Living on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. Treading lightly on planet earth. Environment. Human rights. Climate change. Refugees. Follower of Jesus. Musician - bass & guitarhttps://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.social/post/3mkrpxsw5d225Friday essay: John Keane on demagogues, despots and the rise of ‘phantom democracies’ https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-john-keane-on-demagogues-despots-and-the-rise-of-phantom-democracies-280137?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton01 May 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:nwd4ya6jvjrqv2slzyz4msvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrpxsw5d225https://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.social/post/3mkpbvhsars2jState stumps up $10.8 million to help customers electrify as city's gas network shuts down. Gas going down big time. Get out of gas now. https://reneweconomy.com.au/state-stumps-up-10-8-million-to-help-customers-electrify-as-private-gas-network-shuts-down/30 Apr 2026 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:nwd4ya6jvjrqv2slzyz4msvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpbvhsars2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.social/post/3mkpbkbs25k23Batteries both big and small have reshaped the grid and forced wholesale prices down, AEMO says https://reneweconomy.com.au/batteries-both-big-and-small-have-reshaped-the-grid-and-forced-wholesale-prices-down-aemo-says/30 Apr 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:nwd4ya6jvjrqv2slzyz4msvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpbkbs25k23https://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.social/post/3mkpab5lp222kDignity and resolve: Francesca Albanese’s When the World Sleeps humanises Palestinian lives https://theconversation.com/dignity-and-resolve-francesca-albaneses-when-the-world-sleeps-humanises-palestinian-lives-280132?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton30 Apr 2026 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:nwd4ya6jvjrqv2slzyz4msvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpab5lp222khttps://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.social/post/3mkmsyzvthk2tUS Sanctions War Crimes As Policy https://mandissent.com/p/us-sanctions-war-crimes-as-policy?r=57pz1v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&timestamp=66.029 Apr 2026 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:nwd4ya6jvjrqv2slzyz4msvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmsyzvthk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.social/post/3mkhs7czdns25"What Absolute BS:" Forrest calls out coal lobby as diesel fuel tax debate intensifies https://reneweconomy.com.au/what-absolute-bs-forrest-calls-out-coal-lobby-as-diesel-fuel-tax-debate-intensifies/27 Apr 2026 09:50 +0000at://did:plc:nwd4ya6jvjrqv2slzyz4msvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhs7czdns25https://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.social/post/3mkaa32ml7c27What it means for Australia to be complicit with the USA? Why doesn't Australia act justly instead of blindly following the war mongering USA? https://michaelwest.com.au/prioritising-war-mongering-ally-over-australian-citizen-dan-duggan-to-be-extradited/24 Apr 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:nwd4ya6jvjrqv2slzyz4msvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaa32ml7c27https://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.social/post/3mka7qyymgk27What the most degenerate army in the world has been up to? Read all about it. https://michaelwest.com.au/table-the-euro-med-report-else-politicians-media-are-complicit-in-atrocities/24 Apr 2026 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:nwd4ya6jvjrqv2slzyz4msvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mka7qyymgk27https://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.social/post/3mka7lxuffs2bSydney University under the ideology of zionism! Silencing of views consistent with Israeli domination. Guess who funds the Department? https://michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism-or-anti-zionism-sydney-uni-pressure-to-silence-israel-apartheid-critics/24 Apr 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:nwd4ya6jvjrqv2slzyz4msvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mka7lxuffs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.social/post/3mka6j445bk2nPorcelli and the pork pie or rather ASX job https://michaelwest.com.au/asx-director-giuseppe-porcelli-criminally-convicted-in-italy-gets-prison-pardon/24 Apr 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:nwd4ya6jvjrqv2slzyz4msvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mka6j445bk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.social/post/3mka5kleasc2pCEO hard done by. Ripping off Australians. "More gas will cook our planet:" Protestors disrupt oil and gas giant AGM as new CEO lands $17m package https://reneweconomy.com.au/more-gas-will-cook-our-planet-protestors-disrupt-oil-and-gas-giant-agm-as-new-ceo-lands-17m-package/24 Apr 2026 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:nwd4ya6jvjrqv2slzyz4msvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mka5kleasc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.social/post/3mka4uc3fc22pUhlmann: nowhere man converted to nuclear. Lost in scientific facts and financial analysis. Former ABC political editor to host fund-raiser to help launch new nuclear campaign https://reneweconomy.com.au/former-abc-political-editor-to-host-fund-raiser-to-help-launch-new-nuclear-campaign/24 Apr 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:nwd4ya6jvjrqv2slzyz4msvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mka4uc3fc22phttps://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.social/post/3mk7pi5heuc27Do zionists have a heart? Genocide is fine! Pardon? UQP has cancelled a children’s book illustrated by Matt Chun, citing antisemitism https://theconversation.com/uqp-has-cancelled-a-childrens-book-illustrated-by-matt-chun-citing-antisemitism-281316?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton24 Apr 2026 04:40 +0000at://did:plc:nwd4ya6jvjrqv2slzyz4msvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7pi5heuc27https://bsky.app/profile/elrjay.bsky.social/post/3mk2ijfpzrs25Finland’s president Alexander Stubb has some ideas to save the international order – and ourselves https://theconversation.com/finlands-president-alexander-stubb-has-some-ideas-to-save-the-international-order-and-ourselves-280153?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton22 Apr 2026 02:52 +0000at://did:plc:nwd4ya6jvjrqv2slzyz4msvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2ijfpzrs25