Mastodawn

“Resisting the Rule of the RIch - Protecting Freedom from Billionaire Power” That is the title of the Oxfam.org report. It’s a long read (I’m only partially through it myself) but a worthwhile read.

https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/from-starlink-to-the-state-when-platform-monopolies-become-political-power

#TechBros #EatTheRich #TaxTheRich #PoliticsAndPower
#Monopoly #Oligachy #Fascism #WealthTransfer #StateCapture

RaymondPierreL3 18h ago

I don’t think many of the tooters I see on my feed need convincing that our biggest threat (after a certain certifiable case in charge of a big, bigger than you’ve ever seen, country) lies in the privatisation of #infrastructure crucial to #NationalSecurity. But just in case, I’m tooting this article to make that very point, again. We cannot be warned enough…

”If critical digital infrastructure markets are structurally producing unavoidable private monopolies, what does that mean for economic power, political influence and democratic control more broadly? Starlink may be a particularly visible case, but it is part of a much wider pattern now emerging across the digital economy.”

#TechBros #Nepo #Monopolies #OutSourcing #StateCapture
#LEO #Communications

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RaymondPierreL3 18h ago

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I would’ve thought that the Justice system, the third pillar of democratic govt, was too critical to ‘outsource’ and definately not a branch of government that ought to have any of its functions #Privatised and milked for ‘#Profits’ . It’s bad enough that the legal profession is privatised leading to wealth being a determinent in the quality of legal representation one is afforded in Court and hence better legal outcomes for those represented, but Court functions #outsourced to #PrivateEnterprises should never occur. All Court processes ought to remain fully under govt funding and appropriate publicly-owned services IMO.

This case is an yet example of #StateTheft and #StateCapture brought to you by the ‘debunked’ #NeoLiberal order. The #Grifters are getting into all aspect of our democracy in order to feather their own nest and enslave the rest of us a la #Fascist #America and its #tRumpAdministration.

#AusPol

Droppie 2d ago

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/voters-are-angry-one-nation-s-support-is-real-rising-and-no-longer-surprising-20260315-p5oal2.html?ref=rss

imo a voter's intention to vote PHON in straya, MAGA in merka, Farage in pommyland, et al, is an acute IQ & morality test. such voters fail. abysmally. 🤬🖕

#AusPol #WhyTheFuckIsLabor #HahahahaLiebs #NatsAreNuts #GreensYEAH #VoteGreens #VoteProgIndies #PHONkedinthehead #ClimateCrisis #NonLinear #TippingPoints #PositiveFeedbackLoops #FossilFools #RenewableEnergy #ChangeTheSystem #StateCapture #RightToProtest #Biodiversity #WeAreTotallyFscked #Misanthropy #Karma #NativeForests #StopLoggingNativeForests #FsckCapitalism #CognitiveDissonance

Voters are angry. One Nation’s support is real, rising and no longer surprising

Crunched by high inflation and spiralling petrol prices, the electorate is in a bad mood and it’s starting to take it out on the government, not just the opposition.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Droppie 3d ago

articles like this just annoy & irritate me

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-binary-frozen-weather

imo scientists need to stop being terrified of loudly publicly stating the bleedin' obvious, viz:

it ain't everyone who is one of these stupid boiling frogs. it is explicitly, specifically, that cohort of fools blinded by their RWNJ politics, &/or their idiotic skyfairy delusions. otoh, we sane moral peeps who do not succumb to such toxic fantasies, know full fucken well the severe crisis our forebears created & which contemporary humans continue to accelerate. we despair, & rage.

#ClimateCrisis #NonLinear #TippingPoints #PositiveFeedbackLoops #FossilFools #RenewableEnergy #ChangeTheSystem #StateCapture #RightToProtest #Biodiversity #WeAreTotallyFscked #Misanthropy #Karma #NativeForests #StopLoggingNativeForests #FsckCapitalism #CognitiveDissonance #FuckRWNJs #fuckALLreligion

Why we fail to notice climate change

People quickly normalize extreme weather. Simple visuals highlighting abrupt change could help climate change break through our mental blind spots.

Science News

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Droppie 5d ago

@kentparkstreet1 i concur, but only up to a point. i continue to grumpily assert that

obviously a failure of judgementis in the first instance still manifested by #thegreatunwashed who in their infinite idiocy selfishness & myopia continue not voting for the greens en masse... arseholes.

#AusPol #WhyTheFuckIsLabor #HahahahaLiebs #NatsAreNuts #GreensYEAH #VoteGreens #VoteProgIndies #ClimateCrisis #NonLinear #TippingPoints #PositiveFeedbackLoops #FossilFools #RenewableEnergy #ChangeTheSystem #StateCapture #RightToProtest #Biodiversity #WeAreTotallyFscked #Misanthropy #Karma #NativeForests #StopLoggingNativeForests #FsckCapitalism #CognitiveDissonance

Droppie 5d ago

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/people-whove-railed-the-hardest-against-renewable-energy-the-angriest-about-fuel-crisis/

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In some truly shocking news from the nation's political sphere, a number of noise merchants are making some noise.

With the country gripped by a 'fuel crisis' - some of our nation's hardest working political figures are making sure to combat the issue at hand.

By yelling into whatever microphone they can get their hands on about how the country's farmers are about to be left high and dry and little old grannies will be stranded in their apartments.

Similarly to the toilet paper crisis that saw places run out of toilet paper because everyone panicked and dropped everything they were doing to go and get as much loo roll as possible - large companies have sensed a supply and demand payday and decided to make a motza.

That's seen the political characters who've spent their careers railing against alternative fuel sources start beating the drum about how the country only has 50 days of fuel left - as if we are suddenly going to stop let large petro states price gouge us for fuel and let the country turn into a Mad Max dystopia.

On top of being reluctant to point out how misleading the 'we only have 50 days of fuel stat is' they also seem pretty chill on the fact that the guys who've spent decades trying to stop the country having alternative fuel sources and energy security are the ones banging on about not potentially having fuel shortages and energy security.

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#AusPol #WhyTheFuckIsLabor #HahahahaLiebs #NatsAreNuts #VoteGreens #VoteProgIndies #ClimateCrisis #NonLinear #TippingPoints #PositiveFeedbackLoops #FossilFools #RenewableEnergy #ChangeTheSystem #StateCapture #RightToProtest #Biodiversity #WeAreTotallyFscked #Misanthropy #Karma #NativeForests #StopLoggingNativeForests #FsckCapitalism #CognitiveDissonance

People Who've Railed The Hardest Against Renewable Energy The Angriest About Fuel Crisis

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT In some truly shocking news from the nation's political sphere, a number of noise merchants are making some noise. With the country gripped by a 'fuel crisis' - some of our nation's hardest working political figures are making sure to combat the issue at hand. By

The Betoota Advocate

Droppie [opensoc]Mar 5

i simply do not understand the difficulty here

abc.net.au/news/2026-02-19/cli…

it's not hard, not complicated, it's easy, viz:

the science is clear & unambiguous... go with the science
bodies that go with the science are allies & are to be listened to, eg, the greens, the prog indies, greenpeace, the climate council et al
bodies like advance, & all the fossilfool lobby groups, are blatant liars, have no credibility, & shall not be even entertained by parlie. indeed, they should be proscribed
the science is clear & unambiguous... go with the science
the science is clear & unambiguous... go with the science
the science is clear & unambiguous... go with the science

#AusPol #WhyTheFuckIsLabor #HahahahaLiebs #NatsAreNuts #GreensYEAH #VoteGreens #VoteProgIndies #ClimateCrisis #NonLinear #TippingPoints #PositiveFeedbackLoops #FossilFools #RenewableEnergy #ChangeTheSystem #StateCapture #RightToProtest #Biodiversity #WeAreTotallyFscked #Misanthropy #Karma #NativeForests #StopLoggingNativeForests #FsckCapitalism #CognitiveDissonance

Senate committee features climate disinformation and Dr Karl's clash with One Nation

The scourge of AI-slopaganda, viral disinformation campaigns and online attacks against individuals and institutions is going to get far worse before it gets better, if the latest public hearings on the topic are any indication.

Droppie [opensoc]Mar 3

would these be the same farmers that for decades opposed action on the climate crisis, & even now support the Nuts & even more madly, PHON? Those farmers?