As the world is looking at fossil fuels with fresh eyes, I took a look at Australian defence and foreign policy thinktanks that have been advocating for more gas extraction, even as they have been taking money from the US, Japanese and Korean governments. Here's me in @drilledmedia.bsky.social:

Tyler Cowen: economists work harder and have higher IQs than other academics Also Tyler Cowen: I am in love with an AI actress

‘Succulent Chinese meal’ speech added to Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive

This is called “strategic defeat.” You have ended up in a worse position than before you began, with your adversary, while battered, emerging in a stronger position than before.

Is a $14b loss bad? Don’t bother asking ChatGPT www.theinformation.com/articles/ope...

Currently, the all-time most blocked accounts on Bluesky are: 1. JD Vance 2. The White House 3. ICE 4. Bluesky's AI app that was announced 24 hours ago

Excellent announcement by ARENA today expanding electric freight charging infrastructure in Victoria. NewVolt will deliver three open-access, fast‑charging hubs for heavy and medium electric trucks along major freight corridors in Melbourne’s west, south-east and northern suburbs.

New post out from @ldfreedman.bsky.social Iran has turned into a fiasco for the Americans with no good options left. Will they be able to negotiate something with Iran? What military operations might they try? Will they just walk away? (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

Factcheck: Yes, Ed Husic is right. Australia exports gas so cheaply that Japanese companies profit from on-selling our gas thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

National cabinet needs to act immediately to prevent a crisis in Dezi Freeman true crime podcasts

If the govt had brought in a 25% tax on gas exports when it came to power in 2022 it would have raised $68bn by now and the missed revenue is growing every second. Check out our gas tracker gas.australiainstitute.org.au

"Too constantly changing, too fluid and intimately connected as a feature of the alternative music world, too irrevocably wedded to the present — it felt as if obstacles would simply flow through him." Damo Suzuki forged a path outside of mainstream pop and rock:

#StreetArt by #SashaKorban in #Tbilisi, Georgia 🇬🇪

[winks] hey there tiger, wanna come over and see my collection of silica gel packets

Tapestry by Frida Hansen (1855-1931), Norwegian textile artist who created her work in the Art Nouveau style #WomensAr

This thread is a lot of joy

Name your fav band you've heard live

Iran has set up a virtual checkpoint at Hormuz and is allowing Pakistani flagged vessels through under escort www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

Two of the journalists assassinated in South Lebanon this morning by Israel were Lebanese correspondents Ali Shoeib and Fatima Ftouni. They become the 252nd and 253rd journalists killed by Israel in the last two years. Unprecedented. (📸 Cradle Media)

NEW: The Houthis conducted a ballistic missile attack and a drone and cruise missile attack targeting southern Israel on March 27 and 28, marking the group’s first involvement in the war. Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate03...

Yesterday, in a strong day for democracy, Newcastle Writers’ Festival featured a panel discussion with writers including Randa Abdel-Fattah. I was delighted to host the panel before a full house.

Purported to be the E-3 AWACS destroyed in Saudi Arabia by an Iranian attack. Photos from Air Force amn/NCO/snco FB

Best railcar graffiti I've ever seen

What could go wrong

From October in Overland overland.org.au/2025/10/colo...

Omg! Huge shoutout to San Francisco, CA! Ocean Beach, you crushed it! 🌊

Beautiful gum tree on a walk around Black Mountain, Canberra, this morning

All Protocol Observed | Welcome to Issue 234 of The Continent This week, a change of pace. Come walking with us through the stark magnificence of Mauritania’s Banc d’Arguin national park. Download your copy here: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

Not so much a thought crime, more like a feeling crime www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

What Rick says

Trump: I used a mail in ballot. You know why? Because I'm President of the United States, I did a mail in ballot for Florida because I felt I should be here. Reporter: But you were in Palm Beach

Climate driven extremes aren’t coming, they’re here…

Queensland cops are investigating an artist

"I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude" - Colette, French author, actress and journalist #womensart

International followers may not realise but Australia’s current hurricane Cyclone Narelle is insane. She started in the Coral Sea east of Cape York and has travelled all the way across the north of Australia to end up well down the coast of Western Australia

First, the good news. The bathwater has been disposed of.

Well, I’m sure Iran will rush to re-open the Strait now www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...

AI is massively physical. It needs enormous amounts of electricity, water and infrastructure

When I was growing up, I remember my parents scraping together $5 for fuel to make it to work. We couldn't go to friend's houses because we couldn't spare the fuel, and every trip needed to be accounted and planned for. If the petrol price went up, we stayed home. (No public transport) (cont)

the good folks at @drwaus.bsky.social have launched an AI harms register! they're collecting stories from people in Australia who have experienced AI-related harms to track the way AI is causing harm, and to pressure the govt to act. submit here: digitalrightswatch.org.au/ai-harms-reg...

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to pause AI rollout amid growing backlash to technology.

This is what solidarity looks like. ABC staff are fighting for fair pay, secure jobs and the ability to do their work with integrity. Support ABC members here: www.meaa.org/protectourabc/ #QualityNewsQualityJobs

What is most interesting to me is that this case didn’t focus on the content. It focused on the harm caused to the person by the platforms.

Man I dunno

Andrew Hastie … welcome to the resistance www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australia is highly vulnerable to an energy shock because we’ve done far too little to decarbonise our economy, especially transport. Good piece by Mike Barnard reneweconomy.com.au/hormuz-is-a-...

Sisyphus but every day he unsubscribes from marketing and promotion emails.

BREAKING: @aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov are introducing a ban on AI data centers and other hyperscale data centers. The ban would remain until Congress passes new AI legislation. That legislation must ensure AI is safe, benefits workers, and doesn't raise electricity prices.

Harry Potter tattoo regret rate is an order of magnitude higher than regret for Gender Reassignment Surgery and yet no one has been brave enough to suggest we legislate Harry Potter tattoos.

Denmark’s PM resigns after failing to secure majority in general election https://aje.news/kyrs5i