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@latestarter99.bsky.social
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Antipodean, hockey-playing (not the one on ice), gen-x, tree-hugging, scientist. Sarcastic news junkie, who has been around enough to know that the people who want to lead us are the last people we need to lead us.

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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 18h
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 18h
Nice to see that Penny Wong can muster the same level of concern ("deeply disappointing") about a delayed Palestinian election as she can about killing thousands of children in Gaza. #auspol #ffs
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 19h
The bogong moths are everywhere where I live now, back from the brink of extinction, and clearly nothing our Central Coast neighbourhood has experienced before. Because if the whining on neighbourhood social media groups is anything to go by, you'd think the moths are intent on world domination. 🤦
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A quintisentially American tale
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Not satire... #auspol
theshovel.com.au
Albo Takes Break From Approving Fossil Fuel Projects To Tell Pacific Nations About El Nino — The Shovel
Swapping his favourite Woodside polo for a colourful Fijian shirt, Albanese – whose government has approved 37 new or expanded fossil fuel projects since taking office – told the summit that “climate ...
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Good. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case over Mount Pleasant coalmine
Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Noticed recently with now not being able to charge a 1.5% credit card fee, that some businesses are compensating by increasing prices by *more* than 1.5%, saying "Oh, we have to cover what the bank charges us now". And even the cash customers cop the hidden cost. Reserve Bank roolz. 😡 #auspol
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
All over the world
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Government outsourcing.... a scurge on humanity.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Corey. Yeah, nah.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The corruption is endless.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I hope it was intentional 🤣
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Every geologist, ever. "Oh, for f*cks sake..."
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They have the biggest lasers, the best lasers. Nobody makes lasers like them. 🤦
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The AUKUS submarine deal, which blind Freddy can see will never be fulfilled, will go down in history as the single largest and most obscene waste of Australian taxpayer's money ever. A pox on all the LNP and ALP governments.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the stance required from politicians across the globe. AI might have good uses, but its malicious capabilities are on display to the world and frankly companies cannot be trusted to act ethically. #ai #uspol #auspol
Criticism of OpenAI agents behaviour.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ooo, "rebuke". That sounds serious.... How about prosecute, imprison, strengthen laws, and fix the pathetically weak document that is the US constitution.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's like a rapist saying "I was drunk. I didn't know what I was doing. It was the beer talking." Yeah, nah - that's not going to fly in court.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seriously, companies are held liable for criminal acts all the time. It's not hard. But also, laws should be written to hold a person (eg, the CEO), or persons, responsible for an act done in the name of a company. It's not hard. Unless, of course, you're a gutless politician.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's probably anecdotal, but it seems to me that for every use of AI to benefit mankind, there are many more AI use cases for sheer intellectual laziness and malevolence. AI will result in the dumbing down of society not seen since the Dark Ages. #auspol #ai www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
She was convicted of a murder she says she didn’t commit. Then AI hallucinations stopped her speaking out
Tasmania’s Parole Board used a document citing legal authorities that do not exist to stop Susan Neill-Fraser proclaiming her innocence
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Arseholes. And I say that only because many people don't like me using the "c" word.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I can't find any mention if Australia left or remained. Do you know?
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Given that I can find no mention in the Australian press if Australia walked out or not, I will assume @albomp.bsky.social was true to his gutless self and Australia remained seated.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Did Australia walk out?
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On brand for this prick
Macklemore is 2 weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon <satire>
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The mental gymnastics is impressive
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If it had been a lone hacker in his basement, the cops would have arrested him and put him in jail. But it's a billionaire's company, so Albo is just "very concerned". #ffs
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If I had hacked that website, I'm pretty sure I'd be visited by the AFP.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm fairly sure that hacking a government website is an indictable offense. Prosecute Altman!
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hey @albomp.bsky.social , if I hacked the Medicare website, would you be "concerned", or would you throw me in jail. Standards matter. #auspol #ai
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You read my mind. Governments are appalling at policing white collar crime. Albo, as much as any.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Surprise, surprise. Now, how about someone use AI for a useful purpose and get it to expose the unredacted Epstein files. #epstein #ai
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jesus H. Christ... @albomp.bsky.social has zero ability to read the Australian electorate. Any sane person would never take a selfie with a psychopath who is electoral poison in Australia.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Damn you. Now you know I have to find out who/what he is... ...and now that I do know, he sounds like a prime candidate for removal from decent society.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Two of my favourite finds from this morning. #auspol #uspol
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This will be #PHON voters if Poorline gets anywhere near government. #auspol
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🤣🤣
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A tool....
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Where is Australia's Mamdani? Can David Pocock inspire a nationwide legion of followers? God knows we need it. #auspol
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Epic 🙄
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If my vote landed with the ALP in the next election (thats a big "if"), will they have any comprehension that they got that vote only as the least worst option to govern Australia? #auspol
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Every politician of the last 30 years should hang their heads in shame. This is on them.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Hahahahaha..... yeah, nah. Why should they change now? www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
sbs.com.au
Labor vows to listen to voters after One Nation's historic WA upset
The WA state by-election in the previously safe Labor seat of Secret Harbour was seen as a test of One Nation's popularity.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Why does the ALP have a national conference if Albanese can just ignore the wishes of the delegates? #auspol #gastax #immigraton
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Government last week approved $2.5 billion in taxpayer funds to bail out the mining giant’s aluminium smelter near Newcastle. When the Government this week received an application from a women’s shelter for $2,500 in assistance, there was a mix-up. theshovel.com.au/2026/08/17/w...
theshovel.com.au
Women’s Shelter Accidentally Receives $2.5B After Government Misreads It As “Smelter” — The Shovel
A women’s shelter in NSW has received an unlikely injection of funds, after the Albanese Government mistook it for an aluminium smelter run by Rio Tinto.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
MAGA in a nutshell. Cruelty is the whole point, as long as it happens to someone else. There is no violin small enough for these selfish assholes. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
nytimes.com
Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport. (Gift Article)
The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
They have take kakistocracy to a whole new level. Mind-blowing incompetence. #uspol www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/r For anyone living in NSW, this petition to parliament is to force debate on "truth in political advertising". It already has 20,000 signatures, but always needs more.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
Sign ePetition
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Oh, that is gold
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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