Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds

Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS

The Guardian

Foregrounding the perspectives of oppressed groups is necessary in order for people who are blind to their privilege to learn that what life is like for them, is not so for everyone.

For able bodied white cis het-passing folks, this is a long journey.

For a society, the process is slow. It is open to weaponisation by those who want to retain the status quo.

The strategy? Blame on a chosen ‘other’ group the harms that come from exploitation, increasing inequality & environmental destruction. As the tools that enable misinformation become increasingly effective it is harder & harder not to be sucked into polarisation & hate.

The means of our liberation - learning to see through the eyes of others - are weaponised against us.

But …… people are not our enemy. Ignorance is.

‘Breaking people into identity groups and having them fight each other has always played into the hands of the powerful because it undermines the more material bonds of class that unite us’.

Let’s not comply.

#AusPol #polarisation #inequality #plunder #diversity #inclusiveness #hope

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/feb/25/pauline-hanson-one-nation-popularity-lesson-for-progressives-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Pauline Hanson’s populism is a joke. But there are lessons in it for ‘super-progressives’

Recognising much of the party’s support to be a vote against the status quo could prove a blueprint for Labor – if it can avoid the pitfalls

The Guardian

It is vile what girls (children!) & women are exposed to on social media. Those who name what they see & say #ForkThat are the role models here.

We set such a low bar for boys & men. ‘At least he doesn’t …(insert atrocity here)‘. Flooding the space with abuse is how the parameters of normal are moved. The bar is getting lower.

The attitudes expressed by these gullible boys come straight from #EvangelicalPurityCulture. They connect indivisibly with #WhiteSupremacist politics, & together they serve the interests of those who wish to generate clickbait distraction as cover for accelerating plunder.

Those who employ this strategy deny the reality of climate change while closing borders & hoarding resources against what they know to be its inevitable effects. They amass ever more obscene profits while workers are exploited, inequality grows, safe homes become fewer, safety nets are dismantled, environments are destroyed, wars proliferate, populations are displaced & the planet burns. When their actions hurt us we are invited to blame each other, especially those more vulnerable than ourselves.

The tools available to entangle us in distraction & cultivate hate are becoming exponentially more sophisticated. It’s increasingly hard not to get sucked in.

The fundamental strategy is to convince us to see certain others as less than human. When we see these thoughts arise in ourselves they’re our cue. Wake up! We are being scammed.

Meanwhile, being female in public means living in a shitstorm. White women like me get to know for ourselves what people of colour & those who are indigenous, disabled, queer or Muslim have known forever. Power is always seen more clearly from below.

You’re being had, boys. It’s not women who have turned you into obedient puppets. It’s white supremacist patriarchal ideology exploited by oligarchs in the interests of their short term profit.

Ignorance is the enemy. We are each other’s hope.

#distraction #plunder

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/15-year-old-girl-misogyny-social-media-online-abuse?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day

Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I see

The Guardian
“Well said.🚨The problem is that the leaders of the US government and the people around them are more interested in their ability🚨to profit from the resources of Ukraine and business deals in Russia than a🕊️lasting peace for Ukraine and Europe.”
- R Filipkowski
#Ukraine #Zelensky #Rubio #TrumpRegime #Traitors #Russia #Putin #Article2Section4 #Impeach #Corruption #Plunder #Minerals #Grift #Extortion #Bribery #PayToPlay #Emoluments #Protest #NoKings #USPol

鉄槌の響き
汝らよ、許されると思うな。選びたまえ・・・
Не думайте, що вам пробачать, хлопці. Оберіть...

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#AI生成 #with #muddy #upon #sacred #earth #swarm #crawls #cover #greed #they #scatter #murder #plunder #filthy #sludge #leave #behind #but #stench #death #fertile #soil #harbor #rage #judgment #down #bring #iron #hammer

#zok #sacred 天の鉄槌 - ポイズン雷花の小説 - pixiv

ゾクは土足で聖地に踏み入った。 欲に塗れ、殺人、掠奪と云う名の汚れを巻き散らす。 鉄槌のトライデントは容赦せん。肥沃の大地と共に有る。 ゾクのウザイ蠅を、ゾウを凍てつく矢で焼き尽くす。 敗北は必然、汚れたドブネズミは死を残し、去って行く。 コサックの大スズメバチはゾウを撃ち、亀を

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#trident #mercy Heaven’s Iron Hammer - ポイズン雷花の小説 - pixiv

The Zok set foot into the sacred land with their filthy shoes. Drenched in greed, they scatter the stench of murder and plunder. The trident

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#freeze #arrow Небесний молот - ポイズン雷花の小説 - pixiv

Зок увійшов на святу землю в брудному взутті. Увесь у жадобі, він розсіює скверну, що зветься вбивством і грабунком. Тризуб небесного молота

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Небесний молот|ポイズン雷花

Зок увійшов на святу землю в брудному взутті. Увесь у жадобі, він розсіює скверну, що зветься вбивством і грабунком. Тризуб небесного молота не знає пощади. Він стоїть разом із родючою землею. Спалити крижаними стрілами набридливих мух і слонів, яких використовує Зок. Поразка неминуча, брудні ст

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