When my love of taking photos of birds connects with my love of taking photos of lone trees. A kestrel in a tree at Boolcoomatta.

So, Israel has been *warned* not to do any *more* ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the #WestBank. Yep, that will bring the genocidal Netanyahu regime to heel. 🙄 #GazaGenocide www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

In only 8 months of Trump rule, the rule of law has been trashed, and the First Amendment has crumbled. And now the separation of church and state is no more. The new governing ideology for the US is Christo-fascism. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Hang on… The Albanese Labor Govt is saying that elderly Australians have to pay more for basic at home care - as spending needs to be reigned in. But - they give over $200b of our public money to the US & UK for submarines we’ll never see. What a betrayal #auspol

"Trump has ordered that anyone who pushes the 'Democrat Hoax' he is related to the death of the First Amendment be given the same judicial treatment as drug traffickers on a boat from Venezuela."

"With its indifference to truth, the ruthless pursuit of opponents, the linking of sexuality to subversion and the capitulation of institutions, Donald Trump’s America is resembling the anti-Communist campaign of Senator Joseph McCarthy — on steroids." Trumpist McCarthyism is taking over the US.

If Penny Wong is serious about the Australian govt wanting to *do something* to stop the #GazaGenocide, Francesca Albanese provided a handy list a couple of months ago. #auspol

Canberra! Join us on Wednesday for a special edition of Politics in the Pub with Gitty Yee, Tuvalu resident and climate campaigner, joined by @ebonybennett.bsky.social and @stephenlongaus.bsky.social. #auspol Free, RSVP now: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/save_tuvalu_...

Recognition of Palestine is nowhere near enough, says @nesrinemalik.bsky.social.

"Labor can pretend it is “following the science” (it’s not – if it were, it would stop new coal and gas projects) ... because the Coalition is stuck somewhere in 2012 pretending beta-Tony Abbott politics is all it needs to get back in," – @amyremeikis.bsky.social in @thenewdaily.bsky.social ⤵️

But Trump and MAGA won't stop, until they are stopped. The demonizing of others, the creation of a scary, evil, hateful Other, and the elevation of their own version of white Christian privilege to the overarching governing principle, is the essence of fascism.

Apropos of nothing in particular, here's Walt Disney's testimony to HUAC in 1947, where he named employees he believed were communists, condemned labor unions, and accused "commie" groups, including the League of Women Voters, of smearing him. 🗃️ archive.org/details/walt...

Great piece from @rossgittins.bsky.social in the SMH today. It references a new report from @richarddenniss.bsky.social on how Australian governments game their climate targets to conceal their lack of climate action. Read: australiainstitute.org.au/report/targe...

From today, JobSeeker will be indexed to $56.69 a day. That's 89 cents more - or what Labor calls "cost of living relief" 🫠 Claiming credit for an automatic inflation adjustment that keeps people in poverty tells you everything you need to know about the state of the ALP.

Must watch - what the doctor reports is pure evil. A few more western nations - like Australia - have just made the largely performative gesture of recognizing the state of Palestine. OK, but that's not how you stop Israel's sadistic, targeted murder of children. #GazaGenocide #auspol

Trump: "I hate my opponents and I don't want the best for them" So glad all his supporters have spent the past week talking about how the left are so uncivil. So glad all the shitty centrists of the world have spent the past week saying the left needs to reach out and be kind.

"It’s funny how Israel supporters will claim it’s a genocidal hate crime to say 'from the river to the sea Palestine will be free', but apparently it’s fine to say from the river to the sea Palestine will *not* be free. Even if you say it while actually committing genocide." #GazaGenocide

"Very good that Australia has recognized Palestine, but what next? What are you doing to use your leverage to stop the carnage? Starts with cutting all ties with the state that has been accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide." - Francesca Albanese www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Appalling comments from a minister. No, rough-sleepers don’t prefer homelessness as a ‘lifestyle’. It’s like these privileged government folk have never spoken or interacted with the realities of homelessness and poverty. An apology is required here. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/906673...

On recognition of Palestine: "The more cynical reckoning is that governments are scrambling to appease domestic anger at their complicity, and avoiding more substantive steps." Not cynical. Accurate. #GazaGenocide www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

ICYMI: Charlie Kirk's death "is already being used to manufacture consent for sweeping acts of tyranny, and it was clear from day one that it would be."

An almost five month wait on the priority list for housing, babies being born in crisis accommodation & a long term decline in public & social housing compared to population - we have to do better. Housing has to be a priority & treated like a human right. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/906673...

📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child. RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua

Nowhere on this list of URGENT ACTIONS prime ministers need to take to STOP THE GENOCIDE does it say, "recognize Palestinian statehood," @albomp.bsky.social. A small step in the right direction? Maybe. Political theater? Certainly. GET TO WORK. #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust

"Instead of the truth about how dangerous he was, instead of how much hate he whipped up, we hear eulogies and platitudes demanding we refrain from speaking ill of the dead. As if that dangerous and now dead person did not speak plenty of ill about so many of us during his life. Fuck that."

"International outrage about what is happening in Gaza has spread into growing trade sanctions, and to moves to impose sports and cultural blockades on Israel, too." Not fast enough. Nations have a legal obligation to do all they can to end the #GazaGenocide. They are not.

Hey DOJ, today would be a great day to honor Charlie Kirk by releasing the Epstein Files. KIRK: "The DOJ should immediately move to unseal all the Epstein documents in the SDNY. I think every file should be released to the public."

For anyone in Australia: Francesca Albanese will be interviewed soon on ABC Radio National Breakfast. #GazaGenocide.

That the British govt could pull this off is a testament to Trump's stupidity and narcissistic personality disorder. But The Telegraph was not entirely accurate. There were in fact large crowds. But they were anti-Trump protesters, who were kept well away from the Sundowning Stalin.

Trump's America. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Evidence Shmevidence. The Trump regime just makes up whatever bullshit it needs to go after its ‘enemies’.

“They are openly collapsing the distinction between political dissent and political violence, and it sounds like they are laying the foundation for mass censorship and surveillance of political critics.” Trump supporters are using Charlie Kirk's death as a pretext for further entrenching fascism.

Video: British surgeon exposes Israel's torture and mass murder of Gaza medics and patients Dr Nick Maynard, a British volunteer surgeon who served repeatedly in Gaza, has given powerful testimony and evidence against Israel www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Like so much Trump immigration policy, this decision is racist and Islamophobic. But the targeting of Palestinians is especially egregious, given these asylum seekers are fleeing the #GazaGenocide. A genocide enabled by the Trump regime.

Church gives standing ovation to AI audio clip of Charlie Kirk saying words he never said www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/char...

"We're standing here for a bit. I want to make sure that everyone understands that every single organisation is complicit if it does not cut ties with Israel" Melbourne/Naarm, 21/09/25

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EVIDENCE-BASED GOOD NEWS FOR YA A new report shows that a bunch of renewable energy companies have massively improved their human rights record. This is good! And important! @reneweconomy.com.au @business-humanrights.org reneweconomy.com.au/renewable-co...

"punitive measures" Oh no - maybe the Mango Mussolini and his MAGA morons will punish Australia, by....ditching #AUKUS! 😆🎉🍾🌈🎈 #auspol

A Black teen named Kalief Browder was falsely accused of stealing a backpack. He spent 3 years tortured at Rikers & died by suicide A wealthy white man named Tom Homan was caught by FBI accepting bribes. He was promoted to a powerful law enforcement position This is what white supremacy looks like

When they’re not hanging out with fascists . . .

Most Australians do NOT want AUKUS, yet our government is set on pursuing the idiotic, expensive, sovereignty destroying Morrison brain fart. Take the hint Albo. Dump AUKUS. Now.

If anyone is not yet convinced that the US Democrats need new leadership, Here’s Exhibit Z.

As a previous DoJ lawyer said in his resignation letter, Trump will eventually find a fool or a coward to do his bidding.

Your regular reminder that as Israel continues the #GazaGenocide, The west does nothing.

I interviewed historian @emmashortis.bsky.social on the particulars of American fascism, comparisons with Nazism, the global crisis of democracy, and Australia's options. None of this is particularly cheery stuff, but you might find some clarity in it. youtu.be/MM6cXjTBJ0U?...

No, it’s not satire.

"You know you are at Peak Orwell when you can say Charlie Kirk is the actual messiah, but you can not quote Charlie Kirk's own words if you disagree with that sentiment."