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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“There is the uncomfortable reality that neither has any experience running data centres or a background in technology.” Don’t you just love capitalism. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Data centre operator Firmus about to float as its owner tries to shed jailbird image
He went to prison for insider trading but Oliver Curtis is about to be the source of one of Australia's largest share market floats.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Every single person who spruiks AI and the glory of data centres is either a sociopath or the most gullible POS.
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We already understand it only too well.
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So an American president is actually a king.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Israel retaliated against allies that broke with it over Gaza while pouring millions into foreign influence. Israeli-linked networks targeted Canadian politics and media, while figures tied to Israel trips became prominent voices in Alberta’s separation movement. #Cdnpoli
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Punish, pressure and manipulate: how Israel's government attacks Canada and other allies that break ranks
Israel's government has run fake accounts aimed at Canadians, retaliated against Canadian MPs and diplomats, and punished Norway, Ireland, Spain, Australia, France and Britain for recognising Palestin...
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There's been a rise in Australians visiting Canada, via Vancouver of course, no one wants to go via Los Angeles anymore.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Santos paid zero company tax for 11th year in a row, ATO data shows" Me for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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Santos paid zero company tax for 11th year in a row, ATO data shows
The latest corporate tax data released today by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) showed that once again, major gas producers are paying no company tax, and despite claims that changes to the Petroleum ...
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Shame about the collections, and the curators, and the spending priorities.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Statement from Senator Shoebridge on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on AI
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We could have a competition, the way Canada did. 🇨🇦
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
move along
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
These locations will end up being part of the Rex Patrick Freedom of Information Pilgrimage Route.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 11/08/2026
Delivery drivers to be paid minimum $31.30 an hour across Australia in ‘world-leading’ decision
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Delivery drivers to be paid minimum $31.30 an hour across Australia in ‘world-leading’ decision
Fair Work Commission issues a new minimum standards order for gig workers to come into effect 17 August Delivery drivers in Australia will be paid a minimum rate of $31.30 an hour and insured for injuries on the job under a landmark agreement approved by the industrial umpire. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) on Tuesday issued a new minimum standards order for gig workers who perform on-demand delivery of food, drinks, or groceries, and the operators of the digital platforms who engage their services. Continue reading...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“I don’t have many maxims in life, but one of them is that the moment you privatise a public service is also the day you should set the date for the Royal Commission into the failures and abuses of the system.”
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 05/08/2026
Penguins and dolphins among nearly 400 Australian species under threat from bird flu as ‘true extent of disaster’ revealed
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Penguins and dolphins among nearly 400 Australian species under threat from bird flu as ‘true extent of disaster’ revealed
Assessment of more than 2,000 native species reveals nearly one in five at high risk of deadly H5N1, including parrots, fur seals and quolls * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Almost 400 native Australian bird and mammal species have been assessed as being at a high risk – or worse – from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, a federal government assessment has revealed. Some of Australia’s most beloved animals – including species of penguins, fur seals, quolls, dolphins, more than 300 birds and the Tasmanian devil – are considered at least high risk from the virus, meaning they could suffer “severe reduction in population size or viability” or worse if it reaches them. Continue reading...
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 21/07/2026
Australia's jobseeker system fails workers and enriches millionaires, report says
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Private firms profit as Australia's job system fails workers, report finds
A new report argues Australia's employment services system is failing jobseekers, while filling the pockets private equity and millionaires.
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Information about the vagus nerve is constantly growing. A primitive vagus nerve immobilisation response to imminent danger once stopped me from walking into my backyard where two armed robbers were hiding. I froze, and retreated to my front door. A few minutes later there were police everywhere.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 21/06/2026
Shakespeare, Bowie, Einstein: Mona opens one-of-a-kind underground library Phrontisterion
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Shakespeare, Bowie, Einstein: Mona opens one-of-a-kind underground library
From Shakespeare's First Folio to neon-lit shelves to a curvy kids' section, Mona's new library, Phrontisterion, is anything but ordinary.  
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The departmental time and expertise needed to commission and manage these contracts could instead be used to actually do the work.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
If the ratio of dwelling prices to household income was the same as in 1999 when the CGT discount was introduced, the avge dwelling price would now be $596,552 rather than $1.074m live.thepoint.com.au
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The Point Live: Farrer fall out for Coalition, while Labor sets out to address 'intergenerational inequality' in its budget: as it happens
The MPs are in Canberra although parliament won't be sitting until tomorrow. Angus Taylor hopes his economic credentials brings the Liberals back from the brink, while Labor hopes its budget helps ad...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The very rich don't make money the same way everyone else does - they seek income that is easier to avoid paying tax on (and use the tax system that is set up to ensure richer people can avoid paying tax) www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Chart showing the breakdown on income sources by total income range. 

Those earning between $60k and $100k get 87% of their income from wages; those who make $1m+ get 18% from wages, 18% from dividends, 24% from trusts and 26% from capital gains
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Nigerian doctor, Indian dentist, Nepalese nurse - all of them exceptionally competent and empathetic.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 13/04/2026
“It seems to be entirely lost on the government… that Australia’s natural gas does not belong to them. "Australia's natural gas resource belongs to all Australians." - Andrew Wilkie MP Read more about our case for a 25% gas export tax on The Point: theaus.in/47SUXdB
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 25/03/2026
“As long as we continue to treat teaching like a form of moral sacrifice rather than skilled professional labour, the system will continue to rely on goodwill it has no intention of properly valuing,” writes Stephanie Wescott and Adriana Bonifacio. Read more on The Point: theaus.in/4syzrDl
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Stephen McDonell @stephenmcdonell.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Iranian refugee shot while trying to disarm one of the Bondi shooters is to be deported from #Australia… Click link www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
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He risked his life at Bondi. But this Iranian refugee failed our character test
AB ran into danger during Bondi's terrorist attacks to save lives. Four months on, he faces deportation after failing Australia's refugee character test. His family is urging the Albanese government t...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Israel is committed heart and soul to doing evil.
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Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️ @brennan.day · 08/03/2026
The Calgary Public Library is paying $8,000 for an AI Artist Residency while Canadian artists earn a median income 44% below average and compete for grants at a 16% acceptance rate. This is happening in arts around the world. I wrote about why. blog.brennanbrown.ca/why-is-my-lo...
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Why is my local city and public library looking to pay $50/hr for an AI Artist Residency?
The Calgary Public Library is offering $8,000 for an AI Artist Residency while Canadian artists face funding cuts and 16% grant acceptance…
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I went out before today's Herzog protest at Parliament and saw this massive police surveillance tower. This is completely unnecessary, and intimidating, at a peaceful protest. Police need to be protecting protesters, not snooping on them, or attacking them.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
As great as Jon was a political cartoons, his calender ones were fabulous as well
Kudelka cartoon of the disciples pulling back the stone from the tomb and revealing a chocolate Easter bunny.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This global heat map is extraordinary. Australian political leaders who pump out fossil fuels and ignore climate change are threatening our survival on this extraordinary continent.
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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
BREAKING! WORLD FIRST! 🔥Australia's public broadcaster publishes extended #AtlasNetwork explainer by Gareth Hutchens. When I went on ABC radio 3 years ago to talk about the global Atlas network of 550+ orgs, no one had heard of it. Atlas HQ wanted to keep it that way. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Artist credit: David Rowe, Australian Financial Review.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
The US should not be allowed to make Australia complicit in nuclear war. 50 years ago Whitlam believed that and he was right. It’s time to end AUKUS. Close Pine Gap.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
If genocide isn't your redline, then you have no redlines. The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed temporarily as tens of thousands of Australians made their voices heard against Israel's genocide in Gaza. #FreePalestine #3E
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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
A brilliant piece: ‘The debacle has all the hallmarks of the rapacious gouging that big sports inflict on taxpayers’: the unnecessary sporting infrastructure, the support of the major parties, cost blowout, the abandonment of proper policy process, the big 4 at the trough….
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Rapacious sport scumbags like the AFL make a mockery of taxpayers — just look at the Tassie stadium chaos
For decades, Big Sport has teamed up with the major political parties to gouge taxpayers. But for once, the rort has blown up in the face of the Tasmanian government.
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
I sent this excellent thread to The World Bollard Association because we don't see the word 'bollard' used in political reporting as often as we should.
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
and Toronto
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
And defaming Green voters too.
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
He should meet my friend who went through full combat training in the Canadian Defence Forces and ended up a tank squadron commander. And she was also a registered nurse!!!
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Depleted orange about to become freshly squeezed juice
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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
A plate of beautiful Tasmanian Salmon. But if you take the time to look underneath you’ll see the rot and damage done to the environment and other wildlife by salmon farming in Tasmania. Nanna Anne saw it firsthand. Here you’ll find more detail from a former employee. spainvida.net/fish-farming
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 20/02/2025
“We have political leaders who insist that mining & forestry underwrite Australian prosperity. Those who believe this nonsense cannot be trusted with the wellbeing of future generations.” “Mining & native forest logging industries, collectively, employ only ~2% of the labour force." – Ken Henry
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V. Wright @vmcw.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Ethical and financial corruption are often in the background of arts organisations and cultural institutions, carefully concealed until triggered by unforeseen events.
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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Labor just voted with the Coalition to kill THEIR OWN Nature Positive reforms🤯 Enough crossbenchers voted to keep it alive in the Senate for Labor to have passed their long promised reform. Neither of the major parties will stand up for Nature 😥
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