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Andy

@vicozandy.bsky.social

Ex software developer, now more interested in science, food, art, cats, bad CAD, 3D printing, and gardening. Watching politics and climate change with horror. Living in Yorta Yorta country, Australia Eclectic...don't expect a theme! Not a Theist

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The USA column may be out of date but apart from that, this is a fairly clear snapshot of some historical facts ... so tell us again, @albomp.bsky.social, who has for decades been and continues to be a destabilizing force in the Middle East not to mention elsewhere? #auspol #IranMassacre2026

28.02.2026 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œThe world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.”
β€” Marjane Satrapi, Iranian Graphic

β€œThe world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.” β€” Marjane Satrapi, Iranian Graphic

We're told to fear each other while the powerful profit from division.
Different countries, same game.
Always has been: the masses vs the elite.
#SocialistSunday

01.03.2026 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
It’s not just children on an island.
It’s the children in the sweat shops, the children in the diamond mines, and the children on the cocoa farms.
People reject evil when it looks monstrous. But they rationalize evil when it’s part of the supply chain.
β€” Corey Sweet (@coreysweet)
Feb 19, 2026

It’s not just children on an island. It’s the children in the sweat shops, the children in the diamond mines, and the children on the cocoa farms. People reject evil when it looks monstrous. But they rationalize evil when it’s part of the supply chain. β€” Corey Sweet (@coreysweet) Feb 19, 2026

Exploitation isn't an accident of capitalism... it's a feature buried deep in the supply chain.
#SocialistSunday

01.03.2026 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Another real example of how fucked care for older folk is in Australia.
#auspol

01.03.2026 05:23 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

They don’t care. I have noticed that politicians kids never see the frontlines in war .
No matter what crimes they commit, they never seem to face any consequences. Howard, Bush and Blair are all war criminals and deserve to be held pending trial.

01.03.2026 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Albanese has opened the Pandora’s box of war. But war controls you. You don’t control it.

Thinking he’s already taken Australia way down the track as a syncopate vassal state to Trump’s US and Netanyahu Israel Governments. His actions verify that. #auspol

01.03.2026 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Flight of the Phoenix -- starting the engine
YouTube video by pcuser80 Flight of the Phoenix -- starting the engine

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IACj...

01.03.2026 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hard to argue

01.03.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8056    πŸ” 2457    πŸ’¬ 471    πŸ“Œ 262

They won't be paying reparations this time, their control is complete.

01.03.2026 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#SavioursOfWomen #Afghanistan #Iraq #Libya #Iran

28.02.2026 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 227    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6
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And now for a word from an Iranian ... as opposed to sycophant war criminals like @albomp.bsky.social. #auspol #IranMassacre

28.02.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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This best summaries the situation for most Iranians:

28.02.2026 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

The cool change is in, the cockies are rejoicing, looking up sweet and sour recipes for a strap of pork.
I will NOT let WW3 ruin my Sunday!

28.02.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe decisions of our political leaders, who continue to approve fossil fuel project expansions..widespread land clearing & habitat destruction, are coming home to roost in ever more predictable, catastrophic & emotionally confronting ways”

28.02.2026 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ocean Warming Drives 'Deeply Concerning Loss of Marine Life,' Study Shows | Common Dreams "When we remove the noise of extreme short-term weather events, the data show that this warming is associated with a sustained annual decline in biomass of up to 19.8%," said the lead author of a ne...

www.commondreams.org/news/climate...

28.02.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Environment: A hotter Middle East, a warming Arctic and heatwaves that won’t retreat Arab nations face a very hot future, more severe heatwaves will continue for 1,000 years after we reach net zero, and changing land use has contributed to global warming, now global warming is damagin...

Climate Catastrophe
The Arab region is warming at twice the global rate.

Trapped in a cycle of heatwaves, water scarcity, and fire.

Extreme heat will persist for 1,000 years. We must tackle climate change and land degradation now.

The clock is ticking

johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03...

28.02.2026 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Day in #History 1849
First boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in San Francisco from the east coast.

28.02.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Extreme rhetoric in right-wing political circles deserves more attention The rhetoric in Australia's right-wing political circles is getting more extreme and the media should be paying more attention.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

28.02.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6

β€œIsrael will not be satisfied with the total fragmentation and destruction of Iran. Turkey and Pakistan are also on its targeted radar

The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has just given it the green light to conquer the entire Middle East.” #auspol

28.02.2026 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

We have been had.

Never Labor or LNP. Both corrupted and owned by vested interests.

28.02.2026 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ˜‚!

28.02.2026 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yay... Bots forcibly feeding us with "human derived proteins". 😬

28.02.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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So Anthropic, not known for its ethical boundaries, said no to automated killing and secret military mass surveillance, which was too much for Trump. Can we agree now that the US is not sharing our values and we should decouple from the mass surveillance automated killing team?

28.02.2026 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 387    πŸ” 161    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 9
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Drone strike hits Dubai International Airport prompting evacuation An Iranian missile struck Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport.

holy crap , this is really scary stuff
metro.co.uk/video/drone-...

28.02.2026 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently Dubai International airport has been struck by an Iranian missile. Fuck.

28.02.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0

What is Palantir doing in Australian Defence Dept since being embraced by Marles and Albanese? #auspol

28.02.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If, after two years of the Gaza Holocaust, you still think America and Israel bombing schools in Iran is about anything other than the Greater Israel project, colonial slaughter for evil pedophiles, then you're a baby clinging onto bedtime stories. Fuck @albomp.bsky.social, he's a monster.

28.02.2026 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 381    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 2

They never go into the details of these "tropes", because they do not stand up to scrutiny.
Like all Murdoch propaganda, the headlines and the negative emotional clout are primary, and honesty is entirely optional.
Zionists throw Jews under the bus by associating their crimes, not anti-war critics.

28.02.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Australian Jewish Association should be harshly condemned for misleading vulnerable Australians and encouraging suppression of factual journalism.

28.02.2026 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Im disgusted and furious by the narrative gatekeeping being used to diminish critique of the Israeli state with wrongly conflated accusations of being β€˜antisemitic’.

We must take our freedom of speech back.

28.02.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 4