I am an Australian, a retired academic and historian.https://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mzgrz7szkk2uYes please. Well said. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Nov 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzgrz7szkk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mzd3rohdlc2fDear Americans, My fervent hope is that there will be a BLUE TSUNAMI at your midterms. Please vote Democrat and help to end this madness from which we all suffer. Trump is beneath you.02 Nov 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzd3rohdlc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mys7zf3r5s2bListen up Labor, you are suffering from political anaemia. Stop appeasing & start opposing injustice. You think you are treading a fine win-at-all-cost line, but you are trashing your raison d’être. Tax the gas, abandon AUKUS, stop giving to the rich and punishing the poor, invest in sovereign AI… [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Oct 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mys7zf3r5s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3myoruaw2nc2uA move in the right direction - NSW take note! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-20/wa-religious-schools-no-longer-able-to-discriminate/107289636?utm_source=abc_news_app25 Oct 2026 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3myoruaw2nc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mykc3mea2k23AUKUS is barking mad. Albo & Co seem unwilling or unable to disengage from this madness. “Perhaps the best hope is that the Americans decide after all that they cannot supply the AUKUS … https://pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10/aukus-australians-paying-to-defend-the-us-homeland/23 Oct 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mykc3mea2k23https://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3myjyumnif22r“A struggle for the future looms, in the university as elsewhere: for genuine knowledge, for humanity, for life.” A brilliant essay well worth your time. When I retired, the situation was bad, unrecognisable from when I started, but now it’s much worse. https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-ai-is-devastating-higher-education-but-the-system-was-already-broken-29298823 Oct 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3myjyumnif22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3myhnx2qmts2yFiona Katauskas nails it again. Fund public schools properly! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Oct 2026 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhnx2qmts2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3myejivyoy22vAbsolutely. The power of the oligarchs has become a clear and present danger to the health of humanity. They must be opposed and their powers reduced. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Oct 2026 06:29 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3myejivyoy22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3my5ha3jp5k2hAfter apparently sabotaging the No Kings rallies today, this comes as no surprise. The powerful thing folk can do to resist this fascism is to resign from Instagram and boycott Facebook. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Oct 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3my5ha3jp5k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mxrzuptxos2vIn 2023 my city voted YES to the Voice Referendum although my country overall voted NO. This was an important opportunity missed to recognise the painful consequences of dispossession and begin to atone for the horrors that have been perpetrated against the Indigenous owners. Shame on us.13 Oct 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxrzuptxos2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mxcz2ymzlk2nLiterally dirty money … gleaned hand over fist by mining what always was and is Indigenous earth and given with a quid pro quo. Return her cheque immediately. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Oct 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcz2ymzlk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mx4l7xgcvk2q🙏 To Our Digital Warrior! Julia Inman Grant, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, will leave after 10 years on the job. She has served our country & the civilised world so brilliantly. I can only imagine what she has personally been subjected to. Thank you for your years of service and innovation.05 Oct 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx4l7xgcvk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mwzeuldon22vCommon sense and ingenuity from Sweden … if we have to have these things, we need to think more creatively about where we put them, how they are powered and cooled, and where their waste goes. Meanwhile a moratorium will give us time to think and plan. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Oct 2026 02:41 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzeuldon22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mwxibrvuu226https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/we-are-all-jane-doe?r=3173ry&utm_medium=ios an important reflection.03 Oct 2026 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxibrvuu226https://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mwtztwvwmk2aThank you Mary Oliver via Stephanie Dowrick for this question: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” https://stephaniedowrick.substack.com/p/a-poem-a-day-273365-1-october-2026?r=3173ry&utm_medium=ios01 Oct 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtztwvwmk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mwhpjhpj622hMessage found at the bottom of an Australian Bottle Tree (not a Boab, that’s a different tree) in Roma, Queensland.27 Sep 2026 02:04 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwhpjhpj622hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mwfb7snvns2lhttps://suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-conversations-they-dont-want?r=3173ry&utm_medium=ios A great summary of where we stand and what we can do about it. Thank you Sue Barrett!26 Sep 2026 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwfb7snvns2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mvtqxt2ju222While Albanese is responsible for what is happening now, this wicked situation has a much longer history. If we value social harmony we had better begin righting this ship by generously funding our public schools immediately! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtqxt2ju222https://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mvpe7hmxds23An important article. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpe7hmxds23https://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mvmjklb2g223Ed Husic - such an impressive man calling for a nationally consistent AI approach that prioritises sovereign capability and effective control. Such a shame that he is no longer in the Cabinet.16 Sep 2026 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmjklb2g223https://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mvfdfahz3k2aJust brilliant as always! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfdfahz3k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jo8may.bsky.social/post/3mvfd3hvyn22aThis refusenik has a point! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:orgedzdebsnitvothn4eh74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfd3hvyn22a