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🧵 I was a Zionist a few years ago - Here’s the full story

When I was young I proudly raised the Israeli flag, so I want to talk a little bit about what happened since then

I grew up learning that Israel is "surrounded by enemies" so it’s a miracle we got to survive that we must serve in (1/8)

The No World Order Meir Kahane, Netanyahu, Trump, and the war beyond Iran.

"Trump is not the architect of the Iran war, only its vehicle."

On who's really in charge:
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-wor...

Sarah Kendzior Sounds Alarm on Trump’s Calculated Iran Move YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show

"Trump has no ideological commitment. He likes his foreign policy 'one and done': kidnap Venezuela's prez, drop a MOAB on Afghanistan. He sees it like reality TV: these are plot twists in his season finales. I’m worried the war on Iran is a series finale — for Earth."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zobD...

Ministerial Statements: Iraq MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS: Iraq10 February 2003Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler) (7.07 p.m.) —The end of the Cold War brought the prospect of international stability and peace. The world community had great hope...

Can you find a source for that exact quote? I can't find it here

anthonyalbanese.com.au/ministerial-...

Book cover of Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit

If you find yourself overwhelmed with the state of everything going on right now, I highly recommend this book. I’m not finished with it yet, but I’m enjoying it so far. It discusses how history is evidence that action yields results ❤️ don’t give up hope

Everyone knows there will be energy market disruptions but how much will it affect inflation?

Good to remember this rule of thumb from Goldman Sachs:
every $10 increase in oil prices will increase headline inflation by 20-30 basis points.

ie Will it cause a 2022 style inflation surge? No.

Single frame. PM Albo and Penny Wong in Albo’s office sitting at coffee table, looking exhausted, Albo holding a beer. Portrait of John Howard on wall. Albo’s desk and shelves behind showing photo of him with Trump, football, rabbit, plaque saying “Social Cohesion”. Albo says, “Remember Saddam’s WMDs?” Wong says, “Good times.”

Déjà vu.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Sigh. Some ‘Guys’ aren’t very bright.

I also read the Financial Times. A great insight into how the powerful view the world.

Joint Typhoon Warning Centre forecasts and datasets are highly valued by the international tropical cyclone community.

#NAFOMeme The Godfather's Vito Corleone with an added Ukrainian flag Text You asking me to teach you how to shoot down Shaheds But you don't ask with respect

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This is the one 😁✌️

Shamelessly yoinked to @vatniksoup.bsky.social

If you want to kill someone, use a car.

Summarising the Israeli government’s position, Citrinowicz said: “If we can have a coup, great. If we can have people on the streets, great. If we can have a civil war, great. Israel couldn’t care less about the future . . . [or] the stability of Iran. “That is a point of difference between us and the US. I think [Washington is] are more concerned about nation-building and threats to their regional partners,” he added.

okay but you get that Iran has 93 million people, right

So much for social cohesion ….

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There is no hard left in the ALP. If you ask Lenin, there never was.

Data centre power emissions double over five years Ryan Cropp Ryan CroppEnergy and climate reporter Mar 3, 2026 – 7.32pm Save Share Gift this article Some of Australia’s biggest data centre operators have more than doubled their reported carbon emissions over the past five years, as the exponential growth of the sector leads to a major rise in demand on the power grid and puts pressure on the government’s climate agenda. Top data centre operators Amazon, AirTrunk and CDC all declared annual scope two emissions increases of more than 20 per cent in 2024-25 and more than 100 per cent since 2020-21, according to new figures published by the Clean Energy Regulator.

AirTrunk founder Robin Khuda told The Australian Financial Review Business Summit on Tuesday that the government’s AI plan was “pretty good”, but it needed to think more holistically about how the nation would build the infrastructure required to power it. Reported electricity emissions by data centre operator (tonnes CO2e) AmazonNextDCAirTrunkEquinixCDC FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 200K 250K 300K 350K 400K 450K 500K 550K Source: Clean Energy Regulator The technology industry has argued that the energy demands of data centres will support the rollout of renewable power because they will sign the long-term power purchase agreements needed to make projects financially viable.

The emissions of Australia's top data centre operators have doubled over the past few years. You can see why Amazon Australia fought so hard to try and keep these numbers hidden.......

www.afr.com/policy/energ...

In a recent podcast, Nick Srnicek wondered whether troubles at Blue Owl might be the trigger for a broader crisis in AI stocks. Today, in the FT, we read that Blue Owl is now struggling to deal with investment withdrawls

What happens if Donnie runs out of patience and wants to nuke Tehran with an ICBM?

Trump’s infatuation with nuclear weapons is well documented.

Single frame. Trump at whiteboard with pointer. A line of backs of heads of various world leaders. (Macron Carney Albo Starmer Merz Von der Leyen). Written on whiteboard: “INTERNATIONAL RULES-BASED ORDER. 1. I RULE. 2. I ORDER THE REST OF THE WORLD AROUND.

Rules-based order.
My @smh cartoon.

Toyota and Stellantis withdraw from CO₂ pool with Tesla - electrive.com Until now, the European CO₂ pool centered around Tesla has been a major conglomerate of automakers, featuring the likes of Ford, Mazda, Honda, Toyota, and

falling car sales may not kill Tesla, but the legacy automakers deciding to stop subsidizing their alleged "disruptor" definitely will

www.electrive.com/2026/03/03/t...

US health officials are trying to delay a regional World Health Organization meeting that would confirm the loss of its measles elimination status until after the midterm elections in November.

This is a reckless, accountability-dodging move that puts politics over public health.

What you're looking at is not a sunrise — it's the Russian LNG tanker ARCTIC METAGAZ (IMO 9243148) struck by a massive explosion in the Mediterranean this morning. Photographed by crew aboard a merchant vessel, via Vanguard Tech.

Ep 07 - War with China? - Media Watch Nine Newspapers' series on war with China within three years is criticised as hysterical and hyperbolic.

It's now 3 years since Nine published its Red Alert series that predicted Australia would be at war with China by now. ABC Media Watch had a look at the claims made at that time in 2023. #auspol www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...

Just like rule of law, the constitution ultimately is just a social agreement between two parties that see the world similarly. American fascists understood this, and wielded it expertly to undermine the constitution and rule of law to the point where they became a force that exists in name only.

Cartoon by Tommy Siegel

One hundred accounts are behind the majority of conspiracy theory content in Canada Researchers analyzed more than 14 million social media posts from accounts in Canada and found that 87 per cent of conspiratorial claims come from influencers, with just 100 users responsible for near...

“Conspiracy theories about globalist cabals, climate hoaxes and election fraud may seem ubiquitous on social media. But a report has found that they come from a tiny minority of users…
just 100 users were responsible for almost 70% of online conspiracy posts…”

Via @nationalobserver.com #UrbanTruth

J.M. Keynes “National Self-Sufficiency” (1933)

Was Keynes an unknowing anarchist?

“If I had the power today I should surely set out to endow our capital cities with all the appurtenances of art and civilization on the highest standards of which the citizens of each were individually capable, convinced that what I could create, I could afford.”