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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This is your friendly periodic reminder to cancel any streaming services you’re not using. They mount up.

PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Petrol sales in Australia down 7% compared to the same month last year. Same happened last month. Who’d be a petrol station owner right now. EV sales are climbing fast. I give it two years before EV charger anxiety is replaced by ICE petrol station anxiety. www.energy.gov.au/publications...

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

@tourismaustralia.bsky.social … Why do you not recognise Adelaide or South Australia?

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Hands up all those who think one of the reasons Labor aren’t interested in changes to taxes as they apply to housing is that many of their MPs will be personally disadvantaged. @australianlabor.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

theguardian.com

Australian politicians reveal their housing portfolios, with some owning as many as six homes

Dozens of politicians are landlords, having also declared rental income from their investment properties

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Just wow. I knew the coalition were in trouble electorally but this report, commissioned for a Liberal think tank, lays it out in stark detail. blueprintinstitute.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/Final_YouGov...

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

AI strikes again. At this rate technology could see a backlash not seen since the 19th-century Luddites.

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Gotta love South Australia. Pouring with rain, severe weather warning in place and with almost no solar at the moment, still manages 98.9% renewables over the past three days.

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

The Govt has published the sales of petrol for the first half of the year and there are some startling results… . Overall, petrol sales down over 3% . Distinct shift to higher quality fuel (to 98+ octane) . Sales of ethanol blends dropped dramatically - over 11% Why isn’t this a story?

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Of course it’s raining in Adelaide - the Royal Adelaide Show starts on Saturday. Given that it’s such a rain magnet, why don’t they move it to the summer when we need the rain?

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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Shorter Jarrod Bleijie - some of you may die but that's the sacrifice I'm willing to make 😡

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Browsing Google Maps reviews can be quite amusing. This is one of the recent best for Burnside Village in Adelaide.

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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Morning. ☕️

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

The rest of the world seems to be entering a new phase of engagement with the US. To start with the world was concerned about Trump’s actions. We worried about Americans and America’s place in world affairs. Now, to be frank, we don’t care. We are working around the US. It’s becoming irrelevant.

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I have no problem paying a road user charge as long as it’s fair. And it’s not fair if it doesn’t: 1. Take account of how far people drive, and 2. Apply to all road users, including EVs, PHEVs, HEVs and ICEs. And mining and farm vehicles driven on roads. #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com

EV drivers set to pay road user charges as record number of electric cars selling in Australia

PM says sustainable revenue for roads is needed as report shows nearly one in 10 new car sales are electric vehicles

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Ryan🦉 @arisechicken.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This paints the stark picture that America really is a fading power. I've lived here long enough to know that Americans are beginning to reject new ideas, new technology, and efficiencies. It's a socioeconomic, cultural and political problem that's become deep rooted.

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Just been talking to an AI expert who’s just turned down phenomenal salary because it would require him moving to the US. “Too dangerous for my family”, he said. With the US President now saying the nation’s capital is too dangerous to go out at night, this attitude isn’t going to change.

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

The full headline should read - “Hard choice for cattle farmer after Biloela property contaminated by PFAS from Callide Power Station”. I wonder which side of the argument the Nationals are? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

abc.net.au

Cattle farmer faces tough choice after property contaminated by PFAS

As Larry Acton looks to retirement, he is grappling with whether to sell his land at a loss or hand the property, which has contaminated groundwater, to his son.

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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Well there you go

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fick-dich.bsky.social @fick-dich.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Gang Of Paedophiles

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Noticing a pattern here.

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Too easy! My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Left to right: Skip containing statue, paintings, books visible on left. Man in white coat at top of ladder feeding book into open mouth of a huge robotic dog with studded collar and dog-tag “AI”. Red bucket on floor below dog’s lowered rear. Second white-coated man says to onlooking woman: “It’s marvellous really. You just feed in all the intellectual property you can get your hands on without paying for it, then sell whatever comes out this end…”

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

We have two cars (family of 5). Running costs (similar distance covered): 1. ICE - service $1,300 (needed new battery - ironic huh), petrol $2,200 pa (~$40pw). 2. EV - service $120, electricity $230 less whatever I get from solar panels. Difference over 10 years over $30k!

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

In 2024, the US was involved in 8.31% of global trade. So that’s 91.69% of global trade that Trump’s tariffs won’t affect. You do have to wonder what proportion of global trade the US will be involved in in 2025. Tourism is tanking for a start. www.forbes.com.au/life/travel/...

forbes.com.au

U.S. tourism will lose up to $29 billion as visitors plummet amid Trump policies

While tourism is booming across the world, the U.S. is a notable loser this year as millions of visitors are choosing to travel elsewhere.

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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Trump's trade war probably qualifies as the greatest madness in economic policy in a developed country after WWII: 1. All decisions are made by one single person (Trump). 2. No principles are applied. 3. No economic rationale or theory. 4. All is based on Trump's emotions. /1

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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

"Canada must remove barriers with the European Union to more deeply integrate Canada's economy with the EU in order to reduce our dependence on the US" 🟢 Agree: 85% 🔴 Disagree: 12% canadianpolling.substack.com/p/as-us-rela...

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As U.S. Relations Sour, Canadians Seek EU Alignment

Vast majority of Canadians support deeper economic ties with the European Union

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Sussan Ley, having lost control of the right wing of her party, now loses the moderates. Suggesting that free speech about an ongoing genocide is so unimportant that motorists shouldn’t be mildly inconvenienced is, quite frankly, incredible.

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

If you watch nothing else all day, spend 13 minutes and 20 seconds watching this. The great Andrew Scott gives Edith Sampson’s graduation address. Then send it to your kids. youtu.be/wM_-O8GREGA?...

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Choose One of Five | Andrew Scott | Figures of Speech

YouTube video by Almeida Theatre

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hippiekat.bsky.social @hippiekat.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Oh, yeah!! Good on ya mates!🇦🇺 Imagine the police "protecting" protests in the U.S.? Imagine a city shutting down the major bridge in a US city for 5 hours, for a protest? Imagine a protest for Palestine of maybe 50,000 people, in the U.S.? I'd say we need to "catch up" with the Aussies!

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

This is not an entirely stupid idea. Of course, a family of five could have five properties negatively geared but it would still stop the insane gouging from people who claim against 10, 20 … or more properties. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

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Union boss calls for one property limit on negative gearing tax breaks

ACTU Secretary Sally McManus says it's time to "bite the bullet" and reform negative gearing and the capital gains tax to make it easier for young people to enter the housing market.

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

So a report that would have been ignored by 99% of Americans and 99.99% of the rest of the world is now headline news. Hasn’t he heard of the Streisand Effect? www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

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Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report

Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers "for political purposes."

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Robert Taylor @ret63.com · 01/08/2025

The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity. #FuckTrump #FuckICE #HesOnTheList #Resist

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Just a reminder that BlueSky works differently to Twitter. . Repost = Retweet But . Likes in Twitter influence who else gets to see the post. BlueSky doesn’t do that - it trusts YOU to repost stuff you think others should see. Essentially, likes in BlueSky are just between you and the author.

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Just in case you thought #Spotify was doing artists a favour. No wonder so many are closing their accounts.

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Stephen Barry @wa3zgt.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Spotify CEO invested in AI weapons, now bands are pulling their music - Los Angeles Times www.latimes.com/entertainmen... @spotify @youtube If you require government ID or facial recognition to use your apps, we are all leaving them. - All of us.

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Spotify boycott: Artists leave 'garbage hole' platform after CEO invests in AI weapons

Daniel Ek's investments in AI dronemaker Helsing have unnerved artists. One called Spotify a "violent armageddon portal."

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Comrade Soozie Bea @sooziebea.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I was teetering on the fence of cutting loose from #spotify but AI controlled weapons used for genocide has launched me over the fence like a cartoon circus cannon #spotokillin #aiweapons #musictomurderby #buhbye #noprideingenocide

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🇦🇺 @harper2024.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I've dumped it! Hopefully many more people will do the same.

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boneyardz.bsky.social @boneyardz.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

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Sally @twisal.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

So good. Are we listening Australian Politicians.

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