Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor. Donors make huge profits while workers get shafted. Repeat. This is not a coincidence. It's a political-economic system that's been corrupted by design. 8927091022
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialFT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are. 99267996330
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialDr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Former government ministers are profiting from their association with massive defence contracts for AUKUS. Pyne. Morrison. Johnston. Fitzgibbon. Beazley. Kelly. We have to close the revolving door between government and industry. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...abc.net.au'Business is good': Defence insiders now lobbying for industryNew analysis by Four Corners shows the scale of Canberra's revolving door, where former government officials accept lucrative jobs in lobbying or the defence industry. 29266113
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 22/08/2026I’m still trying to process how the president of the United States somehow talks tougher about Canada than North Korea. 740145903404
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialBarbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Today’s hearing into KPMG leadership revealed more evidence of a toxic culture of cover-ups, NDAs, payments for whistleblowers’ silence & weak accountability for wrongdoing. It's reinforced the need for an overhaul of the Big 4’s governance, regulation, surveillance & penalties. 26716
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialGreg van Eekhout @gregvaneekhout.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Wikipedia remains one of the most useful things online. No subscription fees, no ads, no stupid pursuit of AI, all curated by relentless nerds. Maybe remember to throw them a few bucks every now and again. 15612154
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Can the ABC stop platforming this POS 2325952
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialWomanToday @womantoday.bsky.social · 29/07/20261/ Helen Mary Mayo OBE (1 October 1878 – 13 November 1967) was an Australian medical doctor and medical educator, born and raised in Adelaide. In 1896, she enrolled at the University of Adelaide, where she studied medicine. #WomanToday 26222
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This is what a complete inability to think about anyone but yourself looks like: 39866741940
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialmariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 12/07/2026 04422
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Segal insists it’s too “difficult” to answer how she justifies attacking ABC’s Gaza coverage, when just 4 of “literally thousands” Ombudsman complaints are actually substantiated.🙄 Pathetic. Then attacks ombudsman’s “standards”, wants her personally endorsed standards. Dangerous. 2322970
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialBen Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 25/06/2026When we say Australian universities have some governance issues, maybe we need to be a bit more specific, as in, "the Director of Governance at the University of Wollongong resigned one day before corruption hearings opened" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...abc.net.auICAC told favoured candidates got questions before uni's job interviewsA University of Wollongong governance manager has admitted that recruitment processes that led to her appointment were not fair or transparent. 45827
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026If you've never seen this Burnistoun clip, enjoy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOUT...youtube.comScottish Elevator With Voice Recognition (with subtitles)YouTube video by Nick Krastev 1016217
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialThe Chaser @chaser.com.au · 19/06/2026"Trust me, it's the best way to take on the yanks." chaser.com.au/sport/pm-urg... 212435
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/06/2026Stephen Colbert wore a tan suit to the Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony 😂 REUTERS/Octavio Jones 1219473797179
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialjovianspqr.bsky.social @jovianspqr.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Shiitake is not just a mushroom 061
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialDavid Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026A few weeks ago we broke news Thales and the Australian gov are making explosives for the IDF. I assume you've noticed mainstream press hasn't followed this up? Anyway, I'm sure it has nothing to do with anything, but Thales is a sponsor of the National Press Club. 19529277
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Posted at 1:56pm, got an email at 3:03pm from Jane Norman cancelling my membership of the press gallery 140797346
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialCrikey @crikey.com.au · 16/06/2026The Sydney Swans have positioned themselves as the most progressive team in the AFL. So why is their chairman seemingly spruiking gambling stocks to players? 193
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialSiobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I never thought I'd see a story that quite so beautifully captured the phrase 'decline of empire'. 421492339
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/06/2026That’s called a bribe. 788218527625
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialSolilequn @selwyndavis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Just those few words, “privatisation of court transcripts” should send a chill down any constitutional lawyers spine. 0182
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Amazing story this morning on AM about a conservative legal organisation, the Samuel Griffiths Society, lobbying the govt on High Court judge appointments. AG Michelle Rowlands refused to comment. Lobbying govt for judicial appointments should be illegal. 31401158
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 25/05/2026David Shoebridge has unloaded on AG Dept Sec Kath Jones who can’t explain a “direction” to delay release of FOI “til the min bef. Estimates started”🙄 Jones retreats to blaming “junior officers” Shoebridge “Hang these jnr officers out to dry…is that what you’re doing?”🔥 #auspol 1418870
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialKaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 21/05/2026#Queensland women, you'll need to fight. Your govt is discarding your rights and choices. Demand no public funds for this hospital until it provides contraception & full range of care. Extremist religious activists cannot be allowed to hijack public health to force girls & women to give birth. 10236121
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Billionaires must be targeted with tax policy and antitrust policy not because it helps everyone else (though it does) but because their political power must be limited so they can't wreck the world the way they're currently doing 7570041750
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialPaul Karp @paulkarp.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I don't mean to be alarmist but Labor Denies Death Tax is exactly how the last successful anti-death tax scare campaign started... Notwithstanding that neither policy was a death tax. 1212640
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialThe Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 12/05/2026“I had planned to just have a few investment properties to set me up for retirement, but I guess now I’ll be operating an offshore LNG platform instead”. theshovel.com.au/2026/05/13/h...theshovel.com.auHuge Spike in Searches for ‘How Do I Become a Gas Company’ After Other Tax Loopholes Closed — The Shovel“I had planned to just have a few investment properties to set me up for retirement, but I guess now I’ll be operating an offshore LNG platform instead”. 18928
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialRick Stengel @rickstengel.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Can reporters stop using the word deal? It’s an agreement, a settlement, a treaty, an understanding, an MOU etc. Using the word deal is accepting his simple-minded TV game-show framing and contributes to the bogus drama he is trying to create. 481100172256
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialangry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 07/05/2026#mediawatch needs to get onto this outright lie from #ABC 57934
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialDr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance. Nobody gave women anything. Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it. 482167934997
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 02/05/2026Can we please stop calling people being stalked “love interests.”theguardian.comPolice are using surveillance tech to stalk love interests. Dystopia, here we come | Arwa MahdawiThe tech company Flock has 80,000 cameras across the US – and a report finds some officers are taking advantage 6420140
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialBethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Tell the kids we use to go days, weeks even, without thinking about the president. 1054126622
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialcjndfan1.bsky.social @cjndfan1.bsky.social · 29/04/2026"Got them at their weakest" means no imminent threat (which WE already knew). "Ambitions" is not an imminent threat. We and the world are in a clusterfuck because this administration loves violence and is obsessed with power. They don't give one fuck about the American people. Except the rich. 0135
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialTim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Absolute capture by industry. 1511233
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialRandall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 20/04/2026We can’t expect the largely billionaire controlled main stream media to criticize the corruption of President’s son in law when that President has seen to it that both he and those same billionaires have grown vastly more wealthy under his corrupt administration. This is how a Plutocracy works. 27921
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialmariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 17/04/2026 57327
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/04/2026This is total horseshit. The NDIS incentivizes shonks and ticket clippers to provide dodgy services and "assistance" at higher costs to people with disabilities. 2625159
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12/04/2026"Vance" is a useful new verb in the English language, and one consistent with our Latinate heritage. Compare: ➡️ ADVANCE: To move something forward. ⬅️ VANCE: To cause a situation to decline or devolve. In a sentence: "Donald Trump's second term vanced the American economy." 411051269
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Imagine trusting science to bring astronauts to the moon and back but not trusting science to develop safe vaccines. 270126662985
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialJamie Boudrie @jfavreauboudrie519.bsky.social · 11/04/2026It is always old white men. 136185511797
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialelijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026One would think that the "apex of human civilization" would have less homelessness, fewer mass killings, less abject poverty, a higher literacy rate, a booming renewable energy industry, higher education that didn't necessitate decades of debt, mandatory family leave, & universal health insurance. 25212
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026A moment of sympathy for our president, who is being 'poorly served' by the people he appointed to carry out these inhumane policies. 1/ 611342228
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again." 21670311844
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Jeff Bezos is worth $220 billion. After building that fortune from overworking and exploiting his own workers, Bezos is now developing a fund to acquire manufacturing companies and automate them. Why do we always hear about immigrants taking jobs when the oligarchs are actually to blame? 827140145751
Reposted by @chick1960.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/03/2026He was certainly afraid of Vietnam-style combat in Vietnam. 2229290377601