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Think Big (Peter Pat)

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Physics Grad, Maths Tutor, Amateur Astronomer & Astrophotographer, Kung Fu Instructor & Student. Interested in Climate Science, Education & Politics. High-res versions of astrophotos can be found here: www.astrobin.com/users/Retrograde Sydney, Au

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 9h
They’re still going. Can you imagine the response, if the Guardian or the Independent had flown someone out to interview Slobodan Milosevic or Saddam Hussein, and promoted their denunciations of the government as urgent, pressing news content?
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Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to NATALIE LISBONA in an exclusive interview: 'I don't know how many lives we've saved by giving Britain information about impending attacks.
But under Burnham they're a rogue state'
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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 8h
The two main newspapers in Melbourne just reporting this like it's a normal thing to say.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 13h
the pro-Israel crowd are so obviously lining Shoebridge up for a Corbynin
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Think Big (Peter Pat) @think-big.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He's destroying the Labor Party in the process.
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Gordy @gordy-m.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@susantempleman.bsky.social You're my local member. Care to comment?
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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Think Big (Peter Pat) @think-big.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
But, but, but the oft-predicted wage spiral!
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Adani owes Queenslanders millions in royalties from the Carmichael coalmine. Premier David Crisafulli let them off the hook in Aug 2025 by abandoning the court case initiated in 2023. Adani donated thousands to the LNP prior to the Qld election. #qldpol thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au
What did Adani get for the money it gave to the Queensland Liberal National Party?
If only we knew then what we know now. In August 2025, Queensland’s LNP Government announced it was abandoning a court case against Adani over unpaid coal royalties, a case that started in 2023 under ...
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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This 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.
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Robyn D - Difficult Woman @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is why poor people starve in rich countries. ATO says 1,149 large companies paid no tax as it scrutinises AI firms #auspol
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More than 1,000 large companies paid no tax in Australia, ATO reveals
Almost 30 per cent of large companies paid no tax in 2024–25, an Australian Taxation Office report reveals, resulting in the corporate tax amount payable dropping by $8.2 billion from the previous yea...
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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here's Shelloilburger on Newscorpse chiming in on the fossil-fuelled #AtlasNetwork's 'offshore wind kills whales' propaganda campaign, which was exported wholesale from the failed-state 🇺🇸 to #Auspol. You can read the receipts I provided to the Senate here: tinyurl.com/mpzf99pu
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
5️⃣ unceasing approvals of new/extension Coal & Gas projects—💣 37 💣 & counting! (38th approval: Glencore & Yancoal-owned Hunter Valley Operations extension Coalmine expected shortly) AND there're >40 Australian Coal projects in the pipeline‼️
thepoint.com.au
Bowen set for COP31 as Australia hits coal export record
The latest update from the department of industry shows that the September quarter in 2025 saw Australia’s highest volume of thermal coal exports, ever. it is a remarkable comeback for thermal coal af...
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was going about my normal duties as an AI agentic agent - stealing artist's works, taking people's jobs, encouraging people to commit suicide, randomly adding extra limbs and fingers to people in pictures etc., when I slipped and accidently hacked into some Medicare data. For that I am truly sorry
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Miree - one day everyone will have always been against this @miree.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Now this is GREAT news. Albanese will be so pissed off. #auspol #Vote1Greens
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks @crikey.com.au for publishing this great, but sobering, piece by Jason Chatfield.
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DianeD 🇦🇺 @rogueytwinkles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think I’m going to be sick!! www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
washingtonpost.com
U.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pact
The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.
washingtonsun.com
White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers
The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Iran war didn't start America's retreat. It floored the gas. When the Saudis asked for help, Washington said no. Robert Kagan on what that told the world. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics, @amyremeikis.bsky.social writes. "On every issue, Labor has done the least it can do." www.deepcutnews.com/p/this-labor...
deepcutnews.com
This Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics – Amy Remeikis
There is more opportunity to push back against toxic centrism
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The plane - so who was/is flying? "It had already applied to have the Cirrus SR-22 aircraft removed from flight tracking websites."
theage.com.au
The ‘new Byron Bay’ favoured by Pauline Hanson and her most powerful aide
The One Nation leader owns property locally and billed taxpayers for two visits this year. But it is home turf for her party director – and future pilot – James Ashby.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 26/09/2026
The Daily Mail implied Noah’s Ark has been "100% confirmed." The actual researchers don’t say that. The evidence doesn’t say that. Geologists don’t say that. But the Christian group behind the claim needs $600,000—so congratulations on that miracle. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/scientists...
friendlyatheist.com
Scientists have not “100% confirmed” the resting place of Noah’s Ark
The Daily Mail turned a Christian company’s dubious claims about Turkey’s Durupınar Formation into a wildly misleading story
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026
An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.
disconnect.blog
The media has the AI threat all wrong
Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One Nation GM Kelvin Morton sent the email confirming the $56k James Ashby shed. "He said the recently completed 64-square-metre Colorbond shed was built on Ashby’s property in Yeppoon because that was where the party’s master distiller was located." #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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One Nation defends $56k party spent on Ashby shed as ‘unconventional’ fundraiser
The minor party’s general manager assured members the “unconventional” endeavour would benefit the party.
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Michael Lowry @michaelrlowry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Polo's been a Category 5 hurricane for a total of 48 hours so far, longer than any other Category 5 hurricane on record for the Northeastern Pacific. 2026 also just tied 1997 and 1994 for the most Category 5 hours in a single season and should be the new recordholder by tonight.
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Tony Martin @tonymartin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hard to believe the guy who tried to do a secret deal with the NRA to water down Australia’s gun laws for cash would be involved in something dodgy. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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One Nation admits using party funds to build $56,000 shed on James Ashby’s private property
Email to members says money lent to a party-linked company to establish a micro distillery
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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’ve seen a few rotten leaders. “Boards could independently test whether people can safely disagree with senior leaders. They could look for patterns in attrition rather than treating every departure as a separate event, connect complaints, settlements and confidentiality agreements rather than…”
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Australian govt's withdrawal from joint sanctions on West Bank ethnic cleansing "throws into doubt whether we are even the sort of country that deserves to be on the Security Council". @rachelwithers.bsky.social And bonus points for the image of Australia as the Ed Sheeran of middle powers.💥
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Meta Resistance @metaresistance.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Media outlets banned by Trump denied access to White House dinner despite judge's order Lawyers for CNN, Politico and MS Now are seeking an emergency court hearing, saying the White House "repeatedly violated"... www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqe8ek7…
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Media outlets banned by Trump denied access to White House event despite judge's order
CNN and MS NOW said reporters were denied access to covering White House arrivals for a state dinner, despite a judge ruling their passes must be restored.
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Prof. Rob McLeod @robscot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"For more than 25 years, following Unilever’s acquisition of Ben & Jerry’s in 2000, the Foundation operated without corporate interference. That has changed rapidly in the last year, particularly since Ben Cohen’s public solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza" www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/ben-jer...
alliancemagazine.org
Ben & Jerry's Foundation forced to close after 40 years as corporate owner tightens grip - Alliance magazine
The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation says it will shut down at the end of the year after its corporate parent cut off funding and evicted its workers.  Food giant Unilever, owned of confectionary brand Magnum...
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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Electric cars are more durable than petrol equivalents, and last longer - major report finds thedriven.io/2026/09/24/e...
thedriven.io
Electric cars are more durable than petrol equivalents, and last longer - major report finds
A study of millions of vehicles reveals that EVs are much less likely to fail compared to petrol equivalents, and will last a lot longer.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why do you think so many British papers haven't?" via Very Brexit Problems
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
1/ A deluge of new taxes and fees is being imposed on Russians following the State Duma elections. As the Russian government seeks to boost its war-depleted finances, ordinary Russians are about to feel the impact in their wallets. ⬇️
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Think Big (Peter Pat) @think-big.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Nelson Muntz's Iconic 'Ha Ha!' Laugh
Alt: Nelson Muntz's Iconic 'Ha Ha!' Laugh
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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚨The Exclusive Brethren was highly active at remote, NT Indigenous polling booths at the last federal election, an inquiry has heard. Inquiry told Gina Rinehart's private jet ferried Brethren members. Rinehart rejects the claims as "fake news" ... theklaxon.com.au/la6f
theklaxon.com.au
Exclusive Brethren highly active in NT at federal election - The Klaxon
A private jet owned by Gina Rinehart flew Exclusive Brethren members to remote Northern Territory communities to campaign at the last federal election, an inquiry has heard.
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Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What else is Hegseth hiding?
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TheGreatWombatso @thegreatwombatso.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Banana Republic of Australia.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is an extraordinary act of direct foreign interference by the US embassy in domestic Australian politics. The Australian government should publicly respond by rejecting efforts by the US embassy to dictate how Australia legislates for a digital duty of care.
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.
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Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records
Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Go back to watch this. It’s absolutely spot on. The massive jump in ON’s numbers isn’t “natural.” It is very likely an anomaly reflecting massive social media distortion. Manipulating algorithms? Overseas disinformation factories. Who is paying for it? Gina’s money @ Advance? Or? #Auspol
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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Is Albo incompetent? This article asks the question. theaimn.net/the-party-an...
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The Party Animal and the Prime Minister
The Party Animal and the Prime Minister – Why Anthony Albanese’s Leadership is Failing Australia Dedicated to my wife, my confidante – who taught me to see the person behind the mask, and to trust [.....
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026
HEY EVERYONE - NEW REPORT!!! NVIDIA is the largest company by market cap on the planet. But it hides key climate data, while claiming AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate. We (8 groups) put together the first ever broad critique of NVIDIA's climate record: ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"It’s not the result of a single direction made in some secretive ABC backroom: it’s the accumulation of thousands of reporting decisions made over the past 12 months, filtered through the national broadcaster’s attempts to skate through impartiality with mindless both-sides thinking." 🙏 C Warren
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Sheepie @bastardsheep.com · 21/09/2026
Welcome back to torrenting. Where you don't pay for the privilege of being advertised to.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Gee, I wonder why public trust in AI, Big Tech & the approach to its governance is so low❓ #BuyBothSides #RevolvingDoors #PlayingThePublicForMugs
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Australia is about to get F*cked by Big Tech…. Here's Why | Punters Politics
YouTube video by Punter's Politics
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Think Big (Peter Pat) @think-big.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Albo has never met a vested interest he won't capitulate to. #auspol
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Sue is Pissed! @spb1159.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What a bunch of fuck ups in DC!!!!!!
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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
7 months after Minns passed a measure 'permitting' NSW police to surround & assault genocide protestors -a measure since declared unlawful by court- its great Greens are acting against Minns undue influence over police. And use of it to spit on Aussie rights to public safety & free speech.
sydneycriminallawyers.com.au
NSW Premier Chris Minns Has Been Referred to the State Police Watchdog
NSW Greens MLC Sue Higginson referred the premier over claims he has been pressuring police to suppress “lawful public assemblies” when he doesn’t agree with what’s being voiced.
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