I’d venture that many of the ICE officers wearing masks now are the same people who fiercely opposed wearing them during a global pandemic.

Cars being washed towards the sea at Wye River this afternoon, less than a week after the Victorian town was evacuated due to nearby fires. Video via Luke Day on FB.

I haven’t seen any Australian media coverage of the Freeport crisis

The weather in Australia has gone totally bonkers

“It’s like half of y’all ain’t never seen Star Wars or a Disney movie. How do you not know which side to root on?”

Solidarity with Louise Adler and Randa Abdel-Fattah. We stand against this retrograde decision and with the countless authors withdrawing in support of Randa and her work.

PSA: @readingsbooks.bsky.social is offering a 10% discount for recent books of authors who have chosen to withdraw from the 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week: www.readings.com.au/collections/...

BREAKING: Denmark announces historical claim to North America 🇩🇰 Our Vikings were there in 1021 CE. 755 years before USA existed. If we’re doing territorial grabs based on ”who was there first”... we’ll see ourselves in. #Vinland (Wineland, red. Han)

It seems like every country in the world is becoming anti immigrant. This does not augur well for a peaceful 2026 as refugees from climate disasters, war and pestilence rise.

If there is a Royal Commission into Bondi, it should not be restricted to antisemitism. It should encompass the racism that is ingrained into Australian society.

Israel is unappealing to a significant majority Must be a tad upsetting for the Zionists

Interesting that Hitler banned the Red Cross from visiting the concentration camps

From a Holocaust survivor

The people calling for a Bondi Royal Commission are the same people who opposed a Voice for Indigenous Australians

vt.tiktok.com/ZS5Fusc29/ Thailand is looking at Small Modular Reactors as the nuclear component of green energy future 😥

Anthony Klan:”(Segal’ plan) It also threatens “lawful political expression”, “academic inquiry”, “journalism”, and “civil society advocacy”. The move presents devastating blow for Segal, lobbyists for Israel, who have been exerting heavy pressure on Albanese Govt, both publicly, behind-the-scenes.”

I’m glad to see RFK Jr has published a new op-ed piece on Fox’s website encouraging people to get the MMR vaccine but tell me now that his previous stance wasn’t just a total grift off the American people. Also, what about the upcoming seasonal flu shot he seems to have cancelled. #VaccinesWork

This is how they are made - yours truly - Australia.

The cobra in our back yard is just shedding its skin and that means it is probably sensitive and grumpy. It ran away into the long grass before the snake catcher arrived #Thailand

www.theage.com.au/business/com... I wonder is the fall in consumption in the USA is related to the increasing legalisation of cannabis – a much safer drug.

I think the people who object to Merry Christmas and insist on Happy Holidays are not Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu or Zoastrian. I think it is people imagining offence. Tell me if I am wrong

This is Australia

What a surprise!!! As govt cracks down on retail, the black market shifts to home delivery. Public health zealots have no idea of how the real world works. It will most likely to be bottom rung who are not so smart who will be caught.

Mango tree has started flowering

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/fr... @getup.org.au

Gen X, the geriatric millenials, seem to be prone to cancelling their parents. I was taking the icing, gaslighting and cancelling personally until it I discovered it endemic amongst acquaintances. A common theme is gifting substantial amounts to get into housing. Have others encountered this?

“It’s not just Gaza. Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it. NO MORE MILITARY AID FOR NETANYAHU." ..(Senator Bernie Sanders) .. #politics

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... If I express my opinion about the viciousness os Israel’s expanding of the West Bank, will I be called antisemitic?

And the biggest compo payout for Robodebt victims is ... drumroll ... Scott Morrison! Vics get $1k, we pick up Scomo's $461k legal bill although *he knew* @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social FOIs are back. #MerryChristmas #auspol michaelwest.com.au/biggest-comp...

While The opportunism of Ley and Freidenberg is appalling, Albo’s failure in leadership has left him open. He won a strong majority and has failed.

Bluesky is unusable. Vids freeze

I am finding Bluesky is drowning me in American politics. Are there any non-Americans in here?

Double standards and deception rule from Israel

Everyone seems to be saying the Bondi massacre shows Australian gun laws have failed? But have they? Shooting is legitimate for hunting, farming and feral pest control. The shooter purchased the guns legally. This is a long planned attack. The terrorists have lived carefully. This is not a fail.

Apt

Family confirms the man who tackled and disarmed a gunman during the Bondi Beach attack in Sydney was an Australian national of Syrian origin. Video: Middle East Eye via X (@MiddleEastEye) x.com/MiddleEastEy...

Netanyahu, Sussan Ley, & others choosing to attempt to score political advantage from the horrific events at Bondi, do a great disservice to all striving for greater peace & understanding in society. The media would do us all a great favour by platforming the helpful & heroic, incl. Ahmed el-Ahmed.

The doves nesting in my bathroom window have hatched and fledged. Now hoping they can escape the hungry feral cat that has been lurking.

Let’s be absolutely clear about this. Criticising Israeli foreign policy is not antisemitism.

ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.

theconversation.com/no-control-n... Australian specialists have their snouts in the trough. They are out of control. What is even more appalling: we subsidise private schools for their children

2 small bags of mushrooms for 140฿ ($6AUD). Delivered to the door. #Thailand

Apple could tell iPhone users very clearly to expect some slowness and heat for a couple days or so while a new iOS update is indexing & other housekeeping — but I can only assume they don't because those symptoms trigger more people to update their hardware.

Hate hits Bondi. So sad for everyone caught up in the horror. Nothing good will come from this.

I have got well into Isabelle Carmody’s Obernewtyn series. First go some years ago and was put off by the bleakness. I am glad I persisted. The bleakness (dreadful) is balanced by joy, hope and the overcoming physical and mental obstacles necessary to YA. 🪐📚

Why is the Labor government allowing this to take place? SLV CSIRO CoHealth Swimming pools in Port Fairy Corporate managers are ripping the heart of Australian culture

www.theage.com.au/politics/vic... How can increases of 800% for public liability insurance be justified? A closer look into the insurance industry is required. Will the state government do something. (No. According to it track record) #Yarra