Mastodawn

SA Election results: Would be really strange if One Nation won Naruunga as ALL the how to vote cards list the Liberal Candidate before the One Nation one except for Family First. https://ecsa.sa.gov.au/images/2026SE/How-To/J018916%20PR1%20ELE%20COM%20How%20to%20Vote%20Card%20Posters%20PB%2085%2010%20CANDIDATES.pdf

LeeM Mar 23

South Australian election - high One Nation showing
- Should be remembered Nationals were not an alternative. They probably are in other states. So where do right disaffected leaning go? Not the same everywhere.

LeeM Mar 16

Jörg Seidel Mar 16

#NATO can't support the #USA in its attack on #Iran because all NATO ships are tied up defending #Greenland.

LeeM Mar 15

Taran Rampersad Mar 15

Helium. This I did not see coming.

Helium.

https://www.techspot.com/news/111683-critical-semiconductor-gas-lost-third-global-supply-drone.html

#tech #iranwar

Drone strikes halt a third of the world's helium supply, threatening chip production

At the center of the issue is the precision gas vital to chip manufacturing and cryogenics. Helium cools silicon wafers during fabrication, maintaining the extremely low temperatures...

TechSpot

LeeM Mar 12

Iran sets 3 conditions for peace
https://aje.news/2s21hi

Iran war live: US bases will be attacked unless closed, says Khamenei

Iran demands recognition of its rights, war reparations and guarantees against future aggression to end the war.

Al Jazeera

LeeM Mar 7

This story says some radar missile defence coordination sites have been taken out by Iran https://english.news.cn/20260307/65f7b9a0a72345c99a7c8bd588713ebf/c.html

5 U.S. radar sites identified as having been struck by Iran or its allies: CNN

LeeM Mar 4

Show thread

Drop Bear Mar 4

“Welcome once again to Moscow on the Torrens,”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/04/adelaide-university-cancels-francesca-albanese-un-gaza-investigator
#censorship #AusPol #ForeignInfluence #Israel #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine

Adelaide University cancels literary festival event with UN Gaza investigator Francesca Albanese

Festival organisers criticise the university for last-minute booking cancellation of event headlined by special rapporteur for Palestinian territories

The Guardian

LeeM Mar 4

Gracchus ☕️🏴‍☠️🇺🇳🇺🇦🦘Mar 4

Spain has more moral clarity than Australia.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/04/pedro-sanchez-donald-trump-threat-cut-off-trade-spain

‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain

PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East ‘simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’

The Guardian

LeeM Mar 4

B_Bird Mar 4

—>> Mary Lea Trump ⦁ #MaryTrumpMedia 🅴 #MTM <<—

Operation #EpsteinFiles: War Distraction?

⏱️21:12 #MaryTrump
#Pol #Politics #GeoPolitics #WorldNews #News #Iran #TRump
#AusPol #CdnPoli #EUpol #NZpol #UKpol #USpol
https://youtu.be/BD0YYN7mPmg

Operation Epstein Files: War Distraction?

YouTube

LeeM Mar 4

Drop Bear Mar 4

As George Lakoff wrote, avoid repeating your opponents lies. It reinforces their framing. Penny Wong keeps making that mistake (assuming that she doesn't actually believe the false binary).
https://www.readtpa.com/p/with-us-or-against-us-again?triedRedirect=true
#USpol #AusPol #Iran #Israel #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes

With Us or Against Us, Again

Congress didn’t authorize this war, and the only response to questions is a loyalty test we’ve fallen for before.

The Present Age