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Brian Loffler

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Equality & Sustainability. All in favour? Good. Let’s do this thing.

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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 18h
I suppose I’d better listen to this to burst out of my echo-chamber. Interesting project by Peter Lewis. Here he’s with Louise Clegg (Angus Taylor’s “better half”) on Law, Liberals, Lemonade Beer youtu.be/cIBrWObMq5w?... via @YouTube
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Louise Clegg (Angus Taylor’s better half) on Law, Liberals, Lemonade Beer - (EP 26)
YouTube video by What's Your Poison?
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 18h
Hey #journalist Have you asked Federal and State Govt Ministers about firestorm preparedness for the upcoming El Niño exacerbated summer? Ask: "When will FireSat directly feed into state fire-services, so that a suspected ignition can trigger response within minutes?"
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 20h
I’ll say it because @JEChalmers can’t on #Insiders The people doing it tough are not the bleating middle classes who have secure jobs and homes. It’s the renters, the unemployed, the single parents, the homeless. They’re the ones who need relief & reform.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
To rescue our climate & reduce respiratory illnesses, MPs duty is to discourage new gas connections with policy, not encourage them. It’s deeply wrong for new home homeowners to settle in & then have to pay to get rid of the gas cooktop & hot water. reneweconomy.com.au/deeply-disap...
reneweconomy.com.au
"Deeply disappointing:" State blocks gas connection rule made to protect consumers from death spiral
South Australia Labor decides not to make consumers pay for gas installations up front, declaring that discouraging the use of gas in home is not a policy it supports.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Chuffed to see Flexicar car share have added a Polestar EV to the Adelaide fleet. Strangely not a feature on their website yet… It makes low-emissions motoring available without the upfront cost. 👏 www.flexicar.com.au/our-cars
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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FFS stop punishing households and just tax gas
(First published by The New Daily)
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Eminently sensible and easily-implemented 4-stage cybersecurity conversations every family should have this month. Thank you @SANSInstitute www.sans.org/blog/four-co...
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Four Conversations to Have With Your Family This October | SANS Institute
This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, make time for four family conversations that can help stop online threats before they become crises.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There’s very good reason to investigate whether next-generation geothermal with horizontal drilling might also work somewhere in the vicinity of the Davenport HV grid hub in South Australia. www.wri.org/insights/nex...
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Next-Generation Geothermal Can Help Unlock 100% Clean Power
Geothermal energy has supplied less than 1% of the world's electricity to date. But new geothermal technologies could unlock this clean power source worldwide.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Emergency Apple patches today for an exploited vulnerability affecting those still on v26. v27 updates today too for functionality fixes. isc.sans.edu/diary/Apple+...
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Apple Emergency Patch for iOS 26, macOS26, macOS15 (CVE-2026-86950)
Apple Emergency Patch for iOS 26, macOS26, macOS15 (CVE-2026-86950), Author: Johannes Ullrich
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So to control inflation unemployment has to be higher. But we don’t provide the unemployed a liveable income. How is that ethical? Set unemployment $ at least to minimum wage level & stop demonising those who need it. #CostOfLiving is not a middle class issue. #Insiders
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On #insiders Jane Hume is one of the (slightly) better Lib performers. But how can she with any conscience at all say how important reducing emissions are for climate & health, & then enthusiastically embrace undoing all the policies and mechanisms that exist to accelerate action.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Are we living up to Don Dunstan’s visionary interventions on cultural policy and practice? www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion...
indailysa.com.au
Do SA’s cultural policies live up to Don Dunstan’s vision? - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
Nelson Mandela is on life support, an elder in the South African icon's clan has confirmed, as South African President Jacob Zuma called off a scheduled trip to Mozambique.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just a few days left to book for Saturday’s Public Tour of Christie Walk in Adelaide. www.urbanecology.org.au/discover-a-g...
urbanecology.org.au
Discover a Greener Future: Public Tour of Christie Walk » Urban Ecology
Ready to be inspired? Reserve your spot on a public tour and witness the future of sustainable urban living firsthand.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just finished Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy. This stunning book has everything. ‘A triumph . . . Breathtaking.' - HANNAH KENT www.booktopia.com.au/wild-dark-sh...
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Wild Dark Shore
Buy Wild Dark Shore, ABIA 2026 LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR and LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 STELLA PRIZE and REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK - 'A triumph . . . Breathtaking.' - HANNAH KENT by Charl...
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It seems political parties don’t actually want to stop tobacco wars. If they did they would stop illegal imports on arrival. With about 0.5% of containers physically inspected & under 6% X-ray etc why not just dramatically increase inspections & cut supply www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Exclusive: Labor models cuts to cigarette excise to fight tobacco wars
As the Coalition announces it would cut tobacco excise by 80 per cent, the government is quietly modelling its own unannounced changes to counter the black market.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hey Flexicar Submit an expression of interest in having a fleet of Tesla CyberCab autonomous robotaxis. They are the future of efficient and safe urban and suburban transport. They’re on roads in Texas now. No steering wheel; no pedals. www.tesla.com/robotaxi/int...
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
As a big user of AI tools and a decades-long advocate for small independent publishers, this David vs Goliath legal action is of intense interest to me. Will Mother Jones survive? Will independent journalism survive? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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We’re suing ChatGPT—and Trump just got involved.
Guess whose side he's on.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
AI accelerating towards general intelligence… venturebeat.com/technology/w...
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'Welcome to the AGI era': OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra
Astra is designed to navigate software much as a person does — working across browsers, spreadsheets, websites and desktop applications, producing finished documents and presentations, and carrying out multistep workflows.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Very sorry to see @tesla solar roof tiles discontinued; such an elegant & beautiful solution, but labour-intensive. Will Australian producers tractile.com.au & volt-tile.com fill the gap & export to US?
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Tractile - Power, Performance, Prestige
Tractile is an innovative, strong and resilient roofing system with the option to add integrated solar tiles to produce electricity and solar heated water.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
‪Now is a good time to update your Apple devices. ‬ ‪Yesterday was even better!‬ ‪https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100‬
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
#TIL how to listen to YouTube audio with iPhone screen locked. - youtube.com⁠ (use web browser, not YouTube app). - Play vid - Tap Full Screen icon - Swipe up to return to Home Screen - Open Control Center - Tap Play icon in Now Playing widget - Lock phone
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
FSD saved me from causing a dreadful accident last night. In the dark and rain at an unprotected T junction I did not see a delivery e-bike zipping through and would have smashed into him. But FSD saw him and stopped. Good reminder to engage FSD even on v short trips.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The next big tragedy that will surely follow the northern hemisphere’s horrendous wild fires are the floods that will be unleashed from soils no longer protected by water-absorbing growth. C’mon peeps. Are you prioritising everything you can do to head off the climate crisis?
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is huge. First approval for paying customers on a robotaxi that has no steering wheel, no brake pedal. Tesla is currently calibrating its autonomous CyberCab system so will probably be next. The transport revolution gathers pace. www.reuters.com/world/amazon...
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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon's Zoox wins first US approval for paid robotaxis without human controls
Amazon's Zoox unit has won U.S. approval for limited commercial deployment of its novel steering-wheel-free robotaxis, ​a first for the autonomous ride industry, the U.S. auto safety agency said on Th...
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Ah yes. What’s not to like about #SWB ? In South Australia, Solar, Wind & Batteries are powering us towards 100% net renewables in our grid by 2027, 3 years ahead of the 2030 target. 🥳 🎉 www.france24.com/en/france/20...
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Jellyfish force shutdown of three reactors at France's largest nuclear plant
Three reactors at the Gravelines nuclear power plant in northern France were shut down late on Monday due to a massive ​swarm of ‌jellyfish, triggering preventative measures put in place last year aft...
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Excellent job @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social with Annabel Crab on Kitchen Cabinet. Thank you for your work towards a better Australia.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
You don't need to be a Queenslander to understand how stupid our Crisafulli government is in cancelling the airport route of the Gold Coast light rail. I know, it's self-inflicted. Could it be revived under a future Labor govt?That's a good question. #qldpol www.nine.com.au/australia-ne...
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Queensland government dumps stage 4 of Gold Coast light rail
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate doubts the government's promised increase in bus services will meet the demand for public transport.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I rarely applaud James Campbell, but on ABC #Insiders he said something like “There are two kinds of people: people who own an electric vehicle, and people who are thinking about buying one.” Yep.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Opt out of gambling ads on SBSonDemand: Sign-in -> Manage Account Details -> scroll down to Ad Preferences and opt out.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Interesting approach: Base Power retains ownership of the home battery; householder pays installation cost and then a monthly fee + usage costs. electrek.co/2026/08/03/b...
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Base Power raises $1B to roll out its giant new home battery
Base Power launches Core, a 39.2 kWh home battery with up to 36 hours of backup – and raises $1 billion to roll it out to more US homes.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“Net zero is not an arbitrary slogan…net greenhouse gas emissions must stop. Pretending we can safely slow the transition ignores the certainty of escalating climate costs, which will fall most heavily on vulnerable, lower-income households.” app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/74279/...
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Climate change sceptics have lost the plot as Europe burns
Reading the Telegraph, it’s hard to work out whether their climate columns are a work of satire
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Hey #journalist Are you making the climate crisis central in your heatwaves and wildfires reporting? If not, why not? www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
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Climate change increases likelihood of compounding drivers of severe wildfire conditions in France and Spain – World Weather Attribution
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
“Pollution alone costs Australians billions every year in health costs…emissions from diesel trucks and buses cost us $6.2 billion annually. That’s a few quid saved right there we could invest in EV charging, PT and active transport.” open.substack.com/pub/electrif...
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The Missing Piece of the EV Puzzle
And Australia needs to embrace it immediately
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Great to see the @bankaust community customer grants recipients recognised for their efforts. www.bankaust.com.au/blog/meet-th...
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Meet the organisations supported by our 2026 community customer grants program
Discover the 14 organisations supported through Bank Australia’s 2026 community customer grants, with $300,000 funding projects supporting communities and the environment across Australia.
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AFTINET @aftinet.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Protecting the PBS from US pressure to increase wholesale medicine prices. aftinet.org.au/aftinet-phaa...
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I'm considering upgrading our apartment building's ethernet-wired Wi-Fi Access Points network to Ubiquiti: UCG-Ultra controller / USW-Ultra-210W PoE switch / U7-Pro-Wall AP. Anyone had particularly good or bad experiences with Ubiquiti hardware and software?
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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
BREAKING 🚨: reports suggest Andy Burnham could approve new oil and gas fields, including Rosebank. Is he REALLY going to cave into the demands of the profiteering oil giants and Trump? Or is he going to stand with people facing soaring bills and a worsening climate crisis?
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Hi Mike Rann. We haven't forgotten your visionary leadership - together with solid advice from Tim Flannery and inspiration from your mate Dr David Suzuki - in driving South Australia towards a renewable energy future. Thank you for your bravery. thefifthestate.com.au/articles/mik...
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Mike Rann - a premier with impact
By Tina Perinotto Mike Rann South Australia’s Sustainability and Climate Change Division has a unique problem – not how to spread its message, but how to
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Was supposed to catch up email today. Instead I was glued to the irrepressible Carole King’s 2016 Tapestry album concert in Hyde Park. She released the vid on Friday. So much the soundtrack of our lives in the 70s; still great now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOs9...
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Carole King Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park (Concert Film)
YouTube video by Carole King
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
In these tumultuous times here’s a ray of hope to hang on to. Momentous indeed. “The number of vehicles registered in NSW that contain an internal combustion engine (ICE) reached its peak on 27 February at 6,309,403. It is now in decline.” Yay! thedriven.io/2026/07/03/a...
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A momentous and historic turning point: The beginning of the end of the ICE age in Australia - The Driven IO
For the first time new EVs are not only covering all growth in the vehicle fleet, but are causing the permanent exit of fossil fuel vehicles from the fleet.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
If you’re needing a rental car in Perth try one of the fleet from Experience A Tesla, founded by EV enthusiast Pete Petrovsky. And if you haven’t experienced the game-changing magic of Full Self Driving, book a test-drive at your nearest Tesla centre. www.experienceatesla.com.au/cars/
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TeslaPerth | Browse Cars
Experience the future of transportation with a Tesla rental
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Be warned fossil fuel executives and politicians who continue subsidising them: when ecocide becomes the fifth crime in the Rome Statute it will be jail, not “cost of doing business” fines that you’ll be facing. big-media.ca/oil-industry...
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Oil industry fights $50-billion climate case in Oregon - BIG Media
(New York Times) Nearly five years to the day that an unprecedented heat dome descended on the Pacific Northwest, dozens of lawyers coalesced in a Portland courtroom this week to debate an extraordina...
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
#security 25 security vulnerabilities patched in yesterday’s Apple updates. Get to it pronto folks! support.apple.com/en-us/100100
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Apple security releases - Apple Support
This document lists security updates for Apple software.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Only reason the so-called Christian Brothers are claiming bankruptcy is because they cynically moved most of their fixed assets to a new body: Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA). Conscience? What conscience? Beware anyone claiming godly authority. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Christian Brothers closed down. What now for their sex abuse victims? - ABC listen
The Christian Brothers have announced a plan to sell off their remaining 36 properties in Australia at an estimated value of $216 million.  The proceeds will go to victims and survivors and their law...
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Spare a thought for people in poorer continents. Even wealthy Europe is vulnerable because its railways, power plants, factories and homes are built for a cooler climate that no longer exists. Act on climate for our own health & welfare. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/c...
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Europe’s Trains, Nuclear Plants and Factories Can’t Take the Heat Either
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Lessons for @albo Govt too: “The flaws in our economic, social, and political systems are what brought us to this moment in the first place. “Going back to some old status quo isn't possible. We can do much better than that.” www.notus.org/2028-electio...
notus.org
How the Biden Administration 'Radicalized’ Pete Buttigieg
The former — and potentially future — presidential candidate laid out his vision for a post-Trump Democratic Party in an interview with NOTUS.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Excellently balanced piece from Tim Dunlop on the new “party of Independents” BTW does anyone else think “Community Strong Australia” is a shocker of a name? Zali Steggall OAM MP Allegra Spender open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...
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Squaring the circle of a party of independents
And moving beyond the leafy suburbs
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Hey ⁦‪@AlboMP‬⁩ ⁦‪@JEChalmers‬⁩ This is how you do it. Use your massive majority while you have it; lift climate ambition. And then tell peeps how good it is for cost of living to improve kids health by getting dirty diesel of our roads. Please! www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pr...
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Semi – Electric Semi Truck | Tesla | Dan Priestley
California Clean Fuel Rewards (CCFR) is available starting tomorrow, and it provides a $120,000 purchase discount on the Tesla Semi. No max purchase limit or scrappage requirement. Small fleets can st...
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Hey ⁦‪@AlboMP‬⁩ & ⁦‪@JEChalmers‬⁩ - this is the bravery that addresses far-right grievances. Use your massive majority while you have it. “California billionaire tax headed for ballot despite top Democrats’ opposition” - The Washington Post apple.news/A25qiqcQeT5m...
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California billionaire tax headed for ballot despite top Democrats’ opposition — The Washington Post
A proposed tax on billionaire's has divided the Democratic Party in California with most of the state's prominent liberals opposing the measure.
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Brian Loffler @jazzkat.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Events by @SmartEnergyCncl are so excellent. Can’t wait! Always learn something important, meet key players, see product solutions & leave personally energised to lift ambition. Highly recommended. Electrify everything! Adelaide, June 30. eventfrog.eventsair.com/smart-energy...
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Delegate Registration Site
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