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Tim ZeeCampaign spokesperson James Paterson for the conservative Coalition in Australia's election sees a direct link between the Coalition's defeat and Donald Trump's high profile political obnoxiousness. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AustralianElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AustralianElection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheCoalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheCoalition</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JamesPaterson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamesPaterson</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-08/federal-politics-live-election-albanese-labor-liberal-party/105266590?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web#live-blog-post-178124" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-08/federal-politics-live-election-albanese-labor-liberal-party/105266590?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web#live-blog-post-178124</a>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻“‘His knowledge of the works in our collection was extraordinary, and he instantly understood the arc of art history and the way that we’ve deployed the collection to tell that story,’ Mitzevich says. “He stopped in front of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BluePoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BluePoles</a> and said ‘Oh, well, this is one of the most important works of the 20th century, and you’ve hung it next to [a work by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Pollock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pollock</a>’s wife Lee Krasner], oh and look at the de Kooning in dialogue’. And he was equally fascinated by things that he hadn’t seen before, like <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SidneyNolan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SidneyNolan</a>’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NedKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NedKelly</a> [series].” A) VS“In 2016 a new <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Liberal</a> senator, a mere stripling of twenty-eight years, had a foolproof idea for getting himself noticed. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JamesPaterson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamesPaterson</a> told the media the government should sell <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JacksonPollock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JacksonPollock</a>’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/abstract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abstract</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/expressionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#expressionist</a> masterpiece, Blue Poles. “Some people feel like they’ve got a real attachment to Blue Poles, and I understand that,” said Paterson, who had come to parliament from the free-market <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/InstituteofPublicAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InstituteofPublicAffairs</a>. “I don’t think it’s a good enough reason for the Australian government to tie up such a significant amount of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#money</a> in a single painting which is hung in a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/gallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gallery</a> in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canberra</a> most of the year, and which most <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australians</a> won’t ever see face to face in their <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/lifetimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lifetimes</a>. It’ll only be <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/worth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#worth</a> something to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxpayers</a> when we <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/sell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sell</a> it.” B) This is why we vote. 🗳️<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Artists</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/value" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#value</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IntrinsicWorth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IntrinsicWorth</a> A) <<a href="https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/australia-seems-incredibly-sane-compared-to-almost-any-place-in-the-world-20250224-p5lerw?collection=p5lvsj" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/australia-seems-incredibly-sane-compared-to-almost-any-place-in-the-world-20250224-p5lerw?collection=p5lvsj</a>> (paywall) ==> / <<a href="https://archive.md/LJZbz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/LJZbz</a>> / B) <<a href="https://insidestory.org.au/a-finishing-school-for-the-nation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://insidestory.org.au/a-finishing-school-for-the-nation/</a>>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 18 cont 👮‍♂️👮‍♀️🚨🧵🪡🥷👬👬“Multiple <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FederalPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalPolice</a> officers now flank <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Albanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Albanese</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dutton</a> at press conferences. They’re not worried about the questions – both men mangle the English language enough to defuse any threat they may pose.The police are concerned about the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PhysicalThreat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhysicalThreat</a>. The person willing to shout angrily, to get in the face of the men vying to be the next PM, to win a few minutes of fame on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> for their cause. Or, to the most <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/extreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extreme</a> end, something much worse.” “It followed an incident on Sunday when about 30 people dressed in black, their faces obscured with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/hoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hoods</a> and stockings, stood outside the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Melbourne</a> office of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Liberal</a> senator <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JamesPaterson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamesPaterson</a> and chanted racist <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/slogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slogans</a>.”<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extremism</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/slogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slogan</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PhysicalAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhysicalAction</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fear</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labor</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Colition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Colition</a> <<a href="https://archive.md/xwLAi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/xwLAi</a>> / <<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/i-ve-followed-our-leaders-for-10-elections-now-society-is-getting-angrier-20250416-p5ls81.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/i-ve-followed-our-leaders-for-10-elections-now-society-is-getting-angrier-20250416-p5ls81.html</a>> (paywall)

RaymondPierreL3<a href="https://aus.social/tags/JamesPaterson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamesPaterson</a> actually knows better than he is letting on. He is fully aware that the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chinese</a> flotilla is doing nothing more than <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australian</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/warship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#warship</a> regurlarly do in international waters off the coast of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> and both do so within the rules of International Laws of the Sea. All of which fully displays the hypocracy and the devious political shenanigans played by the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LNP</a> . What bothers me is that a large part of the Australian electorate believe this shit. I am counting on the younger generations, with cooler heads and a modicum of intelligence to realise what political games are being played by the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Opposition</a> and vote accordingly come <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusElection25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusElection25</a> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-27/defence-minister-china-warships-call-for-calm/104989968" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-27/defence-minister-china-warships-call-for-calm/104989968</a>

Fiona Grahame Orkney News LtdThe premise is as follows: Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and August Poe are a trio of private investigators who work as a team running a very in demand private investigation agency in New York... Audiobook Review: Holmes, Margaret And Poe by James Patterson & Brian Sitts <a href="https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/10/06/audiobook-review-holmes-margaret-and-poe-by-james-patterson-brian-sitts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/10/06/audiobook-review-holmes-margaret-and-poe-by-james-patterson-brian-sitts/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Audiobook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Audiobook</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BrianSitts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BrianSitts</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Detective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Detective</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/JamesPaterson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamesPaterson</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mystery</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Nephrite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nephrite</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Review</a>

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