Is it now time for Australia to acquire nuclear weapons? www.smh.com.au/national/is-...

"If the #climate drama needs to be thought in ‘mythic’ terms, those who value life might respond in ways guided by that way of thinking." - @clivehamilton.bsky.social theconversation.com/that-lump-of...

"‘Gorbachev came to detest the dialectic of bullying and toadying, the rule that an opponent must be left not just defeated but destroyed, abject and whining for forgiveness." Whose style does this remind you of?

We in Australia were subjected to China's economic blackmail after we refused to kowtow and called for an independent inquiry into the origins of Covid. $b of our exports were affected. The USA stood with Australia. Now the USA is doing precisely the same bullying. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...

Donald Trump appoints three old, white, conservative men to keep an eye on Hollywood www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...

Totally agree with this. All sympathy for Raygun evaporated when she resorted to outrageous legal threats . As an academic herself where is her commitment to free speech? She’s now in the same category as the humourless Pauline Hanson who sued a comedian. www.smh.com.au/national/i-w...

This 2012 article on IPA Gina Rinehart agenda same as her “Blueprint for Aust”. It also contains her long held requirement for cheap undeveloped nations cheap labour. ($2 day) @clivehamilton.bsky.social https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-24/hamilton-the-shadowy-world-of-ipa-finances/3849006

Yet here at an upmarket restaurant I’m watching the chefs check their phones when they have a bit of downtime. Then straight back to handling food. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

And the new Less Pavilion in Dairy Road, Canberra, inspires more awe.

Visited the Vatican Museums, seething with humans and unpleasant for any introvert. The spiralling exit walkway is more impressive than the Sistine Chapel. Blasphemy?