Clive Hamilton

By running Xi propaganda, the Aus Institute demeans itself CLIVE HAMILTON: My old institute has forgotten the values it was founded on. By excusing China’s territorial bullying, it mirrors the CCP’s own media circus.

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Is it time for Australia to acquire its own nuclear weapons? Acquiring nuclear weapons would take Australia down a costly, contentious and perilous path. But with Trump in the White House, we must not be naive to the dangers we face.

Is it now time for Australia to acquire nuclear weapons?
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"If the #climate drama needs to be thought in ‘mythic’ terms, those who value life might respond in ways guided by that way of thinking." - @clivehamilton.bsky.social

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"‘Gorbachev came to detest the dialectic of bullying and toadying, the rule that an opponent must be left not just defeated but destroyed, abject and whining for forgiveness."
Whose style does this remind you of?

Trump Hits Colombia With Tariffs in Feud Over Military Deportation Flights Gustavo Petro said the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals and that he had already turned away U.S. military flights carrying deportees.

We in Australia were subjected to China's economic blackmail after we refused to kowtow and called for an independent inquiry into the origins of Covid. $b of our exports were affected. The USA stood with Australia. Now the USA is doing precisely the same bullying.
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Trump names Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as Hollywood ‘special ambassadors’ Duties remain unclear for the three actors, who are Trump supporters and are no strangers to controversy

Donald Trump appoints three old, white, conservative men to keep an eye on Hollywood

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Totally! It’s scandalous.

I was once team Raygun. After her heavy-handed legal threats, no more The Australian breakdancer’s demand that a venue pay her $10,000 in legal fees over a tribute show she forced them to cancel is beyond a joke.

Totally agree with this. All sympathy for Raygun evaporated when she resorted to outrageous legal threats . As an academic herself where is her commitment to free speech? She’s now in the same category as the humourless Pauline Hanson who sued a comedian.
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The shadowy world of IPA finances The IPA knows that its credibility would be shot if it were seen to be the mouthpiece of big business with an interest in undermining climate science and climate policy.

This 2012 article on IPA Gina Rinehart agenda same as her “Blueprint for Aust”. It also contains her long held requirement for cheap undeveloped nations cheap labour. ($2 day) @clivehamilton.bsky.social

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-24/hamilton-the-shadowy-world-of-ipa-finances/3849006

Mobile phones are hazardous microbial platforms warranting robust public health and biosecurity protocols - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Mobile phones are hazardous microbial platforms warranting robust public health and biosecurity protocols

Yet here at an upmarket restaurant I’m watching the chefs check their phones when they have a bit of downtime. Then straight back to handling food.

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And the new Less Pavilion in Dairy Road, Canberra, inspires more awe.

Okay. Name names. And shitposts.

Visited the Vatican Museums, seething with humans and unpleasant for any introvert. The spiralling exit walkway is more impressive than the Sistine Chapel. Blasphemy?