The UN's Population Division has found what many have long suspected - greater Jakarta, not Tokyo, is the world's most populous city. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Mayor-elect Mamdani references the "Ruthkanda forever" tweet

Last night @davidpocock.bsky.social and I read onto the Hansard an interview by the President of Nauru that the Albanese Government has been desperately trying to keep secret. It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.

Paying Nauru billions to break international law for us

This is a fucking disgrace, but completely of a piece with the SLV's appalling leadership in recent years.

Hanson proving, yet again, that despite a quarter of a century in public office she remains bereft of ideas, originality, or even common sense. PS: Of course she has a portrait of herself in her office!

"Albanese Government set to use social media ban as cover to water down gambling reforms yet again" @jack-thrower.bsky.social #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/news/251124-...

Japan’s sacred sumo ring is off-limits to women — even its new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

🚨 NEW: 'Don't know' is the preferred Liberal Party leader in the latest Newspoll, followed by Sussan Ley and Andrew Hastie

Wouldn't be shocked if she finds an excuse to be overseas on every Day 15 for the rest of her tenure, just to avoid forcing the issue of whether the JSA will ever let a woman into the ring. When Ishiba gave the trophy to Hoshoryu in January it was the first time a PM had done so since Abe in 2019.

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki, whose real name is Danylo Yavhusishyn, on Sunday became the first from his nation to win a tournament of the traditional Japanese sport.

Day15 Playoff! Yz Hōshōryū (L) Sw Aonoshiki (R) For all the marbles! Ao already soundly beat Hoss ystrdy, Hoss so far has just not been able to find a way to beat Ao in their few meetings. To top it off Hoss lost a playoff to Ōnosato last basho - all things that must really have stuck in his craw.

The shimpan department decided to promote Aonishiki to Ozeki. Officially, the board has to decide that in a special meeting on Wednesday, but that's a rubber stamp - they have never voted against a promotion. hochi.news/articles/202...

Oh my goodness, Aonishiki! Huge emotion as he gets under the stands. Man, Hoss can't catch a break this year.

playoff! Yehhhh boiii! That's huge from Aonishiki.

oh man! Could have been an all timer day 15.

The coroner is deluded if they can’t see this as being influenced by adherence to a broader ideology.

The ideal next step would be to break the affiliation with Emirates over the UAE's support for the RSF in Sudan

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”

This is real. From grok.

Stay away from this man’s Nazi machine. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...

The #Nuremberg records and #archives made available, and that's great. Now the same spirit of long-term preservation and access should carry over to the #ICTY, as it's records are in danger of being wiped off the internet. #WarCrimes #Accountability #Justice www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

looking forward to reading some of the analysis about this in the coming days, but on the surface it looks like a major cop out that the coroner wouldn't define it as terrorism.

This is misinformation spread by Big Tricycle.

The Australian calling for the ABC to loosen its editorial policies.... on on-air talent accepting gambling money lol

Fifty years after Bruce Haigh resisted apartheid, South Africa honours fearless Australian diplomat

An Australian, tasked with explaining this to people from another country: "Yeah, nah. Can't."

Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.

So none of you stopped me and now I think that the little emperor is actually trapped inside here now. Hope you’re all proud of yourselves.

The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.

Wealthier suburbs abuse the planning system to block new housing. Victoria's new Planning Amendment Bill aims to fix it.

LOVE AMY! “As the new prime minister of Australia, I’d like to say: all immigrants welcome,” quipped frontwoman Amy Taylor, accepting album of the year. “I’d like to say: land back, the dole’s going up, and every pub gets a million dollars.” www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

Donald Trump could have just kept his mouth shut about Jamal Khashoggi. But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile. Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open. Cretin behavior.

The Saudification of America is under way | Karen Attiah

Epstein Scandal is the biggest ongoing political cover up in modern times. Don't let Trump gaslight you. He's all over the files. Also, why is Maxwell in a minimum security camp?

Australia’s greatest ally

This was one of Trump's very worst moments. And that is saying something.

the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.

some locals in Japan will be happy to see less tourists, but it's all going well for Takaichi just a month in...

I'll summarise for you: she is another member of the political class, not having worked outside politics. A problem that is rife on both sides of politics and goes along way to explaining why huge segments of the electorate can't see themselves within their own democracy.

Non-Americans should receive a weekly stipend or regular compensation payout for the emotional labour of having to learn entirely against our will about the existence and exploits of every Olivia Nuzzi type character - we did nothing to deserve any of this

Japan imports Australian gas yet has cheaper electricity than Australia? Australia Institute Chief Economist Greg Jericho explains on The Point. @grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol

Ever since someone on here brought up the fact that the media literally just interviews rich people to get their thoughts on random shit, even though there’s absolutely no need to do that, it’s all that I can see everywhere

Too bad, so sad www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

No diplomatic immunity for this d*ckhead.

No party has ever been more a circular firing squad than the Victorian Liberals

I don't want AI generated art, I want AI emptied dishwasher

South African neo-Nazi and senior National Socialist Network member Matthew Gruter has had his visa cancelled and will be deported. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

new favourite info about the Tillies coach