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Alan Berry

@trueblueberry.bsky.social
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late boomer thinker. repost equals interest not necessarily agreement. I have opinions take it or leave it. Sarcasm rules. I love a good pisstake. Oh, philosophy and cats. #auspol.

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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Protests spread beyond the Paris suburbs, across urban and rural France. It now spans general and vocational high schools, small-town schools and universities, bringing together students from different social backgrounds and educational tracks.
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Mel Campbell @incrediblemelk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Fantastic thread on the French high-school protests. I can’t believe how modest these teens’ demands are (funding for basic educational facilities) cf. how savagely the cops are cracking down on them
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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Constitutional expert accuses Anthony Albanese of ‘grey corruption’ over golf club grant www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Constitutional expert accuses Anthony Albanese of ‘grey corruption’ over golf club grant
Prof Anne Twomey says $6m for Marrickville Golf Club was ‘misuse of public money’ made under a ‘farcical scheme’
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Blakandblack @blakandblack.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pauline Hanson, One Nation and others on the far right…
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Alan Berry @trueblueberry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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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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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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The Monthly @themonthly.com.au · 02/10/2026
Don’t give up on the politicians. Don’t rely on them, but don’t give up on them. And when they let us down, don’t underestimate our capacity within community to change the landscape ourselves. mnth.ly/NbuSm3U
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Tech, truth and the decline in democracy
In his Thea Astley Address at the Byron Writers Festival, the celebrated journalist used the occasion to reflect on the perfect storm that is destroying our politics
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Albanese's proposal to water down Australian copyright to appease AI companies is a "terrible betrayal", writes Richard Flanagan in a blistering piece. "A government that doesn’t understand its nation’s culture is a government incapable of leading the nation." www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-great-...
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The great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard Flanagan
Australians should be furious that Anthony Albanese has opened the floodgates to American AI companies
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Last month Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher told the National Press Club that Santos and the gas industry had not lost its social license
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Australia's defence spending is outpacing inflation - a 38% increase over the past five years compared to inflation at 24%. But when it comes to social services - like free childcare - the government's response is the same: the need to be "fiscally responsible". www.deepcutnews.com/p/albanese-c...
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Albanese can find $425bn for defence – but not $126bn for free childcare
Defence spending is outpacing inflation as the government says it can’t afford universal childcare, dental or lifting JobSeeker above the poverty line.
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Alan Berry @trueblueberry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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ASPI jumps the shark on China
No longer a shadow of what it was, ASPI gets a proponent of world government to push for a global league of democracies to fight China.
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Alan Berry @trueblueberry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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When Monsters Walk Among Us
More than four decades ago, the Greek composer and public intellectual Manos Hadjidakis issued a warning that now reads less like a reflection on fascism than a prophecy of our own time. The greatest ...
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 16/09/2026
“Palantir has no place in our hospitals, no place in our community… Nurses are advocates first. We’re trained to advocate and to speak up when something is wrong, and that’s what we’re doing.” @nationalnurses.bsky.social
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'Purge Palantir!': Union nurses warn Big Tech and Big Brother are invading our healthcare system
“Palantir has no place in our hospitals, no place in our community... Nurses are advocates first. We're trained to advocate and to speak up when something is wrong, and that's what we're doing.”
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For 33 years, McConnell has voted against family and medical leave for working Americans. Then he disappears from the Senate for 92 days and keeps collecting his full paycheck. Apparently, paid leave is only a problem when someone else gets it.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Steve Moskal @samoskal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“A warming Earth is accelerating the melting of the planet's two major ice sheets, with five-sixths of the melt not coming from hotter air, but from warmer waters eating away at the ice sheets from below and the sides, with glaciers flowing into …” #glaciermelts #oceanwarming #albedo #sealevelrise
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Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica in 47 years, satellites show
A major report has found that 12.5 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979. The massive glacier melt is mainly attributed to warmer waters eroding the ice sheets from...
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 16/09/2026
"Australia built an illness system, not a health system" - @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social Luke discusses the soaring cost of specialist care & the problems with private health with @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social on this week's Follow the Money. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4xwuwEq
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NEW EPISODE | Australia built an illness system, not a health system
Listen to Follow the Money now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Poverty kills...Raising the level of jobseeker would save thousands of lives." And @grogsgamut.bsky.social has the figures to prove it. I'll be more direct. By failing to #RaiseTheRate, our government is killing people. For "no-one left behind" Albo, this is inexcusable negligence. #auspol
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Outstanding journalism by ABC's @milliganreports.bsky.social, revealing how the #CatholicChurch #ChristianBrothers order avoids paying compensation to victims of church child sexual abuse. Also avail. on ABC iview for Australian residents. #4Corners #religion 😔 youtu.be/1M-xEiUwK1U?...
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The scandal rocking the Christian Brothers | Four Corners Documentary
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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Australian Resisters @crystalcleaner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Like she said ….
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The @sydney.edu.au is facing an alumni revolt over Israel. More than 450 graduates and staff signed a letter demanding a rare Convocation meeting to discuss the university's ties to Israel and free speech on campus. www.deepcutnews.com/p/alumni-rev...
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Alumni revolt over Israel: 450 Sydney Uni staff and graduates demand Convocation meeting
Signatories accuse the university of a “profound moral failure” on Gaza in push for first mass meeting in over three decades
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Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com · 27/08/2026
You can just ban socially toxic technologies! They were socially banned like twelve years ago with Google Glasses, we can do it again in more formal ways with this latest attempt to push the Pervert's Delight™ onto society. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Push for import ban on 'pervert' smart glasses amid privacy concerns
Support is growing for a ban on the import of so-called “smart glasses”, amid an influx of low-cost devices that are being used to film Australians without their consent.
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Alan Berry @trueblueberry.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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How the Labor Party sold out to vampiric oligarchs and authoritarian Zionist dickheads - The Shot
This week, the Albanese government, in goose-stepping sync with the Liberals and One Nation, will push into law the “ASIO...
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/08/2026
Author and journalist Cory Doctorow coined the term 'enshittification' to describe how Big Tech has slowly ruined not just social media, but the whole internet. Enshittification happens in stages. Read more on our website ⤵️ theaus.in/4wJU3K8
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🚨JUST IN🚨 A NSW Supreme Court judge has delivered a sweeping rejection of the IHRA definition of antisemitism, saying it is 'detached from reality'. www.deepcutnews.com/p/nsw-suprem...
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NSW Supreme Court criticises IHRA definition as 'detached from reality'
Justice Fagan says Zionism 'open to criticism' in decision on graffiti case
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-Year-Old Mia Heller From Virginia, USA, Invents a Water Filter That Eliminates 96% of Microplastics From Drinking Water
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I know I've got a special bottle set aside for the occasion. 🎉
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Remember when Israel said it was all about getting the hostages back, that they would stop bombing Gaza once every hostage was returned? It was never about the hostages. It's always been about taking the land of Palestine, genocide, erasing a people. #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 11/08/2026
"Not acting on climate change would be an act of intergenerational negligence" - Director Climate & Energy Program, Polly Hemming. The 2026 Climate Integrity Summit is on for the 15th of September and there are only a few tickets left! Book now and don’t miss out! #auspol
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
JUST IN: Australia’s Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Brendan Dowling rejects calls to narrow national deradicalisation programs solely to Islamist extremism, telling antisemitism RC they must target all extreme ideologies. Something I assume media won’t jump out to report on today.
Image of Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Brendan Dowling giving evidence at the antisemitism royal commission.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The world started going to shit when governments began defunding humanities and suggesting STEM is all we need to encourage.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 11/08/2026
The bill for the massive cuts to the NDIS show a future Health Minister could essentially kill the NDIS without even having to legislate it. Chief Economist Greg Jericho unpacks the bill. Listen here ⤵️ australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-…
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Neoliberalism has destroyed our social fabric in the name of profits, @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes. "Public services should once again be owned and run by the public." www.deepcutnews.com/p/neoliberal...
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Neoliberalism has destroyed our social fabric in the name of profits – Greg Jericho
Privatisation has failed. It's time to put public services back into public hands
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JoanKay @joankay.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Richard Marles on #RNbreakfast wheeled out pathetic talking points on their #gambling 'reforms'. He says "strikes the right balance" 7 times. But when pressed by Sally Sara, it's clear that the "balance" is the gambling, sports and media lobbies on one side, and the rest of Australia on the other.
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Australians view China more favourably than the US, a Pew Research poll shows. Favourable views of the US slumped to 24% of Australians, with China climbing to 31% – above the US for the first time. www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...
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Australians view China more favourably than US, poll shows
Australian views of the US have declined sharply since 2023
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/08/2026
I reckon “consumer preference” here ought to have a superscript asterisk that leads to this note: Productivity has skyrocketed yet wages have plummeted and many people simply can’t afford more expensive goods.
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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 03/08/2026
I'm going to alienate some people now. Abortion is a critical part of gynecological care. Full stop. Hormonal birth control is used by many individuals simply to regulate difficult menstrual cycles. Legislators who don't understand the minutiae of reproductive biology should SHUT THE FUCK UP.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The new Trump Class battleship (Priority 1) places #AUKUS at priority 4 behind Columbia class nuclear missile subs & Ford class aircraft carriers. The battleship will further tie up a workforce already not making enough Virginia subs. @albomp.bsky.social will ignore this new risk. 🤦‍♂️ #auspol
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Anthony Albanese – the great Australian sellout. From salmon to supermarkets, gas to gambling – we detected a pattern. Albanese consistently backs powerful lobbyists. www.deepcutnews.com/p/albaneses-...
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Albanese keeps backing lobbyists over public opinion, our analysis shows
From salmon to supermarkets, gas to Gaza, the PM has consistently backed those with power and wealth
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
'Social cohesion' is a dangerous phrase in Australian politics, writes Jeff Sparrow. www.deepcutnews.com/p/why-social...
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Why 'social cohesion' is a dangerous phrase in Australian politics – Jeff Sparrow
The establishment loves this phrase. But as Ed Husic found out, imposing consensus from the top isn't democracy – it's erasure.
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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 03/08/2026
We need to invest in electrification to bring a more secure future And the solutions are available today, already affordable, and still getting cheaper bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Fuck all the way off with this. Howard has never liked multiculturalism. Not because it denotes ‘different tribes’ but because he can’t imagine anyone but someone who looks and thinks like him as ‘Australian’.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Is this an “Iran is begging for a deal” day, or an “I’m going to bomb them at levels not seen since WWII” day? Sometimes it can be hard to keep up.
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Anthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The "renewables vs agriculture" argument is of course, completely ass backwards. See for instance here. Solar panels help crop growth energiesmedia.com/solar-panels...
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American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity
Long rows of solar panels march across the desert, and underneath them, where the ground should be baked and bare, there are rows of green.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is just extraordinary and likely to shape Australian politics in the lead up to the 2028 election just as the Black Summer fires contributed to Scott Morrison’s demise. #auspol #climatecrisis #climatechange
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Oz Wiltshire. @ozwiltshire.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Two Australian helicopters collide midair fighting fires in Greece
Two firefighters are dead after a collision between two Australian-owned helicopters near Athens, as Europe's wildfire emergency continues.
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
www.sbs.com.au/news/article... Good bloke
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'Mirage': Voice architect Noel Pearson breaks silence at Garma on referendum defeat
It marks the first major public speech by Pearson since the referendum was defeated nearly three years ago.
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Terry Anderson @terrytoon.com · 02/08/2026
THIS is the one thing everybody outside the UK needs to know about us right now.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 03/08/2026
Luke Bateman tells inquiry gambling companies supplied him with cocaine and alcohol
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Luke Bateman tells inquiry gambling companies supplied him with cocaine and alcohol
Former rugby league player turned TikTok influencer tells parliamentary inquiry his spiralling addiction to gambling cost him about $1m Former rugby league star Luke Bateman has alleged gambling company promoters supplied him with cocaine and alcohol, telling a parliamentary inquiry the betting industry exercised no duty of care. Bateman, who is now a TikTok star and influential in the “BookTok” community, told the inquiry on Monday morning he attended a private Gold Coast event hosted by a gambling company at which senior figures took illicit drugs with clients. Continue reading...
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