Artwork by contemporary printmaker and illustrator Diana Catchpole #WomensArt

The frogs are chirruping away this evening. Sounds like a whole bunch of Bibron’s toadlets doing calls and responses in a sweet swinging rhythm.

A Sandhill Crane couple guides their colts over the metal bridge. This is the same couple that raised a Canada Goose several years ago. I can tell as the male Sandhill Crane is missing part of a toe on his left foot.

Written by the health "reporter" at the NYT who is constantly questioning every minute detail of youth gender care, seen here writing with praise about conservatives abusing testosterone.

Gillham v Melb Symphony Orchestra kicks off today. It's live steamed. Can't wait to see what 20 witnesses MSO called will say about why they cancelled a pianist who performed a song called Witness which was composed for & about Palestinian journalists Israel kills www.youtube.com/live/s5bq94h...

If we've a hope in hell of surviving climate change we cannot open new fossil fuel reserves. Full stop. Look your grandchildren in the eye and tell them you are prepared to sacrifice them for donations and political convenience. Then everyone else's grandchildren. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Disastrous’ plan to allow fracking on South Australia’s Limestone Coast is a broken promise, locals say Labor moves to overturn moratorium on fracking in groundwater-dependent region two years earlier than planned and just weeks after state election www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The tobacco industry is still responsible for the deaths of 66 Australians every day. Phillip Morris was recently granted a secret Senate committee hearing on illicit tobacco. Big Tobacco has a long history of manipulating public debate and purchasing political access.

“.. We spotted nine Polymarket accounts .. who made collectively $2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. Military operations. .. “.. Now, here is the crazy part. 98% win rates.” @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/6...

"Taylor’s speech targeted migrants and welfare recipients, who exist at the intersection of the political class’s two favourite punching bags... We unequivocally reject his attempts to weaponise, demonise and divide migrants and welfare recipients."

The felon's plan to pay off J6 thugs is not just corruption, it is buying their action to go to the mat for him during & after the Nov election. If Dems win, thugs lose their payday. This isn't to reward them for the past, it's to pay them in advance for future violence.

I’m still seeing a lot of people celebrating saying that house prices will drop by 2% but the projection is actually for growth to drop by 2% - which means house prices are still going to rise (obviously).

Choice magazine's survey found that across the board, Aldis prices are 25% cheaper than Coles and Woolworths and that they don't artificially inflate prices, enough said.

Toothbrushes, ice-cream and frozen pizza: data reveals how Coles and Woolworths switch promotions in sync Interesting, #auspol

My good friend and colleague @yungenchee.bsky.social and I penned an Op Ed for @australia.theguardian.com about @australianlabor.bsky.social's failure to deliver on their promise to voters of 'ending environmental neglect' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Stuffarsing around trying to send an item using Australia Post’s free return function. The “Print at the Post Office” option DOES NOT WORK! I had to drive home, crank up the old PC, go through the whole process again, and churn put a faded printout, attach it, then drive back to the PO.

A judge in California ruled the Kars4Kids jingle can no longer be broadcast there, finding the nonprofit violated false advertising laws. The funds don’t go to needy children. Instead, the organization bought a $6.5 million building in Israel and uses the donations to send Jewish teenagers there.

It’s a continuing pattern now: prosecutors around the world examining files released by the Trump DOJ say they find evidence of serious crimes. The DOJ insists there’s nothing to see there, and refuses even the most routine cooperation. By the way,

trying to overturn a free and fair election is, in a real democracy, one of the most serious crimes there is nine years is a light sentence for what she did

There's a Boobook Owl on my street! This is the first time I've ever seen an Owl on my street (though the neighbours have dragged me out in my pyjamas previously to see Frogmouths #NotAnOwl). The Currawongs, BF Honeyeaters, Noisy Miners, and Grey Butcherbirds are all going nuts which is how I knew.

Every week or so I think about the fact that the cops/government shot a white man, Alex Pretti, in cold blood and nothing has happened to his murderers. The murderers still have their jobs and the unarmed white man is a cautionary tale for white people to not challenge the white supremacist state.

today's shirt for meetings is @artistaffame.bsky.social excellent Nobody left behind (terms and conditions apply) www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/No...

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in the old world, we had to check refs, but we had the added support of knowing the thing was written by someone *presumably trying to cite correctly*. Now, we have to check references knowing it was written by a machine trying to spew vaguely plausible text, and ACTIVELY FABRICATING REFERENCES

Utilities can easily be Nationalised. Price cap them all and they will go bankrupt or become almost worthless. Then renationalise Energy, Water, Rail, Mail and Telecoms that were all built by the Government or with Public Funding anyway.

"We need a public inquiry into the Zionist lobby’s activities more than we need one on antisemitism." 💥🎯💯 @johnmenadue.com #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/05...

EXTREMELY interesting Gallup poll on American responses to data centres here First I've seen break down sub-reasons, and most of it relates to environment / resources, particularly water consumption and energy / power bill impacts. Hatred of AI is there, but small news.gallup.com/poll/709772/...

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BREAKING: 144 House Democrats Join 203 Republicans to Pass CORCA Which Gives DHS and ICE the Absolute Power to Collect Personal Information on Everyone Under Guise of Fighting Retail Theft, in Case the Democrats Weren’t Disappointing You Enough

It’s crystal clear that the Republican hidden-agendas, DO NOT include making the lives of the American people better, this regime is on track to break the back of the U.S. through the out-of-control National Debt, and they will bleed the American people dry, leaving us all holding the bag…

Today, Trump is hosting a prayer event that will “give thanks for God's providence…and rededicate America as One Nation under God.” All but one of the speakers are conservative Christians. It’s Trump’s latest move towards remaking our secular democracy into a MAGA theocracy. Watch.

Left- The Islamic University in Gaza bombed. It was sheltering 100 families. Right- French politician.."The ongoing GENOCIDE in Gaza must cease. War criminals must be tried"!

The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With JD Vance https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-jd-vance/

"The victim was identified as Noureddin Kamal Hassan Fayyad, 34, a schoolteacher, husband, and father of one child. Local sources said Israeli soldiers invaded the refugee camp before dawn and opened live fire at Fayyad, killing him instantly." imemc.org/article/isra...

A photojournalist visited nearly 200 Palestinian villages in Israel that were depopulated in the Nakba. This three-year project "offers a powerful visual archive of Palestinian erasure." It directly contradicts Israel's fraudulent official narrative, as do Israel's own historical archives.

It looks like an ad for 2000 flushes.

This is an Admin that hunts down leakers of classified information and launches investigations including subpoenas to media companies who print the info to discover their sources. But they seem completely disinterested in leakers to Axios.

Seismic surveys and sediment cores suggest that dozens of deep pockmarks on the sea floor were created when Arctic methane stores were disrupted by climate change after the last glacial maximum – and scientists warn it could happen again www.newscientist.com/article/2526...

I know AI has made life more interesting for computer people but it has cheapened so many other areas of human life and sociality in incredibly disappointing ways. Completely narrowed the window on human possibilities into one tiny path.

This is an excellent read. #Auspol

Those paying attention to these tweets will recall that when my dam went dry over summer, i dug a very small wee tiny duckpond with deepish water (36 litres). Well, I just saw a duck push another duck in then jump in behind it! 😲

I always keep in mind the movie Dallas Buyers Club. A true story. The main character learned everything he needed to about AIDS medications through his local library. He saved many lives. Watch it if you haven’t seen it - it’s great!

Like @mychal3ts.bsky.social writes, “The library is always here for you." That's why we're committed to being here for our libraries. This year, we're adding $31.7 million in permanent, baseline funding to our city's three library systems so they can better serve New Yorkers.

"As they rushed into his apartment...he felt the jaws of a large dog biting into his ankle, knocking him to the floor. He screamed as the dog tore the flesh from his thighs, hip and wrist. Down the hall, agents took a mother and her 16-yr-old son at gunpoint..." www.propublica.org/article/chic...

#auspol #Australia #MurdochGutterMedia

“if we want to focus on broken promises, in 2022, the Albanese government vowed to end compulsory participation in the cashless welfare card programs. Another $200 million has been set aside for BasicsCard and SmartCard.” Ty @amyremeikis.bsky.social for this article.

Drawn by Dr Seuss over 50 years ago.

So here is an actual genuine example of people using Zionism to mean Jews but because it’s the far right it will be tolerated and won’t become cause of multi day news coverage. Almost as though the British political and media establishment don’t actually care about Jewish safety.

as many jews on the left have said, over and over again these past few years, anti-zionism isn't antisemitism except when it is. this is what swapping in "zionist" in the place of "jews" looks like. and this is what many folks are doing when they claim they're just condemning zionism.