I love my neighbours honey bees because they fertilise my fruit trees but today they decided to swarm and settle on my fence. My neighbour and her mum in law came and captured them all— they will find them a new home, queen and all .

O for heavens sake! Only four men voted to accept women!

The members of this stinking sexist club with its racist-imagery-emblazoned crockery, & stolen Indigenous weapons on the walls are delulu. You're not special. You're neither bohemians, nor gentlemen. You're just bog-standard wannabes happy with the patriarchy. #SavageClub #WeSeeYou

Re-sharing this just for the pullquote, waking up in Paris early mornings and doing five interviews in a row before coffee leads to even less of a filter than usual

A lovely clump of Stark White Spider Orchids (Caladenia longicauda subsp eminens) dancing in the breeze. Seen at Kojonup, Western Australia #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature

Powerful lithium batteries in written-off EVs now hot property at salvage auctions

At a private dinner in Sydney last month, Health Minister Mark Butler sat down with executives from Johnson & Johnson. A sweep of industry issues were on the agenda. Instead, according to one source, Butler spent almost the entire evening on a single topic... satpa.pe/Xgs32C9

Shark nets should be banned

This is worrying www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

If we’re living longer, healthier lives doing work that’s less physically demanding, it makes sense to spend that extra time working rather than cooling your heels in retirement. #auspol #boomers #retirement

Black and orange as in some butterflies is a warning they may be toxic

Who wouldn’t want a frizzle?!

From South Park v Trump to AI slopaganda: deepfakes are now part of the news cycle, for better and for worse | Anna Broinowski

#Trump has two out of three national newspapers, and two out four television networks on the run. One newspaper and two networks to go, including cheerleader Fox News. #auspol #USpolitics #media

Australia, along with other OECD countries, is mired in mediocrity – and the RBA seems intent on keeping us there | Greg Jericho

RFK Jr is a lawyer, not a scientist. A lawyer’s job is not to uncover truth, but to build the strongest possible argument for a position.

This makes reporters in the US stenographers, nothing more , as the article points out The Pentagon, the Press and the Fight to Control National Security Coverage www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...

The head of an independent United Nations commission that concludes Israel has committed genocide in Gaza argues that countries supplying weapons to Israel, like the United States, are also complicit.

Sorry, but the government cant approve a 50-year extension of one of the largest fossil fuel export projects in the world...then 3 days later pretend it cares about the climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Courageous . All those who stood up to the Plymouth Brethren. And Louise Milligan who did the tough job of reporting on this terrible sect

“[hastie] has picked a hell of a day to say he will die on the hill of net zero… millions of australians were just warned about the potentially catastrophic impacts of climate change and he is saying to them ‘i don’t give a stuff’.” 🍿 www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

What a disgrace this decision is

#Auspol. Lachlan is said said to be more right wing than Rupert. Not good for America, Australia and the world. We need a Royal Commission into Murdoch media and in fact all media, including Social media. We need truth in media legislation. End the propaganda @albomp.bsky.social

It’s #WorldShorebirdDay!! So here are some Piping Plovers doing their thing. Wait till you see the foot tapping, it’s adorable! #birds 🌿 🧪

Decision to close Meanjin criticised as act of ‘utter cultural vandalism’ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments.

Shooting the messengers- my #Gaza cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What an absolute disgrace. The anti-semitism envoy "declined to specifically address the presence of neo-Nazis at anti-immigration marches on the weekend" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Trump is an economic genius if you just set aside the facts.

Graham Platner, an oyster farmer from Maine, wants to “claw back wealth that was created by the labor and the consumption of working-class Americans who have not shared in the riches they helped build.”

Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first

Greyhound racing is banned in 44 US states and will end in New Zealand next year. Yet in Australia it still receives tens of millions in public funding – despite clear evidence of animal cruelty and social harm. satpa.pe/eDu8Qi9

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...

Jump to see what's happening in these capital cities. Brisbane Melbourne Sydney Canberra Hobart Perth Adelaide www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Nothing but the lighthouses of Australia. Wonderful piece by @researchremora.

One can only ask what on earth were Bendigo City Council thinking?

copyright law was never intended to be weaponised as a censorship tool

Love this behind-the-scenes article of a day with two icons and an iconic photo.

This is beyond depressing

A worldwide study of more than 4 million birdcalls has found that birds are singing for nearly an hour longer each day because of light pollution.

It has been the most prolific year for southern right whale births on Australia's southern coastline in nearly a decade, according to researchers.

Beautiful superb parrot feeding on lerps - keeps taste pretty nice and birds love the sugar hit

The vast ice of Antarctica has seemed impregnable. But sudden changes are nigh – from shrinking sea ice to melting ice sheets and slowing ocean currents. 👉 theconversation.com/from-se...

New Australia Institute research has identified three simple tax reforms which would raise an extra 70 billion dollars a year without hurting low or middle-income Australians. Read the full report: australiainstitute.org.au/post/three-s...

Australian industry and unions agree. It's time to tax gas exports properly. Australia Institute research shows multinational gas export companies get OVER HALF of the gas they export from Australia royalty-free, and have NEVER paid Petroleum Resource Rent Tax! #auspol

Once considered a conservation success story, the Eastern Pacific gray whale is now vanishing — a stark warning of climate chaos in motion. Gray whale population crashes amid climate-driven starvation ~ Sue Arnold independentaustralia.net/environment/...

How magical