More stormy weather in #OrangeNSW but not wild enough to bring Diamond right inside the box. Gimbir stayed outside on the tower's microwave bracket, getting wet. We presume Girri was in a tree, also getting wet. Like father, like daughter. #PeregrineFalcons

“I’m not racist or anything, I just think they're loud and annoying and shouldn’t be allowed in America,” said the man who last saw a map in third grade.  theshovel.com.au/2026/01/05/m...

Sami Abu Wardeh سامي ابو وردة— #Comedy #Venezuela #BBC [Thanks to @arthurnorman2.bsky.social]

Oh, just shoot me now. @australianlabor.bsky.social is reading from the exact same script as @UKLabour. Starmer, yesterday: "I want to establish the facts first." The most PATHETIC Labor leaders the world has EVER seen, @albomp.bsky.social @Keir_Starmer. Even worse than Tory Neville Chamberlain.

From 2007. #DownWithAmerica

The problem is not that Trump didn't go through Congress. The problem is that America is bombing brown people for oil again.

Personally, with the way things are going, I can't wait for Noeline Baker and Laurie Donaher from Sylvania Waters to make a statement calling for a Royal Commission. #auspol

Dr Assal Rad— "Look how Western media frames a clear violation of international law as a question, casting doubt on a blatantly illegal action."

@albomp.bsky.social: "We've always been concerned about human rights & democracy." Says a man who fully supports Israel's apartheid for Palestinians, is COMPLICIT in Israel's GENOCIDE of Palestinians, & at home, abuses the human rights of asylum seekers/refugees, & keeps people in poverty. #auspol

If Empire isn't defeated soon, not only will we end up on a boiling prison world, our cell walls will be the worst movies ever made. Heartbreak for US heroes with PTSD (from killing kids). Terrorists talked down by liberal speeches. Hordes invading, the CIA saving. Cut the cord

Never said, but should be said: "A little girl celebrates her birthday—the day after, the kitchen is no more, the family is no more, the girl's father has been killed by American missiles, all their lives have been shattered by Israeli/USA imperialism, and this is what Hamas is standing up against."

Ha! The “sports stars” petition for an Antisemitism Royal Commission was signed by Sam Newman. Yes, this guy, who platformed Nazis.

Please don't waste your time speaking to me while I'm busy watching #Goolagong. #ABCiView www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Oh, how I larfed—and am still. You did too, right @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social? "Australia should make it very clear, in very public terms, that this nation will not stand for conduct by a so-called ally, which is clearly running a protection racket." johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...

"Netanyahu has dragged the US into countless devastating and futile wars out of his blindness to the reality that only diplomacy, not war, can achieve Israel’s security." johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...

Will we see posters with the names and faces of the Venezuelan civilians killed in the US attack?

Yesterday, in Gaza. When might we expect you, @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social, to publicly admit your talk of a "ceasefire" was a sham and announce steps you're taking to meet your obligations under int'l law to stop Israel? When Hell freezes over? Do I have that right? #GazaGenocide

New Painting Video: The Monroe Doctrine Is Bullshit In which I paint a portrait of Nicolas Maduro and rant about the "Monroe Doctrine". Reading by Caitlin Johnstone.

Australians should stop worrying about Trump pulling a Venezuela on Australia. We're a vassal state. We're partners in the #GazaGenocide. We're partners in AUKUS. @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social will give Donald whatever he wants. For free or with $B. #auspol #DownWithAmerica

Yesterday, in Gaza. #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust

Wordle 1,661 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Today I shall be making my way back to the clubhouse Executive Suite, Professor Toole. Safe landings on the grid y'all! 🥂

It makes you wonder what all these countries could possibly have that America could want. 🤔😮 "What is our oil doing under their sand?" #DownWithAmerica

America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor

When people argue that renewable energy sources are too expensive, remember that we don’t invade countries to seize wind farms and there are no solar cartels. Fossil fuels have enormous geopolitical, public health, and climate externalities.

It looks like Girri DOES still enjoy getting wet. Girri reportedly arrived on the roof just before 4pm yesterday and sat out the storm near the short pole in the middle, flying away (to the left) at 17:19:38. She's a strong little bird. #OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons

The Liberals are stuck in the 1989. So are their talking points.

George Carlin, 1937-2008. Sorely missed. #DownWithAmerica

Dr Assal Rad— "Netanyahu was here just before it happened. I wonder why this story is getting no coverage in Western media."

Dr Assal Rad— "No. "This framing is meant to cast doubt on the most basic principles of international law and sovereignty. Stop asking questions when you know the answer @nytimes.com."

Honestly, Australia ... given the fact that @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social did NOT draw the line at the Israeli/USA-led GENOCIDE in Palestine, I think we need to lower our expectations that Labor might actually have any quibbles concerning Maduro and Venezuela. #auspol

Diamond, who is renowned for her fear of storms, has finally come into the box during this one in Orange, NSW. She's not very wet so she'd had good shelter wherever she was when the downpour started. (Don't worry about Girri. She loves getting wet and is probably loving this.) #PeregrineFalcons

For anyone who enjoys receiving evidence that Girri is alive and well each passing day, she's on the roof and if you listen, you can hear her calling. #OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons

They Kidnapped Maduro Because The World Is Ruled By Unaccountable Tyrants Trump is spelling out the truth of what he is and what the US empire is, and anyone with open eyes can see it plain as day. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-kidna...

"We will be monitoring this delicate situation to make sure there is no unnecessary loss of innocent oil” chaser.com.au/world/ally-l...

This clip of Dr Cilla Kinross (well, her arm) giving the box nest a bit of a tidy up (2022) gives you some idea of how small is that nest box. Diamond wasn't happy about any of this. If you want to see more of Diamond, you can watch all of it at the link. #OrangeNSW #Peregrines youtu.be/EMwxUMr35jM

The US of course has form when it comes to "interventions" in Latin America and around the world. #DownWithAmerica #StandWithVenezuela

“In today’s fun reenactment of World War II, the part of Adolf Hitler will be played by Donald Trump, Venezuela will play the Sudetenland, while the role of Neville Chamberlain will be played by every other fucking leader in the world.”

"I'm anti-Zionist because I'm the daughter of holocaust survivors. "It's not antisemitic to be anti-Zionist. It's not antisemitic to call what's happening in Gaza genocide." — Elsa Auerbach, Jewish-American Author

wot fuckin' now

Really looking forward to the 2032 film about the American soldier suffering PTSD from the invasion of Venezuela. Will be emotionally deep and really say something about society. Oscars all round

Red tape

A couple of great shots of Girri flying up to the box yesterday while Diamond observed. #OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons [📷 Credit: Komaru Tosaka]

Dr Assal Rad— "𝘈𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯"

Trump Says US Will Occupy Venezuela for As Long as It Takes To Distract From Epstein Files

I'm waiting on cafe owners, gym owners, and hairdressers. #auspol

We’ve had the barristers and silks. The other day it was “business leaders”. Today it’s “sporting greats” who have signed an “open letter calling for a RC into antisemitism, radicalisation and the Bondi massacre”. Who will be the next lot? Have we heard from the doctors yet? Surely…

To help maintain your sanity as the world descends further and further into complete and utter madness, here's a close-up of Girri on the Charles Sturt Uni water tower rooftop yesterday. The zoom-in was generously provided by Dr Cilla Kinross. #OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons

If you'd like, you can spend 8 minutes and 30 seconds watching and hearing Girri fly and scream her way around the tower yesterday. There's a bonus Willy Wagtail, and a great zoom in on Girri at the end thanks to Dr Cilla Kinross. #OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons youtu.be/bCNAg2QMyLw

Nationwide #protests today #HandsOffVenezuela