Frank Mols (PhD) fmols - Bluesky Statics

David Pocock is right: more tax is raised from beer than from petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT) Senator David Pocock has produced viral social media content claiming that Australia’s beer tax raises more revenue than the gas industry pays in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT). Can more public mo...

@rodcampbell.bsky.social onya mate!
thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

17.02.2026 08:00 — 👍 29 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 0

Meta's Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are amongst the worst offenders when it comes to social media privacy - here's what you need to know Discord takes top spot in social media privacy report, while Meta platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, land at the bottom with TikTok.

30.09.2025 18:26 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

YouTube video by PoliticsJOE The Truth about Peter Mandelson | Jeremy Corbyn interview

The Menace of Mandelson
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSRw...

14.02.2026 06:40 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

👏Climate200: The Fair Elections Case: Democracy Under Threat (webinar recording)
Outstanding - a real call to action
@richarddenniss.bsky.social @ebonybennett.bsky.social
@gekko.bsky.social @fmols.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhy0...

12.02.2026 05:59 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

@fmols.bsky.social

11.02.2026 07:02 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

YouTube video by SIX News Australia Australian Democrats plan comeback after 16 years without seats

Australian Democrats president Leonie Green says the party is ready for a parliamentary comeback, 16 years after they last held a seat

WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDfS...

23.01.2026 06:55 — 👍 46 🔁 12 💬 9 📌 9

California governor calls for an investigation into TikTok's censorship TikTok has banned all messages containing the word Epstein just days after Larry Ellison purchased the app from ByteDance...

#Tech #ByteDance #TikTok #USDS

Origin | Interest | Match

27.01.2026 14:55 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

BREAKING: After Trump's allies took over TikTok this week, any mention of "Epstein" in DMs are not permitted.

Here's proof. Anyone else is free to try it.

26.01.2026 23:34 — 👍 972 🔁 592 💬 120 📌 64

TikTok users in the US can’t write ‘Epstein’ or see anti-Trump videos Alleged censorship comes after investors loyal to Trump take over social media platform

TikTok appears to be censoring mentions of ICE and Epstein.

How long until TikTok fully becomes Trump affiliated state media?

27.01.2026 16:04 — 👍 525 🔁 186 💬 57 📌 37

Democracy Under Threat In conversation with Zoe Daniel, Rex Patrick, and Richard Denniss

Yahoo - an event not to be missed👏
www.climate200.com.au/event/democr...

27.01.2026 03:42 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

🚨 GERMANY THREATEN WORLD CUP BOYCOTT 🚨
They become the first European nation to threaten to miss the World Cup.
www.bild.de/sport/fussba... #DonaldTrump #Republicans #MakeAmericaSmall

24.01.2026 16:29 — 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

AUKUS: a continuing expensive delusion Australia is pouring billions into AUKUS submarines without clear delivery capacity from the UK or the US. The result could be a costly strategic and fiscal mistake – with little to show for it.

johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...

24.01.2026 06:07 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Finishing this book wasn't exactly easy, but it's out there now and I can hardly believe it...

Anyone and everyone can read it and download it, as it is Open Access.

We are happy to come to your institution and present the findings in the Autumn, just drop us a line!

17.06.2025 08:32 — 👍 27 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 1

China EVs have more range at a lower price, no wonder they have taken the electric crown Chinese EVs - at every price point - are beating competitors on range, still a key factor in consumer choice when they think about an EV.

China EVs have more range at a lower price, no wonder they have taken the electric crown. #BYD has overtaken Tesla to become the biggest seller of #electricvehicles – and that means full battery electrics thedriven.io/2026/01/21/c... #ElonMusk #DonaldTrump #ActOnClimate #Volkswagen #Renault #VW

22.01.2026 12:29 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Pam Bondi's Extensive Lobbying For Wealthy Special Interests And Foreign Government Poses Serious Conflict Of Interest | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Pam Bondi is a registered lobbyist with the Washington, D.C.-based firm Ballard Partners and has...

Also worth noting ... Pam Bondi worked as a lobbyist for Ballard Partners, which represented GEO Group, a company that operates private prisons and ... ICE detention centres.
www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/re...

22.01.2026 03:19 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

Introducing our edited book, Political Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies! @jolanda-jetten.bsky.social
Each chapter considers an influential early study in the field with a fresh perspective. Published by SAGE: au.sagepub.com/en-gb/anz/po...

07.01.2026 08:04 — 👍 21 🔁 8 💬 4 📌 4

Social media partisans vs. party members: political affiliation in a digital age Recently political parties have diversified their affiliation options, including by developing social media followings, but so far there is little evidence about who is exploiting these new options...

Our paper with @karinakosped.bsky.social and Susan Scarrow on 'Social media partisans vs. party members: political affiliation in a digital age' in West European Politics now has a volume/issue!
50 free copies available via www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UVHJE...

02.12.2025 19:01 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Join me, @stijntvankessel.bsky.social & Isabelle Hertner next week as we present "Populist Radical Right Parties in Action" (Oxford University Press), available Open Access here:

academic.oup.com/book/60532

If you or your library prefer a printed copy, you can find a discounted code below.

08.10.2025 19:26 — 👍 14 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 3

Snap Out of It? Governmental Instability and Far‐Right Mainstreaming in the Dutch and French Elections of 2023/2024 Click on the article title to read more.

📣 New piece out in @jcms-eu.bsky.social with the great @mlorimer.bsky.social & Marianna Griffini!

We compare the 2023 🇳🇱 & 2024 🇫🇷 snap elections: different systems, but shared patterns:
➡️ Gov’t instability
➡️ Continued rise and mainstreaming of the far right

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

02.07.2025 07:50 — 👍 40 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 0