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Emboldened by Vic gvt's glacial response to tobacco shop fire bombings, crims branching out to bars, restaurants nightclubs. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

You might be wondering why Trump is so fixated on legalizing flavored vapes made to appeal to children. Could it be that the Trump family is invested in vaping? OF COURSE it could be. Don Jr's 1789 Capital has a stake in vape company Juul. The grift never sleeps. www.nbcnews.com/health/vapin...

NEW: Records released tonight show that Reynolds, makers of Vuse vapes, gave $5 Million to MAGA Inc. days before the FDA wrote a policy that could allow them to make millions selling flavored vapes. Via @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...

Philip Morris, based on their market share and the global death toll, kill at least one million people every year with products they market aggressively to children and young people. www.theguardian.com/society/2026... @ash.org @ashorguk.bsky.social @whofctc.bsky.social #LungSky

Excellent, straightforward summary.

Priceless tome I picked up years ago in an op shop. Scary chapter from Canon Lyttelton & Dr Dukes about dire consequences of mutton walloping for boys.

Font selection is important!!!

Wow. They’re openly defending the deletion of DOJ records about a man accused in a child solicitation case who assaulted police on January 6. Truly the Epstein administration.

Oh dear. The TSG franchise of tobacconists is part of British American Tobacco's "Responsible Vaping Australia" group & supports "responsible sales practices" . Currently 5 licensed TSG shops are closed for 90 days for stocking banned products www.health.nsw.gov.au/tobacco/Page...

How is Trump travelling in wealth gained compared with other despots?

6m used vapes/week being dismantled in UK with 670 fires caused mainly by vapes in 2025. Such a great product ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Saul Eslake dismembers the Liberal's entitled shrieking over Labor's investment reforms. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

If someone in your orbit thinks Pauline Hanson the people's politician is "honest" and "tells it like it is", send them this excoriating piece by @ronnisalt.bsky.social theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

💥Angus Taylor grilled on his dog-whistling migration plan after diaspora groups, Lib colleagues, call him out. He just gets worse, apparently today’s migrants are leas worthy, coz they’re not like “great” & “committed” migrants in the past🙄 Disgraceful, unelectable. #auspol

Crims have found they can sell illegal vapes & untaxed tobacco with impunity. Now doing it with alcohol. Prescription drugs, firearms next? Massive test for rule of law. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

There should be a tradition where every week someone dresses the bust of Scott Morrison up as a welder, footy fan, scientist, chef, hairdresser...

Theo Foukkare, head of convenience store association, tells Senate c'tee that gvts should not check licensed tob retailers for illicits. News: of 158 NSW shops currently closed for 90 days, 96 (60.1%) are licensed. Having a tobacco license is far from a guarantee of law-abiding retailing.

Why the "lower tobacco tax" emperor has no clothes. simonchapman6.com/2026/05/18/w... @markbutlermp.bsky.social @grogsgamut.bsky.social @mon4kooyong.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @sophiescamps.bsky.social @nicboele.bsky.social @katechaneymp.bsky.social

The Sydney Comedy Festival ended yesterday but here's an act that should have been a late addition: Failed Liberal Hollie Hughes has jumped into the One Nation circus. Here's a priceless reminder of her work x.com/i/status/154...

The Sydney Comedy Festival ended yesterday but here's an act that shold have been a late addition: Failed Liberal Hollie Hughes has jumped into the One Nation circus. Here's a priceless reminder of her work x.com/i/status/154...

Yep, Trump's Chinese visit was a great Triumph. How Chinese media reported it

NSW Health's blitz on illegal tobacco shops sees 10 closed for 90 days in Sydney's Haymarketb district. www.health.nsw.gov.au/tobacco/Page...

For years, the biggest criticism of renewables was simple: “What happens when the sun isn’t shining?” The answer is increasingly: battery storage. 24/7 solar power is no longer theoretical. In some places, it is becoming economic reality.

In 55 countries, wind and solar generated more electricity than coal in 2025. 34 of them have near-zero coal left. Spain crossed over in 2009. The UK in 2016. The USA last year. Different grids, different politics, same pattern. Want more of this? Sign up here janrosenow.substack.com

There are 45 nations with smoking rates <10%. All but NZ have negligible vaping but 5 authors say Australia needs to follow NZ. Read our reply to this & other specious claims ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/ha... @markbutlermp.bsky.social

Absolute discrimination; “Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (Apan) made detailed submissions on issues of antisemitism – including how it’s defined – as well as on racism & social cohesion, but was told it did not have a “direct & substantial” interest in the public hearings under way in Sydney..

Show this photo to your daughters everyone. The Handmaid's Tale writ large on the world's biggest political canvas

There are 45 nations with smoking rates <10%. All but NZ have negligible vaping but 5 authors say Australia needs to follow NZ. Read our reply to this & other specious claims ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/ha... @markbutlermp.bsky.social

Rare as rocking horse shit: orphaned tracks not on Spotify. My tracks I've never found on streaming platforms. But they're on Youtube. Many rare & wonderful pieces from Africa, Australia & elsewhere simonchapman6.com/2026/05/14/r...

I wrote this on the gvt trying to be half pregnant on gambling reform. Today its simpering formal response sows this is exactly its myopic vision. simonchapman6.com/2026/04/09/f...

In Cambodia, RETAIL $ of cigarettes/pack, incl tax = 1000-6500 rial (#$AO.34-$A2.21. The manufacturing cost = a few cents. These are the sort of costs for criminal syndicates to import cigs into Australia. If ALL Australian tax was axed, it would make zero impact cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05... But Australia's Delta Goodrem is there

Indeed

Many remain terrified of COVID but widespread immunity has greatly reduced its severity simonchapman6.com/2026/05/11/m... @julieleask.bsky.social @profesterman.bsky.social

Catherine West, the dual UK & Ausrralian citizen who may roll Starmer. Quaker, speaks 5 languages including Mandarin, Fabian Soc member, husband public health professor. What's not to like? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catheri...

My latest @nytimes.com oped shows that the White House is dramatically understating the cost of the war in Iran. By my calculations—and I show my work—this war will cost the typical American family thousands, and it could cost them tens of thousands. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/o...

Food for thought

The UK Reform party's identity is all about immigration & faded British nationalism, issues for national politics. Will be fun watching its just elected local gvt pissants try to deal with the practicalities of kerbs, dangerous dogs & mowing parks etc.

Maslow's heirarchy of basic human needs has been officially redrawn

Cats among the sugar suspicious pigeons academic.oup.com/gpn/article/...

Willie Nelson on private, exclusive Abby Rd tribute tour, leads his session musicians across Lapstone Bridge, outer Sydney

The convenience store lobby is forever blathering abt how shopkeepers are law-abiding,honest traders. Of 158 NSW shops now closed for 90 days, 96 (60.1%) are licensed tobacconists.Having a tobacco license clearly far from a guarantee of law-abiding retailing. www.health.nsw.gov.au/tobacco/Page...

Donations, access and secrecy: 3 tactics tobacco companies use to influence smoking laws. This sort of access is standard procedure in corrupt & basket case nations, now appearing in Australia at behest of politicians whose names you've never heard theconversation.com/donations-ac...

The world's deadliest company. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqCk...

The convenience store lobby is forever blathering abt how shopkeepers are law-abiding,honest traders. Of 158 NSW shops now closed for 90 days, 96 (60.1%) are licensed tobacconists.Having a tobacco license clearly far from a guarantee of law-abiding retailing. www.health.nsw.gov.au/tobacco/Page...

What would we ever do without AI? FB item on Sydney Swan Isaac Heeney turning 30 & being with Swan's juniors since 12 helpfully poses the question "how old was the player at 12?"

A very good question!

In Genesis, it says on the 4th day, God created the moon and the sun. So without sunrise & sunset on the first 3 days, how did he know it was the 4th? Just asking ...

James Comey has been keeping busy waiting for his upcoming trial.