John Hampshire

Powerful right-wing regressive weirdos gather to plot at Atlas-linked conference in Australia - The Shot There is a transnational Islamophobia Industry of massive family foundations and “think tank” operations that have been generating fear and loathing of Muslims since the 1990s.

The #RWNJ echo chambers are in full swing in Australia... luckily, pretty much everyone else couldn't give a rat's. #auspol

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Yes, I wondered about that... I wasn't paying full attention, then suddenly realised he was off-topic — is the President of the US really breaking away from his hot war to talk about curtains? Nah, surely not. 😵‍💫

AI’s Economic Lie Shock horror! AI added ‘basically zero’ to the US economy in 2025.

Read “AI’s Economic Lie“ by Will Lockett on Medium: wlockett.medium.com/ais-economic...

AI gets good at finding bugs, not as good at fixing them : Discovery is getting cheaper. Validation and patching aren’t

So #AI is good for collecting & collating data, not so good at response choices? OK, got it, thanks. #tech #CyberSecurity

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Classic.

This is a thread that Australians, who are required to vote — and unlike other Western liberal democracies, without a human rights bill — should read. It's where we are heading already. #auspol

1/ I was reading an investigative piece about Viktor Orban's party scrambling before Hungary's 2026 elections. Buried in it was something that stopped me cold. His team was panicking because social media companies had changed how they operate in the EU. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

Exactly.

Yeah, it’s frustrating how often our resources get exported at low prices while others profit big. Would be nice to see real change this time — not just talk before demand spikes. 🇦🇺💭

Remember how Mad Vlad #Putin said his "special police action" (aka full-blown invasion) of #Ukraine would be done and dusted in two weeks? Unless #POTUS cuts and runs before the job is done - and #TACOTrump definitely has form in this area - who knows how long the #Iran war will last?

Understand your position, but unfortunately X is used by public authorities & corporates in Australia for alerts -- re bushfires, road hazards, train & flight disruptions etc -- so cannot exit X totally.

Saudi Arabia’s New U.S. LNG Deal Marks a Stunning Geopolitical Reversal | OilPrice.com LNG has become a central tool of energy statecraft, and locking in long-term U.S. supply underscores Riyadh’s strategic repositioning as global demand for LNG is expected to surge by more than 50% by ...

Remember how Australia has been dudded over the decades by global energy giants (and Japan) paying a pittance for our #lng? Has anything changed ahead of a surge in demand, #AlboMP? #auspol
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Albanese’s real opponent is not Angus Taylor Coalition turmoil has handed Anthony Albanese political space few prime ministers enjoy. Whether he uses it to govern with purpose – or continues to drift – is now the central question.

Few Canberra observers have a longer tenancy in the role than Jack Waterford. His thoughtful, balanced view of Albanese's way forward is excellent. For me, our PM needs to rekindle the social fire in the belly that he once displayed. #auspol

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Why not? We give away our gas so cheaply & export so much of it that our polity is talking about our need to import gas! Utterly bonkers!! And Japan sells our gas as one of its key exports. Aussies have been sold out by traitorous politicians & cynical PS mandarins. #auspol

“AUKUS’s main game is the base that Australia intends to give to the US at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia.”

I don’t think this can be right. No-one is silly enough to pay $368B to the US to let them use our base. #auspol

Great item from Britain. I particularly like that phrase "it is not the state's job to police religious sensibilities". #auspol

'Crime Scene' Declared Over Canberra Bar's Satirical Posters YouTube video by The Sunday Shot

The #Zionist zealots among our Jewish population doing their utmost to conflate protests by the sickened about the #genocidal behaviour of the state of #Israel and Bibi #Netanyahu with simple #antisemitism. Do they really expect to succeed?

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Inflation points its finger at another rate rise. Who's to blame? - Switzer Apart from the unemployment story where the jobless rate is a strong 4.1%, a lot of the Albanese Government’s books look worryingly bad. What’s my educated take on this?

That head's a bit sneaky, Peter. It's a bit more complex than a list of unmet targets, no matter how much Angus & Tim batter away (what a shock!) on govt spending, incl the Coalition's. About time we addressed ever-worsening inequality, yes?
#auspol

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The 'extraordinarily unusual' factor in Russia's war on Ukraine For the first time since its invasion, Russia has lost troops faster than it can replace them. It's one of many grim milestones of a bloody war in Ukraine that has now been going for four years.

One of the best, broadly based and up-to-date assessments of the Ukraine-Russia conflict this year.

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Damn good point. #harshbutfair

Nice one.

MAGA love child sex offenders.

#harshbutfair

Even #FoxNews can't put lipstick on this pig, it seems.

Susan Rice is right. Now Netflix must choose. The institutions and individuals who betrayed democratic principles will bear that mark of shame well into the future.

Susan Rice saw this moment coming. She described it plainly, and she was right.

Now, Netflix must decide which side of history it wants to be on.

The right choice is obvious. The only question is whether Netflix has the courage to make it. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...

#harshbutfair

AI body scrapped after spending $188k finding experts It took 15 months to narrow a field of 270 AI experts to 12 appointees for an AI authority, at a cost of almost $200,000, before it was suddenly scrapped by the federal government.

This is absurd: a "lighter touch" for #AI regulation? Are you crazy, #AlboMP? That's the reverse of what's required, no matter what the urgers tell you. There's one golden opportunity to get this right & protect Aussies. Please don't stuff it up. #auspol
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Heaven forfend that Greenlanders should be assailed by a putative ally
to which they have given their all, America.

Sunday thought: The last best hope on earth From a cup-half-full guy

Sadly, it ain't always over even if the fat lady sings... open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Maybe if #DonaldTrump stopped trying to rule by quasi-royal decree and, you know, worked with Congress(!!) to achieve his ends, he'd get a lot more done properly and we'd also be spared his pathetic dummy-spit tantrums.