Peter Barnes II (#auspol account)

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Alter-ego of @infinite8horizon.com (the nice one, with pictures). This account for politics & biting social commentary (rants). Bio: https://bsky.app/profile/infinite8horizon.com/post/3mkgy4uqkqs2n Longform essays at https://infinite8horizon.wordpress.com

Excerpt from an ABC News article with a howling mis-spelling: "This fallen angel, crowned with an idolatrous halo, is a Madonna-like pop star in medias res crisis mode. Caught by a taught rope, Mother Mary dangles in the strobe-lit ether, unconscious, as if we've drawn The Hanged Woman."
Headline sub-head starts "The gentile (sic) and sequined (sic) world of figure skating..."
ABC headline "Israel's 'trust us' mentality loses power as it targets journalists"
ABC headline "Israel's 'trust us' mentality loses power as it targets journalists"
ABC headline "Israel's 'trust us' mentality loses power as it targets journalists"
Several headline boxes on the ABC news front page. The double-width major headline lede is not that probably 100,000 people marched, or that they're protesting genocide (now spun as a "humanitarian situation"), but that police stopped the march after some time. The, hidden in a much smaller box further down is a tiny box reporting deaths from starvation, and, oh yes, last part of the headline, Israel "hit" THE RED CRESCENT HEADQUARTERS. A sovereign power bombs the local headquarters of an international relief organisation and it's called "hits" as the last part of a tiny thumbnail.
Israeli air strike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s ten children. Dr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis when she received her children’s bodies.
Demonstration of the mechanics of facial expression. Duchenne and an assistant faradize the mimetic muscles of "The Old Man."
Please screen-read the text. It's Jon Kudelka's Rusted-on Bingo tea towel.
Liberal candidate for Western Sydney seat apologises for offensive posts
Original headline reads "'Sick of being ignored': galvanised by Gaza, Australian Muslims aim to exert new political power at the election" Altered it reads "'Sick of being ignored': galvanised by Australian complicity in Israel's genocide, Australians aim to exert new political power at the election"
Headline: European wasps swarm Victoria as warm weather leads to population boom By Eden Hynninen and Jane Nield ABC Ballarat Three wasps nibbling on a piece of bacon. In short: European wasps are wreaking havoc in regional Victoria as a hotter-than-usual autumn spurs an increase in their numbers. The wasps have a painful and potentially dangerous sting, forcing some businesses to close and residents to avoid going outdoors.
Five steps depicting how Dutton can "soften his image", exactly the same steps happening again, with the exception of the last which suggests erasing his entire political (internet) history.
News headline "Dutton won't say he made a mistake after Labor accused him of 'fabricating' Indonesian president statement"
MEAA Journalist Code of Ethics Respect for truth and the public’s right to information are fundamental principles of journalism. [Truncated use screen reader for whole] 1. Report and interpret honestly, striving for accuracy, fairness and disclosure of all essential facts. Do not suppress relevant available facts, or give distorting emphasis. Do your utmost to give a fair opportunity for reply. 2. Do not place unnecessary emphasis on personal characteristics, including race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, age, sexual orientation, family relationships, religious belief, or physical or intellectual disability. 3. Aim to attribute information to its source. Where a source seeks anonymity, do not agree without first considering the source’s motives and any alternative attributable source. Where confidences are accepted, respect them in all circumstances. 4. Do not allow personal interest, or any belief, commitment, payment, gift or benefit, to undermine your accuracy, fairness or independence. 5. Disclose conflicts of interest that affect, or could be seen to affect, the accuracy, fairness or independence of your journalism. Do not improperly use a journalistic position for personal gain. 6. Do not allow advertising or other commercial considerations to undermine accuracy, fairness or independence. 7. Do your utmost to ensure disclosure of any direct or indirect payment made for interviews, pictures, information or stories. 8. Use fair, responsible and honest means to obtain material. Identify yourself and your employer before obtaining any interview for publication or broadcast. Never exploit a person’s vulnerability or ignorance of media practice. 9. Present pictures and sound which are true and accurate. Any manipulation likely to mislead should be disclosed. 10. Do not plagiarise. 11. Respect private grief and personal privacy. Journalists have the right to resist compulsion to intrude. 12. Do your utmost to achieve fair correction of errors.
Two men begging in the street. The first is smiling slightly and has dark glasses and a sign “Blind”. The second is miserable and has a sign “I can see”
ABC headline “Independent MP Allegra Spender paid agency for influencer’s posts”
In higher alpine regions around the world, temperatures are comfortably below zero and climate change has so far had little impact on skiing conditions.
Headline "Donald Trump hits pause on most reciprocal tariffs but hikes China levies to 125pc"
Three consecutive ABC headlines: "Consumer left footing the bill as gas companies see asset values dwindle" "This election, voters have a big choice to make on energy policy" "We asked the experts for the quickest way to put pressure on power prices" ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT FOSSIL FUEL AND CLIMATE CHANGE Nothing about all the other running sores.
Three consecutive ABC headlines: "Consumer left footing the bill as gas companies see asset values dwindle" "This election, voters have a big choice to make on energy policy" "We asked the experts for the quickest way to put pressure on power prices" ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT FOSSIL FUEL AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Three consecutive ABC headlines: "Consumer left footing the bill as gas companies see asset values dwindle" "This election, voters have a big choice to make on energy policy" "We asked the experts for the quickest way to put pressure on power prices" ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT FOSSIL FUEL AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Guardian headline "Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics"
An Australian "Border Force" boat intercepts asylum seekers, who will be placed in indefinite detention offshore in legal limbo.
New York Times article published days before the 2016 election “Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link to Russia”
Table for the 2024 US election, from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections showing the US Voting Age Population, the Voting Eligible Population, turnout, turnout as proportion of the two populations, winner votes, runner-up votes, and those last two as a percentage of Voter Eligible Population. The numbers are Voting Age Population 264,798,961 Voting Eligible Population 244,666,890 turnout 156,302,318 turnout as percentage of VAP 59.0% turnout as percentage of VEP 63.9% winner votes 77,303,573 runner-up votes 75,019,257 winner percentage of VEP 31.59% runner-up percentage of VEP 30.66%. It's worth noting in passing that the number of excluded but otherwise eligible voters *far* exceeds the winning margin in any election since those figures became available (given that this is popular vote and not the damned Electoral College, where dirt elects people).
A graph showing the actual wage-price index, a steeply falling line that continues relentlessly downwards after 2012. Superimposed on it in colour are the annual forecasts, every single one (bar one) of which show a rise instead, in some cases a huge rise, ALL of which are desperately wrong, year after year.
Lightning forks through a billowing cumulus over the sea, while above the sky is clear and stars are shining. Below are the bright lights of a coastal town, and closer a dark, mostly unlit plain. Seen only as silhouettes in the foreground are two large eucalypts, tossed by the wind.
The Charles Schulz "Peanuts" character Lucy is holding a football for Charlie Brown to kick. She has a knowing smile, Charlie Brown looks apprehensive.
Please use screen reader or original reference. The key point from the data is that 28% of Republicans think that people are poor because of circumstance, and 57% think it's due to lack of effort, while for Democrats the numbers are 61% circumstances and 24% lack of effort
Caption “Can you people maybe take your battle elsewhere and leave us in peace?” Spoken simultaneously by two protestors holding signs saying “Hamas Out” and “Hostage Deal Now”. Behind them on one side is an Israeli tank, on the other, Hamas fighters, and bombs are flying in both directions.
Analysis by Annabel Crabb Dutton and Albanese are spruiking artificially sweet promises on supermarkets.
Between 2017 and 2023, there were increases in the percentages of adults performing at the lowest proficiency level (Level 1 or below) in both literacy and numeracy: in literacy this percentage increased from 19 to 28 percent and in numeracy from 29 to 34 percent. The percentage of U.S. adults performing at the lowest level in adaptive problem solving in 2023 was 32 percent.
Australia considers visas for white South African farmers
NYT headline, immediately before the 2016 election "Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link to Russia"
Headline: "Gaza medics say Israel targeting ambulances, health facilities"
Map of USA labelled "United States of Boiled Frog", and the Gulf of Mexico labelled "Gulf of Ignorance"
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Headline from the New York Times, November 1 2016, on the eve of the election. "Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link to Russia" Never withdrawn, never repudiated.
Anna Telnaes' rejected sketch of billionaires including Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, offering money to Trump
"I did see the recreational facilities that have been built in one of the camps, but I can't say what was happening in the other two because I wasn't able to visit those camps," Ms Plibersek said. "Nauru is a very small island. It's got a regular population of around 10,000. It's hot, it's quite dry... it's not an easy environment to live in for the Nauruans themselves," she said. "So I'd say the conditions for the detainees would be similar to the conditions for the Nauruans. But of course they don't have the same freedom of movement." The Nauru facility has been heavily criticised in recent weeks, with questions raised over its standards. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) called on the Australian Government to stop sending asylum-seeker children to the detention centres, singling out the Nauru centre in particular, saying it is rat-infested, cramped and very hot.
Trump signs executive orders proclaiming there are only two sexes, halting diversity programs.
The first is that the success of the Greens has very little to do with who the leader is, and everything to do with brand identification. Unlike the major parties, where leadership challenges can engender rapid reversals of direction, the Greens tend to chug along fairly consistently regardless of who's "in charge" of their party room, which in any event makes decisions "by consensus", which is Greenspeak for "meetings that are courteous and go for longer than the average carbon-based-life-form's tolerance for being in a meeting stocked only with wholegrain snacks". In fact, after the 2010 election, when South Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson Young mounted a challenge to the party's then-deputy Christine Milne, nobody found out about it for several weeks, and even then the story only emerged because Bob Brown casually mentioned the incident during a press conference about something else. The Greens are a party whose purpose is written on the tin. It's branding genius, actually: If you care about the environment, vote Green. The colour of trees. Simple!
The first is that the success of the Greens has very little to do with who the leader is, and everything to do with brand identification. Unlike the major parties, where leadership challenges can engender rapid reversals of direction, the Greens tend to chug along fairly consistently regardless of who's "in charge" of their party room, which in any event makes decisions "by consensus", which is Greenspeak for "meetings that are courteous and go for longer than the average carbon-based-life-form's tolerance for being in a meeting stocked only with wholegrain snacks". In fact, after the 2010 election, when South Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson Young mounted a challenge to the party's then-deputy Christine Milne, nobody found out about it for several weeks, and even then the story only emerged because Bob Brown casually mentioned the incident during a press conference about something else. The Greens are a party whose purpose is written on the tin. It's branding genius, actually: If you care about the environment, vote Green. The colour of trees. Simple!
ABC News headline: "Analysis. Many Greens voters don't know who their leader Adam Bandt is, but that might not be a problem. By Annabel Crabb"
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Headline: "Man set on fire in New York's Times Square"
World’s largest single pane window (Guinness world record)
ABC article headlined "Drone maps reveal scale of sand swallowed in cyclone"
Detail from a mediaeval manuscript showing a man with trumpets to his mouth and his arse
Headline: Beloved beaches were washed offshore by Cyclone Alfred – but most of this sand will return Subhead: While coastal erosion driven by the climate crisis is not irreversible, we must begin talking about how best to prepare for more intense natural disasters
ABC headline: The caravan and the 'con job': How a fake terror plot consumed parliament. Sub head: The allegation that an explosives-filled caravan initially believed to be part of an antisemitic terror plot was in fact a "criminal con job" has kicked off a convoluted political stoush over who knew what when.