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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 · 49m
War pigs Russia Ukraine Israel America Saudi Arabia
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 1h
Chumabwamba. I GET KNOCKED DOWN. igetupagain
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 1h
I sit here watching Midnight Oil.GreenLeft ever since.He joins the Labor party. and the capitalist degradation of the environment has not stopped.The Greens are Capitalist Running Dogwalkers
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 1h
Yes Thanks.Too many morons now
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 2h
Australian right wing extremtists think their day has come.This prick is an organiser.Will I have to apologise.Who knows?99% at #lawnbowls peoole keep their gobs shut about politics.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 2h
The PHON turd was spruiking their propaganda at #lawnbowls today.Did you" have a good day " I said fuck off, look at the scoreboard We lost.This prick complained.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 12h
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Widespread flying fox deaths a 'disaster' for forest ecosystems
Along the east coast of Australia, grey-headed flying foxes are being found dead and malnourished. Without their nightly pollination, experts say it could spell disaster for forests and other animals.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Lazy Small Business www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10... #vicpol
abc.net.au
Businesses blindly sending billions in profits to the tip with their food waste
Australia wastes about $36 billion worth of food a year and experts say many businesses do not even know how much potential profit they are throwing away.
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Deb Alexander @debalexander.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This is amazing, really shows dangerous A I. bullshit and how easy it is 😡
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Paul Dutton @pdutts68.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Privatising aged care into the swamp of greed!
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Dyamant @bluemarcus.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Tax billionaires at 50% level. Tax people addicted to a car culture mentality at a 50% level.
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Killed By Death @killedbydeath85.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Really braindead stupid idea to let the cars back on #FlindersST after it was effectively already pedestrianised for over 18 months during the #Melbourne metro construction…. #VicPol #SpringSt #CBD #PATMelbourne #PTUA #BicycleNetwork www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Driver within metres of Melbourne Marathon runners, witnesses say
One person has been taken to hospital and a teenager arrested following reports of an erratic and speeding driver near Flinders St station.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Australian Greens call for ‘barbaric’ US execution live stream to be blocked
Federal government urged to prevent Australians from viewing planned broadcast of Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Hasan’s execution
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Australian Greens call for ‘barbaric’ US execution live stream to be blocked
Federal government urged to prevent Australians from viewing planned broadcast of Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Hasan’s execution
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garethhutchens.bsky.social @garethhutchens.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
What is the Mont Pelerin Society? I covered it extensively in this piece earlier this year, on the history of neoliberalism. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
abc.net.au
A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
No Gaza genocide in the capitalist Australian Media redflag.org.au/article/how-...
redflag.org.au
How the media sold the Gaza genocide
For the past three years, the corporate media have been accessories to Israel’s crimes: dehumanising Palestinians, sanitising Israel’s atrocities, and silencing its critics.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Capitalist parasitic landlords cause general strike in Spain.Never in Australia.Minns would tell the coppers "bash them" redflag.org.au/article/hous...
redflag.org.au
Housing protests lead to general strike in Spain
Workers in the Spanish state are teaching us all how to deal effectively with the housing crisis.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Old laptop old Windows 8 old firefox old man old socialist im waiting until THIS CONKS OUT,then i will start up my new one.all you capitalists can reap the whirlwind.we lost at #lawnbowls .It took me an hour to get this up and going Goodbye😅😀
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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“New ACOSS and UNSW Sydney research shows almost two million Australians in households relying mainly on income support were below the poverty line… Governments must provide adequate income support.” theaimn.net/three-in-fou...
theaimn.net
Three in four people in households reliant on JobSeeker live in poverty
UNSW Sydney Media Release New ACOSS and UNSW Sydney research shows almost two million Australians in households relying mainly on income support were below the poverty line. Australia’s income support...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Deloitte in Cyprus helped in falsifying documents to hide Roman Abramovich's wealth and evade tax, Leaked documents show transactions backdated and tailored. Assets spirited away to BVI. Big four accounting firms advise UK govts, get public contracts, routinely implicated in scandals.
bbc.co.uk
Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth
Backdated paperwork also made the Russian oligarch’s yachts and mansions disappear from accounts, BBC finds.
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I got banned from FB because I had the temerity to describe what is happening in Gaza as genocide, and someone complained. I must admit that I also called the trumper a moron which the bots didn't like... But then there's this. Does the punishment fit the crime? #meta #facebook #saudi
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Solar Punk Self Hosting www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
The punks trying to reclaim the internet from 'big tech'
This might be a (raspberry) pie in the sky plan, but it's part of a global movement searching for answers to digital sovereignty and tech resilience.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ban vehicles from Goolwa beach www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10... Save nesting birds
abc.net.au
Call to protect nesting birds from the cars on SA's Goolwa Beach
A Ngarrindjeri elder says he would love to see vehicles removed from a South Australian beach as endangered breeding birds and global wanderers are welcomed back to the Coorong.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
walk
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This AI extremist right wing slop,sludge has won .Watch out
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Little wonder Labor is suffering in the polls when the best defender of its economic management is a former Liberal leader. michaelwest.com.au/albos-support-do…
Albo’s support down. Could he really lose his seat?Little wonder Labor is suffering in the polls when the best defender of its economic management is a former Liberal leader.“I think of our system of electoral democracy as a system of competitive disinformation. Each major party spins against its opponents lest their opponents spin more successfully against them. Witness innumerable deflations of left-sympathetic public opinion once the competitive dThe success of “competitive disinformation” on top of compromised principles means it’s not just One Hanson voters who want something different.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Baneful capitalist child killers www.resilience.org/stories/2026...
resilience.org
Learning to unlearn our baneful relationship with the natural world
How did we, as children, come to believe that banana spiders were ours to capture and kill? We thought nothing of the welfare of the insects.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Ukrainian people have had enough of this fascist vs fascist disaster The environment begs you capitalist trillionaires and flagwavers to end this 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 · 10/10/2026
Make the septics go away #vicpol www.resilience.org/stories/2026...
resilience.org
Make America go away…from the deep ocean
So, it’s time we Make America Go Away from the Deep Ocean. Yes, the MAGADO movement.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Degrowth Art www.resilience.org/stories/2026...
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
give battlers money Make peoples lives easier Simple
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
capitalism causes this.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
capitalism is evil
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It won't scroll Microsoft8 Shit
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Good , #sperfunds will save them #runningdogs www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Data centre operator Firmus pulls blockbuster ASX float after lacklustre demand
Firmus searches for private funding as it withdraws its application to list on the ASX just a day after closing its books to investors.
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
youtube.com/shorts/KyTqo... NETANYAHU THRILLED WITH MINNS
youtube.com
Police to patrol Sydney armed with assault rifles
YouTube video by Australian Community Media
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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They're not building a "campus". It's a *gigafactory*. Let's hope the AI bubble bursts well & truly before it gets built.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Taiwan's future AI nuclear disaster www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Taiwan's return to nuclear power driven by AI hunger for electricity
Taiwan is considering abandoning its Nuclear-Free Homeland policy and restarting its last nuclear reactor, shut down only last year.
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Sherry w/ a whY @justiceforall.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Made a huge pot of ‘clean out the veggie drawer’ kinda soup.I love how #PlantBased eating has all but eliminated the food waste in my house. Everything just seems to work together 🌱😚 #WhatVegansEat #VeganFood
Photo of cream of vegetable soup w cheese toast
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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
MSF AU | The mental health toll of Russia’s war in Ukraine “Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) provides specialised psychotherapeutic services to Ukrainians experiencing war-related PTSD symptoms - but we can only continue to be there for those who need us most with your help.”
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've given MSF money every month for 20 years
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Capitalist Lunacy #climatecatastrophe www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Town questions $15b data centre set to use enough power for 1m homes
One Wagga Wagga resident says she feels "back-stabbed" by the development, while others say the town needs more industry.
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Solilequn @selwyndavis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#vicpol Without socialist policy intervention, we are a few years away from chaos. The youth see the social-contract has broken and no longer see a future. Even if you are a cold hard capitalist, for your own ongoing success now is the time to Vote Green. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Greens launch election platform with promise to slash grocery prices
The Greens will take on major supermarkets and address community safety with new policies inspired by New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Socialist Supermarkets.What a great idea. #vicpol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Australian supermarkets need more competition, but would government stores actually work? | Allan Fels
A government supermarket would have to compete not just on price but on quality, convenience and range. It is no small undertaking
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
Israeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank
Jaafar Ashtiyeh was covering violence against olive farmers when settlers set upon him with the butts of their rifles
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Shit food,shit jobs,shit article and venal landowner. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Landowner pushes back against opposition to Goolwa's first McDonald's
The owner of the land where Goolwa's first McDonald's could be built says a significant portion of the South Australian town's population wants it to happen, despite vocal opposition from a local grou...
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Last one Played MidWeek Pennant today at Beaufort.Wet and cold.Our rink won.The team lost.Only argued once.Rascist prick #lawnbowls A few beers went down well
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Damian @damo1954.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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 · 06/10/2026
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 · 06/10/2026
freebogdan.wsws.org?utm_source=w...
freebogdan.wsws.org
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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