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Damian

@damo1954.bsky.social
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Green Left Lawnbowler and NonCarPerson.MFC Member. Ballarat Australia Wadawurrung Country

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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 8m
Four years ago and the fascists are still killing everything. www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-environm...
greeneuropeanjournal.eu
The Environmental Cost of the War in Ukraine
A silent casualty of the indiscriminate Russian shelling of Ukraine is the environment, unleashing long-term threats to public health.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 13m
Ecosocialist Abundance #anthropogenic #climatecatastrohe www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/outgrowing-d...
greeneuropeanjournal.eu
Outgrowing Degrowth: The Case for Ecosocialist Abundance
“The chance to reconcile future abundance with planetary boundaries is perhaps the best news of the century.”
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 19m
freebogdan.wsws.org?utm_source=w...
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Free Bogdan Syrotiuk | Sign the Petition
A Ukrainian court sentenced 27-year-old socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk to 15 years in prison for antiwar articles. Sign the petition demanding his immediate release.
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 1h
There's a genuine burden in thinking systemically. Once you see climate change, biodiversity loss, resource consumption, inequality and technological risk as interconnected, you can't unsee it. And the most evil among us see it all too, they just choose to keep fucking going.
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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 2h
#nswpol #fashionpolicing #keffiyeh #auspol
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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 2h
www.livescience.com/health/neuro...
livescience.com
Could psilocybin treat brain injuries? Neuroscientist explains how psychedelics could fill a gap in head trauma care
Live Science spoke with neuroscientist Argel Aguilar-Valles about recent research exploring psychedelics as a treatment for mild head trauma.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 41m
I have walked further to do what I have too than any person in Ballarat.Not fucking dog walkers or people who aggresively walk on the the footpath to nowhere. #walking These dickheads then drive to do what they have too.Wankers.Not me, them
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Steve Moskal @samoskal.bsky.social · 59m
One maga hate cult corrupt Nationals Nation. Media bans,lies,climate change denial fraud is blatantly corrupt politics. Organised criminals also do vote and would be looking for easy self enrichment so will vote for parties portraying like minded goals. Neo-nazis the same. High inequality #auspol
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 58m
Build public homes.Help people not capitalist running dogs #vicpol socialist-alliance.org/news/2026-09...
socialist-alliance.org
Keep Bays West in public hands, build public homes
Bays West is an opportunity to showcase a vision of affordable, secure and accessible housing for all.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 1h
Public Housing helped people.People who could never afford a house. redflag.org.au/article/demo...
redflag.org.au
Demolishing the idea of public housing
The United Nations’ special rapporteur on adequate housing, Koldo Casla, usually deals with slum demolitions in third-world countries. Last month, he took aim at the Victorian Labor government.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 1h
Winner.Smart.One of the solutions to the capitalist cost of living crisis.Except he lost his seat through labor's running dog extreme love of capitalism and small business PHON extremists www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Max Chandler-Mather pitches Mamdani-style $25bn plan to nationalise 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets
Former MP and Green Institute head says proposal for publicly owned supermarket chain will ease grocery prices
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 9h
Michael Danby says he’s furious Shoebridge is leader of The Greens bcoz he calls out Jillian Segal, opposed Israeli Pres Herzog’s visit & gives prominent Jewish Aussies Louise Adler & Sarah Schwartz a voice. The genocide-complicit Zionists really are panicking over Shoebridge.💥
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ukrainian MP Goncharenko: "We definitely need peace.. we need to find a deal with Russia, we dont have any other option.. I support the plan of military defeat of Russia as the plan for peace but its not happening.. we need to have a plan to achieve peace through negotiation"
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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Should a company whose CEO says this be allowed to operate unregulated? Is this our world now? OpenAI (ChatGPT) CEO Altman, “we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology...” www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI
The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Small business ripping off customers www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10... #vicpol
abc.net.au
Government accused of 'staggering double standard' as ATO bans credit card payments
Surcharge bans are supposed to save consumers money but retailers say they're being forced to put prices up and are finding ways around the reforms.
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The rich keep us fighting each other so we never realise who's actually fucking us. #SocialistSunday
Protest sign:
The rich want a race war and culture war so we don't unite for a class war.
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You park like a c*nt @yplac.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ferrari four space fuckwit. For when you want the world to know that you have the charisma of a bucket of cold vomit. #YPLAC
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Dave Kirby @dave19.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rutte = fascistic authoritarian mouthpiece of the US-centred imperialist military/industrial/tech complex - says the attack on Iran was 'essential': this is necropolitics made explicit.
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Wild Colonial Girl - Voting Green 💚 = Voting against genocide 🍉 @colonialgirl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI interviewer approves gibberish-spouting applicant, Chick Bongo, for a second interview. #GarbageAI
youtube.com
I Answered Every Interview Question in Gibberish
YouTube video by Graham Dot Zip
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Do these extreme rightwing warmongers ever think about the #environment and #climatecatastrophe Will this obscenity ever end? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Ukraine to target Russian refineries as Zelenskyy responds to air strikes
Faced with a new Moscow policy designed to force people to abandon Kyiv and other cities, the Ukrainian president says he will double down on attacking Russian oil reserves.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
OpenAI culture broken www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’
David Robinson joins other insiders in urging industry to take more care over rapidly developing technology
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
abc.net.au
Ivory still legal to sell in Australia despite 2019 promise to ban it
A new study has found hardly any of the $1.2 million worth of elephant ivory sold or advertised in a six-month period in Australia came with paperwork proving its origin.
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Good Gord @goodgord.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jasmine door knocking Today she speaks sense to me be better to have more socialists than one notion morons #VictorianSocialists
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What would your life be like if you couldn't drive? This week is #WeekWithoutDriving which is all about understanding what it's like to be a nondriver. @devinsilvernail.bsky.social & I launched @nondriverpodcast.bsky.social to share these stories. Search for 'nondriver' wherever you watch/listen
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nondriver
30% of people in the US & Canada can't or don't drive. nondriver is a podcast about the lives and stories of those people, hosted by Anna Zivarts and Devin Silvernail. Every episode, we talk to peopl...
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The older I get, the more I think about this Kurosawa quote: ‘I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.’
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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Middle age is when you go to bed at night and hope you feel better in the morning. Old age is when you go to bed at night and hope you wake up in the morning." Happy Birthday, Groucho!
static.klipy.com
The Marx Bros: Groucho's Energetic Dance
ALT: The Marx Bros: Groucho's Energetic Dance
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Lior Steinberg @steinberg.nu · 30/09/2026
Urban trees: the city's natural air conditioning. 🌳 Video: Ecosia
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 03/10/2026
There is growing concern that AI can blunt memory and reasoning. Specialists in education and cognition have useful tips on how to stay cognitively sharp in the age of AI, according to a feature in Nature. #Academicsky 🧪
go.nature.com
How to stay smart in the age of AI: the science of critical thinking
There is growing concern that AI can blunt memory and reasoning. But science shows ways to keep the brain sharp.
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Darcy DiNucci @darcydinucci.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today’s helpful nut graph. When activism feels thankless and useless, you can take a break, but you can’t quit. You have to stay in the game and be counted.
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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In case helpful, names of 100 of our *178* billionaires in Australia: www.afr.com/rich-list. These people are our biggest problem. Not migrants, activists or homeless people: them. When will they get it together and stop being such a drain on society? www.oxfam.org.au/media-releas... #auspol
afr.com
Rich List - The definitive list of the richest men and women in Australia | Australian Financial Review
Who is Australia’s richest person? The AFR Rich List ranks the wealthiest men and women according to their net worth. Find out what contributed to their financial success.
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Byron Stol @byronstol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reckon Steph's mum and dad would be proud. Remember her dad dropped off Greens election flyers which I helped deliver near Ballarat about a decade ago.
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Ben (up north) 🇦🇺 @bjts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Word. 👇🤘 #BillionairesMustPay #F*ckTheDuopoly #F*ckOneNation #VoteGreen #Auspol
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bloody #lawnbowls is cancelled again.Greens waterlogged.Bugger again.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Increase the rate of #jobseeker Labor abandons the unemployed. Job networks make obscene profits.Labor loves that ! www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
theguardian.com
In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg Jericho
Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.thecourier.com.au/story/936101...
thecourier.com.au
'Throats ripped out': seven goats killed by dogs in harrowing massacre
'It would have been harrowing to hear them scream.'
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Protect children from evil 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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Rudy Terwilliger 🐺 🥷 🍉 @wolftickler2000.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Such good questions. But as more is revealed about Anthony Albanese, he is less of a log cabin story guy made good than a petty, vindictive, party political faction type of guy.
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Steve Moskal @samoskal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Very good article. One maga hate cult Nation is funded by a bulldozing pro Trump billionaire and actively seeks donations from far-rw pro Trump big business. Its followers want the same easy self enrichment at expense of everyone else, copy Trump/maga abuse of office corrupt lawless values #auspol
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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Britons are buying more beans, lentils, tofu and tempeh, exposing how misleading the “plant-based decline” narrative really is in Britain.
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Britain Isn’t Abandoning Plant-Based Food. It’s Buying Tofu.
If you only looked at sales of plant-based burgers and sausages, you might assume Britain was losing interest in eating plants, and indeed that is what sensationalist headlines have tried to convince us.
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You may not like The Greens, but at least their policies are based on what they believe in, not some lobbyist/donor influenced, or poll driven, groupthink like Labor, The LNP or One Nation
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There was nothing wrong with the comments. And I’m sure Shoebridge would love to debate Burns on the topic of Israel’s genocide. Bring it on.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #capitalism #parasites
theguardian.com
Microsoft’s datacentres and Optus owner among firms paying zero tax on billion-dollar Australian revenues
ATO database names big companies – including Microsoft subsidiary and Netflix – that pay little corporate tax but notes there could be legitimate reasons
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Bell Bay Business Welfare Bailout #capitalism www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10... #riotinto #parasites
abc.net.au
Rio Tinto smelter gets $200m bailout and locked-in power deal
The federal and state governments say the future of the Bell Bay Aluminium smelter has been secured, with a power deal reached and a $200 financial package announced.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Social #lawnbowls called off.Bugger.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The latest corporate tax data just dropped. And congrats to Santos Ltd - 11yrs in a row of no company tax.
Table of Santos ltd company tax 2014-15 to 2024-25

Year	Total income	Company Tax
2014-15	$3,389,399,798	$0
2015-16	$3,476,002,729	$0
2016-17	$3,715,263,715	$0
2017-18	$3,498,043,596	$0
2018-19	$4,360,612,850	$0
2019-20	$5,013,931,702	$0
2020-21	$4,070,327,153	$0
2021-22	$4,746,037,784	$0
2022-23	$6,257,384,778	$0
2023-24	$8,210,276,022	$0
2024-25	$5,117,008,013	$0
Total	$51,854,288,140	$0
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Warmongers and Musk ecstatic over Australia's Future fund investments in their poxy companies www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Weapons makers among the Future Fund's investments
The federal government has quietly published the Future Fund's half-yearly report and it reveals a portfolio that includes weapons makers and SpaceX.
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Bob Impey @bobimpey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On the contrary, the system is specifically designed so that those corporations pay no tax. It is working exactly as intended
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Now this one is my best for September. A Laughing Kookaburra sitting on a Frangipani tree in our backyard. #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth #photography #birds #birding #kookaburra
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Steph Hodgins-May @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m excited to step up as Deputy Leader of the @Greens alongside @DavidShoebridge. My generation has grown up seeing politicians sell out our future for corporate greed: delaying climate action while housing, childcare, and living costs get harder to afford. It has to change.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Excited to be chosen as Leader of the @greens.org.au, together with @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social as Deputy Leader. Now is the time to build the Greens as the home for all who want climate action, a fair return on our resources, a secure home and income, and to not sell out to the US or the 1%.
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