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<rss version="2.0"><channel><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social</link><title>@the-oc.bsky.social - </title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3ml3saoswuk2f</link><description>https://youtu.be/gMvg0RsTUY0?si=GtpwULGvBtCyGx10&#xA;&#xA;This is what you get when you don&#39;t have an a@#hole putting tariffs on consumer goods so he can hand tax cuts to billionaires.&#xA;&#xA;PHEV ute for less than US$36k drive away.</description><pubDate>05 May 2026 08:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3saoswuk2f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3ml3cu5wlfs2g</link><description>Labor to scale back EV tax break https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/labor-to-scale-back-ev-subsidy-just-not-yet-20260504-p5ztlh?utm_source=afr-web&amp;utm_medium=share_article&amp;utm_campaign=politics&amp;utm_content=afralldigital%2Calldigital%2Cwebonly&amp;utm_term=product_feature&#xA;&#xA;Disgusting that this hugely regressive and inefficient pork barreling continues.&#xA;&#xA;I&#39;d say I was disappointed but the Govt run by @albomp.bsky.social has been consistent!&#xA;&#xA;Any PM with an ounce of sense would replace this with a GST rebate.</description><pubDate>05 May 2026 04:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3cu5wlfs2g</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3ml2h6sokac2n</link><description>https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/04/european-markets-stoxx-600-ftse-dax-cac-iran-latest-news.html&#xA;&#xA;It&#39;s high time the E.U. tell Mango Mussolini to go jump and enact the anti-coercion instrument.&#xA;&#xA;A 100% levy on all U.S. tech service exports would be a good place to start as it would crater the bubble propping up the U.S. economy.</description><pubDate>04 May 2026 19:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2h6sokac2n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkzoekdcic2z</link><description>https://youtu.be/L-98RjrmqO4?si=5liU1xclYZ7lsrZZ&#xA;&#xA;This has aged incredibly well.&#xA;&#xA;If only America had listed to Jim.&#xA;&#xA;&#34;Don&#39;t be the asshole America&#34;.</description><pubDate>04 May 2026 12:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzoekdcic2z</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkza6ctqls2v</link><description>https://youtu.be/cTp5Ra8bPho?si=tM6gd1qYY81vL5Fw&#xA;&#xA;This is actually a really clever ad.&#xA;&#xA;Funny and good social commentary about the insanity that is Australian house prices.</description><pubDate>04 May 2026 08:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkza6ctqls2v</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkwd3jk6tc2f</link><description>Encouraging data from the Open Electricity app re Australia&#39;s National Energy Market (all States ex WA and NT). &#xA;&#xA;Lowest April emissions intensity ever. Meanwhile average wholesale price is the lowest (ex the COVID impacted 2020) since 2015!</description><pubDate>03 May 2026 04:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwd3jk6tc2f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkvowtvaa22f</link><description>https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/26/energy/china-clean-energy-exports-intl-hnk&#xA;&#xA;Just in case you thought the U.S. oil and gas sector was the big winner from the illegal war on Iran...sorry, it&#39;s China.&#xA;&#xA;“The era of fossil fuel security is over, and the era of clean energy security must come of age.”&#xA;&#xA;UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband</description><pubDate>02 May 2026 22:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvowtvaa22f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkvop2xqps2f</link><description>https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/01/politics/us-troop-withdrawal-germany-trump-merz&#xA;&#xA;The Orange Shitler demonstrates he is indeed the oldest toddler on Earth.</description><pubDate>02 May 2026 22:24 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvop2xqps2f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkuee4kuss2f</link><description>https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/01/epstein-bard-college-president-leon-botstein-retire.html&#xA;&#xA;79 yr old President resigns over Epstein links.&#xA;&#xA;Except this one just solicited donations from him.&#xA;&#xA;The one that is alleged to have molested children is still in power!</description><pubDate>02 May 2026 09:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuee4kuss2f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkud2ffgx22f</link><description>https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/sergey-brin-moves-to-the-right-with-a-maga-girlfriend-by-his-side-20260502-p5zt3y&#xA;&#xA;Why is it literally every tech bro is a f@#king asshole?</description><pubDate>02 May 2026 09:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkud2ffgx22f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mktn2vlyt22c</link><description>https://cnevpost.com/2026/05/01/china-ev-deliveries-apr-2026/&#xA;&#xA;BYD April exports up 71% vs pcp. Geely up 245%.&#xA;&#xA;Trump is certainly helping to turbocharge Chinese EV makers...</description><pubDate>02 May 2026 02:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktn2vlyt22c</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mktlyatews2c</link><description>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-02/beijing-blocks-meta-s-manus-deal-threatening-singapore-s-role-as-chinese-ai-hub?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=share&amp;utm_campaign=copy&#xA;&#xA;Not sure how this came as a surprise to anybody.&#xA;&#xA;If the roles were reversed, a U.S. company relocates tech and people to Singapore, raises Chinese capital and then gets bought by a Chinese social media player would people be surprised if the U.S. stepped in???</description><pubDate>02 May 2026 02:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktlyatews2c</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkrqkqgr3c2b</link><description>Source: Facebook https://share.google/GKmEoBOJDU42SnRpO&#xA;&#xA;Finally somebody in Labor having a crack.&#xA;&#xA;Hanson is a populist fraud. She is only interested in reducing migration of non-whites and shovelling as many favours to the oligarchs as humanly possible!</description><pubDate>01 May 2026 08:47 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrqkqgr3c2b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkolzlanfk2r</link><description>https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/30pc-of-ev-tax-breaks-go-to-the-wealthy-20260426-p5zr6n&#xA;&#xA;You can only imagine how beholden @albomp.bsky.social and the Labor Party must be to the novated leasing industry to keep this absurdly inefficient and regressive subsidy in place rather than provide a straightforward rebate of GST.&#xA;&#xA;Disgusting.</description><pubDate>30 Apr 2026 02:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkolzlanfk2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mknzyjn2c22s</link><description>https://theconversation.com/is-oil-king-again-chinas-surging-cleantech-exports-show-the-opposite-is-true-28134&#xA;&#xA;A great summary of why the clear winner of this total sh@tshow is China.&#xA;https://theconversation.com/is-oil-king-again-chinas-surging-cleantech-exports-show-the-opposite-is-true-281349</description><pubDate>29 Apr 2026 21:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknzyjn2c22s</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkmu52brqc2f</link><description>‘Coming home’: kiwi enter parliament for first time as New Zealand marks conservation win https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/kiwi-bird-nz-new-zealand-parliament?CMP=share_btn_url&#xA;&#xA;What a great achievement.</description><pubDate>29 Apr 2026 10:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmu52brqc2f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkmnl5tg6k2u</link><description>Wow. Sure is cheap for a billionaire oligarch to buy the votes of One Nation.</description><pubDate>29 Apr 2026 08:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmnl5tg6k2u</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkm5wrz5os22</link><description>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/28/donald-trump-passports&#xA;&#xA;This is what shithole, tinpot Dictatorships do.</description><pubDate>29 Apr 2026 03:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkm5wrz5os22</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkm2lkhsbk2d</link><description>‘Foreign extortion’: US rebukes Australia’s news levy plan https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/foreign-extortion-us-rebuke-for-australian-news-levy-plan-20260429-p5zrvh?utm_source=afr-web&amp;utm_medium=share_article&amp;utm_campaign=policy&amp;utm_content=afralldigital%2Calldigital%2Cwebonly&amp;utm_term=product_feature&#xA;&#xA;@albomp.bsky.social needs to grow some and tell these a@#holes to get stuffed.&#xA;&#xA;Australia ran a $27bn trade deficit in &#39;24 with the U.S.A, with our top exports being meat and gold. Both fungible commodities.</description><pubDate>29 Apr 2026 02:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkm2lkhsbk2d</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mklh7atlss2d</link><description>https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/albanese-unveils-carrot-and-stick-to-force-meta-google-tiktok-deals-20260428-p5zro9&#xA;&#xA;Meta and Google are upset they have to help fund news after decimating publishers.&#xA;&#xA;Here&#39;s my take. Get f@#ked. You don&#39;t like it? Nobody is forcing you to operate in Australia. I&#39;m sure plenty of digital media operators would love your current revenues!</description><pubDate>28 Apr 2026 20:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklh7atlss2d</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkkb2lr5t22x</link><description>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-28/health-insurers-aggressive-tactics-accusations-private-hospitals/106598450&#xA;&#xA;When is the @albomp.bsky.social going to sack Health Minister Mark Butler?&#xA;&#xA;The man is as useless as tits on a bull. He&#39;s allowed complete regulatory capture by the rapacious health insurers to see dozens of private hospital services close.</description><pubDate>28 Apr 2026 09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkb2lr5t22x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkiyo7q7m22o</link><description>https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/taylor-pledges-minimum-60-day-fuel-supply-under-coalition-government-20260427-p5zr9m&#xA;&#xA;&#34;Taylor, as energy minister in the Morrison government, dismissed a pledge by the-then Labor Opposition to expand fuel stockpiles to the International Energy Agency minimum of 90 days, citing the cost&#34;&#xA;&#xA;Dumb as a rock. How you could vote for this troglodyte is beyond me.</description><pubDate>27 Apr 2026 21:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiyo7q7m22o</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkivhqulws2o</link><description>https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/27/trump-ballroom-whcd-doj-lawsuit.html&#xA;&#xA;Trump will be urging they build him a golf course and a private club on the grounds of the White House next.</description><pubDate>27 Apr 2026 20:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkivhqulws2o</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mkeyzvd4pc2s</link><description>https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/made-in-china-evs-are-taking-over-the-streets-but-just-how-safe-is-your-data-20260420-p5zpfw.html&#xA;&#xA;Honestly who takes this trash seriously?&#xA;&#xA;China doesn&#39;t give a f@#k about your data.&#xA;&#xA;Moreover if they wanted it wouldn&#39;t they just hack your China made phone and laptop???</description><pubDate>26 Apr 2026 07:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkeyzvd4pc2s</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mk5mpmob4k2p</link><description>Trump is Making Chinese Solar Great Again!&#xA;&#xA;https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/africa-southeast-asia-drive-china-solar-panel-exports-record-march-2026-04-22/</description><pubDate>23 Apr 2026 08:45 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5mpmob4k2p</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mk2sunyxdc23</link><description>https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/22/takeaway-coffee-sales-australian-economy-fuel-living-costs&#xA;&#xA;&#34;This rapid shift in behaviour has disappointed cafe owners and surprised economists, raising an uneasy question: if takeaway coffee sales are falling, is the economy next?&#34;&#xA;&#xA;When does the RBA work out that making baristas unemployed doesn&#39;t lower inflation???</description><pubDate>22 Apr 2026 05:57 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2sunyxdc23</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mk2qcuz5l223</link><description>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/21/farrer-byelection-liberal-national-one-nation-pauline-hanson-preference-ntwnfb&#xA;&#xA;In a post to Facebook, the Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, said the party would preference One Nation ahead of the “teal-backed candidate because she is backed by people that support net zero and water buybacks”.&#xA;&#xA;Supporting racists over environmentalists. Crazy!</description><pubDate>22 Apr 2026 05:11 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2qcuz5l223</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mjzzbffzc222</link><description>It’s golf v the rest in tussle for prime lower north shore land https://www.afr.com/politics/it-s-golf-v-the-rest-in-tussle-for-prime-lower-north-shore-land-20260210-p5o13e?utm_source=afr-web&amp;utm_medium=share_article&amp;utm_campaign=politics&amp;utm_content=afralldigital%2Calldigital%2Cwebonly&amp;utm_term=product_feature&#xA;&#xA;Is there a single thing the completely bought and paid for Minns Government has done for the regular people of NSW?&#xA;&#xA;He&#39;s a disgrace.</description><pubDate>21 Apr 2026 22:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzzbffzc222</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mjyn3rzeek2h</link><description>https://bbc.com/news/videos/cvg09900zx5o&#xA;&#xA;That&#39;s a crazy finishing pace for a marathon.</description><pubDate>21 Apr 2026 09:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyn3rzeek2h</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/the-oc.bsky.social/post/3mjwbq4qook2h</link><description>https://reneweconomy.com.au/wild-attack-on-batteries-and-renewables-by-7s-spotlight-program-falls-over-at-the-first-fact-check/&#xA;&#xA;Bartlett and Channel 7 are clowns and bought and paid for stooges for the fossil fuel industry.</description><pubDate>20 Apr 2026 10:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:lfge6toxaqfv4iwq7exbjapo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwbq4qook2h</guid></item></channel></rss>