Matt

Just a suburban boy who happens to like techie stuff

[Matt @matt88]

@DHughesy @thegregfleet I think that a lot of people are up in arms about your criticism of the changes to the Capital Gains Tax and negative gearing. The changes are there to help battlers and curb the lining of the pockets of the rich. John Howard started the problem, Labor are trying to fix it

[Matt @matt88]

#PHON Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is outsourcing work to the Philippine's. Obviously they don't care about Australians and their jobs. I wonder what boss man mango Mussolini thinks about this https://t.co/KHQfKXj4zk

[Matt @matt88]

@thegregfleet No apology needed - Dave has gone full cooker

[Matt @matt88]

How can #ICE keep getting away with killing and locking up American citizens without being held to account. And why haven't the Epstein files been released in their entirety. Trump is not only taking down the US he is taking down the world with him

[Joe Lowry @globallithium]

I advise clients not to use @WoodMackenzie. China’s “grip” on the market (demand side) is closer to 80% so only elevating their control of supply to 39% (Woodmac’s number not mine) by 2030 shows they will be more vulnerable not less. 中国’s current supply panic is the real story.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: A Catholic priest unleashes a viral takedown of Donald Trump after he attacked Pope Leo and posted an image of himself as Jesus Christ healing a sick man.

This is an absolute must-read for every American...

"You are only a man @realDonaldTrump, and someday you will stand before our Lord Jesus Christ. You claim our Holy Father @Pontifex is weak, but it takes more strength to do what one should rather than simply what one wants," Father Joseph DeMarzo of the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey wrote on X.

"You intervened in Venezuela under the pretext of stopping drugs and criminals from entering our country, and under Nicolás Maduro you described the regime in terms of narco-terrorism," he continued. "My qualm is the name games you play. Do you think you can simply legitimize actions by denoting terminology to suit your interest? This you did."

"In the same way, you and Benjamin Netanyahu undermine the true meaning of justice through continued acts of unconscionable war crimes, all in the name of 'self-defense,'" Father DeMarzo continued. "But with the Lord, there will be no altering of words and their meaning; all that will be left is the truth of what really happened."

"You call the Holy Father weak because he calls for peace? What is weak is bombing children in Gaza in the name of national interest," he wrote "What is weak is saying this is God’s country, yet by your actions you act as an enemy of the cross."

Father DeMarzo went on to question Trump's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly Operation Warp Speed and the vaccines. He said that "questions and debates" remain about the vaccines and while we don't agree with that assessment, it was Trump who brought up COVID protocols during his attack on Leo. And, as DeMarzo pointed out, Trump was president when COVID hit.

"Inspired by Christian charity, I implore you, repent," the priest wrote. "We are Christ first, not MAGA first. Our first allegiance is to God and His Kingdom. Are you God first or MAGA first? If God first, why do some of your actions betray that truth? If you come after the Church and the Holy Father @Pontifex_de, don’t think I’ll be silent. I only fear God."

Please ❤️ and share if you stand with Pope Leo!

[Joe Lowry @globallithium]

Daniel’s comments align with what I recently heard from CATL and the action in the market. WeChat suspended my account. I wonder why.

[Daniel Jimenez Sch @D_Jimenez_Sch]

Back from the Fastmarkets Battery Raw Materials Conference in Shanghai — the mood in the lithium market is unrecognizable from October. Optimism is real, and here's what's driving it:

Consensus is building around a coming shortage. BESS demand is accelerating and some predict it will overtake EV as the growth driver, helped by improving cycle life economics. EV growth is slowing domestically, but Chinese exports are expected to compensate.

Africa supply expansion remains a concern. Li sulfate is becoming the go-to intermediate. Sodium-ion barely came up — though above $35/kg it could start taking share.

With ~90% of global lithium demand sitting in China, this is a must-attend event for any producer or future producer. If you're not in the room, you're missing the conversation that matters.

A market in transition. #Lithium #EnergyStorage #BatterySupplyChain #Fastmarkets

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Trump attacks Texas Democrat James Talarico — and gets a FIERY sermon in response that he won’t forget

Donald Trump thought he could score cheap political points by calling James Talarico an “insult to Jesus” because the Texas Democratic Senate candidate is “beyond woke” and believes that God does not discriminate on the basis of gender.

Unfortunately for Dementia Don, he picked the wrong person. Standing in a Black church in Texas, Talarico didn’t just clap back — he delivered a moral reckoning.

“The president of the United States just said that I insulted Jesus,” Talarico began. “You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their health care while cutting taxes for billionaires.”

And that was only just the start.

“You know what insults Jesus?” he continued. “Deporting the stranger and separating babies from their mothers.”

Then he went even further — taking aim at war, corruption, and hypocrisy.

“You know what insults Jesus? Bombing innocent school children in Iran and sending our brave men and women off to die in another forever war… Covering up the Epstein files and then refusing to prosecute a single person in them.”

This wasn’t politics as usual. This was a full-on moral indictment.

Talarico — who has been attacked by Trump for supporting transgender Americans and saying “trans children are God’s children” — flipped the script entirely. Instead of backing down, he grounded his message in the very teachings Trump tried to weaponize.

“I am not a perfect Christian,” he said. “There’s only been one perfect Christian and he was crucified on a cross 2,000 years ago.”

And then came the line that hit hardest: “Jesus told us to love our neighbors as ourselves… Can we imagine war in heaven? Can we imagine bigotry in heaven? Can we imagine poverty in heaven? Then why do we tolerate these things on earth?”

That’s how you respond. Not with insults. Not with fear. But with clarity — and conviction.

Trump tried to smear him. Instead, Talarico delivered a sermon that’s now echoing far beyond that church.

Please like and share James Talarico’s inspiring words!

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Trump's top counterterrorism official RESIGNS in protest because he “cannot in good conscience” support the illegal war with Iran — and exposes the White House's lies on the way out.

This kind of courage is rare in MAGA world...

"After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today," Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, wrote in a letter to the president. "I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby."

Kent is an Army Ranger combat veteran and a former CIA paramilitary officer who lost his wife to a suicide bombing in Syria. Unlike most Trump officials, he had actual experience in his appointed field. His departure is a massive black eye for the administration.

"I support the values and the foreign policies that you campaigned on in 2016, 2020, 2024, which you enacted in your first term," Kent continued. "Until June of 2025, you understood that the wars in the Middle East were a trap that robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth and prosperity of our nation."

"In your first administration, you understood better than any modern President how to decisively apply military power without getting us drawn into never-ending wars. You demonstrated this by killing Qasam Solamani and by defeating ISIS," wrote Kent.

"Early in this administration, high-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign that wholly undermined your America First platform and sowed pro-war sentiments to encourage a war with Iran," he went on. "This echo chamber was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, and that should you strike now, there was a clear path to a swift victory. This was a lie and is the same tactic the Israelis used to draw us into the disastrous Iraq war that cost our nation the lives of thousands of our best men and women. We cannot make this mistake again."

"As a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times and as a Gold Star husband who lost my beloved wife Shannon in a war manufactured by Israel, I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives," he contonued.

"I pray that you will reflect upon what we are doing in Iran, and who we are doing it for. The time for bold action is now. You can reverse course and chart a new path for our nation, or you can allow us to slip further toward decline and chaos. You hold the cards," wrote Kent.

"It was an honor to serve in your administration and to serve our great nation," he concluded.

This is what every single Trump official should be doing right now. The Iran War is blatantly illegal, serves Israel's interests not those of the United States, and constitutes the wholesale slaughter of men, women, and children. Remaining in the Trump administration at this point is signing on to be party to horrific war crimes. History is watching and future prosecutions must be pursued.

Please ❤️ and share to call for more Trump officials to resign!

[Matt @matt88]

@mrtonymartin People want ducks

[Matt @matt88]

@raywilton4 I'm in the same boat having voted #ALP my entire life. I am disgusted that #Albo is supporting #Trump and #Netanyahu in their genocidal war. #mangoMussolini is not only ruining the US he is destroying the world. #Putin and #Xi are laughing their heads off.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Putin publicly HUMILIATES Trump hours after he claimed the Russian dictator was "impressed" by his war moves in Iran!

Just hours after Donald Trump bragged that Vladimir Putin was "impressed" by his "moves" in Iran during their phone call, the Kremlin dropped a humiliating reality check that exposes Trump's spin as pure deluded fiction.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov revealed that Trump didn't even mention a ceasefire in Ukraine – directly contradicting his claim that he urged Putin to "get the Ukraine-Russia war over with."

Instead, Putin proposed ways for Russia to mediate and "ease tensions" in Trump's own Iran disaster, positioning the Kremlin as the grown-up in the room.

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov piled on the mockery, stressing that Trump initiated the hour-long call (not the other way around) and describing it as "frank and constructive" – then slyly suggested the two leaders had "missed each other."

Oof! Twist that knife, Dmitri. Peskov called Trump's post-call float of easing Russian oil sanctions a "coincidence," and offered no denial when asked if Moscow is helping Iran target U.S. positions.

Trump told reporters it was a "very good call" where Putin "offered help" in the Middle East and they discussed the "tremendous hatred" between Putin and Zelenskyy.

But the Kremlin's version makes Trump look desperate: begging for a chat with his authoritarian idol, getting schooled on his own war, and coming away with nothing but public embarrassment.

This is peak Trump foreign policy failure: his "strongman" buddy is treating him like a needy ex. Nothing says 'master negotiator' like getting publicly pantsed by Putin hours after bragging he was 'impressed.' 😆

If Putin's public slap-down of Trump, revealing he initiated the call and they "missed each other,” has you shaking your head at the sheer fantasy world the man lives in, like and share to spread the mockery.

[Matt @matt88]

@theheraldsun #hunslop

[Matt @matt88]

@OccupyDemocrats They'll pay for it with the tariffs, and we know who pays them

[PLS @pls_global]

Today we released our FY26 Interim Results, delivering a strong first half for $PLS.

Underlying EBITDA increased 241% to $253 million at a 41% margin, returning the business to profitability 📈

With market conditions improving and customer demand secured, the Board approved the restart of the Ngungaju Plant at our Pilgangoora Operation, with production expected to recommence in July 2026.

In response to these improving fundamentals, we also updated the timing of our major growth studies. The P2000 Pilgangoora expansion feasibility study is now targeted for completion in the December Quarter 2026, and the Colina Project feasibility study in the December Quarter 2027.

In addition, we announced a revised structure with @Calix for the Mid-Stream Demonstration Plant Project.

Read more: https://t.co/REu9Jhae0m

#HalfYearResults #Lithium