Infuriated by what we do to each other and to our planet. Disdain for those who screw others for personal gain. Hoping for a better way. Living on Awabakal land
May 13, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
A thread just from the last week of extremes of weather and/or disturbing data on heating in the oceans
This is at +1.3 deg
2022 saw the largest ever emission of greenhouse gases
We are going to sail past +1.5 deg, then past +2 deg and onwards
The (mostly) western approach to each is driven by the underlying core objective of avoiding having to change the fundamental principle upon which our society is based
.. that being neoliberal economics
#COVID19#ClimateCrisis
Treating both covid and climate change as things we “manage” without addressing the reasons neoliberalism currently requires us to not address them as we should
Media are neglecting to hold the LNP to account for their horrendous record in government - of doing nothing constructive, while doing loads that’s destructive, and being corrupt AF
Can we compile “talking points” media outlets should raise every day?
I’ll start 🧵 #auspol
When vaccination was absolutely key, and after promising we were “at the front of the queue”, we Morrison used his “It’s not a race” sound bite
.. to cover for the fact that he didn’t order vaccines
We have a PM who:
- was sacked from his last 2 jobs
- lost preselection resoundingly, but ended up with it by threatening to ruin someone’s life
- has his own side describing him as the most horrible person
- does literally nothing but cosplay
- has a …
- has a list of rorts and scandals that would take it’s own thread to describe, including but not limited to:
Watergate
Sports rorts
JobKeeper
Missing subs
Car parks
Reef
Robodebt
Gerry’s RATs
Tudge
Porter
Barnaby
Prayer room
.. and so on
Any one of these could sink a gov ..
Apr 29, 2020 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
Trump: Ok boys, I’ve got an election to win, and nothing helps an incumdenant more than a good disaster
Boris: “Incumdenant”? .. Oh, I see
Trump: Sooo, anyway, what we need to do is let this thing get bad, real bad. Rupert totally thinks it is a wonderful idea .. the best ever
Boris: Umm, so sorry to interrupt sir, but won’t that involve lots of our people dying?
Trump: Totally ... sniff
Anyway, as I was saying, we need this to get bad. It will be great. We pretend we didn't know, let it get bad, then we blame China and Who and we look like heroes
Mar 27, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
I, like many, have been trying to figure out what #CoronaMo is up to
What could possibly be his motivation for doing all the things he has done/not done, that were the opposite of what they should have been?
A thread: a theory, but I hope I’m wrong.
All the:
- ignoring the warnings from overseas
- ignoring expert advice
- having his own “experts”
- encouraging crowds to gather one last time
- not screening at airports
- insisting schools stay fully open
- feds intervening to allow cruise ship passengers off
