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James Hanover

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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Nothing worse than the superego parading as, purporting to be, the id.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I wonder if it’s Bluesky, or more indicative of how much the public realm - Trump/Farage/now Hanson - has plateaued (cratered). Generally demoralising, and that perhaps shows itself in this channel, too?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
“The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.” Robert Hughes
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Incredible to go from breaking Watergate to this
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Her husband started sleeping in a tent in their backyard after his wife stopped having sex with him. She's now worried about what the neighbors might think.
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
At least one Meta employee thinks it's a good time to add facial recognition technology to glasses because we're too distracted by fascism to effectively protest www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” according to the document from Meta’s Reality Labs, which works on hardware including smart glasses.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
"No Nazis" does not seem too high a bar for a tech company to clear yet it usually is www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 24/01/2026
Board of Peace - Season 1
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
…a humble puddle celebrates the dawn light.
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I’m not sure to what degree citizens of the UK truly grasp the esteem in which your BBC is held, across the globe? In times when nations are looking for ways to build soft power, it’s quite shocking to see the enemies within seek, so actively, to undermine it.
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life? #TwentyfiveFortyseven
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
…very same play underway here in Australia, where our pharmaceutical benefits scheme - public health medicine - is in the firing line. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
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PBS 'not on the table' to escape concerning pharmaceuticals tariff
Treasurer Jim Chalmers reaffirms the government will not bargain on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme in order to escape a "concerning" proposed 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceutical exports to the U...
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Seven countries currently get 100 percent of their electricity from renewable energy. Norway and Costa Rica are at 98 percent
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 03/09/2025
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Why? You’re being overbearing.
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Moving. And a life lesson for us all.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here." William Shakespeare
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
trickle down economics trickle down economic trickle down economi trickle down econom trickle down econo trickle down econ trickle down eco trickle down ec trickle down e trickle down trickle dow trickle do trickle d trickle trickl trick
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
“Madness is the need to be believed.” D.W. Winnicott
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
A three-year-old brought me a bit of black paper. "Look", she said, "I found a piece of night!" We're all born poets, but slowly we forget.
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Sincere congrats to everyone, Jim 🍾 Love your words re your focus. The media types keep talking about the gov now having an opportunity to take risks, but that’s all about the games they want to witness, commentate on & ultimately critique. The rest of us just want the above, and no ‘mini me’ Trumps
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Bill @billwashere.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Big time fan and supporter of TeamUSA
The Boss Bruce Springsteen and Flavor FlavThe Queen Taylor Swift and Flavor Flav
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Lovely, heartwarming, piece 🎬 👏
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
“Reward us for a job well done”? The America I knew and admired (I’m writing from Australia) was not a nation seeking or needing a “pat on the head”.
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The moon sets behind the Railway Hotel, dawn.
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
It’s the strangest thing (writing from Australia here) to contemplate. A bit corny, I know, but around the globe, Air Force One is a key element of ‘brand America’; a symbol of America’s strength, sovereignty, dignity. No more. Now a sky high symbol of a great country being corrupted; owned.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever." - Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
If you’d just flown into the country, flicked on your hotel TV, to watch the national broadcaster’s premium political program, you’d think the ALP government had lost last week’s federal election.
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Anthony Albanese @albomp.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
New Labor MPs. Same mission. Helping with the cost of living and building Australia’s future.
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
You did a simply remarkable job, every single day of the campaign. Feeling a mix of joy and - huge - relief. 👏👏👏
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
What a timeline — German Government are the good guys fighting fascism, United States Government are the bad guys supporting fascism…
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
What a brilliant, community-affirming initiative. In these dark times, it’s amazing how ‘light filled’ and strong these seemingly simple steps are. (Apologies I’m writing from Australia, or you’d have my vote.)
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
…kangaroos, on dusk.
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
…yet more behaviour directly inspired by his political idol: if Donald Trump can be based, on his golf cart, down in Florida at Mar-A-Lago, surely Peter is entitled to do the same thing here, ocean views and all.
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James Hanover @jameshanover.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Hey Albo, longtime listener, first time caller here. Just want to say: you nailed the brief on this morning’s Insiders. It was evident you were completely across the brief. Fluent. Compelling. 👏👏👏
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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
This is a mission everyone should be able to get behind. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been torn from their families. No effort must be spared to bring them home:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-program-track-abducted-ukrainian-children-lawmakers-2025-03-18/
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