Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 55mJust the dumbest collection of halfwit confetti emerging out of that conference. Tax cuts everywhere, paid for with imaginary spending cuts. Huge spending projects with precisely zero utility, except to anchor their 'defence day' narrative. Clowns. 2133464
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Josh Dunlo 🏳️🌈🌹☘️ ᜃᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜆᜐᜈ᜔ ᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ @sloeginpudding.bsky.social · 45mThe simplification really did happen after Spanish colonisation and due to Southern Chinese influences. Plus the church was terrified of witchcraft. 022
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Diogenes @diogenes-original.bsky.social · 54mAll the world leaders need to say this together now so Americans understand they caused this and are on their own. @kajakallas.bsky.social 033
Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 12mI wonder (a) why he's now using it, & (b) what's in it that may or may not be different. The nebuliser and the inhaler take the drug straight to the affected site, the lungs. As long as the lungs are working, that manner of drug transmission is pretty good (says I, a life-long asthmatic). 000
Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 18mWoe! Brosie! Wake up with a coffee before typing - Dude! 😯 000
Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 20m[Tr: Fr] High school students are mobilizing this morning in #LonsLeSaunier in the #Jura region. They will be marching at 10 a.m. Images from our local citizen correspondent at @lemediatv.bsky.social #blockade #highschools #highschoolstudents 010
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 45mBepi and Mio are almost at Mercury, and they would love to hear from you 💌 Send them a #WelcomeToMercury message for a chance to win a trip to ESA's mission control in Darmstadt, Germany, this December. Wish them well 👉 esa.int/WelcomeToMercury 🫶 🔭 0137
Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 22m(side note: awww, I've met Prunella Scales, she was nice. 🫤) (I'm aware that she died last year, but this reminds me of it... awww!) 010
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 2hOf course they will attempt to con us/lie to us/hide inconvenient truths from us. It's their modus operandi and what we've come to expect. www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/06/h... 165
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 4hMinns says he would like to shut down Palestinian vigils - but silent vigils are "difficult." I'd like to shut him and his traitorous views down. Minns, a genocide and war crimes lover. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAustralian leaders condemn pro-Palestine vigils planned for 7 October anniversary amid Jewish commemorationsPeak Jewish bodies organise ceremonies on third anniversary of attacks that triggered conflict in which 74,000 Palestinians have been killed 2155
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 4hCDC warns of rise in deadly fungal infection that can spread to the brain— "It's alarming to see this infection in otherwise healthy patients." www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...medpagetoday.comCDC Warns on Rise in Deadly Fungal Infections That Spread to the BrainIt's 'alarming' to see these infections in otherwise healthy patients, researcher says 11711
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 03/10/2026This time, we also have the Greens polling higher nationally and Labour polling lower. We've had Kahu Carter working for Ōtautahi the last three years. It's a fight, but not an unreasonable one, and I'd rather give my vote to someone who's worked for it vs someone who feels entitled to it. 2395
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉AL @al-redy5.bsky.social · 1mInternational law isn’t dead - CANBERRA'S SPINE IS! If Australia wants a UNSC seat, it can’t campaign on “rules matter” while staying silent on ICC attacks, Venezuela, Iran, and burying the Red Lines Package. Either defend the system that protects us, or admit it’s all slogans. 142
Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 38mSo... if, um... if the Business Council, the Chamber of Commerce, the Property Council *and* the Queensland LNP Premier all hate Angus Taylor, and, um, and we hate the Business Council, the Chamber of Commerce, the Property Council *and* the Queensland LNP... so, do, y'know, do we like Angus now? 😦static.klipy.comDog's Hilariously Shocked ReactionALT: Dog's Hilariously Shocked Reaction 000
Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 50mSooo very yes! 🤣 youtube.com/shorts/j5bXS...youtube.comCentrists #animation #comedy #cartoon #funnyYouTube video by Alec With Pen 010
Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 6hBouncy bears! 😊🐻 youtu.be/5DKp2vclD1gyoutu.beOMGGGG: 335 Jolly Teaches Her Boy Cubbies to Bounce! (Explore.org KRV cam) 9.29.26YouTube video by ManyaP 010
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 9hAustralia has a choice between investing in the future we can already see – or subsidising a fossil-fuel past that is rapidly losing its grip reneweconomy.com.au/australia-is-ma…reneweconomy.com.auAustralia is making big bets on a slow transition, but the technology S-curve tells a different storyAustralia has a choice between investing in the future we can already see – or subsidising a fossil-fuel past that is rapidly losing its grip. 0126
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 8hI don’t know who needs to be cheered up by Macaroni and Chilli sharing their favorite stuffie but here it is 944035
Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 7hHey! - Hey! Queensland speaking here: We have our own corrupt disfunction! (geez, how rude. 😦) 132
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12hWhy is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption? 473145765485
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Mike Holderness @holdernesseu.bsky.social · 10hFun copyright fact: UK law has a very clear and discrete but little-used prohibition on false attribution. 0332
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 10hEvery day I have a new reason to hate AI, but today’s is that they faked the work of one of my longtime collaborators. 4681213
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The silence in Canberra over attacks on the ICC, the US attack on Venezuela and the war on Iran rings loudly. michaelwest.com.au/internationa...michaelwest.com.auInternational law isn't dead. It's being tested. Australia can prove it matters - Michael WestThe silence in Canberra over attacks on the ICC, the US attack on Venezuela and the war on Iran rings loudly. Legislate the Red Lines Package. 194
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 9hI asked Chat GPT why the buildout of AI requires facism, and it gets it… 822372
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12hJust a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 22282592604
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 9hJust a reminder that bad actors are using anti trans campaigning as a wedge to divide us. commoncausefoundation.org/why-does-big...commoncausefoundation.orgWhy does big oil bankroll the anti-trans movement? - CC FoundationThe media organisation Atmos recently highlighted research that showed the extent of fossil fuel funding for organisations that campaign against trans rights in the US. Why would big oil bankroll the... 46429
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Dark Matter Zine @darkmatterzine.bsky.social · 9h“trojan horse” in relation to social media is not a good headline www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VTu... Looking forward to Aaron Sorkin’s next movie about Meta, lolyoutube.comMeta's Muse: Cute AI Agent Or 'AI Trojan Horse'? | BBC NewsYouTube video by BBC News 012
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Joey Esposito @joeyesposito.bsky.social · 10h"it's been an honor to decimate this institution and make a shitload of money i don't deserve" 2506118
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 9hOpenAI’s chief strategy officer will appear at an Australian parliamentary inquiry today. Most of our political class will try to limit this to the recent data breach, but there's a much bigger context to consider... #auspol 02313
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 9hTo the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try 353333559
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 9hThis is gutting. Sternberg is one of the most important paleontology museums in the country. MUSEUMS SHOULD BE LAST ON THE LIST TO CLOSE, NOT FIRST. What kind of world do we want to live in? Because running the country -- and universities -- like businesses and not a public good is what got us here. 49543
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 10hBig fan of Quinn Slobodian. IMO his work on ‘free-market’ neoliberals & their ethno-fascist ‘bastards’ underplays the role of Big Oil funded #AtlasNetwork thinktanks in 1st selling Hayek, later manufacturing climate denial & ‘populism’ thru domination of policy ‘debate’ via corporate/social media. 1167
Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 9hNetanyahu bragged in the Knesset, on 🇮🇱 TV & in 🇮🇱 newspapers, that 🇮🇱 funds Hamas, as a deliberate whip to the West. Hamas is paid-for 🇮🇱 proxy. 🇮🇱 Press report that 🇮🇱 intell. knew of the Oct 6th attack [by the 🇮🇱 proxy!] a year before in gen. & precisely a month before. So, why is 'Hamas' the focus? 020
Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 9hI'm unemployed currently, but not quite 65 - so, no, I can't pay $150 for a vaccine jab. 010
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 10hIt's Nobel Prize week! Time for your annual reminder that 72 years after Alfred Nobel died, economists got Swedish bankers to endow an econ prize "in honor of Alfred Nobel," against Nobel's descendants' wishes. Media now pretend the econ prize is as newsworthy as the phys/chem/med/lit/peace prizes. 410348
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Iníon Uí Néill @biallagel.bsky.social · 9hSomeone needs to be held accountable for this. Unforgivable . www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comHundreds of Australians, including war veterans, are being buried in unmarked communal gravesExclusive: Guardian Australia investigation reveals state governments use shared graves to bury those deemed too poor to pay for funerals. ‘It’s unspeakable,’ one relative says 032
Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 9hI had the experience last wk of watching a person twist themselves into wordplay arguments because, while they decried the reprehensible actions of the iZraeli Zionists, calling Zionists Nazis, based on their words & deeds, must be wrong because Nazis hated Jews. 🫤 www.instagram.com/reel/DeE8oXX...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 100
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 16hIt's milk time for Moshi! Every orphan in our care receives a unique milk formula tailored to their species, age and nutritional needs. Keeper Peter has every bottle feed perfectly orchestrated, under the watchful supervision of his adoring zebra shadows, Bombi & Brutus! 726957
Reposted by Nigel Bell 🍉Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For the last four years, I have said that Spencer Cox is the most dangerous aspiring Republican presidential candidate: he is an extremist who hides behind a calm demeanor. The exact pivot I think Republicans will want to make in 2 years. An example of extremism www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/u...nytimes.comA Gender War Explodes in Utah Over the Courts, Abortion and Representation (Gift Article)When Republicans tried to repeal a law that voters passed banning gerrymandering, they found an opposition that flew in the face of Utah women’s “tradwives” imagery. 515756
Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 17hI've just had 2 of his Antipodean cousins¹ [spec. Australian Brushtail possums] shouting at each other, in the early hrs of night, in a tree on the footpath/sidewalk. [¹ the Australian arboreal marsupials we have here, known as possums were named for the creatures the sailors had seen in America.] 030