Do correct me if I'm just forgetful, but I don't remember anyone suggesting we arm groups of Muslim Australians to protect Australians of Muslim faith when an Australian man murdered 51 Muslims just across the ditch in NZ? Do you, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social? Do you remember that? #auspol #nswpol

“I think, unequivocally, the greatest defence this country has had against a mass casualty terrorism attack has been our firearms laws,” says former AFP counterterrorism officer Carrick Ryan. satpa.pe/7cKf7Ky

Toby Morton, a 'South Park' alum, bought www.trumpkennedycenter.org months ago on a hunch that the ridiculously vain Donald Trump would rename the Center. Donald’s stupidity is only exceeded by his predictability.

Simply awful news that Melbourne uni VC Emma Johnson AO has died suddenly from an aggressive cancer. A stunning intellect, charismatic & wonderfully open human. All thoughts are with her family, friends & many colleagues. www.afr.com/work-and-car...

Seen one ... seen them all? So what year was this then, those who disagree?

Can it be long before JFK Jr turns this clock back 77 years?

Hits the nail on the head

So how are Trump's tremendous tarrif policies working out for the US's trade deficit? Like being up shit creek in a barbed wire canoe without a paddle reason.com/2025/12/17/t...

some good climate/energy news: * 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!) * 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free * The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels

Maria Shriver, niece of JFK: He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial. C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.

Olive, 18months. Putting on the Ritz for Christmas

Please join me to press for enquiry into the state of ABC finances that permits them to screen the 2011 Xmas edition of Antiques Roadshow tonight. Nursing home fare for the nation. Pension off Macca on Sunday morning & use the saving to get us up to speed.

Trump's nauseating boundless vanity & egomania has surely seen its apotheosis with him adding his name to the Kennedy Centre. Is there anyone on hearing this who didn't gag with embarrassment for the US people? The judgement of a 2yo.

What nations do not require a gun license to buy firearms? (Not in 44 US states + Yemen)

Check names of Australia's mass firearm killers (5+ deaths). Add the Australian Tarrant who massacred 51 in mosques in Christchurch & a familicide in Osmington, WA (6 dead) name of Miles, plus the Bondi killers. Notice how many were Islamic #PaulineHanson. 2 of 16 #bondishooting

Not quite the spirit of Christmas near our place

Readers or royalties? Why I've made my last 6 books for Sydney University Press free, open access. 254,469 accesses. simonchapman6.com/2018/12/12/r...

A lot of us feeling this way ...

Made mine 34yrs ago

Who knew that handling air rifles in childhood could produce air heads in adults

Just when I think @davemilbo.bsky.social surely can’t top his always incredibly thoughtful & beautifully written pieces comes this absolute must-read gem. It’s as moving as it is incendiary. 👇 theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

Here is Australia's Gun Safety Alliance 10 point plan for serious gun control reform. This is the template against which talk about "serious reform" needs to be calibrated. www.gunsafetyalliance.org.au/updates/gun-...

This is an important article by @katherinejwu.com on the destruction of infectious disease research - and the man behind it. As someone in the ID field reliant on US federal funding for our research, know that once the next pandemic happens, we won't be around. www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

The conservatives forces using the Bondi Massacre to instigate a crackdown of freedoms of speech and the right to assembly are completely disgusting. Protesting genocide and the actions of the Netanyahu Israeli govt are not antisemitic.

US gun nuts in current freefall about how Australia's 1996 reforms "failed". Our evisceration of an academic NRA darling's woeful critique of our 20yr review in @jama.com ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/ha...

Damian Cave in @nytimes.com on Australia's Bondi gun massacre.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/world/australia/sydney-shooting-antisemitism-path-forward.html

I've donated to Wikipedia for many years.In this AI-dominated world where algorithms often privilege volume over accuracy, & media like Murdoch & Trump's tentacles are megaphoning fake information in galactic proportions, never a more important time to support WP. Pls donate wikimediafoundation.org

Noticing a persistent topic of conversation among my gen (I just turned 74) is "am I slipping into dementia?" These points of difference should be helpful

Opposition leader & numerologist Susssan Ley advises us on the news tonight that now is not the time to consider gun control in Sydney

My (free) book on how Australia passed our gun laws outlawing semi-autos & how we stopped mass shootings (5 or more) for 22yrs after having 13 in the 18 yrs before open.sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/files/978174...

Over the next days we'd all do well to re-view the Peter Charley/Al Jazeera investigation into One Nation's efforts to raise support from US gun lobby www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/3/... #bondibeachattack

Gun lobby often argues that mass shootings typically committed by those with criminal and/or mental health histories. Not the case. Bondi shooter(s) were licensed shooters with registered guns

The British American Tobacco sponsored "responsible vaping Australia" campaign includes tobacconist members TSG, Cignal & CTC, all with shops recently closed for illegal trade health.nsw.gov.au/tobacco/Page... Yup, shining examples of responsible traders who would NEVER break the law!

Weasel Big Tobacco bankrolls 49 lobbying organizations in EU with €14m annual spending, 257 meetings with EU policymakers 2023-25 to oil rails to max opportunities to addict people to nicotine. exposetobacco.org/campaigns/be...

Keen to add this heinous, deadly issue to my collection of 247 diseases, symptoms & injuries caused by #windfarms. I feel certain that some cooker will quickly oblige with a corroborated sighting. ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/ha...

🚨I joined a remarkable group of physicians, epidemiologists, virologists, lawyers, & other public health experts to make this short video We cannot stand by & watch Trump, RFK Jr, & the MAGA/MAHA movement cause preventable sickness & death Please share far & wide, thanks

Australia takes off the gloves on illegal tobacco, while 'lower the tax' fantasists plumb newly absurd depths. simonchapman6.com/2025/12/09/a...

Australia takes off the gloves on illegal tobacco, while 'lower the tax' fantasists plumb newly absurd depths. simonchapman6.com/2025/12/09/a...

Lest we forget ...

The corruption never ends.

I remember kids in primary school getting encouragement awards but never fake awards to calm tantrum throwers & bullies @cathywilcox.bsky.social

One to watch. Eva Ragg, captain & opener for Sydney Women's Cricket team fresh from a scorching 142 against Paramatta yesterday. Daughter of parents I've known since she was a baby. In NSW squad.

Breaking: McDonalds to soon crown Trump with global Big Mac Piece Prize" to add to his trophy room. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...

NSW Health's register of premises on-the-spot closed for 3 months following illegal tobacco busts since early November 40. Big fines & seizure of all stock too. Court action can see permanent closures www.health.nsw.gov.au/tobacco/Page...