Living on unceded Wurundjeri land. Born on land belonging to the Cherokee. Naarm (Melbourne) is all I need. Retired enterprise architect, whatever that was. Cyclist (gravel preferred). Capitalism will kill us all. Interested in semiotics, whatever that is. Atheist. Social Democrat. Labor voter. ENTP. Love science. Stream MUBI. Observing the end of the Anthropocene with interest. Tends to be excessively analytical. The unexamined life is not worth living. Everything is political. Everything.
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Last Notes npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Christian Fascist culture warriors do not become obstructionist and performative bigots when they reach federal Parliament. They often start their careers at local councils. Which is where we see them practicing their bullying skills against other councillors. The other councillors are there to work for the benefit of local residents, not to express narcissistic lust for power and control over other people. This is why it has become so hard to get competent, hard-working, professionally qualified people to run for local council positions. Politics is often a career of choice for poorly educated naive, simple-minded people who have only their bigotry and love for bullying to bring to the job. Membership in the Liberal party is -- in and of itself -- evidence of a profound character flaw. It's one major aspect is lack of empathy for anyone different to oneself. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero I'm going to track this Australian government initiative over the next three years to see whether they actually deliver anything of value. "Sounds like a good idea ... in theory". Many government initiatives such as this start out with a good mission statement, but don't get appropriate resourcing or executive mandate, and gradually disappear after a few years. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero The *ONLY* reason Dutton is pushing nuclear is because it would provide a feast of windfall monopoly profits gifted to offshore corporations. Nothing else matters to him. And eventually, he would be given a lucrative position in the corporate hierarchy as a payoff when he leaves politics. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Israel continues murdering unarmed starving civilians. Western media has dropped coverage. No longer part of the news cycle. Lost interest. The narrative is not about Israel's genocide and land theft. The only stories are about Israeli hostages and Hamas. And those stories only from The Guardian. I'm beginning to think the entirety of western media shares a common culture of Fascism. They side with the greatest power, and report news only from that perspective. The only time they have ever advocated for a moral cause is when it's easy, and causes no inconvenience for their powerful sponsors. E.g., South African apartheid, Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Happy to advocate for those causes. But let's minimise coverage of Israel's genocide. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero There’s got to be a journalist in Australia who is going to break this story. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Misinformation. Short-term rentals are only profitable in desirable commercial or tourist areas. Probably 98 percent of housing in Australia is in areas where AirBnB would not make sense. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/29/australia-housing-crisis-short-term-rentals-airbnb-data npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero @npub1mmf…eknq I think Zionists are realising things have changed and the world is now seeing Israel as an evil force in the world. Whereas before, most people were simply not aware of the vile sadistic tortures Israel has been inflicting on the Palestinians. And ramping up the gratuitous torture every year. Israel loves Trump. That’s a red flag. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Israel supporters are running out of insults. “You support Hamas”. That’s like saying to an American “You support Native American Indians when they fight back against the European coloniser”. Not the insult they believe it to be. Of course I support Hamas. And the PLA and PLO. I support anyone fighting against racist apartheid fascist invaders of their homeland. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero The Zionist narrative relies on people being ignorant of history. Before Oct 7, my grasp of the history of Israel’s illegal invasion of Palestine was sketchy. Now it’s not. I went and informed myself of history. I’m still learning. This didn’t start on Oct 7. It started in 1948. Actually, it started well before 1948, but 1948 is when the Nakba happened, and the history of the Nakba is harrowing reading. But as a naive American in the 60s, my understanding of history was limited to the Zionist movie “Exodus”. American Zionists were furiously turning the crank on a propaganda mill like few others in history. In the 80s it was easy for Americans to hate Yasser Arafat and the PLO. They were comic book villains. The Zionist narrative was “These Palestinian villains suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and with no provocation on our part they just started killing us peace-loving innocent Jews”. The reality is that Israel created Hamas and the PLO. Hamas, and the PLO before it, were, and continue to be, useful idiots. Hamas is going to be annihilated by the IDF. The IDF are going to exterminate as many Palestinian civilians as they can. It’s textbook genocide. People who support Israel are evil. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Europe is getting ready to dump American alliances if Trump becomes President. Australia should do the same. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero @npub15th…6nvx The purpose of the guillotine was to accelerate a program of social justice. We do, however, need to think and plan for what comes after the epiphany of the guillotine. Like, when do we stop? Where do we draw the line? I'm in favour of discretion. Make a list and stick to it. "The top 10". When that's done, take a look at what's been achieved. If there's no change, then do another 10. But you know, don't just keep going. How many Republicans are there? Maybe after we've done the top 10 Republicans, the rest of them will come around. I'm optimistic. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero @npub15th…6nvx The purpose of a "justice" system - in the American context - is probably not to "eliminate societal structures that caused those crimes to occur". That would be something you would expect the legislative and executive branches to take primary responsibility for. We see how well that's going, don't we? npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero @npub15th…6nvx How about from the perspective of the persons suffering violence? Police shooting unarmed civilians kneeling with their hands up yelling "Don't shoot me"? And -- as we both have seen -- the police say "I was afraid he was armed, so I shot him in self-defense" and that is accepted as a sufficient excuse for the police. Not to mention the disproportionate numbers of African-Americans on death row, framed by corrupt racist police, and let down by an under-funded legal defence system. State-sponsored violence doesn't count? Or does it have to be "in the moment" self-defence? Which doesn't really work very well for black people. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero @npub15th…6nvx But it *is* self-defence. My view, anyway. Asking for my African-American friends who are actually suffering from extreme physical violence on a daily basis. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero @npub15th…6nvx WHERE'S THE BIT WHERE WE BRING OUT THE GUILLOTINE AND START REMOVING SOME HEADS? WHAT PAGE IS THAT ON? npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero The numpty class doubles down on name-calling using numpty code words for "stuff I don't like". npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero The ABC is fucked comprehensively. Now is the time for the Albanese government to act to sack the executives and board and reset the ABC back to fulfilling its originally intended function for the Australia people. Since John Howard, the Liberal party has done everything it could to compromise the integrity and independence of the ABC, and they have -- on the basis of the evidence unfolding before us every day -- succeeded beyond their best hopes. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Israel will stop killing Palestinians when they run out of bombs. They don’t give a shit about anything the USA, UK, or the UN says. They are a law unto themselves. No one will stop them. They want Palestinian land. All of it. They want all Palestinians deported from Palestine. It’s genocide. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Australia's Fascist Zionists are wealthy and politically powerful. They can order the ABC to terminate staff who don't cheer lead for Israel's genocidal and racist policies and war. They have made no secret of their intent to neutralise the national independent broadcaster. A goal they have largely achieved. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Does anyone think an ABC reporter would have been sacked for posting a message on social media supporting Israel? https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/2024/01/16/antoinette-lattouf-legal-fight npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero The majority of Australians want Israel to stop their genocide. But Penny is going to speak softly and reiterate Israel’s right to exist as a colonial settler state on stolen Palestinian land. She will also deplore Hamas. She will also demand the hostages be freed. She will also confirm that Israel can have “no better friend than Australia”. And that Australia will continue to send military assistance to Israel to assist in their genocide. After that, no one gives a shit what she says. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Looks like Taylor Swift is doing more for American democracy than the entire Democratic party. Not mentioning the Republican party here for obvious treasons. Sorry. "Reasons". Freudian slip. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero The Age has gotten tired of running stories about Israel's ongoing annihilation of Palestinian civilians. This is what they run instead, to remind you about "Islamic State". npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero So, it turns out we allowed private sector loggers to clear Victoria's old growth forests. To the point there are no forests left. Very profitable industry, that. By law, the logging companies were required to replant and regenerate those forests, but somehow it seems they forgot to do that. And the state government wasn't paying any attention. But the private sector logging companies have somehow spent all the profits and run out of money. Too bad. Shame about the wildlife, the water table, the soil erosion, carbon emissions, global warming. All that. Shame. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero The IDF shoots DEAD three unarmed, shirtless, non-combatants WHO WERE WAVING A WHITE FLAG. Assuming they were Palestinians, of course, because that’s what they do to unarmed Palestinian civilians. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Israel is intentionally murdering Arab journalists to ensure there is no independent reporting of their war crimes. The American government is letting it happen. Europe is letting it happen. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero I'm not vindictive or anything, but this arsehat needs to fall out of a window accidentally. https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-man-charged-with-sending-17-million-scam-texts-20231213-p5er5a.html npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Here it is again. This conflation confuses our understanding of this conflict. Even worse, it ignores history. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Then we should stop importing and supporting Israel's racist hate and victimisation of the Palestinians. Which we've been blithely doing for decades. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero @npub19fc…ay3c Seriously. I see headlines saying "Massively famous artist who sold billions announces a tour after 10 years retirement" and I've never heard of them. Who are these people? Where have I been? npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero This was Malcolm Turnbull's attempt at "nation-building infrastructure". Private sector developers lobbied his government to get the business. They were ill-prepared. Hilarity ensues. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Anti-science sovereign citizen cookers - in Queensland, of course - have forced another Australian council to stop adding fluoride to drinking water. Evidence proves it's good for public health. Cookers have no evidence to the contrary. Just paranoid suspicion. npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero I'm always 'reading between the lines' when it comes to news articles such as this. The key criterion for my interest is "Who is paying for it, and who is getting the benefit?" npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Every new solution creates new problems, doesn't it? npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero This is how I feel about it (see story). I'm sick of toxic monoculture, overpaid, boof head corporate male sports in Australia npub1mtfz4u4vmtg776rpdyqpt4vpjglpdz3ad6ym33jrukd8ezvnpsrqdpasdc MilennialZero Why is it everything that relates to providing better active transport options is “CoNtRoVeRsIaL”? And has to be fought over in a prolonged series of vicious political battles with NIMBYS, councils, state and federal governments? But any billion dollar road investment is enthusiastically approved as “much-needed infrastructure” and “progress”?
