It didn’t start on October 7

“beneath the polished messaging lies something increasingly difficult to ignore: tobacco control has become less about helping smokers and more about protecting ideology, institutional authority, and moral identity” @alexwodak.bsky.social @squigglyrick.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/09algor/...

. @albomp.bsky.social has said today that @australiainstitute.org.au "needs to be fair dinkum" about gas taxes. Well he keeps saying the PRRT is ramping up. Guess what PM, your own budget papers show there is a ramp...but it ain't heading up. Fair dinkum, mate. Give the gas company spin a rest

I feel I should alert Bluesky to the baby foxes in our yard

Interesting conversation with my neighbours who have been Permanent Residents for over 50 years. Worked. Paid taxes. They are very upset at the Libs attack on PR

This is amazing - @kevinolearytv 🤡 is fearmongering about Chinese agents opposing his giant Utah data center… but it’s 2 young local girls in Utah who hilariously call him (and his “dumbass hat”) out👇🏽 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DYU074V...

Around 4,000 people are still arrested each year in Victoria for small amounts of cannabis — despite police guidance shifting to cautions two years ago. Here’s some of my speech on the motion we passed yesterday. #SpringSt

www.roymorgan.com/findings/102... Roy Morgan is first to call the next election between One Nation and Labor. Bye bye LNP.

People forget that the Israeli government spent decades stripping due process protections from Palestinians before their apartheid escalated to full blown mass murder and genocide. The Nazis started with the Nuremberg laws stripping due process from Jews, Romani,

BELIEVE the VICTIMS.... #Epstein #TrumpFiles

David Attenborough Fans This is a real bird called Sagittarius, also known as the Secretary Bird. The secretary bird is truly one of the most eye-catching and extraordinary birds on the planet www.facebook.com/reel/9310383... More details/photos: hja.li/hi2t

Old school journalists and LNP bleat about broken promises. The promise was made because of the wedge they created. Meanwhile voters have moved on and the LNP dissolves into One Nation

Deborah Sandidge Photography "A Great Egret performs a mesmerizing display deep in the heart of greenery. With each rhythmic bow, its long, lacy plumage, shimmers like a veil of light. The delicate plumes are called aigrettes, which are designed to captivate a mate."

Another Labor disgrace.

What a surprise. Wealthy Kooyong voters overwhelmingly support changes to capital gains and negative gearing

Texas racism full frontal in yo face! Texas must be the ugliest state government in 🇺🇸

The dominant Anglo culture in Australia is miserly. Don’t give anyone a chance if they are not in “The Club”. But once inside you can get tax minimisation, investment subsidies, funding for your children’s school pools etc.

How wonderful !

@svetovid.bsky.sociaLins attacked Farley in Farrer for Flirtations with Labor. Labor attacked him for flirtations with Independents. The Old Duopoly have not worked out this does not matter to voters. Meanwhile Legal Cannabis has outpolled the Greens. 🤣🤣🤣

US Sen Johnson has been learning his maths from Trump

podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p... Give proper funding to universities to reduce demand from migrants from educational pathways. Funding training of tradies to build skilled construction workforce. Little impact on housing supply from housing tax changes

open.substack.com/pub/junotane... The end of the American empire.

Legalise Cannabis has outpolled the Greens in Farrer 🤣🤣🤣

THE WHITE HOUSE IS A JOKE. WHILE ALL YOU CAN DO IS POST A CARTOON OF BIDEN SLEEPING, WE HAVE THE RECEIPTS. BIDEN DIDN'T SLEEP IN A SINGLE MEETING. NOT ONE. WHILE DONALD IS FATNAPPING IN EVERY MEETING. YOU'RE PATHETIC. #SleepyJoeWho 🙄🙄🙄 #TrumpAsleepAtTheWheel 😡😡😡

theconversation.com/no-fear-of-r... It is useful to take into account the resilience of Iran’s civilisation when list Trump’s bluster.

BREAKING: 🚨🇮🇱🇮🇷 Archaeologists in the Holy Land just uncovered a 3,000-year-old Israelite tablet… It reads: “Iran is 12 days away from developing a nuclear weapon.”

An evidence based framework for minimising harm from tobacco. It does not include prohibition and supporting organised crime cartels. 👏👏👏

“Cannabis was a core crop in ancient China, ranking alongside rice, millet, barley and soybean as one of the “five grains” fundamental to the development of early agricultural societies, according to new archaeological research.“

Hanson of “Dumb Nation” was hailing Freeman a hero and true Australian. Police found a laptop full of child pornography when they raided his property. I hope the voters in Farrer remember-

Writers and artists love using cephalopods as inspiration for horror based creatures, but look at this sea star! Diversify your invert horror you cowards! #Invertebrates

@albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social Friend of yours?

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06... China hasdistorted the metals market by subsidising companies to purchase Australian raw materials at prices Oz smelters cannot afford. China then subsidises the processing of those materials into metals while also placing export controls over the finished product,

www.theage.com.au/national/vic... The law needs amending.

Another whoops for Albo. Bulldoze policy in the face of evidence

Giraffes frolicking in Africa. There are some good places in the world still www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXZq...

Minns is fracking awful

@clivebates.bsky.social deservedly shreds new UK tobacco & vaping Act. Virtue signaling on stilts! “The anti-smoking measures are useless, the population at greatest risk has been ignored, and the anti-vaping measures will do more harm than good” open.substack.com/pub/clivebat...

Robert F. Kennedy seen running off with security as his wife, Cheryl Hines, tries her best to catch up to him.

Today's electricity production in Denmark is a total reversal from yesterday. Yesterday it was solar predominantly. Today it's wind. So good to have both Right now Denmark exports 2,5GW to our neighbours. CO2 emissions per kWh produced is only 11 grams. Amazing.

By prohibiting access to quality controlled vapes and putting knowledgeable retailers out of business, the Australian government has increased the chances of adverse outcomes to vapers.

Hemp requires up to 78% less irrigation than cotton. One of many reasons it's a better crop for Aus

open.substack.com/pub/arielles... E-cigarettes pose a small fraction of the harm of cigarettes and are highly effective for helping people stop smoking, whether if used as a pre-planned “medical treatment” for smoking cessation (Cochrane review) or naturalistically as an alternative consumer product

For the past couple of months we have been working on this investigation into the NACC’s leadership. What we found was alarming and does not reflect well on the NACC.

"I've never run away from a fight": Ben Roberts-Smith. Really, Ben? Then perhaps you can explain this: t.co/SRyrQ7Urrh #BRS #warcrimes #auspol

www.facebook.com/share/v/1ezD... Take a little time out. 🙂

Kao man Gai in Kao San Lane Melbourne. A summer day in autumn

Once again, it is not a trans person who is charged with child sex offences

www.roymorgan.com/findings/101... Has the rise of One Nation been a flash in the pan? Is support falling as Trump falls? Are voters seeing the emptiness of their policy offerings? Morgan Poll shows One Nation vote drops 3%