Waves.

Dog walk at Stanwell Park this morning. Already 28°C at 8 am but the water was gorgeous.

Inflation was 3% when Trump took office in January 2025.

Link is broken now, here are the files A total of 6 pages

David Pope.

The reviews for “Melania” are going to be far more entertaining than the movie. What a fabulous headline:

Do Not Google These 2 Words—New Warning For Millions Of Apple Users

Shocking revelations. I believe the victims.

Incredible self own for the US. The damage being done to the US scientific enterprise is generational. We will look back on this as a tipping point where the US chose all on its own to stop leading the world in science. www.science.org/content/arti...

As you may know, last weekend we drove to Sydney to see Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, which was utterlly transformational - if this is of interest here is an extended interview he with Colbert from about a year ago... www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8qm...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

“I guess the IMF could not write ‘the madman in the White House hasn’t done anything lately, but you know he probably will because he is deranged and could for example decide that he deserves Greenland because Norway didn’t give him the Nobel peace prize.’ ” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Trump’s crude honesty merely hastens the fall of US power. Moral supremacy was always a deception, but it was a useful lie. It bought at least some support and acquiescence. Now it is dead, the world will be ever more eager to turn the page on its failing masters www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

While Trump fiddles and tilts at the windmills of Venezuela and Greenland, and hints at action in Iran, China continues the long game of strategic economic allegiances with many countries. Xi is totally outplaying Trump. www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...

"I’ve been on arts organisations’ boards, and one thing I learnt really thoroughly from that experience was if you’re on the board then you back the artistic director in particular 100%" @janecaro.bsky.social www.mediaweek.com.au/the-death-of...

God this is just unending. The pro-genocide lobby group delights in trying to destroy livelihoods and honest reporting. www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...

Robby Giraffe was arrested by ICE Gestapo again! Free The Giraffe! He was just singing! @roadsteamer.bsky.social #arrestice

Criticism of Israel has long been conflated with antisemitism. After Bondi, that framing has hardened, shaping media pressure, political calculation and government response, writes Jack Waterford. #auspol #Bondi #MediaPolitics #SocialCohesion #PearlsAndIrritations

“this woman”, said the Premier, referring to the Palestinian writer he had decided should be excluded from polite society, thus putting his personal values on full and glorious display

FWIW, the reduced Board is now technically in breach of the Adelaide Festival Corporation Act:-

This week: we execute a U.S. citizen. Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.” It's so transparent what's going on here.

Thredbo. Last night and this morning.

Read commentary by @global-affairs.bsky.social experts at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Lord Jim O'Neill, @dandrezner.bsky.social, Paul Heer, and more. On Venezuela, Trump, and what to expect. globalaffairs.org/commentary/a...

Venezuela's citizens are turning out to protest, they don't want to be an American dictatorship.

A rabid Zionist is calling me sick and deranged for journaling truth. My entire year has been getting yelled at by these guys because I dont like kids being bombed. Sure, the ratio is satisfying, but it means nothing if our PM rolls over for their fascistic demands on our democracy, anyway.

There seems to be no end to #Minns fucking stupidity is there? Arming vigilantes? Is he actually OK? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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This is America. abcnews.go.com/US/oklahoma-...

Trump is clearly in panic mode; things are getting hot for him, and he knows it. The more he yells and screams, it indicates they are getting closer to exposing Trump for what he is.

Christ this is just gallery bullshit: "Much has been said of Albanese's inability to assume the natural role of a prime minister as "national mourner in chief" in the wake of a crisis" Much has been said by us in the gallery, therefore it must be important.

🧑‍🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

Elon Musk’s net worth has now surpassed $600 billion, just weeks after Tesla approved his 10-year, $1 trillion pay package. That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?

I'm so disgusted! www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/p...

Matt Golding……

A man who has abjectedly failed the test of leadership at the first hurdle. In the past, trying to revive your political career off the back of a massacre might be viewed as tasteless... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I think the father had the gun licence and the son was on the ASIO radar 6 years ago. He would have been ~19 yrs old. So I can understand police/ASIO not seeing a current risk.

Netanyahu, Sussan Ley, & others choosing to attempt to score political advantage from the horrific events at Bondi, do a great disservice to all striving for greater peace & understanding in society. The media would do us all a great favour by platforming the helpful & heroic, incl. Ahmed el-Ahmed.

Here’s an article from this year with the Australian gun lobby boasting that, with surging gun numbers, it was winning the fight against firearms control advocates. Blame guns. Blame anti-Semitism. Blame terrorists. Do not blame everyday Australians who marched for peace.

How do you write an entire piece about the bystander without ever naming him? His name is Ahmed el Ahmed. Is that the problem for you all?

@marcuskelson.bsky.social WRT to Venezuela and why it’s a basket case at the moment, this is a fascinating podcast by Matt Bevan on iview and YouTube