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Grandfather, dad, husband. Humanist, (but I struggle). Facts over beliefs. Love science, art, kindness, family, woke people. Born 314.8 On Boonwurrung land: I wish it was by invitation
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"Scotia Bank, No more bombs, Stop Genocide, Divest Now" Seen in Courtenay, BC, Canada

Predicting an absolute shitfight in the U.S. at Halloween when half the population thinks it's hilarious to dress up as ICE agents. And the other half attacks them with baseball bats... or shoots them. Would not be there for quids.

Wait, isn't Israel the country that's been bombing hospitals all over Gaza? What happened? Did I miss an episode?

"Bombing a hospital is a war crime and an act of terrorism." – Israeli Health Minister Uriel Buso ISRAEL bombed: 36 hospitals in Gaza 40 hospitals in Lebanon 3 hospitals in Iran The hypocrisy is obscene. 😠 #IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #IStandWithIran

The direction Defence Minister Richard Marles is taking Australia is implausible. He should learn when to remain quiet – or better still, be removed from his portfolio. theaimn.net/going-to-war...

So tonight I took our elderly doggie for his night time poopie walk We were bailed up for quite some time against a fence by two very capable dingo crosses Collared Could not move left nor right. In Inverloch Victoria FGS! Kept calling for help No one came, 'cept brave love of my life My wife

Morning 🦋 My nerves are freaking out. I'll be competing soon. The thing is, I basically had to learn on my own. No club, no other women, practicing together. Just me, alone at home,hoping I got it right. None of the judges or audience will know this. All they'll see is me, making a fool of myself🫣

Zionist Israel and the US are the key threats to peace in the Middle East. #Israel has attacked #Palestine (Gaza and the West Bank), #Lebanon, #Syria, #Yemen and #Iran. Now Trump decides that bombing brown people will work as a distraction from his appalling errors in domestic policy. 😠 #USPolitics

Why has #Parliament taken no action to prosecute those of its members who brought #Robodebt into being and created circumstances whereby innocent Australians died.

Errrr Dear Richard Marles You don’t speak for me, you have never spoken for me and you will never speak for me. Before you decide to send my kids off to war you better brush off the old resume because I will end your career.

Australia’s closest ally, and a nation we are gifting $400b too, is gearing up to regime change a country of 90m people — something that will make Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan look like a walk in the park — and AFR journalists are tweeting shit like “Shah’s son preparing to take his birthright!”.

YES! Bizarre that the failed state: USA, is still just sailing along presuming it has any right of passage it desires. Feels a bit 1770 era.

The question that the people of the Pacific and Pacific Rim countries are asking is: Why do we have to respond to this demand by the U.S.? We are not threatened by China. Where is the dire urgency that demands such a huge distortion of our public spending on the military?

Brilliantly stated @demwar.bsky.social 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 We can all see it. PM @albomp.bsky.social need to cut cords & find the best solution for Australia’ Giddy up PM!! #Auspol #ausvotes25 #mspau #auspolhq

Melbourne is still the most livable city in Australia. Take that Cookers. 😆 #AusPol www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

So, Israel is in breach of the @iaeaorg.bsky.social also .... Israel, an IAEA member since 1957, has consistently denied access to its most secret and pivotal installation — the Dimona reactor. Not a single international inspector has ever been allowed inside. Who would have thought #auspol

And Albanese thought he'd get something sensible out of this guy???

The best thing the Labor government can do to look after Australians is to #RaiseTheRate of #JobSeeker. That they think any JobSeeker can celebrate poverty, destitution, entrenching disadvantage, exploitative work and abuse as good is delusional. No. I am not a happy Aussie at all. #auspol

The right keeps say that the left is radical, violent and intolerant. Yet, nobody on the left is dancing around like a monkey in heat in front of a church and then running out and assassinating politicians. You’ll find that on the radical right.

Folks, we have reached the point where even satire news websites like the Onion, are now actually reporting what is happening. Via theonion on instagram #auspol #ukpol #theonion #gaza #palestine

"Craven appeasement of Netanyahu by Western media, political elites, has brought the world to the brink of war. Now Richard Marles says Australia joining a US war against China is a fait accompli" #auspol #AUKUS #Israel #Iran #Trump michaelwest.com.au/warmongering...

I stand by my recent comment - our greatest national security threat is the perfumed warlord (aka Marles). #auspol

So, Israel is able to take out specific targets with incredible accuracy.......beggars the question, how the fuck do they "accidentally" kill journalists, aid workers, and women/ children????

We know a thing or two about trolling, and we are positive Pres Macron is trolling Mr. Trump by suggesting Israel will listen to any ceasefire suggestion from him. We expect Trump to call Vlad for help, and for this to get worse. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS DISASTER. -PM Tuxley II

For us in Melbourne salivating over those Laksa bombs on MCAU the other night - Junda Khoo opened his place selling them in the CBD last Friday. www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/fo...

#nzpol Minimum Wage increased 1.5% this year. Data just released by Stats NZ shows: - Food Prices up 4.4.% - Beef up 16.2%. Lamb up 20.3% - Cheese up 17.3%. Milk up 13.7% - Electricity up 8.7%. Gas up 15.4% - Rent up 2.8% Laser focussed on the cost of living www.stats.govt.nz/information-...

China wins again. China removes all tariffs for Africa. US imposes tariffs, drops aid and threatens visa stop for Africa, China does exactly the opposite. China last week promised to expand zero-tariff treatment for all products to all 53 African countries having diplomatic relations with China.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister in a Labor Government - at a NewsCorp sponsored defence event - talking up our participation in a war against our largest trading partner. Tangled and very broken web. #auspol

Trump can’t be trusted to even meet with the Australian PM, but he can be trusted to deliver submarines that America doesn’t have after we have finished spending +$300bn to help them get submarines? 🤔 Wish I had half the confidence Richard Marles had 🙄. #auspol #FAKEAUS #AUKUS

Has anyone here had to attend a Conciliation Session organized by the Australian Human Rights Commission? Are you willing to speak to me about your experience? Could speak virtually or I’d buy you a tea, coffee or hot chocolate! #auspol

Netanyahu admits Israel is arming gangs and clan members in Gaza to counter Hamas's influence, and new evidence shows Israel is using them to loot aid and implement its displacement plan. In response, the Hamas government set up the “Arrow Unit.” mondoweiss.net/2025/06/insi...

Read this and the replies. This is a massive scandal. Extraordinary. All the while collecting earnings untaxed, having rates waived, all because of their alleged "charitable function" as a religion. #SOCAS #SeparationOfChurch&State #auspol

"There is no wider legal right of “anticipatory” self-defence against a speculative, more distant future threat, to prevent another country acquiring weapons, or to disarm a country. Israel’s lawless attack hands Iran the legal right of self-defence." – Ben Saul, University of Sydney. #FuckIsrael