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Schmootles 🇦🇺

@schmootles.bsky.social
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Retired physicist. Love the process of design and construction. Socially progressive lefty. Woke AF. Married. Kids, grandkids, large dogs, and everything’s a bit chaotic.

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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Australia incensed because IDF excuses itself after murdering an Aussie. We coulda got as incensed about many of the 70,000 Palestinians that were killed … #auspol
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Thank goodness for @latingle.bsky.social - it is only because of her reputation and stature that she can speak plainly
abc.net.au
Israel's impunity has been virtually unaffected by collective concern
Even the United States is now criticising Israel's ongoing settler violence in the West Bank as Benjamin Netanyahu, once the "Trump whisperer", becomes the Trump ignorer.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Israel is now just one giant real estate swindle. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Israel's impunity has been virtually unaffected by collective concern
Even the United States is now criticising Israel's ongoing settler violence in the West Bank as Benjamin Netanyahu, once the "Trump whisperer", becomes the Trump ignorer.
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
seriously..
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Underlines the violent nature of USA society. Aussie www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Three men executed on same day in US for the first time in 15 years
Rare scheduling in Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama underlines the renewed appetite in US for state killings
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
You’d almost get a whiff of nature collapse.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
So much going on that needs thought, and all Angus Taylor has is melons?? #auspol
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Turns out to make houses more affordable, prices have to fall. Who coulda imagined such a thing? #auspol www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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Isn’t it amazing what a policy that actually tackles the cause of outrageous house prices can do? | Grogonomics
Labor has shown what a government can do to improve housing affordability, exposing how pathetic previous attempts had been
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
No access. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Left, people (a bloke in a red cap; a woman checking phone with security guard; a man with camera wearing News24 vest) entering a venue inside which are visible orange balloons, a man in an orange cap welcoming. Outside is a sign saying “ONE NATION PRESENTS PAULINE HANSON LIVE! -‘MY PLAN FOR USTRAYA’” and behind that a smaller sign saying “KEEP OUT: GUARDIAN, ABC, AGE.” To the right female reporter stands talking to camera saying, “Sadly, Mrs Hanson won’t give us access, so we can only assume that what she’s selling won’t stand up to scrutiny and is not in the public interest.”
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A kid’s world has changed since I was little. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Canadian airline cancels flight after child refuses to wear seatbelt
Flight from Victoria to Toronto forced to return to terminal after repeated attempts to secure child in seat failed
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Idiots in high places. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump’s vaccine order is about feelings, not facts | Robert B Shpiner
There’s no evidence that vaccines cause autism, or that we should separate MMR shots. This order is dangerous
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Proudly Blue @proudlyblue.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Thanks to Trump's sick need for glory, our long-range precision missiles are gone, gas prices are way over $4.00, the Strategic Oil Reserve is empty, the SofH is closed, Iran still has all its uranium, the military is asking for $500 billion more, & Trump's blaming it all on Biden while he golfs.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Business: it’s not there for YOUR benefit! aje.news/pqk4g8
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Petrol prices strain US households as oil giants Chevron, Exxon profits soar
Low-income US households are hit hardest, spending more than 10 percent of monthly income on petrol as prices rise.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Labor and the Coalition’s disgusting and cruel bipartisan approach to people seeking safety is now inspiring the UK far right, as it does Trump. A shameful legacy we need to dismantle.
‘Impenetrable border’: Farage claims Australian plan can stop the boats to Britain
David Crowe
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August 4, 2026 — 5:05am
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
After complaining about ridiculous house prices, Aussies seem to be shocked that they have fallen by some tiny percentage. Did we really think they could never fall?? Really? #auspol
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Bang bang click. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Three vignettes. 1. Trump with an old-fashioned six-shooter pistol, says “TAKE THAT IRAN!” while gun goes “BANG BANG BANG BANG CLICK” 2. Trump looks at gun which now goes “CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK” 3. Trump holding gun arm behind back, bringing other hand up to ear, says, “I’m hearing Iran is ready to make a deal.”
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Nick Raschke @nickraschke.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Possum o’clock.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Tiresome bastard anti-vaxxer decides it’s probably better if people don’t actually die. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
RFK Jr urges parents to vaccinate kids amid record measles outbreak
The advice from the longtime vaccine critic comes during the worst year for measles in the United States in more than three decades.
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GregoryWalters @catmanforever.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#auspol #aupol
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
USA, your President is a chimpanzee www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Trump holds off on new strikes against Iran amid emerging 'deal'
Donald Trump says the US will hold off on fresh strikes against Iran, as Middle East allies have agreed to parameters of a deal to end the war.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I’m a property owner, but I’ve watched this bubble with alarm for maybe 20 years. So long as it doesn’t crash the economy, property can drop a long way yet. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Housing market seeing 'rapid deterioration' as downturn deepens
Australia's housing downturn is spreading across the country, with the latest property price data showing previously resilient markets that had recently set record-high prices are now experiencing a d...
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I have no evidence of any kind, but I’d bet that Trump bankrupted his own casino by just pillaging it for cash. He’d be the type.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
instagram.com/_ottaviocantdraw
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
So, Straya, have we abandoned the “EVs will burn your house down” meme? I haven’t heard that BS for months. #auspol
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Can’t talk about this in the USA? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Pregnancy loss more common than previously thought, new study shows
While pregnancy loss is common, gaps in official data mean its impacts on different demographic and geographic groups remain unknown.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
C’mon people. This woman is a partisan activist c.org/6vvQBnq252
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Sign the Petition
We Demand Accountability: Remove Jillian Segal from Public Office
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I’m bothered by this reference to something as ill-defined as feelings. How is he assessing these feelings? What do the victim numbers tell us about actual safety?
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Make America Lose Again. Turns out going back to 1970 wasn’t a winning move. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
abc.net.au
Trump tips the balance towards China in trade war
China has the market sewn up in everything from solar panels to battery manufacturing and wind turbines. And now it is challenging America's commanding role in technology.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A brief interruption to insanity www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
abc.net.au
Hopes US and Iran will return to negotiating table after lull in hostilities
Iran has passed another night without US air strikes, as Washington pauses a war nearing its fifth month and reports emerge that concerns over dwindling munitions are restraining plans for further esc...
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Israel is an insane rogue terrorist state. #FreePalestine #SaveLebanon
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
America has tossed away its military superiority. I hope Netanyahu was worth it. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
abc.net.au
Iran's attacks on US bases in the Middle East mark 'end of an era'
Five months into a war Donald Trump said would last only weeks, the Iran conflict has so far cost the United States tens of billions of dollars and brought about "the end of an era" in American milita...
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Kammassakomhi Kammadayado @kammassakomhi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#auspol
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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Genocide, the word Albanese and Wong will never utter pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
pearlsandirritations.com
Genocide, the word Albanese and Wong will never utter
By refusing to name genocide in Gaza, the Labor government avoids the legal and moral obligations that would follow – but not the shame of complicity.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Much more dangerous to be female than Jewish in Australia. #auspol theconversation.com/domestic-vio...
theconversation.com
Domestic violence isn’t a ‘two-way street’. The evidence shows it’s gendered and often deadly
Pauline Hanson’s comments amount to misinformation that risks stopping people from seeking help. Here are some of the facts.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Japanese and German carmakers tried hard to avoid battery EVs, and now the combustion market is buggered. The market now belongs to the Chinese. Blind Freddy, etc. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
abc.net.au
Automakers in shock as China takes over
In June, a bulk carrier made an unprecedented delivery of EVs to Australia, sounding an ominous warning to the world's automakers.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
USA: not your friend. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
abc.net.au
Breaking: US confirms new 12.5pc tariff for Australia
The Trump administration confirms a 12.5 per cent tariff will be placed on Australian exports to the US from later today.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/07/2026
This is a lovely example of a classic greenwashing tactic: the tactical snooze button. 'Don't worry, we'll do the renewables later'. Spoiler alert: they won't. The plan is 100% fossil fuels, 100% of the time. www.afr.com/companies/en...
“Gas is critical for firming,” said Scott Criddle, chief executive and founder of Energy North, which is in negotiations with potential hyperscale customers for a huge one-gigawatt data centre project it aims to build in Barkly, in east-central NT.

“The technology is not ready yet to have a green molecule available or economic.”

While the development, called Project Ares, would eventually run mostly on solar power, backed by battery storage, Criddle said it would rely on gas power generation in its early stages as the renewable power is installed. Among its gas supply options, Beetaloo is high on the list, he said.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Sit down.
Two frames. 1. Barnaby Joyce as on TV turning to shout “SIDDOWN!” 2. Two dogs on grass beside a fence, one black and white, the other curly blond. Black and white one says: “I was only asking if he regretted hitching his wagon to an even bigger attention seeker…”
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Unpalatable but important. Australia has created a problem for itself. Meantime, just 5.6% of Aussies smoke - if the numbers can be trusted. #auspol theconversation.com/three-things...
theconversation.com
Three things Australia must do to end the tobacco wars
Right now, based on market share, organised crime effectively is Big Tobacco in Australia.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This is going to get messy for the neighbours. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
abc.net.au
Trump threatens Iranian power plants, bridges if ships attacked in Hormuz
US strikes have already widened from the south to western and central areas of Iran in recent days.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
All this is symptomatic of a violent culture. Didya know you’re around 7 times more likely to die violently in USA than my home Australia? True.
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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"There are three categories of Trump failures: disasters of mismanagement, disasters by design and disasters of greed." gift link-- www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Trump’s Kiss of Death (Gift Article)
On top of everything else, the president is inept.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I’ve reached the age where bus drives hold off stamping on the throttle to give me time to get seated. Nice of them.
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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This also underscores what a poor deal we get from resource extraction in this country. The NT exports 10% of Japan's gas needs from the Inpex LNG plant. Japan is the world's fourth largest economy, and the largest LNG buyer globally. And still, doesn't pay enough for the NT's tiny hospital needs.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Israel’s Antisemitism Card is just about fully spent now, isn’t it?
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Anonymous CSG witness tells RC that criticising Israel is itself a “form of harm” — and that the public should stop being “anti-Israel or anti-Zionist” because it’s harmful to Jewish people & “damaging to social cohesion.” The truth about Israel hurts, so plz stay quiet? Wow.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I was asked yesterday what neoliberalism is. This is the answer:
An infographic on neoliberalism
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Nice of them to let us know. To those outside the LNP it looks like the battle is internal. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Conservatives around world at war against ‘leftwing globalists’, Bridget McKenzie tells CPAC London event
Nationals senator echoes comments by Pauline Hanson as Labor criticises One Nation leader’s divisive stance
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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
aje.news/1emeq9 “Multiple Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 14 Palestinians, more than half of them in a drone strike on a funeral procession.” Israel is a terrorist nation committing genocide. Israel does not do ceasefires, truces or peace.
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Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 14, including mourners attending funeral
Eight killed and 20 injured in strike on funeral procession for Palestinian killed by Israel earlier in the day.
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Bruce Williams @brucewilliams4.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The Trump conundrum is ultimately one for the American people to resolve. They elected him. They saddled the world with this dangerous monster. It’s they who may ultimately pay the highest price for his depredations.
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Trump, not Iran, is the world’s greatest danger. He’s a one-man weapon of mass destruction | Simon Tisdall
As the bombing starts again, it’s clear the president has dragged the US into a limitless fiasco – and the world into an economic quagmire, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
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