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lefty man and trade unionist. science, anti-capitalism, climate + memes. Still avoiding the pandemic. born @350ppm Living on Gadigal land 🖖

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Robert Raymond @robpertray.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
another chinese billionaire sentenced for corruption. in the US he'd run for president and win
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Triploi★ @triploi.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
There is a reason the only surviving Socialist countries such as China, Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba are all Marxist-Leninist Because they all understood this very VERY important point You can't build your socialist future until you stop the capitalist forces from destroying you
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Robert Raymond @robpertray.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
they're trying to make communists sound dangerous and scary when it's just that one fun attractive person at work who thinks you shouldn't go bankrupt because of a medical bill
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Triploi★ @triploi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
According to capitalists... A socialist country that spends its entire budget on infrastructure, hospitals, schools, housing, and food for its people is 'unrealistic' But a capitalist country going $40Trillion into debt to subsidise corporations and fund endless war is 'fiscal responsibility'
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Triploi★ @triploi.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
So that's why democracy under capitalism is literally impossible And that's why the only chance we have of ever seeing REAL democracy is under socialism and eventually communism Only workers who control the economy have political power The rest is illusion Anyway something to think about
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Triploi★ @triploi.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
So you and I have never know democracy. Like literally never. What we see and think democracy is, is an illusion, it is the appearance of choice.
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Robert Raymond @robpertray.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
why is it so difficult for people to wear masks in public spaces like hospitals. like I've dramatically lowered my expectations from other public spaces, but not even hospitals?
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Stewie Stewart @stewiestewart.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Congratulations to Ben Shidqi on his first PhD paper. Faunal and environmental continuity in Middle to Late Pleistocene Sumatra 📖🐘🦛🐒
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Faunal and environmental continuity in Middle to Late Pleistocene Sumatra
Sumatra occupies a pivotal yet understudied position in Southeast Asian biogeography, shaped by tectonic evolution, Quaternary sea-level fluctuations,…
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Triploi★ @triploi.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
So taxing billioniares is a ridiculous position to still hold in 2026 Taxing billionaires was the half-measure compromise we came up with 10 years ago to lessen the impact of global wealth inequality...
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Triploi★ @triploi.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
To ignore the reality of practice (and history) and forever preach about a literally impossible utopian version of Marxism, is not only foolish, it directly serves the interests of capitalist imperialism. Which is, of course, the whole point 💅 Anyway something to think about.
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Triploi★ @triploi.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
So the reason Trotskyists and Western Marxists spend all their time attacking Stalin and Marxist-Leninism (and all the people who actually led successful Marxist revolutions) is because Western Marxism's main job is to STOP revolution.
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Smooth brain 🇵🇸😷 @hemismoother.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Labor once again coming for Aboriginal sovereignty in NSW and once again ignoring the High Court. Please sign! c.org/KFfswTQJbh
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Sign the Petition
Oppose the Crown Land Management Amendment Bill 2026 to stop its progress
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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
For those shedding a tear over house prices falling, these numbers may change your mind An average home would cost $595,500 now if prices were the same relative to income as before John Howard turned the market into an investor casino www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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For those shedding a tear over house prices falling, these numbers may change your mind | Greg Jericho
An average home would cost $595,500 now if prices were the same relative to income as before John Howard turned the market into an investor casino
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Winkypop @winkypop.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
👏👏👏 Malcolm Turnbull Liberals always leave booby traps #auspol
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 02/06/2026
Here's another look at the progression of the global surface temperature anomaly for the month of May, 1940 - 2026. Do you see that spike in 1998? It was the result of the massive 97/98 El Nino. That (and more) could happen in 2027. Stay tuned!
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🔹Weekly COVID cases hit an 8-month high, reaching their highest levels since late September 2025 🔹Children aged 0–4 recorded the highest number of weekly infections for both COVID-19 and RSV #COVID19NSW
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: 21 May 2026 Week ending 16 May 2026: 🔸COVID positivity rate: 4.1% (+0.1%) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 3 out of 4 🔹COVID: 1,092 (+20.4%) 🔹Influenza: 435 (+28.7%) 🔹RSV: 1,815 (+15.0%) Source: health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
The image is a document titled "NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report – week ending 16 May 2026" from the NSW Government.
A prominent box at the top states: "Influenza and COVID-19 are both at a low level of activity. RSV is at a moderate level of activity."
The text contains two main sections:
•	Summary: Repeats the virus activity levels and notes that 2026 influenza vaccines are available.
•	Data sources and methods: Explains how NSW Health monitors respiratory viruses using PHREDSS data, wastewater surveillance, Whole Genome Sequencing, and laboratory networks. It notes that public registration of positive RATs ceased on September 30, 2023, and that data updates prevent direct comparison to previous report versions.
The image is a data table titled "Table 1: Notifications of COVID-19, influenza and RSV, NSW, tested in the week ending 16 May 2026."
An interpretation text at the top notes a past-week increase of 20.4% in COVID-19 notifications, 28.7% in influenza notifications, and 15.5% in RSV notifications.
The table breaks down total notifications and year-to-date counts for all three viruses across three main categories:
•	Gender: Shows counts for Female and Male.
•	Age group (years): Lists 11 age bands ranging from 0–4 to 90+.
•	Local Health District of residence: Breaks down notifications across 15 regions in New South Wales (e.g., Central Coast, Northern Sydney, Western Sydney).
The final row provides the total weekly notification counts: 1,092 for COVID-19, 435 for Influenza, and 1,815 for RSV.
A bar chart shows weekly COVID-19 notifications in New South Wales from 1 November 2024 to 16 May 2026.
The vertical axis measures weekly notifications from 0 to 8,000. The horizontal axis plots the test date by month.
Key trends in the data include:
•	Late 2024 to Early 2025: Activity fluctuates between 1,500 and 3,000 weekly cases.
•	Winter 2025 Peak: A large wave begins in May 2025, peaking in June and July 2025 at just over 4,000 weekly notifications.
•	Late 2025 to Mid-2026: Case counts steadily decline through spring, remaining consistently low under 1,000 cases per week through early 2026, with a tiny uptick in May 2026.
Would you like an alternative text description for the Influenza or RSV sections of this report if you have them?
The image contains a dual-axis line and bar chart (Figure 14) and a data table (Table 2) showing COVID-19 test positivity at NSW sentinel laboratories from 1 November 2024 to 17 May 2026.
An interpretation note at the top states that in the last week, test positivity increased to 4.1% for COVID-19, 1.5% for influenza, and 4.7% for RSV.
•	Figure 14 (Chart): Light blue bars represent the number of positive tests (left axis, 0–12,000), while a dark grey line tracks the percent positive (right axis, 0–30%). Positivity peaks at 9.6% in January 2025 and 7.3% in July 2025, before flattening below 5% through early 2026, ending at 4.1% in May 2026.
•	Table 2: Details the four weeks ending 17 May 2026 across 3 reporting laboratories. For the final week (17 May), it highlights 363 SARS-CoV-2 positive cases from 8,916 PCR tests, explicitly circling the 4.1% positivity rate and the 3 reporting laboratories.
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Smooth brain 🇵🇸😷 @hemismoother.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Australian folks, this date in your calendars! eclipse.aaq.org.au/five-austral...
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The eclipse of 22 July 2028 | AAQ Australian Eclipses
This site provides information about Australian eclipses
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Robert Raymond @robpertray.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
US-led global capitalism managed to hobble into the 21st century. but it's now clear to anyone with a working brain that it has reached a point of profound, perhaps terminal crisis. and nothing demonstrates this as clearly as Iran
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The world can have peace or Israel. It can’t have both.
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Smooth brain 🇵🇸😷 @hemismoother.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
NSW covid wave incoming for the school holidays, again :(
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Mat Morgan @matmorgangreens.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Happy International Women's Day 2026 #BalanceTheScales Friendly reminder that International Men's Day does exist, it Nov 19 and I suggest the theme should be #stopkillingpeople
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Stewie Stewart @stewiestewart.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Deep-time preservation of amino acids in mammalian fossil tooth enamel
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Deep-time preservation of amino acids in mammalian fossil tooth enamel - Communications Biology
Tooth enamel preserves endogenous amino acids for over 40 million years, representing a robust and underexplored archive for deep-time biomolecular research and enabling future paleoproteomic and isot...
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
To be clear, not one single person sincerely believes that "from the river to the sea" is a genocidal or antisemitic slogan. They're just pretending to believe that in order to get new laws passed which crush free speech that is critical of a genocidal apartheid state.
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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
We'll always have the Rusted On Bingo Teatowel @kudelka.bsky.social Vale. #Auspol
Rusted-On bingo card.
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Garth-Gasu ガース in日本語 @gasugasu1984.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Vale Jon Kudelka A brilliant cartoonist and artist who shone a light on politics with an insight very few possess. A national treasure gone far too soon. Condolences to his family.
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Stewie Stewart @stewiestewart.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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In the Australian outback, we’re listening for nuclear tests – and what we hear matters more than ever
As the United States and Russia signal a return to nuclear testing, Australia’s remote monitoring station plays a crucial role in global verification.
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
European Union 's Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas.bsky.social) has a long history in making declarations in support of the Israeli regime like this. Israel had just a week earlier broken the previous ceasefire. In July Kallas opposed EU sanctions on Israel proposed by her staff. bsky.app/profile/drop...
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
When talking about the heat expected in Melbourne today, our 5yo daughter said hopefully “I won’t have to go through a 45 degree day again”. “Unfortunately you will. This will be the coolest summer you’ll experience in your life” replied dad. “Why?” We both fell silent, too heartbroken to answer.
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Smooth brain 🇵🇸😷 @hemismoother.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
low key worried that Minns or Albo would somehow find a way to spin that into hate speech #auspol
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Smooth brain 🇵🇸😷 @hemismoother.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
got a filthy look for asking a bagel shop if they have any food that isn't bagels
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Robert Raymond @robpertray.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
imagine a world where thomas sankara wasn't assassinated, where cuba wasn't blockaded, where mohammad mosaddegh wasn't coup'd, where reconstruction wasn't sabotaged, where production improved the quality of our lives and didn't just accumulate as capital
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Smooth brain 🇵🇸😷 @hemismoother.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
hope you're staying cool #Sydney
our 80s window air conditioner unit wedged into a window with a bit of plywood. the burning light of the heatwave is sneaking through the cracks between the sash window and the unit and timber, however, the photographer is positioned square in front of the unit with cold air streaming across the camera (not visible)
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
NSW police arresting someone because of vibes, basically www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Protester detained in Sydney for wearing ‘globalise the intifada’ jacket says she should never have been arrested
Woman, 53, claims police told her slogan was unlawful despite being unable to point to legislation banning its use
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
trilithium can't melt duranium bulkheads conspiracy theory
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Smooth brain 🇵🇸😷 @hemismoother.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
every group of high school students on my train to work is discussing how they're going to get around the social media ban
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 04/12/2025
Making capitalists “pay their fair share into society” means all of it. They do not produce. They own. Their fair share is nothing. Labor is entitled to all it creates. It’s important we understand this.
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Thommo67 @thommo67.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Albanese’s Labor government takes money from Sportsbet #
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Does Australia hate tiny children? Of course not. But what about... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Australia’s teacher shortages are some of the shortest (longest?) in the world! | First Dog on the Moon
Imagine having the responsibility to mould the tiny minds of the next generation and you have to buy your own clag
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Orinoco Tribune @orinocotribune.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Pentagon Can’t Identify Whom It’s Killing in Latin America
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US War Department officials have admitted that they have no information about the identities of
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Smooth brain 🇵🇸😷 @hemismoother.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
If Australia was an actual democracy, our public transport wouldn't average 16 km/h in one of our biggest cities 👎
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Smooth brain 🇵🇸😷 @hemismoother.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Caught a train to a friend's for their kids first birthday today, then went to another friends housewarming for the evening and then a train back home. Of the 11 hours I was out of the house, 5 were spent sitting on buses and trains to travel less than 80km #sydney
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The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
425.19 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 30-Oct-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
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The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
In today’s news, Israel’s stupid fucking genocidal rapists ran over an unexploded ordnance from their own evil carpet bombing campaign, blamed Hamas, started fucking bombing Gaza again, killed scores of civilians, and then quietly backed down on urging from Washington.
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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
It’s not climate disaster or plagues. It’s “AND”… Take a look at mozzie and tick-borne diseases… Flood associated diseases… Diseases that impact the heart and lungs… that will bite harder if you’ve been breathing in smoke from bushfires…
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Anyone buying into the war propaganda about Venezuela is a fucking moron. The lies are dumb even by usual US warmongering standards, and US regime change interventionism is consistently disastrous. People who say they want Trump to remove Maduro are admitting they never grew up.
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