Barry Steele

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Vehemently Anti-Neoliberal
I was twenty in the Seventies
Been here and there.
Commercial fisherman GBR with a Degree in Zoology
Part-time Fisheries Management Software Dev/Computer Science Student -Late 80's
CSIRO Medal for Geospatial Data management 96 (work done 88-91)
Led Development teams in GIS/Customer Mgt until 2022

I have always doing things while listening to reasons they can't be done

Now retired and working to destroy the Neoliberal Dystopia we've sleepwalked our way into

@davidaugust

Democracy failed near 50 years ago when the supposed left, the Democrats, Labour, Labor: Carter, Callaghan, Hawke & Keating, sold the people out, removing any opposition to the anti-democratic forces & allying with them to prevent any others from doing so.

#politics #uspol #ukpol #auspol

Albanese has been a massive disappointment. I never saw him as prime ministerial material - and he's actually become diminished in the office, more interested in personally enriching himself.
Its an indictment of the gvt he leads that just 2.5 years since the last election an ugly nationalist-populist like Peter Dutton surpasses Labor in the polls. #auspol

"Trump’s election is a triumph of rape culture. People are trying to normalize his election victory, blaming it on failures of Kamala Harris’s campaign or problems in the Democratic Party. Don’t let them. ..

The fact that the majority of Americans are perfectly prepared to vote for a rapist president (again) is what I reserve the right to care about most, and devote my attention to, in this moment."

~ Kate Manne

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #cruelty
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https://katemanne.substack.com/p/trumps-election-is-a-triumph-of-rape

Trump’s Election is a Triumph of Rape Culture

People are trying to normalize his election victory, blaming it on failures of Kamala Harris’s campaign or problems in the Democratic Party. Don’t let them.

More to Hate

US representative Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts, told MSNBC that he stands by comments he made to the New York Times about trans athletes in sports.

“Democrats spend way too much time trying not to offend anyone rather than being brutally honest about challenges many Americans face,” he said. “I have two little girls, I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat, I’m supposed to be afraid to say that.”

Mate, the Dems didn’t lose because of trans athletes – they lost because they’re ignoring real issues like wages, housing, and wealth inequality. People are fed up watching the rich get richer while they’re struggling to get by. The real problem isn’t who’s on the playing field; it’s a system that’s robbing folks of a fair go.

And here’s the thing: you can do both. You can support trans people and fight wealth inequality. What worries me is that this scapegoating will only hurt the LGBTI community and might spread to left-leaning parties everywhere, tempting them to drop real social justice for empty distractions. If the left wants to win, they’ve got to stop pandering to corporations and Billionaires and get back to fighting for working people.

#uspol #auspol

The 'Woke Agenda' is actually just Human Rights. Every time someone says 'woke agenda', mentally substitute 'human rights' and the conversation will become clearer.

Honestly, after months, I've noticed the wording on the send button

Explains why so many say '"toot"

All today has taught me is that being the worst possible person is actually the best thing you can do...
Crunching the numbers. The Queensland election is a good example of how mass media & some political parties misuse youth crime stats to generate fear. It's a warning for all Australian jurisdictions. It's too late to combat it during the election period. #auspol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-25/youth-crime-statistics-using-data-incorrectly/104488958
How politicians and the media misuse data to push a youth crime crisis narrative

The ABC has asked a mathematician to explain how using statistics can form a narrative that may not show the full story.

ABC News

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/07/investing/billionaires-net-worth-trump-win/index.html

Wednesday wasn’t just a good day for Trump. The wealth of the world’s 10 richest people also soared by a record amount. The world’s 10 richest people got a record $64 billion richer from Trump’s reelection.

- Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index

#wealth #richestpeople #investing #billionaires

The world’s 10 richest people got a record $64 billion richer from Trump’s reelection

Wednesday wasn’t just a good day for Donald Trump. The wealth of the world’s 10 richest people also soared by a record amount, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index.

CNN