The spirit of Vichy lives on…in Washington DC apparently.

you probably need to be of a certain vintage to understand the absolute hilarity of ken starr being in the epstein files

I reckon any politician inc. #auspol repeating this fictitious nonsense should be asked why they are so sure it is a link with pregnant women & not men that took paracetamol at the time of sex/conception. Not that I think it any more likely or plausible, I just think we should &£€% with their 🐎💩.

No doubt prevailing pov is about MPs lining own pockets etc. but the real problem is already wealthy people getting additional income & treating elected office as side hustle. We need to widen the access for people on low incomes to be able to run 1/ 🧵 #politas pulsetasmania.com.au/news/tasmani...

If it was deliberate, the people responsible deserve nothing less than a parade. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Someone put this on a t-shirt. LMAO

If the Rapture happens I’m calling dibs on the nearest residential coastal property owned by a billionaire. I don’t necessarily expect billionaires to get Raptured, it’s just that I’m guessing at that point no one is going to care enough to stop me taking it 🤷🏻‍♂️

I seriously don’t understand what he thinks he will get out of a meeting with the Orange Fascist. There’s no word Trump can give that can be trusted, no position that won’t weaken Australia’s standing to benefit him. Trump has zero credibility. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Trump's baseless decree linking paracetamol to autism's surge ignores Swedish mega-study of 2.5M kids debunking any risk, while peddling unapproved cancer meds as cures. Experts eviscerate this peril to pregnant women. #AutismMyths

If I didn’t have autism but had a folate deficiency, wouldn’t extra doses of folate improve my mental functioning? If I get scurvy it might exacerbate my autism because of physical effects, but that doesn’t mean oranges “cure” autism. Am I missing something? theconversation.com/what-is-leuc....

“It’s worth underlining: Acetaminophen is the only widely recommended pain reliever considered safe in pregnancy. Scaring women away from it on shaky evidence isn’t responsible, it’s cruel.”

This is, I think, the best push alert and makes me wonder why this directness isn’t the norm.

Probably worth highlighting here that the reason autism is such a convenient weapon is because of the way it is painted in universally negative ways. It’s quite complex as a condition, but the #auspol government hasn’t countered misconceptions with its own language (e.g. Thriving Kids).

Under the circumstances, I reckon @markbutlermp.bsky.social is giving the best advice he can do about paracetamol. Of course the delayed US report & ambiguity is precisely the type of problem that Trump wanted to cause, so there’s more uncertainty for women. Misogyny knows no borders. #auspol

Somewhere, a speechwriter for JD Vance is reaching for their Succession Speech Ideas Journal.

This isn’t really about autism. It’s using ableism as a proxy for undermining women’s health. If this happens there needs to be nothing less than a robust & explicit defence of science from the #auspol government. Misogyny is a poison that spreads across borders. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

JFC. Using autism to assault pregnant women, by casting doubt on a commonplace & relatively affordable painkiller. Chances are many use Tylenol because the ones they actually need are too expensive. Yes, it’s ableism, but be under no doubt - this is an attack on women. I am so sick of this shit.

Warning here, the distinction between the headline & the article content is so far off the map as to make it two separate universes. Suggesting murder is the least messed up part; this is thoroughly unhinged & grotesque. But yes, we should totally build more AI centres in Tasmania. #politas #auspol

“Lawyers for former Kiama MP tell court Ward has lost political career and prospective legal career, while standing in community ‘shattered’” If you are a rapist, any career or standing you think you had was a facade, and so there is nothing to be lost. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

But sooooooooo much has happened since then.

Designed to offend as few people as possible…while maximising the risk of death & hardship for many more. There’s no middle ground to be had against calamity. #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Respectfully disagree: 1) in fact it is unusual for a democracy w/ this level of GDP to turn authoritarian & so quickly; 2) the weakness of both institutions (congress & courts) and individuals (Schumer etc) is shocking. Would take less than 10 people in congress or 2 SC justices to stop all this.

“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.” —Iain Banks www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...

Oddly enough Chris, if someone is trying to burn down my house with my family and me still inside, it’s not a compelling argument to say ‘this is the next step in seizing the economic opportunity of building a new house from scratch’. #auspol

Disney learned nothing from Andor.

The Albanese Government’s climate target is absolutely fucked.

Awaiting an article by LEAN to explain how the Labor government’s 62-70% target isn’t just a 62% target, and why we should all bet one of our kidneys on Labor exceeding that figure in 🎶 the 🎵 not 🎶 too 🎶 distant 🎵 future 🎵 #auspol

This demonstrates how wrong Stephen Fry’s V for Vendetta character was thinking he would only get a reprimand for mocking Adam Sutler. At that point, fascist government was well entrenched. This kind of shit is happening now in the US; one can only imagine what full blown dictatorship will be like.

Sexual abusers know that their best pathway is to normalise abuse as a natural human drive. That’s why you get enabling arguments about provocative children, how women dress, how they behave etc legitimising sexual assault. This political acquiescence is deliberate part of promoting that philosophy.

The Democrat establishment continues to miss the mark by a long way about why they consistently fail to overcome an unpopular GOP. If you fail to lead on an issue you cede all the ground, and the authority. The kingdom of the blind. And a caution note for #auspol.

The police said in a statement four adults were arrested on suspicion of malicious communications after an “unauthorised projection” at Windsor Castle. Malicious communications? Fuck me, there are some truly stupid laws out there. #ukpolitics www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Really important to emphasise that Israel will deliberately present actions as “new” to detract from all the other military action already taken. This is not a series of separate acts by Israel; it is one continuous genocide against the Palestinian people. #freeGaza 🇵🇸

Who’s defining ‘politely’ here? No one’s suggesting you drop f-bombs or anything (in most cases that is; it wouldn’t go amiss in others), but don’t let the inconvenience of the moment and/or question be casually dismissed under pretence of being “impolite”. Assertiveness isn’t rude. #auspol

WTF am I reading? No idea what the union thinks is happening here, but no law can be more weaponised than an actual gun being used against a victim. And how is their working with children check still operating under these conditions? #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

"You're hurting Australia," Or, ‘look at what you make me do’. Sounds familiar. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

A reminder that the UK government declared a peaceful anti-genocide protest group as being a terrorist organisation, but somehow this sort of stuff passes by. #ukpolitics www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

This is horrific, regardless of legal status. These workers operated under a grey area of immigration, but one that has existed for some time (& for a S Korean company investing IN the US). Smartraveller buries warnings for Australians way down the US advice page, & they understate the risk. #auspol

In science-fiction, machines turning against creator stories usually have a point to make about the creator’s morality as cause. With AI in the real world, all the faults lie with dumbass programmers who are utterly detached from the idea of action => consequence. It’s intellectual & moral arson.

Presumably the Met watched the 6th Jan attempted coup in the US & thought it was dramatised. www.the-guardian.com/politics/202...

The far-right is taking instruction from billionaires. Their interests are aligned.

Next week, dungeons and dragons, fantasy live roleplaying, and Magic: The Gathering.

Watching Field of Dreams for the first time, and struck by Annie Kinsella’s speech at a community meeting, criticising conservatives for trying to ban books. What is past is prologue.

Mandelson getting sacked has bugger all to do with politics being “really hard”. It has everything to do with morality being turned into a commodity, & hypocrisy considered a minor blemish. Fuck Labour MPs despondency. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Arch-capitalists make the best anarchists. #auspol

What is “transgender and antifascist ideology?” I know the debate about platforming the words of killers, but this is not really helpful if we only have that nebulous description to go off of

“There is also concern about Butler’s plan to negotiate with health ministers instead of disability ministers.” Yep, and also needs to include education and children/young people ministers. Impacts are potentially huge. #auspol #politas www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Honestly would give Klein all the points if he added the words ‘Prove me wrong’ to this headline.

I appreciate the article is implicitly referencing the contemporary era, but the context of US history as a nation has been DEFINED by political violence. I’m not sure as a nation it knows to act in any other way. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

While it can be said that those (esp. on the far right) who live by the sword can die by it, a reminder that gun culture never works like that & everyone suffers somewhere.