Just had to block someone for trying to trojan horse anti-Jewish hatred on my feed, so I feel compelled to once again post the terms of engagement for my socials.
04.03.2026 23:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@roycerk2.bsky.social
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Just had to block someone for trying to trojan horse anti-Jewish hatred on my feed, so I feel compelled to once again post the terms of engagement for my socials.
04.03.2026 23:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Goodbye Debbie.
04.03.2026 23:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Indonesia may be realizing the drawbacks to Prabowoβs recent charm offensive seeking to ingratiate himself with the Trump administration. I expect we might see some recalibration in coming weeks: www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
04.03.2026 21:45 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1Motion by leave A motion moved to suspend standing orders by Senator Gallagher was agreed to. Senator Gallagher moved a motion to discharge the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025 from the Notice Paper - debate in progress
We love to see it. β°οΈ
04.03.2026 22:56 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0"A Woodside spokesperson said it was wrong to describe what took place as lobbying, pointing to provisions within federal environment laws that require the government to consult on conditions it attaches to environmental approvals processes."
04.03.2026 22:50 β π 11 π 8 π¬ 1 π 0
βfrom a global perspective, the findings indicate that hundreds of millions more people β particularly inβ¦ Southeast Asian & Pacific nations β are living closer to sea level than widely assumed by Western experts & policymakersβ
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...
All the involved groups are denying the reports that Kurdish fighters have entered Iran
04.03.2026 21:55 β π 158 π 40 π¬ 7 π 3And Anne Aly was sent out to take the bullet.
04.03.2026 22:02 β π 61 π 27 π¬ 6 π 2
The Albanese government is modelling changes to its generous home battery subsidy scheme that could have the $7 billion policy scaled back for the second time in six months as Labor casts a wide net in its search for ways to cut spending before the May budget.
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
The largest daily newspaper in Israel published an opinion piece by someone arguing for the total redrawing of the Middle Eastern bordersβ first by dismantling Lebanon and Syria and reconstituting them into half a dozen or more smaller, ethnic statelets.
04.03.2026 17:03 β π 149 π 49 π¬ 10 π 15
I discovered something that just nauseated me to my core today - Polymarket has a huge number of bets running on climate impacts and disasters
An entirely new flavour of disaster capitalism
βWe never imagined thisβ: the Cypriot village on edge after RAF Akrotiri drone strike
04.03.2026 09:30 β π 42 π 12 π¬ 4 π 0To be clear, the Australian government itself is not without blame here. It forced the agency to seek external, private funding which created a vulnerability and used it as cover for policy goals. I encourage you to read the story and my other reporting to see how the various pieces fit together.
04.03.2026 06:18 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0New: Internal tension at the Associated Press over use of AI. One of the AP newsroom leaders leading the company's AI initiatives told staff that many editors preferred an AI-written article to a human one, and told them when it comes to using AI in the newsroom "resistance is futile."
04.03.2026 03:03 β π 551 π 160 π¬ 93 π 295Drillers cannot increase production quickly enough to solve an oil supply crisis caused by Donald Trumpβs war in Iran, industry bosses have warned, saying a big rise in output would take months to materialise. ft.trib.al/6JmcOUA
04.03.2026 02:43 β π 57 π 27 π¬ 7 π 8If I recall, Camus had a few things to say about Nietzsche.
04.03.2026 01:29 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0'Rule by far-right movements hence does not βconserveβ anything. It enshrines what Camus calls βgangster moralityβ: βan inexhaustible round of triumph and revenge, defeat and resentment.β'
04.03.2026 00:25 β π 19 π 9 π¬ 1 π 1"US military commanders have been invoking extremist Christian rhetoric about biblical βend timesβ to justify involvement in the Iran war to troops, according to complaints made to a watchdog group."
04.03.2026 00:16 β π 26 π 13 π¬ 2 π 6I appreciate the meme game, but please don't share my stuff in threads that may be defamatory.
03.03.2026 21:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0At this point, the Environment Department (and new EPA) exists to make recommendations that can be overruled as a political signal to industry.
03.03.2026 21:14 β π 51 π 28 π¬ 3 π 3
Far out.
βThe environment department advised the government in late 2024 that it should revoke a 2012 decision that allowed salmon farming to expand β¦β
Some of Australiaβs biggest data centre operators have more than doubled their reported carbon emissions over the past five years, as the exponential growth of the sector leads to a major rise in demand on the power grid.
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
And if I recall it wasn't because of anything the Libs did: it was because their bite share dropped so low it skewed the math against the Greens.
03.03.2026 07:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In Australian politics, the product is never the problem, it's always the sales job.
03.03.2026 07:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Recommendations Part 1.
These recommendations are interesting. Note: i) the creation of a Red Team to read Labor's mind, ii) the need for more activists on the ground, iii) the acknowledgement the membership of the party is aging, iv) throw good money after bad attacking the Teals.
03.03.2026 07:20 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The posters excerpt.
There's more. Apparently the Coalition needed more "keyboard warriors". This seems to foreshadow the Coalition becoming the party of posters and trolls basically like the Republicans and the Russian government. I expect lots of use of the words "soy cuck" next election.
03.03.2026 07:11 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0More Teals.
The official line of the Liberal Party is "All politicians are political." Will keep that in mind next time their MPs demand someone "put politics aside". Another important lesson learned here, apparently, is the Coalition need to fight dirtier, do more astroturfing.
03.03.2026 07:06 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 4 π 0The Teals excerpt.
The message here seems to be "Wilson won his seat but at what cost?" It also a) does not mention "climate change", the issue that motivates the Teals and b) falsely characterises them as a "party".
There's not much hope for the Coalition if they can't even get "know my enemy" right.