@syzyblue.bsky.social
Greenie; gardener; wildlife admirer; cat servant; dog friend; lifelong leftwinger; she/her; living on Yuggera land; antifa
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Hi. Please don't follow me unless I've followed you first. I'm on here to learn from others and spread their thoughts. I don't want a lot of followers. Thanks.
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MEDIA-OPOLY
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
MEDIA-OPOLY
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
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First, let me say: Fuck the Heritage Foundation. This is adjacent to 2025.
Second: Don't go to their website because don't give them the traffic.
Third: This is their nonsense plan for making everyone miserable in '26.
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Second: Don't go to their website because don't give them the traffic.
Third: This is their nonsense plan for making everyone miserable in '26.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
First, let me say: Fuck the Heritage Foundation. This is adjacent to 2025.
Second: Don't go to their website because don't give them the traffic.
Third: This is their nonsense plan for making everyone miserable in '26.
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Second: Don't go to their website because don't give them the traffic.
Third: This is their nonsense plan for making everyone miserable in '26.
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Trump is letting NVIDIA export cutting-edge AI chips that his own DOJ revealed are being illegally smuggled into China.
His own DOJ called these chips "building blocks of AI superiority."
Trump and Lutnick need to answer to Congress on why they are selling out US security.
His own DOJ called these chips "building blocks of AI superiority."
Trump and Lutnick need to answer to Congress on why they are selling out US security.
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Trump is letting NVIDIA export cutting-edge AI chips that his own DOJ revealed are being illegally smuggled into China.
His own DOJ called these chips "building blocks of AI superiority."
Trump and Lutnick need to answer to Congress on why they are selling out US security.
His own DOJ called these chips "building blocks of AI superiority."
Trump and Lutnick need to answer to Congress on why they are selling out US security.
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More than 1,800 people have died as floods have ravaged Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
Satellite images show the scale of destruction from Asia floods
More than 1,800 people have died as floods have ravaged Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
More than 1,800 people have died as floods have ravaged Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
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"At the event, which barred questions, Hegseth said the US was seeking “practical, realistic” ways to improve #AUKUS."
Many Australians are seeking practical, realistic ways to #DitchAUKUS. #auspol
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
Many Australians are seeking practical, realistic ways to #DitchAUKUS. #auspol
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
Turnbull slams secrecy over Pentagon’s AUKUS demands
Richard Marles should reveal what changes to the pact the US review has requested before Australia hands over its next cheque, the former prime minister says.
www.afr.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
"At the event, which barred questions, Hegseth said the US was seeking “practical, realistic” ways to improve #AUKUS."
Many Australians are seeking practical, realistic ways to #DitchAUKUS. #auspol
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
Many Australians are seeking practical, realistic ways to #DitchAUKUS. #auspol
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
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You truly will drive yourself nuts over federal politician travel expenses & what to do about it. The only person not allowed to repay expenses under the Minchin Protocol was Peter Slipper. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09...
Peter Slipper sentenced to community service
Former federal parliamentary speaker Peter Slipper has been ordered to complete 300 hours of community service after being sentenced for misusing his Cabcharge allowance to visit Canberra wineries in ...
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
You truly will drive yourself nuts over federal politician travel expenses & what to do about it. The only person not allowed to repay expenses under the Minchin Protocol was Peter Slipper. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09...
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Santos has not. It siphons gas out of the domestic market at an enormous rate to fulfill its export contracts. Since 2017, it has drained about two years of gas supply from the domestic market.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Time to stop tiptoeing around and step on the gas to ease inflation
For a decade, a disaster has unfolded. We've run short of gas through indecision and incompetence, and that's driving energy costs and inflation. We need a solution and an unlikely source may have one...
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Santos has not. It siphons gas out of the domestic market at an enormous rate to fulfill its export contracts. Since 2017, it has drained about two years of gas supply from the domestic market.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Taxing gas exports is such an easy & smart win both policy and politics wise
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Time to stop tiptoeing around and step on the gas to ease inflation
For a decade, a disaster has unfolded. We've run short of gas through indecision and incompetence, and that's driving energy costs and inflation. We need a solution and an unlikely source may have one...
www.abc.net.au
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Taxing gas exports is such an easy & smart win both policy and politics wise
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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I'm preparing a briefing on #SeaLevelRise and my hunt for an image led me to the wikipedia page and holy moly it's good...
If you want to learn about many different aspects, I'd definitely start there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_lev...
If you want to learn about many different aspects, I'd definitely start there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_lev...
Sea level rise - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I'm preparing a briefing on #SeaLevelRise and my hunt for an image led me to the wikipedia page and holy moly it's good...
If you want to learn about many different aspects, I'd definitely start there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_lev...
If you want to learn about many different aspects, I'd definitely start there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_lev...
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Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.
The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.
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The big reason electricity cost so much is gas. Gas is the most expensive form of electricity generation (aside from battery) and yet often determines the price.
Tax gas exports, raise $17bn, help compensate households and also fund the transition to zero emissions
Tax gas exports, raise $17bn, help compensate households and also fund the transition to zero emissions
December 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The big reason electricity cost so much is gas. Gas is the most expensive form of electricity generation (aside from battery) and yet often determines the price.
Tax gas exports, raise $17bn, help compensate households and also fund the transition to zero emissions
Tax gas exports, raise $17bn, help compensate households and also fund the transition to zero emissions
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🧵 This news c/o @commsdeclare.bsky.social re Shell sponsoring a misleading science education program out of QLD Museum is a century old tactic devised just after WW1. Mountains of educational material re the patriotic glories of “free enterprise” & subversive…
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change
Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
🧵 This news c/o @commsdeclare.bsky.social re Shell sponsoring a misleading science education program out of QLD Museum is a century old tactic devised just after WW1. Mountains of educational material re the patriotic glories of “free enterprise” & subversive…
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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A rort of thousands of $ is still corruption even if it's technically within the rules. Just saying. Politicians 'entitlements' needed an overhaul years ago.
#auspol
#auspol
December 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A rort of thousands of $ is still corruption even if it's technically within the rules. Just saying. Politicians 'entitlements' needed an overhaul years ago.
#auspol
#auspol
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Huh. Another Dutch study now confirms that people living within 550 yards of a goat farm have a whopping 73% higher risk of getting pneumonia. Within 1100 yards there's still a 19% increased risk.
Nog meer bewijs: omwonenden geitenhouderijen krijgen vaker longontsteking
Nog meer bewijs: omwonenden geitenhouderijen krijgen vaker longontsteking
www.volkskrant.nl
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Huh. Another Dutch study now confirms that people living within 550 yards of a goat farm have a whopping 73% higher risk of getting pneumonia. Within 1100 yards there's still a 19% increased risk.
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Bayer, in an attempt to haste acquisition of blood plasma and produce more supply of Factor VIII, drew out blood from around 10,000 high-risk donors and broke U.S. federal laws that required them to screen out donors for infectious diseases.
How Bayer Spread HIV Through Contaminated Blood Products - Profolus
Bayer has been accused of spreading HIV and the resulting AIDS by selling contaminated blood products to hemophilia patients.
www.profolus.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Bayer, in an attempt to haste acquisition of blood plasma and produce more supply of Factor VIII, drew out blood from around 10,000 high-risk donors and broke U.S. federal laws that required them to screen out donors for infectious diseases.
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MAGA is riddled with sick pedophile perverts. City Commissioner James Taylor arrested for child exploitation share.google/E2zvwiasQDeC...
City commissioner sent nude photos of himself to 12-year-old girl prior to arrest; Bond set at 360K
Taylor is facing 24 felony counts related to a multistate investigation of child exploitation. In court, the judge read out charges that range from solicitation of child pornography to harmful communi...
share.google
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
MAGA is riddled with sick pedophile perverts. City Commissioner James Taylor arrested for child exploitation share.google/E2zvwiasQDeC...
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Statement on damning report into welfare 'mutual obligations'👇
greens.org.au/news/media-r...
Today’s report confirms what any JobSeeker already knows: the ‘mutual obligations’ system is pointless, cruel, and rather than helping people, treats people on income support as disposable
greens.org.au/news/media-r...
Today’s report confirms what any JobSeeker already knows: the ‘mutual obligations’ system is pointless, cruel, and rather than helping people, treats people on income support as disposable
Labor must end their unlawful JobSeeker obligations system after another damning report reveals decisions made without oversight or accountability | The Australian Greens
Today’s second damning report from the Commonwealth Ombudsman into the administration of the “mutual obligations
greens.org.au
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Statement on damning report into welfare 'mutual obligations'👇
greens.org.au/news/media-r...
Today’s report confirms what any JobSeeker already knows: the ‘mutual obligations’ system is pointless, cruel, and rather than helping people, treats people on income support as disposable
greens.org.au/news/media-r...
Today’s report confirms what any JobSeeker already knows: the ‘mutual obligations’ system is pointless, cruel, and rather than helping people, treats people on income support as disposable
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A 5-month-old baby died, & 3 surviving children, ages 2, 4, & 5, had to be hospitalized with rickets, osteopenia, vitamin D deficiency, & significant developmental delays bc their parents put them on “alkaline diets.”
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
A 5-month-old baby died, & 3 surviving children, ages 2, 4, & 5, had to be hospitalized with rickets, osteopenia, vitamin D deficiency, & significant developmental delays bc their parents put them on “alkaline diets.”
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
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If you're in Canberra, make sure that you visit @MOAD for the always-excellent Behind the Lines exhibition of the best political cartoons of the year.
A fun, yet incisive look at the year, stripped back to the real issues that made an impact this year. #auspol
moadoph.gov.au/visit/whats-...
A fun, yet incisive look at the year, stripped back to the real issues that made an impact this year. #auspol
moadoph.gov.au/visit/whats-...
Behind the Lines 2025
Our annual exhibition of political cartooning.
moadoph.gov.au
December 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If you're in Canberra, make sure that you visit @MOAD for the always-excellent Behind the Lines exhibition of the best political cartoons of the year.
A fun, yet incisive look at the year, stripped back to the real issues that made an impact this year. #auspol
moadoph.gov.au/visit/whats-...
A fun, yet incisive look at the year, stripped back to the real issues that made an impact this year. #auspol
moadoph.gov.au/visit/whats-...
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Australia’s bushfires were held at bay by five wet years — but experts warn the country is ‘ready to burn’
Australia’s bushfires were held at bay by five wet years — but experts warn the country is ‘ready to burn’
Blazes in NSW and Tasmania have already led to a firefighter losing his life and close to 40 homes being destroyed as an ominous fire season begins
Australians should “expect the unexpected” this bushfire season amid dangerous conditions, experts have warned, after a severe start that saw a firefighter killed and homes destroyed in several states.
Bushfires at Koolewong and Bulahdelah in New South Wales destroyed 20 homes and a natural disaster has been declared in several local government areas, while wind-driven fires at Dolphin Sands in eastern Tasmania razed 19 houses and damaged dozens more. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Australia’s bushfires were held at bay by five wet years — but experts warn the country is ‘ready to burn’
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This is a perfect example as to why we need AI regulation yesterday.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is a perfect example as to why we need AI regulation yesterday.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.