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braddles.bsky.social
🇦🇺 Husband, public servant, dog- and cat-lover, returning ultra-runner, Nippophile, Astrocytoma Host (Ret)
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Have you been invited to Jordan Peterson's fashy intercontinental gloatjunket? No you have not because you (like me) are not a winner. Pathetic! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

“Amakudari” is the Japanese term for the revolving door between a senior public servant or minister who moves into a job at an organisation that was previously governed by their government department. It literally translates as “descent from heaven”. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolvi...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

1/2 I’ve put a serious tax cut for small business on the table. “The Coalition’s lunches policy is lightweight- it’s a lightweight, pre-election sugar hit. It’s not serious policy. I want to see serious policy on the table …” 👇 #taxcuts #smallbusiness www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

submitted 13 days ago • 6 comments

Malcolm Turnbull on Peter Dutton. Ouch. #auspol #ausvotes2025

submitted 25 days ago • 5 comments

Don’t risk Peter #Dutton and his Minister for #Cuts #auspol #dickson

submitted 25 days ago • 11 comments

‘They’re excited by Trump’: Dutton’s inclusion strategy www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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JUST IN: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has requested that DOJ provide her with Jack Smith's full case file to facilitate her office's ongoing prosecution of Donald Trump's allies in the 2020 election effort. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

submitted 41 days ago • 52 comments

We must call out Trump — recognizing him as the absolute psychopath he is. Be just as emphatic as @malcolmnance.bsky.social As vehement as @stephaniemiller.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social We must ALL raise our voices, and be perfectly clear. Trump is a psychopath, and a national emergency.

submitted 41 days ago • 41 comments

Chanel 7 Sunrise crammed in 10 or so mentions of an IPA Newspoll declaring that more than half of Australians want to keep Australia Day on 26 January. The during an interview, audio was manipulated to say the Labor policy was to change the date, when Murray Watts said the opposite! #auspol

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In 2017, Radiolab asked, “What if you were the military officer on the receiving end of that phone call? Could you refuse the order?” www.wnycstudios.org/story/nukes/

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if you're going to write about Iraq '03 please make the connection between Operation Bastille and the date of Bastille Day. Might give you a hint as to when the Australian involvement began. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

submitted 53 days ago • 2 comments

This took far too long to make. Merry Crocmas.

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Cycling is ideal for many trips, so why don’t Australians cycle more?

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Brian Fisher, an economist employed for decades by the Australian government, was essential to obstructing not just climate policy in Australia but global climate action. drilled.media/news/Ipieca3

submitted 82 days ago • 6 comments

I’m bookmarking this for a follow-up

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

My latest article in Independent Australia: Alternatives to a social media age ban. independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

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Monkeys & apes comb through each other’s fur, and it is likely that human hugging has evolved as an extension of this. “The basic method of social bonding for creating relationships is through physical touch." 🧪🤗🐒 #neuroskyence www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

submitted 120 days ago • 1 comment

For awesome 24/7 independent radio where you can pick the style of music you want to hear, head over to @radiotfsc.bsky.social's music stream at laut.fm/radiotfsc 🎧 🇩🇪 🇦🇺

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Yes. It was cold at Mt Doom Base Camp aid station for the #KowenTrailRun #WinterTrails on Sunday 16 June. But how else will the runners get their water, sports drink and snake lollies?

submitted 247 days ago • 1 comment

Blue sky above Echo Point in the Blue Mountains. Tomorrow Chikako runs the #UTA50 2024 Echoes Boutique Hotel

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