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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
On memory, imagination and aggrieved nostalgia. "I wonder that because in spite of Hanson and her party’s dizzying (even sickening) rise in the polls, there is a natural breakwater against her ever taking that tide at the flood and riding it to power. It’s called being young."
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Aggrieved nostalgia
I wanted to write something thinky this week on a topic I’ve been thinking about for a while.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Third Way — which has declared "war" on progressives — is a Trojan Horse for corporate America. Their funding sources are a Star Wars cantina of billionaire megadonors, Fortune 500 CEOs, giant corporations, and corporate dark money bundlers.
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The Moronic Bullshit of the "Third Way"
There's no "middle" between neofascist corporatism and democracy
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
📌Not news: The best adaptation of the "The Odyssey" is "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Period.
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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This might be one of the funniest chart about energy scenarios I’ve seen. You can hardly see “actual” for gas
Winners and Losers
The IEA overestimated gas growth in Asia and underestimated solar

Gas
• Forecast 547 TWh
• Actual 17 TWh

Solar
• Forecast 465 TWh
• Actual 1,333 TWh

Note: Shows expected growth in Asian power generation between 2018 and 2025, based on actual 2018 generation, actual 2025 generation, and the 2018 World Energy Outlook's Current Policies Scenario estimates for 2025. Actual 2025 generation figures are from Ember.
Source: International Energy Agency, Ember, Bloomberg Opinion calculations
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Are there really people having conniptions about cheap or free public transport? Qld is nearly 2 years into 50c fares, and the only thing that happened was that a bunch of profoundly stupid people STFU.
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
8 am update for you. The UK grid is currently close to fossil fuel free. Wind and solar 70%, nuclear 13%, gas… 4%. grid.iamkate.com
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
It’s frankly insulting that the worlds worst people weren’t meeting in a command center in a volcano wearing ceremonial robes but were all emailing on Hotmail accounts like “want 2 atrosity? With wemen?”
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 11/01/2026
The first stage of Australia’s biggest #battery has commenced commercial operations, in the shadow of the country’s biggest #coal generator.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
"He singled out one aspect of that “transition” in particular: "We’re going to have our very large US oil companies..go in.. & we are ready to stage a second & much larger attack if we need to do so" That is not law enforcement; it is imperialism, pure & simple" www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
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Trump’s War | David Cole
“It was a brilliant operation, actually.” So claimed Donald Trump early this morning in a phone call with The New York Times about the US military’s
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 10/11/2025
Andrew Forrest says “game-changing” tipping point in renewables means “real zero” is the winning business case for even heavy fossil fuel guzzling industries.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
BREAKING: The Albanese Labor Government just joined with the Coalition to vote against an inquiry into AUKUS proposed by the Greens.
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Matthew Harper-Duffy @matthewharperduffy.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
It’s been a busy few months but I’ve FINALLY managed to get back on Origin Story and my god I’ve missed it. @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social are unrelentingly fantastic. Like unstoppable cyborgs sent from the future to inform and entertain. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
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Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin – Part One – Revolution
Podcast Episode · Origin Story · 15/10/2025 · 1h 27m
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Al gore won Fla. 2000 @algorewonflorida.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
In the middle of all this the inflatable costume crowd has arrived and is throwing a rave? Mosh? At the end of the free speech zone closest to the ICE facility.
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John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Levelized Cost of Energy for a new utility-scale solar PV system is about $47/MWh, and new land-based wind is $39/MWh.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 17/10/2025
The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the PRRT. ‘Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry and gives their kids free higher education… we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.’ @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
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banjaxxx.bsky.social @banjaxxx.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Troglodytes, pathetically predictable
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banjaxxx.bsky.social @banjaxxx.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
substack.com/@martindavie... A shabby retread
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Martin Davies (@martindavies631844)
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
here's today's post: "let’s laugh at the sad loser who didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize" — and let’s congratulate the woman who did. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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let’s laugh at the sad loser who didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize
and let’s congratulate the woman who did.
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 10/10/2025
The Times Higher Education global universities rankings have again swept through the marketing departments of Australia's unis, putting a thin lacquer over an industry plagued by endemic wage theft and poor student satisfaction outcomes.
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Australia's universities may win in global rankings, but they're failing teachers and students
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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big nasty ☭ @bignasty.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Damn. I need another bookshelf
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 23/09/2025
Hasbro is updating Monopoly by eliminating the luxury tax, charging astronomical rents, and waiving jail time for rich people.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Lol - did they take Amy's article down at the New Daily? Gonna need a good excuse - gonna need a real good one.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
"Stay informed"
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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Killing people is wrong. Duh. open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...
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Charlie don't surf
The unconfusing death of a rightwing asshole
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