The govt are tabling their response to Peta Murphy's 2023 'Win Some, Lose More' Gambling report TODAY - tabling it AFTER the budget LOCK UP - This is an insult to all the Australians who have fought for a ban of gambling advertising. SHAME! #auspol

This is one of the most devastating columns I can remember reading. I am still crying and nauseated. Don’t read this if you are a SA survivor. Otherwise, we all need to see what Israel has become.

This is the type of political stupidity that led to the Newman government with a massive majority being exorcised in under a term. Jarrod Bleijie was part of that government & clearly has learnt nothing from the experience. Polling day in Queensland is 28 October, 2028. #qldpol

I interviewed Surya McEwen, an Aussie hero aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, after he was assaulted by the Israeli Navy youtu.be/m5bRsxNSvfM?...

He's got the Joh-finger up again. A disgraceful morning in the Qld Parliament with Jarrod Bleijie making accusations & naming non-members. Speaker Pat Weir on his feet 4 times we can see. Bleijie truly is Australia's most despicable politician, far worse than Pauline Hanson. #qldpol

Vile creature

Unlike the Israel lobby, our Islamic communities are not big donors to the ALP or Albanese, they don't control the ABC, and they don't sell weapons components to the Israel genocide state. @australianlabor.bsky.social is right up there with PHON and the Coalition when it comes to selective racism.

One of the finer contradictions of capital is when its ruling elites just don't give a fig about preserving the lives of the privileged elites who have the $ to go on last chance ecotourism and cultural cruises. Where's the justice? It's the poor who should die, not us! They deserve it!

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05.... #Auspol @albomp.bsky.social It's a shame that our Muslim Community don't get a Royal Commission into what they face. Just saying

To think, this is not about restraining gambling, just the advertising of gambling. #auspol An extraordinary amount of easy unproductive profits to lose.

Maybe because the kinds of people who can afford arts and cultural engagement can also afford healthcare, good food and have adequate superannuation to retire on

Pub test breach by #Oligarchy supporters @australianlabor.bsky.social

Jarrod Bleijie can say whatever he likes in the Qld Parliament under parliamentary privilege but this is where it all blows back on the Qld LNP. Assembly non-members who have been named have a right of reply. He has no idea what he's just unleashed. #qldpol www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-...

DEAR RESTAURANTS: Your servers are not volunteers. If you can't afford to pay them more than 2.13% of what you charge, you can't afford to run a business. Thank you!

That restaurant needs to be named , shamed and boycotted

“Rents did not spike, with price growth slowing from mid-2023 to mid-2025 in Melbourne..Today, rents are rising at an annual pace of 5% or more in most cities but not in Melbourne..With fewer rental properties available..More renters began buying homes” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Bongiorno is always worth a read www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

JobSeeker is nearly $300 a week below the poverty line. Immiserating people on welfare is utterly immoral and makes it even harder for those who can work to find a job. We're sick of Labor crying poor when the 1% grow their wealth in their sleep. Tax the rich. Raise the rate.

Specialist doctors have the highest incomes in the country and run the most profitable business. But patients often can’t afford their fees.

Me on: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Churches broad and narrow. My @smh @theage cartoon.

A new 377 MW #solar farm now has all of its nearly 610,000 panels, more than 91,000 piles and 7,006 solar trackers in place ahead of final touches and #commissioning.. https://reneweconomy.com.au/workforce-installs-last-of-609522-panels-at-major-new-solar-and-battery-project/

One Nation's Barnaby Joyce called into ABC Radio Sydney yesterday morning to outline how the party will mount an all-out assault on Australian climate policy, falsely suggest the ABC broadcasts from Ultimo, and said he'd like to ban abortion. Action starts from 4 minutes.

Deborah Conway: My friends hate me and people are boycotting my music. Also Deborah Conway, disputing the large number of children being killed by Israel: "It depends what you call kids," she said. Cry us a fucking river, Deb. All the way to the sea. #auspol #BondiRC #GazaGenocide

Anxiety

Women’s health continues to be disastrously underfunded. Lack of research means polycystic ovary syndrome was misnamed and misunderstood because it isn’t linked to a higher rate of abnormal cysts according to this study (and other doctors agree). Would be funny if it weren’t tragic

“Europe Restricts Microsoft, Amazon, and Google From Handling Government Health, Financial, and Legal Data” Meanwhile, UK and Australian governments can’t hand over their citizens data fast enough.

What happened to I’m not bothered? Donald Trump clearly expects things to get much worse and fast. The President’s trying to save face from getting into a war that’s crushing Americans at the pump.

"A guaranteed, basic, livable income (UBI) is a necessity now. Decades of research demonstrate the failure of trickle down economics and the value of a guaranteed, basic, livable income. The AI horizon has made its implementation much more pressing." Take the pledge and share why you support UBI.

Former DOJ employees have filed an emergency lawsuit to stop the Trump administration’s repainting of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

“Trump initially said that his handpicked contractor would charge $1.8 million[…] But federal records showed that the actual cost was ‘more than seven times that’.” https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/price-tag-on-reflecting-pool-repairs-jumps-way-above-trumps-promised-budget/

So now the New York Times is finally starting to describe Israeli war crimes with a stronger tone as public opinion shifts. Better late than never. But this is not new. This has been happening for more than two years. The difference is that many decided to hide it www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...

important thing to note here is dr oz cites a current american replacement rate of 1.5, which is not true. the american replacement level in 2025 was 1.79. interestingly, the white replacement rate is in fact at 1.5 though

Remember, everyone thinks Musk said SS and Medicare aren't solvent because people are living longer. What he REALLY said was that people are LIVING TOO LONG BECAUSE they get SS and Medicare. They want to take it away so we die sooner.

2 out of 3 Americans are under-health-insured, under-waged, under-debt-free, under-fed, under-fueled, under-housed, under-secure. They want us to work and breed for them, but don't want to waste a single resource on us. Once we're too old to work and breed, they hope we die.

Wes Streeting would be the final nail in Labour's coffin. More neoliberalism, more privatisation, more austerity, more grovelling to economic power, when we desperately want change.

Brilliant.

Luis Fernando Cabrera wakes up early to take his nephew to daycare. He stays late working 40 hours a week at Popeyes to help his family make rent. He's a high school senior who should be about to graduate. Instead, he's sitting in ICE detention because of a traffic stop. youtu.be/upRRaVYtvhQ

What so many have experienced personally has been confirmed by a new study: AI has been a disaster for working artists.

I think the US should actually enforce its already-existing price gouging laws and then enhance them by saying sites like eBay and StockX can’t charge more than 15% over RRP for electronics or clothes, with an embargo of two years. Scalping should be illegal

It's day 11 of #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth, and today we're talking PMS, AKA pre-menstrual syndrome. This is the technical name for all the distressing physical, behavioural, and psychological symptoms associated with periods. 1/5 #PeriodFriendlyWorld

If you missed this yesterday... #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth

Reading. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...

I’m Dr. Kerry Pray, and I’m conducting an experiment to determine if posting about a book on social media can change its Amazon ranking This week’s book is What Beauty there is, by Cory Anderson Its initial Amazon rank is 913,026

#OtD 11 May 1923 150 mostly female rent strike prisoners in Veracruz, Mexico were freed after months of agitation. The tenants then marched through the main streets of the city, where they announced they would continue the strike stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8337...

Trump rejects Iran's proposal and announces his own ceasefire is on "massive life support"...a sentence that would end any other presidency. Here it's Tuesday. Markets panic, he posts in all caps, the art of the deal continues. Trump is a loser.

This is correct. Isn’t that strange, how we wound up with a Prime Minister nobody particularly likes, who has no base of power and who appears to have very little in the way of politics beyond a belief that people should respect their superiors.

saw an ad on the gym TV promising more affordable healthcare through something called Amazon Health AI and it inspired a species-level self-loathing that really elevated the whole workout