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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day eleven cont: 🌊💨🌀🌡️</p><p>The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> have a candidate problem continued… </p><p>“Speaking at a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> conference in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sydney</span></a> on Wednesday, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SurangelWhipps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurangelWhipps</span></a> Jr described seeing two-thirds of an island in his archipelago country disappear under water in his lifetime. “For those of us in the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Pacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pacific</span></a> who have lived through storm surges, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/rising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rising</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> levels and increasingly high tides, the phrase ‘water lapping at our door’ is not a metaphor or a punchline. It’s our fear and reality,” he said.</p><p>The comment was an apparent reference to a 2015 incident in which <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a>, while <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ImmigrationMinister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationMinister</span></a>, was overheard on a hot mic joking with then-prime minister <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TonyAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonyAbbott</span></a> (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/dickhead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dickhead</span></a>) about delays during a visit to Papua New Guinea (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNG</span></a>) , saying “time doesn’t mean anything when you’re about to have water lapping at your door”. </p><p>Rules are applied only when needed.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tact</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Machiavellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Machiavellian</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/09/palau-president-australia-cop-31-climate-summit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/09/palau-president-australia-cop-31-climate-summit</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day eleven cont: 🗣️🎙️🙊</p><p>The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> have a candidate problem cont…</p><p>“A <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/National" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>National</span></a> candidate (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JeremyNeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyNeal</span></a>) in a must-win <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Queensland</span></a> seat has apologised after <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> posts airing controversial views about <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid19</span></a> restrictions and “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/feminists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feminists</span></a>” who helped “kick out” Donald Trump 🎃in 2020 resurfaced.”</p><p>So you chastise Political candidates who have an opinion and tell their truth OR chastise them because they are not tactful? (ie: don’t disclose what they think, lie etc.)</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tact</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Machiavellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Machiavellian</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/09/lnp-candidate-jeremy-neal-leichardt-queensland-china-covid-lockdown-social-media-posts-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/09/lnp-candidate-jeremy-neal-leichardt-queensland-china-covid-lockdown-social-media-posts-ntwnfb</span></a>&gt;</p>
Ron Dyck<p>“Our other worry is that we’ll see a push to de-professionalize teaching and make easier to get teaching credentials without getting the proper foundational things that teachers learn in universities, such as pedagogy, curriculum, classroom management, and practicum experience. So we’re concerned that the government might look for ways to cut corners”</p><p>Never waste a crisis <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Machiavellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Machiavellian</span></a></p><p>Alberta schools are full or over capacity, statistics show | Calgary Herald<br><a href="https://archive.is/4EyuZ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/4EyuZ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD<p>Warning: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deontology</span></a> rant.<br>It is not possible truly to defeat an evil by employing its tactics. What Butch Ware is doing here is wrong on many levels, from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> in his n-word play to his sad ends-justify-means <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Machiavellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Machiavellian</span></a> worldview to his childish <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> mongering.</p>
TeamRose<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> <br>Why isn’t this disgusting waste of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a>💰in furtherance of a scheme…<br>By the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a> Gov. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gregabbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gregabbott</span></a> to push his political agenda…</p><p>At the cost of lives!<br>Much like <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a> …He thinks these lives don’t matter.<br>It’s blatant <a href="https://mas.to/tags/machiavellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machiavellian</span></a> campaign of hate &amp; power.<br>Unfortunately, Texas citizenry pay the enormous price tag…&amp; public shaming.</p><p>No escaping on how <a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> records the evil perpetrated there.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/injunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injunction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/riogrande" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riogrande</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/govgregabbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>govgregabbott</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrants</span></a></p>
PeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦<p>‘The greatest <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Machiavellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Machiavellian</span></a> fraud’: Ontario’s bitter fight over what became OHIP<br><a href="https://www.tvo.org/article/the-greatest-machiavellian-fraud-ontarios-bitter-fight-over-what-became-ohip" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tvo.org/article/the-greatest-m</span><span class="invisible">achiavellian-fraud-ontarios-bitter-fight-over-what-became-ohip</span></a><br>"In 1965, the federal Liberals proposed a national medicare program. Premier John Robarts wasn’t happy about it."<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OHIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OHIP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Cons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cons</span></a> = <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/shills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shills</span></a> for <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporations</span></a>.</p>