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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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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 4h
Over at @getup.org.au ‘s Instagram to see the full AI Deep Fake — here’s the side by side:
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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 3h
One text message from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry boss was all it took for Albanese to burn $200 million of taxpayer funds:
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Andrew Knight (Fella) 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @andrewknightfella.bsky.social · 8h
This isn't just #Putin and #russia now. #Trump is an accomplice to this. He could have allowed US Intelligence to just continue their jobs and warn Ukraine of this. He proactively prevented them from doing so, with the intention of Ukrainians being hurt/killed.
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 9h
Australia has entered the chat.
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Wouldn’t it be great if we ran out of hate @wnhy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
More Zionist Hasbara influencing media outlets in Australia #auspol
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Ignoble Jim R Houghton @jimrhoughton.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
If a group hijacks music without permission they should face retrospective licencing penalties ten million times regular royalties. It's unacceptable to steal music, give the fraudulent impression the artist supports them, and then walk away with no consequences. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘What planet is she on?’: the Seekers take aim at CPAC over use of I am Australian
The carnival is over for use of Australian band’s song they say was played without permission at conservative conference
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Think Big (Peter Pat) @think-big.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"Australia First", but gets every single idea that enters his pea-sized brain from the USA. #auspol
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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Invasive fire ant nest detected at logistics centre in Sydney's inner west www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Invasive fire ant nest discovered in Sydney's inner west
Specialist fire ant detection dog teams have been deployed to the site in Sydney's Enfield and a nearby area with no other nests having been discovered.
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 12/10/2026
🏗️ Datacentres work the political game The Guardian maps who gets the donations, and the ex-premier acting as lobbyist, in Australia's datacentre rush. 🔗 theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/12/donations-lobbyists-how-datacentres-play-the-political-game-in-australia #AI #DataCentres #Australia
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Donations to major parties and an ex-premier as a lobbyist: how datacentres play the political game in Australia
As governments face community backlash for fast-tracking developments, big tech’s financial contributions face renewed scrutiny
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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... “For years, Donald Trump and far-right extremists have relentlessly targeted congresswoman Omar with vile personal attacks and baseless accusations.
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Democrats rebuke federal raid of Ilhan Omar’s home: ‘rogue abuse of power’
Top House Democrats question the ‘corrupt weaponization’ of federal government against Trump’s adversaries
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Ampol profits are up 376% as the oil sector cashes in on Iran war. The windfall profits come as Australians suffer soaring petrol prices and the Labor government refuses to adequately tax the sector. www.deepcutnews.com/p/ampol-prof...
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Ampol profits up 376% as oil sector cashes in on Iran war
The US-Israeli war on Iran has been a cash bonanza for the oil sector as Australians pay the costs
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Jean Proudman @bluejeans58.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“The LECC’s chief commissioner has described police’s approach towards information sharing as ‘difficult’ and ‘overly defensive’. It seems we have a police commissioner either in denial or avoiding the truth.”
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians.” If the U.S. military forces suffered those kind of damages under a Democratic admin, Congress would impeach the Defense Secretary and lot more.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
So, finally, a PM who admits there **was** Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum — after all the evidence amassed by myself @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Sergei Cristo, J Patrick et al — dismissed as conspiracy for ten long years Truth is the daughter of Time
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Wouldn’t it be great if we ran out of hate @wnhy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Where is Australia @albomp.bsky.social ?Why aren’t we signatories to this as well? We need to support the #ICC and its work upholding International Law, not some dubious US version #auspol
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PKs Powerfromspace1 🚀 Last Angry Bernie Brother cast adrift 😒 @powerfromspace1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Eight US allies said they "regret and strongly disagree" with the Trump administration's decision to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court, hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay was announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. #ICC #Trump qudsnen.com/share/68463
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Eight US Allies Slam Trump Administration's Sanctions on ICC in Major Escalation
Eight countries, all allies of the United States, issued a joint statement on Friday saying that they "regret and strongly disagree" with the Trump administration's decision to impose sanctions on the...
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Wolfie Rankin @wolfierankin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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One Nation director to Four Corners reporter ‘F*** off’
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
Why the populist right arrived later in Australia – part one pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/20… #Auspol
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Why the populist right arrived later in Australia – part one
Australia avoided the populist-right breakthroughs seen in the US and Europe for longer because prosperity, stronger institutions and a more equal income distribution absorbed the shocks. Those protections are now weakening. Part one of a two-part analysis.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 08/10/2026
Naotunne Vijitha, monk who preyed on girls at Melbourne temple, sentenced to 13 years' jail
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Monk who preyed on girls sentenced to 13 years' jail
A County Court judge ordered Naotunne Vijitha, 71, to serve 13 years and 2 months for sexually abusing six girls at a Melbourne temple.
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Appalachian Blue @republicofcascadia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just walked past another Minns Law’n’order press conference readying outside the brutalist Sydney Police Centre 100 police outside armed to the teeth. A few scattered press. No members of the public… Performative rubbish again from Minns & co
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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 YOUR job is to read behind the headlines and really examine the truth and the unsaid Are there unicorns? Why has no-one else talked about them? How much are unicorns? Who is buying them? Where do they get the money to buy every renter a unicorn?
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Think Big (Peter Pat) @think-big.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nebulae in another galaxy! This is my first new image for a while. I decided to buy a Wanderer electronic tilt adjuster to make it easier when swapping telescopes, so was keen to try it out. With the Small Magellanic Cloud rising higher, I captured NGC 346, NGC 371, & surrounds. 🔭 #astrophotography
Nebulae in the Small Magellanic Cloud. At bottom centre is NGC346, shining brightly in blue (OIII) and white and appearing to fan out upwards. Above & to the right is the smaller brain-like (but still blue) NGC371. Surrounding them are many blobs of Ha (red). 8 hours of exposure with a Skywatcher MN190, ZWO 2600mc & Antlia ALP-T dual-band filter in Bortle 8 skies..
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Information Age @information-age.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Some of Australia’s biggest data centre operators paid no tax in the 2024-25 financial year, despite reporting hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in income as construction of new facilities accelerates across the country. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2026...
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The data centre giants paying no tax in Australia
ATO scrutinises the rapidly growing industry.
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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Holy hell. "The count is stark: the US military controls 17 facilities on the mainland and has access to 75 more Australian-run installations. American defence corporations reach a further 18." Australian sovereignty is DEAD. asenseofplacemagazine.substack.com/p/australia-...
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Australia is now a US base: A foreign military has the run of the country
The Australian continent has always been useful to other people’s wars.
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Dee Madigan @deemadigan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One Nation says AI is coming for Australian jobs then used AI to make their campaign video.
They didn’t hire an Aussie videographer or Aussie editor or Aussie actors.
Turns out it’s only ‘Australian jobs first’ when One Nation doesn’t have to pay.
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Matt Quinn (The Electric Rabbit) @electricrabbit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I have a thought on this: what if companies were not allowed to donate to political parties any more than 1% of the amount of tax they paid?
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yanis Varoufakis: Inflation is again being used as an excuse for acts of vandalism on some of Australia’s important institutions. #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The interest rate rise is the wrong medicine and an even worse alibi | Yanis Varoufakis
Inflation is again being used as an excuse for acts of vandalism on some of Australia’s important institutions
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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 · 03/10/2026
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 · 03/10/2026
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...
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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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Think Big (Peter Pat) @think-big.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The correct term is not "holders" but "bagholders".
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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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Think Big (Peter Pat) @think-big.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They found money for a TV advertising campaign about it, though.
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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‼️
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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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