The Melburnienne
@themelburnienne.bsky.social
A Melburnienne - design, architecture, politics, Arcadian delights #TheRevolutionWillNotBeTelevised
It’s a wonderful idea. Unfortunately, it will take a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College. A workaround is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC). We only need 48 more votes to attain the requisite 270. Lobby your state officials! www.nationalpopularvote.com
Of course Ken Paxton would be Partying with the EMBEZZLER Laretto Hospital executives blockclubchicago.org/2026/08/28/b...
Back In Chicago, Former Loretto Hospital Executive Faces Embezzlement Charges
Anosh Ahmed, the West Side hospital's former CFO, on Friday pleaded not guilty in one federal case and is set to appear in court Monday in a second case.
blockclubchicago.org
AND THERE IS FUCKING IS. THESE entitled white criminal, greedy fucks don't give a flying fuck about anyone but themselves so they behave like jr. high school partiers to be as hedonistic as they can on your tax dollars.
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
CEO compensation has increased 1,316% since 1978. And worker compensation? Just 28%. The system is rigged. We need to start taxing the rich so they pay their fair share.
As America shifted left under Trump, emotional hostility widened the partisan gap www.psypost.org/as-america-s...
As America shifted left under Trump, emotional hostility widened the partisan gap
During Donald Trump’s first presidency, American public opinion broadly shifted leftward. But a new study reveals this "liberal rebound" was accompanied by surging emotional hostility between politica...
psypost.org
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
💥 "Russia killed seven people in Kyiv today. Moving around the city has turned into a deadly game of hiding from drones. You drive, walk, go to work and suddenly you’re running for cover. I know this won’t be heard, but I want to leave it here anyway." 9/25/25 @mariainkharkiv.bsky.social
Two million indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788 theconversation.com/more-than-2-...
More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research
Genetic, archaeological and environmental evidence suggest the Indigenous population fell by more than 90% in the 70 years after the British invaded.
theconversation.com
“The Coalition’s plan is dumb, dangerous, and desperate climate denial which would make energy more expensive and unreliable,” Dr Ryan said. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Angus Taylor pledges to repeal swathe of climate policies, saying ‘Australia has done its bit’
Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change rip’
theguardian.com
Democracy doesn’t survive on allegiance to one individual. It survives on integrity, transparency, and the courage to uphold the Constitution no matter who is in office. This administration doesn’t seem to understand that concept and are all in violation of an oath they swore.
The horrific price of colonisation www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia’s Indigenous population estimated at 2.2m before ‘demographic catastrophe’ of colonisation
Study finds earlier numbers were underestimated, suggesting impact of diseases and massacres were much greater than previously thought
theguardian.com
25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.
Perfectly states what I've been saying for some time, now.
