Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainDaz8647 @50lbperinch.bsky.social · 5hThis YouTube channel is a really good, factual and balanced explainer of economics. Somebody please pass it on to Dave Hughes. youtu.be/QtZfbWOkoIY?...youtu.beAustralia May Have Just Solved The Housing CrisisYouTube video by Economics Explained 122
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 4h14 minutes? Hard to imagine the king of the gronks being able to manage that. 000
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainThe Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 7hFriends of the dickhead, who believed his car made other cars look “like little bitch hatchbacks”, say he is quietly wishing he had a little bitch hatchback right now. Read the full story: theshovel.com.au/2026/03/18/d...theshovel.com.auDickhead With Ute Taller Than Himself Not So Fucking Smug About It Now — The ShovelAn Australian man who bought an American pick-up truck the size of a two-storey townhouse because he thought it would make him look tough, has pulled his head in a little after realising he may be spe... 47526
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainRodney Croome @rodneycroome.bsky.social · 5hTasmanian MPs are being flooded with misinformation about plans to ban conversion practices. Make sure they know the facts. Send an email here: equalitytasmania.org.au/end-conversi... Sign the petition here: haepetitions.parliament.tas.gov.au/haepet/Home/... 062
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 4hHopefully one day we will stop seeing housing as a 'market'. #HousingCrisis 121
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 7hMichael Danby says he’s furious Shoebridge is leader of The Greens bcoz he calls out Jillian Segal, opposed Israeli Pres Herzog’s visit & gives prominent Jewish Aussies Louise Adler & Sarah Schwartz a voice. The genocide-complicit Zionists really are panicking over Shoebridge.💥 3923384
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 4h"Its debt pile is around six times its forecast earnings" Why on earth would ANYONE still be taking them seriously? 010
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 5hAussies are understanding that your government is STILL approving new and expanding fossil fuel projects. You're literally deliberately harming the planet. 000
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 6hBREAKING: The Tiny Dictator is corrupt as fuck. #WhoKnew 000
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 7hThank you for sharing that. It would be helpful if people realised there's no 'correct' way to act/react. And also that we are often not in control of how we act/react (even when NOT affected by drugs/alcohol). Freeze/fight/flight does not only apply DURING a traumatic event. 010
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 8hBREAKING: Australia is actively destroying Tuvalu. #AlboTheLiar is a climate vandal. #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophedw.comAs rising seas threaten low-lying Pacific Islands, nations say the world must take climate seriouslyFor Pacific island nations, climate change is no distant threat. As seas rise, they're bringing the real-time consequences of a warming planet directly to world leaders in Tuvalu. 054
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainBen Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 23hNot really hiding it anymore, are they www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comOne Nation to establish headquarters in multimillion-dollar Brisbane office bought by Gina RinehartBarnaby Joyce defends move, saying party will lease space from mining billionaire’s company at commercial rates 1314041
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10hReminder - Japan imports more gas from Australia than it needs, and so it onsells it to other countries for a profit. www.afr.com/world/asia/a...afr.comAustralia moves to calm Japan’s jitters over gas reservation policyTreasurer Jim Chalmers used a large business gathering near Tokyo to promise executives that Australia would remain a dependable energy supplier. 9266109
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainDeepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 10hNews Corp, Santos, Kogan paid $0 in tax. But sure, let’s blame ‘government spending’, @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes. "The system is made for corporations and those who own and run those corporations." www.deepcutnews.com/p/news-corp-...deepcutnews.comNews Corp, Santos, Kogan paid $0 in tax. But sure, let’s blame ‘government spending’ - Greg JerichoThe Coalition want to cut already-underfunded social and health services, while staying silent on the corporations paying nothing 17237
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainThe DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Albanese is dangerous because he is a fraud. Hanson is dangerous because she is not. 74915
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainSteph Hodgins-May @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Australia’s “president of negotiations” role at this year’s COP31 conference is an exercise in hypocrisy. And it’s one that an increasing number of nations are seeing through, especially our neighbours in the Pacific. 2309
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainDr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026the destruction we are causing. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...abc.net.auAustralia's fossil fuel expansion 'slap in the face' to Pacific nationsHaving just approved a major coal mine expansion, Australia's climate credentials will be under the spotlight at pre-COP talks in Fiji. 34717
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026He does not experience cognitive dissonance. 000
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"That is, if we accept a misguided but vulgarised assumption..." ... which I am now going to do as the core of my piece. 010
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainTim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026Oh wow. This is proper fucked. That list of folks eligible for a free vaccine is *narrow*. So anyway, we gave BHP $600m in diesel rebates this past year. You know they really needed them because in the same year the company booked a $14b profit.australianpharmacist.com.auFewer Australians will qualify for free COVID-19 vaccines from October - Australian PharmacistCOVID-19 vaccines move onto the NIP this week. Who is now eligible for a funded vaccine and what should pharmacists tell patients who aren’t? 24290155
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It would be worth it for you to spend some time considering why you see my comments as a 'pile on'. 000
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026C'mon Roseanne. You know I never expressed a disinterest in the 'biggest threat'. Just because the term 'sovereign nation' was USED, doesn't mean that's what the comment was ABOUT. This thread is about the Greens. Not sovereignty. Not Labor. Not the US. 110
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The thread is about the Greens and their position on supporting Ukraine. 110
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026That's a separate issue. Kowtowing to the UN, given how compromised it is, is just as indefensible as kowtowing to the US. The Greens are trying to handball responsibility to a third party. It's pathetic. 000
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If we want to be a sovereign nation, we should not be waiting for UN resolutions before deciding. We should be courageous enough to make our own determinations about suporting the oppressed. The Greens' position is pissweak and obsequious. 210
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainDavid Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026🇦🇺 households are dealing with interest rate rises while corporate profits increase & multinational tax loopholes remain unaddressed. In this ep we talk about this + the trade-offs around AI & update on what’s happened lately in the senate & in parliamentary inquiries. youtu.be/90IuwGjfzz8youtu.beWho pays? - AI, rate rises and our biggest tax bludgersYouTube video by David Pocock 413660
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 327110654301
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Allowing Open AI to call these “rogue agents” lets them dodge responsibility - they made them, directed them and set them free without caring about the consequences. Our laws need to catch up to hold them accountable before worse happens. 20346128
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainRick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Government promised no access changes to the NDIS before 1 January 2028. They've already started, per the tribunal. And the big 50% social and community participation cuts are now in force. Families tell me they will have to give up care of children. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...thesaturdaypaper.com.auExclusive: NDIS changes secretly brought forwardAn Administrative Review Tribunal decision reveals that the government is already implementing NDIS access restrictions it promised would not take effect for more than a year. 1013070
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 02/10/2026Gladstone war widows enjoy backyard makeover as Legacy program approaches 10th year abc.net.auSoldiers' surprise backyard makeover leaves 90yo 'stunned'Pouring into the homes of two war widows, more than 20 soldiers were on a mission to beautify their backyards. Both women were "beyond grateful" for the help, as the Legacy program nears its 10th birthday. 094
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainDr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026OpenAi tech does not improve or enhance information assembled by experts and published on official websites. It churns through precious and scarce resources to enshittify what is/was digital information unless/until OpenAi siccs its tech into the space. On purpose. Intentionally. By design. 1178
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Penny Wong is "deeply concerned" by the "humanitarian crisis" in Gaza. She also doesn't want to see "Palestinian jobs and livelihoods affected" by sanctions against Israeli invaders in the West Bank. The gaslighting rhetoric from Wong is utterly shameful. 😔 #auspol #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine 239838
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainJewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NAZA - the film Netanyahu doesn't want you to see - is coming to Australia. We're partnering with @madmanfilms.bsky.social for special preview screenings on 11 October in Sydney and Melbourne, featuring @sarahschwartz.bsky.social and Antony Loewenstein. Grab tickets here: www.madman.com.au/naza/ 8209110
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainMegan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The inflation problem. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social 318177
PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They should decide which hand should be bandaged. 000
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainThe Onion @theonion.com · 01/10/2026Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him theonion.com/man-who-lost-everythin… 121813232
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Me (emerging from a tank I have driven through your house) people, now is a time for healing. 458089
Reposted by PlsUseYourBrainAntifa Crone- La Mort To Der Fascista @cheriegrant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is insane. Nope, I can’t come up with anything else to say. 173