Reform UK gets £9m in donations in first quarter of 2026, including £7m from two crypto billionaires - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Spot on! @bjennings90.bsky.social Farage continues to avoid scrutiny. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jun/03/ben-jennings-nigel-farage-response-henry-nowak-cartoon

Note perfect from Starmer. Exactly the right response.

June 4, 1984: "Born in the USA" 7th studio album by Bruce Springsteen is released.

Bananaby should be like Biff

Stay vigilant. The only thing people should care about with abortion is that it is accessible and safe. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Happy World Bicycle Day.

Some absolutely brutal figures from the ABS on tobacco consumption - figures that really should have those arguing that the higher excise is working to really have a long think...

Nigel Farage has helped spark further riots - this time in Southampton - after his incendiary comments following the sentencing of Henry Nowak's murderer. #FarageRiots2 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

A tough day for Qld Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg. Doctors are not happy with the amendments to the e-mobility legislation. Bicycle Qld is not happy with car licensing requirements. Tourism Qld is not happy with international driver licensing requirements. #qldpol

New e-bike rules have been tinkered with by the Queensland government, but have still drawn the ire of community members. Read the full story: brisbane-times.com/4ugFXi7

Happy World Bicycle Day! Listen to the Queensland Transport Minister explain what the law changes will mean for Brisbane's busiest cycleway - the Bicentennial Bikeway. Clear as mud?

Henry Nowak’s father’s words outside court, who is probably the person we most need to hear from today.

Do something. My @smh cartoon.

Happy World Bicycle Day, where Queensland will today make it the most restrictive place in the world to ride an electric bicycle.

This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding bikes, yet 66% of people did so while driving. And perhaps even more importantly, if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com

He's quoting Kanye West to score points and stir up trouble over a truly horrible case that resulted in the death of a young man. I hope it all backfires horribly for this poor excuse of a politician.

Award wages up 4.75% and the min wage up from $24.95 to $26.44 (5.9%). We got you covered with all the details live.thepoint.com.au

About 3 million workers on minimum wage to receive 4.75% pay rise in Fair Work Commission ruling

The criminalisation of abortion is rising again in Australia through ONP. Most likely to feature again at the Qld state election 2028. Currently gagged in the Qld parliament but current LNP & KAP MPs are still pushing for it. Add ONP to the mix. #qldpol www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Is Albo using his sinister communist tax changes to destroy the housing market? | First Dog on the Moon

Leaf was there again this arvo, looking down over her destroyed habitat at Ormiston College to make way for more ovals.

‘…most founders I know are not complaining about their hypothetical tax bill. They know Australia is a great place to start a business, and a great place to live.’ Technology lawyer David Turner, Empirical Legal. www.afr.com/technology/a...

The main problem is the false measure of Progress/Economic progress (GDP) does not and here is why...

How many more studies does your city need proving that people on bikes and on foot spend more on shopping streets than people in cars? Bike-lanes mean business. #UrbanTruth

This is *quite* the take (and also love the contrived naivety - oh, if people don’t like it, they’ll just say no! As if billionaires don’t own politicians, the algorithms, the media and the culture)

Last week, @thenerve.news published #TheHarborneReceipts, a forensic examination in cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne’s donations…& how closely they tracked Farage & Johnson’s pro-crypto policy statements. Yesterday, the FT published an editorial making this exact point about Reform. 1/

This is 100% on you, Australian media. You can't explain a simple taxation change to the Australian people? Fuck you, don't you dare put this back on us, the Australian people. Get off your arses & go do the work. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness

We have provisionally broken the UK record for highest daily minimum temperature in May... again 😮 Temperatures didn't fall below 21.3°C overnight at Kenley Airfield, making it a 'tropical night' (no lower than 20°C). Remarkably, the record was also broken yesterday.

"Springsteen does what celebrities should do," writes @greenhousenyt.bsky.social. "He uses his star power to fight the good fight. He talks to people. He doesn’t talk at them or down to them or lecture them. He voices common concerns, he rallies, he inspires."

Build it and they will come...

Looks like one of those terrifying 2050 #climate projection graphics, but no, that’s a short-term forecast for France until… May 29th.

Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

Private schools are sending Australians broke! Literally! Private schools file more bankruptcy proceedings than banks, insurance companies and local governments...COMBINED. My post over on @thepointau.bsky.social liveblog. live.thepoint.com.au/2026/05/the-...

Jokes aside. I did not edit this. This is what ABC News Queensland actually sent out across our state on Monday 18/05/26. #qldpol

Ormiston College, the school that wants to destroy koala habitat for more ovals, told neighbours last week that the tree clearing would begin mid-June. They started chainsawing yesterday. www.facebook.com/share/v/1Hyg...

Insanity 33.5C at Heathrow at 1pm we are charging to 35C/95F the earliest we reached that heat threshold was 1st July. Think about that for a moment. It’s May 25th! Of course this is not yet known but quietly confident. This is extraordinary.

The record temperature for May was broken by an entire 2C today, and tomorrow it is likely to be even warmer. The Met Office has been recording temperatures all around the UK for 173 years. This is not a blip it is a very serious problem.

Power bills to fall by up to 10% in July as renewables and batteries soar across Australia

Cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners show BHP has war-gamed ways to massively delay decarbonisation www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Nigel Farage made at least 17 appearances on the glossy Putin propaganda channel Russia Today (RT) between 2010 and 2017. Maybe that's how they... oh damn Dan Snow got there first.

They certainly had his number.

Apparently a real thing! They want to make it in Europe and sell it for under $15,000, and apparently yes they will be making it somewhat safer than it used to be. Sad to find out that the company now belongs to Stellantis, which also makes Jeeps.

Good www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Gentoo is actually four www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Record (literally) Heat Dome for May builds over West-Central #Europe the next several days. Peak temperatures will reach 15° above normal in Spain, France and Germany as well as surrounding areas. Maximum temperatures will reach 39°C/ 102°F into next week, with the highest in SW Spain. #heatwave

A Reform voter tells me: "[Farage] cares about working people. He will make this country great again.” Such devotion, such faith in one so unworthy. It does my head in.” You and so many of us @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social Disgusted by the man and the abject failure to hold him to account iPaper

The type of enterprise the tax system should reward is not the “make a startup, sell to private equity, then buy a yacht” type but the “build something that creates employment and shared prosperity long term” type. All this CGT whinging is just amorality being treated like it’s something good.

"If you look around the world, there are some countries that don't have housing affordability issues, and they all have one thing in common. And that's a large role for the government in the housing sector." @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol