Here’s a great article by Dan Vallone over at the American Institute for Boys and Men about how veterans groups build connections among boys and men. It’s a very interesting idea and one I’d like to pursue in my local setting (not for veterans per-se, but for boys and men).

This is a good, enlightening interview of Chris Hedges by Antoinette Lattouf.

"For essentially the last 25 years every single resources minister, bar one, has left Parliament and gone to work for the resources industry." - Senator Larissa Waters at our Revenue Summit 2025 @larissawaters.bsky.social #auspol

Here’s a great article that introduces you to ACT - how to tolerate annoying things. It also has some great follow up reading and resources to help you go deeper.

There’s some really strange priorities in our planning system right now.

What's the single biggest driver of the housing crisis? According to a new Grattan Institute report, it's our own urban planning rules. The path out of this crisis runs directly through bold reform of these rules. A must-read. 👇

My goodness that’s a long time. I hope there’s no loan costs being paid while they wait.

I think we’ve become so accustomed to saying no with regards to planning that that there’s a whole section of society that simply stopped asking the question in the first place. Let alone why not??

“Gas companies treat tax as optional, and they leave the rest of us with the cleanup bill for the natural disasters that they are turbo charging.” - Australian Greens Leader Larissa Waters at our Revenue Summit 2025 @larissawaters.bsky.social #auspol @thepointau.bsky.social

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251... Australian gas exports are displacing renewables not coal, great piece by @ketanjoshi.co on @thepointau.bsky.social

Listen to the bloke unable to stop his right hand from moving

City of Melbourne has taken FIVE years to plan *one* affordable housing project. Melbourne cannot afford these delays. It's time to get on with it.

It just turns out that upzoning expensive areas works?

Sorry my friend. We know how this plays out. Years of roadworks disruptions, and then the new lanes will up with traffic within a year or two, and you're back to square one. Ultimately to keep cities moving efficiently, we need to get more people out of cars. Full story: www.theage.com.au/na... ($)

50 years ago, #Melbourne trains mostly ran every 20 minutes in the evening. Our population has almost doubled since then... but in 2025 they run FEWER evening services, mostly every 30 minutes. Time for State Government to fund #MoreServicesNow

#Music time!

Overly broad application of heritage restrictions: ❌ make housing more expensive ❌ make our neighbourhoods older & less diverse We need to let our neighbourhoods change with the times!

New Australia Institute research reveals that QLD has missed out on almost $400 million after Adani sold discounted coal to Indian companies. ‘It’s time Australian governments started charging for Australian resources and stopped giving them away for free.’ @rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol

Victoria's new rental reforms are a good step forward. But let's be clear: in a housing shortage, renters have little bargaining power. We need to build more homes AND have robust regulations to truly empower tenants.

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Keating makes the point that Labor should spend some political capital. My wish list: Be brave. Ditch AUKUS. Stop worshiping the “market” Fix CGT and -ve gearing. Tackle poverty reduction Housing as a human right. Establish a modern Housing Commission. Build public Housing. .

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

First they came for Brighton and I didn't speak up because I was not rich...

Great to see the Victorian Government grandstanding for more housing.....

This is some of the best messaging I’ve seen so far from the Democratic Party. Please forward far and wide. @indivisible.org @indivisiblenoco.com @indivisible-co.bsky.social NOCO #copolitics @hcrichardson.bsky.social Hold the line - @hickenlooper.senate.gov @bennet.senate.gov

It's too early to judge the success of Victoria's planning reforms based on permit statistics before the first Townhouse Code-enabled permit was likely even approved!

Ten-day subdivisions send clear signal: Victoria can move fast and build things. You love to see it.

The U.S. Secretary of Energy.

Pauline Hanson has exploded in the #Senate after Nick McKim said he’d wear the Palestinian flag in parliament, saying it’s “shameful & disgusting!” Hanson “It shows exactly where his loyalties lie…not with Australia!” This you Pauline?👇🤔

I watched this three times in a row. Harrison Ford is a treasure. I hope he’s enjoying his restored toilet seat.

The same reason we never get truly effective on-road priority for buses and trams.

If 90% of success in life is showing up, the other 10% depends on what you’re showing up for. – Woody Allen Reading War and Peace, one chapter a day for a whole year (361 chapters). Great idea. I exercise 5 days a week for 20 minutes. This shows the power of just showing up a little bit each day.

We don't quite have the US-style inner-city vs (outer) suburban culture war confected for political purposes. But perhaps M Guy is giving it a red hot go.🤢 "(Campbell Arcade) is just another location in #Melbourne for us to go and get mugged by people who are out on bail" www.youtube.com/watc...

Adani was given free reign by both major parties to open up dangerous thermal coal mining in the Galilee basin. They got grants, they got royalty holidays, they got favours and public money, and in return, Australians get nothing. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Two more gas projects win Fed Environment approval in the last 40 days. They sure are locking it in #auspol Zacharias Szumer reports michaelwest.com.au/more-gas-lab...

I can't wait to see what the next 10 months are going to be like for Colbert. Now he has nothing to lose. It's a shame he lost his show, but this is going to be interesting. CBS, Paramount, and Dementia Don are all now fair game. Colbert ratings will go thru the roof. I ordered a case of popcorn.

This video on the front page of the Datastar webpage is one of the best I've seen in terms of the art of introducing what your library/package is all about. I love it. #webdev data-star.dev

What manner of shitfuckery is this!?!? Sky & Rio Tinto admitting The Greens were right all along!!!!! #AusPol

ausmashmash Ashley Photographer East Coast of Australia "Here's a little #wildlifewednesday moment for you, filmed only an hour ago, as this gorgeous humpback descends into the water right on sunset, ready for the night to take over"

One sees it

They can't help but lie about us 💅

The Planning Institute of Australia's response to YIMBY Melbourne's research demonstrates exactly why our planning system is broken. We never said that there are too many planners. We said that the sector's productivity has collapsed. 👇