Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 22/06/2025I just find BlueSky lacks the hard edge of breaking news? Has it got better? 36627
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsBeigewash @beigewash.bsky.social · 22/06/2025#FitzPOTW @peterfitz1.bsky.social WTF POTW contender????? Why do ICE agents need to SWAP LICENCE PLATES????? 094
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsBeigewash @beigewash.bsky.social · 09/05/2025#FitzPOTW @peterfitz1.bsky.social Billionaire act of the week 16714
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsgwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 08/05/2025It is what you and others make it. 2141
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Tks, Eric. Just a little quiet over here for me, and lacking the hard news edge, no? Don't you find that? 24593
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 08/05/2025I think most Australians are like me: we very much know who Prime Minister Keir Starmer is - him and Macron are leaders of the Free World - but have no clue about the Opposition Leader, yet. 2454
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsAndy Hardy #JoinEU 🇲🇹 🇪🇺 @andyhardy40.bsky.social · 06/05/2025A superb listen. The similarities between the Liberals in Oz & the Tories here are striking. And Peters’s description of Farage after the rolled gold disaster that is Brexit is spot on. Thank you both (& Kenny of course). 0154
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 06/05/2025The rule of thumb among Labor ministers, I am told, is "Ignore what's on the front pages. Get the right policy." 119618
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsQuiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 06/05/2025🐨 AUSTRALIAN ELECTION SPECIAL: How The Democracy Sausage Is Made 🌭 What the recent reelection of @albomp.bsky.social can teach politicians in the UK. @sturdyalex.bsky.social talks to legend, @peterfitz1.bsky.social. Superb! 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4Z3m...podcasts.apple.comAUSTRALIAN ELECTION SPECIAL - How The Democracy Sausage Is MadePodcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 06/05/2025 · 50m 114912
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsTufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 06/05/2025🎧 This was a fabulously enjoyable, high-level introduction to Australian politics and their recent elections, even though “you’ve barely let @peterfitz1.bsky.social get a word in edgeways,” @sturdyalex.bsky.social! 👏😆 🇺🇸 “Chaos on roller skates”!!! 🤣 🇦🇺 #Politics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻 1146
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I think, to the North, that is what you are frequently known as - and most affectionately~! 6271
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsDr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Fabulous celebration of a champion of public transport by @peterfitz1.bsky.social. Problem with being prematurely right! @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...smh.com.auThe metro’s already proved its worth. But will Sydney’s transport mandarins get on board?We now have all the evidence we need that building new freeways is not the solution to traffic congestion in the harbour city. We need to change. 2183
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsBeigewash @beigewash.bsky.social · 29/03/2025#FitzPOTW @peterfitz1.bsky.social 16820
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsSteve Williams @randomswill.com · 23/03/2025“I’ve never been called a “lefty-luvvie” before!” Interesting chat between Greg Combet and @peterfitz1.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/national/gre...smh.com.auGreg Combet: Julia Gillard sounded me out on the leadership. I made the right callGreg Combet was not born on the wrong side of the tracks. In 1960s Rooty Hill, there weren’t any tracks at all. 1106
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsBeigewash @beigewash.bsky.social · 23/03/2025#FitzPOTW @peterfitz1.bsky.social 07120
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 22/03/2025I'm never quite sure what the Commonwealth is, beyond - with a few exceptions - a British Empire Alumni Club? America qualifies on that count, but not right now with current barking mad leadership? 17454
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsBeigewash @beigewash.bsky.social · 22/03/2025#FitzPOTW @peterfitz1.bsky.social Action of the week ...... US protests AGAINST Trump/Musk administration actions Bernie & AOC got 34,000 to a rally in Denver (Australian media is NOT covering these protests, but they are growing bigger & bigger. And are NATIONAL. Esp in Republican areas.) 3386
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsSteve Williams @randomswill.com · 21/03/2025Well said. @peterfitz1.bsky.social 1399
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsDr Nathan Kilah @chemistrynathan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Repeated around the world, but with different financial levers. Billionaires leveraging communities in the US, sports leagues leveraging communities in Australia.youtube.comThe Sports Stadium Scam | Robert ReichYouTube video by Robert Reich 1135
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Au contraire. The further we move into this century, the more it is obvious that Australia needs to forge an independent path. 119010
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Tks, very much worth reading, y'all. Different country, same nonsense: huge expenditure on stadiums pays for itself. Complete and utter bollocks. 5296
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsed healey @biged71.bsky.social · 14/03/2025the sad thing about rwnj polotics is if biden had suggested any one of the mad things trump has said and the dow dropped 4 trillion they would be going ballistic. but trump doing it is fine. 1265
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 15/03/2025The Budget should include a massive and historic increase in funding for research. Not only is it needed, but we really should be poaching ever medical and scientific researcher from the US we can. Absolutely perfect timing. 51660210
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I think we have put a downpayment of $860 million to AUKUS, yes? Could we say we want a refund, and get it? 2012225
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsPeter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Those claims for the virtues of massive stadiums are made all over the world. And they just about never stack up. 10658
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Looked very good. I guess my only quibble would be every stand at Adelaide oval named after men. This, a result I guess of mostly men having performed heroics there - from the Chappels to Bradman etc - but something for them to look at down the track. 3130
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Funnily enough, I had a close look at that very thing on Thursday evening, speaking at a function at Adelaide Oval and staying afterwards at the Oval Hotel, which allowed me to have breakfast overlooking the field. It did look quietly impressive. Amazing they have kept a strip of grass on one side! 6210
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025In terms of getting political support from the mob for insane stadium expenditure, it is sport that holds the cards. 190
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsChris Pomfret @chrispomfret.bsky.social · 13/03/2025The Danish Parliament has been laughing at Trump and perfectly treating him like the fool he has become. 916346
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025You honestly couldn't make this shit up! (Well, apart from you, George Orwell.) 13408
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025The big sports, which pay no tax, for starters. In the realms of "bread and circuses" it us sports people who provide the circus! 3305
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Those claims for the virtues of massive stadiums are made all over the world. And they just about never stack up. 10658
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Tks Steve. And as my "Reader" I know you to be a good judge! 040
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I used to alwasy stay at the Grand Chancellor, but Hobart now has so much more choice! 380
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025THanks Axel. Tell EVERYONE! I love that book. And I reckon I knew not much more than you when I began. 1141
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsstraydogz999.bsky.social @straydogz999.bsky.social · 14/03/2025@peterfitz1.bsky.social wouldn‘t this be a perfect response to Trump Tariffs and help our lack of medical staff in Australia ?? 0213
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsPeter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 13/03/2025WHat do Taswegians think of the proposed stadium? Is it electorally popular? 51679
Reposted by Peter FitzSimonsDr Nathan Kilah @chemistrynathan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Polling suggests splits between geography and demographics. Tassie deserves a team, but the stadium proposal and condition from the AFL are ludicrous. What other organisation can hold a state government hostage for such misguided expenditure? It makes no economic or geographic sense.abc.net.auPoll reveals support levels for proposed Hobart stadium across TasmaniaIf it wasn't already official, it is now: The proposed Hobart stadium is massively on the nose among many Tasmanians, especially in the Liberal stronghold of the north-west. 2273
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 13/03/2025WHat do Taswegians think of the proposed stadium? Is it electorally popular? 51679
