Parliamentary voting by secret ballot is the only thing that would make Parliament a truer democracy. It would wrest control from our current undemocratic overlords.
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Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Interested in a fair society, healthy environment, world history, classical music, crafts using threads and yarns. Taking small steps helping the environment for the future of everyone's grandchildren.
Party politics is gang culture. We need more Independents negotiating for better government.
Tony Cartledge@decentral21.bsky.social · 11h agoIt's novel idea for most career politicians and rusted-on believers, that an MP should represent their constituents. But its a hallmark of the Independent. It's what could transform #Auspol thepoint.com.au/new/260812-a...
If we haven't been reminding you enough, vote because your life depends upon it.
When it comes to your children’s health, listen to doctors. Not a president who once told Americans to inject bleach. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ immunization recommendations have not changed.
If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick.
California just cemented our status as home to the strongest battery energy storage system in America with 21,000+ megawatts plugged into our power grid. We're powering the fourth-largest economy with clean energy that lasts long after the sun goes down.
On the anniversary of her death, we recognise her achievement.
Admirable Women@admirablewomen.bsky.social · 2d agoEunice Kennedy Shriver founded the Special Olympics in 1968. What she started as a backyard project grew into a global phenomenon. The first Special Olympics hosted 1,000 athletes in Chicago. Today, it supports millions of athletes across >170 countries She died #OTD in 2009. #SpecialOlympics
How to admit election cheating and not one word about it is in the media.
Sobering insights to counter the PHONy hysteria: "... what our work keeps telling us is that a significant portion of One Nation’s vote is not a vote for One Nation at all. It is ... Frustration, parked somewhere, against the established order." #Auspol redbridgeintel.substack.com/p/frustratio...
Frustration is Not Loyalty
The number is not the story
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
"If the media and political classes don't report what is happening in full context, or allow themselves to be used by vested interests, the public they are supposed to serve is kept in the dark." www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...
Appeasement of authoritarian voices dooms us to repeating history
No matter how much we know about history, we are doomed to repeat it. Appeasement of authoritarian voices will get us there faster.
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If I criticise Israel or Zionism, and you reply to my post, "supporting" me by vilifying ALL Jews, I will BLOCK you. • Zionism ≠ Judaism • State of Israel ≠ Judaism Opposing Israel ≠ Antisemitism BUT ... vilifying ALL Jews IS racist or religious hate-speech. Go back to Twitter. 🤬 #FreePalestine
No shite, Sherlock. This is why we need more Independents in parliament. Integrity and transparency must be on the ballot. #Auspol grattan.edu.au/news/austral...
Australia has a problem with money in politics
Of course the PM attends ‘lots of dinners’. But we should be confident he is there for the ideas, not the money.
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Hey Americans how does it feel to be controlled by a genocidal lunatic in Netanyahu and an idiot who keeps giving Netanyahu anything. You are now part of a genocidal regime and the world will never forget. The time will come when America will suffer for this.
Political parties are a distraction from the real danger.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 7d agoThe Democratic Party’s mega-donor class is horrified by the rising tide of progressive populism. Too bad. It's time they recognize the real choice is between democracy and tyranny, between an economy that works for all or one that works for a small sliver at the top.
Big egos, big vehicles.
Yung En Chee@yungenchee.bsky.social · last wk.Really important research with clear findings, implications & policy recommendations to arrest the trend of oversized cars & trucks killing & maiming more pedestrians 🙏 & kudos to Milad Haghani, Abbas Rajabifard, Iman Taheri Sarteshnizi, & Neema Nassir @aunz.theconversation.com
Broxted Estate solar farm in Suffolk has had a 41% increase in its biodiversity since 2011 - a future where nature and renewables co-exsist. www.energylivenews.com/2026/08/05/s...
Solar panel farm has 41% increase in biodiversity - Energy Live News
The Broxted solar farm in Suffolk has generated more than 350GWh of electricity since 2013
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The Constitution does NOT give you rights. You already have them. The Constitution simply tells the government that it cannot take those s rights away. I wish more people understood this.
Corporations buying politicians' aquiescence are more powerful than the ballot box.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · last wk.Michigan Democrats chose Abdul El-Sayed because he’s a fighter willing to stand up to the tyrant in the Oval Office. Corporate Democrats like Chuck Schumer aren't up to the task because they won’t bite the corporate hands that feed them.
The more Trump disregards what ordinary people are suffering, the better the prospects of MAGA people actually voting against him.
elfunrokr@elfunrokr.bsky.social · last wk.💥It literally doesn't matter what the f*ck he says. The American people know what their bank accounts look like, and they know how much things cost.
The people of US would be far better off if they had Canada's nasty leader! 😆😅
Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · last wk.Hello to all the nasty Canadian people 🇨🇦 👋😵💫
Apart from all those reasons to ban fireworks, they waste significant money in a very short time.
Kate Forster@kateforster.bsky.social · last mo.Fireworks toxic air pollution spreads widely & also contaminates land & water. The noise & lights distress & disrupt nocturnal birds & animals. All animals including humans can be distress by flashing lights & loud explosions. Fireworks’ harms are significant & not controllable. #BanAllFireworks
Trump lashes out, like a cornered animal, realising problems with Israel, Iran, Greenland, among others, are unlikely to be solved by midterm.
Rightardia@rightardia.bsky.social · last wk."Donald Trump is once again insisting that Greenland will come under U.S. control before he leaves office, reviving one of his most controversial foreign policy ambitions despite widespread opposition and skepticism."
