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@thefrollickingnerd.bsky.social

Agricultural Climate Science of sorts. Your favourite political analyst’s favourite idiot. My views are my own. On Kaurna Land - Australia | 28 | πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

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Appalling. Are we now legitimate military targets? What does the government say to the Iranian Australians living here and abroad. Shameful

05.03.2026 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is Australia already involved in the US and Israel's illegal war on Iran?

This morning, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that a US submarine sunk an Iranian ship in international waters off the coast of Sri Lanka.

05.03.2026 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Crazy how Israel and the US seem to have carte Blanche to commit war crimes and Australian outlets won’t even consider a shred of criticism. Our media so beholden to US interests

28.02.2026 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NATURE IS HEALING

30.01.2026 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If zverev has no more haters it’s because I’m dead

30.01.2026 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Zverev gets through because Carlos is injured I’m going to have an aneurysm

30.01.2026 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Just a feeling

28.01.2026 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like to imagine that once a day you and Greg go into a quiet chamber somewhere in the office and scream at the walls and then walk out and put on a smile

28.01.2026 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very specific recommendation you’ve got there πŸ˜‚

25.01.2026 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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US invades Venezuela, threatens Greenland while ICE wreaks havoc The Trump administration’s imperial march is gathering pace.

After America is back (early, because everything is terrible, obviously). @angusrb.bsky.social and I talk Venezuela, Greenland, and imperial revival. With apologies for the distressing amount of Stephen Miller content.

australiainstitute.org.au/post/us-inva...

10.01.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Statement from the Australia Institute withdrawing from Adelaide festival.

Statement from the Australia Institute withdrawing from Adelaide festival.

Personal statement withdrawing from the Festival.

Personal statement withdrawing from the Festival.

Following the decision from the Board of the Adelaide Festival, The Australia Institute is withdrawing its support from this year’s literary festival. Here is our statement, and a personal one from me.

08.01.2026 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 816    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 13

I don’t think he’s got it in him to put his family through that

08.01.2026 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Americans have the brains of medieval peasants when it comes to the state killing citizens. Half the country is so ready to start throwing tomatoes no matter the circumstances

07.01.2026 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Venezuela Crisis: Australia needs to do much more than issue a general β€œGet-Well” card The abduction and subsequent arrest of the President of Venezuela is a dramatic re-statement of America’s dominance of the western hemisphere and its willingness to do whatever it takes – including de...

"The Australian government cannot just sit on its hands, issuing a kind of global get-well card hoping that everything ends as best it can."

My excellent colleague Allan Behm in @thepointau.bsky.social

thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

05.01.2026 05:53 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Patel is so obviously a fan of Hong Kong cinema and action, Monkey Man has the best action choreography I’ve seen in a long while

21.12.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Was not expecting so much gender diverse rep in Monkey Man, what a pleasant surprise. Based Dev Patel

21.12.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

White nation kills brown people for β€˜science’. Continuing to destroy trust in life saving medicines in the most vulnerable places

18.12.2025 04:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I was a fisherman south of the US I would simply retire at this point. The fish aren’t worth it

18.12.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy what a crazy thing to write and then publish

16.12.2025 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That guy saying girugamesh has lived rent free in my head for 15 years and nobody understands me when I quote it 😒

09.12.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Deeply troubled that the last bastion of hand wavers when you let someone drive down a narrow street are the guys in giant utes and yank tanks. What has our culture become smh

04.12.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!

28.11.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Got into my masters degreeeeeeee!!! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

28.11.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Me in bright blue padding and pastel pink roller blades slaying

Me in bright blue padding and pastel pink roller blades slaying

They’re just jealous of this motion

27.11.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Taking a break from roller blading next to the path and this family fully daggered me in unison as they walked past for genuinely no reason istg

27.11.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cassie’s content is both hilarious and so politically poignant. Goated creator

12.11.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I get it though, I would too if I had one in my backyard

04.11.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Possums are great but raccoons have got the sauce

04.11.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Genuinely devastated we don’t have raccoons in Australia. Obsessed with their grabby lil hands

04.11.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That makes sense!

01.11.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0