"Will you have antibiotics with that?" Tasmanian salmon industry dosing stock. Ermmm ... not for me.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-07/salmon-florfenicol-antibiotics-approved-tasmania/105983426?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

In my post box this morning. The "Unstricted" war & China's real stratergy". Seems like illiteracy & Sinophobia are hand-in-glove. And why's this shite happening in NSW Parliament House?

Toby Falkner, the new Angus Young, will open the afternoon performances on the @Hearthe cafe stage opposite the railway at 1pm Sat 15 Nov Stanmore Music Festival (Sydney) www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIG3... #ACDC stanmoremusicfestival.com/2025/10/29/2...

Deakin Uni academic calls for all tobacco tax to be eliminated to make legal taxed cigarettes competitive w illicit cheap cigs so that the gvt can get back the $7b in lost tobacco tax that ... oh wait ... would now be untaxed under our champ's plan www.straitstimes.com/asia/austral...

If necrotic rock is your thing, this might be something to watch. Don & Phil are both no longer with us.

Theo Foukkare from the convenience store lobby continues to bang his toy "lower tobacco tax" drum this morning with latest data on illegal tobacco. ALL & more tobacco tax would have to go to compete with $7/pack illicits. simonchapman6.com/2025/08/07/l...

Jesus I see what you've done for others

Stellar political commentary from the team at @theshovel.bsky.social. #auspol

Oh dear ... vaping promoters' most sacrosanct theological tenet: that vaping in NZ is driving down youth smoking, just got smashed in a new @thelancet.com paper theconversation.com/vaping-has-s...

Oh no! Socialist New York mayoral candidate Mamdani romping home. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...

Armageddon finally decends on NSW illegal tobacco & vape stores. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Trumpian US response to news that many nations have universal health care.

Champ climate change denier on FB today runs "wind energy fails when wind not blowing" canard. My response: so dams useless when it's not raining? His winner? Have I ever seen an empty dam? in a few secs I find the pics below. Crickets ...

What's the net population health population impact of vapes? @profglantz.com provides 10 slides (+ narrated commentary) to explain it's bad news. profglantz.com/2025/10/31/e...

As countries around the world stampede to ban flavoured vapes, the US FDA under Trump who was bankrolled big time by BigTobacco, installs a yes man to push for the opposite xyfil.com/countries-wi... www.2firsts.com/news/fda-2#g...

The Andrew. Formerly known as Prince.

I miss Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek. She at least looked conflicted from time to time ...

The oligarchy wants full control of what we watch and read.

Well I'll be doggone

A friend points out that there is a missing "a" in this headline

A little perspective on Albo's triumphant meeting with Trump.

Canaries were once used to detect deadly atmospheres in coal mines. Is this neurological magpie plague a modern canary in the coalmine sign of ecological danger? www.smh.com.au/environment/...

West Australia is in a time-warp on action on illegal cigs. SAust, Qld and NSW (from Nov 5) are already/will be handing out humungous fines, closing stores, seizing stock & fining landlords who look the other way.

Memo to Kevin Rudd

Jesus wept ... when will Australian journos do some basic primary school maths & realise "lowering tobacco tax" might sound a sensible route to making legal cigs competitive with illegal untaxed cigs ...but it's just vapid Big Tobacco talking point nonsense. Read on simonchapman6.com/2025/08/07/l...

All #vapes contain vegetable glycerine or propylene glycol. New review looks at thermal degradation toxicity of this regular lung basting doi.org/10.1016/j.to... and then there's also the little matter of repeat inhaling chemical flavours, NONE of which are safety approved for inhalation

Wondering which clients this author has to pay his fees, and what interests they have in the game? Not Big Tobacco, surely? BTW any pharmacy can sell vapes in Australia, with <20mg/ML, over the counter, not as he describes. www.spiked-online.com/2025/10/19/a... #tobacco #vaping

Pertussis up 81% 2024-25 in Florida as lunatic RFKJr plays out his deadly fantasies. www.facebook.com/share/p/1a6R...

Gonna get me some of those well being therpies

At West Sydney Wanderers' Park on chauffeuring duty for g'son who plays for Brazilian coached team. Thronging with multicultural teams fr India, Africa, the Levant, Pacific ... all giving big harmonious 🖕 to white nationalist morons & political urgers like Hastie, 1 Nation. Such a good vibe.

Is THAT what they are actually asking?!

Every day in the world's alternative medicine shops ...

A Chicago-style No Kings Day. #NoKings

ASH UK: falling smoking rates not illicit trade = real threat to tobacco industry profits. "This is why they continue to do everything they can to lobby against tobacco regulations. Faux concern about illicit trade is one of many cynical tactics the industry uses to further their lobbying efforts."

Supporters console little Donny as he mysteriously fails to win Nobel Peace Prize

The funniest thing if it wasn't so dire. www.facebook.com/share/r/1Apr...

Australia's new generation of gun control advocates led by Stephen Bendle doing a fantastic job undermining the relentless fantasies of our local Dad's Army gun lobby www.croakey.org/why-we-must-...

Yes, we argue vociferously, backed by empirical research, that patients’ wellbeing and health outcomes will suffer from the Trump administration’s push to end DEI policies at US medical schools

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

If Trump was to win the Nobel Peace Prize it would be like a rabid dog winning grand champion at London's famed Crufts dog show

Steve Cannane's brilliant 4 Corners expose of Australia's gambling reform hiatus highlighted imminent collapse of sport without gambling $$$. Exact same line used by BigTobacco when they fought as bans. Guess what? All sport survived & grew. 25 years ago!

This is really important.

Everyone should take the time to read this speech from Trump. We should not ignore just how f*cking deranged this racist sex pest is. Read it and remember it is a speech to every General in the US military www.sofx.com/president-tr...

Add another name to the LNP rabble. And this one a bible clutching son of an Anglican minister. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Scene on British train as American couple on first overseas trip bemoan rain, scenery, English warm beer. "Honey, this country is the asshole of the world." English passenger overhearing "oh, just passing through are we?"

*Slow handclap* Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a winner:

South Australia permanently shuts down 71 illegal tobacco shops, seizes >$4.2m of stock. Qld doing similar. NSW to start on Nov 5 when new 💥 🏋️‍♂️ legislation kicks in www.2firsts.com/news/operati...