James Thom's Avatar

James Thom

@jamesthom.bsky.social

Retired computer science academic. Lives in Australia. Interested in action on climate change, asylum seekers and first nations.

173 Followers  |  365 Following  |  17 Posts  |  Joined: 12.09.2023  |  2.0076

Latest posts by jamesthom.bsky.social on Bluesky

And a large percentage of Australian gas that Japan buys they re-export at a profit.
ieefa.org/resources/ho...

09.02.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
The Zionist lobby, antisemitism and Herzog Australia’s political and media response to Gaza, including the invitation to Israel’s president, reflects the influence of pro-Israel lobbying and the shrinking space for lawful criticism.

Like our politicians, "So much of our media, including, shamefully, the ABC is intimidated by the Zionist lobby
...Palestinians and Muslims are treated as much less human and less valuable than white Jews and white Christians."

Must read from @johnmenadue.com
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...

08.02.2026 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
Post image

How is this not terrorism?

28.01.2026 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 370    πŸ” 150    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 10
Preview
Australia! I quite like bits of it | First Dog on the Moon But this is not a day for celebration

I'm back! Here is a cartoon about Australia Day but also not. With bandicoots! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

26.01.2026 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 196    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2
Preview
A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.

Excellent primer on the Atlas Network and it’s impact on Australia

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

25.01.2026 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 341    πŸ” 149    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 20
Video thumbnail

Board of Peace - Season 1

24.01.2026 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 10694    πŸ” 6068    πŸ’¬ 447    πŸ“Œ 609
Video thumbnail

ABC Indigenous doesn’t mince words

23.01.2026 06:33 β€” πŸ‘ 572    πŸ” 300    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 40
'No One Should Call This Place Home' | Always Was Tonight
YouTube video by ABC Indigenous 'No One Should Call This Place Home' | Always Was Tonight

Maybe @qantas-official.bsky.social can use this version from now on.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Z6...

23.01.2026 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
Post image Post image Post image

The last time we had catastrophic fires was when this bin fire of a Government was in power who only cared about photo ops & secret Hawaii holidays.

Now they have dropped the climate target of net zero! FMD! #auspol

10.01.2026 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image

Randa Abdel-Fattahβ€”

"My statement in response to the racist decision to cancel me from Adelaide Writers' Week."

#BoycottAdelaideFestival

09.01.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone having trouble with Australia's community battery plan?

07.01.2026 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

To me a community battery is literally a battery in my community that I feed all my excess solar in for people in my community to access for a massive discount. I don't get why they can't build batteries like this, especially in small towns like mine.

07.01.2026 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

These batteries are run by private companies, even though getting govt grants, rather than govt/community agencies. Can only be for private profit. Where, exactly, is the benefit to the community/household?

07.01.2026 06:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image 19.12.2025 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Bernie Sanders on FB re what anti-semitism is and is not.

17.12.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 194    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8
Preview
Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is β€˜climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

08.12.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Datacentres – why are they so thirsty? Let’s ask a shark! | First Dog on the Moon Do we even want or need all these datacentres? That is apparently none of your business * Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published * Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...

Datacentres – why are they so thirsty? Let’s ask a shark! | First Dog on the Moon

05.12.2025 05:38 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
Video thumbnail

🚨BREAKING: Greenpeace Luxembourg activists have delivered a message to Amazon on their European headquarters.⁣
⁣
Activists are exposing Amazon’s tax avoidance AND their reported provision of crucial cloud computing services and data storage to Netanyahu’s government and the Israeli Defense Forces 😑

28.11.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
Preview
110: The history of the history of Indo-European - Interview with Danny Bate Before there was English, or Latin, or Czech, or Hindi, there was a language that they all have in common, which we call Proto-Indo-European. Linguists have long been fascinated by the quest to get a

How are we still making discoveries about the 5000-year-old ancestor to English, Latin, Czech, Hindi and many other languages?

In our latest episode we get enthusiastic about figuring out Proto-Indo-European with @dannybate.bsky.social!

21.11.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6
Video thumbnail

This is great. Listen to 374 bagpipes playing AC/DC's It's A Long Way To The Top, breaking the bagpipe world record in Melbourne a few hours before AC/DC's first show in Australia in 10 years.

Watch the full video here: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

13.11.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
Post image

#60mins #60minutes #auspil #nauru #albanese

09.11.2025 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Honest Government Ad | Ksi Lisims & PRGT Pipeline
YouTube video by thejuicemedia Honest Government Ad | Ksi Lisims & PRGT Pipeline

The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.

08.11.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 253    πŸ” 169    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 22

Pollies so bought by the gambling industry that they kicked out of their sports club the guy who was a top professional athlete

It's funny, in a "laughing at" sort of way

10.10.2025 07:10 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

10.10.2025 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 869    πŸ” 433    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 89
Preview
A century of deceit: Towards a new understanding of the colonisation of Palestine Political and media commentary on the Hamas killings of October 2023 have been preoccupied with claims that these were not only the worst terrorists but that their actions were without precedent.

A century of deceit: Towards a new understanding of the colonisation of Palestine. Political & media commentary on the Hamas killings of October 2023 have been preoccupied with claims that these were not only the worst terrorists but their actions were unprecedented.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

09.10.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
AI Is Moving Into Physical Products, And Out of Regulatory Reach | TechPolicy.Press Matt Steinberg discusses how AI wearables and toys blur the line between products and speechβ€”raising urgent regulatory gaps in privacy and child safety.

AI Is Moving Into Physical Products, And Out of Regulatory Reach

www.techpolicy.press/ai-is-moving...

29.09.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Preview
Blood on the grass: Forgotten final that exposed football's racial fault lines The Purnim Bears were supposed to be the feel-good story of country football β€”Β a team uniting black and white communities. But their 1987 grand final was so violent it ended with their expulsion.

The Purnim Bears were supposed to be the feel-good story of country football β€”Β a team uniting black and white communities. But their 1987 grand final was so violent it ended with their expulsion.

23.09.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Person in pyjamas with Albo mask lying on bed in front of banner "Labor in bed with dirty coal" and another banner "Labor greenlights Woodside climate bomb"

Person in pyjamas with Albo mask lying on bed in front of banner "Labor in bed with dirty coal" and another banner "Labor greenlights Woodside climate bomb"

Part of the crowd at rally protesting against Labor's weak climate targets in Naarm (Melbourne) earlier today outside Sarah Witty Labor MP for Melbourne's office.

22.09.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
2035 climate target: Archbishop calls for greater moral courage from government

www.arrcc.org.au/2035_climate...

Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, has called for greater moral courage from the government in response to its 2035 climate target announced today and said "An even bigger test will be what the government does about phasing out coal and gas exports."

18.09.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@jamesthom is following 20 prominent accounts