Clive B

Clive B

@clivebagley.bsky.social

Socialist European Engineer - Riparian owner - USB type C

2,110 Followers 1,015 Following 4,209 Posts Joined Sep 2023
16 hours ago
Summary: A satirical cartoon by First Dog on the Moon featuring a large industrial tank labelled "ESSENCE OF AUSTRALIA." A pink character in a hard hat and high-visibility vest holds a hose connected to the tank and says "Drink up!" while another small figure stands by a valve. Above them, a large block of text describes a recipe for "hyper-Australia."

Full Transcription:
"The way I would manifest hyper-Australia is to fill a huge reservoir with funnel web spiders, asbestos, vegemite, craft beer, pizza with pineapple, wallaby poop, high speed rail, a burning vape shop, bachelor's handbag, coal dust, 2 million litres of blue heeler urine and a pie. Woosh it all around and make it compulsory for every Australian to drink a litre every day then sell the reservoir to China."

Contextual Notes
Bachelor's Handbag: This is Australian slang for a supermarket rotisserie chicken (due to the plastic handle on the bag).

Satirical Intent: The cartoon appears to critique Australian national identity by mixing cultural clichés with industrial waste and controversial infrastructure (high-speed rail and coal), concluding with a cynical comment on foreign investment and privatisation.

Hyper-Australian??

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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21 hours ago
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British tourist among 20 charged in Dubai over videos of Iranian missile strikes UAE cybercrime law means sharing images or footage of war can bring jail, prison time and deportation

“The charges sound extremely vague but serious on paper. In reality, the alleged conduct could be something as simple as sharing or commenting on a video that is already circulating online,”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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21 hours ago

My thoughts entirely

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1 day ago

Most of us don't, but maybe the flag shaggers might

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2 days ago
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2 days ago

Bingo.

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2 days ago

A cogent explainer.

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3 days ago

Iraq??

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3 days ago

Are you under alert again in your area?

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3 days ago

Shades of 1980s Beirut. 2026 Beirut too.

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3 days ago

Nobody understood the concept before the rabid press told them what to think

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3 days ago

It's the root of all evil right around the world

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3 days ago

The Enactment of Wantage (997 AD), issued by King Æthelred the Unready, prescribed that in every wapentake (a subdivision of a county), the twelve leading thegns should swear to accuse no innocent man nor conceal any guilty one.

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3 days ago

I sincerely hope this does not ever come to pass.

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3 days ago

Nice one H - 👍🏼

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3 days ago

"Today, she occupies the grim perineum between journalism and politics."

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3 days ago

"The irony is so thick you could spread it on toast."

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3 days ago

Sunshine too

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3 days ago
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2 of Britain’s favourite chaps are joining forces to invest in Bitcoin(whatever that is).
It’s bound to be a HUGE success because Nige & Kwasi go together like:
Herpes & Chlamydia
Trump & Nappies
Nads Dorries & Gin
Spurs & Managers
Lee Anderson & Kindness
Chaka Demus & Pliers.🎉

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3 days ago

The latest Oil War in a long running infinite series

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3 days ago

He can't stop yet, Epstein files innit

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3 days ago

Please share this with any “Starmer is Hitler” cranks you may be unfortunate enough to know.

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3 days ago

Under the rabid headlines, stuff is getting done

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3 days ago
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Trump threatens not to sign any bills until Congress approves strict voter ID act Save Act would limit voting access in the US and centers on Trump’s unfounded claims of noncitizens stealing elections

He's desperate. Finish him.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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4 days ago

Seems reasonable.

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4 days ago

War crime. Again.

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4 days ago

There's not much left there anyway

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4 days ago

Bahahahahaha!

Hahahahahahahaha!

Hahahahaha!

Oh, how sad for him 🤣

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4 days ago

I'm happy to see the 'reverse Blair ' position on Iran but the voting intent of Joe Public looks ominous

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4 days ago

That's quite terrifying. What will it take for regular voters to understand the danger of reform?

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