Profile avatar
freddyp1.bsky.social
An old Aussie guy with a guitar and a left inclination. Science not superstition, Linux, socialism. No DMs or cryptocurrency.
249 posts 1,144 followers 707 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
Posts 19 Comments 30

I'm a card-carrying member of the Australian Skeptics. Motto: Seek the Evidence. Skeptics know that anthropogenic climate change is real, that the Earth is an oblate spheroid, that vaccines work, and other stuff that's supported by evidence. RFK Jr is not a skeptic.

submitted 127 days ago • 1 comment

Just when you thought Trump couldn't sink any lower, he's blamed the Washington DC aircraft collision on Biden's DEI policy.

submitted 127 days ago • 0 comments

These women didn’t sit down, stay quiet, or ask for permission—they broke the rules and changed the world. Role models. We should add Bishop Mariann Budde to the list.

submitted 131 days ago • 919 comments

This is a game changer. I'm no fan of AI, though it has its uses. But once it's open sourced, giving access to millions of potential contributors to the codebase, it could be game over for the rest. Time will tell. :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ad...

submitted 130 days ago • 1 comment

The No True Scotsman fallacy is getting a workout in the US. The US version goes: Person A: "No Christian wants [Trump policy]." Person B: "But my uncle Angus is a Christian, and he wants [Trump policy]." Person A: "But no true Christian wants [Trump policy]." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true...

submitted 132 days ago • 1 comment

A birthday present from my sister and brother-in-law. Absolutely fascinating!

submitted 133 days ago • 0 comments

Excellent analysis of Musk's gesture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Km...

submitted 134 days ago • 1 comment

As these folks will tell you, there's nothing so profitable as owning your own government.

submitted 134 days ago • 2 comments

Jonathon Pie nails it again. The right didn't win - the left lost. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3XO...

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

"When America sneezes." they say, "the world catches cold." Well, America's just caught a dose of amoebic dysentery. We can only hope that Australia's small enough, far away enough, and insignificant enough to be out of the firing line.

submitted 137 days ago • 1 comment

I was just thinking... Mr Trump's very keen on buying other counties. Australia's population is around 26M give or take. I reckon that if he offered us, say, US$2B each, we'd probably take it. :-)

submitted 150 days ago • 0 comments

Very well put together. What do you think? Will the next four years make the US great again, or hasten the slide? www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgUE...

submitted 153 days ago • 0 comments

Jimmy Carter was probably the best president you've ever had. And you hated him.

submitted 159 days ago • 0 comments

Have you wondered what AGI (artificial general intelligence) is? Wonder no more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=inrm...

submitted 162 days ago • 0 comments

Definition of an honest politician: when they're bought, they stay bought.

submitted 162 days ago • 0 comments

Merry whatever you choose to celebrate or not on this fine sunny morning of the 25th of December in Australia.

submitted 164 days ago • 0 comments

Excellent article.

submitted 165 days ago • 0 comments

Razorback - Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia

submitted 165 days ago • 0 comments

All this black cat wants for Christmas is to end Australia's repulsive sycophancy to the warmongering, planet-destroying US empire.

submitted 165 days ago • 1 comment