Reposted by Paul FawcettCarmen Harris🇿🇦 @carmenharris.bsky.social · 13hUnveiled today at the European Parliament in Strasbourg: a 2.5-metre, 23-karat gold-coated Trump sculpture titled Orange Plague, by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt. A satirical jab at power, injustice and climate politics-with Trump literally sitting on the back of a struggling man. ⚖️🏌️♂️🌍 😂 23611
Reposted by Paul Fawcettsullycartoons.bsky.social @sullycartoons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Invasion #datacentres #datacenter #aiart #aiartwork #aiinvasion #bigtech #climate #resources #power #DataCenter #DataCentres #TechInfrastructure #server #storage 0104
Reposted by Paul FawcettCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h“.. The role of a president is to protect the country, not to actively threaten it and encourage attacks on American lives,” she said in a social media statement. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w... 76947280
Reposted by Paul FawcettToilet Paper Australia @toiletpaperaus.bsky.social · 17hThat’s right guys! The Liberals are saying *at the same time* that they can guarantee no bad impacts on the economy, while not fully costing the impact on the economy! I wish I was making this up 151
Paul Fawcett @paulyfawcett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The new Melbourne Airport pick up / drop off procedures… You know a country has white-washed its history/culture when people get nostalgic about an airport departure road ramp to drop off passengers. 000
Paul Fawcett @paulyfawcett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I just found out this policy today and still have trouble getting my head around how brutal it is. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzACT wants to freeze minimum wage and reduce youth training rateThe ACT Party would freeze the adult minimum wage for three years and reduce the training minimum wage for workers under 20 years old to 60 percent, if re-elected. 010
Reposted by Paul FawcettPERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 02/10/2026Today's chart after National Party got $100k, Labour with a cheeky $20k The system is rigged #nzpol 62913
Reposted by Paul FawcettPERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 02/10/2026Call to action for overseas Kiwis There's thousands of you in Australia, please help us boot out this awful coalition government🙏🏼 #auspol #nzpolgreens.org.nzA call to action for friends of overseas New ZealandersWe are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally. 03422
Paul Fawcett @paulyfawcett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Whilst Victoria is descending into conservative chaos before the November election, the NZ Green Party is leading a quiet/(loud) revolution. Their election policies are out months in advance and their co-leader speaks like this… 000
Reposted by Paul Fawcettsamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 01/10/2026this video of Chlöe Swarbrick, who leads the Greens in New Zealand's parliament, is worth your five minutes' time 24413168
Reposted by Paul FawcettCrikey @crikey.com.au · 01/10/2026Let's all say congratulations to News Corp, which, according to the latest company tax data, has gone more than a decade without paying any tax. www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/01/n...crikey.com.auNews Corp celebrates more than a decade of paying zero tax in AustraliaNews Corp continues to make serious money in Australia while paying no tax. But even the Murdoch monolith isn't the nation's worst tax dodger. 43013
Reposted by Paul FawcettJessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is enraging. So the ONLY thing available to counter inflation is to constantly ratchet up my mortgage repayments but they can’t do a thing about this shit in 11 years? I pay company tax, personal tax, council rates, exorbitant interest, every kind of fkn govt payment but look at these pricks. 714366
Reposted by Paul FawcettWhakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And these 100,000 are not being polled…. Hmmmm 🤔 041
Reposted by Paul FawcettWhakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 30/09/202660% increase in voter registration from overseas!!!! No, that is not a typo. #nzpol 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 39423
Reposted by Paul FawcettEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 122103362683
Paul Fawcett @paulyfawcett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I just had a great concept for an arts project: Stealing songs from Misogyny. Recently this classic rock song got stuck in my head for its chorus. Unfortunately the verses are almost divorced the chorus and is solely about sexual relationships with multiple women. A reworked cover is needed. 000
Reposted by Paul FawcettGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We’re buying subs from the US because insane nutters on Govt think we need to defend ourselves against China, which the US is proposing to sell weapons to… 2119775
Reposted by Paul FawcettEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Somebody good at Internet should do a “Trump 30 days ago” account and re-up this stuff unedited and without comment to underscore how little of it has even a shrunken social media “news cycle” worth of relevance and staying power. 29413
Reposted by Paul FawcettBen Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think the biggest news from Poll of Polls is Labour cratering their vote and their vote share is still decreasing per last night's poll www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...nzherald.co.nzCoalition loses advantage in poll of polls – change likelyA four-party coalition led by Labour is the most likely election outcome. 011
Reposted by Paul FawcettABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 28/09/2026Victoria Police admits care of dying man 'fell short' of standardsabc.net.auInquest told man died after being left unconscious in police cell for hoursTriple Zero errors and police failures have been probed at a Victorian coronial inquest into a 2023 death in suburban Melbourne. 0178
Reposted by Paul FawcettTracey Spicer AM @traceyspicer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026LOVE THIS so much. Incredible data centres we should support locally. Thank you Jess Harwood and The Guardian Australia. 0157
Reposted by Paul FawcettKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/09/2026I don't know if anyone cares, but Victoria's proposed rules do not "force datacentres to use renewable energy", and falsely stating that they do is actively helping the data centre industry do the pretend-fainting shock performance they're doing to try and kill even the weakest of regulations 411851
Paul Fawcett @paulyfawcett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And that’s a wrap for the 60th term of the Victorian Parliament. It’s been an honour to be even a small part of something. I’ll be needing a job soon. I have no idea what’s next. 000
Paul Fawcett @paulyfawcett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I will be watching the final day of Victorian parliament for this term today. I will be expecting a great display of the best of humanity. Rumour is Bill Clinton’s White House Staff removed all of the W’s from keyboards when leaving the building. Because of Bush 1 and 2 I expect similar today. 000
Paul Fawcett @paulyfawcett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“We do not want special treatment, we simply want dignity, equality and compassion.” #springst 000
Reposted by Paul FawcettDavid Ettershank MP @davidettershankmp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026From tradies and teachers to nurses and MPs, drug use doesn't define who we are. As One Nation's Warren Pickering opens up about his past drug use, I reflect on how far the conversation has come. Drug use is a health issue, not a criminal one and people deserve dignity and compassion. #Vicpol 822
Reposted by Paul FawcettKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/09/2026Haven't seen a better AI explainer than this one (even if it somewhat overstates the AI safety stuff) www.instagram.com/reel/Ddlt1kR... 8240118
Reposted by Paul FawcettMeg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A reinvigorated Get-Up is a very exciting prospect. Best of luck to you Dan Ilic www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...smh.com.auFrom ABC talking head to activist campaigner: Dan Ilic to become GetUp’s next bossThe progressive campaign group has announced a new chief executive just months after targeting One Nation leader Pauline Hanson with a secret banner. 0222
Reposted by Paul FawcettPup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So the RBA says that data centre investment risks fueling inflation. But instead of recommending reining that in, they are going to raise interest rates to ensure that more people lose their jobs to ‘fix inflation’ even when they admit company profits are main cause www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auAI data centre funding surges to record $35 billionAustralian data centre operators have raised a record $35 billion so far this year, according to a new staff note from the Reserve Bank of Australia. 610858
Reposted by Paul FawcettSteve Moskal @samoskal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Something for One maga hate cult Nation, pro Trump fascism bingo-card voters - #auspol #nswpol #qldpol #vicpol 022
Reposted by Paul FawcettPup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is a great insight from a young woman in Canberra on housing and time and multiculturalism www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... 8236106
Reposted by Paul FawcettOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21/09/2026Oh that’s why.. 4329687
Reposted by Paul FawcettLucy Best @quietlylivid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Thanks @paulyfawcett.bsky.social for sharing this very good article! www.counternarrative.art/p/could-the-...counternarrative.artCould the rejigging of Alcohol, tobacco excise, natural gas resource tax policy and the legalisation of pot help to save Live Music from its slow death on our stages?By Jon Perring 012
Reposted by Paul FawcettResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Cartoonist: Slyngstad 22392352731
Reposted by Paul FawcettMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I think that's enough, but I will add three more things. First, we are creating ever larger piles of privately owned financial assets - overwhelmingly held by the richest few. The people holding those assets expect a return - and that return comes from the real economy. We all pay for it. [11/n] 15720
Reposted by Paul FawcettRNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Labour to make employer contributions to KiwiSaver compulsory if electedrnz.co.nzLabour to make employer contributions to KiwiSaver compulsory if electedLabour will make employer contributions to KiwiSaver compulsory, as well as raise the minimum to 6 percent even when employees reduce or pause their own, with the party saying it wants to make the retirement savings scheme "work harder for more New Zealanders". 082
Reposted by Paul FawcettKevin Hague @kevinhague.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Absolutely. And more importantly (I argue) the structural marginalisation underlying the hugely disparate opportunities for these. This is actually well-established knowledge in the public health field. Sadly it hasn’t driven different decisions 2307
Reposted by Paul FawcettErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026I just want to say, the fact that so many Dems are coming out and saying shitty things about trans people in the last two weeks is a case in point of what I have been working so hard to sound the alarm on. I've been so hard on each individual dem who breaks for years now. I feared this. 382201397
Reposted by Paul FawcettPaul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 10/09/2026The Galactic Kiwi & Scorpius above Hereweka on Muaupoko Otago Peninsula, Ōtepoti Dunedin, NZ #Nikon #Photography #Astro 3576
Reposted by Paul FawcettAnthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026🚨Networks of bogus social media "news" pages spreading Pauline Hanson propaganda are lavishing praise on her multi-billionaire backer, Gina Rinehart. Comes as far-right fights moves to allow Australians the choice to "opt-out" of social media algorithms... theklaxon.com.au/v7extheklaxon.com.auSham Hanson "news" sites push Rinehart propaganda - The KlaxonBogus social media “news” pages aggressively spreading Pauline Hanson propaganda are lavishing praise on her multi-billionaire bankroller Gina Rinehart. 611458
Reposted by Paul FawcettMountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Jobseekers surge again, surpassing even Covid. There are now ~50,000 more unemployed since Coalition took over even as 120,000 Kiwis left NZ last year alone, (44,000 net) This is all the result of a "Trickle Down / Free Market ideology" approach that hasn't worked anywhere #nzpol #kiwi 38838
Paul Fawcett @paulyfawcett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Most of the data centres are being placed in the suburbs with the worst fire service preparedness ratings. Another expense on the public. Either - pay for more fire services or pay more on your insurance. #springst #vicpol 010
Reposted by Paul FawcettDavid Ettershank MP @davidettershankmp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The ABC looked at data for fire stations & identified suburbs where the number of trucks offline for repair has hit critical levels & the volume of callouts has increased. Melton, Tullamarine & Sunbury are all mentioned in the report. These are areas that are earmarked for data centre development. 011
Reposted by Paul FawcettAri3226 @armen90.bsky.social · 06/09/2026How many of the One Nation candidates in the Victorian and NSW elections will be gym owners? Taking bets. 1237
Reposted by Paul FawcettThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 28/08/2026As Coles and Woolworths announce their billion dollar yearly profits we can clearly see who is and isn’t suffering in the cost of living crisis. Listen to the latest episode of the Dollars and Sense: australiainstitute.org.au/post/wage… 512452
Reposted by Paul FawcettDavid Ettershank MP @davidettershankmp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Integrity matters. Perception matters. Yesterday, Labor and the L/NP combined to defeat a motion calling for stronger integrity rules for ministers. Their dismissal and contempt for basic transparency was shameful, so I gave them a spray. 7 sitting days left. I'm taking it one spray at a time. 021
Reposted by Paul FawcettFiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Farewell, Yayoi Kusama. Your work will forever overshadow all of us (as it does me, in this pic at NGV… how many photos exist exactly like this?) #Kusama #YayoiKusama #ArtOfBluesky 89115