ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 13/06/2026A huge part of his - and Teals - appeal is that he ISN'T in a party. 000
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 02/06/2026After decades of falling for the LNP propaganda machine's line that what's good for the rich is good for you, people have seen through the charade. Consequently the LNP has now been rebranded One Nation by their marketing machine. 000
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 02/06/2026"Have a think Australia" You're overlooking something 000
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 10/11/2025As a left leaning progressive Canberran voter, I'm hopeful this is a sign the ACT Libs are moving closer to the electorate's values. 23 years is a long time for any party to be in power without becoming complacent/corrupt/incompetent. 010
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Apparently RFK actually believes in the efficacy of vaccines, but sees the anti-vax and associated grab bag of issues as a productive voter lode to mine. 350
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Exactly. Politicians follow the base, it's easy. Changing hearts and minds on the other hand... I learnt this when the word came down the chain in the ALP that Beazley would tackle the anti refugee propaganda after the 2000 election, there wasn't enough time after Tampa. It never happened. 020
Reposted by ricketyclikDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Motherfucking wind farms… 11224702917593
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 30/07/2025She must have a very poor opinion of the rest of our collective intelligence. 020
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 27/07/2025And of course the continuing approval of extra fossil fuel extraction points, in opposition to IPCC recommendations. 110
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 26/07/2025I think I see some common elements here: 2-4 were 80's Oz identity songs, during a period of Oz resurgence on the international stage 2 & 3 have strong use of suspense-release in their melodies All 4 are highly played, very conventional pop songs. Personally I'm a sucker for suspense-release. 000
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Can't you see the extraordinary wit required for this? 000
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 10/07/2025I did that when I was a 5yo. I stopped after the fire got away from me and the firetruck came. 000
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 26/06/2025"Why are those on the Far Right so stupid?" That's a chicken and egg question. 030
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 14/06/2025I don't think the arms manufacturers and logistics companies would like that. 010
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 12/06/2025"Witless". What a great adjective. Pretty mild on the surface, but in fact it's way worse than even a halfwit. 000
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Yes, but they're the ones more likely to vote anyway. The cynical (ie realistic) ones who stay away in voluntary voting systems dilute them in a compulsory voting system. 010
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Yes. The Anglosphere has a cultural propensity for forelock tugging. Or maybe it's genetic, who's to say? 210
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 11/06/2025I would argue the opposite. I'm Australian and we have compulsory voting. That means the cynical ones come out and vote for their least worse choice, as opposed to voluntary voting where crazy, emotionally worked up people are the main ones who vote. 100
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Same with me, but she was the second I thought of. The first was Friendly Jordies. 020
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 05/06/2025But you can't increase wages without productivity increases 000
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 05/06/2025The grass roots of the ALP have very, very little influence. Just ask the third of the membership who quit after Tampa. 120
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Oh good! I've been missing his melodious twang, sound, truthful logic, and above all his compassion. 020
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 04/06/2025If by some miracle the Greens got past all of the propaganda and achieved a parliamentary majority, what's to stop the fossils from buying them off too? 100
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 04/06/2025The Greens need a majority against the other parties, who all seem to be pro corporate. If they got one, they'd probably get bought off too. 110
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 02/06/2025He's in the right party. The ALP have been enmeshed in/infiltrated by the military-industrial complex from the beginning. They just want a better deal from it for workers. 000
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 02/06/2025"The senator also said she had taken a proactive approach to staff wellbeing, including her own, by undertaking executive coaching". Is that like empathy training? Getting blocked by the thin-skinned Badham in 3... 2... www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10...abc.net.auWA Greens senator issues apology for 'distress' after bullying complaintsSenator Dorinda Cox said a Nine newspapers report claiming 20 of her office staff had quit was "missing context". 000
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 02/06/2025The thing is, the other 4 parties are all FF reps. That means the Greens need to be more than the BoP - they need to be the governing party to stop this crap. And once they are, who's to say fossil won't buy them too? 010
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 02/06/2025I trust the Greens' strategists (and factions) realise this? (Yes, this is a swipe at the "party of protest" faction). 000
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Very early in the term. I wonder if that's deliberate, and whether voters will remember next election... Mind you, to prevent this we need an environmental party actually in government, not just a balance of power, as the fossil-owned parties are a very large majority at present. -> 2 110
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 02/06/2025In fact, my yard has both, in roughly equal amounts. 010
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Lawns keep the dust down and help keep the air cool. Species selection will minimise watering, and letting the clippings fall in place will increase the soil's carbon content and moisture retaining capability. Rain is able to pass through and replenish the water table. Beats the hell out of paving. 100
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 26/05/2025There he is, claiming his clothes are magnificent, on friendly media who agree. Where have I seen this before? It worked out well that time didn't it? 060
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Note the use of the term "former MP". Rich for someone who used the moniker MP for over two years while out of parliament, and copped continual ridicule for it. It smacks of petty vindictiveness. Whodathunk? 0212
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 21/05/2025I'm vehemently against nuclear power in Oz, but If Dutton had released detailed plans and costings quickly after announcing the policy and prosecuted the case he may have had a chance. Most politicians don't do that sort of thing anymore, which is why reform is a dirty word. 030
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 20/05/2025I'll try to explain: They're brown, we're white. You're either with us, or agin us. 010
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 01/05/2025"Still no visits to any of his 7 proposed nuke sites". Or fronting any media outside the RW cheer squad. 000
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 13/04/2025That could happen in any despotic third world country. 000
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Banking, telecoms, roads, air transport, incarceration, infrastructure design, construction and maintenance... Will media be next? 121
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Ah, good one, takes me back to primary school. Junior primary school. 000
ricketyclik @ricketyclik.bsky.social · 04/03/2025But job sharing arrangements are so easy to find! I've heard of at least... 2... in my 56 years. 051
