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McLean

@mcccclean.bsky.social
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Pro game developer turned burned out hobbyist Play Five Plants (among others) at mcccclean.itch.io Other pastimes: criticising the Australian government, worrying about climate change, occasional jokes they/them

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John Delmenico @thebigjohnnyd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
nice to see prime minister is putting his foot down and making it clear that if you hack the Australian government, he will say it is ‘concerning’ then roll over and continue with his plans to change the law so you can steal from Aussie artists
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Punching a barely conscious man strapped to a hospital guerney: NOT a sackable offence for NSW Police. Chris Minns and Labor have set this standard.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
i believe our problems are fixable. we did manage to create a period of time when people could work a job, buy a house, and retire. i don't think this is some crazy unattainable thing, and i do believe essentially all of our big economic problems are fundamentally due to runaway wealth inequality
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norman emailer @maximumchips.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Abolish private education, shut down all the schools. Give these kids back to their parents. They all now go to their local schools. Prahran High might need a few more campuses. The good news is I’ve got a few suitable sites that have just come onto the market.
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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Coalition made social security recipients exempt from the ordinary statutes of limitation on debt that apply to everyone else, it was a cornerstone of Robodebt. The Royal Commission recommended theses changes to the law be repealed, which would be simple. Labor have ignored this for >3 years.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Scott Morrison was referred to the NACC over Robodebt and the Govt paid his $461K legal fees. I won an #AUKUS nuclear waste #FOI challenge and the Govt is threatening I’ll have to pay their $150K legal fees. @albomp.bsky.social thinks that’s fair play! #auspol
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Anger at Labor as Rex Patrick faces potential six-figure legal fee if he loses Aukus documents battle
Australian government insists legal costs should be paid by former senator as FoI fight escalates
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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I don’t trust that these people are going to helped when I see phrases like “offered opportunities to connect with support services.” We do provide “opportunities to connect” in this country—usually it means providing a phone number. Whether there’s anything at the other end is another matter.
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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 24/06/2026
YOU IN 7D?
goofy youtube thumbnail for a popsci physics video.
0D: glowing point
2D: flat projection of a bald man
3D: also a flat projection of a bald man because it's on a computer monitor
4D: Many images of the man transposed in a vertical line
5D: Transposed man shadows around a man orb
7D: Escher-like maze and question mark
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22/06/2026
Really wild story here. I had no idea about any of this - Tim's research is amazing and this absolutely mad fake climate policy cannot persist in its current form
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McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
<looking at fascists working hard to bring about fascism> wheew they have NO idea what they're doing. embarrassing. we're going to end up with fascism if these dummies don't change course
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McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
PH dogwhistled her way through the speech and most of the people in the room were dogs and enjoyed the whistling
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McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
pardon earnestposting but yeah the prayer would boil down to something like "dear lord, we believe you're a god of conquest and dominion who rewards the powerful, witness us work to eliminate rabble in your name." Not every Christian worships a god of compassion and charity!
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McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The journos giving fawning coverage to Hanson are competent actors, working in line with their values, to bring about a future that they want to live in. They can see Hanson's fascism perfectly well. Time to decide if we can see theirs.
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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
At some point we’ve got to stop seeing this as a series of oopsies moments and recognise that we are in institutional collapse. This system never “worked” the way we pretend it did. But at least there was some semblance of responsibility, of learning from mistakes It’s over. Time to build new ones
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Jim Malo @maloism.com · 04/06/2026
In my brief and ill-advised stint as an ABC journo, Rebel News was among a group that mobbed me and other staff and taunted us at a 2021 anti-vaxxer rally. It was treated as a safety incident and IIRC we adopted new policies in response. Five years later, a star radio host is giving them comment.
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Here's me. "Australia is manufacturing explosives for Israel’s atrocities"
theshot.net.au
Australia is manufacturing explosives for Israel’s atrocities - The Shot
Australia’s complicity in Israel’s atrocities has many ugly layers. It’s worse than the bomb release mechanism on the F-35 death...
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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
In the process of demolishing every single public housing tower, Homes Victoria evicted a family, offered them a home that was boarded up, and another home that was infested with mice and cockroaches, then said oh you’re no longer public housing tenants now coz u said no so fuck you I guess
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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Guy who has called two royal commissions and is required to lead the response:
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
My latest free newsletter is about one of The New York Times's specialties: publishing the opinions of wealthy elites as if they are news.
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Rich Guy Quote Journalism
How the media turns rich guys' opinions into news
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/05/2026
It does not feel right to present data centre caused power sector friction as an 'undersupply' squeeze. The guy who walks into the all-you-can-eat buffet with a bucket and just starts pouring trays of food into it to take home for himself -> also not a restaurant food supply problem
axios.com
The energy squeeze behind the Iran war and AI boom
It's suddenly the world's biggest constraint, thanks to oil shocks and AI's global race for electricity.
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McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
so it's obviously a joke that Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts is bundled into a single grab bag government department. and it's a fun little bonus joke that their website logo is clearly OCR'd from a physical letterhead www.infrastructure.gov.au
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
This is a truly eye opening read. And I’ve been following this stuff pretty closely, so I mean that!
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The entire issue with the NDIS is that a generation of Australians (including almost everyone working in the political media) have become indoctrinated to believe the private sector is more efficient than the private sector. Privatize disability care? What *could* go wrong???
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mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We didn't deserve this day.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
In a shocking twist, impunity has emboldened a narcissist to descend into full megalomania
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 07/04/2026
A 1.4% levy on the gambling industry could compensate the media for ALL revenue lost from a potential gambling advertising ban. Australians lose more money gambling than any other country. It's time for our government to act. @amyremeikis.bsky.social #auspol
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Has Penny Wong expressed her concern yet? Has Marles talked about our shared values? Every time they get asked about AUKUS they talk about the alliance. Well this is the alliance.
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
we gotta send so many guys to the Hague
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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
people simply love it when you storm out of the gates to support an illegal war, then lecture them about personal responsibility after it makes their lives worse
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will deliver an address to the nation tonight, outlining the government's response to the Middle East conflict and encouraging Australians to "play their part".

He is expected to urge Australians to save fuel for areas and industries that "most need it". 

The address will be simulcast on television and radio across Australia at 7pm AEDT.
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McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
new hobby: building homebrew IoT devices, housing them in paper + cardboard structures, and then painting wooden tokens for buttons when I got into smart home stuff I was really put off by the glossy/plastic aesthetic basically everything has. so, feels rad to bring a handmade vibe
a 3D print of a plastic structure and a faceplate with three holes in itthe structure, post-assembly, now containing some electronics and with some keyswitches inserted into the faceplatethe structure is now invisible, wrapped in cardboard that's been colored with an alcohol marker and decorated with some William Morris-design bordershandpainted wooden tokens are placed over the keys - a computer, a lamp, and a wind turbine
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norman emailer @maximumchips.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
It’s crazy how likely it is that the cops just straight up executed Desi Freeman
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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The gas industry likes to boast about how important it is the Australia economy. What they're really saying is look at our profits. #PointLive live.thepoint.com.au/2026/03/the-...
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Admi and Support industry: Wages $64.3bn; Profits $13.1bn; Total, $77.4bn

Oil and Gas industry: $4bn wages; $71.6bn operating profits; Total $75.6bn
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Nick McKim @nickmckim.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Tomorrow the PM is meeting state and territory leaders about the fuel crisis. They should discuss making public transport free for as long as the crisis goes on. And as the Federal government is backing the war, they should pick up the tab.
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Folderal Conspiracy, Esq @folderalconspiracy.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
It is very easy to read statements like this as a joke. This is not a joke. We have proven with AI, completely by accident, what knowledgeable people have been saying for decades: the environment that rich people live in gives them a very specific personality disorder.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The NACC works exactly as intended when the Albanese govt set it up. Everyone in the APH can get on the beers tonight’s knowing they’ll always be safe.
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 11/03/2026
Opinion | The National Anti-Corruption Commission’s reasons why Scott Morrison did nothing wrong on Robodebt are extraordinary and delusional, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/11/n...
crikey.com.au
NACC's robodebt investigation conjures offensive and stupid excuses for letting Scott Morrison off
The NACC report on robodebt is out and it exonerates Scott Morrison, with a series of excuses and a justification of extraordinary offensiveness.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The reality is the Canberra bubble was never going to allow their own to face consequences for Robodebt
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
“Quietly alarmed” = too gutless to say it publicly
theguardian.com
Labor MPs quietly alarmed by Albanese government’s response to US-Israel strikes on Iran
Several MPs question why the party rushed to endorse strikes that were likely in breach of international law
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McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Important thing to keep in mind about disaster capitalism is that a few decades ago the capitalists realised that, if the game plan is to wait for a disaster and then capitalise on it, it is counterproductive to put any effort into avoiding disasters
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Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Two kids with cancer died at Westmead Children’s Hospital due to mould in the wards. This is unacceptable and unbearable. Sorry is nowhere near enough
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
You can tell how much Labor and the Coalition care about the poor Iranians by the way they hastily built a series of offshore concentration camps to imprison Iranian refugees *forever* when they tried to escape the regime.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Children’s graves dug for Trump’s and Netanyahu’s war. This image speaks a terrible truth in answer to Labor’s lies about this awful war they support.
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Martin Dunlop @martindunlop.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
the distaste you see among these politicians for genuine activists and advocates is irritation that they're not willing to play the game for power, ignorant that it's the game that's killing us
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Martin Dunlop @martindunlop.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
starting to think the fella who giggled about going to kyle sandilands wedding might be a shit bloke
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McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
ughh this lady has the unyielding-moral-compass flavor of autism and is mad at me. I know, I'll tell a transparent lie on the record. that'll smooth things over.
Excerpt of article.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologised if his labelling of 2021 Australian of the Year and child sexual abuse survivor Grace Tame as "difficult" was misinterpreted, saying he was referring to her "difficult life".

He made the comment when asked to give a one-word response to a rapid-fire list of people and news topics as part of a word association game at the Future Victoria conference, presented by the Herald Sun newspaper and the Victorian Chamber of Commerce.

"If there was any misinterpretation, then I certainly apologise," Mr Albanese told reporters.

"She has had a difficult life and that was what I was referring to. What Grace Tame has done is turn that difficult experience that she had into being a strong advocate for others."
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Georgia Tacey makes an incredibly important point here.
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I, BS @thebenshaw.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Also according to the article "you can keep serial killing for another 18 months while we consider your petition to be allowed to murder people"
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