Matthew Lourey

@SamaHoole @BelindaJones68 Wool, it just works.

A wool jumper, made in 1985, washed in cold water once a month, worn through three decades of British winters, would currently be sitting in someone's wardrobe doing fine. A polyester fleece, made in 2026, machine-washed weekly, will start to lose its structural integrity within three to five years, shed an estimated 700,000 microfibres per wash into the water system, and end its life in landfill where it will persist for approximately 200 years. The wool jumper: - Came from a sheep - Required grass and rain - Will biodegrade entirely within three years of being buried - Will keep you warm when wet - Will not melt if exposed to a flame - Will probably outlive you - Cost £80 in 1985, which is £230 today, and represents the entire jumper budget for the next forty years The polyester fleece: - Came from an oil refinery in Texas - Required hexane extraction, polymerisation and dyeing in three different factories on three different continents - Will not biodegrade in any human timeframe - Will get cold and clammy when wet - Will melt against your skin if exposed to a flame - Will be in landfill within five years - Cost £40 in 2026, which means you'll buy ten of them across the next forty years for a total of £400, and the planet will still be eating the residue in the year 2226 But yes. The sheep is the problem. The sheep, standing in a field in mid-Wales, growing a renewable fibre from grass and rain. The sheep is the problem.

@Kontext24 Yes.

SERIOUS QUESTION: Do you think Moira Deeming should join One Nation?

@Bergermeister23 He has risen indeed !

@senatorbabet Gold ! The pair of ya !

Today Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission spoke in Parliament House Canberra.

@ellymelly Hear, Hear!

Just curious. What was your plan if the world chose to sit around for another five years and Iran used nuclear threat to close the Strait of Hormuz or blackmail - permanently - the Middle Eastern oil market? Everyone compares the disruption now to their lives five minutes ago. But strategists compare today's disruption with likely future outcomes. You may not agree with the assessment, but what worries me is how many so-called 'experts' and 'commentators' - including conservatives - lack the imagination to even CONSIDER what these equations of risk actually look like. We seem to be stuck in an era where we prefer hashtag, outrage, conspiracy, and blind allegiance over strategy and self-preservation. This is a worry. Because our enemies can and do think ahead. They remember the old ways.

@KatyKray73 @Blazer55 He's a f#@k knuckle.

@Blazer55 He extremely painful to listen to.

Malcolm Turnbull claims the Liberal Party is now pandering to the Sky News audience instead of appealing to the country as a whole. I still can’t believe he managed to convince so many voters he was genuinely a conservative. The arrogance is breathtaking!

Morning all, don't rush away from the breakfast table.

@roller2426 @bill_dobell Very Fucked.

We purchased a new table. Solid timber, Australia Blackwood. It arrived from China. Australian timber is harvested, shipped to China, manufactured, and then shipped back to Australia. How fucked is that.

The Boy's are off to the Bachelor Pad...

@ZubyMusic Amen. Me too.

I'm so blessed. I thank God for this life.

@RennickGBR @VDejan0000 Should be a quarter acre, but then people would grow their own veggies and keep a few chooks... And we can't have that.

New Housing Estate at Alkimos, 43km north of the Perth CBD. Surely there Is enough space in Australia to build suburban houses on more land than this. If high density is what they want, then apartments would be better suited as surface area can be replaced by green space for more trees and parklands. We shifted from cage eggs to free range because keeping chickens confined in a small space all together with little natural light was considered (rightly) inhumane. A rat would struggle to fit between these houses. Yet Governments keep intoducing more building regulations in the name of being environmentally and socially friendly when clearly they aren’t.

Hades says hello...

@Kate18660449 Best bird song ever....

Morning all 🌄

@bouta_nt Mate, that's awesome footage... Need to make the argument that getting the cows in for milking would be more efficient with a chopper...

I’ve done it a million times. Still the best feeling in the world. Especially when you are with close mates. Choppers are a necessity in our life.

He runs around, not a clue what to do. Barks at a decibel level dangerous to human hearing, usually projected into one's earhole... But one look at face, and all is forgiven with a plentiful supply of pats for Paddy.

Better check the dry cows... Way down the back of the farm... One due to calves in 3 weeks... Nope She decided to calve yesterday... Little bit warm for the daughter.

@TopherField Take strong note of your cognitive changes. You will then realise why the powers that be want to restrict red meat and animal product consumption.

Week 3: 115.5kg Lost this week: 2.2kg. Lost so far: 6.7kg Remaining to goal: 15.6kg Weeks remaining: 18 At this rate I'm well ahead of my goal and I'm actually trying to slow the weight loss down a little bit. This (mostly) carnivore thing is working TOO well.

Happy Australia Day, everybody. Smokey haze and cows to milk, wouldn't be dead for quids.

Bit warm today...

@51marine1 @elonmusk Gold.

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