gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 8hDemocracy is fragile, easily destroyed by wealth and greed. 033
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 8hAlbo, having reached his goal to be PM, is like the dog catching the car but not knowing what to do with it. 090
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialJessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 15hen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democra.... #USpol #USA In Australia we can eat and drink whilst in line on election day. In fact because our elections are compulsory and held on a Saturday, School halls are used as polling Stations. Schools fundraise by selling food and drink. We celebrate our Democracy.en.wikipedia.orgDemocracy sausage - Wikipedia 821785479
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 9hAround the world, right-wingers have overstepped the mark. The fight back has begun. 060
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialWild Colonial Girl - Voting Green 💚 = Voting against genocide 🍉 @colonialgirl.bsky.social · 9hMove over Hanson. Just a little further. A bit more... okay just a few more steps. Keep going ... keep going... out of the frame. There you go. Bye 👋🏼 021
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23hCEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 313105164071
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 9hAI and worldwide data centres threaten the privacy of every person on Earth. 011
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 18hGreens ready to seize opportunity? thepoint.com.au/opinions/261...thepoint.com.auSo what's a new leader of Australia’s balance-of-power party to do?The Greens' recent leadership change from Larissa Waters to David Shoebridge was both rapid and polite. But while the change might have come as a surprise, what is more predictable is the hand wringin... 041
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 20hPerceptive assessment of 7Up series by Jane Goodall in Inside Story. 70Up on SBS 7 and 10 Oct. insidestory.org.au/examined-liv...insidestory.org.auExamined lives • Jane GoodallSixty-three years later, the 7 Up series draws to a close 065
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Australia is badly served by dishonest or incompetent journalism. independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...independentaustralia.netAustralia's craven newsrooms suffer worst week in a very bad yearThe mainstream media continue to deny the positives, amplify the negatives and fabricate falsehoods. 050
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialBig T @big-tony.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There are 2 things I don't believe in. Unicorns and self made billionaires. P.S. I am open to new evidence on Unicorns. 0192
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialTony Cartledge @decentral21.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Integrity pays off. "The economic case for integrity." Why we need more ethical leaders. They are not going to come from parties, but from Community Independent movements. Take heed, #Auspol publicintegrity.org.au/integrity-or...publicintegrity.org.au2026 Integrity Oration: Danielle WoodProductivity Commission Chair Danielle Wood delivered the Centre’s 2026 Integrity Oration on the economic case for integrity. Read the published speech, download the PDF and listen to her podcast inte... 021
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A good man, making changes to benefit his constituents and showing other leaders how easily improvements can be achieved. 040
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialThe Facts in the Case of Dr Dedman @stephendedman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/health/...abc.net.auWhat the 'recent invention' of reading does to our brainsWhat happens in your brain when you read? And can it help you navigate real life? This is what science tells us. 001
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialJames M @dotrat47.bsky.social · 27/09/2026And meanwhile the Guardian trying to convince Australians that surveillance centre opposition is an imported 'US thing'. Like it doesn't get hot here? 🤔 002
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026From Tony Pentimalli: 620489
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialDr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Yawn How stupid are our politicians? Fancy wanting women to have children or more children when they can’t do the first thing needed to slow down climate change What woman would want to bring a child into this current world?  97517
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Time to call out big tech, big money, big damage to society. www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/20...thenewdaily.com.auThe tide has turned against big tech's harmA staggering 93 per cent of Australians agree that online platforms should be required to provide a safe online environment. 022
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialAnthony Torino @torinoentertainer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"Solar Power is a new and unreliable technology." The sun has existed for billions of years Never had a blackout Never produced an electric bill. 36896232
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialQueenslanders for End of Life Legal Options @q4eollo.fyi · 12/09/2026Does anyone do this here for Australia's data centres with a focus on power and water stress? @australiainstitute.org.au #auspol We seem to have an Aust map but it doesn't summarise the power and water stress components like the USA one? www.datacentermap.com/australia/ 132
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Which particular male dictator are you referring to? There are so many around this planet just now! 050
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Artificial Intelligence is only pretending to be Real Intelligence. Use your common sense! 031
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A return to housing as a place to live, not as a very profitable subsidised investment strategy is very welcome. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...thesaturdaypaper.com.auThe necessity of falling house pricesLabor is in a curious position: it has a policy that works, but it cannot say so. Treasurer Jim Chalmers should be able to say: yes, house prices are coming down slightly; they need to. That is the po... 050
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Used to occasionally see this on the South Gippsland Highway near Sale but not in recent years. 030
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026How has an unelected lobbyist achieved such power over the nation's culture? 180
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026on this day in 1940 Lascaux cave paintings are discovered. "Near Montignac, France, four teenagers discover a collection of prehistoric 15,000- to 17,000-year-old cave paintings when they stumble upon the ancient artwork after following their dog down a narrow entrance into a cavern." 417835
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Why are Australian politicians, by snuggling up to a declining US, setting out to antagonise our most important trading partner? Lemmings, hell-bent on self-destruction, taking the rest of the country with them. 031
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialGlen @gergyl.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Second wealthiest real country at the median adult, with the US nowhere is sight. But the US is second wealthiest at the *mean* adult (behind Switzerland); Australia third (not counting Luxembourg, Hong Kong ... made-up places). What does this tell you? 12513
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialPetraflint @petraflint.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Data-center construction in West Virginia is drawing scrutiny over stormwater runoff, including incidents that flooded nearby homes. Rapid AI infrastructure growth is creating new challenges for local drainage and environmental systemstheguardian.comUS datacenters face further backlash over wastewater pollutionFrom rare bacteria to ‘forever chemicals’, a series of cases of violations or alleged pollution has prompted alarm 47642
Reposted by @gwenoc.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. 8927101022
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The climate crisis isn’t “coming.” It’s here. Record heat. Deadly floods. Vanishing ice. Collapsing ecosystems. We don’t need more warnings. We need courage, systems change, and action at the scale of the emergency. #ClimateAction #ActNow 15433691728
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Photographic evidence will be important at Israel's future reckoning at The Hague. 020
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Humans developed intelligence through increasing individual and community knowledge. Proliferation of AI is a step backwards for humanity's future. 051
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A well constructed system which benefits Denmark and its neighbours. 030
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Only a 94-year-old doctor might suggest such a change. 022
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialGreen is a mission @greenisamission.bsky.social · 07/09/20261,277,500 sunrises, 1,277,500 sunsets experienced. The oldest olive tree in the world is on the island of Crete, about 3500 years old. 💚☘️🌿🌱🌲🌳🍀💚 16965641156
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...independentaustralia.netAustralia’s incompetent newsrooms fail to report best financial year everLast week’s gross domestic product (GDP) numbers confirm Australia’s economy is a world leader again. 033
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Australia's media and journalists controlled by billionaires. independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...independentaustralia.netAustralia’s incompetent newsrooms fail to report best financial year everLast week’s gross domestic product (GDP) numbers confirm Australia’s economy is a world leader again. 021
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialNinaLang @ninawasaballerina.bsky.social · 05/09/2026youtube.com/shorts/sgwQE...youtube.com💥Don't send your sons to finish what politicians start💥YouTube video by Endzeitschau 001
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Gloria Steinem inspired young women to seize independence and ambition. RIP. 040
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Prepare and take care in the coming summer, everyone! 030
gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Egotistical old men, because they can, send young men to their deaths. RIP. 1103
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-Year-Old Mia Heller From Virginia, USA, Invents a Water Filter That Eliminates 96% of Microplastics From Drinking Water 413186843903
Reposted by @gwenoc.bsky.socialstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Watch Celia Perkins dance around Shoebridge’s question on whether she’s “engaging" with new “strategic partner” KPMG—after the Big 4 firm was awarded a massive $16.8M contract on the Defence Estate Audit.🤔 Tries to pin it on Finance, waffles…then folds, “…yes”🙄 Pathetic. 1521684