At least 12,000 are feared dead amid Iran's mass protests, and sources suggest the toll could be even higher.

🎧❗Super podcast cutting thru the smoke and mirrors on tax breaks for those with $3m+ in superannuation @regedahmad.bsky.social @grogsgamut.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

None of Europe’s tiptoeing around Trump buys it an ounce of respect in Washington, says Tim Sebastian open.substack.com/pub/publicin... @publicinquiry.bsky.social

The hearing aid feature for Airpods Pro 2 was switched on in Australia this morning. I tried taking the hearing test but apparently cleaners on my street are too noisy atm. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

With questions mounting over Australia’s nuclear submarine deal – Aukus – @joshnicholas.com took a look through the budget papers to see what one nuclear sub would buy us. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Photographer captures 20-minute clash between a Canada goose and a bald eagle, emblematic of high tensions between Canada and US right now www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Elon and his Space Station rescue sounding like Elon and his Thai cave sub www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I have three reviews to go for the Obs but today, after 180 of them, is my last column for OFM. So I thought I’d summarise my searing advice from the last 15 years: the wisdom, the provocations and the occasional stupidities. Enjoy. Or grind your teeth. Your call www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...

The judge in Lattouf v ABC has ruled that the Federal court matter is of public interest and will be live-streamed on YouTube. Proceedings begin on Monday 3 Feb at 10 a.m. Stream: www.youtube.com/live/a8RorBe... The case file is publicly accessible here: www.fedcourt.gov.au/services/acc...

Readers are enjoying this nature story today from @readfearn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Car crushed by a massive tree that came down on Homer St at Kingsgrove and lifted up the whole footpath. Big enough to take down the power lines on the other side of the street as it fell. Power out to several streets.

Albanese couldn’t sell a schooner to a shearer, writes @riminton.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

'My issue with Mark Zuckerberg is his spinelessness and opportunism'... Hard to argue with @jemima.bsky.social www.afr.com/world/north-...

Reuters photographers have been on the ground in Los Angeles capturing visuals that bring home the scale of fires that exploded on Jan 7. Many are veterans who have covered multiple wildfires, but say they have never witnessed anything like this reut.rs/40coXMD

Laws passed last year made what this student did a criminal offence but there is no action on platforms used to make this content - some apps and websites are even set up to specifically make stuff like this. Why isn’t government attacking this on all fronts?

Zuckerberg continues to do everything and anything possible to ingratiate himself with Trump. Today he named Dana White, the president of the UFC, to Meta's board. White is one of Trump's closest allies and introduced Trump and the Republican National Convention.

In Australia its a cheaper to cause an oil spill than to get a nursing degree In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni Priorities matter

The husband of Republican senator Deb Fischer just refused to shake hands or make eye contact with Vice President Harris. The level of class you can expect from MAGA.

America's first bird flu death has been reported in Louisiana. The state's Department of Health says the person was over 65 and reportedly had underlying medical conditions. cnn.it/3Pqi3i3

Few prime ministers have been given the job with such enthusiasm, and then proceeded to dissipate that support so quickly @farrmw.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Totally deserved WINNER: Colin Farrell (The Penguin) — male actor in tv series, anthology series or tv film www.theguardian.com/film/live/20...

'Don’t feed the troll'. There you have it! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Want to feel old? This is what the Pet Shop Boys look like now.

The Guardian is pushing ahead with its 'sale' of the Observer. But the journalism continues... If you value the Guardian or Observer, I urge you to read this. It's my attempt to investigate 'the money behind the money'. Who is 'buying' us? And why? open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

It was a vehicle so festive it could have almost been Santa’s sleigh. There was just one problem: it wasn’t legal. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australian governments - especially those run by Labor - have used disgust at Israel conducting genocide as a cover to introduce laws to restrict protest that will be used almost totally against minorities and very much anyone protesting climate change.

Michael Moore responds to Luigi Mangione’s manifesto: www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...

Video shows thousands of cars jamming roads to Damascus as displaced people return to the capital after hearing the Assad regime had been overthrown by the opposition.

The president and supporters argue Hunter Biden would never have been charged were it not for his name – and any father might have done the same. But this exercise of power also looks like a validation of Donald Trump. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

How the Nature Positive deal got struck and then suddenly fell apart -- exclusive by @lisacox.bsky.social and Karen Middleton www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Rudy Giuliani in one of the all-time great court sketches. The former New York mayor and lawyer to Donald Trump erupted in court, telling a judge: “I can’t pay my bills!” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Hot one today ☀️☀️☀️🌡️🌡️🌡️Why is western Sydney so much hotter than the eastern suburbs and what can be done to make summer more bearable? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

1. Here's why I'll never use AI to assist my research or writing: A. I don't want to know exactly what I'm looking for. I mean that when I start researching a topic, I want to remain open to its contradictions and paradoxes, and to the unexpected paths that might lead off it. 🧵

If so many experts oppose a social-media age ban, why is the Australian government intent on rushing it through? Sharp analysis 🔪🔥 from @joshtaylor.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australians are pretty upset about Matthew Richardson’s 'grand cycling betrayal' which Kieran Pender writes will leave an asterisk on Richardson's glittering career www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/n...

Police arrest 170 at NSW Rising Tide protest as activists temporarily block coal ships

‘I don’t look like him at all, I’m just tall’: Jacob Elordi lookalike crowned in Melbourne www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...

Latest column is on the ICC arrest warrants against Israel - and how Benjamin Netanyahu has to no one to blame but himself www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

making the new guy do drugs to make sure he isn't a cop

What kind of outfit does $80 buy at Temu and Shein? Lucianne Tonti found out... www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

'Leaving Gaza' won a Walkley award and rightly so! www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int... Congrats @arielbogle.bsky.social @nickevershed.bsky.social @shelleymiranda.bsky.social Rafqa Touma, Mostafa Rachwani, Andy Ball !!! 👏 🙌

ICYMI yesterday's #Gaza cartoon for @guardianaustralia.bsky.social

Not my regular beat but in awe of finding a case study who was bitten by a funnel web spider with the surname "Webber" (she is alive and well, thankfully) www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Posting the podcast about how the Guardian is no longer posting - on the 'toxic media platform' X:

So happy not to be doomscrolling on the Other Site. Here’s a short video from a salt lake in north west China shot in August.

Not good news for Australian fashion industry: Australian Fashion Week future uncertain as IMG abandons event www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Musk to lead Department of Government Efficiency: what we know www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

There's a growing class divide for dental care in Australia. @natashamay.bsky.social unpacks it all in the full story pod www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...