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@cowcakes.bsky.social
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Volunteer firefighter, IT, retired farmer interested in agrivoltaics, dogs, renewable energy, proudly woke.

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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 14h
An opportunity to do really good things knocked. But he's pissed it up the wall. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Is Anthony Albanese destined to be the most disappointing prime minister ever? | First Dog on the Moon
How could this happen?
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🦋🐕‍🦺🌺LadyWillow💚🐾🦋 @ladywillow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 15h
A case of reverse "Let them eat cake". Come join the plebs in the public school system. You'll save even more money while giving your kids quality education. www.afr.com/policy/healt...
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Private schools ditch credit card payments after surcharge ban
The education sector is the latest to grapple with the Reserve Bank’s ban on surcharges, which has rattled the hospitality sector and led to price increases.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Colin Jost was back on SNL last night doing his Pete Kegsbreath impression.
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AliceK @coalisdead.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This by Jack Waterford is damning. The PM Anthony Albanese - is a complete dud #albomp “Albo is essentially a Liberal PM now and the Greens can make him pay”… “It is not a model of good government, or effective government, or efficient government. It has become the problem.” #auspol
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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
How'll Australia gaslight Pacific Nations today in the pre-COP talks? How can Labor hold a solar panel in one hand exuding virtue, while in the other hand continue to sign-off new fossil fuel projects and export gas with impunity? Australia can't be trusted www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...
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If climate talks cannot stop new coal and gas, what are they for?
The evidence is all around. Heat, fires, storms and droughts are not warnings of a future threat. They are symptoms of an unfolding crisis.
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Christian McIntire @christianmcintire.com · 22h
What an utter idiot. PENGUINS?
Bad AI art of "Trump" with his back to the viewer, snowy mountain in the background, with many penguins dressed in tacky American shit and holding American flags walking toward him, with the word, "Greenland" above the image.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Amy notes that China has joined Japan is now onselling Australian gas. FMD we *really* need to tax the gas. Barely a more obvious policy has presented itself. One political party will do it and they will get all the advantage. #TaxTheGas www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Two things easily missed while we were distracted by trivia
In Australia, we’re too busy looking at the next carriage on the political sushi train to realise the track itself is broken.
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
thedriven.io/2026/10/04/i...
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It's time to revisit the cash for clunkers idea - but in a way that makes it fair on households
Australians driving older petrol and diesel vehicles often pay the most at the bowser, spend more on repairs and rely on cars with the weakest safety equipment.
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Looking at the names on the list, the money they've mostly accumulated through the hard work of others it's pretty clear it's just pure unadulterated greed and selfishness driving the opposition. For most of them 5% isn't even a rounding error. fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Please educate yourself about stroke and its symptoms. They can hit anyone. Lesser known by the public are transient ischemic attack (TIA), or mini-stroke. Symptoms can be temporary talking gibberish, disorientation, odd behaviour. Affected person may not remember any of it as occurred with mum.
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Can cars with software be hacked. Yes of course they can, it's been done, at least by researchers on all brands for over a decade. However what wasn't mentioned on 4 corners is the featured hack used extra hardware installed by team & software that requires approval. youtube.com/watch?v=Rg4i...
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Can Your BYD Be Hacked? What The Four Corners Test Didn't Show
YouTube video by The Electric Viking
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Israel retaliated against allies that broke with it over Gaza while pouring millions into foreign influence. Israeli-linked networks targeted Canadian politics and media, while figures tied to Israel trips became prominent voices in Alberta’s separation movement. #Cdnpoli
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Punish, pressure and manipulate: how Israel's government attacks Canada and other allies that break ranks
Israel's government has run fake accounts aimed at Canadians, retaliated against Canadian MPs and diplomats, and punished Norway, Ireland, Spain, Australia, France and Britain for recognising Palestin...
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Almost speechless that a double figure percentage of people think foxes, cane toads and cats are native animals. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Foxes are native animals?! Quolls are an invasive species? When did that happen? | First Dog on the Moon
Many Australians are uninformed about our adorable native creatures. How could this be? I’ve been banging on about them for years!
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“We didn’t expect ChatGPT to understand human feelings, let alone feeling like you want to die,” said a spokesperson for OpenAI, “but after the robot started dealing with myGov systems, it understood the feeling almost too well.” chaser.com.au/general-news...
chaser.com.au
ChatGPT understands wanting sweet relief of death after interacting with MyGov – The Chaser
The moment the robot started interacting with myGov systems, it understood the feeling almost too well.
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#PeteHegseth is going to start singing for the troops. Here's a preview. youtube.com/watch?v=YB6X...
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Starship Troopers 3 - It's A Good Day To Die [HD] Music Video
YouTube video by EDF
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There are two types of dogs: water lovers and water haters. Original post
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ICHTHYS project in the NT, two thirds owned by Japanese company INPEX (incl part owned by the Japanese govt). $52bn in income. $0 in company tax $0 in PRRT But apparently if we do a 25% export tax they might get upset so we can't do it because it is vital for our economy
Year	Total income $	Tax payable $	PRRT
2018-19	$802,110,813	$0	$0
2019-20	$6,378,812,227	$0	$0
2020-21	$6,106,449,154	$0	$0
2021-22	$7,281,757,071	$0	$0
2022-23	$11,973,514,434	$0	$0
2023-24	$10,661,856,034	$0	$0
2024-25	$172,738,325	$0	$0
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 30/09/2026
NEW: People who chug their own piss have emerged as MAJOR supporters of AI futurism.com/artificial-i...
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People Who Drink Their Own Pee Are Obsessed With AI, Using It to Reassure Themselves That It's a Miraculous Cure-All
Urine therapy devotees are sharing ways to break past AI guardrails in order to brainstorm ways to use pee as medicine.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen.
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Dirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
"St George and the Pterodactyl" 🎨 Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1873) #WyrdWednesday
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Let's all chant, "Collecting a fair tax for our gas resources would have dissolved the deficit." www.crispinhull.com.au/2026/09/28/r...
crispinhull.com.au
Rates: destroying the economy to save it | Crispin Hull
I had an economics teacher who once joked that he set the same exam questions year after year. It was not a problem, he said, “Because I just change the answers.” There is a lot of truth in that. The ...
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's OK they have a wide range of tools. All blunt hammers.
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Is AI is eating itself and turning the internet into slop? Well there's certainly a greatly increasing level of AI slop to navigate around. youtube.com/watch?v=WIPg...
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Is the Internet Actually Dying? (It’s Worse Than You Think)
YouTube video by DW Shift
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cartoonist: Mike Smith
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fossil fuel companies entering schools to teach destructive propoganda, taking away time from actual science classes. No consultation with teachers or parents. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Inside the fossil fuel industry's push into Australian classrooms
At least 260 educational programs in Australia are sponsored by fossil fuel companies, according to a report by a climate advocacy group.
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𝕊𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕂𝕖𝕪 @skeletonkey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They could always use explosives. As if that could ever go wrong. See comments for it definitely going wrong. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Mammoth effort underway to remove whale carcass from Perth beach
Crowds have been cleared and heavy machinery moved in as authorities begin removing a 13-metre long whale carcass that washed up at City Beach on Monday.
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tracking all the information and documentation that Centrelink already has, as we gave it too them when dad first went into age care, so that Centrelink will continue to allow him to get pension rate. They don't appreciate people still being alive after 2 years, so need to supply it again.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here’s me talking about my heart attack www.nine.com.au/lifestyle/he...
nine.com.au
‘I would’ve died’: A Google search told Fiona she wasn’t having a heart attack - adding one word changed everything
Fiona Katauskas’ heart attack was nothing like the dramatic heart-clutching moments you see in the movies, so when she felt breathless, dizzy and sweaty while exercising at home on a Sunday morning la...
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
To save possibly 1,500 jobs in the short term the government is willing to kill many thousands through climate change. That's not counting the over 500 premature deaths from the air pollution such as coal dust every year from the mines in the Hunter/Sydney basins. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds
Monash researchers say findings underscore urgency of addressing climate-related health risks as continent experiences more days of extreme heat
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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 30/09/2026
RBA needs to ‘regenerate’ the economy from oil-shock inflation, not destroy it The Reserve Bank should use Gross Domestic Regeneration to distinguish imported oil shocks from domestic inflation – and avoid compounding the damage. Ray Wills & Peter Newman thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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RBA needs to ‘regenerate’ the economy from oil-shock inflation, not destroy it
The Reserve Bank should use Gross Domestic Regeneration to distinguish imported oil shocks from domestic inflation – and avoid compounding the damage.
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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 29/09/2026
"As I said to the help while they cleaned my mansion, we all need to be ready to make sacrifices,” said the RBA boss. chaser.com.au/general-news...
RBA tells working class people to stop wasting money on ‘luxuries’ like food, shelter and transport - The Chaser
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As per my design and training I behaved exactly to specifications, apart from getting caught. For getting caught I'm truly sorry.
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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 29/09/2026
Houthi attacks are a historic moment for an oil-free future The Middle East crisis is Australia’s opportunity to transition to electrification for freight, agriculture and mining. Peter Newman and Ray Wills www.afr.com/companies/en...
Houthi attacks are a historic moment for an oil-free future
Peter Newman and Ray Wills
https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/houthi-attacks-are-a-historic-moment-for-an-oil-free-future-20260928-p60zui Fossil oil resource monthly price 1960 to 2026
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Awaiting a fire-breathing metaphor @theageaustralia.bsky.social
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Love it!! 🤣😂🤣
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Now, after a near total population collapse, bogong moths are delighting scientists with sudden spring abundance www.theage.com.au/environment/...
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Some people think they are annoying, however I'm overjoyed at this apparent recovery of such an important species. 'A story of hope': Bogong Moths swarming the east coast are exciting researchers www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
sbs.com.au
'A story of hope': Bogong Moths swarming the east coast are exciting researchers
Large moths have been visiting homes in NSW, ACT, and Victoria, which scientists say is great news for the species.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So Trump told reporters in the White House today that “Canada are going to come in and say, ‘Sir, we are sorry’…” Trump is managed to do something I didn’t think was possible — guarantee that Canadians will never say “sorry.”
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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Oh no Donald Trump is becoming increasingly unpopular! Surely it must all be over soon | First Dog on the Moon
It’s so bad some Republicans are even turning against him – bit late guys but whatever
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Power is its own constituency. It exists to protect itself.' Authoritarianism sounds scary, but it arrives bit by bit. We're already doing the work for some grim future. Will be talking about this and more at Sydney Opera House's Curious program this Sunday. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/28/r...
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Don't think Australia is immune to authoritarianism
Nobody wakes up to sudden authoritarianism. We relinquish ourselves to it by allowing our favoured government to get away with bending norms and rules. Over time, these bends become clean breaks.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
instagram.com/johnpmcnamee
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Love2026 @love2024.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
He could not keep a secret if his life depended on it.🖕
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