Chris McIntosh 🔵

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

Your government doesn’t care about climate change any more than the L/NP does. A few token gestures like battery rebates don’t make up for siding with the fossil fuel industry in every other respect. No climate trigger in proposed environmental protection laws? Weak.

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Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

And again. No climate trigger in environmental protection laws? WORKING WITH THE LIBERALS instead of the Greens?

I’m done. You’re never getting my vote again.

#auspol

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An edit feature would also be useful.

#EditButton @support.bsky.team

Nobody is being deceived by "almond milk" or "vege burger", though.

(I do agree with you on fake leather, however. Hiding behind relatively opaque terms like "PU" and "faux", knowing very well that a lot of people won't know what they mean, IS deceptive.)

Similarly, nobody is being misled by calling something a vege burger / veggie burger. Nobody who wants a beef burger is accidentally buying a vege burger instead, because it uses the word "burger".

Fair enough, but I still don't see how clearly labeling something as containing not-meat is somehow misleading...? 🤔

Nobody thinks almond milk or oat milk come from a cow. The people who buy those things specifically want a product that DOESN'T come from a cow.

How is calling something a veggie burger "labeling something as if it's meat"? And why does it matter to you? Is it really the labeling that irritates you, or the existence of vegetarians and vegans?

How does it hurt you for something to be called a "veggie burger"? It's very obvious from the context what it is. I'm not sure it's the vegan food industry that needs to grow up...

Except we won’t even do that, probably.

IN HONOR OF FRIENDSHIP MONTH:

djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."

Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it."

djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret."

And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children.

#PedoPrez

So - let me get this straight…

They’ll ban social media for under 16s even though most experts say it WON’T work

But they won’t ban gambling advertising & other key recommendations even though most experts say it WILL work

What? #4corners #auspol

A lot of the MAGA types know it's a lie. They don't care.

There have been a lot of presidents and politicians since Reagan.

Yes. We all know what "free" means, and what tax is.

Haha, indeed. I stand corrected ;)

Will this be like the federal ICAC that does absolutely nothing?

#auspol

Right?

It would have an EDIT BUTTON.

Why are you talking about new modes when the devs can’t even deliver basic functionality?

#EditButton

So I guess all the MAGA / Q-Anon folks have stopped accusing every liberal they don’t like of “being in the Epstein files” and “flying on the Epstein plane” and “visiting Epstein’s island” now, yeah?

Funny, that…

Can't see any mention of Australians being among those released by Israel...

@albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social

#gaza #israel

Somebody ask Trump to point to Vietnam on a map.

Israel deports Greta Thunberg and other Gaza flotilla activists as Hamas talks due The indirect talks being held in Egypt are aimed at implementing Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan.

Greta Thunberg and another 170 detainees have apparently been deported from Israel. It will be interesting to hear Greta's first-hand account of how she and the other detainees were treated.

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Do have to wonder what Hamas thought they possibly had to gain by holding onto hostages for this long. (Assuming any of them are still alive.)

We desperately need political donations reform and truth in politics laws, but we won’t get either of those things while the people in power benefit from the current system.

Would be great if we had someone here too.

FYI, any other genocide apologist who comes into my replies will be immediately blocked.

#Gaza #Israel

Therefore, every maths teacher, lawyer, doctor nurse and teacher in Gaza is fair game? And the entire country deserves to be obliterated?

Pull your head in.

#muted

The major parties' primary vote % will continue to decline, and they'll blame everything and everyone but themselves.

Think I gave them second preference. They'll be a lot further down the list next time.

I'd call murdering children, doctors, nurses, teachers, journalists and other civilians more than "nasty", but I guess you think that's justified because "they started it!"

Being anti-genocide is not antisemitic.

Being a pro-Israel troll doesn't make you moral, smart or funny, either 🤡

#muted