This is the best takedown of Musk I’ve ever read. From a beloved author around my age no less, Joyce Carol Oates.

If they can, they will -> If they can use bullets, they will -> If they can suck the economic life out of you, they will -> If they can buy extreme right governments, they will -> If they can deny climate change, they will 𝐈𝐅 𝐖𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌, 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋

The Age has a headline for the LNP IPA - and it's a very good one! But hey ... knock yourselves out! Look at the lineup, three captain's picks by Abbott and Morrison and Angus Taylor (Google him!) There's nothing here to excite Australians and the vision - as implied in the headline

Australian governments have refused to govern for Australians They're ONLY interested in their own polling They're NOT interested in truly taking up difficult challenges that require a whole-of-society set of solutions 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬?

GENOCIDE So what does "peace" in Gaza look like? It looks like GENOCIDE "Peace" was just a device to allow Western governments to slink away and wash their hands Like Australia .. still delivering military equipment (secretly now) to Israel www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

This bubble is getting ready to pop🎈 🗡️💥

Kinda seems like nation states should be paying #Indigenous people to care for the lands and waters. Instead Indigenous people are pleading to do it for free.

The mantra of the extreme right globally is to “apologise” and then expect - EXPECT - everyone to forgive and move on DON’T He’s an adult .. he knew EXACTLY what he did and he knew the tactic HE HAS ALREADY TOLD YOU WHO HE IS AND WHAT HIS VALUES ARE If you walk past that, it’s all on voters

Extraordinary headline that perfectly captures the stupidity of the Coalition and our nations warped priorities.

GENOCIDE Australia has a direct complicity in the GENOCIDE in Gaza And a direct complicity in the unspoken tactics that Israel continues to use to continue destroying Gaza and Palestinians I’m sure Labor wants us to forget its complicity but we must never forget This article explains why

He’s come to a “secret” deal over the corruption and stench of using Nauru to “disappear” asylum seekers and refugees and remove them from judicial process The Pacific knows Australia well - were there to “use” them but in so doing we display exactly who we are

THE WORLD'S LARGEST MASS GRAVE Australia did nothing to prevent GENOCIDE in Gaza - in fact we provided and still provide, military aid to Israel WE ARE COMPLICIT johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...

Climate warming "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦" 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍? johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘕𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵" A lack of transparency raises concerns about accountability and the true beneficiaries of this substantial financial commitment michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...

What underpins Australia's economic, political and social success - where could we go horribly wrong? Ensuring our institutions are sound, ethical and transparent are critical to our success THIS IS WHY DEMOCRACY MATTERS This's why voters must pay attention www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

Yesterday I posted about Iran's critical water issues - a result of a series of issues around water management and climate change Now, thoughts are turning to evacuating Tehran! Iranian cities are not the only ones facing critical water issues - Pakistan, northern China and India are as well

We don't yet fully trust AI to take control of our vehicles on Earth .. But in space, AI is being used to control satellites and to pave the way for AI to enter deep-space and take control of interplanetary missions Practical given the logistics of getting messages to vehicles over long distances

Iran’s water crisis Low rainfall, depleted aquifers, inefficient agricultural practices, and aging infrastructure threatens rural livelihoods, urban stability and economic resilience. Water rather than oil may soon emerge as the country’s most critical resource financialtribune.com/node/119358

The US should not be allowed to make Australia complicit in nuclear war. 50 years ago Whitlam believed that and he was right. It’s time to end AUKUS. Close Pine Gap.

Allegro Energy’s patented water-based battery tech could reshape global renewables. Built in the Hunter, scalable anywhere. No vanadium. No lithium. Just Aussie innovation. Cheaper, Safer Australia future in renewables and not burning rocks #auspol www.industryupdate.com.au/article/aust...

What a great long-term recruiting pitch: come do this high-stress job, you may have to work for free at some point — and if you try to feed your family with a side gig, you’ll be punished. 🤡 @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

File under: The Laws of Thermodynamics are a B**** grist.org/oceans/hey-s...

Ridiculous! We’re getting hail here in November!! Hard to imagine that in a month or so - or being Melbourne maybe tomorrow! - the weather here will be hot!

Governments failing to shift to a low-carbon economy will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and will face stagnation & rising inflation at home, the UN’s climate chief warned on Monday at the start of the Cop30 climate talks” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gough showed that we all can be dreamers and we can all be the architect of our futures All it needs is a vision, courage and the will to act - and not be captured by those who would rather we don't dream Gough showed us the threats that exist but he'd be the first to say keep dreaming!

Gough dreamed of a country ... That job MUST voters can do - to dream of the country we can be if we all have a vision and VOTE to build that common vision If WE don't, you can see others doing it for us - rogue politicians, nazi marches in the streets etc thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

Climate warming It won't just be politicians who refused to address THE existential crisis we all face - it will be voters too Sons and daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who know we did nothing of substance to compel change 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍?

11/11/1975 #TheDismissal When Australia suffered a coup by the ruling elite. We never recovered that rich time of social justice. Whitlam brought humanity back to our war weary country. Whitlam gave us dignity.

Again - IDEOLOGY So ask yourself .. when did IDEOLOGY ever deliver a SOLUTION to voter issues If voters want SOLUTIONS a duopoly is never going to offer that Local community-based representatives offer SOLUTIONS Not career party politicians working to set up their post politics consultancy gig

"Daily life in #Gaza, plunged into darkness by #Israel GAZA CITY, GAZA – NOVEMBER 9, 2025: Palestinians try to light their surroundings with fire as they endure ongoing electricity outages caused by Israel’s attacks..." (Photo by Anas Zeyad Fteha/Anadolu)" www.threads.com/@anas.fteiha... (1/2)

You can’t elect cockheads for decades then blame democracy for the poor outcomes. #AusPol

Amerika like Australia, has a duopoly All duopolies are dangerous and IDEOLOGICAL - the lesson from Amerika is an imploding collapse Amerika also offers a clue - the recent elections show voters abandoning IDEOLOGY for LOCAL SOLUTIONS anchored by community representation We must learn the lesson!

Duopolies are a convergence of IDEOLOGIES - a rigidity of "group-think" capturing a democracy no matter how citizens vote They destroy the vision of a democracy imposing policies rather than encourage a plurality of views and SOLUTIONS to issues Voters lead this decline - its vital we all wake up!

Australians have already asked this question and answered it We're expecting nothing now and just waiting for the next election Duopolies are extremely dangerous - Labor is half of our duopoly, governing on IDEOLOGY, solving nothing Voters wake up! michaelwest.com.au/can-anthony-...

Apparently Labor's doctrine of following 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬' 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 allows us to get into bed with Russia and break sanctions - we're no better than Orbán www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Climate warming A deep resonating consequence of climate inaction is - the desire NOT to have children because the future is so bleak Think about that .. rather than talk about solutions, people are giving up. There is NO political leadership 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒?

Duopoly politicians delivering government services to Australians that are either outright criminal on an industrial scale as in Centrelink's Robodebt, or punitive in their delivery and lack a duty of care Outsourcing any government function is a betrayal of citizens and a function of ideology

War brings horror, death, technological advances ... and new drug resistant infections Any of these could tip the scales of war but drug resistant microbes and infectious diseases could threaten us all Combined with a weakened health system and shortages, attrition continues to threaten Ukraine

Not to be missed. A scandal and corruption exposed by 60mins on the Albanese Government’s offshore detention centre operations on Nauru. 820pm tonight!

𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀 - 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬' 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬" continues to resolutely ignore GENOCIDE and war crimes Australia continues to demonstrate its complicity -> we still send military equipment to Israel -> we're still part of the problem, NOT the solution

Richard Marles praised the ‘𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭’ military tech at Weapons Expo in Sydney Now watch Netflix's "A House of Dynamite" "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 .. 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭."

"𝐀𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐫, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐨-𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐌 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ‘𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥’ 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰" Wow! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The Marie Antoinette of the Amerikan Diktatorship ..

Two little headlines - smoking guns that point to potential problems With Black Friday Sales and Christmas coming, and the fact that increasing debt is being shifted to plastic cards by Australians, take a moment to lower your personal financial risk 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐓

When governments operate in secrecy, it's inevitable there's a lot to hide, leaving room for bad players Albanese has a problem - of his own making And that problem is tarring Australia and Australians with a moral and ethical disgrace again - the deportation of asylum seekers and refugees again

Real police work Persistent, dogged, meticulous and relentless All based on a thousand clues, any one of which might provide a lead I think we owe a moment to Victorian Police as they continue to run this case to ground and remember that two police officers lost their lives already in this case

𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀 - 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬' 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬" refuses to demand accountability from Israel, to raise these issues with the UN, to work with other nations and build a global coalition to expose and confront Israel Even in the face of THIS WE ARE COMPLICIT

Israel gets even more grotesque GENOCIDE, STARVATION and now, underground jails for Palestinians 𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀 - 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬' 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬" continues to aid Israel, completely ignoring Israel's crimes against humanity www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Predictably, Israel strongly condemns Türkiye … And we can be sure Jillian Segal sent another gold star to Albanese to put in his special Israeli scrapbook!