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RaymondPierreL3<p>Look no further than ‘partial’ <a href="https://aus.social/tags/privatisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatisation</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/corporatisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporatisation</span></a> of public assets for this bloody mess. The sort of mess <a href="https://aus.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> has historically left us all with. Everybody pays more for failing servives. Yes, there’s no hint of ‘enlightenment’ from out foolish polies entranced by the Janus-faced <a href="https://aus.social/tags/neoliberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberal</span></a> pundits. It’s a well worn path to inequitable wealth redistribution to the top. </p><p>&lt;Quoting from Wikepedia&gt; In 2008, the State Government passed the Water and Sewerage Corporations Act 2008 [4] as a result of a report from the taskforce. The Act transferred council-owned water and sewage assets to three new entities: Southern Water, Ben Lomond Water and Cradle Mountain Water. A fourth entity, Onstream, provided shared services to the corporations, including payroll, billing and procurement. The state's government and the 29 Local Government councils of Tasmania became joint owners of the corporations, with Onstream being jointly owned by the three corporations. These changes took place in July 2009. &lt;end quote&gt;</p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/114905481339309521" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/114905</span><span class="invisible">481339309521</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/TasWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TasWater</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a></p>
RaymondPierreL3<p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-21/act-former-anu-chancellor-criticises-proposed-university-cuts/105555786" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-21/act</span><span class="invisible">-former-anu-chancellor-criticises-proposed-university-cuts/105555786</span></a> </p><p>It’s nothing short of criminal to have upended the traditional governing models of Universities in a quest to subsume every enterprise to the buffoonery of corporatism and debunked neoliberal economic fantasy. </p><p>Tertiary sector bean counters ought to have remained adjunct to academic leadership as facilitators of educational excellence. </p><p>Household budget imperatives have no place in the education system nor in govt charged with nurturing all of their charges. Anything deviating from this responsibility is a failure of their ‘duty of care’.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/TertiaryInstitutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TertiaryInstitutions</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EducationFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationFunding</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CorporatisationFolly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporatisationFolly</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DutyOfCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DutyOfCare</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EquityInEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EquityInEducation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Go8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Go8</span></a></p>
Droppie<p>He seemed to go all loopy &amp; horrible during his NAB tenure, but before &amp; subsequent, i reckon this is <i>A Good Bloke</i><span>. <br><br></span><a href="https://insidestory.org.au/lets-just-get-this-done-shall-we/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://insidestory.org.au/lets-just-get-this-done-shall-we/</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/KenHenry" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KenHenry</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/AusPol" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/ClimateCrisis" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/NonLinear" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NonLinear</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/TippingPoints" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TippingPoints</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/PositiveFeedbackLoops" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PositiveFeedbackLoops</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/FossilFools" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFools</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/RenewableEnergy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RenewableEnergy</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/ChangeTheSystem" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChangeTheSystem</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/StateCapture" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StateCapture</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/RightToProtest" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Biodiversity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biodiversity</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/WeAreTotallyFscked" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeAreTotallyFscked</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Misanthropy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Misanthropy</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Karma" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Karma</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/NativeForests" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeForests</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/StopLoggingNativeForests" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopLoggingNativeForests</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/FsckCapitalism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FsckCapitalism</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/CognitiveDissonance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CognitiveDissonance</a></p>
Garth Coghlan<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/COP31" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COP31</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/ban_fossil_fuel_lobbyists_from_cop31" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nb.australiainstitute.org.au/b</span><span class="invisible">an_fossil_fuel_lobbyists_from_cop31</span></a></p>
Garth Coghlan<p>This is an excellent, concise analysis of the different ways the state is being captured by private, vested interests. By <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AustraliaRemade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AustraliaRemade</span></a> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@_MillieRooney" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>_MillieRooney</span></a></span>).</p><p>"The state is constantly changing and being changed. The way the state works, who is given and who takes power, is constantly shifting and always contested. Deciding to consciously affect this flux is not radical. It is simply paying attention to the way things are evolving and then stepping into the fray as an intentional force.</p><p>We can either sit passively and watch this happen or we can remember that the forces controlling the state are only powerful so long as citizens comply with ideas, practices and actions that legitimise their exercise of power.</p><p>To do this, we need to understand not only what the state is, but how it is currently being changed and repurposed by those who seek to gather money and power at the expense of the citizenry."</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Governance</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.australiaremade.org/remake-the-state" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">australiaremade.org/remake-the</span><span class="invisible">-state</span></a></p>
Drop Bear<p>Neoliberal hijacking of government endangers people and environment. How can we save ourselves?<br><a href="https://www.australiaremade.org/remake-the-state" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">australiaremade.org/remake-the</span><span class="invisible">-state</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a></p>
Droppie [anonsys] 🐨♀🌈🐧​🦘Australia’s protester crackdown didn’t start with Hannah Thomas — and it won’t end with her. The injuries sustained by the former Greens candidate are just the latest event in Australia’s crackdown on the right to protest.
Droppie [anonsys] 🐨♀🌈🐧​🦘<p><a href="https://citynews.com.au/2025/no-easy-answers-to-gas-network-death-spiral/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">citynews.com.au/2025/no-easy-a…</a></p><p>AFAICT this is a very real looming problem, yet our cretinous AusPol <i>lack-of-leadership</i> bullshit shemozzle is either exacerbating this, or at the very least, not helping. Eg... each time i begin again to ponder if i could possibly overcome my personal demons to fully electrify my home [ie, endure all the intensive <i>peopling</i> needed] when our gas prices rise [ie, increasing the economic desire to convert], what happens? Yep, our fucken electricity prices rise <i>as well</i>, thus reducing or eliminating the economic incentive.</p><p>Ofc all the climate, &amp; moral, reasons remain to more than justify converting, but so far, w/o <i>also</i> the strong economic reasons, my demons keep winning the day. For normal, non-me, peeps, sans my demons, the confused economic signals alone prolly entirely prevent them converting.</p><p>Fuckheads, our govt. 🙄🤦‍♀️</p><p><a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhyIsLabor</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=HahahahaLiebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HahahahaLiebs</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=NatsAreNuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatsAreNuts</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=GreensYEAH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreensYEAH</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=NonLinear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonLinear</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=TippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=PositiveFeedbackLoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveFeedbackLoops</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=FossilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFools</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=ChangeTheSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChangeTheSystem</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=WeAreTotallyFscked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreTotallyFscked</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Misanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Karma</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=StopLoggingNativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopLoggingNativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=FsckCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FsckCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=CognitiveDissonance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveDissonance</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p>Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News</p><blockquote><p>Old king coal is spluttering as power plants age out of usefulness</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/old-king-coal-is-spluttering-as-power-plants-age-out-of-usefulness-20250611-p5m6hs.html?ref=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source=rss_feed" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/politics/federal/ol</span><span class="invisible">d-king-coal-is-spluttering-as-power-plants-age-out-of-usefulness-20250611-p5m6hs.html?ref=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source=rss_feed</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhyIsLabor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HahahahaLiebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HahahahaLiebs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatsAreNuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatsAreNuts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GreensYEAH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreensYEAH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NonLinear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonLinear</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PositiveFeedbackLoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveFeedbackLoops</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FossilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFools</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChangeTheSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChangeTheSystem</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreTotallyFscked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreTotallyFscked</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Misanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Karma</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StopLoggingNativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopLoggingNativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FsckCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FsckCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CognitiveDissonance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveDissonance</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p>Spectacular bit of Elbow gaslighting! </p><blockquote><p>"The environment minister had to deal with the North West Shelf project under the existing EPBC Act, that we did try to change in the last election," he said.</p></blockquote><p>What<br>A<br>Dickwad<br>:blobastonished: </p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-10/labor-laxale-climate-epbc-environment-laws/105394378" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-06-10/lab</span><span class="invisible">or-laxale-climate-epbc-environment-laws/105394378</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhyIsLabor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HahahahaLiebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HahahahaLiebs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatsAreNuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatsAreNuts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OzElection2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OzElection2025</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GreensYEAH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreensYEAH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NonLinear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonLinear</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PositiveFeedbackLoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveFeedbackLoops</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FossilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFools</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChangeTheSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChangeTheSystem</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreTotallyFscked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreTotallyFscked</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Misanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Karma</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StopLoggingNativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopLoggingNativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FsckCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FsckCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CognitiveDissonance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveDissonance</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p>There's nothing new per se here, but it's nonetheless a saddening read, gaaaaah. </p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-08/fossil-fuels-warming-planet-democracy-in-retreat-does-labor-care/105378134" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-06-08/fos</span><span class="invisible">sil-fuels-warming-planet-democracy-in-retreat-does-labor-care/105378134</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhyIsLabor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HahahahaLiebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HahahahaLiebs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatsAreNuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatsAreNuts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OzElection2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OzElection2025</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GreensYEAH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreensYEAH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NonLinear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonLinear</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PositiveFeedbackLoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveFeedbackLoops</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FossilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFools</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChangeTheSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChangeTheSystem</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreTotallyFscked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreTotallyFscked</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Misanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Karma</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StopLoggingNativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopLoggingNativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FsckCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FsckCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CognitiveDissonance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveDissonance</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p>I can just picture, if Jim Hacker had proposed this, Sir Humphrey responding with <em>"that's a very courageous decision, Minister"</em> </p><p><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/death-spiral-of-gas-networks-is-the-500lb-gorilla-standing-in-way-of-energy-transition-heres-a-solution/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reneweconomy.com.au/death-spir</span><span class="invisible">al-of-gas-networks-is-the-500lb-gorilla-standing-in-way-of-energy-transition-heres-a-solution/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NonLinear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonLinear</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PositiveFeedbackLoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveFeedbackLoops</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FossilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFools</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChangeTheSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChangeTheSystem</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreTotallyFscked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreTotallyFscked</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Misanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Karma</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StopLoggingNativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopLoggingNativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FsckCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FsckCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CognitiveDissonance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveDissonance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​Climate litigation isn’t ‘activist lawfare’, it’s democracy at work. The oil, coal and gas industries have strategically ducked and weaved litigation for decades, but the law is catching up with them.
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​Forget climate denial, Labor’s tactical fatalism will burn us all. The climate movement is ill-equipped to deal with a threat that looks like this. Any fantasy we had of a global moral pact of good intentions is dead.
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​Editorial | An oink of pure greed
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p>This is a weird headline...</p><blockquote><p>We can stop Labor wrecking Murujuga, climate</p></blockquote><p>...considering that afaict the actual article itself provides no reason for optimism at all. IMO, given we have state &amp; federal Labor governments so completely in thrall to the fossil fools, &amp; who have repeatedly proven they happily ignore science &amp; First Nations, i see no reason to hope here. </p><p><a href="https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/we-can-stop-labor-wrecking-murujuga-climate" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">greenleft.org.au/content/we-ca</span><span class="invisible">n-stop-labor-wrecking-murujuga-climate</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhyIsLabor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HahahahaLiebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HahahahaLiebs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatsAreNuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatsAreNuts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OzElection2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OzElection2025</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GreensYEAH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreensYEAH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NonLinear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonLinear</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PositiveFeedbackLoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveFeedbackLoops</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FossilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFools</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChangeTheSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChangeTheSystem</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreTotallyFscked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreTotallyFscked</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Misanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Karma</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StopLoggingNativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopLoggingNativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FsckCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FsckCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CognitiveDissonance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveDissonance</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.au/@RenewEconomyRSSFeed" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RenewEconomyRSSFeed</span></a></span> Don't you give us any of this bullshit, Bowen... you mob are nothing but arseholic <strong>climate criminals</strong>, so <em>fuck you</em>. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhyIsLabor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HahahahaLiebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HahahahaLiebs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatsAreNuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatsAreNuts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OzElection2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OzElection2025</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GreensYEAH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreensYEAH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NonLinear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonLinear</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PositiveFeedbackLoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveFeedbackLoops</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FossilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFools</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChangeTheSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChangeTheSystem</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreTotallyFscked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreTotallyFscked</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Misanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Karma</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StopLoggingNativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopLoggingNativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FsckCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FsckCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CognitiveDissonance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveDissonance</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p>I happen to be of that particular genre of <em>Stupid</em> that thinks if one is claiming to be serious about climate, environment, &amp; biodiversity protection &amp; enhancement, such that one claims to be forming policy for it, then precisely <em>none</em> of the entities historically &amp; currently doing all the fucking over of those things, gets to sit at the decision table. Instead, they simply get told afterwards that the rules of the game have changed, &amp; all their fucking over shall immediately cease, otherwise it's the Big House for them. I'd prolly also include some appendix formally noting all these entities are fuckheads who can just fuck off. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HahahahaLiebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HahahahaLiebs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhyIsLabor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatsAreNuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatsAreNuts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OzElection2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OzElection2025</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NonLinear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonLinear</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PositiveFeedbackLoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveFeedbackLoops</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FossilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFools</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChangeTheSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChangeTheSystem</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreTotallyFscked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreTotallyFscked</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Misanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Karma</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StopLoggingNativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopLoggingNativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FsckCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FsckCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CognitiveDissonance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveDissonance</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@lobbyctrl_tech" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lobbyctrl_tech</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@corporateeurope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>corporateeurope</span></a></span> good work, trying to prevent <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statecapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statecapture</span></a> 😊</p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>The Dictatorship of the Engineer:<br>The right claims to loathe technocracy—but it has empowered Elon Musk to remake the government.<br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/trump-musk-doge-engineers/681580/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2025/02/trump-musk-doge-engineers/681580/</span></a></p><p>"Elon Musk is dismantling the civil service and fulfilling an old dream... a yearning for a savior... This is a fantasy of submission...</p><p>even as the right purports to loathe <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a>, it has empowered an engineer to radically remake the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> state"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TechnoCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechnoCoup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>