Leonard
@unstuckintime.bsky.social
Retired. A life spent loving music, books and writing, film, and sport. Interested in politics, came of age in the time of Gough and Billy Bragg.
Loved Twitter until Elmo destroyed it. So it goes.
Loved Twitter until Elmo destroyed it. So it goes.
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I stand with Francesca Albanese. No one should be punished for reporting the truth.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I stand with Francesca Albanese. No one should be punished for reporting the truth.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
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Here's me. "Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity"
Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity - The Shot
It really is the 1% versus the rest of us. The stakes couldn't be higher. And the enemy could not be more depraved. Still, we'll win.
theshot.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Here's me. "Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity"
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I want to hear about some tech dudes who said one billion is plenty enough and dropped out to enjoy it instead of going grindset on making the world measurably worse for everyone but fellow billionaires.
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I want to hear about some tech dudes who said one billion is plenty enough and dropped out to enjoy it instead of going grindset on making the world measurably worse for everyone but fellow billionaires.
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Imagine the health and education systems we could have now if Costello hadn’t pissed a mining boom up the wall?
Bastard.
Bastard.
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Imagine the health and education systems we could have now if Costello hadn’t pissed a mining boom up the wall?
Bastard.
Bastard.
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Peter Costello
Shut up Pete.
You set up an economy many of us can’t afford to live in then you shout down at us from atop your pile of money paid to you by us to tell us to have more children we can’t afford?
Just shut up Pete.
#AusPol
Shut up Pete.
You set up an economy many of us can’t afford to live in then you shout down at us from atop your pile of money paid to you by us to tell us to have more children we can’t afford?
Just shut up Pete.
#AusPol
December 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Peter Costello
Shut up Pete.
You set up an economy many of us can’t afford to live in then you shout down at us from atop your pile of money paid to you by us to tell us to have more children we can’t afford?
Just shut up Pete.
#AusPol
Shut up Pete.
You set up an economy many of us can’t afford to live in then you shout down at us from atop your pile of money paid to you by us to tell us to have more children we can’t afford?
Just shut up Pete.
#AusPol
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'I've given too much to back down to this guy'
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
'I've given too much to back down to this guy'
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After FOI docs reveal Home Affairs Secretary Stephanie Foster advised #NACC on Home Affairs corruption matter Operation Kingscliff CEO Philip Reed says has no idea why no records of Commr Brereton’s engagements with Foster were provided via FOI, or if any were kept🙄🚩Outrageous
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
After FOI docs reveal Home Affairs Secretary Stephanie Foster advised #NACC on Home Affairs corruption matter Operation Kingscliff CEO Philip Reed says has no idea why no records of Commr Brereton’s engagements with Foster were provided via FOI, or if any were kept🙄🚩Outrageous
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Meanwhile, Philip Reed was still very lip tight about Brereton’s secret IGADF role
Shoebridge “You come here to Estimates & I ask the very obvious question, ‘well how many matters did Commr Brereton then step away from as a result of that decision, & u can’t tell me?”
Reed “No”
Shoebridge “You come here to Estimates & I ask the very obvious question, ‘well how many matters did Commr Brereton then step away from as a result of that decision, & u can’t tell me?”
Reed “No”
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Meanwhile, Philip Reed was still very lip tight about Brereton’s secret IGADF role
Shoebridge “You come here to Estimates & I ask the very obvious question, ‘well how many matters did Commr Brereton then step away from as a result of that decision, & u can’t tell me?”
Reed “No”
Shoebridge “You come here to Estimates & I ask the very obvious question, ‘well how many matters did Commr Brereton then step away from as a result of that decision, & u can’t tell me?”
Reed “No”
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Thank me.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thank me.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Do yourself & your friends a favour. This podcast is definitely one to keep up with.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Do yourself & your friends a favour. This podcast is definitely one to keep up with.
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Dear journalists.
The new Vic opposition leader owes her position to RW cookers in her party room. So she can't answer direct questions on gender affirming care. Given the QLD govt just banned access to GAC it's a serious question.
You know, do your job.
The new Vic opposition leader owes her position to RW cookers in her party room. So she can't answer direct questions on gender affirming care. Given the QLD govt just banned access to GAC it's a serious question.
You know, do your job.
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Dear journalists.
The new Vic opposition leader owes her position to RW cookers in her party room. So she can't answer direct questions on gender affirming care. Given the QLD govt just banned access to GAC it's a serious question.
You know, do your job.
The new Vic opposition leader owes her position to RW cookers in her party room. So she can't answer direct questions on gender affirming care. Given the QLD govt just banned access to GAC it's a serious question.
You know, do your job.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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The cost.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The cost.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Outstanding rebuke of PM Albanese by cartoonist David Pope. #auspol #Whitlam #Albanese #Mamdani #CostOfLivingCrisis
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Outstanding rebuke of PM Albanese by cartoonist David Pope. #auspol #Whitlam #Albanese #Mamdani #CostOfLivingCrisis
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How many unprecedented weather events and 'natural' disasters do we have to endure before people realise that the cost of electricity is the least of our problems?
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
How many unprecedented weather events and 'natural' disasters do we have to endure before people realise that the cost of electricity is the least of our problems?
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“Opposition leader Brad Battin previously opposed VAD, but changed his mind to vote for the reforms after personal experiences with a friend.”
I’m a bit weary of Tories who can only empathise when the thing happens to them. It’s not how government, or humans, are supposed to work.
#AusPol
#VicPol
I’m a bit weary of Tories who can only empathise when the thing happens to them. It’s not how government, or humans, are supposed to work.
#AusPol
#VicPol
Changes to Voluntary Assisted Dying laws pass Victorian parliament
The amendments remove a "gag order" that prevented doctors from raising Voluntary Assisted Dying as an option for patients with terminal illness.
www.abc.net.au
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Alleged Liberal moderates who signed on with Morrison, then Dutton, weaselling away as usual.
They can’t be moderate and in the Liberal Party, it’s not possible.
Quit or shut up. These are their options.
#AusPol
They can’t be moderate and in the Liberal Party, it’s not possible.
Quit or shut up. These are their options.
#AusPol
Liberal moderates fear electoral oblivion in metropolitan seats after net zero scrapped
While many Liberals who wanted to keep net zero say they are happy with the position the party has landed, some despondent moderates fear electoral oblivion in metropolitan seats.
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Alleged Liberal moderates who signed on with Morrison, then Dutton, weaselling away as usual.
They can’t be moderate and in the Liberal Party, it’s not possible.
Quit or shut up. These are their options.
#AusPol
They can’t be moderate and in the Liberal Party, it’s not possible.
Quit or shut up. These are their options.
#AusPol
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Good on the Guardian for this. I'm astonished at how many journalists at other organisations don't seem to know this or think that it's important to mention. Coalition politicians keep claiming it's net zero causing rising costs without any pushback
The Coalition claims pursuing net zero will increase power bills – but in the real world the opposite is true.
Are we surprised?
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Are we surprised?
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The Coalition claims pursuing net zero will increase power bills – but in the real world the opposite is true
The International Energy Agency, once known for an anti-renewables bias, now says a more ambitious transition will lower prices
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Good on the Guardian for this. I'm astonished at how many journalists at other organisations don't seem to know this or think that it's important to mention. Coalition politicians keep claiming it's net zero causing rising costs without any pushback
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Dear Humans,
Trump is in a full out panic. He hasn’t posted in 24 hours. It’s time to make him the pedophile formerly known as president. If you could do that God would be so happy.
Love,
God
Trump is in a full out panic. He hasn’t posted in 24 hours. It’s time to make him the pedophile formerly known as president. If you could do that God would be so happy.
Love,
God
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Dear Humans,
Trump is in a full out panic. He hasn’t posted in 24 hours. It’s time to make him the pedophile formerly known as president. If you could do that God would be so happy.
Love,
God
Trump is in a full out panic. He hasn’t posted in 24 hours. It’s time to make him the pedophile formerly known as president. If you could do that God would be so happy.
Love,
God
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Whitlams legacy lives on
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Whitlams legacy lives on
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"*warns* of intense competition"
Your regular reminder that those who cheer capitalism actually hate a free market, and want a rigged one.
Your regular reminder that those who cheer capitalism actually hate a free market, and want a rigged one.
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"*warns* of intense competition"
Your regular reminder that those who cheer capitalism actually hate a free market, and want a rigged one.
Your regular reminder that those who cheer capitalism actually hate a free market, and want a rigged one.
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Gough Whitlam towers above any other Australian leader
Why?
He was brave, & committed to serving the Australian people. He would not cave to lobbyists, corporations, media owners, & foreign powers & he paid the price
No politician in Australia is fit to shine Gough’s shoes
Amy Remeikis gets it..
Why?
He was brave, & committed to serving the Australian people. He would not cave to lobbyists, corporations, media owners, & foreign powers & he paid the price
No politician in Australia is fit to shine Gough’s shoes
Amy Remeikis gets it..
Australian politics 101: Getting the lessons wrong every time
If one thing is true for all mainstream political parties, it’s that they will always learn the wrong lessons.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Gough Whitlam towers above any other Australian leader
Why?
He was brave, & committed to serving the Australian people. He would not cave to lobbyists, corporations, media owners, & foreign powers & he paid the price
No politician in Australia is fit to shine Gough’s shoes
Amy Remeikis gets it..
Why?
He was brave, & committed to serving the Australian people. He would not cave to lobbyists, corporations, media owners, & foreign powers & he paid the price
No politician in Australia is fit to shine Gough’s shoes
Amy Remeikis gets it..
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“Whitlam announced “there should not be foreign military bases, stations, installations in Australia. We will honour agreements covering existing stations. We do not favour extensions or prolongation of any of those existing ones”.”
Oh, how I miss him. #auspol
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Oh, how I miss him. #auspol
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The Dismissal, the role of the CIA, MI6 and Austral Americans
I was familiar with many of the events leading to the Dismissal on 11 November 1975. That knowledge was greatly increased by Professor Jenny Hocking with her long and successful campaign to have the P...
johnmenadue.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“Whitlam announced “there should not be foreign military bases, stations, installations in Australia. We will honour agreements covering existing stations. We do not favour extensions or prolongation of any of those existing ones”.”
Oh, how I miss him. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Oh, how I miss him. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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This is absolutely the most obvious thing to do. The govt should be shoveling all the funding it can at getting all the researches in the US who have been cut by Trump.
Monique Ryan urges Australia to fast track medical innovation funding as Trump guts research
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Monique Ryan urges Australia to fast track medical innovation funding as Trump guts research
‘Releasing MRFF funds not only secures the future of Australia’s research sector; it delivers better health outcomes’, Kooyong MP says
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is absolutely the most obvious thing to do. The govt should be shoveling all the funding it can at getting all the researches in the US who have been cut by Trump.