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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 · 23/08/2026
Appalling people.
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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
USA. Don’t go there! Aussie
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
USA looks like such a nice place. Aussie.
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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
“That’s just too much money to leave in the hands of ordinary people!”
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
World is on fire, and all Angus will talk about is melons? #auspol
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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 · 13/08/2026
What? Do they work when they’re more than 200 km from a latte?
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
USA USA USA!
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Yep. Rest of the world is looking away while USA has its little nervous breakdown. Aussie.
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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...
theguardian.com
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
Papers please …
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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...
theguardian.com
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 · 05/08/2026
Treating housing as a wealth token is a silly mistake. All that unproductive capital. #auspol
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Australia is in a funny position - we’ve got outrageous amounts of uranium AND outrageous amounts of wind and solar. That is seen as a dilemma by some politicians and makes their heads explode.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Yep. Let’s turn housing back into shelter. Seems natural.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
And two things can be true at the same time. Nothing confusing about that. Yes, white settlers in Straya committed genocide against the indigenous Yes, Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Business: it’s not there for YOUR benefit! aje.news/pqk4g8
aje.news
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
David Crowe
August 4, 2026 — 5:05am
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Well, yeah. We complain about high house prices, but then react with shock when they do actually fall. #auspol
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Hahaha! Yep.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
And 30% of USA is too dopey to realise Trump is not on their side. Aussie.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Yep. Place has already had a nervous breakdown of some sort. Aussie.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I find AI’s sycophancy just icky. It must be tuned to Americans, who seem happy with people blowing their own trumpet. Aussie.
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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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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Yep. I’ve worked around nuclear medicine for decades. We absolutely need radioisotopes for diagnosis and treatment.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
And it’ll be in appalling taste anyway. The Trump touch.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
As an Aussie, I’m amused.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
And nuclear power plants don’t like being shut down. Or so my nuclear engineer colleague tells me.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
And nobody would be shocked if I sold my shareholding at a loss. Why should real estate be invulnerable against loss?
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If you accept that Labor is the new Liberals it all makes sense.
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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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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Yeah. They should add “Which takes values back to October last Year”, or whatever it may be. It’s not like a crisis.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
And does he really think it will change the outcome?
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Jerks.
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GregoryWalters @catmanforever.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#auspol #aupol
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
You can always bet on Abbott to back exactly the wrong argument.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Enshitification. Stoopidification.
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Schmootles 🇦🇺 @schmootles.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Yep. And Oz was stupid to inflate this bubble.
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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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