It is possible to oppose all forms of murder.

No I think the consultants fees are really reasonable actually. Just covering costs I’m sure.

The moment the medieval office Christmas party really gets going - 13th century, Getty Museum Collection, Ms. 46 (92. MK.92)

“Climate action” is just another way to say “we want our beautiful complex planet to continue to be a good place to live, and to continue to be both beautiful and complex”. So much climate damage comes from assuming that Earth is simple, that it is easy to control and that it will bend to our will.

Climate Change Could Drive Butterflies and Plants Apart eos.org/articles/cli...

"The antisemitic attack in Bondi was an act of hate-fuelled violence. Rushing through regressive laws in such distressing times is poor leadership – and dangerous" www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

There is no gun "debate". There are not two equal sides. It is almost everyone vs almost no one. 70% of Australians wanted tougher gun laws *before* Bondi. More below, full results here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/polli...

Here's me. "Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children"

"Latest list of new mine proposals reveals 97 new coal and gas projects are under development" #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/news/251219-...

More good news.

Yeah, making it illegal to protest a genocide is going to help 🙄

A Christmas message from the First Dog on the Moon Institute | First Dog on the Moon

How to end homelessness in Perth and Adelaide theconversation.com/how-much-doe...

Few issues unite progressive and conservative voters. Ending corruption is one of the few exceptions. Read Helen Haines' full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

@ronnisalt.bsky.social framing the ugliness and heinous politicking of the tragedy at Bondi.

A man who showed no remorse after a stabbing attack on his partner in their south Sydney home is sentenced to more than 26 years in jail for the woman's murder.

Words fail. Parliamentarians hosting Parliamentary Friends of AUKUS, with an event featuring the Defence Minister, paid for by lobbyists who sell armaments. This is cash for access, pure and simple. Supported and promoted by ALP and Liberal MPs. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Turns out climate change keeps happening even when we decide we don't want to talk about it anymore www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Every wondered how many guns are in your suburb? We have built a tool that shows registered firearms by postcode across NSW. www.toomanyguns.org Having access to data can help us all understand how our gun laws are actually working (or failing to work!)

Max Kaiser, an antisemitism expert with a PhD in Australian Jewish history, criticised Jillian Segal's remarks as “highly irresponsible”, adding that “this should immediately disqualify her from being taken at all seriously on the issue of antisemitism”. open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...

www.weareunion.org.au/ndas_legisla... “We Are Union Women at Vic Trades Hall Council have been campaigning 2 end the misuse of #NDAs in workplace #sexualharassment matters since 2022… SH is a scourge in our workplaces. & non-disclosure agreements have been used 2 isolate & silence the voices of…”

There are more than four million guns in Australia and Australia Institute research shows that a gun is stolen every four hours. Read more on our research into firearms here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/firearm-theft-in-australia/

A crazy event in the report: “Following the retreat of South Sawyer Glacier, a landslide in southeast Alaska’s Tracy Arm in August 2025 generated a tsunami that swept across the narrow fjord and ran nearly 1,600 feet up the other side. Fortunately, the fjord was empty of cruise ships.”

Hello ABC journalists, next time you're platforming yet another LNP hack on your coverage, could you ask them about this? ##Auspol #Bondi

Most plastic + chemicals added to plastic are made from gas + oil. In 2018, writes @bethgardiner.bsky.social , Saudi Aramco announced plans to drive growth in demand for oil by increasing plastic production. 🧵 1/5 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

We won't be lectured on "extremism" by a party who: - can't tell the difference between antisemitism and legitimate criticism of Israel - actively supports a genocide - used racism to defeat The Voice - voted "It's OK to be white", and - is considering a white supremacist migration policy. #auspol

Have seen this "explainer" urging a soft, cautious response to gun law reform in Aus shared a few times now, but no one seems bothered the author is affiliated with the gun lobby theconversation.com/why-can-some...

Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage www.theguardian.com/environment/...

www.desmog.com/2025/12/07/e... This how parasitic propaganda works. This is how the Catholic Church and Stalin operated. "Give me a child for for his first seven years and I'll give you the man." -Jesuit principle

I went for a little wander round the garden this morning before work. I met a teddybear bee (properly, Amegilla bombiformis but it was a morning for gentle names). Food for the soul I don't believe in. #GardenFriend #AussieBees #WildOz

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

“Over a 35-year period, from 1989 to mid-2024, there have been 1,710 female victims of intimate partner homicide in this country. Read that again, 1,710 women.” theaimn.net/the-news-won...

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.

NSW Premier Chris Minns spits the dummy on Net Zero Commissions recommendation to stop coal mining expansion in NSW "We're not going to make that ruling, and I'm not going to make that promise," he said. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

A charming #Egyptian figurine of a hedgehog, made of faience, dating ca 1900 BC, from Thebes, #Egypt. The Egyptians associated hedgehogs with rebirth. On display at Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me 🏺

Well, it’s official. Johnson Legal is off to the High Court of Australia for the first ever climate case to be heard before the Court. We are representing Hunter Valley residents defending their win against coal company MACH Energy. Follow the case here 👇👇👇 www.johnsonlegal.au/newsfeed/mac...

The tiny flowers of Glycine clandestina (twining Glycine) winding its way through a young Kunzea parvifolia. #BloomScrolling

Coalmine expansions would breach climate targets, NSW government warned in ‘game-changer’ report

Somewhat lost #GardenFriend today. Needless to say, it was returned to the garden 💚 #AustralianAmphibian #WildOz

If you think the British Empire was a benign influence "This photo is from the Wyndham region in Western Australia, in the year 1905!!! This was the fate of the Aboriginal people, the original inhabitants of Australia, after Britain occupied their land in 1770 ..." www.facebook.com/steve.clark....

Climate protesters win groundbreaking class action against Victoria police over use of pepper spray

If my math maths, a $10k fine for 37,000 litres is about .30c a litre.

BBC News - Huge undersea wall dating from 5000 BC found in France www.bbc.com/news/article...

BBC News - Killer whales and dolphins seen hunting together in rare video - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Finland. What an amazing country. Best education in the world. Eons ahead

Seeing five tawnies in a tree as you walk through your gate after a long day at work is a bloody lovely antidote to everything that’s a bit shit in the world, I’ll tell you that for free. A pic of one of them below taken this arvo.