitude.
It's not a coincidence that he got the scoop.
It's not a coincidence that he got the scoop.
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Alex Horton, one of the two Washington Post reporters who broke the story, has been a participant in more violent combat than Pete Hegseth by an order of magnitude.
It's not a coincidence that he got the scoop.
It's not a coincidence that he got the scoop.
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"These people are garbage."
—Donald Trump, while being garbage.
“They took billions of dollars.”
—Donald Trump, while taking billions of dollars.
"They accomplish nothing."
—Donald Trump, while accomplishing nothing.
"All they do is complain."
—Donald Trump, while complaining.
#Projection
—Donald Trump, while being garbage.
“They took billions of dollars.”
—Donald Trump, while taking billions of dollars.
"They accomplish nothing."
—Donald Trump, while accomplishing nothing.
"All they do is complain."
—Donald Trump, while complaining.
#Projection
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"These people are garbage."
—Donald Trump, while being garbage.
“They took billions of dollars.”
—Donald Trump, while taking billions of dollars.
"They accomplish nothing."
—Donald Trump, while accomplishing nothing.
"All they do is complain."
—Donald Trump, while complaining.
#Projection
—Donald Trump, while being garbage.
“They took billions of dollars.”
—Donald Trump, while taking billions of dollars.
"They accomplish nothing."
—Donald Trump, while accomplishing nothing.
"All they do is complain."
—Donald Trump, while complaining.
#Projection
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I am personally more interested in the arc of moral justice than an arch
December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I am personally more interested in the arc of moral justice than an arch