Simon Knowles

[Simon Knowles @simon_knowles]

What is Australia doing to get on board?

[Promethean Action @PrometheanActn]

Jamie Dimon, Mark Carney, and Tony Blair just started sounding exactly like Donald Trump.
That's not a coincidence. It's surrender.
When your enemies start using your language, you've already won the battle. Here's what they're scrambling to hide 👇

[John Ruddick MLC - Libertarian @JohnRuddick2]

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We must end the 'Welcome to Country' nonsense.

Here's why 👇

@john_macgowan

[Love Music @khnh80044]

I can't believe this was recorded 44 years ago, no autotune, no playbacks, just pure talent🔥🔥

[Simon Knowles @simon_knowles]

@SimonCotter62 Have you ever tried to kill a fly with a sledge hammer?

[Bobby D🎙 @robertdunlap947]

Nothing like getting a history lesson on the Middle East in under 2 minutes😳! I have learned so much from this platform that it’s FREAKING UNBELIEVABLE🫨! I never knew HOW EVIL London and their piece of 💩 leaders were/are🤬! The Civil War never ended😡!

[BroBro🇦🇺🏇🏻 @realRick_AUS]

Watch.

This guy nails it.

[Simon Knowles @simon_knowles]

How totally disgraceful would it feel like to tell all Australians that your leadership & decisions of other incompetent governments have lead to a national fuel crisis in one of the richest natural resource laden countries on earth? @AlboMP

[Simon Knowles @simon_knowles]

@molikes @craigkellyAFEE @grok But it looks so real and aligns with the common Albo narrative. Are you sure it's AI @grok?

[Simon Knowles @simon_knowles]

@MikeHowton @SamaHoole Agreed. @SamaHoole is talking a lot of drama. As an almond grower I can tell you there certainly problems (as with all farming) but his claims are way out of proportion & he doesn't even hit some of the key things I see as problems.

[Simon Knowles @simon_knowles]

@SamaHoole @wastemanagemnt No, don't wait. Read The China Study by Colin T Campbell. Unbiased non industry funded science.

[Ken Cao-The China Crash Chronicle @KenCao_onChina]

Canada Went to Beijing. The Loser Was Canada.
Carney’s China Pivot Is Really a Message to Washington.
Canada’s prime minister just flew to Beijing for the first time in eight years — and the headlines made it sound historic.
It wasn’t.

This video breaks down why Canada’s sudden China outreach wasn’t strategy, but desperation. We revisit the hostage diplomacy that poisoned trust, the tariff war that crushed Canadian farmers, and the so-called “deal” that looks impressive on paper but changes nothing in reality.
I’ll show you the numbers the headlines won’t: why China can’t replace the U.S., why this agreement is shallow and reversible, and why in today’s Cold War, trying to balance between Washington and Beijing only leaves you weaker.

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

Sentiments of Venezuelans

I’m going to say this once, and I don’t care if it makes people uncomfortable.

If you have never lived in Venezuela
If you did not grow up there
If you did not watch your country collapse in real time
If you did not stand in food lines
If you did not watch your parents lose everything they built
If you did not have to leave your home with nothing

Then shut the fuck up.

You do not have an opinion.
Your opinion does not matter.
And you don’t get to lecture anyone about what’s happening there.

I’m Venezuelan.
I lived there most of my life until my early twenties.
I watched my country go from a functioning democracy to full blown socialism right in front of my eyes.

This is not politics to me.
This is trauma.

Before socialism, Venezuela was not perfect, but it worked.
There was trade.
There was money coming in.
There was investment from the US.
There were jobs.
There was food.
There was medicine.

My family had five businesses.
We had our home
We had investments.
We had a future.

Then the government started nationalizing everything.
Private companies were taken.
Foreign investors were pushed out.
Imports were blocked.
Price controls destroyed production.
Corruption exploded.

And everything died.

Not slowly.
Violently.

People didn’t suddenly become poor because of “capitalism” or “the US” or whatever bullshit slogan people like to repeat online.

They became poor because socialism destroyed incentives, destroyed production, destroyed trust, and destroyed hope.

People today in Venezuela are not debating ideology.
They are trying to survive.

They are trying to find food.
Trying to find medication.
Trying to keep their families alive.

So when I see people in the West posting from comfortable homes, full fridges, stable currencies, and safe streets talking about “imperialism” or “US bad” or “Trump this or that”

No.
It’s not complicated.
You’re just ignorant.

China is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Russia is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Cartels are not rebuilding Venezuela.

They are stealing.
They are extracting.
They are draining what’s left.

If the US comes in and reinvests
If refineries get rebuilt
If infrastructure gets restored
If imports open back up
If food, water, and medicine become accessible again
If people can work and earn with dignity

Then yes.
Let them take all the oil they want.

Because at least something gets built instead of destroyed.

This is something to celebrate.
Not because it’s perfect.
But because for the first time in a long time, there is hope.

Hope that families can eat.
Hope that people don’t have to flee their country.
Hope that Venezuela can function again.

If you’ve never lived through a country collapsing
If you’ve never watched socialism destroy everything around you
If you’ve never had to leave your home because staying meant starvation

Then again
Shut the fuck up.

This isn’t theory.
This isn’t politics.
This is lived experience.

By Stephen Subero

[Simon Knowles @simon_knowles]

@ohhanxiety I do.

[Simon Knowles @simon_knowles]

@maccabbeeAZ @joeroganhq It's all about pushing the ABC narrative isn't it Kim Williams. Truth and direct communication of what people actually think aren't a part of it.

[Simon Knowles @simon_knowles]

@HoolyMcg Springtails! They don't do any harm as far as I know. Here's some at the base of almond trees about this time last year.

[Jacinta Nampijinpa @JNampijinpa]

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS, @CISOZ) has published a paper on renewable energy with interesting findings:

Within Australia’s energy debate, a range of authorities and advocacy groups are pushing the idea that the rollout of renewable energy is gaining momentum.

They point to the increase in wind and solar from 1.5% of electricity generation in 2010 to more than 33% today as an indicator of success – and say that’s evidence we can accelerate to 82% renewable electricity by 2030.

But the CIS paper argues what Australia has experienced is a ‘renewable energy honeymoon period’.

“As the proportion of weather-dependent energy in the grid grows, the costs and difficulties of integrating this energy also grow at an increasing rate.”

“The honeymoon ends somewhere between 20% and 30%.”

“Very few countries have exceeded around 40%, and those that do end up with elevated electricity prices.”

The paper found (as per the graph):
•⁠ ⁠Countries with less than 21% wind and solar generation have electricity prices of around US $0.15/kWh on average.
•⁠ ⁠Countries with between 21% and 33% wind and solar generation have electricity prices of around US $0.24/kWh on average.
•⁠ ⁠Countries that exceed 33% wind and solar generation, have electricity prices of around US $0.37/kWh on average.

The research notes, “No country has achieved penetrations higher than 60%, let alone 90%, without costs going up. A low-cost, wind-and-solar-dependent country simply does not exist.”

The paper concludes, “Governments need to stop making false promises to consumers about more renewables meaning cheaper electricity bills. Energy policy must be based in engineering and economic reality, not ideology. If Australia is to have affordable electricity and a reliable grid capable of supporting industry, policymakers need to focus on getting more reliable, dispatchable generation into the system. This will ward off further dramatic cost increases arising from the extensive network and storage infrastructure needed to support higher penetrations of renewables.”

[Chris Morshead 🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @soupercocky]

So who exactly in the @JohnDeere hierarchy decided this monstrosity was a better way of determining oil level than a bloody dipstick? Jesus the danger involved in climbing under stuff to clean that sight glass and determine the oil level is unacceptable. It’s brain dead stuff. Is there at least a plausible reason that can be released?

[Simon Knowles @simon_knowles]

@Jusakstud Is anyone concerned about supporting the ccp in buying cheap stuff at the cost of people? Can you keep having the cake & keep eating it too without consequence? Will these choices now determine if our kids live under a social credit scheme like in China? Has the 🐎bolted long ago

[Simon Knowles @simon_knowles]

@craigkellyAFEE 11. And we all lived happily ever after.

[Spitfire @RealSpitfire]

Ive been going back and watching videos of Charlie debating with students. This particular debate left me in awe. What an incredibly knowledgeable man.

Take a moment to witness and be inspired……